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Traders work to conserve water  natalie burke

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Local traders are taking extra caution to ensure that it is business as usual despite being hit with water restrictions over the past week.

Businesses and residential homes across north Dublin have endured nightly water restrictions since October 30, which are due to conclude this week.

Owner of Malahide restaurant Bon Appetit Oliver Dunne admitted he had

been worried when he heard restrictions would be put in place, but made sure the team was “incredibly cautious” in conserving water for evening trade.

According to Senator Darragh O’Brien (FF), this is not the first time homes and businesses have been hit with problems to their water supply.

With water charges set to hit households, he said: “People have a right to expect a decent quality service.”

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Full steam ahead: New arrival aims to keep villagers shuttling along BOARDING Malahide’s new commuter shuttle bus on its first day of service are Vivienne Keavey of Malahide Credit Union and Mayor of Fingal Kieran Dennison (FG). The long-awaited shuttle bus will run on weekdays to and from Malahide railway station. It will service Seabury, Estuary Road, Swords Road, Millview Road, Yellow Walls Road, Dublin Road, Coast Road, Seapark, Biscayne and Robswall. The fare is €1.50 per trip.

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A local bookshop in Malahide has extended its gratitude to local residents and customers this week after it was shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s Bord Gais Energy Bookshop of the Year competition.

Village Books, a family-owned bookshop in Malahide, has been named as a finalist in the Bord Gais Energy Bookshop of the Year, which forms part of the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards competition.

This will be the eighth year of the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Aw a r d s , w h i c h a r e dedicated to honouring Irish writers across the entire publishing spectrum. This year’s awards also includes for the third year running, the Bookshop of the Year Award category, which honours the work car-

Village Books has been named as a finalist in the Bord Gais Energy Bookshop of the Year

ried out by booksellers throughout Ireland.

Speaking of her delight at being named as a finalist, owner of Village Books Mar y Farrell said she is “very hopeful” that Village Books could be successful in this year’s competition.

“We were absolutely d e l i g h t e d w h e n we

heard we were in the final. We were delighted because you get in by your customers voting for you so it was really great that so many of our customers voted for us. We felt delighted and we really wish to thank them for voting for us, it means a lot,” she said.

It will be the second

time for the local bookshop to be named as a finalist in the competition, after it was shortlisted two years ago for the same title. If the popular local bookshop is successful this year, Mary says it would mean a lot for Village Books.

“It would mean that we would be in the national press and hopefully it would mean a boost in business.

“Your profile would be bigger in the neighbourhood and hopefully it would help your business,” she said.

“But it’s not just that, it’s more for the thrill of it. It’s more about the fact that we are there and that there are people that like us, and like us as a shop and a business.”

W hen it comes to standing out from other bookstores, Mary says the main strength for Village Books is its personal touch.

“Part of our logo is a bookshop with a per-

sonal touch, so that’s what we have. We sell to our customers on a person to person basis.

We like to establish a relationship with our customers and they do return to us, and come looking for advice on books, whether it’s for their ow n books or their children’s books.

So that would be one of our strengths.

“We love reading and we are good at recommending books.”

Village Books can order specialist books and for anyone setting up a book club, they will provide a list of recommended books to get started.

Village Books also has an Aladdin’s Cave children’s corner which proves ver y popular with the little ones.

“We hope that our customers continue to support us now coming up to Christmas and to support other local businesses. It’s very important at the moment,” she added.

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Dogs Trust: reports of illegal fundraising prompted action

Food fair is a major attraction

Bogus collections ‘dealt with briskly’  Natalie Burke

Dogs Trust Ireland has eased warnings about illegal fundraisers knocking on residents’ doors saying the issue has now been addressed.

This comes just days after the charity issued a warning to residents in north Dublin advising them to be vigilant about donating money to potentially bogus collectors calling to houses .

Speaking to the Gazette, a spokesperson for Dogs Trust Ireland said that since issuing the warning, the incidents involving the bogus collectors had been addressed.

“There were some issues with illegal fundraisers but we have addressed the

problem with the gardai,” she said.

“We posted [the warning] on Facebook, so it was apparent. We reported it to the gardai and it was dealt with very briskly, so we do not have an issue with it now. It has been completely cleared up now,” she added.

The spokesperson said she had no further comment to make on the issue.

The charity originally posted the warning on social networking site Facebook, where they advised residents in the north Dublin area to be mindful about donating money to people calling door to door and claiming to be fundraising.

Popular community

website Enjoy Malahide also issued a warning to its followers via Facebook, in a post which read: “Warning: Be careful of criminals falsely representing Dogs Trust Ireland, they are illegally fundraising door to door in north Dublin with sponsorship cards.”

It is believed that the bogus collectors were spotted in recent days knocking on doors in the Malahide and Coolock areas.

Meanwhile, residents in Swords have also been warned to be vigilant after reports of bogus collectors fundraising for a Swordsbased charity, Swords Needs Playgrounds, were also spotted in two residential estates.

Mighty meaty: First Great Taste Award for Kerrigan’s Butchers barry Kerrigan, Yvonne McPartland, Glenn Gorman, Fran

Reilly and Mark Power of Kerrigan’s Craft Butchers, recently celebrated winning their first ever Great Taste Award at the 2013 awards ceremony. Kerrigan’s Craft Butchers, which operates three stores in Malahide, Baldoyle and Donaghmede, picked up the prize after its dry cured rindless back rashers wowed the judges at the recent event. To celebrate the award, the butchers hosted a party in the Malahide store. Picture: Una Williams

A Malahide-based supermarket recently hosted a successful food fair featuring food from across Ireland and around the globe.

The Eurospar store event at Northern Cross saw hundreds of local customers attend the event and sample a huge range of food, with everything from sushi and Italian cheese to Irish yoghurts and cakes.

Speaking at the event, store owner Alan Barry said he was delighted with the turnout.

“It’s great to see so m a ny p e o p l e c o m e along. The level of support we’ve had has been fantastic.

“I hope [this] event showed customers the incredible range of food we have in Eurospar.”

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running 953 pupils from 33 local primary schools take part in league

Young people take athletics in their stride  Natalie Burke

Almost 950 students from 33 different local schools have taken part in a primary school athletics league held recently in Fingal.

The students took part in the north county section of the Fingal Athletics League, which was organised by Fingal County Council’s Sports Office in

partnership with Athletics Ireland and was supported by local north Dublin Fingallians Athletics Club.

The participation-based event takes place in Balheary Park in Swords three times a year and hosts a finals day in Morton Stadium. The finals day allows students of all abilities from all over Fingal to take part in the introduction to athletics.

Speaking at the event, held on Tuesday, October 22, Niall McGuirk, senior sports development officer with Fingal County Council said he was delighted to see so many schools from across Fingal taking part.

“This fun introduction to running has been a great way to encourage young people to join their local athletics club where they get the oppor-

tunity to try a variety of athletics disciplines and hopefully find an activity that gives them enjoyment and keeps them fit and healthy.”

Some of the local schools involved with the recent league included Gaelscoil Bhrian Boroimhe, Bracken Educate Together National School, Holy Family National School, Oliver Plunkett’s National School, Rolestown

National School, Burrow National School in Sutton, St Cronan’s Senior National School and Swords Educate Together National School, to name just a few.

Schools interested in getting involved or gaining further information can contact Niall McGuirk by calling 01 8906232 or by emailing niall.mcguirk@fingalcoco.ie.

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A fresh appeal to find dangerous radioactive material stolen from a premises in north Dublin has been issued in recent days.

The material is hazardous to health and authorities are urging members of the local community to be vigilant and exercise caution.

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) in collaboration with An Garda Siochana issued the fresh appeal on RTE’s Crimecall programme last week, for information on

the whereabouts of seven radioactive lightning preventers stolen from a premises in Swords in September.

Following the appeal, Dr Tom Ryan, director of regulation at the RPII, said the radioactive materials, which are contained in a red box, are dangerous and should not be approached or handled.

“We are very concerned that they are in the public domain as they pose a health hazard to anyone who comes into contact with them. They need to be recovered as soon as possible and made safe.”

The seven lightning preventers were stored in a large red metal box with radiation warning signs – which appear as a yellow triangle with a black trefoil symbol. The red box and its contents were stolen during the course of a burglary of Rainey Conservation Ltd, a premises located on the Balheary Road, Swords.

The burglary took place sometime over the weekend of September 27 and 30.

“Throughout this incident we have maintained very close contact with the gardai in an effort to recover and make safe

the radioactive material.

We would urge anyone with any information concerning the stolen items to contact either the RPII or the gardai,” said Dr Ryan.

Each lightning preventer contains several sources of radiation which pose a hazard to health. Close proximity to these sources will result in a person exceeding the annual radiation dose limit in a matter of hours. If handled they will cause radioactive contamination to the person’s hands and clothing with the possibility of internal radioactive con-

tamination.

It is believed they may have been mistaken as scrap metal but they have no legitimate commercial or recycling value. If the radioactive sources are cut up or dismantled they could cause local environmental contamination as well as contamination of the person.

The public is being asked to remain vigilant and to report any information that may help in the recovery of the items to the gardai in Swords (01) 666 4700, any Garda station or the RPII on (01) 2697766 (out of office hours: 087 916 3364).

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network System ‘riddled with problems’ not ready for charges

Water cuts take toll on local restaurant  Natalie Burke

A Dublin North restaurant has taken extra caution to ensure its business can continue to trade despite water restrictions.

Local businesses and residential homes were hit with water restrictions on October 30 from 8pm until 7am each night due to a production problem at Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment plant.

According to Dublin City Council the existing restrictions will remain in place until at least Thursday, November 7.

Taking extra caution is Michelin-starred restaurant Bon Appetit in Malahide. Restaurant

owner Oliver Dunne admitted he had been worried when he heard restrictions would be put in place.

“We were really careful during the day, giving out if a tap was left running for longer than a second,” he said.

“We weren’t directly affected but the reasons why we weren’t, was because we were incredibly cautious. We were very conservative of water and filled up buckets and all our stockpots.”

According to Oliver, the restaurant was lucky that it has a large tank for water on the roof. “We were running out by the end of each night but we

were mostly fine. It’s all to do with footfall, the amount of times the toilets are being flushed and how often the dishwashers are going. We were nervous it would affect business which would have had a knock on effect for us.”

Tony Lambert, chief executive of the Fingal Chamber of Commerce, said that while he understands that issues have arisen, he didn’t appreciate the cut off time of 8pm.

“If it was 10pm, a lot of people in the hospitality sector, which looks after all our tourism, would have been better able to cope. This clearly indi-

cates that we need a better source of water.”

According to Senator Darragh O’Brien (FF), the latest issue with Dublin’s water supply proves the water network is not ready for the introduction of water charges saying the system is “riddled with problems”.

“This is not the first time that homes and businesses across Dublin have been hit with major problems to their water supply. It is a far too regular occurrence,” he said.

“Under Minister Phil Hogan’s plan, homeowners across Dublin will start racking up water bills from next October.

If people are paying for

Local businesses and homes hit by water restrictions

their water, they have a right to expect a decent quality service.”

In response, a spokesperson for the Environment Department said a national water authority with secure funding for vital investment is “abso-

lutely crucial” to put an end to these types of problems.

“Problems which occur incidentally are because of years of under-investment by the previous administration of which Sena-

tor O’Brien is a member. Senator O’Brien has turned the truth on its head with his uninformed opinion and demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of the issues being faced.”

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incident Fire service tackles fire in industrial estate

Reasonably quiet Halloween for North Dublin  Natalie Burke

A blaze in a north Dublin industrial estate was one of the biggest incidents tackled by local fire services on Halloween night, according to Dublin Fire Brigade.

The fire broke out at an industrial premises at Airways Industrial Park in Swords at approximately 6am on Friday, November 1.

The incident is not believed to be bonfire related.

However, local representatives have reported that it was an otherwise quiet Halloween night in

the north Dublin area.

In Malahide, Cllr Anthony Lavin (FG) said this year’s Halloween celebrations appeared quieter than previous years.

W hile he believes there was a bonfire set up in the area, he did not hear of any “real incidents” that went along with it.

“For me, it wasn’t as prolific as it used to be a number of years ago.

With regard to bangers and noise, there was some, but again, it wasn’t nearly as bad as it has been in previous years,” he said.

Cllr Lavin says he

believes the reduction in activity could be a result of people having less disposable income.

“W hether it’s the recession or people are getting more sense I don’t know, but I imagine it’s a combination.

In the past it seemed there was competition between people to go and purchase fireworks.

I’m sure the gardai are more active than they used to be as well so that’s another contributing factor.”

The community in Swords also saw a quiet Halloween night overall. Cllr Darragh Butler (FF) said he was aware

The number of bonfires was low in North Dublin

of only one small bonfire in the area, which was quickly cleaned up

by Fingal County Council in the days that fol-

lowed.

“It seemed a lot quieter than other years, which was great, because I know the council

spend a fortune every year cleaning up after Halloween, so it can be frustrating,” he said. “It is money that could be

spent elsewhere.”

While the clean-up costs following this year’s Halloween night are yet to be determined

by Fingal County Council, the local authority have said that cleaning up debris from bonfires costs the council in the region of €160,000 each year. The clean-up can also require specialist staff to remove dangerous items while it can also take up to 18 months for damaged ground, pitches or plants to fully recover.

Last year, the cost of cleaning up after Halloween cost the council just under €160,000.

rnli: yacht got into difficulty in storm

Six saved in gusting winds  Natalie Burke

A representative of the local Howth RNLI has said that recent weather conditions have been challenging for the local rescue ser vice, af ter the team successfully brought six people to safety last weekend.

Howth RNLI coxswain Rober t Duff y said that the local rescue service brought six people to safety on Saturday, November 2, after their 38ft yacht got into difficulty at a location north of Dublin Bay. “T his was a challenging call out for our volunteer crew tonight given the gusty weather conditions and the darkness,” he said.

“Thankfully we were on the scene quickly and using our training, we were able to assist the six crew members on board the troubled yacht and bring them safely to shore,” he said.

The volunteer crew was requested to launch their all-weather lifeboat by the Irish Coast Guard shortly after 6pm last Saturday, following a report that a 38ft yacht was in trouble one mile east of Howth Harbour.

The lifeboat, which was under coxswain Robert Duffy and had six crew members onboard, launched within five minutes of the call.

The lifeboat was launched into gale force we a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s and made its way to the scene. On locating the yacht, the lifeboat proceeded to escort the vessel to a sheltered bay off Howth Head.

A lifeboat crew member was then transferred to the disabled boat which had encountered a mechanical problem.

A tow line was established and the lifeboat successfully brought the vessel to safety at Howth at 7pm.

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singing 600 children from across Fingal hit top notes

Pupils on song at Choral Festival  natalie burke

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A total of 600 school children from across Fingal took part in the first ever Fingal Choral Festival at the recently opened Riasc Centre in Swords.

The festival was the first of its kind in the area and was held on Friday, October 25, where hundreds of local school children competed for six prestigious choir awards.

F o r m a ny o f t h e choirs it was their first time to sing outside of their own school and according to Eugene Mac Carrick, secretary

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of the Fingal Choral Festival, the teachers and conductors were delighted to have a local festival to which they could bring their choirs.

“We were absolutely thrilled with how the first event went. In 2008, Fingal County Council had thought about having a Fingal choral festival but at the time there was no suitable venue. Now that we have the RIASC centre – which is a fabulous venue – this year we decided to go for it,” Eugene said.

“We decided to start small and invite the schools in Fingal to take

part in a schools choir competition. Our objective is to grow this festival every year. We will run the school’s competition again but we also want to broaden it out.

We are going to invite all the adult choirs in Fingal to take part.”

Eugene says the adjudicator of the event, Dr Orla Flanagan, was “very impressed” at the high standard of singing and praised a number of schools involved.

The choirs sang a wide range of songs.

“Dr Flanagan commented on the high standard and she was looking at it from all the technical points

of view that an adjudicator would. She was very impressed with the schools in that regard and spoke very highly of them,” said Eugene.

The competition was open to a range of ages and started with a junior category, for children up to second class.

The prize for Senior National School (which was up to fourth class) went to Scoil an Duinninigh, Draighnean.

The Senior National School Competition was won by Mary Mother of Hope Senior National School in Dublin 15 and was sponsored by Malahide School of Music. The post-pri-

Pupils from Scoil An Duinninigh singing their hearts out

mary schools competition was sponsored by Malahide Credit Union and Skerries Community College came away with first prize.

The prize for the best per formance in the Irish language or by an Irish composer went

to St Molaga’s Senior National School, Balbriggan.

With plans already under way for the second Fingal Choral Festival to take place in October 2014, Eugene is encouraging schools to consider entering their

choirs.

“As well as encouraging choirs, we would also love for more people to become involved with the committee.”

For more details, contact the Fingal Choral Festival at fingalchoralfestival@gmail.com.

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Graham Smith , Eric Crampton and Derek Moffatt

Ciara McGoldrick, Barry Attwell and Kristina Whelan

all dressed up: helping to raise funds for night care programme

Teachers Aimee Linehan and Elaine Anderson with Lesley McElhinney, vice principal

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he staff of Peter Mark hair salon in Malahide held a four-day charity event in aid of the IHF and NI hospice to raise funds for the nurses for night care programme. All the staff dressed up and the clients got involved by voting for the best costume with Karen O’Neil winning. There was a fantastic atmosphere throughout the day.

Nicky Mahon, Annmarie McKeown and Trish Robinson

Eugene Lewis and Karen O Neill

Tori Seery and Danielle Cooke School principal Trevor Richmond

Lisa , Kelsey and Lea Murphy

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Pupils, faculty and guests help St Andrew’s School in Malahide open their new extension to the school and (inset) students Cillian O’Sullivan and Leah Codney present Flowers to Suzie Hall, board of management. Pictures: David O’Shea

CELEBRATION: AT A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

St Andrew’s opens a new extension

Teacher Amy Hall with Don Hall and Jenny Murphy

Simon, Katie, Lynsey and Sophie O’Neill

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Paul and Angie Drongoole were among the many stylishly-dressed people at the evening. Pictures: Paul Sherwood Photography

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EBA hairdressing looked to show style-conscious clients how to be a cut above when it hosted a special showcase evening recently, focusing on a range of cuts and styles that are very suitable for autumn and beyond.

A number of fashionistas and stylists were among the guests on the evening at the South William Street salon, with Zeba’s experts building upon the skills developed at both of the Zeba salons, which are based in the city

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centre and in Maynooth, to create eight key looks for the season ahead.

A number of Zeba cosmetics complemented the looks, creating some superb styles for fashion-conscious ladies everywhere.

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Nuala Curran and Stephanie Crawford, Aaron Corcoran and Aoife Tarbett

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Sharon Bannerton with Cathy O’Connor

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Judi Curtin, children’s author, reads to a captivated audience at a previous Dublin Book Festival. Such author readings are just one highlight of the popular event.

city centre: dublin book festival celebrates many literary fields

Enjoy another chapter in the city’s arts life  ian begley

DUBLIN Book Festival is back again with a packed programme of almost entirely free events from November 14–17.

The event includes several days-worth of interviews, debates and book launches thanks to some highly-renowned literary figures from around the world.

There are also a number of workshops for adults, children and schools, along with several special guest appearances, with events taking place in and

around Smock Alley Theatre, predominantly home to printers and publishers throughout the 18th century.

There will be a variety of free weekend events for children during the festival, where they will be able to hang out at the Children’s Corner to read or try their hand at writing their own story.

People will have the opportunity to learn more about Dublin’s literary history on walking tours, and will be able to listen to readings and talks from awardwinning authors, get their books signed and visit the festival’s bookshop.

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan will officially open the festival, and said the event “shines a light on the wealth of Irish literary talent”.

Speaking ahead of the launch, he said: “The festival provides opportunity and enjoyment for everyone, from those with an established bibliography to those making their first outing of pen to paper.

“It also encompasses every facet of writing, including photographic books, travel writing, food writing and graphic

novels, and caters for all steps on the [print] journey, from initial creation to final published text.

“The festival offers a rich programme of events and is a source of enjoyment, information, support and inspiration for all participants.

“Through the exchange of views, ideology, experience and expertise, the festival enriches the community of authors, playwrights, poets, journalists and readers alike,” said Minister Deenihan.

For further information on the events, see www.dublinbookfestival.com.

A POLISH film festival is to return to Ireland for its eighth edition next week, when it will be featured at the Irish Film Institute from November 5 until November 9.

Kinopolis is the longest running and largest Polish film festival and features some of the best in Polish film production.

This year’s event will be showing 12 contemporary titles, cult animations, and a mini-poster gallery in Filmbase, as well as Q&A sessions with a world-renowned animator and film director.

Kinopolis 2013 showcases productions which tackle everyday struggles of contemporary Poles, such as self-defining personal identity and sex orientation, or fighting with and winning over physical impairments.

For further information, see www. kinopolis.com.pl, find the Kinopolis Polish Film Festival Dublin page on Facebook, or follow on Twitter, @ Kinopolis_PFF. For further information about the festival or to make a screening booking, see www.ifi. ie/kinopolis.

Louis Walsh - self-confessed disco fan and former Tamango nightclub frequenter

Louis remembers his A DUBLIN nightclub could be set to see a boost in numbers over the coming weeks, after it received an unexpected plug in last week’s TV show, The Xtra Factor.

Tamango Nightclub in Portmarnock got the free bit of publicity after X-Factor judge Louis Walsh announced live on The Xtra Factor – the X-Factor spin-off show – that it had once been his club of choice.

While the upcoming theme of Disco Week was being discussed, Walsh admitted he knew more about disco music than anybody.

“That was my era, I loved it. I used to go to a club in Dublin called Tamango. I used to go

there all the time and dance,” he said.

Moments later, fellow judge Gary Barlow said he was planning a boys’ night out with his contestants. “We might go to Tamango for a bit of disco dancing!” he said.

The nightclub later Twe e t e d a b o u t t h e unexpected push, with its manager joking that membership cards were in the post for the two celebrities.

HEARD ABOUT WHASSISNAME? WHICH deputy suffered from a serious case of foot in mouth recently, after he completely forgot about the ongoing tension between The Dublin Gazette and a

cer tain Lucan-based politician?

Speaking to The Gazette, the TD – who shall remain nameless – asked if his party colleague had sent in some snaps of a charity football match that politicians and journalists participated in recently.

Of course, The Gazette told him that we had had no correspondence from the TD in question.

Sure, we haven’t heard a dickie-bird from him in months!

It was only later in the conversation that the TD realised his mistake.

“I’ve just realised why you didn’t receive the email,” he said, laughing. “The penny has just dropped!”

The TD admitted he had totally forgotten that The Gazette and his party colleague were no longer in touch, and said he would be having a strong word in his deputy pal’s ear, so as not to miss out on any future PR possibilities.

In other words, build a bridge!

THE BUTLER KNOWS BEST CONFUSION over the water restrictions in Dublin was last week eased thanks to a helpful email from Dublin North councillor Darragh Butler (FF), after two 98fm radio presenters called for his advice live on air.

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boogie nights in Tamango’s nightclub present the daily Dermot and Dave show on 98fm, were discussing the water restrictions in Dublin last week and the confusion they had caused people across the county.

Whelan said: “I’ve been online and it’s all very vague as to what exact areas are going to be affected,” reading out numerous texts from members of the public who were.

However, north Dublin resident and presenter O’Connor came to the rescue when he announced that he had received an email from his local councillor, the helpful Darragh Butler, and would be able to set minds at ease.

“Allow me to check on

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my telephone,” he said.

“No, I deleted it.”

After checking his deleted items, he announced: “Trash!

Water update. Darragh Butler says ‘nightly water restrictions’ – this is from Fingal County Council – ‘will be in place from tonight and over the weekend’.”

Summing up Cllr Butler’s advice, Whelan said: “So don’t have your bath at 3am and you should be fine.”

GARDAI COP 305 NEW VEHICLES AN EXTRA 305 new Garda vehicles are to be added to the fleet before the end of the year as part of an investment of €9m announced by

the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, in the budget in October for Breakthrough Cancer Research.

Some €5m of the allocated purchasing funds will be used this year for the 305 Hyundai and Ford vehicles, with the remaining €4m to be spent on more vehicles during 2014.

Discussing the investment, Minister Shatter said: “The recently announced provision of a further €9m will provide for the purchase of a significant number of new Garda vehicles over the next nine months.

“I am pleased to say that the Garda authorities have arranged for the delivery of 305 new

vehicles by the end of the year.

“The 305 vehicles to be made available by the end of the year are in addition to 133 new Garda vehicles already made available in 2013,” he said.

CARE FOR FIDO’S ORAL HEALTH FOR the month of November, Pedigree DentaStix have launched Dental Care Month 2013, an oral health campaign for dogs.

During November, Pedigree is working with Irish vets to encourage dog owners to go to their local vet and have their dogs checked for gum disease.

Vets have donated

their time to provide free checks for their customers, with a list of participating vets available on the Pedigree Ireland Facebook page.

The campaign aims to educate dog owners of the critical importance of good dental care for dogs. It is estimated that four out of five Irish dogs suffer from periodontal (gum) disease, making it one of the biggest issues they face.

For further information and for the full list of registered vets, visit Pedigree Ireland on Facebook. Appointment times are controlled by the participating vet practices and allocated on a first-come, firstserved basis.

Model Aoife Cogan, with her Bermese mountain dog, Wilson joined vet Pete Wedderburn, and Golden Retreiver, Ben, to help launch the Pedigree Dental Care Month

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Gillian Bird, head of education, media and public relations at the DSPCA, with her family pet – and work colleague – Beckham

a day in the life: gillian bird on her busy life at the dspca

Rising with the sun to help our animals in need  natalie burke

TAKING your dog to work on a daily basis may seem unusual for most of us – and the answer to our doggy day-care prayers – but, for Gillian Bird, it’s just another day in the office.

As the head of education, media and public relations at the DSPCA, Gillian took time out of her hectic schedule recently to chat to The Gazette about a typical day in her animal-loving profession.

As a wife, mother-oftwo and owner of three pets, Gillian is a busy woman. She has two cats and one dog, at least for the moment, anyway

– there’s talk of fostering more pets at some stage – and her day begins at about 6am.

She said: “My day starts bright and early, getting everybody up, dressed and fed. We drop my daughter to Montessori, my son to school, then myself and Beckham head to work.”

Beckham is Gillian’s 11-and-a-half-year-old Labrador-greyhound cross, and her “education assistant”. He was a rescue dog taken in by the DSPCA in 2002, and has been Gillian’s companion ever since.

“We part ways when we get to work. Beckham goes off to mooch around and I start off by checking emails – I get

about 120 per day. These could be queries about a stray cat or a student looking for work experience. I also look after the media side of things, organise events and look after the website.”

While Gillian is working, Beckham is busy wandering about the shelter.

“I don’t usually see him until about 10am.

He has a bed in my office so he comes into the office when he wants to lie down or just to say hi.”

A typical day could see Gillian hosting a talk at a school, with Beckham at her side. “We usually talk for about 40 minutes and hold a question session with the kids.

They react really well to Beckham.”

When Gillian is not hosting talks, she is kept busy around the shelter.

One minute she could be covering reception, and the next, heading out to pick up an injured animal.

“What’s interesting is you never know what’s going to happen. You never know when you pick up a phone who is going to be at the other end.”

After his afternoon nap, Beckham is ready to go home. “I finish work at 5pm and he is ready to leave, waiting by the car for me!”

When Gillian gets home in the evening, she often has to bring

her work home, in the form of fostering kittens (and often baby hedgehogs), but she tends to leave the tough cases at work.

“You do see some horrendous cruelty, and meet people who make you quite angry [due to their cruelty to animals], but you have to think of the animals. It’s one of those jobs where you’ve got to put a positive slant on everything.”

With the kids in bed by 8.30pm, Gillian spends the evening with her husband, or watches something on television. “Something that isn’t Spongebob [Squarepants]on the telly is always a good thing!”

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features festival: movies, plays, workshops and more

Let Science Week open your eyes to our wonderful world  Bairbre Ni Bhraonain

S C I E N C E We e k , a unique festival focusing on all things scientific, was launched recently by the Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, and TV presenter and maths teacher, Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain.

An action-packed week of more than 220 events has been lined up for venues all across Dublin, under the theme, Exploring the Xtra-Ordinary.

Young people are

being called on to get involved by going behind the scenes of everyday life to explore the science beneath.

Ordinary things such as brushing our teeth and how our bodies heal themselves will be investigated over the course of the week.

Co-ordinated by Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) Discover programme, Science Week is a collaboration of events run by colleges, schools, libraries, teachers, researchers and students throughout

Ireland.

At the launch of Science Week, Minister Sherlock said: “Science Week is Ireland’s national initiative appealing to everybody to embrace science throughout its various supported actions.

“It also promotes the potential and value of careers in science, technology engineering and maths.”

Ni Shuilleabhain said: “I am delighted to be involved with Science Week. Science can be found in everything we

do and the week provides the opportunity to explore what’s happening behind the scenes of everyday life – which we sometimes don’t think about!”

Interactive workshops, science shows, family fun days, exhibitions and more will take place at Science Week festivals, running from November 10 until 17.

Highlights include a play by Bertolt Brecht, entitled The Life of Galileo, at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Burlington Road, Dublin 4,

Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain wants you to “tri” to explore how the world works with a little help from this year’s Science Week festival

from November 8 until 10; movie nights with free screenings of classics such as Back to The Future in The Church restaurant at Jer vis Street, on November 13, and E.T. at Cineworld

on Parnell Street on November 14.

I m a g i n o s i t y, t h e children’s museum in Sandyford, is also getting involved by holding a series of science events all this month to

introduce children to the wonderful world of science and nature.

To book events, and for further information on all such Science Week events, see www. scienceweek.ie.

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business

More ways to save money THIS week, the Money Doctor continues his series on saving cash. With more than 100 top tips to dip into, he’s sure to have plenty of ideas you haven’t thought of. However, if you have any cash-saving suggestions of your own that you’d like to share, please send them to jlowe@moneydoctor.ie.

52. Shop around for fuel Take a note of your local stations and their fuel prices. Sometimes, to grab greater market share, stations will run a discount campaign to drive custom through their business. Look out for helpful fuel discount cards and money-saving web sites, such as www.pumps.ie.

darragh garvey, harvey norman

Keeping in touch with the customer’s wants AS ELECTRICAL store manager, Harvey Norman Rathfarnham, Darragh lived in Cork from the age of 10, where he enjoyed sailing and had a number of trips on the Asgard II. After college, he worked on supply ships in the North Sea for two years and then went into electrical sales in an independent store in Cork.

There, he worked from being a salesperson through to assistant manager until 2006, when he joined Harvey Norman. He now works at the Rathfarnham store, back in the Dublin area he lived in as a child – however, rather than supporting Cork or Dublin, Darragh is actually a Clare GAA follower, in line with his family.

What do you most like about working in Rathfarnham?

business?

It feels like home for me here to be back, and some of our old neighbours have been in to me.

Is there a nice community vibe there?

Yes, people here are more inclined to have a chat with you in store and outside of it. You will also see a lot of customers here know each other and enjoy catching up for a chat. It reminds me very much of some of the country stores I have worked in before.

Do you have a lot of repeat customers?

We get a lot of repeat customers, as I believe we listen to what our customers are looking for and we are never afraid to advise people on new technology and products that will save them money and make their lives easier.

Do you hold any nights for customers in the local community?

We have two special local event nights every year where we offer low prices across the store for these nights only.

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

“Treat every customer like they are a member of your family.”

What law or regulation would you change overnight to help your

Upward-only rents [should be addressed]. Too many retailers are closing because of this ridiculous regulation. The current Government promised it would be addressed, but still we see peoples’ livelihoods ruined because the rents are completely unrealistic. If large companies are feeling it, how do the small, independent family businesses expect to survive?

What living person do you most admire?

Fergal Quinn. I have read his book, like most in our line of work, and he makes sure I remember that this job is about the customer first, and keeping them.

What is your favourite restaurant in the area?

The Orchard bar. Great food every time, and I like to treat myself to my lunch there every odd week.

Who would your three dream dinner guests be, and why?

Jeremy Clarkson, because I love cars and he would certainly be lively.

Mario Rosenstock, because he is 10 different people in one! And Alex Ferguson, so I could learn more about motivating people.

What is your most treasured possession?

My phone – I would be lost without its calendar, reminding me of where I should be.

53. Reduce your dependency on cars – Tip 1 If you are a two-car family, review the need for the second car; work out the practicalities. Would public transport – which is improving all the time – be more appropriate?

54. Reduce your dependency on cars – Tip 1 Would the purchase of a bicycle be practical?

Apart from the obvious exercise angle, the humble bike costs nothing to run and there are even tax breaks for employers to provide same for their staff.

55. Think: ‘Electric cars’ Hybrid cars are already with us, but the future

car will be an all-electric model. Already capable of reaching 120kph, with a range of c. 100 miles without charging, they can only improve, year on year.

56. Car loans are deterrents If you are a person who changes your car every three years and just renews the existing (and expensive) car loan at that point, try saving over a threeyear period so that you do not need that car loan.

57. As for car loans Shop around if you must take out a car loan.

Expect to be charged between 6% (if you have a really solid relationship with your bank) and 15%, depending on the institution you approach. Avoid moneylenders like the plague!

More great advice on car and fuel efficiency, and cutting their costs, in my next set of tips ...  Contact John with your money questions at jlowe@moneydoctor.ie or visit his website at www.moneydoctor.ie. John Lowe, Fellow of the Institute of Bankers, is founder and managing director of Money Doctor

awards: national acclaim for client supporter

A Comfort-ing win for top home care provider COMFORT Keepers, homecare provider to older and disabled people, has been awarded the National Home Care Provider of the Year award at this year’s Q Mark awards.

These awards celebrate the drive and achievements of organisations committed to quality in Ireland.

The company was also one of three finalists for the overall Q Mark National Quality Management System award.

Bob Power, managing director, Comfort Keepers, said: “Being awarded Home Care Provider of the Year is a fantastic recognition for our carers, who strive to go above and beyond to help our

clients stay happy and independent in their own home.”

“It’s also a testament to all the hard work we’ve put into creating quality systems and processes and employing kind, caring people, whilst continually improving standards in the care industry.

“Our practising standards are very high, and we thrive in focusing on the quality of care delivered to our clients and helping them remain at home.”

The Q Mark helps companies achieve high standards by auditing them against quality standards and providing independent professional recognition of best practice standards.

Home care in Ireland

John Sheridan, Jean Banahan, Orla Condren, Irene Collins (Excellence Ireland Quality Association) and Brendan Ferguson

is currently not regulated, and the Q Mark is fast becoming the standard accreditation for quality in the sector.

Due to its popularity Comfort Keepers had to beat off stiff competition to win the national award.

Commenting on what the award means to Comfort Keepers, Power added: “This award sim-

ply means we are going to have to work even harder to improve on our quality systems and stay ahead of our competitors.

“Comfort Keepers is a family-owned home care provider dedicated to helping people remain as independent as possible in their own homes. Our ethos is to care for our clients as we would a member of our own family.”

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Shirley Chance (inset) is a co-organiser of the one-off The Dublin Beatles Festival, which marks the only visit made to Ireland by the group 50 years ago. Festival highlights include a gig by The Quarrymen (above); the band formed by John Lennon in approximately 1956

MUSIC: CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAB FOUR’S ONLY IRISH VISIT

Beatlemania back in Dublin  BAIRBRE NI BHRAONAIN

BEATLEMANIA returns to Dublin this week as venues across the city commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ only Irish visit.

The Dublin Beatles Festival has a host of events lined up, including a visit by the original band started by John Lennon, The Quarrymen.

The one-off festival was the brainchild of two friends and Beatle enthusiasts, Shirley Chance and Stephen Kennedy.

Shirley spoke to The Gazette ahead of the festival on how it all came about.

She said: “This is the first year of the festival, and it will be the only year. We organised it because this year is the 50th anniversary of the only time The Beatles played in Dublin, and the festival is start-

ing on November 7 – the very same day the Beatles came here in 1963. Coincidentally, it was also a Thursday.

“My co-organiser, Stephen Kennedy, and I are both Beatles fans; though Stephen’s life-long passion for The Beatles is on another level altogether! “ He has organised lots of previous Beatle-themed events, and wrote two plays about The Beatles, which were performed in Britain.

“One of the most exciting parts of the festival is The Quarrymen’s coming over.

“They were formed by John Lennon in around 1956, when he was in the Quarryvale School in Liverpool.

“The original four band members are still together, and will not only play a gig in the Grand Social, but will give a pub-

lic interview in the Gresham Hotel on Saturday, November 9 about those early days before The Beatles,” she said.

“There will also be a lot of contemporary performers with renditions of their favourite Beatles’ songs. The festival is attracting visitors from Britain, France, Russia and all over Europe.

“There is still a huge interest in The Beatles, and every generation re-discovers them at some point.

“Beatlemania had just started in 1963 when they came over to Dublin.

Before they were due to arrive, no one knew what to expect, and 50 extra civic guards were put on duty to police the visit, bringing the total to 200. However, there were around 500 fans waiting for the band to arrive at the airport,” said Shirley.

“They played two gigs in the Adelphi, formerly beside Arnotts, and trouble arose when the first audience didn’t want to leave after the show to let the second audience in.

“The result was that 5,000 audience members were struggling to get in and out of the venue, which resulted in panic and the guards had no idea how to deal with it.

“There were ambulances taking girls away who had fainted, and a car was even overturned.

“We’re hoping to recreate that frenzy and passion during the festival but without any violence!” she said.

Dublin Beatles Festival starts on November 7 and goes on until November 10. For full details of the events, see www.dublinbeatlesfestival.com.

THE Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs. Our Dog of the Week is Latisha, a two-year-old female Lurcher cross.

Latisha is a super bright young dog, a super intelligent animal that would love to attend training classes to help her learn and to keep her active mind busy.

Latisha will need an active family, as she adores going out on her walks and saying hello to fellow dog. She is a huge fan of chewy treats and her new owner might be able to spoil her once in a while with one of those.

If you think you can offer Latisha 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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A dash of starlet style with Oasis OASIS has announced its firstever collaboration with a celebrity, and Gazette Style is only too delighted to hear it’s The Saturday’s starlet, Mollie King (inset).

A known Oasis shopper, the blonde singer chose all 45 pieces in the Loved by Mollie collection, which ranges from sleek

separates perfect for layering, to gorgeous floral co-ordinates for a feminine yet cool fit.

The collection showcases her natural eye for style and flair for putting together effortlessly chic looks.

This week’s style page takes a sneak peak at some of the collection’s key pieces.

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The Irish Beef Book, by Pat Whelan and Katy McGuinness, is published by Gill & Macmillan Served in a comfortable setting, dishes at Punjabi by Nature are a treat, catering for a wide range of tastes and experience

RESTAURANT REVIEW: PUNJABI BY NATURE, RANELAGH

Authentically delicious  MIMI MURRAY

PUNJABI by Nature has all the right elements needed for a great Friday night out with the girls.

A couple of my companions had never tried Indian cuisine before – something that shocked me to my core – so I decided it was time to right that wrong, and whisked them away to the restaurant in Ranelagh village.

I adore Indian cooking, and PBN gets it just right.

Sumptuously decorated, it’s warm and inviting and staff can’t do enough for you. It has a very relaxed atmosphere and we spent quite a while perusing the menu and generally catching up.

My dining companions were pleasantly surprised by the nibbles provided, so we did just that – nibbling poppadoms and an array of dips!

With it being their first introduction to Indian food, my companions were unsure what to go

for, but liked the variety of choices on the menu.

Being novices, they were glad to have an old pro to hand recommending some tried and tested dishes, as well as the advice from the waiter on the level of spices most suited to beginners.

Based on this advice, Indian Novice Number One opted for beef chilli to start. Already a fan of shredded beef, she particularly liked this dish, which was tossed with fresh green chilli and ginger.

Aromatic The variety of main courses on offer was overwhelming – but in a good way. And, after serious consideration, Novice One went for Awadi Murgh – a chicken dish simmered in aromatic sauce.

This dish is mixed with melon seeds, almonds, yoghurt and spices. She said it was a winner.

Our other dining com-

panion, Indian Novice Number Two, had a chemeen mangacharu, or prawn curry. According to her, it had the Goldilocks factor: not too spicy, not too bland, just right.

Portions were very generous and the dish was accompanied by pilau rice.

I had bharwaan mirchi, a jumbo green chilli stuffed with cumin and potato, coated with gram flour batter and served with sweet yoghurt.

It wasn’t really what I was expecting; however, a Dakshin fish curry, which was hake tempered with mustard seeds, asafoetida and fresh tomatoes in a tamarind gravy, certainly made up for my disappointing starter. This dish was excellent, and the stand-out winner for me.

Naan is a must with these dishes, and garlic and coriander and cheese naan mopped up the delicious sauces.

One of the nicer touches was the authentic Indi-

The inviting interior (above) is welcoming, but the real treat for the eyes (and palate) are the Indian dishes

an water jugs and crockery, which lent an air of the Far East to the overall atmosphere.

The restaurant’s vibe was very welcoming and relaxed, and service from the waiting staff was excellent, as it was prompt without being intrusive.

To sum up, for someone

trying a new cuisine for the first time, courtesy of Punjabi by Nature, surely it’s the ultimate compliment to know that my companions are already looking forward to their next Indian endeavour!

For further information on the restaurant, see www.punjabibynature.ie.

What’s the beef about an exciting new book?

IMMERSED in the world of meat since he was a child, Pat Whelan (below), a fifth-generation butcher, has learned the skills of the farmer, the stockman, the slaughterman, the butcher, the shopkeeper and the business man.

However, fundamental to all of those skills is his goal to ensure the successful journey of highquality meat from farm to fork.

The popularity of Pat’s physical and online butcher shops, which provides meat reared and slaughtered ethically on his own farm, and of his regular butchery classes, is testimony to the increasing popularity of the food philosophy he has espoused for years, and echoes consumers’ growing desire to get closer to the source of their food.

The Irish Beef Book is a celebration of the best things about the Irish food scene, and of what makes our beef a world-class product – thanks to artisan producers, quality land and animals, and excellent husbandry and farming techniques.

The book empowers cooks with the knowledge to choose quality meat that is good for their health and is packed with recipes for nose-to-tail eating, whether you are looking for a new recipe for the perfect Sunday roast, or want to experiment with more unusual and often cheaper cuts such as skirt and shin.

The Irish Beef Book, by Pat Whelan and Katy McGuinness, is published by Gill & Macmillan, priced €22.99.

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Luke (Jake Johnson) is a 30-something brewery worker still a little unfocused in life

Brewery workers give some food for thought  dave phillips

WHAT looks at first glance to be a fairly innocuous comedy turns out to be a much cleverer than anticipated commentary on the nature of relationships.

And booze.

In Drinking Buddies, Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) are 30-something co-workers at a brewery who share a passion for drinking beer and a general sense that they don’t quite fit in to the adult world.

Their friendship is an outlet for a playful and flirtatious side of themselves that seems unfulfilled within their individual long-term relationships.

Jill (Anna Kendrick) is a special-needs teacher whose certainty about what she wants in life stands in contrast to Luke’s perpetual befuddlement, while Chris’ (Ron Livingston) successful career as a music producer seems to intimidate and threaten Kate.

A weekend away together provides the setting for the two couples to explore the tensions, both stated and unstated, that exist between them.

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‘Filmed in a working brewery, the film manages to portray a piece of reality, and the humour follows suit’

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Drinking Buddies is a slow and measured film, in which writer and director Joe Swanberg adeptly captures the glances, stutters, and pauses that portray and often betray the subliminal desires and frustrations of the characters.

Filmed in a working brewery, the film manages to portray a piece of reality, and the humour follows suit. It is spontaneous, pervasive, and subtle – not razor sharp or choreographed.

There’s plenty of giggles, but few laugh-out-loud moments, which in its own way is refreshing, and a largely improvised script allows Wilde and Kendrick in particular to shine.

While the focus for the most part is on Wilde and Johnson, there is an air of ambivalence that accompanies the conflict between all the characters that both challenges and engages the audience.

Drinking Buddies may not be the conventional relationship comedy that it initially seems, but it is a thoughtful and entertaining film that begs the question – do we know when we’ve had enough?

Whether or not she can see our house from up there, Stone (Sandra Bullock) is an astronaut in very real danger. Picture: Warner Bros

gravity: an all-in-one film with terror, wonder and beauty

Simply a heavenly film

THERE’S a moment early on in Gravity (cert 12A, 91m) that caused a palpable sense of dread in the audience – a wide angle vertigo-inducing shot of first-time astronaut Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) spinning, detached and out of control, into the endless dark abyss of space.

It sets the tone for 91 minutes of cinema that is high-strung, unrelenting, and armrest-indenting.

Gravity is visually stunning, and boasts the most effective use of 3D in a film, to date, using the technology to add to an already realised world (or should that be universe) rather than relying on it to create it.

It is against this magnificently constructed black backdrop that the story of greenhorn Stone and grizzled veteran Kowalski

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(George Clooney) is told.

A routine maintenance mission on the International Space Station is interrupted when a satellite moves off course, creating a chain reaction of destruction that results in a deadly cloud of debris hurtling towards the team.

With the space station and much of the equipment damaged by the first pass, it’s a matter of finding a way back to

safety before the debris makes its way back around.

Bullock takes centre stage in Gravity, and handles a particularly tricky role exceptionally well.

Separated from the rest of the crew, much of her character’s story takes place as close shots inside the cumbersome dome of a helmet.

Yet, within this, she is able to convincingly convey some of the isolation, terror, and awe that Stone feels.

The impassive darkness around her eventually becomes a kind of supporting character, indiscriminately providing moments of danger and moments of beauty; and likewise a central role is played by the intense and haunt-

ing score by Steven Price that manages to capture the feelings of dread and hope.

Gravity tells a very simple story of adversity, hope, and rebirth. Paradoxically, the simplicity of the story is both its great strength and probably the main criticism that is likely to be levelled against the film.

Admittedly it seems devoid of the kind of fastpaced cerebral dialogue, layered character development, or complex allegorical levels that we have become accustomed to.

Writer and director Alfonso Cuaron’s last big screen film was 2006’s dystopian thriller, Children of Men, where we saw a more conventional story structure: a cast of characters with their own competing drives, spurred into action that takes place across a variety of locations.

Against this, the use of

what is effectively a cast of one, set for the most part in a single (albeit infinite) location to tell a story can make Gravity seem deceptively simple.

However, the reality is that telling such a gripping story with such a sparse selection of elements is a testament to the skill of those involved.

And, if the focus of critics on the story is also a testament to the technological excellence of the film – it means that the massive amounts of CGI and effects involved have been used in a way that allowed the viewer to become engaged with the story, rather than distracted from it.

The end result is that Gravity is an incredible piece of filmmaking that begs to be seen on the big screen in 3D, as it is without a doubt one of the most impressive, immersive, and engaging cinema experiences yet.

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Popstars solid at the bedrock of club culture DERRY’s Japanese Popstars — Gary Curran and Gareth Donoghue — have come a long way from the dancehalls of their hometown where they first met when Gary pushed out a message requesting new DJs to make contact to play club nights he was setting up, and Gareth sent in a speculative CD of his mixes.

To say their progress has been meteoric from that first encounter would be something of an understatement. The JPs were quickly snapped up

by Limerick promoter Joe Clarke, who has worked with Le Galaxie and the Strypes, asked them to put a show together based on the first track they produced as a band, Rodney Trotter.

Since then, they have gone on to grace stages all over the world with their entrancing live show, in their own right and as support to some of the largest acts in the business, as well as working with the likes of Robert Smith, Lisa Hannigan and Editors’ Tom Smith as just a few of the guest vocalists on their sophmore release, Controlling Your Allegiance.

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Gary and Gareth are back in the fray after an intense three years touring that record with their third album, Disconnect/ Reconnect, which has been released on dance god John Digweed’s Bedrock label.

I caught up with the band after they had played at the Everleigh Gardens as part of last week’s Desperados Halloween night, and asked how their irresistible rise started.

“The majority of early shows were in Dublin and the south. Joe Clarke started putting the word out and we started getting gigs. Then we got an offer to do a remix for Groove Armada. That was the first big one,” said Gary.

Gareth: “I was living in Belfast, and we did it on a laptop and a stereo on a Thursday, and it was on Radio 1 by Friday night.

And then it all kicked off.”

Japanese Popstars: Gareth and Gary

And kick off it did, with remix offers from Beyonce, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk and Gorillaz.

The JPs were also making their own music, and the success of Allegiance opened up a world of opportunity that saw Gary and Gareth tour with Vitalic, Justice, Underworld, Chemical Brothers and Orbital.

“They were amazing opportunities. To do three weeks constant touring with Orbital was amazing, seeing the professionalism and the production side of things

was a big learning experience,” said Gareth.

The evolution of Disconnect/Reconnect directly grew from their experiences from that time, as Gary explained.

“All the DJs we grew up listening to were playing the track we had made for the International Music Summit with Green Velvet [Matter Of Time], and we realised that was the direction we wanted to go, to make music for clubs and DJs. “We just went ahead and wrote the album and we had heard John

Digweed had been playing some of our tunes, and contacted him to say thanks. We’ve since done a collaboration with him as well as releasing the album on Bedrock.”

The album is a latenight dance album, a denser and direct connection to their club roots, something that the lads are more than comfortable with.

“We are making music we like with no pressure,” said Gary. “This is what we are feeling, and we are really happy going out and performing it.”

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MUSIC FASTtunes with Radio Nova’s Dee Woods

Local lads make good and lead the Kodaline From Swords in north Dublin, to the cutting edge of the musical business: Kodaline is a band that proves having High Hopes can really get you places.

Just a few short years ago, guitarist and lead singer Steve Garrigan was trying to convince his parents that dropping out of college to work on his band was a good idea. Now, with just one studio album under their belt, this quartet are seriously in demand with three sold-out dates at The Olympia this month and a string of live shows in Britain and Ireland that’ll see them well into the New Year, with another Dublin date for The O2 in spring 2014.

This summer their debut record, In A Perfect World, got to the top of the album charts, with all original songs.

With three hit singles: High Hopes, Love Like This and Brand New Day flying up the charts as quickly as the lads can write them.

Singer Steve says: “When we write music, the first thing we think of is, it’s therapy for us. Then we think of how we can use that feeling to touch as many people as possible.”

And that touch is reaching across the Atlantic now too. It’s not every day that a group of lads from Swords can say they’ve been on stage on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but last week, Kodaline made their first appearance on US television to rapturous applause from Leno’s audience where he described them as “a fantastic band from Ireland”.

Kodaline play The Olympia on November 21, 22 and 23 and will rock The O2 on March 16th, 2014.

Dee Woods presents Nova Nights from Monday to Friday from 7pm to midnight, and Sundays from 12 noon to 2pm. Follow here on Twitter @RaDeeOh

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EVERYBODY’S favourite Kitchen Hero, Donal Skehan, brings locals a taste of his hit RTE cookery show when he cooks up a treat at the Pavilion Theatre. Join Donal for an entertaining cookery demonstration and chat, with the easygoing chef’s appetite for great cooking sure to impress. Donal cooks at 8pm on November 8, with tickets priced €20.

mill theatre 01 296 9340 The Country Boy

FIRST staged in 1959, when Ireland was in recession, this play by John Murphy has timely echoes, today.

The stage is set for a family drama, as an emigrant plans to leave a Mayo farm for Amer-i-kay, but family duties and simmering emotion complicate matters ... The play runs from November 13-16 at 8pm; tickets priced €15/€12.

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The Witches of Eastwick A DEVILISHLY handsome stranger in town soon stirs up the emotions – and powers – of three bored divorcees, who decide to teach him a lesson ... This entertaining production,

by Harold’s Cross Tallaght Musical Society and based on the film of John Updike’s novel, runs at 8pm from November 12-16; tickets priced 18/€16.

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The Memory of Water FAMILIAL ties are to the fore as three sisters gather for their mother’s funeral.

Trapped together at home as a storm rages outside, the comic and emotional ties they share will strike a chord with everyone, with the joys and pains of family life laid bare. This striking play by Shelagh Stephenson runs at 8pm on November 8 and 9; tickets are priced €18/€14.

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IT HAS been 14 years since playwright Frank McGuinness presented a play to The Abbey Theatre, so expectations were very high when it was announced that a brandnew piece, entitled The Hanging Gardens, was to receive its world premiere on October 9 as part of this year’s Dublin Theatre Festival.

The play deals with the very difficult subject of a family dealing with the mental disintegration of a once prolific and respected writer and father as he slips into dementia.

The character of Sam Grant, the patriarch and writer, is played deftly by Niall Buggy, while Barbara Brennan plays his wife, Jane.

The Grant family is a dysfunctional Donegal one, in which the father is losing his mind, the mother is obsessed with her garden, and none of the three children has a successful personal life or even a significant other.

The daughter, Rachel (Cathy Belton), is a single, pregnant barrister; the youngest son, Maurice (Marty Rea) is a cross-dressing, deeply unhappy gay man, and the eldest son, Charlie (Declan Conlon) still lives with his parents and considers himself a martyr to his father, and therefore entitled to inherit the family home.

There are some very

funny snatches at the start of the play and the first scene is the most entertaining, and works best dramatically.

Niall Buggy has a fine comedic sense and from the opening of the play, he has the entire audience under his spell as he sits in the rain in his pyjamas, laughing with arms outstretched like a mad man.

The interactive banter between the family members is initially witty, and there is genuine warmth between them all.

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‘In the case of The Hanging Gardens, McGuinness has sacrificed drama somewhat for the sake of discourse’

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At one stage, Sam tells his children that, as a father, he always wanted them to feel free to bring shame onto the Grant household.

However, as the play progresses and the focus shifts to what to do about Sam’s deteriorating condition, the family descends into a series of arguments and bad feeling, which is difficult to witness as an onlooker.

As each character slates the other and defends himself, they

Jane Grant (Barbara Brennan) has retreated into tending to her plants as her husband, Sam (Niall Buggy), slips away into dementia in The Hanging Gardens, at The Abbey

stand in the impressive setting of the garden, rarely moving at all. This lack of physical drama renders the play difficult to watch after a while.

Because the theme of the play is so domestic

and personal, with little action taking place, I think it would have been better suited to a different literary genre, such as the short story.

McGuinness is a talented writer who does

not shy away from handling thorny issues. In the case of The Hanging Gardens, he has sacrificed drama somewhat for the sake of discourse.

The Hanging Gardens

by Frank McGuinness

continues its run at The Abbey Theatre until November 9.

Ticket prices range from €13 to €45, and can be booked at www. abbeytheatre.ie or by phoning 01 878 7222.

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The Citroen C4 Picasso has a unique look, loads of space and is a pleasure to drive

road test: futuristic design makes people carrier stand out

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If you had asked me 24 months ago what car I expected to rate as my favourite in recent times, the last brand I would have chosen from would probably have been Citroen.

Now before any fans of the great French marque start an internet hate campaign against the Gazette motoring pages, let me explain. I have absolutely nothing against Citroen, I both admire and respect a small fleet of 2CVs that are kept on the road in Baltimore, west Cork, every time I’m down there.

I simply don’t have a passion for the brand – well, I didn’t have a passion for it, but things changed a while back.

As soon as I tested the DS5 a year or two ago – no… scratch that – as soon as I SAW the DS5… everything changed.

All my prejudices about Citroen disappeared. This was a car unlike anything else on the road, and I would take it everywhere with me given half the chance.

Citroen went nuts with their design and gave their customers another piece of motoring style history with the DS range.

It would appear that the feedback from elsewhere must have been similar to mine, as the design queues that made the DS range stand out are slowly, and delightfully, creeping in to some of their more mainstream models.

Enter the Citroen C4 Picasso.

While everyone else seems to be making their people carriers, SUVs, MPVs and minivans look like sports coupes, Citroen are calling a spade a spade.

Their larger cars are larger cars – full stop. Big

and bold are words that can be used to describe much of the look of this car.

From the unique lighting signature at the front end with strips of LED daytime running lights, to the chrome inserts that emphasise the bulging profile of the roof line at the front seats – very little about this car is subtle.

And tell me the windshield doesn’t raise your eyebrows… you can’t.

Don’t think the designers got lazy around the back either… even features from the original concept car have crept in – in the shape of the 3D rear light clusters, giving a delightfully futuristic feel.

Continuing the futuristic theme, Citroen have moulded two sq m of windshield on to the front of this car, giving an exceptional visibility with fewer blind spots.

The rear seat passengers are also set to enjoy more daylight, with a further 1.2m of glass roof overhead – with sunblinds added to keep things comfortable.

The dashboard is a handsome affair, offering clear controls, two large screens and one of the clearest reversing cameras I have used. My only gripe would be some of the touch-panel controls are a little too sensitive for an environment where the operator may be bouncing about a bit.

The upholstery all round is of a very high standard, and in the back, passengers enjoy three individually adjustable seats – not the usual two-plus-one effort.

The drive of the C4 Picasso is also a pleasant surprise – no acceleration at the speed of a boiling kettle here. As a matter of fact, the 1.6-litre e-HDi Airdream engine,

coupled with a six-speed manual gearbox, was responsive, spritely and surprisingly quiet.

So, with a price tag of €28,995 for the model I drove, you are getting an awful lot car indeed, well worth considering if you’re in the market for a car, and definitely worth a serious look if you enjoy something more than a little different.

Gazette readers will be interested to know that Koping Motor’s on Naas Road, Dublin 12, are having an open week starting November 7.

Over the course of the weekend, as well as having the full range of Citroen cars including the new C4 Picasso to test drive, customers will have a range of fun family activities and competitions to enjoy.

To find out more about this open week at the Naas Road location, contact 01 460 7299.

Skoda – we at the Gazette are big fans of the brand, and southside readers will be glad to know there is now a new member of the Skoda retail family in the neighbourhood.

Spirit Motor Group in Sandyford, has been officially announced as a new Skoda dealer.

Spirit Motor Group is a well-established car retail business, holding a number of franchises in the area. This new outlet will create 10 jobs, growing to 20 over time, bringing the total number of people employed by Spirit Motor Group in Sandyford to over 80.

The new dealership will operate from a stateof-the-art showroom on Rowan Avenue, across the road from the Beacon Hospital and in close proximity to both the M50 and the Luas.

Commenting on the appointment, John Donegan, brand director, Skoda Ireland, said: “Extending our dealer network and welcoming Spirit Skoda on board underpins a really exciting year for Skoda We are marking 20 years in business in Ireland and are undertaking one of the biggest model launch programmes in the company’s 117-year history. We are looking forward to working with the team at Spirit Skoda to create greater awareness of what the Skoda range has to offer.” Spirit Skoda can be contacted at (01) 216 3666 and www.spiritŠKODA.ie.

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SATISFYINGLY SCENIC: EXPLORE THE COUNTRYSIDE AND ARTISAN CRAFTS AND FOODS

Happy trails in Kilkenny  JESSICA MAILE

THINK of Kilkenny – what springs to mind?

Stag nights? Hen parties? Hurling? Kilkenny is a whole county, not just a city, and has so much to offer. The M9 has opened up this part of the country to allow quick easy access from Dublin, and there is plenty to do. All you have to do is follow the trails!

Trail Kilkenny offers a range of activity trails which have been designed to help you explore all that Kilkenny has to offer. There is a trail that suits everyone from visitors and locals to die-hard explorers and novices.

Made in Kilkenny Craft Trail

Travel around the

county and visit craftspeople using both traditional and modern techniques. It’s rare to find that perfect present for someone and actually meet the people that make these gifts with their own hands.

A trip to Thomastown is worth the visit where numerous artisan establishments are grouped together. Meet Brid Lyons in her shop Clay Creations and watch her make her sculptures. Close by is the Karen Morgan Porcelain studio and craft gallery, where you can view her creations and watch her work in her studio.

If you happen to be in Kilkenny City itself, then pop into Rudolf Heltzel Goldsmith on Patrick Street. His shop has been based in the heart of

Kilkenny City since the 1960s and is a chance to find a treasure trove of unique and distinctive pieces of jewellery.

Taste of Kilkenny Food Trail

What could be better than to eat your way around Kilkenny? This trail allows you to travel the county to find homegrown and specialist eateries unique to Kilkenny. Again Thomastown has a collection of restaurants, cafes and speciality shops.

The Truffle Fairy on Chapel Lane may just be heaven. Mary Teehan has been making handcrafted chocolates and truffles since 2005 and is a winner of many Great Taste Awards. This is a shop for chocolate lovers eve-

rywhere.

For those budding cooks who have always dreamed of baking away in a large country kitchen, then Ryeland Cookery School is where you need to enrol. Classes can be booked by appointment with Anne Neary, who has been running the Ryland House Cookery School in Cuffesgrange since 1991. Anne also has her own cookery slot on the local radio and is author of her own cookbooks. The handson courses will suit the amateur cook and the chance to make bread on a big wooden kitchen table and then watch it go into the heat of a castiron range is a must.

Throughout Kilkenny you will find home grown artisan specialties such

as Lavistown sausages, K nockdrina cheese, Goatsbridge smoked trout and a truly refreshing cider from Highbanks Orchard.

A chance to enjoy some of these goodies in a meal comes at the Foodworks restaurant on Parliament Street, Kilkenny City.

Fresh food with vegetables and herbs is supplied direct from their family farm. Look out for one of their specialities; a freerange, spit-roast pork.

Scenic Walks Trail and Walking the River Nore Trail

Kikenny is a county with plenty of wonderful walks for all those who wish to leave the city behind and enjoy the countryside. Walk along the banks of the River

Nore and enjoy the Nore Valley Walk, there are plenty of walks that are in a loop allowing you to return to where you parked your car at the beginning of each adventure.

The Brandon Hill, Kilmacoliver, O’Gormand Lane and Fresford Loops and many others allow you to walk with differing levels of difficulty and a varied terrain to suit all levels of fitness.

The countryside is just splendid and is a chance to get back to nature and enjoy one of the most spectacular parts of Ireland.

Cycling Trails

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The banks of the River Nore is a peaceful place and one of the highlights of the Kilkenny trails Lavistown sausages (left) are just one of the many artisan foods Kilkenny has to offer

would on foot – then the cycling trails are for you.

The North Kilkenny Cycle Loop has two separate loops of 27km and 82km for the more experienced cyclist.

Cycle from Kilkenny City to Castlecomer and back via Freshford. These two loops can take from 1.5 to six hours of pure cycling heaven from the laneways and villages of Northern Kilkenny.

The South Kilkenny

loop is 41km and takes over two to three hours taking you via Stoneyford and Bennetsbridge.

The East Kilkenny loop starts at Bennetsbridge and is a 4.5 hour round trip allowing you to visit Thomastown, Graiguenamanagh and Gowran along 64km of rolling country roads and laneways.

Where to stay

If a base camp is needed to relax the mind and

soothe the body after exploring these trails, Lyrath Estate Hotel is the perfect place to do so.

Lyrath Estate Hotel sits on 170 acres of mature parkland and is located just over 1km outside Kilkenny city.

Lyrath is a contemporary hotel whose heart is an original 17th century house. It has a selection of fine restaurants and bars to suit any palate and the Oasis Spa and Health

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on Lyrath Estate Hotel, please visit www.lyrath. com. For a full guide to Trail Kilkenny food, walking, cycling and craft trails, see www.trailkilkenny.ie where you can download trail maps.

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Rider Susan Oakes clears the puissance wall on SEIC Atlas at the National Horse Sport Arena last week . Picture: Nicola Coffey

equestrianism: world records broken at new national horse sport arena

Oakes, Atlas and Oberon clear heights in Dublin 15 Last week saw a pair of world records broken at the recently opened National Horse Sport Arena at the National Sports Campus in Blanchardstown when equestrian star Susan Oakes cleared the highest height jumped side saddle over the puissance wall and the highest height jumped side saddle over the triple bar, riding her two show jumping horses SIEC Atlas and SIEC Oberon.

Previous to Susan’s attempt, the world record for highest side saddle jump over a puissance wall was at 5ft and was

achieved by Susan at The Dublin Horse Show in the RDS in 2012. Susan broke her own record by jumping the puissance wall at 6ft 7.5in.

Susan also successfully recorded and verified the highest triple bar fence jumped side saddle by jumping 6ft 5 in.

Prior to Susan’s attempt, the unverified top height was believed to have been jumped by Ester Stance in 1915 in Australia. At the time Mrs Stance’s record was never officially verified but this is widely believed to be the world record.

Speaking after the record-breaking

jumps, Susan said: “I am absolutely thrilled with this achievement. I’ve worked in training with my coach Paraic Geraghty on my two horses and beating both records on the same day is a real coup and fantastic pay off for all of our hard work.”

Susan’s passion for side saddle riding goes back to age four when she first started horse riding. Now age 30, Susan’sequestrian accomplishments include hunting, riding in point-topoints, eventing and showing at national level.

The two horses Susan broke the world records on have anestablished history of training and international success. SIEC Atlas is a 17 hand 17-year-old grey stallion and has jumped at the top levels of competition including the World Games in Aachen and on several Nations Cupsteams.

SIEC Oberon is a 16.3 hand, 17-yearold grey show jumper who has jumped in both America and Europe and was placed second in the famous puissance event at the Dublin Horse Show in the RDS this year.

A selection of local players will take part in the Girls Interprovincial soccer tournament this weekend in the AUL Complex in Clonshaugh.

The Interprovincial series is the first step in the process of selecting the FAI Schools U-15 International squad for next year’s Bob Docherty Cup so, as well as provincial honours, there is plenty at stake with 68 of the top players in Irish schools taking part.

This provisional training squad will have several trials and training sessions later in the year ahead of the Docherty Cup which will take place in April next year.

Paul Howard’s Leinster side are reigning champions having snatched victory from Connacht.

contacts Sports Editor: Rob Heigh rheigh@gazettegroup.com

For more information or to send in news and photos: sport@gazettegroup.com Phone: 01 651 6205

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roller derby: new club in bray calling on locals to get involved

shelbourne park hosts fundraisers:

Hermes Hockey Club and Meteors Baasketball Club are two of the organisations set to get a boost from Shelbourne Park greyhound stadium who are hosting six benefit nights this month.

The benefit nights will provide a wellneeded fundraising boost for six Dublin organisations.

The benefit night for Hermes Hockey Club will take place on Wednesday, November 20, and the night for Meteors Basketball Club will be Friday, November 29.

Sales, operations and commercial manager at Shelbourne Park Patrick Flynn said: “Fundraising events are a very important part of our annual calendar. We hope that as many people as possible will come along for a night of fun racing to show support for these organisations.”

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East Coast Cyclones roller derby club in Bray are one of the teams involved in raising the profile of this growing sport in Dublin, and are looking for new recuits to join their growing

ranks or those of other clubs taking part in the sport’s national league.

Roller Derby originated in America and is the fastest-growing female sport in the world. Since it arrived in Ireland in 2007 with the foundation of Dub-

lin Roller Derby it has become very popular, with 10 leagues currently bouting, and men’s teams starting too.

Roller derby is a fullcontact sport that is played on an oval track, with the two teams of competitors riding on

The club are callin on local people to come along to their

Hands up for the Cyclones: The women in roller derby action recently

quad skates.

Roller derby features two teams of five who skate around a track anti-clockwise. One member of each team is a jammer. The remaining four players are called blockers.

The blockers play offence and defence at the same time by trying to help their own jammer through while simultaneously preventing the opposition’s jammer from getting through their line.

Jammers gain points for each member of the opposite team that they pass.

The game runs for two half-hour periods made up of two minute plays called jams.

As players are allowed

hip and shoulder check plus knock each other over while skating fast it makes for an exciting game to watch.

ECC have come a long way since they started a little over a year ago with just five members, but since then have worked hard to become part of a fully-fledged roller derby league.

They are now competing with other teams all over Ireland and recently competed against the Maidens, Belfast’s roller derby B team, accompanied by guest skaters from Dublin Roller Derby and Limerick Roller Derby.

The team pride themselves on being a community as much as a

sports team, and last week held a charity zombie skate event in aid of the LauraLynn Foundation.

The team are looking for new players, referees and non-skating officials. All men and women are welcome and no previous experience is necessary.

The East Coast Cyclones are holding an open event on November 15 in St Killian’s Sports Hall in Bray and all interested people are called on to go along and join in the derby.

For more information on the club, log on to www.facebook. com/eastcoastcyclones or email them on eastcoastcyclones@gmail. com.

Roche appears for Ireland as women add World Cup win  sport@gazettegroup.com

Stephanie Roche, seen here right in her Peamount FC colours, was a late substitute for the Ireland women

Internet sensation Stephanie Roche was a late substitute when Republic of Ireland’s good start to their FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign continued last week when manager Sue Ronan’s side beat Slovenia 3-0 in the Ob Jezeru Stadium in Velenje.

The Irish got off to the best possible start when striker Fiona O’Sullivan turned home an Aine O’Gorman cross after 12 minutes to

open the scoring.

O’Sullivan then turned provider in the 42nd minute to set up O’Gorman for the side’s second goal and then Denise O’Sullivan made it 3-0 a minute after half-time following an assist by Julie Ann Russell.

Having seen her side pick up seven points from their opening three games, manager Ronan was delighted when she spoke after the match.

“It’s a great start, and this was easily the best performance of the campaign so far,

if not the whole year. We had been really disappointed with the way we played in the last game against Croatia and we spoke a lot about it during the week.

“One of the things we wanted to do was start well and win the first half and we certainly managed to do that in some style.

“All the players were excellent today and I was particularly pleased with the performances of Aine O’Gorman, Julie Ann Russell and Denise O’Sullivan

who really caused the Slovenians a lot of problems all through the match. We also gave Karen Duggan her competitive debut at left-back and she did a great job,” said Ronan.

The win means the Irish women have seven points from their opening three games and have finished 2013 with just one defeat from eight games.

Their next game in the group will be at home to European champions Germany on April 5.

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He may be in the twilight of his celebrated rugby career, but Clontarf-born sporting icon, Brian O’Driscoll, still has one nagging unfulfilled ambition - to finally take the scalp of New Zealand in Ireland’s forthcoming Autumn International Series.

That was the message from the record-breaking 125 times capped former Irish captain speaking to Gazette Sport immediately before the glittering who’s who of Irish life that was the Brian O’Driscoll Testimonial event at the Convention Centre last Friday evening. “[Beating the AllBlacks] is the one

I’ve never managed to achieve. It’s the last chance saloon for me on that, so it’s all or nothing.

We’ve a new team, a new coach, a new philosophy so we’ll treat things very differently on this occasion [as compared to last June’s record 60-0 third test loss to New Zealand last June].

“I don’t know if [winning] a one-off game could be a career highlight compared to winning a Grand Slam and silverware, but it would certainly be a close second.”

The sold-out Convention Centre affair saw sporting legends rub shoulders with film and TV stars to pay tribute to the Blackrock-educated rugby superstar, with all proceeds from the night

donated to O’Driscoll’s nominated charities, the ISPCC and Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

Having made both his Leinster and Ireland debuts as a 20-year-old in 1999, the longevity of his career was something the fabled outside centre also commented on prior to the start of the blacktie event.

“There’s a lot of different elements to [being in the game so long]. Being lucky [is one part] but I suppose part of it is about being hungry for success and wanting to stay in the game as long as I possibly can.

“Rugby is a short enough career compared to the man in the street, so you’ve got to make hay while the sun shines and

Brian O’Driscoll faces the press at his testimonial last week in Dublin

win as much silverware, because that‘s what you judge yourself on as a professional player.”

O’Driscoll pinpointed the 2009 Grand Slam and the Heineken Cup triumphs of 2009, 2011 and 2012 as the obvious highlights of his career but, as his aim of beating

then. It was only in his last year at Blackrock that we started to see how he was emerging as a talent.

“What he’s done as a rugby player has been pretty phenomenal.

“He‘s brought standards to a new level and it has been a real joy to

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the All-Blacks illustrates, a now fully-fit BOD isn‘t finished yet.

“Obviously this year is a big year for me and, as the last one, I want to enjoy it as much as I can. I want to live out that last seven or eight months in the game and take as much out of it as I can.”

Among those gathered at the Convention Centre to pay tribute to the man of the night were O’Driscoll’s Ireland colleague and successor as captain at Leinster, Leo Cullen.

Cullen, a starter on Blackrock’s successful 1996 Leinster Senior Cup team when O‘Driscoll was on the bench, joked: “ He was a small kid a year behind me in school and you wouldn’t have thought of a night like this back

see his career flourish as it has,” said Cullen.

Another illustrious sporting figure present on the night - ex-Sunderland chairman and Irish soccer legend, Niall Quinn – emphasised the qualities he most admired in the recordbreaking Irish rugby star.

“I love the way all his team-mates love him.

That’s a huge sign for me that he is someone very special. The way he got that Ireland team to perform means he leads by example.”

The Perrystown man - a former All-Ireland hurling minor medallist with Dublin in 1983 - said: “Nobody could ever begrudge Brian success, and that’s not always the way in the cut-throat world of professional sport.”

McGregor’s achievements The Commerce and Economics Society at UCD last week awarded Lucan UFC MMA fighter Conor McGregor with an honorary life membership of the society.

McGregor is a former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship champion, winning in both the featherweight and lightweight category. He made a significant impression on his UFC debut in Stockholm earlier this year when he won a knockout of the night award during his featherweight fight against Marcus Brimage.

McGregor is currently on an enforced sabbatical after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in his second UFC bout against Max Holloway.

The Commerce and Economics Society is Ireland’s largest and oldest business-orientated university society. It has a long history of focusing on debating and is now UCD’s premier social events society.

Get on board for IRFU fundraising raffle drive Rugby clubs across the city are getting involved once again in the Your Club Your Country fundraising event which last year netted some €750,000 for club rugby all over Ireland.

The IRFU in association with Ulster Bank and their sponsors are offering participants in the draw the chance to win some exceptional prizes while at the same time supporting their local clubs.

With each club given an allocation of 1,000 tickets, they

have an opportunity to raise some €10,000.

The prizes on offer this year include travel to Argentina in June 2014 to support the Irish rugby team on their summer tour, with return flights, hotel accommodation, match tickets and spending money for two people, tickets, flights and accommodation for the England vs Ireland match at Twickenham and France vs Ireland at Stade De France in 2014, as well as an array of other prizes.

The draw will take place on Wednesday, December 4, and can be viewed on Irish Rugby TV on www. irishrugby.ie/

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Local trio named for national women U-21s MALAHIDE’S Fiona Gill, Mary Waldron and Clare Shillington have all been named in the Irish women’s cricket 21-player national performance squad.

It means they are all in contention to be selected for the final squad for the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh next March.

It is part of Cricket Ireland performance director Richard Holdsworth says will be “the biggest year the women’s set up has ever encountered”.

The side will compete in their first ever World T20, play in a full member quadrangular tournament, compete in a European World Cup and World Twenty20 regional qualifier and aim to gain promotion to the ECB County Championship Division One. “The side’s preparations have been handed a major boost with an invitation to the Middle East to participate in a quadrangular tournament in January,” Holdsworth added.

“Ireland will join three full member countries for 18 days playing an ODI competition which will be followed by a T20 tournament, offering valuable match practice ahead of their appearance on the world stage.”

On the composition of the squad, Holdsworth said: “There is an exciting mix of very experienced players and much younger but talented players who will be making naming the World T20 a tough call for the selectors.

“These players will train until their departure in mid-March. It is important the players work together as a unit and will allow the coaches to see the skill level, work ethic and progress all together.”

Coach Jeremy Bray outlined how the squads are gearing up for the challenges ahead.

“The next four months will be full of hard work for the groups,” he said. “In addition to intense skills based training and testing the players are fully focused on driving fitness levels up.

“Obviously all the teams in our World T20 group are sides of high quality and will be very tough opposition.

“In addition the playing conditions themselves will be a challenge - everyone knows they will need to be in peak physical condition to give us the chance of an upset or two.”

Malahide RFC’s senior side were able to thank captain Colin Corkery for their last minute try and win over Wicklow away

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A remarkable late comeback saw Malahide maintain their winning streak in Leinster League Division 1B against Wicklow last weekend when two tries in the last moments of the match saw them snatch victory from the jaws of certain defeat.

Malahide had opened the game well making much of the early running but errors saw them miss two early try opportunities.

Wicklow started to come into the game with outhalf Niall Earls con-

trolling things. He put the home side 3-0 up with a converted penalty.

Wicklow kept the pressure on and Earls was on target with two further penalty attempts. Malahide picked up the pace of their game in the latter stages of the half and with practically the final play of the half, Brian Geraghty found space on the right hand touchline, feeding Richie Forbes with an inside pass to give the centre the opportunity to score the game’s opening try.

Malahide started the second half quickly with Mick Fitzmaurice find-

moth of the day Howth hosts new form of sailing class in race howth Yacht Club last weekend hosted the inaugural International Moth Irish Open which featured the presence of two Irish Olympians Annalise Murphy (Laser Radial) and Ryan Seaton (49er) as well as two professional sailing coaches, Rory Fitzpatrick and Alistair Kissane, amongst the fleet.

Near perfect race conditions greeted the six helms on Sunday, and local Graeme Grant topped the leader board.

ing space in the Wicklow midfield to bring play deep into Wicklow territory.

The home team were caught offside and Corkery slotted the penalty to bring the gap to a single point.

Wicklow responded strongly and Earls was able to increase their advantage with another long-range penalty.

W i t h 10 m i n u t e s remaining a weak Malahide defensive kick was gathered by the Wicklow wing he managed to beat the oncoming Malahide cover and was stopped just short of the line but

when the ball was recycled the home team had an overlap in the left hand corner.

With the successful conversion Wicklow moved into what looked to be a winning 19-8 lead.

However, the Malahide pack summoned up one final effort and took the Wicklow scrum against the head. The ball was picked by number eight Brendan Guilfoyle and his swift incision saw him bring the visitors within a converted try.

The missed conversion didn’t make Malahide’s task any easier. From the

restart, good carries from Anthony Colbert, Dave Biggins and Brendan Guilfoyle brought play into the Wicklow half.

Malahide couldn’t break the Wicklow defensive line. McAllister found replacement wing Eoin Barber with a flat pass and his offload found Colin Corkery running at pace and the skipper beat the covering defence to touch down 20m to the right of the posts.

The conversion was no straightforward kick but Corkery held his nerve to stroke the ball cleanly between the posts to claim a last-gasp victory.

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ST SYLVESTER’S minor ladies footballers will play their last match together as a team after nine years’ developing when they take on Ballyboden St Enda’s in the Division 1 Championship Shield final.

It is appropriate that their last match should

be against this Ballyboden team who won the Championship almost every year between 2005 and 2013.

Boden also won the Division 1 All-Ireland Feile title in 2009. During this period, Syls also won a title each year including a championship, three championship shield titles, two league titles

while also finishing twice as league runners-up.

In the year that Ballyboden won the All-Ireland in 2009, Syl’s beat them in their league game.

Up to 2013, the Malahide club had never beaten them in the championship until October when they remedied this with a great win by five points in the group in Broomfield,

1-9 to 0-7.

Now, the club face them in their last match after nine years of underage football. Many of the team are already playing on the club’s senior team and will no doubt be joined by others next year.

The time and the venue for the final will be confirmed in the coming days.

football: final match against ballyboden

Club Noticeboard st sylvester’s AFL1: St Sylvester’s 1-12, Lucan

of fer in Broomf ield. St Brigid’s

Sarsfields 0-7. We have just one

provide the opposition for both

more game to play against Bally-

the intermediate football team

boden with a place in the top four

in the top four play-offs and the

play-offs for the league title at

minor hurlers in the quarter-final

stake.

of the championship. Please come

Unfortunately, it may be some time before that fixture is played with Ballyboden involved in the Leinster hurling championship.

along and support these two great teams.

Celebrate your Christmas in the club. Contact Gary Penrose and

AHL3: Naomh Olaf 1-18, St Syl-

reserve your date. Check out the

vester’s 1-7. We were missing a few

beautiful photos of our function

players through injury and the long

room on www.stsylvesters.ie/club/

layoff didn’t help our performance.

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need a victory in our final

“It’s an act of courage to seek

match and some other results to

help” - Cork hurler Conor Cusack

go their way to qualify for the play-

gives hope in his inspirational and

offs.

courageous blog: ccusack111.blog-

We

Next Sunday morning at 11am there is a fantastic double bill on

spot .ie/20 13/10/depr es sion-isfriend-not-my-enemy_28.html

Naomh Mearnog THE senior hurlers put on one of their

able league points, while the U-12s sit

best displays of the season to defeat

proudly on top of their league.

Erin’s Isle in the league on Sunday morning in Finglas.

The fact that both sides had some-

The U-21 football championship

thing to play for made this a cracking

starts on Saturday and we have a

game which ended 2-16 to 1-15 in our

home game against Templeogue.

favour. Well done to all concerned. We

Please support.

play Clan Na Gael/Fontenoy in our last game at home on Sunday morning at 11.

This is another vital encounter and we The St Sylvester’s senior footballers saw off Lucan Sarsfields with ease at Broomfield last weekend

Play-off places in reach for Sylvester’s

afl division 1 St Sylvester’s Lucan Sarfields  nathan kelly

1-12 0-7

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St Sylvester’s Senior Footballers did their play-off hopes no harm last weekend in a fairly comfortable win over Lucan Sarsfields in AFL Division 1.

Syl’s might have a felt a bit aggrieved to be actually playing this game as it was county final day and according to manager Gabriel Bannigan, “obviously we’d have preferred to be playing the final”. A one-point loss to St Vin-

cent’s in their previous fixture crushed Bannigan’s side’s hopes of playing the final against Ballymun Kickhams.

But Sylvester’s put in a professional performance here as they needed a win to give their play-off hopes another push as they head into their final game against Ballyboden this weekend.

Nigel Dunne was a key man in the first half and bagged himself three points to add to Alan Faye’s effort to give their side a 0-4 to 0-3 point lead at half time. Syl’s may have felt they should have added more but for a stiff

breeze which was going around Broomfield that contributed to seven or eight wides for the home team.

The second half got under way and it was a pretty even affair for the opening 10 minutes, after which the score sat nicely at five points each. Sylvester’s then made a couple of changes as Conor Daly, who was returning from injury, and Aidan Relihan, who was making his first senior appearance were introduced.

The game’s defining moment came just after the subs were made and it was a moment of pure

magic. Following a 40 yard line ball, some swift interplay from Sylvester’s saw John Coughlan move the ball to Gary Sweeney who went past two defenders and fire the ball beyond the goalkeeper to get the game’s only goal. It was a goal capable of winning any game and added some much-needed sparkle to a fairly ordinary game.

The home side had a scare with 10 minutes to go as their goalkeeper was dismissed following a second yellow card but thanks to some re-shuffling they saw off any late fightback from Lucan.

The U-10s went on a long trip to Cuala and also won.

request the support of all members.

Congratulations to Shane Ryan and Caoimhe on the recent engagement.

Our AGM takes place on November 22. All full members and adult players

Congratulations to our U-13 ladies

are asked to attend this important

football team who defeated Na Fianna

event. This is an opportunity for you

to win their shield final in front of a

to have your say about any aspect of

good crowd.

club activity.

The U-14s defeated Parnell’s, while the U-16s were too strong for Liffey Gaels.

Anyone interested in joining the ladies football section, please contact Eilish Waters or Kathleen Colreavy.

The U-13 hurlers made the long trip to Olaf’s and earned two valu-

Our Annual Mass takes place on December 7.

The club Lotto is now €10,000. Please support.

The club is holding music lessons on Monday nights. People of all levels of ability are welcome to attend. Please contact Tim or Neasa.

Fingallians Well done to our U-14 girls who put

ing, etc.

in a stylish performance to secure

Be sure to come and support the

the Division 1 title in style on Sunday

Fins participants. Beidh failte mor

afternoon.

roimh chuile duine.

The senior footballers will fin-

The club shop are now taking

ish their league campaign v St Per-

Christmas orders from members

egrine’s this Sunday at 11am on the

on Saturday mornings from 10am to

main pitch.

12pm.

Fingallians will host the Dublin

The GAA and GPA have announced

County semi final of Scor na nOg on

that Croke Park will be hosting the

Friday, November 22 at 7pm.

GAA/GPA All Stars 2013 this Friday,

This is the GAA’s Irish culture tal-

November 8. The RTE televised awards

ent competition for Under-17s and

ceremony is invite only, however for

will involve a feast of Irish music, ceili

the first year ever, tickets for the All

dancing, step dancing, ballad groups,

Stars After Party are available to buy

solo singing, recitations, story-tell-

for €35 from www.tickets.ie.

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Action from the match between St Sylvester’s and St Brigid’s in AFL 3 this season that saw the two evenly-matched sides draw

Syl’s set for crucial clash Broomfield the venue for clash against St Brigid’s in match that could see winner go on to have two adult teams playing at senior level  paul healy

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St Sylvester’s clash with St Brigid’s in the AFL 3 promotion play-off match at Broomfield this Sunday (throw-in 11am) has taken on an added significance for both teams, with the possibility that should either club win this game and the subsequent playoff final, they will have been one of only two Dublin clubs to field two adult football sides at senior level - Kilmacud Crokes being the other.

St Sylvester’s manager Joe Boyne has some concerns ahead of the crucial play-off clash, which he explained when he spoke to

Gazette Sport last week.

“We have no injuries ahead of the game, but the biggest problem we have is that the Under-21 championship is fixed for the day before [Saturday] and eight of my lads are on that side, too. Hopefully, we don’t pick up any injuries in that match.”

The St Sylvester’s manager outlined his respect for his opponents. “ [St Brigid’s] are a good side. We’re going to have to play to the best of our ability to win this, that’s for sure.”

St Brigid’s manager Brian Donovan also knows the task ahead of his side is a significant one, as he outlined when he spoke to Gazette Sport.

“At this stage, it’s like a final for both teams. St Sylvester’s are an excellent team and they were unlucky not to win the league.

We played them in the league towards the end of August and it ended in a draw, so we are aware that these are two very even teams.

“We have no injuries ahead of Sunday, but we’ve lads coming back who haven’t played in a few weeks and we could be a little bit rusty. It’s hard to know when these play-off games will come around so, unfortunately, we have two lads away with work.”

Looking back on St Brigid’s year so far, Donovan believed they could also have won the league but for the amount of games they

drew.

“In the very first game of the season, we were five points up against Clontarf and ended up drawing, and it was the same against Naomh Barrog, who eventually won the league. “ Despite that, however, the St Brigid’s manager was glad his side were still in contention at this time of the year.

“To be honest, we’re quite happy to be in a play-off considering. We’ve had some good displays from our players overall – in the forwards Warren Finnegan and Niall O’Dea, Phil McEntee in the middle. We brought in some young guys – the likes of Mikey Ebb and Shane O’Hara who did very well.”