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pictured are some of the brave men and women who cycled 230k from Galway to Dublin to raise money for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital. Max Ryan, Peter Flemming, Caitriona Ryan, Connie Wiseman, Fergal McCann, Des Murphy, Martin Moloney and Pat Keily cycled for up to nine hours before they reached their destination at the Laurels Pub, Clondalkin.

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Google’s €150m centre gets council go-ahead New facility in Newcastle is set to create 60 full-time jobs

 Ian Begley

Google has officially been granted planning permission by South Dublin County Council to build its second Irish data centre in Newcastle, Clondalkin.

The council recently granted permission for the new €150m data centre, which will be built beside an existing Google facility which opened in Clondalkin in 2012.

The new centre is expected to create 300

construction jobs and 60 full-time positions at the data centre once built.

Clondalkin Deputy Robert Dowds (Lab) welcomed the investment, saying: “The new €150m Google data centre is a huge boost to the area, and taken

together with the investments from Microsof t and Eircom, shows that Clondalkin has become a major high-tech hub.”

However, Sinn Fein’s Cllr Eoin O’Broin is critical of the council’s agreement.

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Members of the Laurels Charity Crew Dermot McHale, Graham Spillane and Damien Long. Picture:Cathy Weatherston

Charity crew geared up to hit half million target

The Laurels Charity Crew have so far raised over €350,000 in their annual Galway to Dublin cycle for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.

Donations are continuing to pour in with the target set at half a million euros for the hospital.

Star ting out from the Connacht Hotel in Galway at 8.30am on Saturday, April 26, the cyclists cycled for up to nine hours before they reached their destination at the Laurels Pub, Clondalkin.

Manager and cofounder of the Laurels Charity Crew Damien Long said that this year’s cycle was a “fantastic achievement” for all who took part.

Speaking to The Gazette, he said: “This year we had 368 people in total taking part.

 ian begley ibegley@gazettegroup.com

We’re not quite sure how much was raised altogether as of yet, but we’re still hoping to reach our half a million target. “ We ’r e up to €360,000 so far but there are many people still collecting money from their sponsors.

“We tried to include as many people as we could for this event.

There was a mixture of people who wanted to get involved and help out, then there were elite cyclists who also took part.

“We had 332 cyclists par ticipating in the

event and the rest of the people who came were supporting them on the trip.

“It was a fantastic achievement for everyone who took part,” said Long.

Ian Daly from C l o n d a l k i n C y cl i n g Club said that even though they experienced adverse weather conditions on Saturday everyone still managed to enjoy themselves.

H e s a i d : “ S a t u rday was a tough day because of the harsh weather conditions.

Even our most experienced cyclists said that it was one of their hardest days on their bikes.

“We stopped halfway in Tullamore and spent a night there and woke up on Sunday to find that the weather had dramatically improved.

It was a much more

enjoyable cycle for all of us, and it was a massive achievement for all those who completed the cycle.

“It’s a fantastic charity so it’s something that our club just loves to support and it’s a fantastic event for the village,” said Daly.

Mark Byrne of Clondalkin Motor Cycle Club said that their club got involved in the charity event because it’s a community centred charity event, which goes towards a good cause.

He said: “It was a fantastic trip for a fantastic cause. We had 20 motorcyclists taking part in the event.

“We took all of our motorcycles along and just volunteered our time for this fantastic cause.

“It’s great for the

community. Everybody had a great time and thank god nobody was too badly hurt.

“Our biggest job was safety and making sure to get them back all in one group. Certain members of our club would follow them and other members would be on the route before them.

“At one point there was a huge bale of hay on the road, which was about the size of a car.

We then had to get off our bikes and roll the bale of hay off the road to clear the way for the cyclists.

“Generally, it’s just a great thing to be part of a community. It was great when we got back on Sunday to see the fantastic welcome that we received from the members of the community,” said Byrne.

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argument: attack happened after row over computer game

Marking five years of awards

TD’s son recovering after being stabbed  Ian Begley

The son of Deputy Aengus O Snodaigh (SF) is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the arm and chest following an argument in his home over a computer game on the Old Naas Road, Bluebell.

Speaking this week, Deputy O Snodaigh spoke of his son’s condition, saying: “I want to thank all those who have sent messages of support to me and my family since news of this incident broke yesterday.

“Fearghal is recovering well in hospital and we look forward to having him home again soon,” he said, Fearghal O’Snodaigh,

aged 18, sustained injuries to the upper arm and chest during the incident that occurred at about 12.30am on April 28 in his home, and received emergency surgery at St James’s Hospital.

It has emerged that two teenagers were playing a football game together when a row broke out.

The TD’s son managed to alert emergency services shortly after the incident took place and was attended to at the scene by paramedics, then transported to St James’s Hospital for additional treatment.

The individual responsible for the attack is believed to have fled the scene immediately after the incident occurred.

O Snodaigh, a TD for Dublin South Central, was said to have been away from his home with his wife when the attack occurred. Gardai from Kilmainham Garda Station looking into the attack visited the hospital in their investigation.

Sinn Fein’s Gerr y Adams recently stated that his thoughts were with the victim’s family.

He said: “This is a shocking time for the family. We wish young Fearghal well and we wish the family well,” he said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Kilmainham Garda Station at 01-6669700, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any other Garda station.

A concert celebrating five years of the South Dublin County Council Annette Halpin Memorial Music Award took place in Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, this week.

Having an ice time: At the launch of a popular fundraising event presenter Diana Bunici displayed her softer side recently as she

launched this year’s HB Hazelbrook Farm Ice Cream Fundays in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland. The campaign, which is once again generously supported by HB Hazelbrook Farm, runs during May and June with hundreds of fun ice cream parties being hosted across the country supported by thousands of volunteers. Adorable five-year-olds Lilly May Killio and Aaron Duignan dish out the ice creams and fun to their favourite presenter at the launch of this year’s popular fundraising event.

Talent This annual award supports aspiring young musicians to develop their talent by funding such things as the purchasing of a new instrument, the attendance of instrumental/vocal m a s t e r- cl a s s e s , a n d recording new work.

The event will take place at 7.30pm and all proceeds from the concert will be directed into the future funding of the award. For more information visit www.sdcc. ie/events

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halpin Controversial figure thought to be going to Criminal Courts of Justice

Short farewell as judge leaves Tallaght District Court  Ian Begley ibegley@gazettegroup.com

A judge who sparked controversy in recent months has left Tallaght District Court, using an unusual turn of phrase regarding mini-skirts in his farewell speech.

Judge Anthony Halpin stated that the perfect speech “should be like a mini-skirt, shor t enough to attract attention but long enough to cover all areas”, in his final goodbye to the court.

T he judge said: “T his morning as I was getting ready for court, I came across

a notebook I had kept. I have a quote from Cyril Asquith, the son of the British Prime Minister, on what makes an ideal judge. I have amended it in relation to the Irish system.”

Conveying the quote, Halpin said: “An ideal judge in the District Court is short,

simple and wrong. The Circuit Court judge should be long, tedious and right but would not usurp the prerogative of the High Court.”

It is believed that Halpin is transferring to the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ).

Halpin finally thanked the court staff, the local garda

superintendent, the presenting sergeants and all the gardai.

The judge had created a stir last month after making a comment during a case, saying that he thought “Muslims feel they can actually beat their wives”.

He later apologised and

March on: Lunch walk at Citywest

leixlip

Water plant ups its supply

former Dublin senior footballer Jason Sherlock and Barretstown campers Dylan, Elena, Ella and Killian Weldon have launched the third annual Citywest Campus Fun Walk, which takes place at Brown’s Barn, Citywest on Friday, May 16 at 1pm. Registration costs €15, and proceeds raised will go towards Barretstown, a charity and camp for children with serious illness. Last year, the 4km walk attracted almost 500 staff from the Citywest Business Campus. For more, visit www.citywestfunwalk. org. Picture: Darren Kinsella

 Ian Begley

Irish Water has identified a need to expand the area within South Dublin County Council that is supplied by the Leixlip Water Treatment Works.

The reason for the expansion in the production capacity at the Leixlip plant means that pressure can be taken off the treatment plant at Ballymore Eustace.

The areas that were recently transferred on to the Leixlip supply were originally supplied from the Ballymore Eustace plant. The areas include: the Ninth Lock area; Ashwood, Neilstown; Rowlagh, Quarryvale; St Loman’s; Ballyown; Ballydowd; Esker; Earlsfort, and Foxborough.

The water in South Dublin County Council is mainly sourced from two water treatment plants at Ballymore-Eustace and Leixlip. The water from Leixlip would be considered “hard water” and from Ballymore-Eustace it is “soft water”.

Hard water relates to the mineral content in the water, particularly calcium carbonate derived from limestone catchments.

Both hard water and soft water meet all EC regulations for drinking water.

Visit www.sdcc.ie.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland accepted the apology.

Again in January, Judge Halpin made headlines when he proposed that the Civil Defence should assist gardai in Tallaght after an increase in violent deaths and assaults in the area.

Masterchef: Clondalkin local on her ‘absolutely amazing’ experience

Edel cooks up a storm to get to last three of competition  Ian Begley ibegley@gazettegroup.com

Clondalkin local Edel Byrne has successfully battled her way through to the finals of this year’s Masterchef competition, with just one final push to become the overall winner.

Byrne is one of the last three remaining contestants in the show, and has fought her way through various cooking competitions to keep judges Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier on her

side.

Speaking to The Gazette, By rne said that her experience so far has been “absolutely amazing”.

She said: “We went to Cape Town in South Africa recently which was the most eccentric and unusual food location they could pick.

“They have such a developing food culture there which is so cool.

It’s like New York in a sense because they have a great mix of cultures and different cuisines.

“There are a lot of

people in South Africa who have their own food boutiques and little restaurants and cafes, and two of the restaurants that we cooked in were within the top 100 in the world – it was absolutely amazing.”

Coming from a very food oriented background, By rne sa id that entering the show seemed like the right thing to do.

“There are a number of cooks and chefs in my family, and I finished work a few years ago when I had my

first child and haven’t worked since.

“I was a retail director for Cafe Sol for 12 years and have always worked around food, cafes and retail.

“I wanted to do something more food oriented and when I saw the ad on the telly for Masterchef I thought that it was the right thing to do.

“I sent in my application form and they rang me back soon after, then I had to go through the casting and the interviews process before I

got selected as an official contestant.

“It was an unreal experience and the pace you learn everything is incredible.”

Asked what her most enjoyable experience on the show has been to date, Byrne said “without a doubt the compliment I received from Dylan which had me in tears.

“I had a bad day in the kitchen and Dylan told me that I had a very refined palate and that I cook in a refined way that he rarely sees in a chef.”

Byrne said that she had recently started a new food focused job and is busy planning things for the future.

“My new job is very food focused and I can use some of my retail skills as well which is really nice.

“I’m also working on a cookbook which I’m hoping to get a publisher for and have got loads of ideas and other things going on,” said Byrne.

For the latest updates on RTE’s Masterchef visit w w w.rte.ie/lifestyle/food/masterchef.

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NEWCASTLE New facility expected to create 360 jobs

Google gets nod for â‚Ź150m data centre ď Ž IAN BEGLEY ibegley@gazettegroup.com

GOOGLE have officially been granted planning permission by South Dublin County Council to build its second Irish data centre in Newcastle, Clondalkin.

The council recently granted permission for the new â‚Ź150m data centre, which will be built beside an existing Google facility which opened in Clondalkin in 2012.

The new centre will include the development of a 30,361 sq m, two storey data storage facility and additional outbuildings and parking for 83 cars on the 11 hectare

site.

The new centre is expected to create 300 construction jobs, along with 60 full-time positions at the data centre itself.

Data centres are large warehouses that contain a vast group of networked computer servers typically used by organisations for the remote storage, processing, or distribution of large amounts of data.

Clondalkin TD Robert Dowds welcomed the investment, saying: “The new â‚Ź150m Google data centre is a huge boost to the area, and taken together with the investments from Microsoft

and Eircom, shows that Clondalkin has become a major high-tech hub. “In the last two years, Clondalkin has attracted nearly â‚Ź700m in investment from multinationals, which is a level of investment that most other areas would kill for. It is a great sign and it is great for Clondalkin, and hopefully we will see even more investment in Clondalkin in the coming years,â€? said Deputy Dowds.

Clondalkin election candidate Ken K insella (Lab) said: “This investment by Google in Clondalkin, and the rest of the â‚Ź700m which has been invested in Clondalkin, is very wel-

come and hopefully we will continue to attract more investment into our community.�

However Sinn Fein’s Cllr Eoin O Broin is critical of the council’s agreement to grant Google planning permission, describing the decision as “deeply disappointing�.

He said: “The decision on the Google development in Newcastle is deeply disappointing. Residents were not opposed to the development. However they did request a number of very modest amendments to the plan. “These included moving the temporary construction access point

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Google have officially been granted planning permission to build its second Irish data centre in Newcastle

away from the Baldonnell Road; the relocation of a warehouse further away from the Baldonnell Road; and detailed measures to reduce the negative impact of the development on their homes and the natural environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These requests could

have easily been accommodated without any additional expense to Google. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am at a loss as to why the residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; very reasonable requests were not attached as conditions to the planning permission,â&#x20AC;? said O Broin.

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spokesperson said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The planning authority would not be available to discuss the relevant conditions or any other issues relating to the proposed development as the period for appeal of the decision by first and third parties to An Bord Pleanala is still open.â&#x20AC;?

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events A range of activities planned including workshops and performances

Mayor set to officially launch Bealtaine Festival  Ian Begley

South Dublin County Council will celebrate the 2014 Bealtaine Festival, a festival celebrating creativity in older age, this May. On May 1 at 11am in Tallaght Stadium, South County Dublin Mayor Cllr Dermot Looney (Ind) will officially launch the festival, which is

co-ordinated by Age and Opportunity.

The council has organised a number of events during the month to celebrate the festival and produced a brochure to advertise events for older people during Bealtaine.

Those interested in taking part are being given the opportunity to try out something new. Some of the

activities include crafts, computer classes, horticultural workshops, walking, and a tea dance.

The name Bealtaine comes from the ancient Celtic festival of that name celebrating springtime, freshness and renewal. The theme this year for South Dublin County is Catch the Heart off Guard.

Eileen Casey, who is a poet, fiction

writer, and journalist will launch her prose collection, A Fascination with Fabric. This will be followed by a short reading. RAMS in Rhythm will provide the musical entertainment for the morning.

Special guest Tallaght native Al Porter, who is one of Ireland’s rising comics, will also be making an appearance at the festival.

This year the council are inviting people to relate a moment in their lives when something wonderful had happened to them that they weren’t expecting, but which filled their life with joy. Application forms can be downloaded from www.sdcc.ie.

For further information contact Maria Finn at 01-414 9270 or email mfinn@sdublincoco.ie.

Serving 6 thriving communities of suburban Dublin.

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Traffic flow at Newlands Cross has returned to normal after a burst water mains caused serious traffic disruption

Newlands Cross: traffic congestion as junction submerged

Water mains problem causes major flooding

 Ian Begley

ibegley@gazettegroup.com

Newlands Cross e x p e r i e n c e d s e ve r e traffic congestion last weekend due to a burst water mains that flooded the road.

A t a p p r ox i m a t e l y 10am on Sunday, April 27, access to Newlands Cross from the Belgard Road was flooded due to a burst water main, which resulted in the loss of water for some surrounding areas and caused heav y traffic flow on the road.

Gardai issued a statement on Twitter asking

drivers to drive carefully on the road.

“Newlands Cross – expect serious traffic disruption due to burst water mains. Approach with added caution,” said the gardai.

Repairs Throughout the day, traffic arriving on the N7 was diverted to the Ring Road to facilitate repairs to the road.

A spokesperson from Irish Water told The Gazette that water supply has since been restored to the residents affected and that traffic flow has returned

to normal.

“At about 10am on Sunday morning [April 27] a water main at Newlands Cross on the N7 burst with a resulting loss of supply to some surrounding areas.

“Dublin South County Council, working on behalf of Irish Water, have repaired the mains and water supply has now been restored. The traffic flow to the area has returned to normal.

“T he cause of the [incident] will not be known until an investigation into the matter

is completed,” said the spokesperson.

Clondalkin Cllr Gino Kenny (Pbp) who lives near Newlands Cross told The Gazette: “When I heard about the incident I went straight out there and saw an unbelievable amount of water on the roads.

“Basically the water had come down from Newlands Cross and as far as Cherrywood Avenue, which is at least a kilometre.

“It was like a river of water coming down and it caused chaos on the roads affected.

“I don’t know how

much water was lost, but it must have been in the millions of litres,” said Kenny.

Cllr Eoin O Broin (SF) said: “The burst pipes at Newlands caused widespread disruption.

“I’d like to commend the council’s emergency staff who were quickly on the scene, but Irish Wa t e r h ave s e r i o u s questions to answer.”

Meanwhile, the council are asking residents to contact Irish Water directly with any queries on their service.

For more information contact www.water.ie.

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making waves Anne McAdams becomes honorary president

Woman takes helm at Swim Ireland  Ian Begley ibegley@gazettegroup.com

Clondalkin resident Anne McAdams has been elected as president of Swim Ireland – the only representative from Leinster in four years.

Being a swimming enthusiast from a very early age, McAdams has achieved some momentous accomplishments over the years.

She swam the English Channel in 2000, did the Liffey Swim 18 times and is currently seventh in the world in the women’s 60-64 years 200m backstroke.

Speaking to The

Gazette, McAdams described what the role of her new position entails.

She said: “It’s an honorary role and it’s rotated around the provinces every year.

“It only comes to L e i n s t e r e ve r y f o u r years so it’ll be another four years before anyone else from Leinster is selected.

“You have to be nominated by several clubs which then has to be ratified by your own region before you can go to the AGM Swim Ireland.

“You’re then formally presented with your presidential blazer and

chain of office.”

Coming from an avid swimming background, McAdams said that she now trains at least four times a week.

“My father was the manager of a swimming pool and we lived on the premises so I could swim before I even went to primary school.

“My brothers competed and played water polo which I also played for about 10 years in Dublin.

“I personally hold about eight Masters Records in swimming and would be ranked around the 1,500s in the world. I train at least four times a week and

I’m going off to the GB Masters competition in Swansea this June.

“I swam the English Channel in 2000 and did about seven or eight training sessions a week two months prior to it - that’s about 35k a week.

“It was quite expensive and cost about €5,000 to do it because you have to bring someone with you to look after you. It’s about €3,000 alone just to pay the boatman.”

Asked where she gets all her energy from, McAdams said: “The more training you do the more energy you have oddly enough.”

Anne McAdams: “It’s an honorary role and it’s rotated around the provinces every year.”

Clondalkin Cllr Trevor Gilligan (FF) has expressed his delight with McAdam’s new position.

He said: “I know Anne and her family very well, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person and a

nicer family. I mean it when I say that this role is meant for Anne. The family is highly respected in Clondalkin and very well liked. I know I will have full support from the council when I put down a motion to congratulate Anne at

the next council meeting.

“This is a great day for Clondalkin and I wish Anne the best of success in her new role as president of Swim Ireland. Anne will be a great ambassador for Clondalkin.”

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gazetteGALLERIES

Freya Kavanagh from Longwood in Meath

Linda Kearns and Jack and Colin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor were at Retail Park Liffey Valley recently for a very special visit from Fireman Sam. Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite fireman put on a very colourful and entertaining show which went down a treat with families. Pictures: Cathy Weatherston

Kaeden Byrne from Cabra

OisIn Reddy from Kilcock giving Fireman Sam a high five

Shona Scully having her face painted by Catherine McCann

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Jayden Lynch from Sandyford showing his goody Pat Brophy with sons Michael and Sean

bag which he was given from Fireman Sam

Tom Baldwin, Shauna Hyland, Joanne and Nathen Brennan pictured at the Maxi Zoo pet store at The Retail Park Liffey Valley. Families looking for something fun to do for the Easter bank-holiday weekend were in luck as the store held an Easter egg hunt for kids to enjoy. Pictures: Cathy Weatherston

taking it to the max: having a cracking good time at easter

Gemma Redmond Eve Curran

Laoise Pierce

Entertainers Catherine McCann and Christian Doyle

Retail Park Liffey Valley: Easter weekend

Sam is on fire for friendly visit

Manager Maria Forte with brothers Gary and Darren Collins

Ronan, Alanna and Lorcan Purcell Leon Hegarty waiting for Fireman Sam

Sam gets ready to meet the children

Sean Creeley

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Chef Kieron Flood Father and son, Kia and Ian Sheridan, RNLI crew member Howth.

Martin McLoughlin and Pat Murphy

Audrey O’Rourke and Eugene Gillies

Pictures: David O’Shea

howth: three-day dublin Bay Festival returns

Pick up a prawn

T

he Dublin Bay Prawn Festival returned recently to the beautiful seaside town of Howth.

The three-day event was a feast of family fun with a market, local foods, fish filleting and fishery skills and demos. The food village also included exciting cooking demonstrations for

the budding cooks out there.

Whatever way you like your prawns, Howth’s many award-winning restaurants served some favourite prawn dishes in bite-sized portions, in addition to a variety of other miniature dishes so visitors could enjoy the many tastes that Howth has to offer.

Jonathan Parkhill and Orla Flood

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a day in the life: top photographer barry mccall on a typical day

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Framing his routine in a simple way  laura webb

A DAY in the life of renowned Irish photographer Barry McCall involves studio shoots or being on location, but there is always time to spare to bring his beloved dog for a walk.

T his week, T he Gazette talked to McCall about a typical day.

An early riser, he always makes sure to be up by 7am and more often than not he eats breakfast – the most important meal of the day for him.

“Some mornings I just go in [to work] on a coffee, wait a little and then have breakfast – porridge or smoked salmon with brown bread. I try to keep the breakfast healthy and tasty.

“I would then be into a studio and prep for whatever is needed for the first half an hour.

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would be in the studio before the 8am clients arrive in.

“I get the camera ready, lights ready and the studio prepped and nice and warm for everyone.”

Despite being busy during the day shooting, lunch is a must for McCall, his crew and clients.

“We usually break about 1pm or 1.30pm and lunch is delivered

to the studio.

“We have a little cafe in the studio, so it means people can break away from what they are doing, sit down in a proper environment and eat a good lunch,” he said.

Once lunch is finished, it’s back to work.

“The majority of the jobs I do, I would be working for the full day, working up until 6pm unless there is a lot to be done and a client might ask us to stay late to shoot extra garments or whatever, so that will happen occasionally.”

After a busy day in the office, he usually heads off to the Phoenix Park with his dog, Boo, a Tibetan terrier.

“I go for a ramble with him when we are not shooting. I would go to the park with him most lunch hours, or I would go in the evenings. He goes nuts in the park!

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For Barry McCall, his old friend, Boo – a Tibetan terrier – gets plenty of attention once the day’s shoots are over, with a ramble at the Phoenix Park a hit with both

He loves it.

“When we moved into the studio here, he came along shortly afterwards, so every day he has been here. He comes into the studio every day, meets and greets people. He creates a really nice environment and helps to relax people.

“Then, it’s home time.

I am a bit of a late bird, I would try to get a cat nap, and then I [watch] Netf lix a lot; watch House of Cards, Breaking Bad or whatever while my wife watches some soaps.

“Then it’s sleep and ready for the next day.”

Barry will be holding one-day photography courses in his studio in September for those at a beginner and an intermediate level.

For further details, contact Roisin at 01 416 6888, or email info@ barrymccallphotographer.com.

SATURDAY, May 10 will see the sixth annual Darkness into Light 5km walk/run taking place in the Phoenix Park.

The event will be taking place along with almost 40 other venues across the country and the world.

Sponsored by Electric Ireland, Darkness Into Light is the flagship fundraising and awareness event for Pieta House, the centre for the prevention of self-harm or suicide in Ireland.

Last year, close to 40,000 people took part and this year it has grown even larger as along with the venues across Ireland, Darkness into Light events will be staged in London and Sydney as well.

The event will be started in Sydney, where it is being staged for the very first time and where it will conclude with refreshments at Bondi Beach.

Closer to home, and held in conjunction with the Kerry Association London, Darkness into Light will make its debut in the English capital, and it promises to be a fantastic experience.

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Over 50s Show comes to the RDS The RDS plays host to the ever popular Senior Times’ Active Over 50s Show on the weekend of May 24 and 25.

The show is a new activity and hobby and pastime event that was established in response to requests from exhibi-

tors and attendees alike for a more activity-based show for people who are planning to or have just retired. The show is a two-day event in the RDS main hall designed to encourage people to take up a new hobby or pastime and keep themselves

physically and mentally active for the summer ahead. Attendees will be encouraged to actively participate in demonstrations/workshops over the course of the weekend.

Activities on offer include arts and crafts, creative writing, com-

puters and the internet, Bridge, keep-fit classes, wall climbing, yoga, table tennis, woodwork, five-aside football, dancing and much more.

Times for the event have yet to be decided. To find out more, email info@slp. ie or ring 01 4969028.

Former Fair City actress Hilda Fay

escape the mayhem: a hectic routine

Yoga helps Hilda forget about the world outside IN THIS week’s Escape The Mayhem, The Gazette asks actress Hilda Fay about how she escapes her hectic routine.

F orm e r F a i r C i t y actress Hilda Fay is due to start a short run of a new play about the madness and devastation caused by the Celtic Tiger for one normal Dublin woman.

Hilda told The Gazette how she escapes the mayhem of her own life’s hectic routine as a busy mother and actress.

“My life is complete mayhem because I have two young children who are two and three so I don’t think there’s any way I can escape that mayhem except when I’m in my slumber.

“I suppose plays are a form of escapism for me

because I enjoy getting lost in different characters and in someone else’s life.

“The kids keep me fit but I love my bikram yoga too. It’s yoga done in a special heated room so it’s very intense and quite extreme.

“I am in there for an hour and a half and it’s definitely a form of meditation as well as physical.

“With the deep breathing, you block everything out and just concentrate on your own body and being at one with yourself.

I’ve been doing it for 10 years and when you come out from the room [after a yoga session] you feel 10 years younger and your skin is glowing.

“It’s like a sauna too, it’s really brilliant and the stretches are amaz-

ing. I danced for years up until my twenties so it’s a great way to keep supple and flexible.

“W hen I do my bikram yoga I forget about the world outside for the hour and a half.

“When I started, 10 years ago, there was only one place to do it and that was in Portobello but now they’re all over the place and I do it on Richmond Road in Fairview.”

Hilda Fay stars in the new one-woman show, Alice Devine by Shay Linehan at the Viking Theatre, The Sheds in Clontarf, Dublin 3.

There will be 11 performances of the show which starts on April 28 and ends on May 9.

Booking can be done by phoning Viking Theatre on 087 1129970 and tickets cost €12.

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lotta love: actor shows support for Barnardos

Tom has a cracking good time for charity  Bairbre Ni Braonain

Love/Hate actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor joined 3,000 young eggsplorers in Merrion Square on the Cadbury Easter Egg Trail in support of Barnardos recently.

The Gazette spoke exclusively to Vaughan L aw l o r, w h o p l ay s Nidge in the popular RTE hit show, about why he decided to go along and support the Barnardos event.

“I had my son three years ago and I think it’s having a child makes

you realise how, at a very early stage of the formative years, how vulnerable they can be.

“They’re arguably the most vulnerable members of the community because they have such beautiful openness and naievte in the best sense of the word and I think that kids who have lack in their life need the support to thrive and fulfill their potential in life.

“I think it’s the saddest thing in the world to see kids that are full of potential who can’t

fulfill that for social or economic reasons.

“I’m just delighted to be able to help because having a profile from Love/Hate has given me the opportunity to do charity work which is ver y special and we’re very lucky to have that.”

Tom painted an idyllic scene of tranquil family life in England, which he shares with his young son Freddie and his English actress wife Claire Cox. “It’s very quiet. I just hang out with my fam-

ily, we live out by the sea so we’re very fortunate to have a nice frontier to kind of wander along.

“We’re ver y lucky, again it’s that thing of having the experience of seeing children who don’t have the opportunities my son has and I wanted to, in some tiny way, contribute to helping to give other children a chance and I just think that’s so important for our community.”

Vaughan Lawlor has appeared in the BBC historical drama series Peaky Blinders starring

Love/Hate actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor. Pictures: Geraldine Woods

our own Cillian Murphy and is due to appear on the London stage in one-man show Howie the Rookie, which he will also bring on tour to New York when production for the fifth season

of Love/Hate, currently being filmed in Dublin, wraps up in June.

“I’m very fortunate because the show has opened a lot of doors for all of the cast.

“The life of an actor is

very nomadic and [with a family] it’s tough but my wife is amazing.

She’s very supportive, she’s made key sacrifices for my career and I’m lucky to have that level of support with her.”

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Many expected at top baby show  ian begley

mark scott lennon, fitzpatrick castle

A hotel that’s happy to build on its family roots FITZPATRICK Castle Hotel is just a stone’s throw from Dalkey and enjoys stunning views over Dublin Bay. The hotel has 113 luxurious bedrooms and suites, two award-winning restaurants, two bars, a 20m swimming pool within a fully equipped fitness centre, wedding and banqueting suites for up to 500 people and How long have you been in business?

I started working in Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel in 2002 when I was in transition year in school, working in the Library Bar as a lounge boy.

What makes your business successful?

Our business is successful due to the foundations laid by my grandparents, Paddy and Eithne, and my mother, Eithne, since opening in 1971.

What do you offer your clients that differs from your competitors?

As a family business, we aim to offer a very personalised service to our guests.

What law or regulation would you change overnight to help your business?

I would have more training assistance to help the hotel industry employ more people, as the cost of training can be a barrier to employment.

What is your ambition for the business?

After a number of tough years in the hotel business, things are starting to look positive again. Initially, the ambition would be to grow Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel over the next number of years with a long-term goal of expanding as a group.

How do you use social media (Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, etc) to help your business?

We use Facebook, Twitter, Ins-

conferencing facilities for up to 600 delegates. It is also conveniently located a short distance from Dalkey Dart Station, providing easy access to Dublin city centre.

The Gazette spoke to the hotel’s general manager/director, Mark Scott Lennon about the family business. tagram etc mainly for branding purposes at the moment and promoting events and offers in the hotel. It is hard to see a monetary return on investment, but they have massive value in engagement with customers.

What is the best piece of business advice you ever received?

If you are not making mistakes then you are not doing anything.

What is your favourite thing about doing business in your local area?

We are very lucky in Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel to have unbelievable support from the local community with weddings, birthdays, celebrations and business in our Grill Restaurant and Dungeon Bar.

What living person do you most admire?

Michael O’Leary; I admire his charisma and way with people.

What is your favourite Dublin restaurant?

Obviously, excluding The Grill at the Castle and PJ’s Restaurant in Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, my favourite restaurant would be Hartleys in Dun Laoghaire.

Who would your three dream dinner guests be and why?

Graham Norton – I love his show and think he is hilarious; Winston Churchill – I am very interested in WW2 history, and his part in it; and Elvis Presley – I love his music and I am sure he would have good stories.

BABY nutritionist business First 1000 Days has been announced as the headline sponsor of a baby show that is taking place in Dublin and Belfast.

The show – which is targeted at parents-to-be, new parents and carers of young children – will be held at the Citywest Complex, Clondalkin on September 6-7, and in the King’s Hall pavilion, Belfast next March 14-15.

Show director Wynn Penton said that he is “delighted” to have First 1000 Days as their headline sponsor for the event.

He said: “Ireland’s First 1000 Days Baby Show is designed to be a fun and informative event where parents can learn about the health issues surrounding pregnancy and child development, as well as shop and enjoy guest speakers, product demonstrations and entertainment.

“By sponsoring this event, the message that First 1000 Days delivers on the importance of getting nutrition right during that formative time, from pregnancy up to a child’s second birthday, and the profound impact it can have on a child’s future health, will be shared with a huge audience that includes an anticipated 18,000 visitors to the shows.”

Speaking about the sponsorship, Jaime O’Doherty, head of marketing for Danone early life nutrition, said: “We are thrilled to announce First 1000 Days as headline sponsors of these two baby shows.

Babies and toddlers will be the main focus of the show, with a wide range of exhibitors and experts on hand to help with nutrition and parenting matters

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‘Ireland’s First 1000 Days Baby Show is designed to be a fun and informative event where parents can learn about the health issues surrounding pregnancy and child development’ --------------------------------------------------------

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“To be able to share the message of the importance of good nutrition from pregnancy to two years with such a large and targeted audience is fantastic.

“As part of our sponsorship, we will have expert nutritionists and dieticians on hand to answer questions and give advice to parents-to-be and new parents.

“Visitors to our exhibition stand can also collect a copy of the free First 1000 Days recipe book, which we created

alongside First 1000 Days ambassador [chef] Neven Maguire, and dieticians from around the country,” he said.

In addition to guest speakers, live cookery demonstrations and nutritional advice from First 1000 Days’ experts, visitors to the show can enjoy meeting more than 250 exhibitors.

Businesses large and small will be on display, showcasing a variety of baby and parenting essentials – from large purchases such as prams and car

seats from national retailers right through to fashion, gifts, healthcare, toys and more.

The “mumpreneur” area – a zone dedicated to cottage businesses established by local mothers – is expected to be particularly popular as parents seek out unique and individual items for their baby.

From a shop-and-drop area to the baby changing facilities where visitors can enjoy free nappies and wipes courtesy of Aldi’s award-winning Mamia brand, visitor enjoyment is a primary focus of the show.

Tickets for Ireland’s First 1000 Days Baby Show are available to purchase on Ticketmaster for €9.

For further information, see www.irelandsbabyshow.com.

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The company of SIngin’ In The Rain make a splash on stage; right, Vicky Binns (as Lina Lamont) is looking forward to the show coming to Ireland, saying: “The Irish audience really does give a great reception and reaction to shows”

THEATRE: STAR OF SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN HAILS ITS SUCCESS

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FORMER Coronation Street star Vicky Binns, is swapping t’cobbles for theatre by starring in the stage production of Singin’ in the Rain.

The stage adaptation of the film comes to Dublin this May and Vicky – best known for her role as Molly Dobbs in Coronation Street – takes on the role as Lina Lamont.

Speaking to The Gazette ahead of her Dublin tour, Vicky said she’s excited about performing in front of an Irish audience.

“It is great when you get a job and you look at the tour list and see where you’re going. We’re all just: ‘Yay, we are going on holidays!’

“It’s such a treat to be able to go to

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another country, especially a place that is so much fun like Ireland. The Irish audience really does give a great reception and reaction to shows.”

For many growing up, Singin’ in the Rain is one movie we all know, mostly because of the songs, so when Vicky was auditioning for the show she surprised herself when she realised that she hadn’t seen the movie in full.

She said: “I thought I had seen it. It is so iconic that you know the dancing, you know the songs, but I realised that I actually hadn’t sat down to watch it.

“Musical theatre is such a niche, and I wouldn’t be the best singer or dancer, but when it was explained to me about the role of Lina – the whole joke is that she is a terrible singer, so then I realised actually maybe I can go for this audition,” she laughed.

“I watched the film and loved it, and then went to see the show in the West End, and I thought I would love to be part of it. It is so ambitious in scale, and translates the film in such a glorious way,” she said.

A film about singing in the rain would be nothing without rain on stage, so anyone thinking of sitting in the front

row may need their own umbrella “I would definitely tell those in the front to bring an umbrella! It rains on stage – people can’t believe it, and they do get wet, but they love it,” she said.

Taking a break from TV for six months to do the stage show, Vicky is still very much involved in TV acting, and has just finished filming The Mill.

“I am so lucky to be able to do both.

I just finished The Mill, and that will come out in the summer. This is the second series of the period drama.

“Something like that, I am really keen to do. I would love to do things like that again,” she said.

Singin’ in the Rain is at Bord Gais Theatre from May 20 to 28. For further information and ticket sales, see: www. bordgaisenergytheatre.ie.

THE Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs.

Our Dog of the Week is Mariel, a three-year-old female Lurcher.

This beautiful dog arrived in to Dogs Trust with her one-week-old puppy. She is very shy and would benefit from going to a home where there was already a confident dog to help her learn the ways of the world.

Mariel needs a calm owner who is willing to take their time with her and help build up her confidence.

Her puppy has already found a new home, so Mariel is now ready to go to hers! We are looking for an active family; if there are children in the family, they would have to be 16+.

If you think you could give Mariel a loving home then please contact Dogs Trust on 01-8791000.

They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50 and would love to show you around. Map and directions can be found on their website www. dogstrust.ie

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OUT&ABOUT ‘Grande Partenza’ to cycle into Irish shores

2014 GIRO D’ITALIA: PROFESSIONAL CYCLING’S SECOND BIGGEST RACE

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NORTHERN Ireland will be tickled pink this summer as the cameras and helicopters come to the region for the 2014 Giro d’Italia, professional cycling’s second biggest race after the Tour de France.

The “Grande Partenza” makes its first visit to these shores, tearing around Belfast on Friday, May 9 for the opening team trial before whip-

ping north for stage two along the Causeway coast.

Before transferring back to its Italian home for two-and-a-half weeks, the race will take in a jaunt to Dublin.

For towns like Armagh, it gives them a shop window to show off their wares. Stage three of the Giro rolls out of the town on Sunday, May 11, with over 200 cyclists and their entourages taking in a lap of the Shambles, traversing the city hills past the two cathedrals dedicated to St Patrick before hitting the 187km road south.

With the apple blossoms set to fall at that time of year and several hills with great viewing points, it is set to be one of the iconic images of the early stages of the race.

Indeed, those pink blossoms work perfectly with the race’s motif, adopting pink as its winning colour in honour of La Gazette dello Sport, the newspaper that first sponsored the race and their traditional pink pages.

The stage will bring to a close the Giro’s three-day spell in Northern Ireland but the local tourist attractions are making every effort to ensure that a slightly prolonged day out is available for those who make the trip up from the south.

While the earlier stages may present more frequently visited tourist attractions for the Giro follower like the Giant’s Causeway and Stormont, Armagh provides a perfect base for the casual observer, especially with

Stage two of the race follows the Causeway coast and (inset) Armagh Cathedral

children in tow.

A quick two-mile hop to the west is the Navan Fort, one of Ireland’s most important archaeological sites where the Tandragee man was found and home to Emain Macha of the Red Branch Knights. The site is brought to life in an early Christian dwelling with period actors delighting in taunting the “strangers with their strange ways” that grace their settlement, detailing their survival methods in enlightening fashion.

For the more modern minded, there’s the city’s Planetarium on College Hill. Again, it’s a magic attraction for children with the 360-degree domed theatre, transporting visitors into the cosmos. The Planetarium played host to cosmonaut James Hadfield while the quality of the meteorites on display serve to make it one of the town’s premier attractions.

The two St Patrick’s

cathedrals, which can both just about be seen from one another atop their respective hills, offer a quieter outlet away from the potential razzamatazz of the cycling action outside.

If you were to only to visit one, the Church of Ireland is the more lo-fi with a touch more elegance – and a stunning crypt underneath – while the Catholic one is brighter with a greater sense of decadence.

To eat, the 1868 is a good spot to watch the hustle and bustle go by – get there early on Giro day – while Uluru is a true gem for later repasts.

The Australian-themed restaurant is a favourite of Georgina Campbell and has a wealth of awards under its belt in addition to featuring on BBC’s Northern Exposure.

Dean Coppard is the Aussie connection and chef while his wife Sara

manages with the intention to provide local produce with an antipodean twist. Kangaroo was introduced to the menu several years ago “as a novelty” but its popularity – currently being served with tagliatelle as a starter or char-grilled with braised cabbage and sweet potato chips for the main – has since made it a staple.

The mint Aero cheesecake tops off a delightful meal in typically laidback surrounds.

It offers a superb backdrop for a cycling enthusiast hoping for that bit extra once the mass of lycra-clad riders roll out of the province at the end of the long weekend.

Armagh highlights  Navan Centre and Fort, 81 Killylea Rd, Armagh; http://www.armagh. co.uk/navan-centre-fort  Dinner at Uluru Bistro, 16-18 Market St, Armagh; http://ulurubistro.com

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Instanbul named the world’s top destination Istanbul was this week named the top destination in the world, and in Europe, ahead of cities such as Rome, London, Paris and New York, in the sixth annual Travellers’ Choice awards for Destinations by TripAdvisor.

Already the sixth most-visited country in the world with a recordbreaking 39, 860, 771 visitors last year and year-onyear growth of 5.69%, the latest accolade bolsters Turkey’s place as one of the most popular travel destinations in the world.

Istanbul is also the second most popular desti-

nation for overseas visitors within Turkey after Antalya, with 10,474,867 visiting Istanbul in 2013, up 12% year on year.

“We’re delighted that Turkey has been chosen as the best destination in the world in these annual awards that are based on millions of reviews by the travellers themselves,” said Selcuk Can, attache for the embassy of the Republic of Turkey – Office of the Counsellor for Culture and Information in London.

“We continue to receive record numbers of visitor numbers to Istanbul every year as they dis-

cover the captivating energy of this exciting culture capital. The only city in the world to straddle two continents at the crossroads of civilisation, Istanbul is one fascinating melting pot of a great 21st-century city.”

The 2014 TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice Awards are based on users’ reviews and ratings over a 12-month period.

The sixth annual awards saw Istanbul jump from 11th place to first within the past year.

In announcing the aw a r d , Tr i p A d v i s o r said: “Europe and Asia meet in Istanbul, where

breathtaking ancient architecture coexists with modern restaurants and nightlife. The city’s mosques, bazaars, and hammams (Turkish baths) could keep you happily occupied for your entire trip.

“Start with the aweinspiring Sultan Ahmet Camii (Blue Mosque), visible from many points of the city. Stroll the Galata Bridge and stop by the Miniaturk Park to see its tiny artifacts. The Grand Bazaar has thousands of shops to browse, while the Egyptian Bazaar is a fragrant trove of spices and fruits.”

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Murat Balandi, managing director Ireland, Turkish Airlines

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BARGAIN hunters get ready for a mega sale at Kilkenny Shops this bank holiday weekend.

This week Gazette Style is showcasing just a few of the many sale offers taking place at Kilkenny stores this weekend.

The 6 Day Sale event started earlier this week, but is set to continue over the weekend.

Home to Ireland’s largest and finest selection of Irish Designers, as well as a few top international labels, this sale is offering customers’ savings of up to 50%. Everything in the shop is reduced. The sale event will run in all of Kilkenny’s 13 stores including Dublin branches at The Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords, Stillorgan Shopping Centre and 6-15 Nassau Street, Dublin 2 or shop online at Kilkenny’s newly redesigned online store, kilkennyshop.com

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Meanwhile, there are eight vivid colours inspired by dangerous nature, with moon jelly, green viper and tangerine just some of the colours to choose from.

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CINEMA frank: heads up – this one has cult charm

The best ever film about a Sidebottom

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SPORTING a giant fibreglass head, Michael Fassbender takes the titular role in Frank, a chaotic road-trip to the depths of music and madness.

Those of a certain vintage will remember the utter oddity that was Frank Sidebottom – a unique blend of postpunk weirdness wrapped up with the cabaret sensibilities of a Butlin’s Redcoat staff member.

Frank regularly appeared on British TV through the 1980s, butch-

ering hits on a Casio keyboard.

Loosely inspired by journalist Jon Ronson’s stint as a keyboard player with Frank Sidebottom’s band, Frank reimagines things in the present day, focusing on wannabe musician Jon (Domhnall Gleeson).

Jon’s opportunity to join the band Soronprfbs (which is so avant-garde, nobody knows how to pronounce the name) comes by chance when he finds the police wrestling their keyboard player from the sea.

Stepping in for a gig, he finds himself whisked away from British suburbia to the wilds of Wicklow to record an album.

In the isolated confines of a log cabin, the band’s personalities clash. Jon is the light of sanity and our gateway into the odd cast of characters that comprise Soronprfbs.

Frank is the everpresent mystery, and Jon’s fascination to find the man behind the mask lands him in trouble with the protective Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

Jon’s quest to eke out

his home among the outcasts plays out like Almost Famous, spliced together with Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas.

It’s an over-the-top ride, but despite the pervasive peculiarity, it never feels too far-fetched. Ronson’s input as co-author, coupled with Lenny Abrahamson’s directorial style, keep the piece grounded.

Frank always feels more about the characters Jon meets, rather than the situations they get into, which in retrospect is some achievement.

This may prove too

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender (yes, really) and Scoot McNairy star in probably the greatest film ever made about a man with a big fibreglass head

strange a film to immediately appeal to mass audiences, but as with Garage, and Adam and Paul, Abrahamson is able to make something universally significant from the strangest of circumstances.

And, likewise, beneath

the giant head, Fassbender is able to create a character that is sporadically charming, terrifying, and – dare I say it – at times very relatable.

Underneath the veneer of chaos lies a nicely crafted film that sets out to explore what happens

when we take an honest look beyond our facades.

Its anthemic ending will stay with you for weeks, and will probably encourage you to be a little more open, a little more straightforward – and a little more Frank.

Verdict: 8/10

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This tempting recipe serves eight

A lovely, light, lemon cake you can whip up POPULAR chef and author Donal Skehan, who has gathered and served up some of Theodora FitzGibbons’ recipes in a new collection (see review, right) presents this Lemon Marshmallow Cake recipe – just one of a number of delicious dishes to be found in the book, The Pleasures of the Table.

This is something you can make a few days ahead of eating, and is a light and very fresh-tasting cake that serves eight.

Ingredients • 175g (6oz) butter or margarine • Pinch of salt • 175g (6oz) castor sugar • Lemon curd for filling • 3 eggs • 225g (8oz) self-raising flour • Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon • 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice • 225g (8oz) icing sugar • Approx 225g (8oz) split marshmallows • Icing Preparation • Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.

• Grease and flour two 20cm (8in) sponge tins.

Cream together the butter and sugar until light. Beat the eggs with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.

• Sieve the flour and salt, and add a spoonful each time you add some of the egg to the butter and sugar mixture. Then, fold in the remaining flour and mix well, but do not beat too hard.

• Spoon the mixture between the two tins and bake in the centre of the oven for about 25–30 minutes, or until it moves away from the sides of the tins. Then, take out and cool.

• Meanwhile, cut the marshmallows in half with wet scissors. When the cakes are cooked, cover the top of one with marshmallow halves slightly overlapping. Put back in the oven for a few minutes so that the marshmallows melt just a little.

• When both sandwiches are cold, put together with a filling of lemon curd, and then when quite cold, ice the cake.

• Sift the icing sugar into a basin, add the strained lemon juice and mix into a smooth paste. Put into a saucepan and warm gently over a low heat, beating well until it is of pouring consistency.

• You might have to add a little water or milk, but make sure it is very little. Do not let it get too hot or the icing will go dull.

• Pour warm icing over the cake, smooth the sides, then set aside to chill.

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COLLECTION: THEODORA FITZGIBBON’S TOP RECIPES

What a pleasure to tuck into this tome ...

THE name Theodora Fitz-Gibbon is sy nonymous with glamour, strength and independence. Fitzgibbon was the food editor for The Irish Times for 20 years and was well-known as a food expert and prolific cookbook author on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Pleasures of the Table is a new collection of her best recipes, selected and photographed by Donal Skehan.

Life-long fans will delight in this new collection to replace her old cookbooks and the cut-out yellowed clippings from her column years ago, while a new generation of cooks will rediscover a giant in Irish culinary circles.

Born in London in 1918 of Irish parents, Theodora was educated in England and France and travelled widely with her father and husband – the writer Constantine FitzGibbon – living in India, the United States and in many countries on the continent.

Her travels gave her

the opportunity to investigate first-hand the food of many diverse cultures, and she developed an extensive knowledge of both Irish and worldwide cuisine.

It was her ability to bring social and historical context to food for her readers for the first time that marked her out as a game-changer when she began writing for The Irish Times in the 1970s.

Theodora was also greatly interested in theatre and literature, working as an actress in London and Rome. She wrote two autobiographies, With Love, and Love Lies a Loss, and a novel, Flight of the Kingfisher, which was made into a successful BBC TV Play.

Her autobiographies chronicle her eccentric family and upbringing, capture what life was like in wartime Paris and London, and recall her bohemian existence living in Bermuda, Capri and Rome.

She rubbed shoulders with the great writers, artists and actors of the

Foodies will delight in this collection of some of the best of many recipes from legendary Irish Times food editor Theodora FitzGibbon (right). The late author led a fascinating life, with her meandering career bringing her into contact with many global dishes and international cuisine.

1940s and 1950s, among them Salvador Dali, Picasso, Dylan Thomas, Grahame Greene, Greta Garbo and James Thurber.

try to country.

Her food career began when she moved back to Ireland at the end of the 1950s after her marriage to FitzGibbon ended.

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Food is a constant thread in her memoirs.

There are many mouthwatering recollections of how she managed to create meals from nothing during the ration years, thanks to World War 2, and how she got to grips with new ingredients for her many dinner parties as she moved from coun-

She went on to marry film-maker and film archivist George Morrison, who photographed her recipes for her Irish Times column. They lived in Dalkey, “with the sea at the bottom of the garden”.

Over a 20-year career, T heodora w rote 30 cookbooks. Among

them were the encyclopaedic The Food of the Western World, Your Favourite Recipes, Irish Traditional Food, Country House Kitchens, Eat Well and Live Longer, Cosmopolitan Cookery, The High Protein Diet and Cookery Book and The Young Cook’s Book – the latter three having received bronze medals at the Frankfurt International Food Fair.

She also wrote for Image magazine, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Home and Gardens and made radio and television appearances on the BBC and RTE. She died in 1991.

The Pleasures of the Table is published by Gill & Macmillan, and is priced at €24.99.

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ARTS BOOKS: TOM GILMARTIN – A DECENT DEVELOPER’S BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION

A fight for Irish honour  BAIRBRE NI BHRAONAIN

TOM Gilmartin, the eponymously titled subject of journalist Frank Connolly’s latest book, is rightly (though longwindedly) described so in the subtitle as the man who brought down a Taoiseach and exposed the greed and corruption at the heart of Irish politics.

Gilmartin, who died last year, was an extremely successful developer from Sligo who left Ireland in the 1950s only to return in the 1980s to try to inject a bit of economic hope in an Ireland going through a recession.

Setting up a large development in a site called

Quarryvale off the M50, he saw it as an attractive place to draw investment from many English businessmen and retailers.

T hat development became Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and Retail Park.

Frank Connolly tells the story, in painstaking detail, of how Gilmartin, an “honourable man” – whose motives were very sincere for his native country in its time of need – was beset, harassed and eventually bullied out of his own Quarryvale company, Barkhill, by a rogues’ gallery of characters in Irish development circles and politics.

The litany of examples of shady dealers and corrupt requests for “donations” catalogued in the book are reminiscent of the obscene characters in a Hunter S Thompson novel.

Connolly is a very astute and thorough journalist who covered the Flood and Mahon tribunals into corruption in Dublin planning and became close to the besieged Gilmartin during that time.

He paints a picture of Gilmartin as a pitiful figure at times, who was like a babe in the woods who stumbled into a den of political thieves when he attempted to negotiate his

way through the treacherous water of planning designations and zoning in Dublin.

Gilmartin grew up in Lislary in Sligo, and left school at 13, but left home around three years later for Luton, where he spent most of his adult life. Gilmartin recalls the moment of epiphany when he made up his mind to leave.

“I was back at home saving the hay with my father, when I stuck the fork in the ground and said, ‘I’ll be in England tomorrow’.”

The next day, he was in Luton and steadily worked his way diligently over the years until he had

Writer Frank Connolly with music legend Christy Moore, who launched his latest book, Tom Gilmartin (right)

his own highly-successful engineering company.

In the 1980s, he decided to go back to Ireland, having seen so many Irish people begging on the Underground in London, and because he wanted

to help his native country that, he said, was “on its knees”.

Instead of being welcomed and accommodated in this respect, he was asked for bribes by many politicians to grease the

planning wheels to get his Quarryvale project off the ground.

Tom Gilmartin is published by Gill & Macmillan and is available priced €16.99 at all good bookshops.

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APPSWATCH MAKE YOUR PHOTOS EVEN BETTER

Some of the most popular apps to polish your pics THIS apps round-up takes a look at some of the leading photo-editing apps. After all, whether you’re catching up with friends on Facebook, posting that perfect shot to Twitter, or simply jumping on board the latest internet meme bandwagon, chances are that you’ll want to make your shots look their best.

With this in mind, here are some of the top photo editing apps to polish that perfect pic, or even put lots together into a simple film.

OKAY, so Instagram (free, IOS, Android) is positively the grandfather of image-editing (and sharing) apps, but it’s still hugely popular as a photosharing service.

Not only that, but it still has its uses for a quick edit of a shot you may want to post elsewhere.

It also remains a gateway to easily upload and share your carefully crafted shot from within another app(s), meaning that you can ignore Instagram’s slightly lacking filters to add your own shot instead. For this kind of mass appeal, it’s hard to ignore Instagram’s appeal, and reach.

FOR those looking for a bit more oomph in their shots, Snapseed (free, IOS, Android) is a surprisingly adaptable image editing app (that yours truly uses for all of his online image editing, in fact).

While there are literally thousands of free imageediting apps out there, many with further in-app purchases (IAP) to further extend that app’s usefulness, Snapseed only concentrates on editing and polishing shots to get them looking great, keeping a clean, neat interface that isn’t trying to fob IAP off on the user.

The end result? Potentially professionally perfect pics, perfect for posting online or emailing off.

FINALLY, who says your photos have to stay photos? Using Flipagram (free, IOS, Android) you can put lots of your photos together into a little movie (emphasis on “little” – think, 10 or 15 seconds), add some backing music, and hey presto – Stephen Spielberg will be cowering under the bed.

There’s been a slow rise in the number of such photo-video editing and sharing apps in the past year in particular, but Flipagram provides a pretty nice, straightforward app to turn your photos into a clip to post online or forward on. (IAP is available to remove the branding that’s otherwise embedded in the end result; otherwise, it’s free to use.)

Google Ara Phone THE tech giant is working on a super-cheap, disposable/upgradeable mobile phone that could be out in 2015. At a rumoured $50 (c.€35) price point, the Project Ara phone – using modular components that can be easily replaced or upgraded – could be a smash hit. After all, why spend mega bucks on a new phone if you just want a faster processor or a new camera? If you could simply snap out and pop on the bits of a phone you actually want/need to upgrade, Ara could be another surprisingly innovative project by the tech company.s C. €35

TECH Samsung Galaxy S5 WHAT to say about another flagship product for the phone Titan? Being someone whose eyes glaze over once specs start trailing last like the credits in a Star Wars film, let’s just say that it’s a very powerful winner for Samsung once again - although it has a couple of niggles, as many such smartphones do. For example, depending on owner usage, the battery could be either a winner or a whiner, while the small charger-port cover is more fiddly than fantastic. Still, the Galaxy S5 more than proves why Samsung are Apple’s main contender, with this latest iteration impressing on most levels Price varies from network/package

NueVue iPad case WE’RE all used to seeing our beloved (and expensive) iPads put into protective cases and covers to help keep them clean and scratch-free – however, this doesn’t mean that they’re germfree. Enter the NueVue case which, at a similar price point to its more high-end peers, promises to protect and clean the screen of bacteria, if left to it. Considering the numbers of people that carry their iPads in and out of toilets and bathrooms without a second thought, this seems like a particularly cool – and useful – piece of kit to look out for (with the multicovered and textured cases also available for iPhones, too). For further information or to order your own cleaning cover, see www.nuevue.com. C. €42

Mophie iPhone juice pack XL APPLE’S iPhone users aren’t immune to the current Achilles Heel of almost all phones – they go out like a lion in the morning, but crawl home like a lamb gasping for juice – a particular problem if you’re travelling and/ or don’t have access to a charger. Enter the clunkily named Mophie iPhone Juice Pack XL (available to buy from http://store. apple.com/ie) which is a pricey but dead handy piece of tech indeed. As a glorified portable battery, it’ll never win any beauty prizes, but Mophie can recharge your iPhone several times, making it a pretty useful gadget, and potentially indispensable if you’re travelling for a while. It’s doubly useful, as it can charge two devices at the same time. €129.95

IT’S TRUE – ET REALLY WAS BURIED IN THE DESERT A POPULAR gamers’ joke (and urban legend) has it that in the early 1980s, up to a million copies of ET: The Extra Terrestrial (for the classic Atari 2600 console) were secretly buried somewhere in a New Mexico desert, as the game was truly terrible.

However, it turns out that an awful lot of copies of the game have only just been found in a 30-year-old landfill

at Alamogordo, New Mexico, backing up matter-of-fact discussions from a former Atari manager who had been asked to find a cheap way to get rid of 728,000 cartridges.

Putting such a legendary turkey into a big hole and pouring concrete over them turned out not to be a permanent way to get rid of such rubbish after all.

It’s a bittersweet gaming story

for games enthusiasts – ET’s spectacular failure largely led to the downfall of Atari, ushering in the games crash of the early 1980s that decimated America’s gaming sector – so, to have found the long-missing games, thus proving the myth was true all along provides food for thought, as well as some mild amusement.

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World’s first car at Malahide show

Visitors to this year’s Malahide Classic and Vintage Car Show organised by Malahide Lions Club, which takes place at the Grand Hotel in the village on Sunday, May 18, will have the chance to view a full-size, fullyworking replica of the world’s first motor car, the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen.

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Exact in every detail to the original patented design created by Karl Benz some 128 years ago, the car was engineered by apprentices at the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart and is one of a very limited number produced by them to mark the centenary of the motorcar. It is now in the ownership of Motor Distributors Limited, concessionaires for Mercedes-Benz in Ireland.

Also on display at the show will be some 100 classic and vintage cars

The full-size, fully-working replica of the world’s first motor car, the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen

that, collectively, portray how the motorcar has evolved over a century since it was invented.

Last year, some 3,000

New alliance: Finding success with Sexton toyota Ireland has added Jonathan Sexton to its portfolio of brand ambassadors. Sexton is an icon of Irish rugby, whose successes include a 6 Nations title, three Heineken Cup medals and an Amlin Cup medal. For such an accomplished athlete, only the Toyota Land Cruiser Business Class will suffice, and Jonathan is shown picking up his keys at Toyota Ireland headquarters from Steve Tormey, deputy managing director, Toyota Ireland.

visitors attended the event when the centerpiece exhibit was Ireland’s first motorcar, a Benz Velo Comfortable

imported into Ireland by Dr Colohan, then owner of what is now the Grand Hotel.

Entrance to the event

is €5 per adult or €10 per family with proceeds going to St Francis Hospice in Raheny and other charitable causes.

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Volkswagen present family specially adapted van for Flood family Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has presented Caoimhe Flood and her family with a new Caddy Maxi Life, which has been specially adapted for Caoimhe’s needs after her own vehicle was stolen.

The Flood family were burgled in March and thieves stole Caoimhe’s specially adapted vehicle after removing the keys from the family home. The family also lost other items which Caoimhe relies on day to day, including an iPad which helps her to communicate. The stolen vehicle was found last week burnt out in Wexford.

Marliss Flood said: “I am truly delighted to have received my new Caddy and cannot say enough about the help and assistance that the team at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles gave us during this difficult time. From the moment they heard our story, the team stepped in to deliver a courtesy replacement vehicle whilst they designed Caoimhe’s new vehicle which was fully adapted within two weeks. We are so touched by how they reached out to us.”

Caoimhe Flood, is seven years of age and needs 24-hour care after being paralysed from birth, as she suffers from cerebral palsy. Speaking on Ryan Tubridy’s 2fm show, Caoimhe’s mother, Marliss, explained how the vehicle was stolen while Caoimhe was being looked after by her night nurse. The following morning when Marliss went downstairs she discovered the family car, a special grey Volkswagen Caddy Maxi Life automatic, was gone.

Commenting, Alan Bateson, managing director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Ireland, said: “When we heard the Flood’s story on the Tubridy show on RTE 2fm, we knew that we had to step in and help. We have heard firsthand how families all over the country rely on these vehicles, many with children who have special needs and these vehicles act as a lifeline.”

Marlis Flood with Caoimhe, Sean and Aoife are pictured taking delivery of their new Volkswagen Caddy Maxi Life

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BLUEBELL United’s Ger Bambrick scored a stunning hat-trick for his Irish Eastern Region side last week in the East vs West Regions Cup. His goals in the 3-0 win mean the East will represent the FAI for the UEFA Regions Cup campaign.

TEAMof the St Michael’s Rowing Club team MONTH up with GOAL for Celtic Challenge H OVER the May bank holiday weekend, 12 men and women from St Michael’s Rowing Club, Dun Laoghaire and volunteers from Irish charity Goal, will take part in a biennial rowing race across the Irish Sea known as the Celtic Challenge.

The race sets off from Arklow with the finishing line in Aberystwyth, Wales. At 150km, this relay race is billed as the longest true rowing race in the world and draws together 27 teams from Wales, Ireland and beyond.

The team is taking on this challenge to raise funds for a support project in the Philippines and a new skiff for St Michael’s.

The event is an extremely challenging one and will test all team members both mentally and physically. Their oarsmen and oarswomen will have to contend with waves, currents, blisters, seasickness, lack of sleep and the particular challenges of rowing in the dark.

The crossing is expected to take over 24 hours, with the squad currently training hard

on land and sea in preparation.

In fact, the six members from Team Goal had never rowed in the open sea up until 12 weeks ago and are really excited about the challenge.

Anna Keegan said: “I had no idea what I was letting myself in for, however the on and off water training has been excellent and now I’m really excited to get going.”

Not many races start and finish in different countries, a source of pride to the Welsh and Irish oarsmen and women

involved. So too is the sport of coastal rowing itself, which differs from the Olympic or Oxford v Cambridge code of rowing in a number of key ways. Seats are fixed, not sliding, and boats are of a more substantial construction to tackle the swell on the open seas, which can reach several metres.

St Michael’s take things a step further by using quarter-ton wooden clinker-built east coast skiffs rather than the modern fibreglass models, used by all other competitors in 2012.

clontarf rfc CLONTARF broke their Ulster Bank All-Ireland league duck in thrilling fashion last weekend when they profited from Old Belvedere’s 23-18 loss to Garryowen. It meant their 27-13 win over Ballynahinch saw them top the table for the first time.

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FastSport Leinster Junior squad packed with Dubs: SEVENTEEN of the 18 players named in the Leinster women’s junior hockey squad are from south Dublin clubs ahead of their upcoming interprovincial tournament in Cork which runs on May 3 and 4.

Three Rock Rovers lead the way with goalkeeper Barbara Snow joined by last year’s captain Julie Garvey, sisters Sinead and Maebh Holden and Isabelle Hoyne all included.

Near neighbours Loreto are also well represented with Ruth Murphy, Sarah Mooney, Roisin Ryan and Aideen McGuinness included.

cricket: ed joyce looking forward to visit of t20 champions sri lanka

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ED JOYCE believes Ireland will never have a better chance of toppling world champions Sri Lanka than when the two sides meet in a fortnight’s time in the RSA Insurance ODI Series.

The former Merrion club man is named in

a 13-man squad for the games at Castle Avenue, Clontarf on Tuesday May 6 and Thursday May 8 (10.45am start both days).

Joyce has been in sparkling form, scoring three first-class centuries this month, including two in the recent victory at Edgbaston which helped Sussex to

the top of the County Championship.

“I’m convinced we have a real chance of beating Sri Lanka because it’s fair to say they won’t relish the conditions we’re likely to encounter in early May in Dublin,” Joyce said.

The 35-year-old veteran scored his first ODI century for Ireland against Pakistan in 2013 but ended up on the losing side after an epic two-match series.

“We tied with Pakistan at the same venue last year, and lost the second match by a narrow margin when we looked like winning it,” Joyce said.

“It was a very special occasion for me to score

Ed Joyce, right, is upbeat ahead of Ireland’s big game against Sri Lanka

that hundred in front of a sell-out crowd but it was a bitter-sweet experience as we eventually lost that game.

“Hopefully this time we can go one better and record our first Dublin victory against one of the big teams.

“I’ve only played one international match against Sri Lanka during the 2007 World Cup, so I’m really looking forward to the challenge of facing some of the world’s best bowlers.

“A s a p l ay e r y o u always want to test yourself against the best, and there’s no doubt that the Sri Lanka attack very much comes into that category.”

Ireland coach Phil

Simmons and his fell ow s e l e c t o r s h ave gone for the tried and tr usted, with all 13 players named featuring in the recent ICC World Twenty20 finals in Bangladesh.

“We’ve resisted the temptation to make any changes, as the guys have been magnificent over the past few years,” Simmons said. “ We ’ ve t u r n e d i n some fantastic performances against Full Members in recent times, but it’s a reality that we still haven’t recorded a major victory here in Dublin - although we seem to be getting closer every year.

“What better way to break that duck than with a win over reign-

ing world champions?

That would be a great thank-you present to the Irish fans who have made our last two fixtures sell-outs.”

Simmons is encouraged by the early season form of his players.

“It’s great that the skipper William Porterfield was amongst the runs yesterday making 77 against Lancashire, and of course Ed Joyce has been just phenomenal for Sussex,” he said.

“Tim Mur tagh has been among the wickets for Middlesex while George Dockrell had a five-wicket haul in a Somerset seconds game, so that will give them all encouragement as we look for that landmark win.”

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FORMER Castleknock College student Devin Toner has been included on the Ireland’s Rugby Players Association shortlist for the Players’ Player of the Year award for 2014.

He is in the running alongside Munster flanker Peter O’Mahony, and Ulster winger Andrew Trimble.

The awards are voted for by the players themselves, with votes collected from the entire professional player group across the country.

IRUPA chairman Rob Kearney said: “All awards presented on the night are hugely significant, as there is no higher accolade than being recognised by your peers who you go into battle with each week.

“The Hibernia College Player of the Year award is particularly coveted as it represents the one outstanding performer in all of Irish rugby as voted by all fellow players.”

The award is one of 10 including three new categories which will be announced at the ceremony hosted by former Wales and

Lions number 8 Scott Quinnell on Wednesday, May 7 at Dublin’s Double Tree by Hilton Hotel.

Among the other awards is the Nevin Spence Young Player of the Year, contested this year by a host of talented young players including two graduates of the Leinster Academy - Jack McGrath and Jordi Murphy – up against Robbie Henshaw.

IRUPA is also introducing the Boardmatch Contribution to Society award which will be presented to a player or former player who has made a significant impact to society outside of rugby.

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Irish star Stephanie Roche is confident the national side are in good shape to reach the 2015 Women’s World Cup thanks to an outstanding performance against Euro champions Germany Local clubs sign up to FAI  nathan kelly sport@gazettegroup.com

HAVING scored “that goal” back in October, Stephanie Roche, like Irish women’s football in general, has gone from strength to strength in the past few months.

GazetteSport caught up with the Peamount United striker at the launch of the 2014 eFlow Summer Soccer Schools in the Aviva stadium recently, for which she, alongside Hull City’s David Meyler, is an ambassador.

Most recently, Roche was back breaking moulds for the Irish senior side. The side pushed European Champions Germany all the way in their World Cup qualifier in Tallaght stadium, a German side who had scored 44 goals and con-

ceded none in their previous six qualifying games.

Ireland broke that run with an early strike while a Roche goal in the dying minutes almost confirmed a 2-2 draw only for the strong Germans grabbing a late winner.

On the match, Stephanie reflected: “I think there are a lot of positives to take from the game, nobody expected us to get two goals against them. We felt unlucky not to get something out of the game, which if you compared to a couple of years ago, you would be going out hoping not to get thumped.”

Up n e x t f o r S u e Ronan’s Irish girls is Russia, who they are tied in second place with in Group A. Looking ahead to the fixture on May 7, Roche said: “We’ve played them twice before

in the last campaign, which was 1-1 at home and 3-0 away but they’re a good side. They got thumped by Germany already so they’ll be aiming to come back against us. We should know what to expect from them and hopefully we can get the result.”

With the men’s team not due to play in the finals of a major tournament till at least 2016, Roche and the Irish ladies could provide some national excitement in Canada next summer should they qualify for the World Cup. It comes after a mixed season on the club front though she did fire an incredible five goals in midweek against Cork.

The women’s domestic league is now done and dusted with the Greenogue side finishing

second to rivals Raheny United while they also crashed out of the cup semi-finals to Castlebar two weeks ago.

Speaking about her side’s cup exit, the Shankill native said: “We were down a few players and going into the game, and knew it was going to

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be tough and in fairness to Castlebar they played really well. It would be wrong to say they didn’t deserve it in the end but we were disappointed as we wanted to finish the season with some silverware.”

The fact that it was the

Stephanie Roche, right, pictured at the launch of the 2014 eFlow FAI Summer Soccer Schools with David Meyler and 12-year-old Cillian Prunty Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

two Dublin clubs going for the league and Wexford and Castlebar in the cup final shows that the Bus Eireann Women’s National League is not just dominated by two teams, and Stephanie agreed: “It just proves that it isn’t going to always be Peamount and

Raheny dominating the leagues and cups. Wexford and Castlebar have given us good games all season so it shows there is good talent throughout the league.”

Although she finished the season without club silverware, Roche could still grab some individual glory, having been nominated for Player of the Year, plus being included in the league’s Team of the Year.

On those successes, Roche said: “I’m delighted. It’s good to be up there, hopefully I have a shout of getting it but there’s some good players going for it. Two of my teammates from Peamount are up for it, Aine [O’Gorman] and Julie (Ann-Russell).

“They’ve been brilliant this year so hopefully one of the Peamount girls can get it.”

Future Football initiative

CORDUFF, Esker Celtic, St Francis and Verona will take part in the McDonald’s FAI Future Football programme for a second successive year along with new additions Adamstown, Beechpark and Lucan United, will take part in a range of programme activities.

Future Football is a programme designed to encourage the participation of boys and girls in sport, support grassroots football clubs and enhance the work they do at local level.

The programme will deliver free coaching workshops to 600 grassroots coaches nationwide, which will deliver best practice for the coaching of small sided games (4 v 4 and 7 v 7), aimed at developing skills in young players.

“Boys and girls (Under-8, 9 and 10) will participate in a range of exciting Future Football events that will be rolled out over the coming months.

McDonald’s FAI Future Football events to take place in 2014 include 24 community fun days to be held in 24 locations around Ireland, supported by McDonald’s.

A Future Football competition will also take place, with winners from the regional final days to participate in the McDonald’s Cup Final, which will be held in the Aviva Stadium in October 2014.

In 2013, the McDonald’s FAI Future Football programme generated more than 35,000 additional hours of activity for over 4,000 children participating in the programme. For 2014, 140 clubs have registered to participate and it is expected that up to 7,000 boys and girls in Ireland will take part, generating 60,000 additional hours of activity.

Republic of Ireland player and Sunderland captain John O’Shea said at the launch of the programme: “Development of the game at grassroots level is something that I am passionate about. Kids playing today will be the next generation of Irish footballers and it’s crucial that we equip them at an early age with the skills necessary to go the distance.

“Local clubs are the lifeblood of the sport and it’s fantastic to see McDonald’s and the FAI in partnership, delivering a robust development programme.”

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soccer: senior saturday side land aul title in epic tie

Rangers register three straight promotions LIFFEY Valley Rangers last week secured promotion to LSL Major Division 1 Sunday with a 5-1 rout at home to Lakelands in their final game of the season.

It is now three promotions on the bounce for a team eyeing up intermediate football.

Next season will see them just two leagues off that standard and they secured their place in impressive fashion on Tuesday night.

Valley held nothing back from the off and were ahead after a couple of minutes when, pictured, Jason Govan’s cross caught the Lakelands keeper cold and looped into the net. A second was added quickly after when Martin Murray’s free kick zipped low into the far corner.

Lakelands fought back in fairness and equalised on 23 minutes when their centrehalf pounced onto the end of a great fullstretch save from Mark Carmody from a header to poke the ball home.

Ten minutes later the two-goal lead was restored when Valley skipper Gary Cleary headed in a long ball from Karl Courtney.

There was time to add a fourth seconds before half-time when pacey striker Stephen Courtney latched onto the end a through ball, used his pace to beat the defenders and coolly finished.

The goal was made even worse for Lakelands when their goalscorer was injured while chasing Courtney, he had to withdraw and with no subs, they played the entire second half with 10 men.

The second half was nowhere near as exciting as the first; Lakelands deserve credit for not folding completely with the man down. They dug in and even forced some attacks, making Carmody pull of another top save at the death to keep Rangers goal difference up. That difference was added to in the final seconds when Murray added his second and Valley’s fifth with another quality long range strike.

The result means Valley will join league champions Jobstown Celtic in Major Division 1 next season, as they continue to improve year on year to become a major force in LSL football.

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Collinstown FC landed back to back AUL Senior Saturday titles last Wednesday in a fabulous game against Butterkrust Utd in Poppintree Park.

Both sides went into game chasing title glory in what was a three horse race for the division. Before the game, it was Collinstown who sat top with 39 points, while Sheriff YC were in second on 38 and third placed Butterkrust on 35.

In what was the

Clondalkin side’s last game, a defeat would have left the following week’s game between second and third as a league decider.

Collinstown raced into a two-goal lead with strikes from Anthony McCormack and Conor de Ferreira. The hosts were not willing to let their title dreams end without a fight, though, and hit one back through Paul Keeley before the break.

Soon after the restart, the score was level when Richard Caffrey added a second for Butterkrust.

The champions did

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not take long to go back in front, however, as first Paul Dunphy and then junior international Dean Carpenter slotted the third and fourth moments after Town’s keeper John Mills stopped a crashing volley heading into the bottom corner.

Butterkrust showed some spirit again when Darren Weafer scored a screamer to give some late hope, but Collinstown held on to keep the title for the second year running.

The silverware ensured that Town kept their amazing run of claiming some sort of league suc-

cess every season since their foundation seven years ago.

Collinstown Saturday side captain Mark Dorrington, who was unable to play througyh injury last week, said: “You don’t get many teams winning leagues in a row, especially the top Saturday league in the AUL. At the start of the season our objective was to retain the league and do well in the cups. We didn’t really have the rub of the green in the cups, had a bad second leg to Ballymun a couple of months back but the league is what we wanted.”

“We kept most of the team from last year playing this year. A lot of the lads that were probably more Saturday players at the start of the season played a lot for the first team, such as young Dylan Clarke. We’ve a great bunch of young lads here. There’s no reason why we can’t do it again next year.”

The club can also look forward to taking part in the FAI Senior Cup in the coming weeks. Having got a bye in the first round, they have an even chance of landing a prestigious draw against an Airtricity League side.

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A gutsy performance from St Pat’s Palmerstown’s senior hurlers was not enough as they fell to a four-point defeat to champions Ballyboden in their opening Dublin SHC fixture last Wednesday.

The match, played on a perfect night for hurling

in O’Toole Park, finished 2-16 to 2-12 in Boden’s favour but was a much tighter affair than the side’s last meeting in the championship last year, with Boden running out 5-17 to 0-6 winners last September.

Pat’s, quarter-finalists last year, pushed the champions all the way despite being 2-8 to 0-8

down at half-time thanks to goals from Conal Keaney and Naoise Maguire.

The second half saw Pat’s fight back, chiefly through Shane Stapleton, who finished the game with a tally of 1-10.

Boden held on though to clinch the four-point lead to get their defence of the title off to a perfect

start. Pat’s should not be disheartened with their showing here and will take confidence from the performance going into the next set of championship fixtures and their league campaign, where they have suffered three defeats in the first three games.

The sides meet again in the AHL in July.

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out the weekend and were convincing

Go Games on Saturday morning saw

winners over Good Counsel in the

excellent performances from our

final to bring back the Division 1 title

U-8s and -9s, with our U-10s taking

to Lucan once again.

home the honours against Ballyboden

In the adult camogie section, Lucan

and Round Tower. Both our U-13 foot-

fielded four teams last week recorded

ball teams had wins over St Vincent’s

three good wins, while our Division 2

and Na Fianna, the U-14s also recoded

side was very unlucky to lose by a sin-

victories over Naomh Mearnog and

gle point. All the latest camogie news

Good Counsel. Our U-15s and U-16s

available on the camogie section of

also won their games. Best of luck to

the website.

our U-14 football teams who are in

Our adult hurling teams had solid

Feile action this weekend.

performances in the last week with

Lucan’s favourite shop is now open

our senior and intermediate teams

in Lucan Sarsfields on Thursdays

drawing their matches with Ballint-

from 7.30 to 8.30pm and Saturdays

eer and Faughs respectively. Our

from 12 to 3.30pm, with the online ver-

juniors had a convincing win on Sun-

sion open 24/7.

day morning.

Results from the golf society’s first

This week the championship action

outing at Knockanalley Golf Club saw

switches to football. The Junior B team

Gabriel Larkin take the first prize

are on the senior pitch on Thursday

with 42pts.

st pat’s palmerstown

The Round Tower camogie team came back to earn another shot at the Dublin Division 4 camogie Feile title

Tower’s get second chance at Division 4

dublin feile d4 final Whitehall Colmcille Round Tower, Clondalkin (AET)  sport@gazettegroup.com

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ROUND Tower fought back superbly to earn another shot at winning the Dublin Feile Camogie Division 4 title last Sunday in O’Toole Park as they fought back from a 1-1 deficit to earn a replay against Whitehall Colmcilles last Sunday.

The pair have both progressed from the group stage which was hosted by Tower’s on Saturday but it was W hitehall who car-

ried their momentum through from those phases into the final.

P l ay i n g w i t h t h e slightest of breezes, the north Dublin club set a blistering pace and had 1-1 on the board within the first seven minutes, a point from Erica Boyle and a goal from Sarah Quinn, hitting the net after great work from Anna Murray.

It looked ominous for Round Tower but with resolute defending they arrived at the break trailing no score to 1-1.

Whitehall again started the second half very well demanding

the bravest of defending from Tower to prevent Whitehall adding to their total. Laura Hogan and Fiona Walsh were to the fore during this phase, ensuring that the gap was still just about manageable for the second half when the conditions would be in their favour.

With five minutes r e m a i n i n g , To w e r opened their account with a point from Hannah Ni Cleirigh. And, in spite of Megan Clancy’s performance in the fullback line, they nicked a levelling goal.

It came on the stroke

of full time as Saoirse Ni Thionnaigh – grandniece of the legendary Gene Tunney – scored the vital major amid a goalmouth scramble to send the game into extra time, turning in Fiona Walsh’s assist.

A point from Ni Shioraigh had Tower’s ahead with two minutes remaining in the second half of extra time to put them in front for the first time and on course for victory but Whitehall’s Hannah Clarke sent over the equalising point with seconds remaining to send the game to a replay.

Our U-14 camogie team put up a great

Senior football championship draw

fight in a tough division at the Feile.

2014: St Pat’s have been given a tough

Unfortunately, a semi-final spot was

tie in the senior football championship,

not to be. Well done to all the team,

where they will be facing St Vincent’s

Sandra Fergus and to all the parents

at Parnell Park on May 14 at 8.15pm.

for their help with the arrangements.

Good luck to the U-14 football team

Ballyboden St Enda’s came out win-

in Feile on Saturday, May 3. St Pat’s are

ners against St Pat’s in the first match

hosting Division 2 in Glenaulin Park and

of the senior hurling championship. St

looking forward to a festival of football

Pat’s gave a very spirited perform-

and an enjoyable day for all.

ance and ran Ballyboden very close

Lotto: Jackpot €10,000: numbers

but were unfortunate to lose to Bal-

drawn were 1, 6, 8 and 29. No win-

lyboden by four points. Well done on a

ner. Second jackpot €4,000: numbers

great game.

drawn 22, 14, 16 and 17. No winner.

GARDA/westmanstown gaels Well done to the ladies who contin-

weekend in the annual Dublin Coun-

ued their good run last week with an

ty Feile which is hosted next week-

impressive home win in the cup over

end at Westmanstown. Thank you

Naomh Mearnog, coming out on top

to everyone that supported their

on a 7-14 to 2-4 scoreline. Training

fund-raising projects in recent

continues on Mondays at 7.30pm and

weeks. Come out and support the

on Fridays at 7pm.

team!

The intermediates are out in the

Congratulations to Jim Gavin and

championship against Scoil Ui Cho-

the Dublin team on retaining the

naill at Balgriffin on Friday evening

Division 1 league title. Up the Dubs!

at 7pm.

If you are interested in joining the

An extraordinary Easter camp

Gaels to play football, hurling and/

saw more than 200 children par-

or camogie (boys and girls from five

ticipate last week. Well done to Dec-

to 16), please contact Declan Jen-

lan and his team for running a very

nings at 085 800 6101.

enjoyable programme. A big thank you to everyone who came along.

The nursery (five to seven years) takes place every Saturday there-

Good luck to the Gaels U-14 boys

after from 10 to 11.30am on our all-

that will represent the club next

weather facility at Westmanstown.

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St Francis’ Under-14 side are into the SFAI cup final for the third year in a row and will hope to secure the All-Ireland title as well as the DDSL league crown

Francis ready for final

Under-14s set for third successive All-Ireland championship decider against Galway’s Mervue United on May 17 as double becomes possible  stephen findlater

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ST FRANCIS are looking forward to yet another All-Ireland final as their Under-14 side are bound for the decider of SFAI cup competition for a third successive year and a second title ina-row.

They eventually prevailed against Belvedere last weekend on penalties after normal time had ended 1-1. All the goals came in a lively opening 20 minutes as Jack Connolly got the Saints off to a flyer when he finished off Ryan Murphy’s excellent cross.

Belvedere replied in kind, though, with Dean Williams scoring from a free-kick to level the

game up. Despite worsening conditions throughout the tie, both sides played some excellent passing football but no further goals accrued, sending the game to the shoot-out.

Connolly, Millenic Alli, Murphy and Jack Connor all netted their efforts for St Francis while Sean Prenter crucially saved Belvo’s third and fourth spot-kicks to hand his side the victory 4-2.

It sets up an All-Ireland final pencilled in for May 17 against Galway’s Mervue United, a side they have never met despite their lengthy runs in the SFAI competitions in the past two seasons.

It is an incredible achievement given that over 300 sides enter these cups every season with the club required to win through seven rounds of

competition to reach this stage.

In addition, St Francis still have ambitions of making it a double as they have five games left in their DDSL league and are very much in the shake-up.

Speaking about the hectic upcoming schedule, manager Mark Connolly says that the lads are trying to keep focusing “one game at a time” despite all the distractions.

“They are great kids with a great attitude,” he told GazetteSport. “They train three times a week and put everything in even though it can be like a full-time job with representative trainings now on Sundays.”

To that end, six of the Under-14 side are still in the mix for selection for the DDSL’s Kennedy

Cup representative squad. It follows hot on the heels of a fruitful trip to England over the Easter holidays when they beat Leicester City’s academy while they also put it up to a physically imposing Wolves outfit.

The club also came close to having two AllIreland finalists but the Under-12s just missed out on penalties to St Joseph’s Boys in the Danone Cup. Nonetheless, it was a source of serious pride for the club to have two teams at that advanced stage of the competition.

“For a club with only 11 schoolboy teams and only two who are eligible to play in the AllIreland Cups, it is an amazing thing,” Connolly added.