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6th October 2015 • Volume 22, Issue 35 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. EirCode: K67 P5W4. • Tel: 01 8•400•200 • [email protected] • www.northcountyleader.ie

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The County Leader has listened to the disbelief oflong suffering local commuters and has come tothe conclusion that you believe that Metro Northwill never be delivered. It’s just a fob off. The ques-tion on everyone’s lips is why is it taking so long toimplement. Prior to the last general election, voterswere told that this project was ‘shovel ready’ witheverything ready to proceed. All that was missingwas the money. We were told that planning andtendering were secured. Now that the money, themain stumbling block is available, why the delay?What will happen to this money should the countryfall back into recession in the next five years?This year, the County Leader is celebrating its 21styear in being the number one news delivery mediain the North County. In that time, rail to Swords orMetro North has been the primary promise, particu-

larly at election time of every political party seekingto win seats in this constituency. Lest anyone thinkthat this is aimed solely at Fine Gael and Labour,the fact is that Fianna Fail are more culpable thanany other party, given that they were in powerlonger than anyone else during that period.Successive Fianna Fail governments havepromised to deliver the hot potato that hasbecome Metro North. Now fast forward to the lastelection, when the Fine Gael/Labour coalitionpromised to finally deliver the much anticipatedrail project, and surprise surprise, the electoratefeel conned once again.Strong political leadership is needed in the NorthCounty to make sure that projects are delivered

here. Southside representatives have proven theirstrength in ensuring that their area has been wellserved by two Luas systems, a third one in theprocess of being built and DART that goes as faras Greystones. Imagine if Ireland's main interna-tional airport was located on the southside, wouldthey be waiting until2027 for a metro to bedelivered there. Ourreaders think not.!Now that an election isin the air, it appearsthat the present coali-tion of Fine Gael andLabour have struckagain.While the presentgovernment may well be re-elected this time,bookies would give long odds on them forming athird successive government, given that it hasnever happened before for these parties. Someeven suggest that the delay is due to the fact thatthe project cannot be delivered and that the

poisoned chalice of Metro North is being long-fingered to present to whichever party, or partiestake power then.This view was echoed by local TD, Clare Daly (Ind),who has doubts that Metro will ever be delivered.She told the County Leader, “When the govern-

ment came into office,Metro North wasplanned and theCouncil were collectinglevies for it for yearsamounting to €19million. This govern-ment axed it and now,on the eve of an elec-tion, they announceMetro Lite, to be opera-

tional in 2027. What a sick joke and insult to thepeople of Swords. In other words, they are rein-stating something which was already there, but ina poorer, less effective way, assuming that weever see it at all, which is highly questionable.”Continued on page 15

A revised Metro North transport system linking Dublin city to the airport andSwords has been promised by the government, but work will not commence until2020. It will then be a further six or seven years in construction, meaning thatSwords residents will have to wait until 2027 before they can purchase a ticketfor this train.

“On the eve of anelection - they announceMetro Lite, to be operational in 2027.

What a sick joke and insult tothe people of Swords.” - Daly

By Patrick Finnegan

€165 millionSpent on original Metro North project

€19 million Refund in development levies

HALF OF THIS HAS BEEN WASTED

2 Luas lines on southsideA third one in constructionDART to Greystones

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Dublin Airport (daa) hasjust been named as thenational winner at thisyear’s National Q MarkAwards. Hailed as “TheCustodians of BusinessExcellence”, the teamfrom daa were beamingwith pride as they werecalled to the stage toreceive the winner’strophy during an excitingawards ceremony held inthe Double Tree by HiltonHotel in Dublin.The Q Mark Awards areforever associated withquality and excellence inthe minds of Irish

consumers and it is theonly quality managementsystem which lets busi-nesses monitor 100 percent of their processesand procedures 100 percent of the time. TheTánaiste and Minister forSocial Protection, JoanBurton TD, who attendedthis year’s awards cere-mony said, “ It is impres-sive to see so many Irishbusinesses from allsectors and countiesembedding quality stan-dards as a key part of theiroffering to customers.These are the innovative

Irish businesses that arepowering the engine ofour recovery, and I wishthem every success in thefuture”. Daa operates theairport with nearly 2,600employees. The principalactivities of daa is airportmanagement and devel-opment. Additionally, daaoperates internationalairport retail storesthrough subsidiary, AerRianta International (ARI).They also operate anairport managementconsultancy and advisoryservice, using 75 years ofexperience to unlock value

for airport investors. Asthey left the stage withtheir award, Liz Kavanagh,Customer ExperienceManager said, “We arehonoured and delightedto win the Q Mark Award.It instils a sense of pridethroughout the business.We are committed tocontinuous improvementand meeting andexceeding our customers’ expectations. The Q Markis an excellent tool toassist us in this drive todevelop and improve thecustomer experience atDublin Airport,” she said.

Dublin Airport Wins National Award

Skerries RNLI towed a fishing boatwith four men on board to safety onSunday week last, 27th September,after a passing yacht alerted thelifeboat that the vessel was in diffi-culty. While out on routine Sundaymorning training, helm Eoin Grimesand crew members, Peter Kennedyand AJ Hughes were called intoaction. The lifeboat was two miles north east of Skerries at the time. They wereapproaching a yacht to ask the skipper for permission to do some trainingcoming alongside a boat under sail. However the skipper of the yacht informedthem that the fishing boat nearby had suffered engine failure.The fishing boat, which had four men on board, was taken under tow by thelifeboat and towed to the safety of Balbriggan harbour, where they had set outfrom. Conditions at the time were calm with a force one to two southerly wind.Speaking after the call out, Gerry Canning, Lifeboat Press Officer for SkerriesRNLI said: ‘We would urge anyone going to sea to ensure that they haveadequate safety equipment on board and a means of contacting the shoreshould they experience any difficulty.’

Skerries RNLI To The Rescue

Balbriggan’s St. Patrick’s Brass andReed Band is holding its annualconcert on Sunday the 11th of Octoberat 7.30pm. The charity event will takeplace in the Bracken Court Hotel andaims to raise funds for local seniorcitizens. This year’s programme willcover songs from the 40s, 50s, 60sand 70s, as well as contemporarypop-songs. The band welcomes their

guest band Blanchardstown BrassBand with whom they will join to playanother selection of tunes. Originallyset up in 1888, St. Patrick’s Brass andReed Band were reformed in theircurrent formation in 1975 and areperforming together ever since. The admission fee will be €5 and allthe proceeds will go towards theBalbriggan senior citizens.

Annual Charity Concertin Balbriggan

Pictured after winning the National Q Mark title are Dublin Airprt staff, with Tanaiste Joan Burton and TV personalityMartin King. Included are, Irene Collins (Managing Director EIQA),Tánaiste Joan Burton, Barry Kirwan, Donal O'Brien(Director Tier One), Ciaran Carton, Liz Kavanagh, Denis Smyth, Ciara O’Connor, Tom O’Rourke, Des Mullally, DeeDelaney, Elaine King, Brendan Dee, Audrey Dodd, Noel Ryan and Martin King

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Malahide StudentsWalk For SyrianRefugeesFirst year students of Malahide CommunitySchool took part in a fundraising sponsored walkfor GOAL last week, in an effort to ease the plightof migrants from Syria.The walk was a seven kilometres long. Teacher,Kevin Manning organised the walk and he spoketo the County Leader about how the initiativecame about. He said, “We did two walks in thelast couple of years, one for the tsunami in 2004,when we raised about €12,000. The second onewas for victims of the Haiti earthquake, whichwas a much bigger one where we raised about €30,000,which is an astonishing amount of money,” he said.“Due to a reaction from students and staff about the refugeecrisis, it was decided that we should do something. Wedecided on a ‘wear a jersey’ day as a fundraiser for the wholeschool, with the first years deciding to do a sponsored walk.

We’re hoping that people will contribute to this great causein the next few weeks,” he said.Ciara Smullen from GOAL was present at the school and shesaid, “We are hugely appreciative of the efforts of everyonehere at the school. It is a wonderful gesture that is muchappreciated.”

Pictured getting ready for the GOAL Walk at Malahide Community School on Wednesdaylast are students, Leah Brophy, Cliona Reilly, Ava Taylor, Arion Aliu. Sean Dalton and TomPierce

New ScoutCentre OpensIn PortmarnockSaturday 26th September last wasa day to remember in Portmarnock,as local guides and scouts cele-brated the opening of their newcentre.Minister for Children and YouthAffairs, Dr James Reilly TD, alongwith former Chief Commissioner ofthe Irish Girl Guides, Senator JillianVan Turnhout opened the newScout and Guide Centre inPortmarnock. The opening of thenew facility was attended by newlyelected Chief Scout of ScoutingIreland, Portrane man ChristyMcCann and Chief Commissioner ofthe Irish Girl Guides, HelenConcannon, County Mayor, CllrDavid O’Connor and CEO of Fingal

County Council, Paul Reid, togetherwith local politicians.Led by the local Guide and Scoutleaders, Mary McHale and PeterO’Kelly, the ceremony took place inthe grounds of the new centre on abeautiful sunny afternoon.Proceedings opened with a flagraising ceremony where flags fromboth organisations, together withthe national flag were raised whileuniformed members renderedhonours.Minister Reilly and Senator VanTurnhout cut the ribbons toformally open the centre. Everyonethen adjourned into the centre toenjoy the refreshments provided.The new Scout and Guide Centre islocated on the same site asPortmarnock Sport & Leisure Cluband has been a dream of both theScouts and Guides in thePortmarnock area for over tenyears.

Pictured at the official opening of the new Portmarnock Scout and Guide Centre are,Ladybird Guide, Spohie Crilly, Senator Jillian Van Turnhout, Minister for Children andYouth Affairs, Dr James Reilly TD, who both cut the ribbon on the new centre, andBeaver Scout, Ben Cumiskey.

Christmas Fair In BalbrigganBalbriggan Meals on Wheels are hosting theirChristmas Fair on Saturday the 28th of November.They encourage local people to donate anyunwanted presents, Christmas decorations andtoys or gifts which are in good conditions for theirChristmas fundraiser at the end of November. Youcan drop off your donations into the kitchenbetween 10am and 1am from Monday to Saturday.All the support is greatly appreciated.

Volunteers Required For LourdesLocal volunteers are required to work withHospitalite Notre Dame de Lourdes from the24th to the 31st of October. Training will begiven so there is no previous experiencerequired. Contact Liz Byrne at 087 1926346 ifyou are interested.

Little Bobby Savage is pictured having a ball in the Sam Maguire Cup, with Dubs stars,Darren Daly and Paul Flynn, when they visited The Well in Swords on Sunday last. More Pictures next week.

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Best Example of Community Environmental Initiative inMalahide/Howth went to Seabury Tidy District Group CarolineO’Brien, Brian Walshe, Terry O’Riordan are pictured collecting theaward from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Special Community Effort in Balbriggan/Swords was won by Lusk HeritageGroup. Pat Kelly, Brian Egan and Danny Dunne are pictured collecting theiraward from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Best Presented Small Non Management Company Estate in Balbriggan/Swords wasJugback Lane. Eric and Vena Croly, Glenda McDonnell, Bridget and John Monghan arepictured collecting their award from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor and ChiefExecutive, Fingal County Council, Paul Reid.

Best Biodiversity Project in Balbriggan/Swordswas won by Skerries Tidy Towns Committee.Maeve McGann collected the award from CountyMayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Best Presented Small Management Company Estate in Balbriggan/Swords waswon by Castleland Court, Balbriggan. Nicky Carvin, JenniferSaddler, GarryO’Reilly are pictured collecting their award from County Mayor, Cllr DavidO'Connor and Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, Paul Reid.

Best Presented Town was won by Skerries. AnneDoyle is pictured collecting their award from CountyMayor, Cllr David O'Connor and Chief Executive,Fingal County Council, Paul Reid.

Best Presented Industrial Estate was Utrillo, SwordsBusiness Campus. Philip Crossan collected the awardfrom County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Green Business Award was won by PavilionsShopping Centre, Swords. Joseph O’Donnell and IanHunter are pictured collecting their award fromCounty Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Best Presented Business Premises inBalbriggan/Swords went to The Balscadden Inn. MarkMcCormack and Mark Curtis are pictured collectingtheir award from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Best presented Front Garden in Malahide/Howth was won by Howard andBreege McClatchie, 6 Island View Malahide. They are pictured collecting theiraward from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor and Chief Executive of FingalCounty Council, Paul Reid.

Best Example of Community EnvironmentalInitiative in Balbriggan/Swords went to SkerriesTidy Towns Committee. Frances Owens ispictured collecting the award from CountyMayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Best Presented Front Garden inBalbriggan/Swords went to Maureen Gaffney, 41The Close, Orlynn Park

Best Presented Shopping Centre, Balbriggan/Swordswas won by Pavilions Shopping Centre. Joseph O’Donnelland Ian Hunter are pictured collecting their award fromCounty Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Best Adopt a Patch Project Balbriggan/Swords was won byRivervalley/Rathingle Residents Association. Pictured are Gerry White,Mary Smith, Eoin O’Connor, Jack Thompson and Cllr Joe Newman,collecting their award from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Best Presented Community Centre inBalbriggan/Swords is Donabate Portrane CommunityCentre. Jacinta Lowndes, Lynda Sutton, PaschalHenchy are pictured collecting their award fromCounty Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor.

Best Presented Large Non Management Company EstateBalbriggan/Swords was won by Rathbeale. Joan Cheevers and AnnaO’Grady collected the award from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connorand Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, Paul Reid.

Best Presented Village was won by Balscadden. Pictured are, Margaret Closkey, Richardand Marian Cannon, Dessie Flynn, Siobhan Hearne, Gerry Langan, Tommy Reilly, PatLynchahaun, collecting their award from County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor and ChiefExecutive of Fingal County Council, Paul Reid.

Best Presented Large Non Management Company Estate in Malahide/Howthwas won by Ardilaun. Rian Higgins, Tim Gleeson, Clare O’Keefe, SiobhanFlanagan are pictured collecting their award from County Mayor, Cllr DavidO'Connor and Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, Paul Reid.

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The County Council held their1916 Memorabilia Day onSaturday, 26th September lastin the Grand Hotel Malahide.The event was attended by alarge number of locals whobrought along artefacts, trea-sured items and stories theyhave relating to 1916. Experts were on hand to digi-tally photograph all itemspresented on the day andthere was an opportunity totalk with local and family storyexperts, historians, a genealo-gist, archivist, local studies

librarian, a bookseller and aprofessional valuer.It is expected that will helpto build a visual history ofthe role of ordinary men andwomen of Fingal in the fightf o r I r i s h f r e e d o m . T h eresulting digital repositorywill provide a greater under-standing of what this periodi n I r i s h h i s t o r y m e a n t t oordinary families in Fingal.The event was attended byCounty Mayor , C l l r DavidO ’ C o n n o r a n d b y C o u n t yC o u n c i l C h i e f E x e c u t i v e ,

Paul Reid. and by memberso f I r i s h M i l i t a r y L i v i n gHistory and also members ofF i n g a l O l d I R AC o m m e m o r a t i v e S o c i e t y ,both groups in full militarycostume from the period.T h i s a d d e d w o n d e r f u latmosphere to the occasiona n d w a s e n j o y e d b y a l lpresent.‘A Terrible Beauty,` a docud-rama which takes a uniquelook at the events of EasterWeek 1916 in Dublin, wasalso screened on the day.

Large Turnout At 1916 Memorabilia Day

Bumper Recycling Day For St Margaret’s GAASt Margaret’s GAA Clubrecently held a uniquefundraiser for the club,when they held theirinaugural RecyclingDay. The club groundswere transformed into aone-stop recyclingfacility for house-holders to dispose oftheir waste.The funds raiseddirectly from theRecycling Day will gotowards the refurbish-ment of showers andtoilet facilities at theclub. St Margaret’s GAAClub chairman, MichaelKennedy said, “Thecommittee at StMargaret’s would liketo thank the RatcliffeGroup for their exper-tise in planning andmanaging all elementsof the Recycling Day,and we would alsoextend our thanks tothe local communities

and householders fortheir great support onthe day,” he said.The Recycling Day was

managed and organisedby Tanya and TrevorRatcliffe , directors ofThe Ratcliffe Group andlocal community cham-pions living in St.Margaret’s.

The company providesspecialist waste trans-port services for busi-nesses of all sizes

across all industrysectors.There was a gate fee of€5 per car and €20 pervan and the RatcliffeGroup generously spon-sored their staff, six x

40ft trucks, drivers andmanaged all permitswith the support ofFingal County Council inan effort to maximisefunds for the club.Tanya and Trevorcovered the cost of

event set up and logistics for the event;and as a gesture ofgoodwill they doubledthe gate receipts topresent the cheque of€5,000 to the club.

Pictured at the handover for a cheque of €5,000 as a result of the Recycling Day at StMargaret'ds GAA club are, Sandra Duffy, Trevor Ratcliffe, Tanya Ratcliffe and PaddyFinnegan (St Margaret's GAA club)

A reunion night with music will be held in RoundTowers GAA Club in Lusk for Kelly Park past andpresent residents on Saturday, 10th October at8.30pm. Kelly Park was 40 years old last year andthis is an opportunity to celebrate this landmarkwith neighbours, friends and past residents of theestate. Further information from Emma JaneKavanagh on 087-9592171.

Reunion Night In Lusk

Children in Rush will be treated to a wonderfulpuppet show next weekend. There will be aSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs and aBosco puppet show between 2pm and 4pm onSunday, 11th October at the Millbank Theatre,Rush. Tickets are €10 and bookings can bemade by contacting the theatre.

Puppet Show In Rush

Pictured at the 1916 Memorabilia Day at the Grand Hotel Malahide are, Paul Reid (CEO Fingal County Council), CathalBoland (Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society). County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor, Noel McAllister (Fingal Old IRACommemorative Society), Thomas Clarke (Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society) and Cllr Anthony Lavin

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Concerns OverRoadstone In SkerriesGreen Party GeneralElection candidate, JoeO’Brien has confirmedhe will keep awatchful eye onRoadstone compliancewith the conditionsattached to their useof the MilvertonQuarry in Skerries.This comes after heobtained pollutiontest results of the MillStream from FingalCounty Council. Hehas also asked thecommunity to watchout for traffic prob-lems and pollution ofthe Mill Stream.He told the County Leader ,“Unfortunately, thepermission thatRoadstone wasinitially granted in2007, was a very openone that these days Idon’t think would begranted. The purposeof the facility has beensignificantly changedand with more recentpermissions that

would usually requirea new application forplanning. Now wehave to focus onmaking sure thatRoadstone are care-fully monitored. Withpotentially tens ofthousands of loads ofconstruction wastebeing poured into thequarry, all that isneeded is one toxic load to destroythe l ife in the MillStream and Pond andruin a valued part ofSkerries life.”“We need to send amessage to Roadstonethat we will bewatching themclosely. I haveobtained baselinepollution levels of theMill Stream from theCounty Council. Onceoperations start I willbe looking for anupdate on pollutionlevels from the Counciland regularly there-after. The stream isalready in delicatecondition, with theCouncil’s test resultsindicating high levels of phosphates,”he said.“As a community, weneed to be vigilantabout the environ-mental and communityimpact of this newdevelopment andensure that Roadstoneoperate within theconditions of the site –particularly in relationto air, water and noisepollution and therestrictions on thetraffic in and out of thesite,” he concluded.

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New Cake Shop Opens In Swords

A n e w c a k e s h o p h a s j u s topened on Swords Main Street,once again demonstrating theattraction the town possessesfor new retail establishments.Taste Coffee Cake specialises inm a d e t o o r d e r c a k e s , f r e s hbuns, all of which are freshlybaked in house. The shop isowned by Peter Xuj ian Feng,who told the County Leader thatcustomers can place their orderfor a cake in the morning and itwill be ready for collection inthe afternoon.Fresh cream cakes, buns andvarious breads are specialitiesof the shop. “We cater for birth-days, anniversaries, christen-ings, Christmas cakes, weddingcakes, and cakes for any occa-sion,” said Peter, who owned acake making factory for someyears on the southside. “I choseS w o r d s a s a n i d e a l p l a c e t oo p e n a c a k e s h o p , b e c a u s ethere were no similar shops int h e t o w n a n d i t h a s a l a r g epopulation. It just seemed to bethe ideal place to start up mybusiness,” he said.

At present, Taste Coffee Cake,w h i c h a l s o s e r v e s e x c e l l e n tcoffee, employs f ive people.“The fact that customers canavail of parking on main streetis another boost for my busi-n e s s , ” s a i d P e t e r , w h o h a sdecorated the shop window witha beautiful display of deliciouscakes, invit ing passers-by toenter the shop.They also do portraits on cakes,for people who would l ike toh a v e a p i c t u r e o f a s p e c i a lperson on the cake, which isproving to be very popular trendat present.CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber,Tony Lambert congratu latedPeter on the opening of the newshop and wished his the best ofluck in the future. He said, “Theopening of Taste Coffee Cake isa n o t h e r g r e a t a d d i t i o n t oSwords Main Street. It offerslocals and visitors alike a newopportuni ty to s i t down andhave a tasty and relaxing breakwith a range of sandwiches andcakes. This is a very welcomeaddition to Swords.”

CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber, Tony Lambert is pictured congratulating Peter XujianFeng on the opening of his new cake shop, Taste Coffee Cake on Main Street, Swords.Also pictured is staff member, Bernadette Price

As part of the forthcomingGeneral Election campaign,Taoiseach Enda Kenny hasstated that Fine Gael willpublish a detailed, fully-costed five year economicplan. Local minister, JamesReilly TD has stated thatthis plan will ask thepeople of the country,including those of theNorth County, which paththey want to choose concerningthe formation of the nextGovernment. Fine Gael’s planincludes the party’s goals such as

replacing all the jobs that werelost during the recession,reducing unemployment to six percent, delivering better and moreaffordable childcare and a higerminimum wage, delivering asurplus in the public finances aswell as reducing debt.This five-year plan will outlinemeasures which will help createmore jobs and make work

pay,Reilly said. “Peoplewill have a choice to makein the next few months.Businesses and familieswant to know they canhave certainty so theyplan for the future. Peoplewant to know what westand for and how weintend to deliver. In the

months ahead I’ll be campaigninghard and talking to the people ofNorth County Dublin about thisplan,” he concluded.

Reilly’s PlansFor the NorthCounty

James Reilly TD

Forty Irish tourism enterprises including enter-prises from the locality, recently travelled toLondon to take part in Flavours of Ireland 2015.The event is an annual Business to Businesstourism workshop, which is held for 13 years.More than 100 representatives of the top inboundtour operators based in Britain come together todo business with the various tourism organisa-tions from Ireland. Flavours of Ireland was anexcellent opportunity for the participating Irishtourism providers to present and sell their productto important decisions makers and to encouragethem to feature Ireland in their future holidayprogrammes. “Tourism Ireland is delighted that somany tourism organisations from Ireland and somany leading UK inbound tour operators joinedthe event this year,” said David Boyce fromTourism Ireland. “It is our aim to help Ireland andour tourism partners to secure a greater share of ahuge worldwide tourism market,” he added.

North County TourismOperators AttendLondon Event

Pictured at the Flavours of Ireland 2015 in London are Joanne Pollard, (Malahide Castle),with Cormac √ì Suilleabh√°in (Tourism Ireland) and Alejandro Garcia-Andrade (LuxuryHotels Group)

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Portrane Club WinsCommunity Award Eighty four volunteer groups across the North County recentlyjoined forces to celebrate the 2015 Dublin Bus Community SpiritAwards. Portrane Hockey Club are among those who have won aCommunity Spirit Award. These awards acknowledge the work thatvoluntary groups across the locality and beyond do for theircommunities and their members. It also supports them by aiding inthe development of new projects, growing their services and raisingcommunity spirit in their local areas. Grants of €1,000, €2,000 or€5,000 were awarded to winners on the night. Pictured were members of Portrane Hockey Club, Nadine Patterson, Lucy O'Brien, Conor Keon, Eva Van Dreumel, Sarah Keon and Aisling Patterson.

Locals Urged To Celebrate Tree Day The Tree Council ofIreland, supported byTetra Pak, is callingpeople in the NorthCounty and other partsof Dublin, to gooutside with their chil-

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As part of FingalEnterprise Week 2015,The Rotary Club ofDublin Fingal open theirdoors to host 'LearningFrom Experience' ABusiness NetworkingLunch. Young entrpre-neurs and businessowners attended theevent to hear the experi-ences of some of themore established busi-ness owners who areRotary Club members.Head of Local EnterpriseOisin Geoghegan (left)is welcomed by ClubPresident MichaelKennedy


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quarter of 2015 inDublin’s Northern GardaDivision - a drop of27 on the total of545 in the sameperiod of 2014.H o w e v e r ,Swords hasseen a rise froman average of 25 cases amonth last year, to 28cases to date in 2015.There have been nineburglaries a month onaverage in Lusk so farthis year, up from sevencases a month in 2014.

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T h e T a y l o u r f a m i l yr e t u r n e d t o t h e i rD r a w i n g R o o m a tArdgi l lan Cast le onSaturday last, wheno n e o f t h e c u r r e n tg e n e r a t i o n o f t h efamous family, GwenT a y l o u r a n d h e rgroom Michael Cotterwere married there.F o r 2 2 4 y e a r s t h eTaylor family lived inA r d g i l l a n C a s t l e ,w h e r e t h e f a m i l ymembers made quitea n i m p a c t o n t h eworld, some of whomwere soldiers, politi-cians and clergy.B u i l t i n 1 7 3 8 b yR o b e r t T a y l o r , t h e

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D e a n o f C l o n f e r t ,Ardgillan has stoodthe test of time andavoided the hand oft h e d e s t r o y e r o v e rthe years.O n e o f t h e m o s tp r o m i n e n t T a y l o r sw a s M a r i a n n e S tLedger Taylor, whol i v e d a t t h e c a s t l ef r o m 1 8 0 7 t o 1 8 5 9a n d r e c o r d e d h e rt i m e t h e r e i n o v e rthirty diaries. Theseprovide a wealth ofi n f o r m a t i o n a b o u tthe family activitiesi n t h e c a s t l e ,including the excitingarrival of the railwayto Ardgillan in 1845.

T h e D o n a b a t e a n dP o r t r a n e M e n t a lHealth Association isc e l e b r a t i n g t h eWorld Mental HealthDay on Saturday the10th of October. Att h e e v e n t , M i c k e yH a r t e ( T y r o n e A l lIreland Manager) willbe holding a presen-t a t i o n t i t l e d`Surviving TraumaticEvents` at 6.30pm.The celebration at St.Partrick’s Church inDonabate and after-w a r d s i n t h e S t .P a r t r i c k ’ s H a l l f o rt e a , c o f f e e a n dr e f r e s h m e n t s . F o rfurther informationc o n t a c t d p m e n t a l [email protected].

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Clifford-Lee Demands NewFamily Court FacilityNewly selected Fianna Fáil candidate and family law solic-itor, Lorraine Clifford-Lee has called on the Government toset out a clear timeframe for the construction of an essen-tial new family law courthouse in Dublin. Clifford-Lee, whowas controversially added to the Fianna Fail ticket forDublin Fingal, has expressed concern over the lack ofdetail on the project in the Capital Expenditure Plan. “It isextremely disappointing that the Capital Expenditure Planincludes only a vague one line reference to building a newFamily Law and Children’s Court complex at some stage inthe future. There is no further detail on timing, invest-ment, planning or delivery,” she said. “This facility isdesperately needed. The current courts at DolphinHouse are totally inappropriate and are reaching the pointof being unusable. Families and children going throughextremely distressing legal proceedings are currentlybeing packed into small, run down court facilities.“I am calling on the Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgeraldand the Minister for Children James Reilly to clarify theplans in relation to this essential new facility. When willthe project commence? What is the investment? What stage of planning are we at now? And when will it be delivered?”


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Once again, the NorthCounty volunteers andcommittee membershave done the countyproud. A special wordof thanks and praise iswell deserved thesewonderful, selflesspeople and in this

feature, we salutethese communityheroes. In the process, theyhave brought honourto the North County.Each year they raisethe bar to new heightsand you get the feeling

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communities betterplaces to live and workin. The results of theirefforts are obvious inthe attractive, wellcared-for towns andvillages we see all overthe North County. It isclear that workingtogether, getting toknow your neighbours,and getting thingsdone increasespeople’s pride in wherethey live and helps tobuild vibrant communi-ties.The results ceremonywas held at the HelixTheatre on Monday28th September lastand hopes were highamongst all contes-tants that the greatwork done over theSummer, would resultin success for theirtowns and villages. Asis usual, the standardreached was incrediblyhigh, as were expecta-tions. It resulted in all

of our towns andvillages returningincreased points onlast year, quite anachievement by anystandard.A new regional formatsaw Dublin as onearea, as opposed tofour local authorityareas. Dublin wasincluded in theMidlands and Eastregion, which meansthat there are now only

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tribute must be paid tothe performances ofSkerries, Lusk andMalahide. Skerriescame tops in theMidland and Eastregion with 321 pointsup five. This highlycompetitive regionincluded outstandingformer winners of thecompetition, Moynaltyand Tallanstown. Towin this regional awardand gold medal wastruly exceptional, and inthe process, comingwithin two points of

overall winners,Letterkenny. We are allhopeful that they canreach the summit nextyear.The performance ofLusk deserves specialmention, as theyincreased their pointstotal by six, to 293 andin the process, theywere awarded a bronzemedal. This is the firsttime the village hasbeen honoured in thisway. Malahide can alsobe very proud of theirperformance in main-taining their gold medalstatus, and increasingtheir points by three to303 points, which is adifficult thing to do in avery competitive envi-ronment.This year saw threelocal villages enteringthe competition aftermany years. Donabate,Portmarnock and

Balrothery all enteredthis year and all threesecured excellentpoints. Donabateachieved 259 points,while Balrothery with223 points andPortmarnock on 207points, all drewfavourable commentsfrom the adjudicators.The two pretty villagesof Ballyboughal andBalscadden also scoredwell in the competition,with Balscaddenscoring a hugelyimpressive 276 points,which is an increase ofsix points on last year.Ballyboughal increasedtheir score by fivepoints, scoring animpressive 266 pointsin the process. Thelovely rural settingsand the efforts of thecommittees here hadthe judges veryimpressed.Rush, Balbriggan andSwords are other areasthat impressed thejudges, who acknowl-edged and praised theefforts of groups herein achieving higherpoints this year.Swords increased theirtally by seven, bringtheir score to 282points, as they inchever closer to themagical figure of 300.The beautiful floralarrangements in thetown and the colourfulshopfronts allcontributed toachieving this impres-sive score. Similarly,Rush made the highestpoints gain of any townin the North County,with an impressivetotal of 261, a massiveincrease of eight pointson last year’s perfor-mance. This is due, inthe main, to the lovelyhanging baskets thatadorned the town andthe brightly colouredshops.Balbriggan climbed byfive points to achieve atotal of 267 points,

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“We’re delighted to have retainedour Gold Medal status, but it’s nowgetting hard to find extra points. Wewould like to thank the various resi-dents’ groups here in Malahide whocame out in their own time to tendto their own areas. Malahide didparticularly well in that category.

Going forward, we are putting a call out for people torun their own environmental projects in their areas.”“The three extra points we gained on last year werehard won. Litter is still a big problem, and with themassive amount of visitors to the town, it can be astruggle. The gain more points, we’re going to haveto be more creative as it’s tough at the top. A specialthank you goes to all of our tireless volunteers whoturn out in all weathers to keep our town lookingwonderful. Without them it would not be possible. Itwas also great to see our neighbours in Portmarnockjoin in this year’s competition, as they have a greatgroup there.”

PAT KELLYLusk Tidy Towns

"We're absolutely delighted to havegone up by six points and that wewon a Bronze medal this time. A lotof hard work goes into planning thework programme of Tidy Towns.The hard work of our volunteers isat the core of our success, particu-larly with five approach roads to the

village, which have to be maintained. We're a verydedicated team and we would like to thank localbusiness people and the community of Lusk, alongwith clubs and organisations for their help along theway. We would also like to thank Fingal CountyCouncil for tree planting and bulb planting projectsundertaken throughout the year."

KEN DUFFYSwords Tidy Towns

"In the past two years Swords TidyTowns have jumped up 15 points inthe Tidy Towns competition, from267 to 282 which is a fantasticresult by any standard. We areedging ever closer to the magicnumber of 300 points, with yourhelp we will get there.

Of course, none of this would have been possiblewithout the hard work of our volunteers. They cameout in all kinds of weather to strut their stuff everyWednesday night and Saturday morning. We arealways on the look out for new members, not only forthe outdoors stuff. We need people with certain skillsets prepared to sit on our committees, their experi-ence is invaluable to us.A lot of our success this year was made possible bythe financial generosity of local businesses. Theirdonations allowed us to take on bigger projectswhich will benefit the wider community of Swords.The County Council have been very supportive overthe past year and we would like to express a specialthanks to them. We look forward to continuing thissuccessful relationship in the coming year as westrive to increase our points share."

JOE TROY Balbriggan Tidy Towns

“Balbriggan has continued to gainadditional marks in the 2015national Tidy Towns competition.This continuing gain in marksawarded could not have beenachieved without the help of oursupporters and the hard work of thededicated volunteers, who are out

throughout the year to clean and improve the town.Thanks also to the local County Council staff whoalso work hard to keep the town clean and tidy andprovide support to the volunteers.Balbriggan Tidy Towns launched an Adopt a Patchscheme in June, which was probably too late to haveany impact on this year's marks. Even at this earlystage we now have almost 40 patches adopted byeither individuals or community groups. Balbriggan needs everyone to get involved to make ita better place to live and this scheme gives everyone

the opportunity to get involved with the town and dolight works on terms that suit their work and familycommitments. The work is light, can suit your capa-bilities and be local to where you live - and there areno long term or onerous commitments. The TidyTowns people will provide support and guidance andat the end of the day, you will get personal satisfac-tion from improving your town and areas where youand your family live.We would encourage more Balbriggan residents toget involved with either Tidy Towns or the Adopt aPatch scheme. If you are interested or need furtherinformation do not hesitate to make contact [email protected] or on Facebook.”

STEPHEN OWENS Donabate & Portrane Tidy Towns

“We hope to concentrate on thePortrane area soon and hopefullywe can get some new membersfrom this area. We operate a smallgroup presently, so anyone thinkingthey might like to get involvedplease follow our activities onFacebook. You will be very welcome.

We are delighted to be back in the national competi-tion after a break for a few years. Our small but dedi-cated group of volunteers worked hard over the past12 months. We awaited the results with great excite-ment and are very pleased with our results. A lot ofhard work was done throughout the year by all ourmembers, so the recognition nationally is reallyvalued by us all. The standards are very highthroughout as evidenced by the overall winner beinginvolved for 50 years before reaching the top. We must thank our traditional sponsors, Supervaluand the Progressive Credit Union for their generoussupport. It is very much appreciated. Fingal CountyCouncil have liaised with us and the benches theyinstalled and the many beautiful roses they plantedlook great. We know our residents appreciate themand wish to pass on the many great compliments wehave received.As we begin our plans for the year ahead, we aim toimprove on the great start made this year. Wewould love to get some new members and to enjoythe whole experience half as much again.”

PETER SMULLEN Rush Tidy Towns

"We are delighted to haveincreased our points total, which isdown to the tremendous work ofour wonderful volunteers, who goout in all weathers. Great thanks isalso due to our CE workers whoplayed a big part in keeping thebeaches tidy and taking care of

litter. The Operations Department of the CountyCouncil, who have been great in helping us to getprojects completed. The new running track throughKenure Woods has been a huge success, with peopleusing it every day."The massive amount of bulbs that were planted inSpring made for a great splash of colour early in theyear. A special thanks goes to the sponsors of ourlovely hanging baskets, which were commentedupon by many locals and visitors to the town. Shopowners and business owners in Rush did a wonderfuljob in keeping their premises in pristine conditionand thanks is also due to them. As always, we needas many people to come forward to volunteer theirtime and hopefully we can go even further nextyear."

ANNE DOYLESkerries Tidy Towns “We’re absolutely delighted withour performance, particularly whenyou consider that we topped aregion that included past winners,Moynalty and Tallanstown. We werejust two points from winning thecompetition. All our volunteers put

in tremendous work as usual and they must bethanked for their tireless work. Without them, thiswould not be possible. The Floraville Garden made agreat difference and thanks must go to the Chamberof Commerce for their great efforts. The CountyCouncil have been very supportive of us and thehope is that next year we will go one better and landthe top prize.”

WHAT THEY SAID

Pictured with County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor at theHelix Arena after the announcement of the Tidy Townsresults are Heidi Bedell, Hazel Bolton and JamesMcFadden from Malahide Tidy Towns committee


Scales of TTIPThe resistance to the adoption of the EUconcluding a trade agreement with boththe US (TTIP) and Canada (CETA) isreflected in the European Citizens’Initiative (ECI). For the EU to recog-nise an ECI, it must be signed by aminimum number in at least sevenmember states. This ECI hassurpassed that ‘Country Quorum’in 21 states. ‘Stop TTIP’ represents a 500 memberorganisation and is the driving force incollecting these signatures which hasmade this ECI the largest of its kind to date. The organisers intended that activists gather

around a giant pair of scales at theBerlaymount building in Brussels, as they handover the ECI to the Commission. The Scaleswere weighted on one side by sandbagssymbolising corporate interests, while activists

added to the other side’s signaturesuntil the citizens voices are greater

than the corporate interests whomthe sandbags represent. The Irish Cancer Society featuresin a billboard campaign raisingconcerns with TTIP. Other

sectoral interests maintain thatsuch an agreement will have a

positive effect on our economy.These agreements have far reaching

consequences and careful considerationmust be given to every aspect of them.

Green Flag Raised In MalahideA ceremony was held in Malahide Demesne on Friday last for the raising of the Green Flag, whichwas one of two prestigious Green Flags awarded to Fingal County Council parks. The purpose of theGreen Flag Award Scheme is to recognise and reward the best green spaces in the country.The scheme is overseen in the Republic of Ireland by An Taisce and was piloted in this countryduring 2015. Fingal County Council applied for and was awarded Green Flags for two of its mosticonic parks, Millennium Park, Blanchardstown and Malahide Demesne.County Mayor, Cllr David O’Connor said “I am very proud to see Malahide Demesne achieve thisinternationally recognised standard of excellence for Parks and Green Spaces. Well done to allinvolved, and to the staff whose hard work provides us in the North County with such a greatamenity.”The Green Flag Award® Scheme is already supporting the best practice management of parks andgreen spaces across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany,Australia, and New Zealand.Pictured at the awarding of the An Taisce Green flag to Malahide Castle and Park are local schoolchildren and officialrepresentatives. Front row: Paul Hickey, (Pope John Paul 11 School), Chloe Brian (St Andrews), Oliver Fogarty (St. OliverPlunketts), Isabelle O'Leary (St Oliver Plunketts), Emanuel Alias (St Andrews), Leah Murphy (Pope John Paul 11). Backrow: Anthony Purcell (An Taisce), County Mayor, Cllr. David O'Connor and Eithne Felton, Director of Operations FingalCounty Council

EnglishClasses inBalbriggan Free English classesfor beginners andimprovers start onWednesday, 7thOctober in BalbrigganLibrary, each lastingeight weeks. Beginners classes startat 6.45pm andimprovers classes at7.45pm. Book yourplace at the desk or byphone or email.

Tips For SchoolSafety A common cause ofchildren’s injuries isrelated to the increas-ingly heavier school-bags they have tocarry to school.Many school-relatedinjuries are completelypreventable. Followthese steps to ensureyour child’s safety atschool. These tips canhelp to prevent back-pack-related injuries:Choose a backpack foryour child carefully. Itshould have ergonomi-cally designedfeatures to enhance

safety and comfort.Don’t overstuff a back-pack; it should weighno more than 10 to 20per cent of your child’sbody weight. Forexample, a child thatweighs 60 poundsshould carry a back-pack no heavier thantwelve pounds. Askyour children to useboth straps whenwearing their back-pack to evenlydistribute the weighton their shoulders.

Choir SeeksNew MembersAre you from Lusk andthink you can sing. Ifso, then Lusk ChurchChoir is looking fornew members. If youenjoy singing, why notcome along to theirweekly Monday nightchoir practice in theChurch at 8.20 pm andmake a difference.

Social GroupIn MalahideSt. Sylvester’s SeniorsSocial Group inMalahide runs onWednesdays at 10.45am in the parishcentre. Come along fora mixture of chat,poetry and prose read-ings, music, singingand more.

The Fingal Old IRA held theirannual commemoration of theBattle of Ashbourne. TheCeremonies were held in thechurch in Ballymadun lastSunday week. A parade, headed by the SaintLaurence’s Band from Howth,led The Colours which were supported by reenactors representing the1916 volunteers.The design of the Monumentwas inspired by a poem byThomas Ashe, the brigade’sCommandant,who went on tobe elected President of the Irish RepublicanBrotherhood. He died onhunger strike in Mountjoyprison in September 1917.

Following his death, ThomasAshe Clubs sprung up aroundthe country. IRA Brigadesmarched behind speciallycommissioned Ashe Banners.

One such banner dating from1917 was on display during theceremonies. This came all theway from Cork courtesy oflocal Senator Darragh O’Brien.

Battle of Ashbourne Commemorated

Pictured at the 1916 Memorabilia Day which was held at the Grand Hotel,Malahide are members of Irish Military Living History, Brian Doyle (RIC), PaulLennox (G-Man) and Gary Stevens (Black and Tan Auxilliary)

Pictured are Ross, Peter and Derek Keogh celebratingNational Potato Day on the family farm in Oldtown.

Huge Success ForHome RenovationIncentive SchemeLocal TD Alan Farrell (FG) has said that the extension of the Home Renovation IncentiveScheme has been good for the local economy. It isimproving peoples homes and creating jobs in theNorth County. He told the County Leader: “Since the Scheme wasintroduced in October 2013, 2,608 works have beenregistered with the Scheme within the boundariesof the County Council. This figure is inclusive ofworks which have begun but have not yet beencompleted and of works which are still to beconfirmed,” Farrell said. He said, that the HomeRenovation Incentive Scheme provides a boost tothe local economy considering the jobs that havebeen created and the investment that was made inthe renovation works. “There is also a considerablebenefit for the participants in the Scheme as theyincrease the value of their homes following thecompletion of the works,” Farrell added.The Home Renovation Incentive Scheme does notonly boost the economy, it also has a positive knockon effect on small businesses in the local commu-nity. “While this is positive for communitiesthroughout the North County, much remains to bedone to ensure that every household in the areaand beyond benefits from our economic recovery,”Farrell concluded.

Fingal FolkClub Returns The Fingal Folk Club returned for theautumn season with many themednights planned in the programme up toChristmas. Concerts take place in StPatrick’s Hall, Ballyboughal from 8pm to10pm on the first and last Friday of the

month. The Club will put on a HalloweenScary Songs night on Friday, 30thOctober, a Country and Gospel Night onFriday, 6th November and on Friday,27th November, a Songs from the 1960’snight. Show starts at 8pm and newperformers can contact the group bycalling 085-1743748. Admission foradults is €5. Children are free, but mustbe accompanied, light refreshments willbe served at no charge.

New Season For Lusk Bridge Club The new season has started for the Lusk Bridge Club, where the popular game isplayed in the Parish Centre in Lusk on Mondays at 7.30pm and Thursday morn-ings at 10.30am. New members are welcome. A new beginner’s class isproposed on Thursday mornings and also for Friday nights.


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Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results atBalbriggan Community College, are Daniel O'Byrne,Brandon Byrne, Amy Donnelly and Taigh Grant

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Metro NorthNO CHANCE!Continued from page 1“The teenagers travelling into town now might see it for theirchildren. It will certainly have no impact on their lives, even if itgoes ahead. This government has wasted five years and we’renot even back to square one. The citizens will judge them, not ontheir promises, but on their action, or rather lack of it. I hope theyare wearing armour when they knock on doors,” she concluded.This view, which many locals fear, is shared by Sinn Fein, whosetransport spokesperson, Dessie Ellis said,“The government has given no indication as to how they areproposing to develop these plans, leaving the impression thatthe announcing of earmarked funds is more about election-eering. Plans for a metro in Dublin have been consistentlypushed back by government after government over the past 20years, with ¤150 million spent on this project to date. It isextremely disappointing to hear that building will not commenceuntil 2020/21 – a full term after the lifetime of this government -with 2027 the projected completion date. Sinn Féin has majorconcerns regarding further delays,” he said.Fianna Fail senator, Darragh O'Brien said, "The people of Dublinwill be extremely sceptical about this plan. Yet again on the eveof an election, we have Fine Gael and Labour promising to deliverMetro North after taking absolutely no action over the pastnearly five years to deliver on shovel-ready plans for the project."

"Now they are announcing a scaled back version with no busi-ness case analysis and that has yet to go through the planningprocess. This is despite the fact that the original Metro Northplan had a comprehensive business analysis, planning permis-sion and a railway order. It is difficult not to see this as yetanother empty election promise. For the miserable sum, in theoverall scheme of things, of €400 million over five years (€80million per year), we could have had the full Metro North, withmore stations and greater capacity. Now we have to get a newrailway order, new tendering and new planning permission. Theoriginal Metro North was 'shovel ready' five years ago, now we'reback to square one, waiting five years for a scaled down version,

with 60 per cent less capacity than the originalone," he said. Local councillor, Darragh Butler (FF) also thinkswe will never see Metro in this area. "They'vemade this promise before only to cancel Metrothe minute they got into Government. I said onthe record back then that they'd resurrect MetroNorth again in 2015 as an election promise andthat's exactly what they've done," he said.CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber, Tony Lambertgave the metro project a guarded welcome. He

said, "The chamber very much welcomes this announcement. Weare particularly pleased that the original route, which wesupported strongly at the time, has been accepted, with someacceptable modifications." "However, the one major flaw in this plan is the timeframe. It'ssimply not acceptable to put forward a plan that cannot becompleted until 2027. Planning that far ahead for such an impor-tant infrastructural project is not credible and cannot nebelieved," he said.

Local Mayor DavidO`Connor has recentlylaunched the fourthedition of FingalStudies, the localhistory journal of theCounty CouncilLibraries. The journaltitled `Fingal Studies:Letters from theTrenches` refers to anarticle written by localhistorian and authorPeadar Bates and isbased upon a series ofletters written duringthe First World War by

Richard Hely-Hutchinson fromDonabate. This editionof the journal exploresthe history of theNorth County withsubjects ranging fromthe Vikings in the areaand the WilliamiteWars to the construc-tion of Harbour Terracein Balbriggan. The journal is availablein all branch librariesin the North Countyfrom Monday the 5thof October.

Pictured at the launch of the book Letters from theTrenches by Fingal Co Co Local History Dept is Dr. JosephByrne editor and Cllr David O'Connor Mayor of FingalPhoto by Kevin Mcfeely

Fingal StudiesLaunched By Mayor

Age Action is currentlyrecruting volunteercomputer tutors for over55 year olds. The‘Getting Started’programme assistsolder people to learn

and improve basic IT,internet and email skills.Classes will commerceon Wednesdays in theBalbriggan Library andwill run for two hours(10.30am to 12.30pm)

Volunteer Computer TutorsNeeded In Balbriggan

RENUA Ireland TD forDubl in Bay North,Terence F lanagan,has welcomed confir-mation that GoogleStreet View will soonfeature Howth Headin detail.“Google hasannounced that i tsStreet View servicewi l l be extendedsoon to include thecliff walk on HowthHead. With thesupport of Fá i l teIreland, the cliff walkwill be photographedand mapped using awearable version ofthe Google StreetView camera,” heexplained. T h e i m a g e r y o f

Howth Head shouldbe available onlineat the start of nextyear. “Howth is a populartourist destination,w i t h m a n y v i s i t o r sto I reland appreci -a t i n g t h e a t m o s -phere of the harbourand the availabilityo f b e a u t i f u l w a l k salong the cliffs, onlya s h o r t t r a i n r i d eaway f rom the c i tyc e n t r e . I a mdelighted that usersof street view will beable to see the cliffwalk in more detailt h e m s e l v e s a n dmore visitors will beencouraged to visitthe area,” he added.

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starting on the 14th ofOctober and ending onthe 4th of November.Fluent English, knowl-edge of computers,patience and under-standing and interest in

working with olderpeople are skills thatare required for theposition. If you are interested or ifyou want to receivefurther information,contact Moireen [email protected].

The first Donabate Park Run will take place onSaturday, 10th October at 9.30am in Newbridge Houseand Farm. The run will start at the front of house. Thiswill be a family fun run. free of charge and it will also betimed. All level of runners, joggers and walkers arewelcome. If you are new to Park Run, please registerwith Park Run .ie before the Family Fun Run, The runwill then continue every Saturday from then on. Please“like” Donabate Park Run Facebook page for furtherinformation.

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Lusk Parish Sale Of WorkOn Sunday, 15th of November, Lusk NationalSchool will host a Parish Sale of Work in theschool hall. All donations would be much appre-ciated and they can be dropped off at the parishoffice on the 8th and 13th November between8.30am and 12.30pm.

Ballyboughal Pitch And PuttThe George McDonnell Cup third round at MalahideCastle, was won by Martin Cullen with a net 46, runner-up was John Fitzpatrick on net 49. Congratulations toRonnie Delaney with a hole in one on the 16th inMalahide. The Sunday game winner was Trish Cox, net

48 and runner-up was Shelly O’Shea. Congratulationsto Trish with this her first Sunday game win. Well doneto Ballyboughal GFC on reaching the football final ofthe Dublin Intermediate Championship and bestwishes in the final on Saturday, 17th October againstneighbours, Fingallians.

Team Blue Sky Payments where the winners of Fingal Dublin Chamber's Annual Golf Outing. Niall Murphy (left), LouisCarren and David May (centre) are pictured collecting their trophy from Chamber President, Siobhan Kinsella, MartinaHilliard (Three Swords) and Ian Hunter (Swords Pavilions)

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Méadh Delaney, Lexi Nixon Myall, Colleen King and Holly Barron are pictured enjoyingNational Potato Day at the Country Crest farm shop last week


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Local TD, Brendan Ryan (Lab),while welcome the fact thatSinn Fein are to use theirprivate members timein the Dail to discussissues aroundhousing and home-lessness, “find theirhypocrisy a little hardto take.”He said, “Just lastweek, Sinn Fein hadan opportunity toprovide additional funding tohomeless services in both theFingal County Council area andin Dublin City, but the tempta-tion to take the easy, populistoption proved to be too much

of a temptation for them.In the North County, Labourproposed a package that

would have providedan additional €1.8minvestment in home-less services, butSinn Fein councillorsDaire Ni Laoi, NatalieTreacy, EdmondLukusa, Philip Lynam,Malachy Quinn, andPaul Donnelly, all

voted it down.”“That’s not politics, That’shypocrisy, and people arebeginning to see through it. “Itis becoming increasingly clearthat Sinn Fein have nothing to

offer except hocus-pocuseconomics. They are cluelesswhen it comes to financialmatters. They want to scrapevery tax and increase everyitem of spending said Ryan.“Well the voters are not buyingit, and they are right. Thiscountry is in recovery mode,and people know that votingfor Sinn Fein would put therecovery at risk.In fact the prospect of GerryAdams as Taoiseach scares theliving daylights out of mostpeople. Increasing funding toservices provided by localauthorities will certainly notsolve all the problems aroundhomeless and housing, but itwould be a good start. Sadly inFingal and Dublin City, that’snot going to happen, and wecan thank Sinn Fein for that,”he concluded.

Ryan Slams SinnFein Hypocrisy

Brendan Ryan TD

The presigious Golf Digest Volvo Open Qualifying round was held at Roganstown GolfClub, Swords on Friday last. The event attracted 150 golfers of all abilities from all areas,and was an outstanding success. The winners qualified for the Grand Final to be held atCarton House on 1st November. Pictured prior to tee off are, Ian McGuinness (ManagingDirector, Roganstown Hotel and Golf Club), Elaine McLoughlin (Director of Golf,Roganstown GC)) and Ciaran Flaherty (Golf Sales Development Manager, Roganstown GC)

New HealthyEating Group

Set UpThe setting up of anew working group todevelop a code ofpractice for foodmarketing, promotionand sponsorship isvery welcome newsfor people in theNorth County. The World HealthOrganisation recentlypredicted that Irelandwould be the fattestnation in Europe by2030. This warningmeans that people inthe country, includingthose of the NorthCounty, need urgentaction in this area. Asfood marketing hasgreat influence onwhat we eat, this isan area that needs tobe closely regulated.More people need tobe encouraged tomake healthy foodchoices. The new workinggroup aims todevelop a code ofpractice for a numberof areas, includingfood advertising andmarketing, sponsor-ship by the foodindustry and food andbeverage productplacement in theretail sector. The group will alsoconsider optionsrelating to the gover-nance of a code andwill report within oneyear. Minister forHealth Leo Varadkarhas announced thatProfessor Alan Reillywill chair the workinggroup. ProfessorReilly has consider-able experience inthis field as theformer ChiefExecutive of the FoodSafety Authority ofIreland and is theChairman of theScientific AdvisoryBoard of theEuropean FoodInformation Council.

The Dyslexia Assosiation Ireland (DAI)has released the findings of its firstresearch survey which was carried outas part of the week-long publicawareness campaign focused onWorld Dyslexia Day on Thurthsay the8th of October. The findings of thesurvey will be of great interest tomany people here in the NorthCounty, whose children may beaffected by this condition. It repre-sents the opinions from 797 respon-dents including students, teachersand adults living with Dyslexia.Seventy-six per cent of parents feelthat earlier identification would helptheir child with Dyslexia.“Families in Ireland are forced to seek

private assessments and supports asthe education system is simply notmeeting their needs. Research haslong shown the benefits of early iden-tification and targeted intervention.Our education system must be builton principles of fairness and equitableaccess,” said Rosie Bissett, CEO ofDAI. The survey has further shown,that only 30 per cent of teachersreported receiving any pre-servicetraining on Dyslexia or any otherlearning difficulties. According to Donald Ewing, Head ofPsychological and EducationalServices of DAI, every class teacherneeds some knowledge on dyslexiaidentification and support strategies.“Specialist teachers need advancedtraining to enable them to assessdyslexia and to support the school-wide provision of evidence-basedteaching interventions,” he said.

First DyslexiaAwareness Week

Irish Red Cross and Medicare Break New GroundThe Irish Red Crossand Medicare, the flag-ship brand of FlemingMedical, have enteredinto a partnershipagreement, which bothparties describe as“ground-breaking”.The 12-month dealinvolves a €30,000contribution to theIrish Red Cross and thefinancing of a compre-hensive integratedmarketing, trainingand public awarenesscampaign promotinggreater public under-standing of First Aid.The award-winningIrish Red Cross First

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HOWARD (née Green), Rose (Swords, Co. Dublin)- Oct. 1, 2015 (peacefully) after a short illness atBeaumont Hospital; sadly missed by her lovinghusband Neal, children Francis, Kieran, Kate,Jeannette, daughter-in-law Hazel, brothers,sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews,nieces, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace

CANNON John (Fulham Terrace, Balbriggan, Co.Dublin). Peacefully, in Our Lady of LourdesHospital. Sadly missed by his brothers Jim andPaul, brother-in-law Vincent, nieces, nephews,relatives and friends.

CASE, Kenneth Fredrick (Ken) - September. 28,2015, (Portmarnock, Co. Dublin) (PassedPeacefully), beloved husband of Gaye and lovingfather of Melissa and Stephanie; will be verysadly missed by his family, his brother Victor,sisters-in-law Valarie and Wendy, sons-in-lawBrendan and Travis, grandchildren Isabel, Sam,Rowe and Phoebe, relatives and many friends.

BARRY, James (Jimmy) (Howth, Co. Dublin andformerly of Glanmire, Co. Cork) (former livestockexporter) 28th September 2015, peacefully in thewonderful care of the staff in St. Patrick's NursingHome, Baldoyle. Loving husband and best friendof Betty and adored father of Jay, Fiona (Ledwith)and Fergal. He will be very sadly missed by hisfamily, sister Peggy (Ahern), brother Fr. Martin,daughter-in-law Carole, son-in-law John, belovedgrandchildren Jamie, Dylan, Adam, Isobel andImogen, brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces andnephews, extended family and friends.

WELDON, Eamon (Dexter) (Swords, Co. Dublin) -Sept. 28, 2015 (peacefully), at home; sadlymissed by his loving wife Kitty, son Michael,daughter Catherine, daughter-in-law Pauline,Catherine's partner Dave, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives, neighbours and friends.

FORTUNE, John (Johnny)(Balbriggan, Co. Dublin)(Peacefully) at his home after an illness bravelyborne. Sadly missed by his loving wife Margaret,daughters Sarah and Jane, his adored grandchil-dren Aaron and Méabh, sons-in-law Brian andGraeme, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces,nephews, relatives, neighbours and a wide circleof friends.

JACKSON, Hugh - Sept. 27, 2015 (Swords andformerly of Newtownards) (suddenly) (late P.G.AProfessional); sadly missed by his loving wifeJeanette, loving daughters Lara, Tonya, Andreaand Glenda, brothers Frank, George and David,sons-in-law Jared, Paul, David and John, grand-children Leah, Jenna, George and Lucy, familyrelatives and friends.

McCORMICK (née Roche), Maureen (Swords, Co.Dublin) - Sept. 27, 2015 at Beaumont Hospital.Beloved wife of the late Jimmy; sadly missed byher loving children Dolores, Raphael, Daria,Trudy, Barbara, Trevor, Niall and Sonia, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sister Lena, relatives and friends.

MURPHY, David (Swords, Co. Dublin) - Sept. 27,2015 (peacefully) at home. Sadly missed by hisloving wife Glynis, brother, sisters, niece,nephews, relatives and friends.

WILDE Peter (Pete), (Stamullen Co. Meath, lateof Skerries and Loughshinny) 27th September2015 (suddenly) at home, Peter (Pete), sadlymissed by his loving wife and best friend Ethna,adored children Adrian, Jacqueline and Karl,brother, sisters, cherished five grandchildren,nieces, nephews relatives and friends.McMAHON, Anne (née Campbell) (Malahide, Co.Dublin and formerly of Lordship, Co. Louth) -September 26, 2015 (peacefully) surrounded byher loving family in the wonderful care of thestaff of Talbot Lodge Nursing Home. Anne will be

Recent published deathsfrom the North County

very sadly missed by her loving husband Pat,children Joan, Orla, Dara, Jim and Aisling,daughter-in-law Catraoine, son-in-law Alun,grandchildren Sarah, Cara, Katie and Grace,sisters Isobel, Joan and Pattie, brothersMaurice, Billy and John, brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews, extended family andwide circle of friends.

LAWLESS, Fergus - Sept. 25, 2015(Saucerstown, Swords, Co. Dublin) (peacefully)at home, beloved husband of the late Kay;sadly missed by his loving children Coilne,Suainive, Naoise, Lasairfhiona, Ruadhan andFergus, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grand-children, great-grandchildren, brother, sister,relatives and friends.

SHIELS, Deirdre (Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin) -Sept. 26, 2015 (peacefully), at BeaumontHospital; sadly missed by her loving partnerAidan, children Sarah, Peter and Emer,brothers, sisters, Vincent, nieces, nephews,relatives and friends.

GARDINER (nee Flood) Angela, September 24th2015, (Malahide and formerly of CollinsAvenue, Dublin) peacefully in the devoted careof the staff of James Connolly Hospital,Blanchardstown, surrounded by her lovingfamily. Beloved wife of the late Jim and verysadly missed by her children Tomas, Adrienne,Yvonne, sons-in-law Neil and Ray, daughter-in-law Charlotte, grandchildren Andrea, James andCameron, sisters Bernie, Peggy, Audrey andNoeleen, nieces, nephews, relatives andfriends.

KEATING, (née Mahony) Olive, Sept. 24, 2015,(Malahide, Co. Dublin) (peacefully) at homesurrounded by her loving family, beloved wifeof the late Senan; pre-deceased by her sisterMai and brother Paddy, sadly missed by herchildren Ingrid, Gavin and Brian, son-in-lawWarren, daughters-in-law Liz and Claire, grand-children Ryan, Mia, Cillian and Caoimhe,brothers Tom, Joe and Dennis, sister Lilly,nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

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Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by KarenRooney for a single storey extension toside of existing dwelling at 1 WindmillView, Skerries, Co. Dublin. The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and a submission orobservation may be made to the authorityin writing on payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of this application.

Fingal County Council Planning permission sought by Patricia &Alan Sharkey to re-establish a previouslyapproved planning permission Reg. RefF06B/0101 to demolish partial singlestorey construction and replace with a 1and 2 storey extension to side and installwire netting on cliff face at Windy Ridge,The Harbour, Loughshinny, Co. Dublin. Theplanning application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and submission orobservation may be made to the authorityin writing on payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) within the period 5 weeks begin-ning on the date of receipt by the authorityof this application.

Fingal County Council We Damien & Jennifer Byrne intend toapply for planning permission for develop-ment at 42 Bunbury Gate Crescent,Swords, County DublinThe development will consist of theconstruction of an attic conversioncompromising of a dormer window to theside.The Planning Application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during the public opening hoursof 9.30 - 16.30 Monday – Friday at:Fingal County Council, Fingal County Hall,Main Street, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin.A submission or observation in relation tothe Application may be made in writing tothe Planning Authority on payment of a feeof €20, within the period of 5 weeks,beginning on the date of receipt by FingalCounty Council of the Application, andsuch submissions or observations will beconsidered by the Planning Authority inmaking a decision on the application. The

Planning Authority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditions, or mayrefuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council We, Conor & Louise O’Dwyer intend toapply for Permission for development atthis site address, 53 Castlemoyne,Balgriffin, Co. Dublin. The developmentwill consist of a new attic room withdormer window to rear & roof-light to frontto existing 2 storey mid-terraced house.The Planning Application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during the public opening hoursof 9.30 - 16.30 Monday – Friday at FingalCounty Council, Fingal County Hall, MainStreet, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin. Asubmission or observation in relation tothe Application may be made in writing tothe Planning Authority on payment of a feeof €20, within the period of 5 weeks,beginning on the date of receipt by FingalCounty Council of the Application, andsuch submissions or observations will beconsidered by the Planning Authority inmaking a decision on the application. ThePlanning Authority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditions, or mayrefuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council We Karen & Kieron Flood intend to applyfor planning permission all at 2Meadowbrook Avenue, Baldoyle, Dublin13.The development consists of the removalof the existing roof from a single storeyside extension and for the construction ofa first floor bedroom extension (29.4sqm)with provision to block existing landingwindow and for the widening of theexisting vehicular entrance to the frontexiting onto Meadowbrook Avenue and forall associated site works.The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and a submission orobservation may be made to the authorityin writing on payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of this application.

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought by E Keoghfor two storey house at Corrs lane, Rush,Co. Dublin. This planning application may

be inspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the planningauthority during its public opening hoursand a submission or observation may bemade to the authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee 20 eurowithin the period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authority of thisapplication.

Fingal County Council We, Square Foot Property Ltd intend toapply for Planning Permission for a sitelocated at Mountfield Lawns, Malahide,Co. Dublin. The development will consistof the provision of 3 no. dwelling units,consisting of 2 no. 4 bedroom two storeyplus attic as a semi-detached unit and 1no. 4 bedroom two storey plus atticdetached unit. The development alsoconsists of the provision of 6 no. on siteparking spaces and all associated siteworks. The Planning Application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during its public opening hoursand a submission or observation may bemade to the Planning Authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought for changeof use of existing single storey buildingfrom Postal Sorting Office to MuslimPrayer, Cultural and Community centre,minor changes to internal layout andexternal elevations, partial demolition ofexisting storage shed and all associatedsite works at site of old An Post SortingOffice, The Green (off Rathbeale Road),Swords, Co Dublin for Mr TariqSalahuddin. The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the Planning Authority during itspublic opening hours A submission or observation in relation tothe application may be made in writing tothe Planning Authority on payment of theprescribed fee of 20 euros within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council We, Sinead O’Connell and DarrenSweeney, intend to apply for planningpermission consequent on the grant ofoutline planning permission Ref No.F14A/0446 at lands West of Main Streetand immediately opposite the front of theChurch at Chapel Lane, Naul Village,County Dublin. Development to consist ofconstruction of 1 No. 2-bed dormerbungalow house (Circa 800ft’ with atticstorage Circa 500ft’) including new siteaccess from road over new culvert tostream plus boundary treatments, associ-ated landscaping and all associatedworks.The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and a submission orobservation may be made to the authorityin writing on payment of the prescribed fee(20 EUR) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of this application.

Fingal County Council Permission sought to build new twostorey, two bedroom house together withoff street parking for two cars, to rear of 18Cherry Garth, Rivervalley, Swords,Co.Dublin. ,and to make alterations to theexisting porch area of the house, andmove existing front door to side of No. 18.For Ms Therese Gubbins.The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours Monday to Friday. Asubmission or observation in relation tothe application may be made in writing tothe planning authority on a payment of theprescribed fee (20 EUR) within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of this application.


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