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File opened on disgraced Hyde & Seek, as parents protest THE owners of a disgraced creche faced down their critics at the weekend as they met with concerned parents.

Siobhan Davy and her mother Anne had not been seen in public since the family-run creche chain, Hyde & See, was exposed in for alleged breaches of regulations in an RTE Investigates documentary last Wednesday night.

Siobhan Davy met with parents behind-closed-doors but refused to answer questions when reporters asked if she had anything to say to other parents

DŕľľHFWHG DW WKH +\GH 6HHN creche at Tolka Road in north Dublin.

Anne Davy ignored questions when asked if she would like to apologise to parents or say something to them.

The protesters held placards outside the building which had remained padlocked since last Wednesday night.

2ྜFLDOV IURP 7XVOD WKH &KLOG and Family Agency, are due to appear before an Oireachtas committee this week to discuss revelations contained in the RTÉ programme.

The Joint Oireachtas &RPPLWWHH RQ &KLOGUHQ DQG <RXWK $ŕľľDLUV ZLOO TXHVWLRQ 7XVOD RŕľśFLDOV DERXW ZKDW actions the agency is taking in response to the content of the programme.

In a statement, committee chairman Alan Farrell said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parents and guardians must EH DEOH WR KDYH FRQÂżGHQFH that their children are safe, secure and well-treated when in childcare facilities.â&#x20AC;?

The Fine Gael TD said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to know what Tusla as the regulator and inspector of early

years services can do to close or suspend services when serious FRQFHUQV DUH LGHQWL¿HG ´ Separately, Tusla has FRQ¿UPHG WKDW WKH *DUGD &KLOG 3URWHFWLRQ 8QLW DW Mountjoy Garda Station has opened an investigation, along with the Tusla Social Work 8QLW LQWR WKH LVVXHV UDLVHG during the broadcast. Hyde & Seek has said it will bring in external experts to review its management structure.

Parents of children at the crec he told RTĂ&#x2030; that the company had â&#x20AC;&#x153;broke their trustâ&#x20AC;?.

Baz Ashmawy and his daughter make a splash at the official launch of Center Parcs Longford Forest. Pic: Leon Farrell

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A 1.8km cycle greenway along north coastline A NEW 1.8km walking and cycling greenway is being built in north Dublin which will link Baldoyle and Portmarnock.

The proposed greenway is in the Racecourse Park and will allow cyclists and pedestrians to travel through the park parallel to the Coast Road, linking Baldoyle with Portmarnock.

Murphy International was awarded the â&#x201A;Ź2.5 million

contract for the construction of the greenway earlier this month by Fingal County Council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am delighted to see work commence on this pedestrian and cycling greenway in this spectacular coastal setting,â&#x20AC;?

Mayor of Fingal Councillor Eoghan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The outdoor active lifestyle is becoming increasingly popular and I can see this greenway becoming

a very popular, safe and enjoyable resource for the local community as well as visitors and commuters.â&#x20AC;?

Fingal County Council interim chief executive Ann Marie Farrelly said she welcomes the commencement of construction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The route has been designed taking account of the coastal setting so visitors and residents alike can enjoy Fingalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredible coastline.â&#x20AC;?

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Touristâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sting sees thief land in court A BRITISH tourist was reunited with her stolen mobile phone last week as Gardai returned iy to her just before she boarded KHU Ă&#x20AC;LJKW The tourist rang the phone after it and other property was stolen, only to be greeted by a man who demanded money in H[FKDQJH IRU WKH SKRQHÂśV UHWXUQ After agreeing to meet, the tourist reported the incident to Gardai at Pearse Street, who met the thief and his friend at WKH VFKHGXOHG WLPH %RWK ZHUH arrested in connection to the LQFLGHQW Gardai then went to Dublin Airport to return the phone just EHIRUH WKH Ă&#x20AC;LJKW A man in his 30s has appeared EHIRUH 'XEOLQ 'LVWULFW &RXUW Gardai could not provide further details on the incident as â&#x20AC;&#x153;this matter is now before the FRXUWV´

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My daughter gave birth in my taxi cab...â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pictured at the launch of the the Jones Engineering Dublin City Liffey Swim which takes place on August 3 was prevoius winner Declan Proctor with one of the last remaining tram carriages in place at the quayside featuring actors in period costume, replicating the Jack B. Yeats iconic 1923 painting The Liffey Swim. Pic: Jason Clarke

Oktoberfest cancels Dublin over claims culture increase DUBLINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 2019 Oktoberfest event has been cancelled, with the people behind the event are blaming â&#x20AC;&#x153;unprecedented increasesâ&#x20AC;? in its insurance premiums for its cancellation.

The festival has been running for more than a decade now on Gerogeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dock in the IFSC. It was due to take place between September

14th and October 6th.

However organisers released some bad news earlier today: They say that, as much as they love coming to Dublin, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to take a break this year due to the insurance premium theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being asked to pay.

They say in their native Germany, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not used

to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;claim culture that has developed in Irelandâ&#x20AC;?.

They also said that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making it hard for great fun events like theirs to go ahead, and that â&#x20AC;&#x153;suspect insurance claims from a small minority of people can ruin it for everybody.â&#x20AC;? They do say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking forward to holding the event in 2020, so it could be back yet.

A TAXI DRIVER has told of his â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;total shockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; after his daughter gave birth in the back of his RZQ FDU RQH PRUQLQJ ODVW ZHHN Declan Scully from Kilbarrack, north Dublin, was en route to Holles Street with his expecting daughter Stacey Whelan, when she delivered a baby girl in the EDFN RI KLV WD[L The Dublin dad took immediate action and started driving Stacey and her partner Steve towards The National Maternity +RVSLWDO Declan had been in bed after working a night shift on when his wife Joanne called to say that their daughter had gone into labour with their second grandFKLOG 6SHDNLQJ WR ,QGHSHQGHQW ie, Declan said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had just woke up so I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what was JRLQJ RQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stacey was leaning over the radiator and screaming, but I WKRXJKW LW ZDV DQRWKHU IDOVH Ă&#x20AC;DJ â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we got to Fairview, VKH VDLG VKH QHHGHG WR SXVK , didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anything of it and

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Airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new docking will cut emissions DUBLIN Airport has installed a new automated aircraft docking system, which it claims will reGXFH GHOD\V DQG FXW HPLVVLRQV During what amounts to its busiest summer ever with an average of 100,000 passengers a day, Dublin Airport has rolled out new technology to streamline the coming and going of DLUFUDIW The DAA (Dublin Airport Authority) announced the installation of an automatic visual docking guidance system (AVDGS) on all its aircraft conWDFW SDUNLQJ VWDQGV This system includes an electronic display above aircraft parking stands to provide realtime information to pilots when they are parking aircraft on arULYDO RU SXVKLQJ Rŕľľ IRU GHSDUWXUH ,W FRQWDLQV DQ LQIUDUHG +' camera that scans the aircraft parking area to see if it can

spot any loose baggage or other equipment in the spot that might PDNH SDUNLQJ GLŕľśFXOW This, DAA said, will let baggage and ground handlers get to aircraft quicker for faster turnaround, helping overcome deOD\V IRU DLUOLQHV DQG SDVVHQJHUV It also means that the aircraft and its support vehicles are not running engines unnecessarily â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this in turn can help reduce carERQ HPLVVLRQV IURP WKH DLUÂżHOG When visibility is very low, the system can help aircraft park PXFK TXLFNHU WKDQ EHIRUH AVDGS is also designed to work with airline marshals who guide aircraft to and from a SDUNLQJ VWDQG %\ LQSXWWLQJ GDWD VXFK DV DLUFUDIW W\SH DQG Ă&#x20AC;LJKW data, the system can automatically gauge aircraft clearances, stopping distances, and the exDFW RQ DQG Rŕľľ VWDQG WLPHV This is fed into the Airport

Collaborative Decision-Making (A-CDM) system, a European initiative designed to boost air WUDŕľśF Ă&#x20AC;RZ DQG RSHUDWLRQDO HIÂżFLHQF\ RI DOO DLUSRUW RSHUDWRUV by reducing delays and increasLQJ WKH SUHGLFWDELOLW\ RI HYHQWV â&#x20AC;&#x153;[AVDGS] is a tried and trusted system of improving airSRUW VDIHW\ DQG HŕľśFLHQFLHV DQG supports Dublin Airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continuing drive for sustainability,â&#x20AC;? said Dublin Airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s managing GLUHFWRU 9LQFHQW +DUULVRQ ,Q RWKHU VXVWDLQDELOLW\ HŕľľRUWV the airport recently announced that 20% of its vehicles have now been upgraded to LEVs and a further 5% are hybrid veKLFOHV 6RPH DUHDV RI RSHUDWLRQ require specialist four-wheel GULYHV 7R PDNH VXUH WKH HQWLUH Ă&#x20AC;HHW FDQ EH FRQYHUWHG WR /(9V the airport adopted a plugin hybrid replacement for four-wheel drives

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My house is crumbling down on meâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

SOUTH Dublin County Council has admitted there are maintenance issues at a Celtic Tiger-era social housing estate where residents are complaining of mould and dampness.

The authority says it is now committed to repairing some of the 448 homes in Balgaddy, which were built between 2004 and 2007.

The community was one of 20 that took a collective complaint to the Council of Europe in 2015 arguing the social housing stock was below living standard.

In October 2017, the European Committee for Social Rights in Strasbourg upheld the complaint and found Ireland to be violating Article 16 of the European Social Charter concerning the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection.

The ruling stated the Government had â&#x20AC;&#x153;failed to take

VXྜFLHQW DQG WLPHO\ PHDVXUH WR ensure the right to housing of an adequate standard for a not inVLJQL¿FDQW QXPEHU RI IDPLOLHV´ Tenants from Balgaddy say serious structural problem have led to years of leaks, damp, mould and electrical problems.

Speaking to RTĂ&#x2030;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Morning Ireland, resident Mary Cooney said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My bathroom is full of mould. I had to take my shower down because it was full of mould, it fell down. And I have a hole with a leak coming through the light in the bathroom that pours every time it rains. It is just full of damp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will see the wall is starting to crumble in the corner ZKHUH WKH ÂżUVW OHDNV VWDUWHG 7KH SODVWHU LV FRPLQJ Rŕľľ WKH ZDOO There is a huge hole. It plays on \RXU PLQG LW DŕľľHFWV \RXU PHQtal health an awful lot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took that house in good faith that it was going to be a

house for life. And now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crumbling down around me.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived in this for 13 years. It does take its toll on you.â&#x20AC;?

In 2015, the local authority said there was no systemic construction problem at Balgaddy.

But the council has now said it is committed to addressing maintenance issues in some of the homes in Balgaddy.

In a statement, the council said an accelerated maintenance programme will, where necessary, provide window and door replacements, painting and various safety works.

The council is also providing for additional funding to address heating, ventilation and insulation issues as well as other works. Any exceptional maintenance issues will be examined on a case-by-case basis where tenants may be transferred while necessary upgrade works are prioritised.

Olivia Newton-John unveiling an exhibition representing her extraordinary career at the Newbridge Silverware Museum of Style Icons. Pic: Leon Farrell

Oliviaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grease costumes on show at Style Icon Museum THERE can be few of us of a certain age who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen Âľ*UHDVHÂś WKH KLW PXVLFDO ÂżOP in which Olivia Newton-John transforms from the delicate and demure Sandy into a seductress in skin-tight spandex and leather, that scene on celluloid when badboy Danny Zuko â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the youthful greaser John Travolta, with the hypnotic eyes and slicked-back mop â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sees her metamorSKRVLV PRUSKHG OLNH D ÂżUVW kiss, in our now collective middle-age memory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think John knew the

ÂżOP ZDV JRLQJ WR EH KXJH +H had done stage versions of what was originally a stage musical. But I never realised, never imagined how it would change things for me, that I would be here talking to you about it 41 years later,â&#x20AC;? says Olivia Newton-John.

She was speaking last week at Newbridge Silverwareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum of Style Icons where the four-time Grammy award winning Pop divaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic leather jacket from Grease and those pants, as well as RXWÂżWV IURP Âľ3K\VLFDOÂś DQG

Sandwich boards will now cost â&#x201A;Ź630

Mayor comes out swinging over Ryder Cup

DUBLIN City Council has announced a new fee of â&#x201A;Ź630 for the use of sandwich boards.

Businesses who use the boards to attract customers will have to make the payment or risk having their ERDUGV WDNHQ Rŕľľ WKHP The fee will be introduced from September 1 to address the issue of clutter outside pubs, restaurants and shops.

Richard Guiney, CEO of Dublin Town, said the cost of doing business in Dublin is already high.

In Dublin, people pay four times what they pay in the West End of London and multiples of what they pay in other comparable cities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So we think that on this one itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably disproportionate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do need to address street clutter but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of other street clutter thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not being addressed and we would question why sandwich boards are seen as the top priority.â&#x20AC;?

DUBLIN Airport has been sharply criticised for an â&#x20AC;&#x153;insultingâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;predatoryâ&#x20AC;? tweet about the Ryder Cup from the Mayor of Clare.

Following the news that Adare Manor would host the famed golf tournament in 2026, the airport tweeted: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look forward to being the key gateway for overseas visitors attending #RyderCup2026 which will take place @TheAdareManor in Limerick.â&#x20AC;?

This left a sour taste in the mouth of Mayor Cathal Crowe who replied saying that the tweet should be corrected to say the nearby Shannon Airport.

He said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shannon Airport, just a few KM away from Adare Mannor, is the gateway airport to the region. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very disappointed with DAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s predatory tweet at a time when this region is basking in good Ryder Cup news.â&#x20AC;?

Speaking further to the Limerick Leader, Crowe added that the tweet was â&#x20AC;&#x153;not rightâ&#x20AC;? and was â&#x20AC;&#x153;insultingâ&#x20AC;?.

The Mayor of Limerick said

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Xanaduâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, are on show to the public until Sunday, August 18th before being auctioned in November in Los Angeles, proceeds, in part, going to Newton-Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancer Wellness & Research Centre in Melbourne.

The museum is open seven days. admission free. The museum also features garments and interesting artefacts from several Hollywood stars, musicians, and celebrities.

For more see www.visitnewbridgesilverware.com or call (045) 431301.

that Shannon Airport needed to up its game saying that Dublin ZHUH TXLFNHU Rŕľľ WKH PDUN WR promote the airport adding that Shannon Airport needed to be TXLFNHU Rŕľľ WKH EORFN WKDQ WKHP Mayor Crowe responded saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to an awful lot better. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to Shannon to play that same game and really push Shannon to the fore. I think they are often reticent in their marketing approach.â&#x20AC;?

Meantime, Dublin Airport Authority received a total of 3,817 noise complaints from 100 people in this period compared to the 396 complaints in the same timeframe last year More than 3,100 complaints were lodged by a single individual about the noise pollution.

The Dublin west resident made 3,147 complaints about noise IURP DLUSODQHV LQ WKH ÂżUVW KDOI RI the year, which is over 80% of all complaints recorded over the period.

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dublininpictures Amy McArdle, Lynn McArdle and Kim McArdle at the opening night of Annie the Musical at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Pic: Brian McEvoy Advertorial

Deirdre Lowry and Jules Mahon at the Shed Distillery Drumshanbo Gunpowder cocktail final hosted by Dalcassian Wines in House. Pic Brian McEvoy

Matt Cooper, Paul Byrne and Glenda Gilson joined Butlers Chocolates to launch ‘Cycle For Hope’ in aid of The Hope Foundation. Pic Brian McEvoy

Teresa Mannion at the launch of Boots Night Walks for Night Nurses. Pic Conor McCabe

Rhona Downes and Khloe Devlin, and Roz Flanagan, at the OGX Haircare Summer Carnival in The Chocolate Factory. Pic: Brian McEvoy

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Emperor of the Sun

Male Emperor Dragonfly (Photo Justin Ivory) IT is high summer, and the hot sticky weather has brought out the monarch supreme of the 4-winged dragons.

Patrolling their watery kingdoms seemingly ceaselessly, dispatching prey with nonchalant ease and evicting trespassers with ruthless aggression. This is the largest of the dragonflies found in Ireland, the Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator).

Male Emperors have bluegreen eyes, an apple-green thorax and a sky-blue abdomen with a black dorsal stripe.

Females have an apple-green abdomen.

The larvae live among submerged vegetation close to the surface and are as equally voracious and vicious as the adults.

The larvae can spend up to two years living this aquatic lifestyle before emerging to become adults.

The Emperor Dragonfly, just like all dragonflies and damselflies, are good bioindicators of water quality and freshwater habitat quality.

They are also bio-indicators of climate change as they expand their range northwards in response to increasing average temperatures.

The first Emperor Dragonfly recorded in Ireland was in the south-east in 2000. Since then they have been expanding along the eastern seaboard and down into the south-west of the country.

The flight season of the Emperor is long, lasting from early June to late August, and even into September.

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ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

by Anthony Doerr

THE PARACHUTE MURDER PLOT Virgin Media 2, Monday August 5, 10pm

GWEN Released 19th July 2019

For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History.

The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris. And a future which draws her ever closer to Werner, a German orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the Hitler Youth.

Fiona Bruce examines the case of Emile Cilliers, who was convicted in May of the attempted murder of his wife Victoria, having tampered with her parachute before a routine skydive. He also deliberately caused a gas leak at the family home. With access to hours of police tapes, thousands of the couple’s intimate text messages, unseen home movies and interviews with key people, Fiona goes beyond the headlines, shedding new light on the crime itself, the investigation and the subsequent prosecution.

In the stark beauty of 19th Century Snowdonia a young girl, Gwen, tries desperately to hold her home together. Struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land, a growing darkness begins to take grip of her home, and the suspicious local community turns on Gwen and her family. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018, where the film’s young star Eleanor Worthington Cox received the Toronto International Film Festival Rising Star award.

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COPPER FACE JACKS – THE MUSICAL The Olympia Theatre, Wednesday 10th July Saturday 10th August 2019

HORSE SHOW RDS, Wednesday 7th August - Sunday 11th August 2019

GAA WORLD GAMES Croke Park, Friday 2nd August 2019

Coppers The Musical is a love story set on the eve of a Dublin v Kerry All-Ireland Final, when a sweet Kerry girl ends up falling head over her flat-shoes for the Captain of the Dublin football team. Can love conquer all as these two young sweethearts face massive cultural and linguistic hurdles on their road to happiness/Croker?

Johnny Ward (Love/Hate, Fair City) returns as Gino Wildes and is reunited with Roseanna Purcell (Red Rock, Fair City) as Noeleen Nic Gearáilt and Michele McGrath (The Tudors, Damo and Ivor) as Gretchen Ackerman alongside Stephen O’Leary, Tom Moran, Rachel O’Connell, Kelly Marie Ní Cheallaigh and many more.

The Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Ireland at the Stena Line Dublin Horse Show continues to be the pinnacle event in the Irish Sport Horse calendar and is the ultimate day out for any horse lover, with 1,500 horses and ponies competing in over 130 classes and competitions across the five days. Of course, there will be more on offer than just horses. Fusing the style and elegance of Ladies’ Day, with an entertainment programme designed to keep the little ones delighted, along with multiple dining and shopping opportunities, and a renowned lively social scene.

The 2019 Renault GAA World Games will bring 1,300 players from around the globe home to play this summer. This will mark the third-ever staging of the competition with this year’s Games set to be the biggest and best yet. The initial stages of the event will take place between July 28th and August 1st at Waterford Institute of Technology’s Sports campus, with the finals being played at Croke Park, Dublin, August 2nd, 2019. In keeping with the tradition of other GAA festivals, visiting teams will be twinned with local clubs throughout Waterford to enhance the social and cultural element of the Games.

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PLAYSTIVAL Airfield Estate, Saturday 10th August - Sunday 11th August 2019

Female Emperor Dragonfly ovipositing (laying eggs!)

(Photo Justin Ivory)

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Playstival is the Spectacular Festival of Play and Music for Kids and their Parents. A two day festival dedicated to play and discovery, fun and excitement, great food and live music, and most of all family time together. This summer’s new festival line-up allows parents the opportunity to play with their children or let them interact with other kids and enjoy the games and interactive shows. Expect a live music stage with dance-worthy bands and DJs, a new world food market & much more.

WAITING FOR GODOT Smock Alley Theatre, Tuesday 23rd July Saturday 10th August 2019

OPERA IN THE OPEN Wood Quay Amphitheatre, Thursday 1st August - Thursday 22nd August 2019

A country road. A tree. Evening. Vladimir and Estragon wait endlessly for the arrival of Godot, discussing religion, contemplating suicide and crotch rot in a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes and nonsense. A tragicomedy in Two Acts – Beckett’s play pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post World War II Europe and man’s inexhaustible search for meaning. This play remains one of the most beautiful and allegorical of our time.

Opera in the Open is an initiative of Dublin City Council that presents live performances of operatic work in the open air in Dublin City Centre. This much loved annual Opera Season takes place for the first 4 Thursdays of the month of August at the Dublin City Council Civic Office Amphitheatre, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. Each performance of Opera is undertaken in an abridged format, is narrated in English and lasts one hour during lunchtime. There is no fee for attending these performances.

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opinion&comment

Wolf whistles are out of tune

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t was seven in the morning and journalist Sinead Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Carroll was heading to work when some men in a car started cat-calling and wolf whistling at her.

She was annoyed that it happened at all and shocked that the incident occurred early in the morning on an otherwise quiet Dublin street.

When she told the story on RTEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liveline there was a big response which at times got quite heated. Nearly all the callers were women and the majority took issue with Sinead.

Some were downright hostile to the journalist but most of her critics just thought she should lighten up.

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They were talking in the past tense, for all of the women with good words to say about wolf whistles were, they ruefully agreed, past the age when they were likely to attract them.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 71 and I wish I could get even one wolf whistle now,â&#x20AC;? said a listener, recalling how such attention â&#x20AC;&#x153;made me feel happy all dayâ&#x20AC;?.

All the younger women who called Liveline objected to wolf whistles.

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I wonder how many people would say that now.

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