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Month XX, 2012 Lucan • Palmerstown • Celbridge • Leixlip • Adamstown • Dodsboro • Liffey Valley • ballyowen

INSIDE: Health-conscious foodies help to celebrate the launch of a special new book at La Banca P8-9

Property: Chief owner of Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in talks to sell stake P4

Here’s Ado: A Love/Hate moment ...

Soccer:

Late Night Leagues are coming to Lucan Page 32

Hurling:

Lucan dream ends in junior hurling final Page 31

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THE STAFF at Kenny’s Pub in the village recently got a surprise when actor Mark Dunne from RTE’s Love/ Hate show dropped in to their popular back bar for a quiet drink.

Mark, who plays Ado in the hit TV series, is pictured with the pub’s staff members, Stephen Byrne, Patrick White and Michael Maher.

Form mix-up leaves mother without funds Woman had to walk to Clondalkin after social welfare funds suspended

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A LUCAN mother was left without money for almost a week after her one-parent family allowance was temporarily suspended because

she did not fill out an annual review form.

Mar y Brady says an employee in the Clondalkin Social Welfare Office told her she needed to fill out the renewal form in order to con-

tinue to receive her benefits.

However, she could not fill this out in the Lucan social welfare office so had to make the hour and a half journey to Clondalkin on foot, as she did not have the bus fare.

The Department of Social Protection said Lucan does not have a full social welfare office, but the Office of Public Works is currently looking for a suitable premises.

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Local mother Maria Brady holds a photo of her son, for whom she receives a one-parent social welfare family allowance

Single mother misses payment in form mix-up A LUCAN mother of one was left penniless for almost a week after her one-parent family allowance was temporarily suspended because she did not fill out a renewal form.

Maria Brady says she was left without any money throughout the bank holiday weekend and up until Wednesday, October 30, when an employee in the Clondalkin Social Welfare Office told her she needed to fill out a renewal form in order to continue to receive her benefits.

As Lucan only has a social welfare office for basic signing on purposes, she had to walk to Clondalkin to fill out the form.

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through, I immediately became very worried.

“I walked to the social welfare office in Lucan, but they told me that I needed to go to the social welfare office in Clondalkin to sort it out.

“Since I didn’t even have the bus fare to get down, it took me an hour and a half to walk there.

When I finally arrived, the girl behind the counter said I didn’t receive my payment because I never filled out a renewal form, even though I never received one.

“After I filled one out in the office, I was told that I had to wait until

the Wednesday after the bank holiday to receive any money,” she said.

Maria said this came as a huge shock, and she became very concerned that she wouldn’t be able to get her medication or provide for her son.

She explained her predicament, but left the office without her payment.

She said: “When I was on my way home, I received a phone call from a woman telling me to ring a man [who worked] in the Clondalkin office. He was on his lunch break at the time, and I didn’t even have the credit to give him a call.

“I couldn’t even walk back to Clondalkin, because I had my little boy to pick up from school at 3pm.

“Even if I did walk back, I wasn’t sure if [the

official] would be in his office or if I was even going to get any money.

“I now have to spend the next week living without money, gas, or the medication that I need. I need to take two tablets per day, but I’ve only been taking one a day now that I don’t have the money for my prescription.

“I’ve got a little boy, and can’t even afford to heat my house. It’s an absolute disgrace,” she said.

A representative from the social welfare office in Clondalkin said they send out annual review forms to everyone who claims benefits, which are to certify any change in the individual’s circumstances.

The representative said: “If a person goes into the post office and there was no payment

for them, they would come to us, where we’ll note their new address and any other change of circumstances.

“We would have to do something about it, or else restore their payment.”

A representative from the Department of Social Protection said that since Lucan does not have a full social welfare office, people who claim oneparent family allowances have to go to Clondalkin to renew their application.

The representative said: “There is no social welfare office in Lucan, only a [signing] office that opens for a couple of hours during the week.

“The Office of Public Works is currently looking for a premises in the area, but I don’t think they have come up with anything, as of yet.”

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adamstown: public meeting hears objections to council proposal

Visual victory for Rita

Residents oppose 2,900 space car park  ian begley

LARGE numbers of residents from Adamstown are opposing plans for a 2,900-space car park proposed by South Dublin County Council.

At a recent public meeting, attended by more than 100 people from Adamstown, there was voiced opposition in relation to the negative impacts that the proposed car park might have.

Tom Dowling, a resident from Adamstown, said that local people are very concerned over the development of a largescale car park in a residential area.

He said: “People are shocked to hear that, in a residential area, the coun-

cil would propose a parking lot the size of Liffey Valley car park.

“The planners had two public consultation meetings in April, and they never brought up the issue that this car park might be going ahead.

“The planning notice was put down at the very end of the car park at the train station, where no one can see it.”

Cllr William Lavelle (FG) attended the public meeting and gave a presentation to the council planners on the Adamstown residents’ concerns regarding the proposed car park.

He said: “Two weeks ago, I was the only public representative to attend a public meeting attended

by more than 100 Adamstown residents.

“I made a commitment at that meeting that I would reflect the views expressed at the next meeting of the Lucan Area Committee.

“I gave a detailed presentation to the council planners on residents’ concerns relating to the impact of the proposed car park traffic on quality of life, on school safety and on the surrounding road network.

“I also expressed residents’ concerns regarding the apparent flaws in the traffic impact assessment, which, it is felt, understated the current levels of traffic congestion on Newcastle Road,” said Cllr Lavelle.

Chipping in: Intel awarded mark of excellence at annual CEO forum pictured at the Guinness Storehouse for the seventh annual

Business in the Community CEO forum are the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, and chairman of Business in the Community Ireland, Kieran McGowan.

They are pictured presenting the Responsible Business Mark of Excellence award to Brendan Cannon, of Intel Ireland, based in Leixlip. A total of seven companies received the mark, which is valid for two years, and audited by the National Standards Authority of Ireland. Picture: Jason Clarke

Celbridge Camera Club member Rita Nolan, from Lucan, recently came second in the intermediate category of The Irish Photographic Federation’s 31st National Audio Visual Championships.

The victory for Rita and Celbridge Camera Club was shared by Lilian Webb, from Naas, who also came second in the Advanced category.

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Jill Bunting and John Smith were the judges of the competition, which was held at Aras Chronain Ionad Culturtha, in Clondalkin.

For more information about the Celbridge Camera Club and how to get involved, see www. cel bridgecameraclub.net.

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business Discussions under way over 73% share

Liffey Valley owner in talks to sell stake  ian begley

The chief owner of Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is in talks to sell its 73% stake to global property developer Hines.

The shareholding in the 46,600sq m shopping centre is owned by Aviva Investors, which manages €316bn of assets.

Hines, based in Texas, opened an Irish office in 2011 to target property and development sites being sold by banks and investors, and is now understood to be in talks

to buy Aviva’s 72.8% stake in the shopping centre.

Aviva, along with London-based Grosvenor Group Ltd, which owns 27% of the centre, previously planned to sell their stakes in 2011, but the sale fell through due to unfavourable conditions.

Presently, Grosvenor is not selling its shares in the shopping centre.

A Grosvenor representative said: “Grosvenor isn’t actually selling its stake in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre.

“However, it has been

reported that Aviva, who own the remaining 73%, are in discussions to sell their interest to Hines.

I am not aware of either Aviva or Hines commenting on the issue.”

Grosvenor, owned by the Duke of Westminster’s family trusts, and the asset manager, took the building off the market in 2011 after it had failed to attract acceptable offers.

According to UK property magazine Property Week, the completion of the sale had been delayed

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Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, whose chief owner is in talks to sell its stake

because of continuing problems in the Irish property market.

The magazine said pledges from Fine Gael and Labour to ban upward-only rent reviews had caused further uncertainty, and the banks which agreed to fund the deal had been unwilling to approve a loan.

In 2009, Aviva and Grosvenor rejected bids

of up to €300m for Liffey Valley from prospective buyers who had failed to reach Aviva’s €350m target.

In a statement at the time, the companies said: “As long-term investors, we will only sell Liffey Valley at a price that adequately reflects the first-class underlying fundamentals of the asset and will continue to work

with our agents to achieve this ambition.”

In 2009, Aviva decided to call off the sale of its Bentall Centre in London, and decided to sell a 50% stake in the scheme.

At half-a-million square feet, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is the fourth-largest retail centre in Dublin and among the biggest in the country.

The Lucan Movember Campaign is appealing to all men to grow a moustache for the month of November.

The cross-community effort is to raise awareness and funds for the Irish Cancer Society and Action Prostate Cancer.

Friday, November 29 is the confirmed date for the first Lucan Movember charity shave-off event , which will be held in Kennys of Lucan, with Paddy’s Barbers doing the honours.

Among those who have signed up for this year’s Movember campaign are Cllr William Lavelle (FG), members of Esker Boxing Club, and staff from Kennys of Lucan, and Paddy’s Barbers.

Millions During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the world.

With their “mos”, men raise vital funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health.

However, Movember is not just for men – the women of Movember are known as “Mo Sistas”.

They play a vital role in the success of Movember by supporting and encouraging the men in their life to get involved.

To register for this year’s Lucan Movember Campaign, visit ie.movember. com/mospace/network/ view/id/31289.

For further information, you can also visit the official Lucan Movember campaign’s Facebook page.

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health Upgrade at leisure centre LUCAN Leisure Centre is undergoing an upgrade, which includes new insulation, lighting and heating systems, and is due to re-open on Monday, November 18.

The centre is temporarily closed while renovations are under way, but the management says they are doing their utmost to secure other local premises to provide their Lucan customers with some of the centre’s regular activities, including at the Chinese Church Hall, Esker House, and are Clondalkin and Tallaght centres.

For further information, contact info@lucanleisure.ie, see Lucan Leisure Centre’s Facebook page, or phone 01 624 1930.

budget Welcome for news of €19m programme

Local clubs urged to apply for sport fund  ian begley

SPORTS clubs and local communities across Lucan are set to benefit from funding announced recently in Budget 2014, which will see funding for sport in Ireland increased by €19m for the coming year.

This will include a new round of Sports Capital Programme funding. It was confirmed last week by the Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Transport and Sport, Michael Ring.

The news was welcomed locally by Cllr William Lavelle (FG), who

encouraged sports clubs interested in applying for additional funding to do so early.

He said: “I welcome the ongoing commitment

by Minister Ring and Fine Gael in Government to investing in local sports facilities.

“As a local councillor, I am already working with a number of Lucan clubs on possible [sports funding] applications for 2014.

“I was not involved in the last application for an all-weather facility, which failed because the appropriate lease was not secured from the council.

“I would urge all sports

clubs interested in making an application to contact the council early so as ensure that any necessary leases or licences required can be prepared in time for the deadline, and I will support clubs with this,” said Cllr Lavelle.

The Sports Capital Programme is operated by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and provides grants to assist in the development of sports facilities and the provision of sports equipment throughout the country.

Clubs and organisations seeking assistance can apply for such funding online.

Cllr Gus O’Connell (Ind) welcomed the decision of the additional funding for sports, but does not approve of

the application process involved in applying for financial support.

He said: “I welcome that the funding for sport has risen by €19m in this year’s budget, because I very strongly support the promotion of sport, especially among young people.

“There’s never enough funding that goes towards sports, but the additional backing is certainly welcome in the times we live in.

“What I’m disappointed with is that the funding is not being issued out between the county sports boards – the way to apply for it is through the political system.

“I would have hoped that the present Government would have done

Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Transport and Sport Michael Ring who announced a new round of Sports Capital Programme funding, worth €19m

more to follow through on their promises to make all these things more transparent,” he said.

“Lucan Boxing Club are currently trying to get a new boxing facility, and they have their eye on a piece of land that all the

councillors in the area are trying to get for them.

“I am hoping that this club will be one of many that will benefit from this funding, and be an example of an organisation doing tremendous work in the local area,” he said.

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budget 2014 €4k relief on renovations

Deputy Robert Dowds (Lab): “This new tax relief will help create construction jobs in the area”

New tax incentive for homeowners LUCAN homeowners can now take advantage of a new tax incentive for home improvement work, which has been brought forward by the Department of Finance.

The Home Renovation Incentive is one of the major job stimulus schemes announced in Budget 2014, and will allow homeowners to avail of more than €4,000 in tax relief on renovation and maintenance work carried out in their homes.

Jonathan O’Neill, from Expert Attics in Lucan, believes the tax incentive should persuade homeowners to avail of renovations in their homes now rather than at a later stage.

He said: “I think the tax break will help homeowners, who were previously thinking about getting renovations done in their homes, to decide to get them done at a sooner date, while the incentive still stands.

“I’ve noticed more activity on my website, w w w.exper tattics.ie, but I still think it’s a lit-

tle early to tell if there will be any real increase in business for us.”

Dublin Mid-West TD Robert Dowds (Lab) believes that the incentive will help to get local construction workers back to work sooner.

He said: “There are many hard-working, but currently unemployed, construction workers in Clondalkin, Lucan and Palmerstown and this new tax relief will help create construction jobs in the area by making home renovation work more affordable for homeowners.

“This initiative seeks to address this problem, making the hiring of registered carpenters, tilers, builders, electricians and plumbers, among others, a more attractive option for local householders.

“This tax relief will be available for the next two years and will cover home renovations costing between €5,000 and €30,000 and, most importantly, incentivises homeowners to only use tax-compliant trades people,” he said.

“The measure will also help tackle the loss of €5 billion to the black economy each year. Illegal activity in the black economy can cripple legitimate builders by giving cost advantages to those who avoid tax, don’t pay proper wages

or contribute to society.

“This proposal will reduce Ireland’s growing black economy, and divert money back to the Exchequer where it is badly needed to pay for schools, hospitals and all the rest of the State’s services,” said Deputy Dowds.

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Christy and Margaret O’Leary

Deirdre Faughnan, Melanie Kialka and Carmel Mitchell. Pictures: Patrick O’Leary

dining: healthy recipe book launch at la banca

Serving up some healthy new dishes

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Aysecan Tufekcioglu and Carol O’Connor

Erika Doolan and Michelle King

INERS looking to try out some particularly healthy food were in for a treat at La Banca restaurant in Lucan village, thanks to award-winning chef Keith Kenny. With a personal interest in gluten- and dairy-free dishes, Keith has written a new recipe book, Cookability, which presents a delicious range of meals for those who have special dietary requirements – fine fare to complement the already notable range of dishes at the popular restaurant. Lots of foodies and friends helped celebrate the launch, with Keith thanking nutrition expert Erika Doolan for her collaboration on creating the great recipes in his new book.

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Antoinette Holland, Lynn Holland and Valerie Hawley

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald with party Antoinette Holland

Elena Shopova

colleague, Cllr William Lavelle (FG)

Chef and author Keith Kenny and Erika Dooley

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Lynn Ferrari and Dan O’Connell

Mark Adams and Carol Byrne pictured at the first look party for Club Baroque, The Wright Venue’s new exclusive rooftop club. The third floor has been redesigned by world renowned architect and designer Marc Dizon, famous for creating spaces for fashion design outlet stores All Saints along with many stateof-the-art venues across the world, including Las Vegas’s biggest and best club, Hakkasan.

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Some of the Ballybough Brownies who enjoyed the Irish Girl Guides’ Branching Out Day in Glendalough

a day in the life: hundreds gather in glendalough to share adventure

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HUNDREDS of members of the Irish Girl Guides from across Dublin took to the great outdoors and braved the elements for a day in Glendalough recently.

Some 900 Guides, Brownies and Ladybirds from throughout the Eastern region, along with their leaders, recently took part in a Branching Out day.

This week, The Gazette takes a look at the day in the life of a girl guide and

talks to Mary Clarke, regional development officer, to see how their adventurous day went.

She said: “The first thing the girls had to do was check their gear and make sure they had waterproof clothes, and then we did a safety talk about the outdoors to prepare them.

“We got there to Glendalough at about 11am, and then they were divided into groups.

“The five- to seven-year-old Ladybirds went on a teddy bear walk, and they had to follow a teddy bear trail.

“The Brownies, aged seven to 11, did a tree trail, and they looked for owls in trees. That was a longer walk.

“Then, the Guides, aged 11-15, were separated into two groups; one did a lower walk, of around seven to eight km, and the other group went up Spink [mountain],” she said.

The girls also visited the Reefert Church, Round Tower, sensory garden and information centre.

The girls were well prepared for the heavy rain that descended at lunchtime and, in true Guiding tradition, the girls

did not let the rainy weather dampen their spirits. Instead, they tested their rain gear and jumped in the puddles.

Mary said: “After the trails, we came back to the lakes and we had a big singsong. It was brilliant. We finished up about 4pm.

“A day like this is great for the girls, it gets them outdoors and shows them that they are part of a much bigger organisation than just their group that meets every week.”

For further information, see www. irishgirlguides.ie, or call 01 668 3898.

The Tayto Park House of Horrors is back again this year for Halloween and promises to be as spooky and eerie as ever.

Up until Sunday, November 3, the Lodge at Tayto Park will be packed full of fun and spooky Halloween activities, “guaranteed to have the scariest and most spine-chilling sights around”.

While Tayto Park House of Horrors is recommended for children aged 10 years and over, there are plenty of Halloween-themed activities for people of all ages.

Free events There will be free face painting, spooky storytelling, balloon modelling and magic shows with fun and games for all.

Entrance to the House of Horrors is €4 after purchasing a general admission ticket to Tayto Park, and runs between 10am and 5pm.

For further information on Tayto Park and its creepy House of Horrors, check out www.taytopark.ie.

Before and after ... Senator David Norris, who shaved off his beard live on Today FM’s Ray D’Arcy Show

A close shave WHILE thousands of men get ready to grow a beard for cancer, one prominent politician has decided to do the opposite.

Senator David Norris has graced the political scene with a full-grown beard for 40 years.

He was in the Today FM radio studio with presenter Ray D’Arcy last week to carry out a pre-election promise he made to voters in the run-up to the Seanad Referendum.

Before the vote, he told D’Arcy listeners that he would shave his beard off if people voted against abolishing the Seanad.

Senator Norris, who was diagnosed with can-

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cer a number of months ago, remained true to his word and kept his promise by shaving off his beard and hair.

On revealing his new look live on air, the senator said: “Oh God...

Mother of God – isn’t that dreadful? I look like a bank manager!”

So far, the shave has raised €18,270.81 for charity. All monies raised will go to Today FM’s Shave or Dye cam-

paign, which benefits the Irish Cancer Society, 50% of which will be allocated to Professor John Crown’s Cancer Research Trust.

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fails to diminish Norris’s sense of fun scene of the crime.

For several women swimming at Sandycove recently, this became a reality.

The regular swimmers were going about their daily business – in their swimwear, of course – but upon returning to the place where they had stashed their clothes, they were surprised to find that not all their clothing was there.

Their smalls were so small that they couldn’t be seen, in fact, they were ... gone.

A regular swimmer told The Diary that two men had been spotted in the vicinity of the undergarments just minutes before the ladies returned, and it’s most

likely the men made off with the intimate pieces.

The ladies remained stoical about the mysterious turn of events, and brushed off the theft as a silly prank, vowing to carry on taking their regular dips.

2,000 ENTER BT COMPETITION MORE students than ever are taking part in the BT Young Scientist and Techonology Exhibition, with a recordbreaking 2,000 ideas being submitted for the 50th competition.

The competition will celebrate its milestone anniversary in January.

BT Ireland announced that this will be the biggest ever, with 2,000

ideas submitted by 4,418 students.

BT, which has organised the exhibition for 14 years, has evolved the exhibition every year to engage as many young people as possible in the areas of science, technology, engineering, maths, innovation and commercialisation.

Major progress made over the years includes a tripling of project entries; a new “commercialisation boot camp”; a financial bursary to assist participating schools; and a growing array of science and technology exhibits, events and special acts that attract thousands of visitors.

There are more than 120 awards, including

the overall BT Young Scientist and Technologist of the Year.

For further information, see www.btyoungscientist.com.

EXPLORING ANNE FRANK’S LIFE A FREE exhibition presenting the life of Anne Frank is taking place at Dublin City Library on Pearse Street until December 11.

The Anne Frank+You exhibition is a dramatic multimedia exhibition presenting the short and tragic life of the Jewish schoolgirl and her family during the Nazi occupation of Europe.

Including quotations from the German s c h o o l g i r l ’s f a m o u s

diary, which was written while she and her family lived in hiding in Amsterdam from 1942 until 1944, the exhibition also includes a photo album, replica artefacts from Anne’s life and the Holocaust, and an almost life-size replica of Anne’s room in the Secret Annex.

Published by her father after her death in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, the diary has inspired millions of people, including Nelson Mandela, during his own incarceration.

The exhibition is recommended for adults and children over the age of 10 and is on display at Dublin City Library and Archives Explore Anne Frank’s life, courtesy of Dublin City Library on Pearse Street.

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Movember is on everyone’s lips

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Br ave men across Dublin are getting geared up this month to offer their upper lips as billboards for men’s health.

Movember is back for its sixth annual campaign in Ireland and will see thousands of Irish Mo Bros starting the month clean shaven, and spending the remainder of the month

rocking their choice of a Mercury, Lemmy or Zappa, all to raise awareness and funds for men’s health.

The money raised in Ireland will go to the Irish Cancer Society and the Movember Foundation’s global research initiative GAP. Girls can play their part in Movember too by becoming Mo Sistas.

Mo Sistas organise events, fundraise or simply support the men in their life by encouraging them to grow for the month.

Last year 17,250 Mo Bros and Sistas raised over €2.1 million for men’s health in Ireland.

This year, Generation Mo will see a host of famous faces join the campaign, including Irish rugby international and Leinster player C i a n H e a l y, C o r o nas frontman Danny O’Reilly, MMA champions Cathal Pendred and Chris Fields and sporting funny men Ger Gilroy and Dave McIntyre from Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

Speaking about his

plans for Movember, Danny O’Reilly said it is great to be part of Generation Mo. “Who wouldn’t want to be part of something where men’s health takes centre stage for an entire month?

“I’m looking forward to rocking out a Mo for the first time ever.

“Remember to register at www.movember.com, and don’t Mo alone, get the lads involved and show your support for men’s health.”

For more details go to www.movember.com.

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Irish Band Friends of Emmet have actively been involved in campaigning for the prevention of suicide and bullying in Ireland.

The band members, who are all from Dublin, have been appealing to the Government to print suicide prevention logos and information in student’s homework journals in every secondary school across Ireland.

B a s s p l ay e r w i t h Friends of Emmet Keith Geraghty, who hails from Dun Laoghaire, believes that this initiative will have a very positive effect in the prevention of suicide in Ireland.

“It will cost the Government nothing to do, and if they print a 24-hour helpline, suicide prevention logo and a website address on the inside cover of the journals, it will be at the fingertips of the students five days a week, for eight months of the year.

“I’m currently working with Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins, where we’re trying to get the Government to provide a YANA club [a club that deals with bullying, suicide prevention and depression issues] for every Transition Year class in Ireland for September 2014.”

Survived

Friends of Emmet’s hit song and music video Coming Apart features a strong element of suicide awareness, and is a tribute to a young man, Kevin Hines, who sur vived a suicide attempt by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Kevin has since become a ver y good friend of the band, and has gone on tour around different colleges with them in America, where he talked about his experiences dealing with depression and the multitude of negative effects that suicide has.

The idea to campaign for YANA clubs in Ireland came from schools

in New York and Canada, who asked Friends of Emmet if they could use their song Coming Apart for student videos highlighting depression, bullying and suicide.

A number of Friends of Emmet’s tracks have been featured across a various range of TV shows in America and the UK, including Eastenders, MTV’s Jersey Shore and Hollyoaks, who have a combined viewership of 60 million.

“We also did a BBC London session last week and are getting plays on BBC Ulster with David O’Reilly,” said Keith.

“We are receiving between 30 to 40 plays from Irish radio stations weekly, which is not bad for a band who are unsigned and have yet to release their debut album.”

Friends of Emmet’s debut album State of Mind will officially be released on March 21, 2014, and they will play in the Sugar Club in Dublin on March 22.

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dun Laoghaire: company has a magic vision

Plan to spruce up laneways aims to attract visitors A DUN Laoghaire based company is hoping to boost footfall in the area by creating more visually artistic laneways across the seaside town.

Magic Vision is a small business based in Anglesea Lane.

The company, a supplier of commercial and residential window film and graphics, has grown in recent times.

Set up by local entrepreneur Derek O’Donnell it now employs three full time staff and two sub contractors on a full time basis.

According to Magic Vision’s business development manager Hugh Green, it is the vision o f t h e c o m p a ny t o “enhance the lanes” in Dun Laoghaire with artistic visuals and bios of all the local artists, musicians, poets, writers and celebrities from the area.

“The idea is to increase footfall in Dun Laoghaire through local interest and tourists.

The local council and businesses have shown great interest in the idea, which may lead to the other lanes around the county being enhanced.

“We officially opened t h e s h ow r o o m a n d the initiative last night [October 23]. It is really to spruce up the lanes.

T here are so many lanes in Dun Laoghaire and there are so many famous people from Dun Laoghaire – it’s really to get more tourists in.

“The county council said they would put in CCTV to protect the art we have here. We have a showroom, an office and a production department in our lane. The council gave us the go ahead to paint all the walls. As you walk down the lane it is all motion activated so it lights up. We have Ronnie Drew and others with bios, so when you walk down it comes up, you read it and it clicks off, you go a bit further and it happens again.

People really need to see it for themselves,” he said.

The company is now asking for anyone with information of well know n people from the area to get in touch to discuss inclusion in future ventures.

For further info on Magic Vision see: www. magicvision.ie.

Magic Vision aims to “increase footfall in Dun Laoghaire through local interest and tourists”

Dalkey Handmade Soaps will be for sale at the DLR Winter Fair

Scrub up: family and friendship product ‘healthy for skin’

Dalkey Handmade Soaps set to debut A NEW local business in Dalkey is set to make its debut next week, when it sells its handmade soaps for the first time at the upcoming DLR Winter Fair.

Dalkey Handmade Soaps began just four months ago when friends Angela O’Reilly and Val Ryan came together to form their new business.

Having met when their children were playing with each other on a beach, both ladies have been friends for over 10 years and have since turned their love for handmade soaps into a brand new business venture.

The two Dalkey natives enjoyed buying soaps in the markets when on holiday in France, but

the weight restrictions on luggage eventually encouraged them to start making their own.

“After a trip to France and seeing the natural soaps that were on sale in the markets, we were really inspired. They’re made with totally natural ingredients, lots of olive oil and cocoa butter and essential oils. We would always bring some home for each other and we always loved it as a product,” explained Angela.

After learning about soap-making through studying and attending tutorials in France, the pair finally opened their business during the summer of 2013.

“The tutorials were where our techniques were learnt. Then we

came back and started trying out new fragrances from our workshop in Dalkey, using all natural products. When we decided on our final six recipes, the next step was to send them off for assessment in the UK.” After waiting for the results from the assessment, it wasn’t long before Dalkey Handmade Soaps got under way.

“Since we first started working in our workshop, it’s taken about four months to get where we are today. Because we had the deadline of the winter fair, we decided to commit ourselves to that timeframe. It really gave us the focus to push to be up and ready and to start selling in time for Christmas. We wanted to make

the most of the Christmas selling time and it’s been great to have had that focus.”

Angela and Val made the decision to feature their products at the local fair, in an effort to kick the business off locally.

“We are making the products in Dalkey and we both live there. So we thought that because this is our local craft fair, what better place to do it?”

The soap-making business is also a bit of a family affair. While Angela’s father makes the timber moulds for the soaps, the lavender and poppy seeds come from her mother’s garden in Wexford. It’s Val’s husband Tony that has designed the business logo and packaging and who is currently working

on a website for the new business.

With the winter fair just days away, Angela says she is encouraging people from across Dublin to check out their new products.

“If people are interested in healthy eating and healthy living, they should also be interested in putting healthy stuff on their skin too. There is a growing concern of what is used in mass produced products, but our soaps are made just down the road and they’re local.”

Dalkey Handmade Soaps will feature at the DLR Winter Fair, which will be held at Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel in Killiney from Thursday November 7 until Sunday, November 10.

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THIS IS ONE BUDDY YOU WON’T WANT TO LEAVE WITHOUT A GREAT HOME THE Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs. Our Dog of the Week is Buddy.

Buddy is a fantastic two-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross.

He can be a bit shy, but once you get to know him, you will see he has a lot of love to give.

Maria (Katie Hall) and Tony (Louis Maskell) hit some high notes in West Side Story, which is running until November 6; right, Hall

BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE: CAST OF WEST SIDE STORY COMES TO DUBLIN

Katie’s keen on dream role

 LAURA WEBB

THE cast of West Side Story have touched down on Irish soil and are bringing their musical to Dublin.

A worldwide success, the story is New York’s version of Romeo and Juliet set in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

It explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs, one white, and the other Puerto Rican.

Tony falls for Maria and the feud takes a new journey. The show, which was first staged in 1957 was later made into an award winning film in 1961.

Its now famous score includes: Maria, Tonight, Somewhere, America and I Feel Pretty.

Playing Maria is Katie Hall, who graced the stage of Bord Gais Theatre last year when Phantom of the Opera came to town.

Speaking to the Gazette before the show lands, Katie said playing her character was a dream she never thought would happen.

“I am a white blonde girl and playing a Puerto Rican – I never thought it would happen. I have always sung Maria’s songs but I never thought I would be able to play it because of the way I look. I had wanted to but never thought it possible,” she told The Gazette.

Asked about her transformation she said there is a bit of pruning involved.

“I have to have a weekly spray tan

and a dark brown wig, so yes there is quite a lot of maintenance involved.”

Playing such different characters, such as Christine in Phantom of the Opera and now Maria in West Side Story, is part of the reason she loves her job so much.

“It is so exciting to play such different characters. Maria and Christine are so utterly different. They are both young girls with different issues at different stages in their lives.

“I have to speak with an accent in this show, so that has been a challenge. With the musicals I have done, Phantom [of the Opera] and Les Miserable, they are all songs throughout, there is no real script with it, with this I have loads of lines which I am really enjoying,” she said.

For audiences thinking about heading to the show this week, Katie said people can expect nothing more than a great show, but tissues are a must.

“The audience can expect to be wowed by the music, and the cast is just amazing. The most exciting thing in it is the dancing, I wish I could do more.

“Audiences should also bring a packet of tissues because it is quite a sad story.

“People who come along are hopefully really moved by it and I hope they think they have witnessed something really special.”

West Side Story runs until November 6 at Bord Gais Energy Theatre see: www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie for ticket details.

A favourite A lot of the staff at Dogs Trust call him their favourite, but he would love that special someone to call his own, and a place he can call home.

If you think you can offer Buddy a home, please contact Dogs Trust at 01 879 1000. They are based in Finglas, just off Exit 5 on the M50, and directions can be found on www.dogstrust.ie.

You can also find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ dogstrustireland or Twitter @DogsTrust_IE.

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We love, love, love “The Lady” trend, which features feather hats, fitted dresses, faux fur collars and check jackets.

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Suzanne Jackson’s lifestyle bible, So Sue Me, has hit the shelves

So Sue us for loving Jackson’s beauty bible  laura webb

It’s the beauty book that many Irish fashion followers have been waiting to get their hands on and now Suzanne Jackson’s lifestyle bible, So Sue Me, has hit the shelves.

The celebrated Irish blogger has put in fashion and beauty items such as make-up reviews, beauty tips, skincare routines, hair-care and styling advice.

She answers styling questions on her own wardrobe for various outings, making fashion trends work and how to shop for special occasions.

Her blog attracts over 400,000 readers a month, so it’s likely that this book is going to attract some attention on the book shelves over the coming months.

Suzanne is a former beauty therapist and makeup artist who has also worked in HR, modelling and most recently in radio.

She presented for Diet Coke TV and regularly features on TV3’s expose and Ireland AM. Go-to guide

Proud of the finished product, she told Gazette Style that she didn’t want it to be a full-on book but more a go-to style guide.

“It is not time for an autobiography as such, it is more a how to guide on beauty, fashion and blogging, just something that is easy to read. I have never been into books, so the last thing I wanted to do was produce something that I am not even into myself. That is why it’s a ‘how-to’. It relates back to my blog.

“My blog does well, so I knew I had to put what I put on my blog into a book.

“This was something I thought of doing down the line, when the publishers contacted me I didn’t think I had a story to tell.

“When I met with the editor and the publisher it turned out that, God, I actually did have something to talk about. I am asked daily how I started blogging, how to crack the industry, what’s the best way to get the blog out there, there are so many questions I am asked that I thought – actually there is a book in this.

“It’s been a long process and I got the first copy in my hand last two weeks ago. It was so surreal. I felt really proud, nervous and so many emotions,” she said.

Her style icons of the

moment include Nicole Scherzinger and Victoria Beckham for her classic and simple styling.

“Victoria oozes class.

It’s simple and that is the thing about fashion, it’s about the basics – a t-shirt, blazer, jeans a nice pair of boots and you just look a million dollars.”

For anyone who is thinking about getting this book for fashionista’s in their lives, why not head down to one of her book signings in Eason’s.

The next one is in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre on Saturday, November 2 and then in Blanchardstown Centre on November 16.

This book, published

by Blackwater Press, is out now in Eason’s and bookshops nationwide. It is also available online at Suzanne’s blog, www.sosueme.ie

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G, 90 mins)

A sweet film for the family FAMILIES will tuck into this pretty lively tale as Flint – the inventor with the best of intentions, but the worst of ideas – has to deal with the unexpected fallout of his new invention: an island of talking food, a lot of which is hungry!

It’s a berry entertaining tale, even if the plot is a bit bananas at times ...

Another day, another battlefield ... Thor (Chris Hemsworth) finds himself fighting one of Asgard’s most dangerous and ancient threats, which now poses a grave problem for our world, too – oh, and the rest of the universe, unless he and his Norse brethren can prevent a doomsday weapon’s activation ...

Captain Philips (12A, 134 mins)

Hanks for the timely story WITH Somalian pirates continuing to pose a real danger to passing ships, Tom Hanks’s new film offers a well-presented look at this risk that some vessels still face. Similar to the Danish film, A Hijacking, earlier this year, Hanks’s tense tale sees the actor back on form, in a generally gripping film.

Ender’s Game (12A, 114 mins)

One to avoid LAST and least, Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley take the money and run in this ho-hum sci-fi film – a genre The Gazette normally loves, but this film ... To help defend Earth after a devastating war with aliens, children are trained to run our space fleets, and – oh, that’s the Ender!

thor: the dark world: the gods return for another galactic ding-dong

It’s hammer time ... again  stephen higgins

IN Thor: The Dark World, we return to the mythical world of Asgard, and its most famous son, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) – the Norse god of thunder.

A myriad problems have engulfed Asgard, some of which occur offscreen. Before shooting had even begun on The Dark World, “creative differences” – a most feared saboteur, struck the first blow to our ageless superhero.

After the critical and commercial success of Marvel’s Thor (which made $449 million worldwide), a sequel was inevitable. However, in the summer of 2011, Kenneth Branagh decided against a return to the director’s chair. The Belfast native wasn’t keen on another exhaustive trek into

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Thor: The Dark World hhhh (12A) 112 mins Director: Alan Taylor Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, a threat to the whole universe ...

OUR VERDICT: YE GODS! Hollywood could have fumbled the sequel to the surprisingly enjoyable first film, but – a number of plot issues and weak casting aside – Thor: TDW is another enjoyable film. Some charismatic and likeable actors help create an interesting film. It’s no surprise that, with Thor, the god of thunder, back to lead the film, lightning has struck twice with this entertaining film.

Norse mythology and CGI effects so soon after the first film.

Patty Jenkins, best known for directing Monster, stepped into the breach in October of that year. Production issues put paid to her helming after only two months.

Step forward Alan Taylor – a co-executive producer of Game of Thrones. In The Dark World, Taylor has helmed an enjoyable, if somewhat flawed follow-up.

The film opens with

a dramatic narration

by Thor’s father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins). He recalls the ancient battle between the soldiers of Asgard, and a race known as the Dark Elves, led by a typically evil leader, Malekith (Christopher Eccleston).

Long ago, Malekith attempted to destroy the universe with an extraordinary weapon called the Aether. Unfortunately for this precocious super-villain, the Asgardian army defeated his forces, and

nicked his Aether. Malekith then disappeared without trace.

We are then brought to the present, where, due to some extraordinary events, the Aether is discovered on Earth by Thor’s love interest, Jane (Natalie Portman).

Malekith, presumably after finishing catching up with Breaking Bad on TV and completing the Grand Theft Auto V game, returns from exile to reclaim the Aether, and, once again, to try to destroy the universe.

As you may have guessed, it’s up to our hammer-throwing hero, along with his Asgardian allies and untrustworthy brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) to stop him ...

Thor: The Dark World has quite a lot going for it. The cast is well chosen, and generally quite likeable.

Hemsworth is impressive in the lead role. He occupies a nice middle ground between Christian Bale’s intensity and Rober t Downey Jr’s comic flair.

Hiddleston is again excellent as Loki, Thor’s jealous and scheming brother. There are also solid supporting performances from Idris Elba, Rene Russo, and, as per usual, Anthony Hopkins.

However, the standout performance comes from Natalie Portman as Jane Foster. An accomplished actress for quite some time, Portman’s Foster exudes the intelligence, feistiness and beauty that just might lead an alien god across the universe for a cup of coffee.

Praise should also go to the visuals, which are always stylish, and often stunning. You’re probably tired of seeing films laden

with special effects, but The Dark World shows how spectacular they can be, particularly during a haunting funeral scene.

Needless to say, it doesn’t all work. The plot becomes convoluted and redundant as the action heightens. Bryan Tyler’s score is too generic and forgettable. There are also some casting mishaps.

Christopher Eccleston is wasted as the uninspired and lifeless Malekith. Kat Dennings is particularly grating as Jane’s colleague, Darcy, while Chris O’Dowd’s role as another suitor for Jane is just pointless.

Nevertheless, Thor: The Dark World is an enjoyable, stylish, and surprisingly engaging superhero film. And – by the way – remember to stay through the end credits for an extremely peculiar cameo!

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MUSIC REVIEW: montreal’s finest return with sprawling set

Fire burning in all new kinds of ways COMING back after the album that made you an overnight sensation to a mainstream who previously never knew your name always has a certain danger about it.

Winning two Grammy awards, including Best Album in 2011 for the stillmagnificent The Suburbs, touring the world with one of the best shows of the last five years and gathering new fans by the hundreds of thousands in the process, there has been nothing but utter fascination surrounding where Arcade Fire would go next.

In what has been a gradually-building hype avalanche over the release of Reflektor - from random, chalk-drawn symbols in cities all over the world to a post-Saturday Night Live half-hour special containing three new songs, some interesting cameos and some “comedy” skits - the dam broke last week when the album leaked, possibly courtesy of a record shop in Kilkenny who put the record on their shelves a day early.

In any event, the “leak”, such as it was, precipitated the bursting of the dam and the release to YouTube of an 85-minute lyric video of the entire record, before streams were released for everyone to hear.

Taken away from the internet context, and listened to intently - as all records should be - the impor tant questions appear. Is it the deserved

Arcade Fire return to the arena with a lengthy set demonstrating their familiarity with a number of genres

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follow-up to three of the best alt-rock records of the last decade? Is it another example of the too-long double-album syndrome? Is it a triumph of hype over substance?

The answers to those questions are - Possibly, definitely and certainly not.

Reflektor is possibly the only way that Arcade Fire could have developed without repeating themselves. Bringing

in James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem was a flag that this might be an entirely new direction, and the lead single, with its dance rhythyms and David Bowie vocal was an outline, but not a complete picture, of how the album would develop.

There is a new, looser, groovier feel to the music on offer here, bringing to mind Remain In Light era Talking Heads, not the out-and-out disco that Reflektor (the single) and Murphy’s presence might have suggested would be prevalent. Here Comes The Nighttime’s frenetic Haitian drum patterns slacken off to a slow, almost dub pace and an irresistable melody hook

that you’ll be whistling for weeks.

Normal Person gives us a rockier, more familiar Fire, with Bowie’s presence felt in the saxophone lines and guitar fills around the chorus, and the glam rock stomp of Joan Of Arc is far, far away from the dancebased direction people were clearly expecting.

The Beatles-y Awful Sound and slow-electro thrum of Porno are utterly unexpected, and all the more welcome for it.

Reflektor is, however, too long - some judicious pruning would bring the record in at around the 55-minute mark, leaving some quirky offcuts for b-sides that didn’t need to

make the final cut - Flashbulb Eyes and You Should Know standing out for the skip button.

That is not to say that the record is in any way a disappoinment. It’s a document of a band whose particular cachet and recorded output to date give them the space to improvise and experiment with their sound and style.

There is an ocean of sound here to float in and become part of your life by osmosis, and it will be fascinating to see how the band bring the record to life alongside their undoubted canon of classics next month as they play small stages across Europe.

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Listening material for the eyes and brain CHRISTMAS is closing in, and just in time comes a clutch of classy and classic books to inform, educate and entertain the music lover in your life.

Towering above them all is former St Etienne member Bob Stanley’s epic treatise on modern pop, Yeah Yeah Yeah. With 800 immaculately informed and presented pages of history of the form over the last 60 years of pop, encompassing the birth of rock, soul, punk, disco, hip hop, indie, house and techno.

There’s a fierce intelligence matched by a deep love of music that makes this essential reading on long winter nights by the stereo, and paired with David Byrne’s masterful tome, How Music Works, form a magnificent lesson in how music came to be in the shape it stands today.

Another great historical tome is Facing The Wrong Way, a history of the iconic record label 4AD, the home to acts as diverse as The Pixies, Throwing Muses and The Cocteau Twins.

Wrapped in a delicious sleeve designed by the man who was as responsible for the label’s mystique as the bands who graced its grooves, Vaughan Oliver, Facing... is the story of a time and place in music, with the label establishing its place in the hearts and minds of a certain breed of music lover throughout the Eighties.

Rounding out this round up is a perfectly formed memoir on the Madchester scene from one of the key bands at the time, the Inspiral Carpets. In Carpet Burns, singer Tom Hingley recounts the experience of being one of the three bands, along with The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, that changed music for a whole generation.

Tom is in town this week, playing a solo acoustic show at the Thomas House at 8pm on Friday, November 1, a show set to feature an array of the classic pop moments Tom and the band created including This is How It Feels, Dragging You Down and Saturn Five, as well as trackes from his solo album, Sand.

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theatre THE PAVILION THEATRE 01 231 2929 The Deep

CONTINUING The Pavilion’s eclectic range of arts content, its cinema club presents The Deep. Based on a true story of a fishing ship’s sinking off Iceland, and the subsequent postrescue study of its lone survivor, The Deep is likely to echo with many Irish viewers, given our ties to the sea. The film is at 8pm on November 4; tickets are priced €7.50/6.50.

MILL THEATRE 01 296 9340 Jackula

CHILDREN are likely to say “Fangs very much” for tickets to this show, which tells the little-known story of Dracula’s younger brother, Jacula, determined to be famous in his own right. Join Jackula for magic tricks, juggling and games in a show suitable for four to 12-year-olds. Join Jackula at 2pm on November 3, with admission priced €7.

CIVIC THEATRE 01 462 7477

Romeo & Juliet Session SHAKESPEARE’S classic gets a modern twist as The Bard himself directs modern actors to tell his tale of doomed love ...

At least, until the actors argue about the play, and key plots and themes are analysed, adding extra dimensions to the play. The session is on November 4 at 10.30am and 1.30pm, with tickets priced €14.

DRAIOCHT 01 885 2622 The Cruel Sea

RETURNING to the theme of a filmic study of life and death at sea, Draiocht’s film club presents The Cruel Sea – the 1951 classic that follows a corvette on escort duty in the Atlantic during the second World War. The challenge of command comes to the fore in the gripping film, which plays at 7.30pm on November 6, priced €5/€3 (€7 for non-members).

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY: KNOWN AS ‘DEL BOY’ TO MILLIONS, DAVID JASON LOOKS BACK

Candid life story is creme de la menthe  BAIRBRE NI BHRAONAIN

ACTOR David Jason, most famous for his portrayal of everyone’s favourite Cockney, Del Boy, in the popular sitcom Only Fools and Horses, has just released his autobiography, entitled simply, My Life.

From his earliest memories in war-torn London as a five-year-old, Jason fills this memoir with honest recollections imbued with a remarkable degree of detail that transport the reader back to the London Blitz, his 1950s schooldays, the Swinging Sixties and beyond.

Jason seems not only to recall everything from his childhood, but he remembers all of the attendant feelings that went with them.

The first part of the book, recollecting his childhood and early adulthood is the most enjoyable.

It is full of a fired-up energy of youth and it is the story of Jason’s rise from Cockney geezer, involved in a few scrapes with the law, to TV star and one of the most recognisable faces in entertainment in Britain and Ireland.

Like Elvis Presley, David Jason was born a twin but the other baby was stillborn. He stopped growing at 14, and remained 5’6” for the rest of his life.

In the autobiography, he is very open about how his height influenced his personality, and the trials

he suffered as a result of it.

He became “the funny one” in his group, and was particularly famous for his impersonations of teachers at his school.

The reader accompanies Jason on his juvenile adventures, of which there are many.

Jason began his acting career by accident when the lead in the school play got the measles and he was strenuously “volunteered” by the headmaster to step in.

He did as he was told, though he was fearful of how it would affect his credibility among the lads in his gang. To his surprise, all of his friends showed up on opening night to support the young actor.

Incognito This led to his joining a youth theatre group, called Incognito, but his motivation was not yet theatrical ambition – but lust!

There was an abundance of girls in the group, and the coordinator needed more boys to do the male parts. Jason stayed in this amateur company for 14 years, still thinking the whole acting thing was a hobby ...

When he left school at 15, his parents told him, in no uncertain terms, that he had to get a real job. He ended up setting up his own business and, at 21, decided to try his hand at acting before he was too old.

His journey was one

of very hard slog, full of a variety of non-stop theatre roles and panto performances, lasting years, before Jason eventually got his first TV job in Crossroads.

However, the best was yet to come in the 80s, when Only Fools and Horses launched him into the stratosphere, with an audience of more than 23 million viewers at its height.

Writer John Sullivan did not want Jason for the part of Del Boy, as he saw him as an actor who played life’s losers.

Nicholas Lyndhurst and Lennard Pearce were already in place to play Rodney and Grandad, respectively.

Yet, when Jason read a scene with these two, it was obvious to Sullivan that he was perfect for the part. The rest is TV history.

Jason is also extremely honest about his personal life in the memoir, specifically his reluctance to commit as his priority was always his career.

He finally settled down and was married to Myfanwy Talog, a Welsh woman, for 18 years. She died of breast cancer in 1995.

Jason went on to meet a floor manager at Yorkshire TV, named Gill, to whom he is now married and has his only child, Sophie.

David Jason’s, My Life, published by Century, is available at all good bookshops, priced €15.99.

As television’s best-loved Cockney plonker, David Jason AKA Del Boy has written an engaging, candid memoir in his autobiography, My Life

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TV star has whole lotta love for Seat

Audi has launched a saloon version of its A3 premium compact car

MOTORS: BRAND’S FIRST ENTRY INTO THE COMPACT SALOON MARKET

Audi adds buckets of appeal to its new A3  CORMAC CURTIS

THERE was a time when Audi was considered the poor cousin of the premium German marques of Mercedes-Benz and BMW – but those days are gone.

It wasn’t all that long ago when Audi were still chasing the pack in terms of innovation and reliability instead of leading it.

Somewhere along the way, the company took a significant shift in its approach and poured their resources into developing their next generation of cars.

Audi has established itself as a brand for real drivers that demand the highest standards.

What really impresses me, is the fact that their new approach is not just concentrated on the executive level – after all,

why waste all that effort for your other lines to be considered simply ordinary?

No, here we see all the innovation, development, build quality and drivability that you would expect in the cars far above the price range.

The most recent addition to the Audi fleet on Irish roads is the wonderful A3 Saloon.

This marks the company’s first entry into the world’s largest segment, the compact saloon – but one thing you don’t feel in this car is compact.

Where BMW tried and failed to have the 1 series established as a classleading saloon, Audi have succeeded.

They have taken everything that has made the A3 the popular car that it is, and given it more.

There’s more room,

more power, more space, more efficiency and much, much more to look at.

In terms of room, the boot’s carrying capacity amounts to 425 litres with the seats up – 45 litres more than the A3 Sportback. Naturally, this capacity can be increased by folding down the split rear seat backs.

Let’s talk about the power. The model I tested came with a 1.4-litre TFSI petrol engine coupled to an S-Tronic automatic gearbox – with 140 bhp and an acceleration of 0-100km/h of just 8.4 seconds.

The interior space simply feels too big to be part of the A3 family.

I would not be described as slight-of-build, and I regularly feel the pinch of narrow, sporty seats – but the room and comfort on offer in the A3 is

delightful.

Elsewhere in the interior, from the construction of the bodyshell to the seating upholstery the A3 has all the attraction of its much more expensive stablemates.

The interactive driver controls, and all the important points of contact just fill the driver with confidence as each and every one boat exceptional build quality.

Nowadays every car needs to impress with fuel efficiency stats, and this is no different. Audi have shaved about as much weight off this car as is possible, and at a meagre 1,205kg for the 1.4 TFSI, this is not a bulky machine.

Audi uses many hotformed steel parts in the passenger compartment for low weight and maximum strength, and the aluminium bonnet and

front suspension subframe also help to lighten the load.

As a result, this is a car that sips just 4.7 litres of petrol for every 100km driven, boasts emissions of 109g per km, all of which puts it in tax band A – meaning road tax cost of a mere €109 per year.

The looks of this car tell their own story.

It is refined, with a strong presence. The short overhang at each corner let you know it means business.

Clean lines, crisp edges, simply beautiful LED headlight clusters all combine to give this car a definition all of its own.

The range starts at just under €30,000, nowhere near the cost of any executive saloon, and for that you get a lot of car. An awful lot of car indeed.

IT has been winning over audiences with its gritty plot lines and familiar Dublin settings for four seasons, and this week, Love/Hate star Laurence Kinlan collected the keys to his all new SEAT Leon in Dublin City centre. The actor will drive the FR race inspired version of the all new SEAT Leon as the entire country immerses itself in the fourth season of the hit series.

According to Laurence: “I am proud to be a new brand ambassador for SEAT. I am already a fan of the brand, the first car I ever drove was a SEAT and I have had two SEATs since. I’m really impressed with the new Leon FR model. It is a stylish looking car, great to drive and functional too.”

In his role as a SEAT brand ambassador, Laurence will also host workshops for up and coming actors in SEAT dealerships around the country.

For more information, visit www.SEAT.ie

Love/Hate star Laurence Kinlan

POLL SHOWS CARS AT TOP OF HAPPINESS LIST: CONSUMERS in Ireland would sacrifice almost everything before their cars if they faced financial difficulty. In fact 92% of respondents to the www.123.ie SMILES Index on driver happiness say that their car is essential to their way of life. But not everyone is happy on the road and overall 73% of us complain about fuel costs, rising to 82% of drivers in Connaught. And cars are no longer toys for boys with 92% of women saying they are happy to attempt to repair their husband’s car. Highlighting our attachment to our motors, just 3% of consumers would get rid of their car first if faced with financial

difficulty. But consumers would ruthlessly drop holidays (48%) household luxuries (24%), TV packages (13%), and gadgets (11%) before getting rid of the car if faced with financial difficulties. In fact the only thing we seem to like more than our cars is our mobile phones.

Just 1.6% of respondents would drop their phone first in order to cut back on costs.

These findings were published recently by insurance provider www.123.ie. Their new SMILES Index researches driver behaviour to see what makes people happy about motoring in Ireland. To take part in the campaign drivers are asked to submit their happy motoring stories at smilesmiles@123.ie.

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And, if you’re thinking of planning a late getaway before the end of the year, Tropical Sky is offering a seven-night stay at the exotic resort at a reduced price, meaning it costs just €1,389 per person – a saving of €480 if you travel between November 1 and December 19.

The price is based on two adults sharing a deluxe room on a B&B basis, with return scheduled flights from Dublin, and the price includes transfers.

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The welcoming exterior of the charming boutique hotel, Dukes Hotel, in the St James district of London, which offers women-only floors

england: tourist board celebrates iconic character with a range of breaks

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SOME 17 years after we last saw Bridget Jones in action, Helen Fielding’s heroine has returned once again in a third book, Mad About the Boy. Released in recent weeks, t h e book

revisits the world of Bridget Jones, who is now in her late 40s, single again, and still looking for love.

In a tribute to the ultimate English rose, English tourist board VisitEngland has rounded up some of the best experiences around England that are ideal for a single ladies’ getaway – some as seen in the ultimate chick flick ...

Going solo If you fancy exploring England without a travelling companion, going solo is becoming the trendiest form of travelling.

And, perhaps inspired

by Bridget herself, hotels are them-

selves going an extra step in their effort to make females feel at home by offering women-only floors and rooms with more feminine touches, stocked complete with magazines and hairstraighteners.

Dukes Hotel at St James in London (€315 per room, per night) has women-only floors and has recently welcomed its first female bartender to the world-famous Dukes bar.

The Capital Hotel and Apartments in London (€290 per room, per night) has created a list of local restaurants and bars particularly recommended for solo female travellers, while The Chester GrosYes, you could just slouch at home in frumpy PJs like Bridget here – but wouldn’t you rather have a lovely break in England instead?

venor in Cheshire in the north west of England (€155 per room, per night) has a special female chauffeur service that may be particularly appreciated by women staying alone.

For further information, see Small Luxury Hotels of the World at www.slh. com.

Looking for love For those looking for love in the capital, the Victoria and Albert Museum – an art and design hotspot – hosts monthly late night events which are a good place to start.

Full of potential Mark Darcys (and, of course, the odd Daniel Cleaver), the evenings feature live performances, cutting-edge fashion, debates, one-off displays and guest DJs, and are held on the last Friday in every month (except December).

While you’re there, check out the Pearls exhibition – which continues until next January, and explores the beauty and allure of pearls, or the Club 2 Catwalk exhibition, exploring the fashion decade of the 80s.

For further information, see www.vam.ac.uk.

Lose 20lbs If, like Bridget, you’re forever resolving to lose that stubborn 20lbs, forget the gym – girls are more likely to find success with gruelling exercise at a hard-core boot camp.

Guaranteed inch-loss is promised at boot camps run by Wild Fitness on the Isle of Wight.

The three-day “Energiser” course is held at Northcourt – a beautiful, old and quirky English manor, with three group training sessions per day, and a series of stress-busting activities.

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centuries, as well as contemporary exhibitions – and is also a great place to meet some of the city’s most

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fashionable people (yes, including male fashionistas) at its monthly late night events

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London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is home to some beautiful fashion collections from throughout the

Close to London by train, Oxfordshire’s Bicester village is home to discount shopping from a range of top international designers and niche labels, making it a shopping magnet for any fashion-conscious gal

for single ladies

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The package costs €850 per person for a shared standard room, or €1,100 per person for a single standard room.

For further information, see www.wildfitness.com.

Girls night In For some rejuvenation with the girls, check out the Friday Girls Night In package at DoubleTree

by Hilton Hotel and Spa, Chester.

This good old-fashioned girly sleepover includes a beauty treatment, sparkling wine, chocolates and a selection of chick flicks – including, of course, Bridget Jones’ Diary.

Even better, Saturday morning offers the chance to unwind and enjoy a dip in the onsite jacuzzi and thermal suites.

The package costs €140 per person. For further information, see www.doubletreechester. co.uk.

LBDs, big knickers and Christmas jumpers Go in search of the perfect LBD and all-important Jones-style undergarments at Oxfordshire’s Bicester village – an hour by train from London.

Here, you’ll find Alexander McQueen, Paul Smith, Burberry and Vivienne Westwood, as well as niche British labels and international designers at a minimum discount of 30% on the original price.

For further information, see www.bicestervillage.com.

Alternatively, for a Mark Darcy-inspired Christmas jumper, check

If you’re not a singleton like Bridget and are visiting England with your own version of Mark Darcy, there are a wealth of activities for taken (or single) women alike, ensuring a great holiday wherever you roam

out London’s Beyond Retro on Brick Lane.

Each year, this vintage institution celebrates the festive season with an array of classic winter warmers, where jumpers start from €16.

For further information, see www.beyondretro.com.

Location, location, location The beloved Bridget Jones feature films, based on previous Helen Fielding novels, feature many iconic London locations, some of which

have included Borough Market, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Kensington Gardens.

Incurable romantics will no doubt want to recreate that wonderful moment when Colin Firth kisses Renee Zellweger in the snow.

This scene was filmed outside the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, across the road from the Bank of England.

Brit Movie Tours offer a London Film Locations and TV Walking Tour, taking in some of the film’s locations.

Tours run on Fridays at 10:30am, priced at €14 per person.

For further information, see www.britmovietours.com.

Mini “me” time Outside the capital, Stoke Park also took a starring role in the film as the spot where Daniel Cleaver whisked Bridget away for a much longedfor mini break in the country.

For a real-life, romantic getaway, book Stoke Park’s Bridget Jones Mini Break package.

The stay includes one night’s accommodation in a Mansion or Pavilion room, a bottle of chilled chardonnay, a threecourse dinner, beauty treatment, and Bridget Jones’s Diary DVD to take home.

The package stars from £490 per room, based on two people sharing. For further information, see www.stokepark.com.

And finally ...

Last but not least, for more girly holiday ideas “next door”, see www.visitengland.com.

BUDGET Travel are offering a range of seven-night Christmas specials to get you in the festive mood.

For four sharing, stay at the Algarve’s Pateo Village in Albufeira (€189pp) from December 20, or spend a week at the Marino Tenerife Hotel in Tenerife (€279pp) from January 2.

In the week before Christmas, Morocco’s Igoudar Apartments in Agadir are priced at just €299pp for four sharing, from December 14.

For three sharing, stay at Fuerteventura’s Beach Club (€249pp) from December 19, or travel from December 22 and spend Christmas at the La Cala Sun Apartments in Benidorm ( €339pp).

For two sharing, there’s a choice of the Mediterraneo Apartments in Costa del Sol (€269pp) from December 23, or Bugibba Hotel, St Paul’s Bay in Malta (€319pp) from December 20.

All prices include flights from Dublin and seven nights’ accommodation. For further information, or other similar offers, see www. budgettravel.ie.

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Players from Lucan were among the rugby stars of the future who have benefited from development programmes

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corduff karate wunderkind Leeanne was crowned world champion in the World Shotokan Karate Championships that took place in Liverpool earlier this month, in the process defeating two American champions and one Spanish champ to claim the title.

New development officers to TEAMof the MONTH H bring more rugby to Dublin Dublin City Council last week announced a joint initiative in association with Leinster Rugby that will see the introduction of two community rugby officers.

The appointments will allow the development and implemenation of rugby programmes to appeal to people from non-traditional playing backgrounds.

Leinster Rugby currently implements programmes designed to increase participa-

tion in rugby, develop emerging talent and to educate rugby coaches and volunteers.

Michael Dawson, chief executive of Leinster Rugby, said: “The contribution of Dublin City Council means that more and more youngsters in nontraditional rugby areas will be able to participate in games and coaching through our successful community rugby network.

“This helps to reinforce Leinster Rugby’s commit-

ment to spread the game and increase participation levels.”

L o r d M ay o r o f D u b l i n Oisin Quinn was delighted to announce the partnership.

“I welcome this partnership between Leinster Rugby and Dublin City Council. Rugby is fast becoming one of the most popular sports in Ireland.

“The profile of rugby is continuously been elevated with the success of the international team, Leinster men’s team and most recently the

achievement of the women’s international team winning the Grand Slam. There are many rugby role models that our youth of today admire and look up to.

“These young people will now have the opportunity to get involved in a sport that they may have had limited access to and learn the basic fundamental skills of rugby though fun games and drills delivered by the Community Rugby Officer.”

naomh olaf A RUN of four matches in 11 days saw Naomh Olaf claim a remarkable run of victories and claim the Dublin intermediate championship title some 20 years after they last secured the Senior 2 title, claiming the title against Fingallians.

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FastSport 2006 final voted as best ever by fans: Ford, sponsor of the FAI Cup announced that the 2006 cup final between St Patrick’s Athletic and Derry City was voted as the Greatest Ever FAI cup final by League of Ireland fans.

Irish football supporters cast their vote through Ford’s Facebook page (facebook. com/fordireland) and the 4-3 thriller, where the Candystripes emerged victorious after extra time, proved a clear winner in the poll.

In what was the last game of football at Lansdowne Road, St Pat’s took the lead three times before Derry battled back, equalising on each occasion.

In the 110th minute, a Killian Brennan corner glanced off the head of Saints defender Stephen Brennan, cruelly sending the ball into the St.Pat’s goal. The Saints battled bravely for an equaliser but it was not to be and Derry lifted the cup for the fourth time in their history.

cricket: local players get nod from cricket ireland for skills

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MALAHIDE’S Peter Chase and former St Andrew’s College student Andrew Balbirnie were both named on Cricket Ireland’s emerging talent list as part of a group of 36 players selected for a busy win-

ter programme.

National coach Phil Simmons praised the “quality and depth” of talent coming through with 13 players listed in the National Performance programme while 23 are on the emerging list.

There are no fewer

than 10 county-contracted players throughout the two squads, with Stuart Poynter and Balbirnie recently signing deals with Durham and Middlesex respectively.

“T he squads show just how much quality and depth there is now in Irish cricket,” said

Malahide’s Peter Chase in action

Andrew Balbirnie was one of the players named on the Emerging Talent list

Simmons.

“There’s a great balance of youth and experience in there, and the players know there are more opportunities than ever before.

“There are some new faces in the Emerging Players squad, with James Cameron-Dow and Simranjit Singh adding to the slow bowling options. The initiative to send the young pace guys to Australia this winter is a great one and I’m certain will bring dividends.

“We’re looking for the emerging players to challenge the established core guys. The incentive of playing in the 2015 World Cup has really galvanised everyone in Irish cricket, and

it’s the perfect platform to take the spor t in the country to an even higher level.

“While these players will form the basis of our planning for the 2015 and 2019 World Cups, I’d like to stress the door is always open for others to force their way in.”

In a busy winter for the players, the Ireland senior team will be undertaking a training camp in early November, playing in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers and InterContinental Cup final in the UAE, and are in the process of finalising a significant tour in late January.

There are also plans for an exciting A team

tour to a full ICC member country in January, details of which are to be released shortly.

Three of the country’s most promising pace bowlers will be playing club cricket in Australia while working with consultant bowling coach Craig McDermott, while Cricket Ireland will also be using expert coaches from across Ireland and the UK for training sessions throughout the winter at both Bready and North County.

Plans are also at an advanced stage for the new National Academy under the guidance of Craig Hogan, with the first intake of young players being announced next month on two-year contracts.

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The Irish All-Stars women’s team who competed in the Gathering Shield at the weekend

The Irish Premier League Men’s and Women’s All Star basketball teams faced off against their Welsh equivalents last weekend at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght in the Gathering Shield event.

In the women’s event, both sides played to the final whistle and never let up as the Ireland Premier League All Stars opened up the Gathering event with its first win of the day.

The final score was 90-34 in favour of the Irish Premier

League Women’s All Stars with a great team effort from all players on both ends of the court.

Most Valuable Player (MVP) Claire Rockall said: “It was a really fast paced and up-tempo game. It was brilliant to be able to play with the best players in the country together on one team. “[Head coach] James Weldon really wanted us to get out on the fast break and get the early lay-ups in the first quarter. We did that and just kept pushing on from there.

“Overall it was a great expe-

rience to be a part of, a great event and I’m really looking forward to seeing more of these in the future.”

In the men’s match, the game finished 90-47 in favour of the Irish side.

MVP for the game was Ger Noonan said: “It was a great feeling to be part of the game and be selected as an All Star of the league.

“The turning point for us was in the second quarter with our defence. We pressured them on the ball and made them turn the ball over. When they switched

from man to zone defence, they couldn’t stop us.

Our focus was to attack down the middle and guys were getting free on the wings for open shots or backdoor cuts. The movement off the ball really paid off.

“I’d just like to thank Basketball Ireland, Mark Keenan and the coaching staff, the organisers of the Gathering and everyone involved. It’s always a pleasure to be involved in events like this and I’m looking forward already to the next one – whoever we play or wherever it is.”

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Dublin 15 karate star Leeanne Royle became the youngest person and the first Irish fighter to claim the world Shotokan title in Liverpool last month, and is set to continue her success

”KARATE and martial arts generally do not see many stars emerging on an international stage so young, but Leeanne Royle, from Corduff Shotokan Karate Club, is a such a star in the making.”

So said Gazette Sport when discussing the winner of the Dublin Sport Award star of the month in June 2011, when the young martial artist won the prestigious Charles Naylor Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding child competitor at the Karate Union of Great Britain’s national championships.

Since then, the 14-year-

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old Hartstown Community School student has added to her roll-call of significant achievements in the sport, and crowned those last month when she won world championship honours in the junior female individual kata event at the Shotokan World Karate Championships in Liverpool’s Echo Arena.

Leeanne Royle celebrates her world title

Leeanne was the youngest ever competitor in the history of the event and the first Irish athlete male or female to receive a gold medal from this prestigious championship since its inception 25 years ago.

Gazette Sport spoke to Leeanne’s coach and father, David Royle, who runs the Corduff Karate Club where Leanne started her journey at the age of five.

“To take to the world title at such a highly prestigious tournament is a huge and significant achievement. Leanne is continually getting much much better.”

After her world success in Liverpool, Leeanne is currently assisting at the club with the junior members, helping get them ready for their upcoming gradings. The club has become very aware of the knock-on effects of having a world champion in their dojo.

“We have worked a lot on the promotion of our sport, but the response to Leanne’s win has been fantastic.

“When we were away, some of the instructors took a class a few days after Leeanne had won, and the class was packed – there was no room for anyone else, so many people wanted to come along.

“There was a huge response from the local area, and other local

sporting clubs. Corduff FC were fantastic and promoted us very well. As a result, there has been a big influx in members which has been brilliant.”

With the obvious parallels to the successful partnership of Katie Taylor and her coach/father Peter, David also hopes

May next year, where she will be hoping to retain her title. David belives this is possible, and that it is possible for Leeanne to go even further.

“We are hoping Leeanne will gain another title in the kumite event, which will make her grand champion of the British

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that his daughter’s sport will be accepted as an Olympic event to allow her one day to challenge for the ultimate gold medal.

“We are hoping that governing bodies internationally will work with the World Karate Federation to bid again to have karate accepted as an Olympic sport. I expect it will be accepted eventually, and I think Leanne will be of an age when that happens to go forward and represent Ireland.”

In the meantime, the desire for more success means that any time out will be brief before the competitive cycle begins again for 2014. The competitive season will begin in February in a Grand Slam event, between Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, before Leanne’s training gears up toward the British national championships held in

national contest next year.

That is a tall order, but it is achievable. That’s what we are focusing on.

“We will then be focusing on becoming national champion again, and hope to continue that success through the British youth championships and the Shotokan cup and, hopefully, Leanne will represent Ireland at the European championships that are held in Switzerland next year.”

The next world championships will be held in Poland in 2015, and again, Leanne will be looking to defend her title. You can expect to be reading about Leeanne’s success for a long time to come.

For more information on Corduff Shotokan Karate Club, log on to www.uskf.org or www. facebook.com/corduffkarate.shotokan. Beginners classes run every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 to 6pm.

Taylor to make ring return in Mansion House Olympic boxing champion Katie Taylor, in association with Bray Boxing Club and afterdark.ie, will take part in a special fight night next month.

The 27-year-old former Peamount player and Bray battler will take on Mira Potkonen of Finland in the intimate setting of the Round Room at Dublin’s Mansion House on November 29 as part of her preparations for next year’s AIBA world and European championships and, ultimately, the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

“I’ve been training hard all summer and I am really looking forward to boxing in the heart of Dublin against a top class European opponent in preparation for future titles.

“It’s great to be boxing in the Round Room in the Mansion House. It’s such an intimate setting and I am hoping to get the support on the night from the Dublin crowd, said Taylor.

This will be Katie’s first fight since her sellout event in March at the Bord Gais Theatre.

Fellow Irish Olympian Adam Nolan will also fight on the night, alongside a host of upcoming Irish talent.

Tickets priced from €40 go on sale from www.afterdark.ie on November 1 at 9am.

MMA McGregor hopeful of ring return shortly LUCAN resident Conor McGregor is hopeful that he can return to UFC action in five months as he continues his rehabilitation from a cruciate knee injury.

He injured the knee during his suc-

cessful fight against Max Holloway in August but has been working for up to five hours a day with a view to getting back on track as quickly as possible.

Speaking about the injury, he said: “I’m over the worst of it.

“I’d love to fight again in March but I’d say April or May [will be when I’m ready].”

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FastSport harriers team take to streets for marathon: TWELVE members of Lucan Harriers took to the streets of Dublin to take part in the 34th annual Dublin City Marathon.

First home for Lucan Harriers was Brian Lamon in 3.20:26, taking 20 minutes off of his 2012 time of 3.50:37.

Next home for the club was Gerry Byrne Snr, who ran a very even-paced race in a time of 3.39:09.

First home for the Lucan ladies was Eileen O’Brien in 3.53:33, a third place in her category. Second was Lisa Convey who was only seconds behind in 3.53:58.

soccer: united put half-dozen past LSL Sunday 1b’s bottom side

Six-shooters Lucan crush Glenmore lsl sunday senior 1B Lucan United 6 Glenmore Dundrum 0  stephen findlater sport@gazettegroup.com

LUCAN United inflicted more pain on bottom-ofthe-table Glenmore Dundrum as a series of goals early in the second half saw them run out handsome winners in Celbridge last Sunday.

Their movement and ability to beat the offside trap in windy conditions made for a facile victory as Donal Donoghue, Mark Rutherford and Padraic Byrne interchanged effortlessly.

For Glenmore, they started decently, creating a few early half-chances but struggled once they

fell behind in the 31st minute.

It came in fortuitous fashion as Donoghue miscued his effort on the edge of the box but it fell perfectly into the path of winger Stephen Lawless and he finished tidily from the right side of the box.

From there, Lucan controlled possession, regularly working the ball to former Shelbourne man Rutherford who was tormenting Paul Dignam down the left wing.

Glenmore did earn a couple of free-kicks about 30 yards from goal, James Doyle putting in the hard yards in midfield, but their best efforts were comfortably dealt with by Conor Barcoe.

And 1-0 became 4-0

within 10 minutes of the turnaround as Lucan began to run riot. Within a minute of the restart, Donoghue’s cross picked out Rutherford on the left post and he nodded back into the path of Sean Dwan for a simple finish.

The third arrived soon after as a Lucan cross evaded the last defender’s attempted clearance and Donoghue arrived to poke home past Alan Mooney.

Any life left in the game was killed off in the 54th minute as Dwan beat the offside trap. Rutherford duly grabbed his rebound and while his attempts to twist and turn the ball into the goal were denied, the ball fell to Enla Zilinskas who calmly rolled home.

Lucan United’s Mark Rutherford in action against Glenmore Dundrum

Dwan grabbed his second after Byrne slipped him the ball and he was denied his hat trick by the offside flag moments later.

At 5-0 down, Glenmore did gain some traction with Doyle again at the hub, drawing a good stop

low down from Barcoe while Jason Power fizzed a free kick wide.

But Ray O’Connor poured salt in the wounds when he zig-zagged past three players and while Mooney repelled his original effort, the goalkeeper tripped O’Connor as he

re-gathered the ball.

From the penalty spot, O’Connor provided an impudent paneka down the middle to complete the half dozen. The result lifts Lucan to sixth in the division while Glenmore stay bottom with just one point from eight outings.

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Lucan hurlers reach senior A final  sport@gazettegroup.com

LUCAN Sarsfields held off a battling Craobh Chiarain at Parnell Park last week to progress to the Dublin SHC A final on a 1-13 to 1-9 scoreline.

Sarsfields did their best work in the opening half when they led 1-8 to 0-5 at the interval but the Donnycarney side ral-

lied in the second half and it might have been even closer had they not finished the game at a numerical disadvantage following the dismissal of Eugene Farrell.

Lucan settled quickly and held the upper hand in the early passages of the game. Paddy Ward gave them the dream start with a sixth minute

goal following good work from Chris Crummey.

Crummey was one of Lucan’s key men in the opening period while the accuracy of corner-forward, Aidan Roche, was also central to their sixpoint half-time lead.

Craobh, though, improved on the restart and got a goal when an excellent pass from Alan

McCrabbe placed Mahon in space to beat Lucan keeper David Quinn.

Another McCrabbe point kept Craobh motoring but the sending off of Farrell was a significant setback. Points from Kevin O’Reilly and Johnny McCaffrey steadied Lucan sufficiently to book their berth in the county final.

hurling: somerton side lead from the start

Club Noticeboard lucan sarsfields Congratulations to our senior hurl-

day.

ers on reaching their first ever county

The annual mass for deceased

final by beating Craobh Chiarain last

members will take place on Thursday,

Thursday. They now play Ballyboden

November 7 at 8pm in the function

St Enda’s in the final in Parnell Park

room.

on Sunday, November 10. Huge support is expected from the club as well as the greater Lucan community for the lads.

Our AGM will take place on Thursday, November 21.

Scor na nOg Dublin semi-final hosted by Lucan Sarsfields on Thurs-

Well done to our minor A camogie

day, November 14 at 8pm. Looking for

team on winning their fourth minor A

talented members from our juvenile

championship title in a row last Tues-

section (U-17) to take part and repre-

day night.

Hard luck to our Junior A hurlers who lost out in the championship final to Castleknock.

The U-14 footballers had a convincing win over Castleknock last Saturday in the league semi-final and have now regained their Division 1 status for next year.

sent their club. If you are interested, contact Stiofan O Conghaile on 087 680 4124.

The draw for our Christmas pool competition is now on display in the clubhouse.

The 25-card drive continues each Friday night in the clubhouse bar.

We are holding a raffle for a Dublin

The senior footballers had a good

football jersey signed by the 2013 All-

five-point win over Raheny on Satur-

Ireland winning panel. €2 per entry.

day, they will now be the away team in

Entries can be made at the clubhouse

a relegation play-off against Raheney

bar. The draw will take place next Sat-

or St Mary’s.

urday.

The minor A hurlers are now

Set dancing classes continue each

through to the championship semi-

Wednesday at 8.30pm in the club-

final after beating Kilmacud on Sun-

house.

st pat’s palmerstown Castleknock took the lead in the opening exchanges and maintained their advantage throughout the final

Sarsfields lose out in junior final dublin jhc final

Castleknock 0-14 Lucan Sarsfields 0-9  stephen findlater sport@gazettegroup.com

IT wasn’t pretty but Castleknock dug out a composed performance in tricky conditions to lead from start to finish against Lucan Sarsfields and take their place in the intermediate ranks of Dublin hurling for the first time.

Niall O’Callaghan, a hero in the semi-final, reprised his role with 0-7 while the outstanding defensive work of the backs, typified by Ed Forrest and Ian Cleary, saw

them home.

They held the lead from scarcely 30 seconds in as Lucan fouled at the throw-in and O’Callaghan clipped over the free with a decent breeze working in his favour.

Ciaran Kilkenny added another while a pair of Paul Hamill points made it 0-4 to no score inside four minutes.

It appeared to be a case of damage limitation for Lucan, playing against the conditions in the first half, but they were efficient in their rare forays forward, taking scores from each of their three ventures into Castleknock territory in

the opening quarter.

Niall Stagg got them on the board with a well-taken effort only for Knock skipper Jack King to counter it with a huge point from inside his own half.

O’Callaghan judged the wind well for his second score while Kilkenny went the low road en route to a 0-7 to 0-1 lead after 10 minutes.

From there, the game grew slower and more fragmented. Lucan nicked three points in a row as Castleknock went 16 minutes without a score but O’Callaghan’s frees meant they went in 0-10 to 0-5 ahead at the

break.

Lucan may have seen the deficit as surmountable but, with the sliotar getting plugged on numerous occasions and Cleary and Forrest batting away everything that came their way, they never gained any traction.

Indeed, while the sides shared six points in the first 13 minutes of the half, no further scoring came for another 13. Peter Graydon did reduce the gap to four points with four minutes left, but his side’s efforts to force a goal were all repelled and, when Kilkenny was fouled, O’Callaghan’s free copper fastened the title.

Congratulations to the senior

back to the clubhouse or to commit-

hurlers on winning the league after

tee members or team leaders ASAP.

a spectacular season.

We need tickets back by Tuesday,

Congratulations to St Lorcan’s BNS on winning the junior league.

The U-13 camogie girls are set to replay their championship final on November 3 in the Phoenix Park, with the throw-in at 10am. Your support would be much appreciated.

Halloween camps for f ive- to 12-year-old boys and girls will start on Tuesday and run untill Thursday.

Get your Dream Draw tickets

with the final deadline for Thursday between 7 and 7.30pm in the clubhouse.

Lotto: Numbers drawn were 11, 17, 21 and 28. There was no winner.

Any three numbers winners were M Connry, Ann O’Leary, Charles Rian and Sully, Rita McGeever and Eilara McGuire.

Next draw is on November 3 in the Palmerstown House, with the jackpot at €8,200.

westmanstown gaels The Intermediates championship

years) runs from 10am every Satur-

match against St Finbarr’s last Sat-

day at Westmanstown’s all-weath-

urday evening was postponed and

er facility and indoors when the

will be rescheduled for the coming

weather turns. Ask for Geraldine.

week.

All new members boys and girls are

The juniors had a good league win away to Oliver Plunkett’s on Sunday morning, coming out on top on

welcome.

Visit www.westmanstowngaels. ie for more information.

a scoreline of 1-13 to 2-8. Their next

T h a n k yo u t o eve r yo n e w h o

fixture is cup final away to Thomas

attended the club inaugural disco,

Davis next Sunday morning, with the

the club members that gave their

throw in at 11am.

time to make the evening such an

Good luck to the U-13 girls in their Shield final next Saturday.

The club nursery (five to seven

enjoyable one and Westmanstown Sports and Conference Centre for hosting the event.

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Republic of Ireland internationals Glenn Whelan and Keith Fahey at the launch of the Late Night League initiative at Darndale Belcamp Village Centre. Picture: David Maher / SPORTSFILE

Saturday night lights Lucan sees launch of weekend soccer late-night leagues as part of successful ongoing programme organised by FAI, council and gardai  stephen findlater

sport@gazettegroup.com

LUCAN will host its first Saturday soccer Late Night Leagues at Weston hockey club’s Astroturf pitch in Griffeen Valley Park as part of a highly successful project run by the Garda, the FAI and the city’s local councils.

Stephen Rice, development officer in the Lucan area for the FAI and South Dublin County Council, explained that the leagues start at 8pm for the next four Saturday nights and are open to players aged 14 to 18.

The idea is to create “a fun, safe environment to play football” and has been highly

successful in places like Swords and Tallaght in recent years to reduce anti-social behaviour.”

“It’s an initiative that’s been running five or six years across the city,” Rice, a League of Ireland star with Shamrock Rovers, told GazetteSport.

“Basically, it’s targeting teenagers at times when they are most likely to get involved in anti-social behaviour. We’re trying to engage them with Garda, with the FAI and the council.

“The Garda are heavily involved in getting the facility and recruiting players, helping us get teams in. On the night, they will interact with the players and build a relation-

ship with them in a different environment to what they are used to, in a more relaxed way.”

“It is also being run in Tallaght and the Clondalkin Leisure Centre and Collinstown on the same weekends and throughout Dublin like Ballymun, Crumlin, East Wall and so on. After four Saturday evenings, the winning team and the most sporting team will go forward to a finals night from all over Dublin.”

Rice has been involved as a development officer in the area for the past six months and is looking forward to getting the programme up and running in Lucan and is calling on players to come along on Saturday.

Teams of five with two subs will be made up and even if players cannot put together a full team, they are encouraged to come along and get involved in the activities on the night.

“There’s never been one in Lucan before but from dealing with the Garda already, there are some issues with kids hanging around and maybe not having enough to do on a Saturday night and turn to anti-social behaviour like alcohol and so on.

“We put the responsibility on the players themselves to get their own team together from their own road, your club or whatever it may be. Hopefully, we’ll get a big crowd and a lot of interest.”