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Libby lands top prize: Colourful artwork attracts attention CONGRATULATIONS to Libby Kennedy from third class at St Bernadette’s SNS, Quarryvale, Clondalkin, who received a prize for her fantastically colourful artwork which she entered into
the “Active Ageing” competition which was held by the South Dublin County Council. The Mayor of Dublin, Cathal King (SF) was on hand to award Libby her well-deserved prize recently.
SF slams dumping of used needles PAUL HOSFORD
LOCAL residents were shocked to find a bag of used syringes dumped on the Fonthill Road last weekend.
A plastic bag containing over 50 syringes was found by a local resident at the entrance to the canal walk on Sunday morning. The resident con-tacted local Sinn Fein Dublin Mid West representative Eoin O’Broin, who removed the syringes and dis-
posed of them at Clondalkin Garda station. O’Broin said that the disposal of such materials in a residential area was “shameful”.
“That someone would behave in such a reckless way is beyond con-tempt. A child could have found the needles and ended up in hospital.While any form of illegal dumping is unacceptable, to dump used syringes in this way is reckless,” said O’Broin.
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ChAriTy Cycle and walk bring in funds
At the Laurels’ presentation of €106,970.60 to the Children’s Medical Research
Foundation, which is the fundraising body for Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children,
Crumlin were the pub’s senior barman, Dennis McCarthy (left) and manager,
Damien Long (right), with the hospital’s emma Cooney and Gerry Cully
pub presents €107k to children’s hospital
THE staff and custom-ers of the Laurels Pub in Clondalkin Village recently presented more than €105,000 to Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, cap-ping a remarkable year of fundraising.
Damien Long, manager at The Laurels, presented a cheque for the funds raised to Gerry Cully, fundraising manager for Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children , at an event in the pub that celebrated the work of the Laurels Charity Crew.
Long said that the whole thing started when he and senior barman, Denis McCarthy, were trying to come up with ideas to do something for the community.
He added: “As well as the usual fun social things, like music and pub quizzes, we wanted to do something bigger, better, something that would get people involved.”
Getting together with some friends and local groups interested in cycling, it was decided to do a Galway to Dublin cycle to raise funds for the Children’s Medical Research Foundation, which is the fundraising body for the children’s hospital.
“It made total sense,” said McCarthy. “The children’s hospital is a national charity, but, on a local level, it means something to everybody. People really respond to it.”
In April, 220 locals, accompanied by ortho-pedic surgeons Pat Kiely and David Moore, took part in a sponsored cycle from Galway to The Lau-rels Pub in Clondalkin.
A group of female advo-cates showed their sup-port in September by par-ticipating in a sponsored walk from The Garda
Club in Islandbridge back to the pub. In total, their combined efforts raised €107,000 for the hospital.
In recent years, The Laurels has demonstrat-ed immense support for the children’s hospital and has become one of its largest donors in the non-corporate sector.
Commenting at the pre-sentation, Long said: “It is a very special evening, not only for those who participated in the events throughout the year, but for all those who showed their support in sponsor-ing our great efforts.
Donation“As the saying goes: ‘A
hundred pennies make a pound’, and every single donation we received has contributed towards the remarkable sum we are handing over to the hos-pital this evening.
“Each year, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Chil-dren treats and cares for thousands of children nationwide.
“It is a cause very close to all our hearts here in the village of Clondalkin, particularly amongst all the team and punters at The Laurels Pub.
“Over the past four years, we have raised an overall amount of €250,000 for the hospi-tal, and hope to continue to show our support for many years to come.”
For further information, see www.laurelscharity-crew.com, or see the Face-book page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Laurels-Clondalkin/ 197718267818?ref=mf.
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Group to look out for TowerSEVERAL community groups have come togeth-er to found a custodians’ committee for Clondalkin Round Tower.
The group, in conjunc-tion with Labour deputy Robert Dowds, will aim to work with the Office of Public Works (OPW) to make the Round Tower more accessible to the public, and to help improve the area near the Round Tower.
Deputy Dowds said: “I have been working with Minister Brian Hayes, from the OPW, to increase the accessibility of the tower to local people and to develop its potential.
“I have no doubt that the custodians’ commit-tee will do a great job to improve both the acces-sibility and the area near the tower.”
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Top honours for council at awards pAuL hOsfOrD
THERE was a brace of honours for South Dub-lin County Council at last week’s Chambers Ire-land Annual Excellence in Local Government awards.
SDCC won top hon-ours in two categories at the awards, in the cat-egories of Best Library Service and Outstanding Customer Service.
The library service award was given in rec-ognition of the council’s Ready2Read project, which was developed and delivered by South Dub-lin Libraries. The project involves hands-on train-ing for parents in helping their children develop
pre-literacy skills which prepare them for formal learning in school and which also underpin their journey to becoming inde-pendent readers.
The customer service award was given to the Choice Based Letting Scheme, which SDCC pioneered last year.
empowersThe Choice Based Let-
ting Scheme is an online allocation approach, first introduced anywhere in the country by the coun-cil, which empowers the housing applicant to make decisions over where they live and their preference of tenure.
Since the introduction of the scheme in Novem-ber 2011, 7,890 applicants
have expressed interest in the 106 properties (coun-cil, voluntary and leased) advertised on the coun-cil’s website under this scheme.
In accepting the awards, the Mayor of South Dub-lin County Council, Cllr Cathal King (SF), said: “I am delighted that South Dublin County Council’s ongoing efforts to improve the quality of life for our residents and communi-ties have been recognised with these prestigious awards.”
County manager Phi-lomena Poole added: “I would like to acknowl-edge all those involved in these initiatives for their innovation and commit-ment to customer service excellence.”
Doing Xtra good: Pippa and Keith launch Xtra-vision autism driveMODeL Pippa O’Connor, who is married to Clondalkin’s own RTE presenter Brian Ormond, was joined by Keith Duffy as they vis-ited Xtra-vision to launch their Christmas Card Appeal. For every Christmas card sold, Xtra-vision will give a donation to Irish Autism Action. Also, as an ongoing effort, Xtra-vision donates funds to Irish Autism Action on every greeting card sold across its extensive range for every occasion of low-cost, top-quality cards. Speaking at the launch, Keith reminded people that every €30 raised will provide respite for families of children with autism.
sDcc: local government services scooP Prestigious accolaDes
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Focus, support on drug useTHE Family Support Network’s annual Work Conference takes place at Green Isle Hotel, Newlands Cross next week on Saturday, Novem-ber 24, from 9am.
The event brings together members of family support groups and individual family members living with drug use, and provides them with an opportunity to discuss and inform themselves on the different issues affecting their lives as a result of drug use.
McCabe’s Pharmacy in Citywest will be pro-viding free health checks at the event. For further information on the conference, contact Siobhan Maher at 01 836 5168
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Workshop on printing workRUA Red – South Dublin’s Arts Centre – will hold a photographic printing workshop on Sat-urday, December 1.
Held across a full day, starting at 10am and finishing at 4pm, the workshop covers the full workflow required to produce exhibition-grade photographic prints.
For further information, or to book a place, contact Sinead McDonald at 085 704 4984, email [email protected], or see www.sinead-mcdonald.com.
SAFETY Dumping was ‘shameful’ – O Broin
Sinn Fein Dublin Mid-West representative Eoin O Broin prepares to carefully collect syringes found
dumped on the Fonthill Road (inset)
Sinn Fein blast syringes dumped by canal walk PAUL HOSFORD
phosford@gazettegroup.
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LOCAL residents were shocked to find a bag of used syringes dumped on the Fonthill Road last weekend.
A plastic bag contain-ing more than 50 syring-es was found by a local resident at the entrance to the canal walk on Sun-day morning.
The resident contacted local Sinn Fein Dublin Mid-West representa-tive Eoin O Broin, who removed the syringes and disposed of them at Clondalkin Garda Sta-tion.
O Broin said that the
disposal of such materi-als in a residential area was “shameful”.
He said: “The dumping of such a large amount of used syringes in a pub-lic place is shameful. They could have been found by children who, unaware of the potential danger, could have been seriously harmed.”
A Garda spokesman said that while the issue is not a common one, they do not suggest the public dispose of anything they find but should make contact with the authori-ties, who will then dis-pose of the materials.
“We would never sug-gest that members of the public go near syringes
because they are a haz-ard, but we would suggest that they make contact with the local author-ity, because they are still rubbish.
“It may be better to ring the council to dispose of the needles,” said the spokesman, who added that reports to gardai about such finds are “not common”.
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill, from South Dublin Coun-ty Council’s Environmen-tal Services Department, said that council staff are trained in the disposal of such materials, and would need to be notified immediately of anything the public find.
“We would need to be
notified straight away and the issue would be treat-ed as a priority. We would aim to have the response time as short as possible,” said Ni Dhomhnaill.
“Our staff would deal with these materials as they are trained to, but it is a very rare occurrence,” she said.
Although it is not known whether the nee-dles were for legal or ille-gal use, the danger posed is not insignificant, either way.
In July, a nine-year-old Limerick girl was hospi-talised after pricking her finger on a syringe in a laneway near her home.
O Broin said that it was fortunate that a
local resident called the party to alert them to the syringes, given their prox-imity to the canal bank, which is a much-used local amenity.
“Fortunately, a local resident came across the syringes and phoned Sinn Fein. We removed the syringes and disposed of them at Clondalkin Garda Station.
“That someone would behave in such a reckless way is beyond contempt. A child could have found the needles and ended up in hospital.
“While any form of illegal dumping is unac-ceptable, to dump used syringes in this way is reckless,” said O Broin.
Local referendum vote sees Yes carried – justTHE children’s rights referen-dum was passed in Dublin Mid-West, but by a smaller margin than the national average.
While the country as a whole carried the constitutional amendment guaranteeing the rights of children by a margin of
58% to 42%, Dublin Mid-West voted in favour of the referen-dum with 55.2% voting Yes, and 44.8% voting No.
However, voter turnout was slightly higher than the national average, with 35.3% of people casting ballots. Nationally, the
figure of 33% was a full 17 points lower than the Fiscal Compact Treaty referendum turnout in May.
Local Fine Gael TD Frances Fitzgerald who, as Minister for Children had spearheaded the Yes campaign, was delighted
with the outcome, regardless of its margin of success or voter turnout.
She called it an “historic day for the protection of children in Ireland, and added: “I’m delight-ed [the people of Ireland] have supported this.”
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Philip Brunkard, Josephine Byrne, Gerard Murphy and tommy Byrne. Pictures: Cathy Weatherston
Carpetland’s Linda
Kennedy and Aideen
Delaney the chamber’s gathering was very well attended
Deputy Robert Dowds (Lab) and Stephen Lydon
Reverend Alan Rufli and Father
Damian Farnon
DESPITE the continuing chill winds of the recession across west Dublin and the entire country, members of Clondalkin Chamber
of Commerce were able to enjoy a great get-together at their annual Christmas lunch, which was held recently in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel.
With some seasonal tipples to toast each
other’s good health – both personally and economically – the party showed that local businesses still have much to celebrate. The contributions of businesses to the local community were also highlighted, with the camber’s members praised for their range of supportive measures.
Chamber’s cheer
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Recycle electrical waste for free pAuL hOsfOrD
WEEE Ireland are set to offer electronics recycling in two Lucan locations from this week.
Locals can recycle for free with both Chadwicks and Goodwins in Lucan. Residents can also recy-cle all electrical waste and batteries at the free recycling collection event due to take place at Tesco car park in Lucan, on November 17 from 10am to 4pm.
As part of WEEE’s asso-ciation with the Hardware Association of Ireland (HAI), DIY enthusiasts are being encouraged to recycle their electrical power tools for free.
RTE star Dermot Ban-non was on hand to offi-
cially announce both WEEE Ireland’s renewed sponsorship of the popu-lar RTE series, Room To Improve, and their part-nership with the HAI.
Conor Leonard, collec-tions and projects man-ager of WEEE Ireland, said: “WEEE Ireland are delighted to announce both of these partner-ships. The hardware store in any town is a pivotal part of any community.
“We want everyone to get in to their local store and remember, please bring back your batteries, lightbulbs, and like-for-like electrical goods to be recycled for free.”
Jim Copeland, chief executive and director of HAI, added: “We have more than 600 members nationwide who are on hand to offer the pub-lic expert advice for any renovation plans you may have. Whether you need a new power drill or an electrical shower, all hardware stores can help and can recycle your old appliances for free, right in store.”
For more informa-tion on what qualifies as WEEE and where you can recycle for free, log on to www.recycleforfree.ie
enviRonment: call to suppoRt plan
CLONDALKIN Library will host a literacy and numeracy event on Tuesday, November 27 from 10am to 12pm.
The event is aimed at teachers and project workers who are involved in literacy and numera-cy projects in a school and community setting.
Participants can learn about literacy and numeracy resources, funding opportunities and developing projects in literacy and numeracy.
For further information, see www.cpln.ie.
FastNewsAddressing literacy and numeracy skills
ARGOS in Liffey Valley are offering locals the chance to recycle their old toys for a worthy cause.
The Argos Toy Exchange, which recycles and redistributes old or unwanted toys in aid of Enable Ireland, has been operating in the store since October.
The charity can then re-sell or recycle the toys, with all money raised being used to fund their work with people with disabilities.
The initiative runs until Tuesday, November 27.
Recycle at Argos and support Enable Ireland
rte’s Dermot Bannon
urges everyone to
recycle their electronics
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THE Peter McVerry Trust’s Annual Gala Ball recently took place in Clontarf Castle,
and raised over €15,000 for the charity.
The Peter McVerry Trust pro-vides a wide range of services to homeless individuals.
The money raised will go directly towards providing hous-ing and support services to help young homeless people.
The charity expects to work with
1,500 individuals in 2012.More than 300 guests turned
out for the annual ball, which is now in its sixth year, and there was a lot of glamorous fashion on the night.
The charity ball was hosted by RTE presenter Miriam O’Callaghan and comedian Barry Murphy was the auctioneer.
For more information about The Peter McVerry Trust, log on to their website www.pmvtrust.ie.
Ball raises €15,000Rte presenter Miriam o’callaghan, Fr Peter McVerry and comedian Barry Murphy
Patrick and Janice Peake
Geraldine o’Sullivan, Pat doyle and Valerie Ronan were at the recent ball
alec and aveen colvin
Sarah Gannon and alex
crean
alicia and celine McGivern
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charity: lucy Kennedy lendS a helPinG hand
Calendar to raise funds for Friends of the CoombeCELEBRITY mum of two, Lucy Kennedy, recently launched a heart-warm-ing 2013 calendar on behalf of Friends of the Coombe, the charita-ble organisation which raises funds to assist in the development of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hos-pital.
The calendar features 19 children born at the hospital who spent a sig-
nificant period of time being cared for in the Coombe’s neo-natal unit, which looks after more than 1,000 babies each year. Each month of the year shows a before and after image of the chil-dren illustrating their size when they were born and a current image of them, exploring their dreams of what they want to be when they grow up.
Speaking at the launch,
Kennedy said she was delighted to launch the initiative.
“I am always struck by how small and fragile new-born babies are but seeing how tiny some of the children in this calendar were at birth was a real eye opener. It is truly wonderful to see them now – thriving and running around. I am delighted to be able to support this initiative
to help raise money to allow children who are born prematurely or ill to blossom and be allowed to dream of the future.”
The calendar, which features photographs taken by award-winning Giggles and Smiles Pho-tography in Malahide can be purchased from both www.friendsofthe-coombe.ie, and www.gigglesandsmiles.com for €10 including postage.
Lucy Kennedy with tanya Crosbie from the Giggles and Smiles Studio and twins
alexandra and taylor Hanley (4) from Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
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Sew much help to mark 1913 LockoutA NEW tapestry com-mission, commemorating the 1913 Lockout, was launched by President Michael D Higgins in Liberty Hall on Novem-ber 6.
The tapestry is a large-scale collaborative visual arts project to commemo-rate the Dublin Lockout, and painters Cathy Hend-erson and Robert Ballagh were commissioned by
SIPTU, and the National College of Art and Design, to create a visual narrative of more than 30 panels.
The panels will be laid out in storyboard-style, and will be multimedia
textile pieces measuring two feet by two-and-a-half feet.
The panels are being made by a wide range of volunteers, bodies, schools and societies across the
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share the joy of diwaliDIWALI, the Indian Fes-tival of Lights, is being celebrated at CityWest Convention Centre this month.
The multicultural event, which has been organised by Unitas ISAC – a volun-tary organisation set up and run by the Indian community in Ireland – will feature live music, performances celebrating Indian cinema, authentic Indian cuisine, and plenty of stalls and children’s entertainment, before a closing fireworks display.
Standing for the reaffir-mation of hope, a celebra-tion of the joys of life, and a renewed commitment
President Michael d higgins is caught in the spotlight,
as he helps to launch a specially commissioned
tapestry series to commemorate the 1913 lockout
to friendship and good-will, the Irish Diwali cel-ebrations will be held on Saturday, November 17 from 12pm. Tickets cost
€13 for adults, with free entry for under-12s.
For further information on all the activities, see www.festivaloflights.ie.
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As pArt of the recent relaunch of the Dublin Gazette Newspapers, we are reaching out to all the schools in our catchment areas to become a closer part of our community than ever before.
schools are the beating hearts of communities, one of the last places around which a community can gather.
We are calling on budding writers and photographers from all of our
schools to help fill the pages and, in order to encourage the next genera-tion of journalists and snappers to get involved, we are partnering with Harvey Norman to present the Dublin Gazette Newspapers Cub reporter and Cub photographer of the Year awards.
For further details, contact me at [email protected], or tel-ephone 01 601 0240.
Get involved with our new schools pagesschoollife
An appealing visittrip: bellrinGinG at christ church
KathryN MulleN
Castleknock Community
College
ON THE cold morn-ing of October 25, some 20 students – including myself – from Castle-knock Community Col-lege made a trip to Christ Church Cathedral.
Although the day required a much ear-lier start than usual, the excitement outweighed our tiredness.
After arriving at the cathedral on time, we were met by our tour guide, Lesley.
She shared with us a lot of knowledge about the history and architec-tural structure of Christ Church.
She showed us around the cathedral, and she also brought us down to the tombs, which hold a collection of costumes used in the popular television series, The Tudors.
Our t eacher, Mr Stanley, then met us back at the entrance and we were introduced to a man, also named Lesley, who is the head bell ring-er at the cathedral.
He brought us all the way up to the top bell tower, which was a very interesting experience.
We climbed the 86
Former rose of tralee winner, and noted Irish
traditional musician, aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain, puts
her musical skills to good use to help Castleknock
Community College students ring the bells at Christ
Church Cathedral, as Colum McGovern, Conrad Jones-
Brangan, Georgina Duffy, una King, Cian hegarty, liam
O’Driscoll and Kathryn Mullen look on
steps – to be precise – and we banged a few heads along the way, but we eventually got to the top.
He then explained to us the method of scien-tific change ringing.
All of this information was very new to us, and it made us realise how exact the science of bell ringing really is.
Lesley then allowed us to ring the bells by ourselves. All of the stu-
dents suddenly became children again.
The prospect of ring-ing an enormous bell appealed to everyone, and it was a race to the ropes.
Everyone got a turn but, regardless of Les-ley’s attempts, we could not ring in time with one another.
It was a fantastic day out, and we highly rec-ommend it for any and every school.
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An appealing visittrip: bellrinGinG at christ church
body image mattersdail na noG: more than 2,150 pupils take part in survey
a survey on body image was undertaken by Dail na nOg
and aided by researchers from the School of applied
Social Studies in UCC
emma StOrey, rOSa
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Mount Sackville
A SURVEY was under-taken recently by Dail na nOg and aided by researchers from the School o f Appl ied Social Studies in UCC on the subject of body image.
The resul t s were based on the answers of 2,156 young people, aged between 10 to 21.
More than three-quarters of the partici-pants said body image was important to them.
The main findings were that those under 12 were most content
with their body image, and 15-year-olds were the least.
It also showed that girls’ view their body image by comparison with others, whereas it’s bullying that most influ-ences boys.
activitiesMore than half said
their body image inter-feres with them taking part in certain activities, such as swimming.
There was a higher percentage of girls than boys that exercised for their appearance rather than enjoyment.
It’s clear that teenag-ers today have a poor body image. Drastic
action needs to be taken to alter the statistics of the survey’s results.
A recommendation is to introduce a body image module into SPHE class in schools – this would promote self-esteem and a posi-tive body image.
Having noticed that bullying influences the way boys see them-selves, it seems that it would be beneficial if schools were stricter on their anti-bullying poli-cies.
SuggestionAnother suggestion
is to have a body image week, once a year, where everybody wears a stick-
er, on which they write a few positive things about themselves.
This way, people will think about their body
image and pick out the good aspects.
It should also raise confidence among the youth of today.
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Bringing authentic Italian fare to Ireland
THE best of Irish design is set to flow at the old whis-key distillery building on Dublin’s North Circular Road, after a shared space for Irish designers was created recently.
The brainchild of Arthur Duff and Greg Tisdal, the Malthouse Design Centre is creating a name for creative think-ing, attracting designers of all disciplines includ-ing architects alongside interior, furniture, light-ing, industrial and prod-uct designers, as well as textile, graphic and brand designers.
One of these, Bennis Design, has been nomi-nated for an IDI award for excellence in design for the Enterprise Ire-land Annual Report &
Accounts 2011. Bennis Design & Brand
Partners were founded in 2002 by Caroline Murphy and Alan Bennis.
Together, this husband and wife team help to bring brands to life, across a full range of digital and print media.
Over the past 10 years, Bennis Design has helped companies such as Enter-prise Ireland, An Post, SEI, Visual Artists Ire-land, BreastCheck, Cervi-cal Check, The National Library of Ireland and Elan.
Murphy said: “The Malthouse Design Centre has a unique environment where the lines between design disciplines are allowed to be blurred.
“We each inspire and
Investment made simple
GROWTH in the economy is slow to take off, but one local entrepreneur’s business is booming. Sapori Italiani, a new Dundrum company, imports high-end, authentic, fresh Italian foods to the Irish market.
James Kennedy started the com-pany 18 months ago after returning from a trip to Italy. Having spotted a niche in the market for high-quality Italian fare, Kennedy started import-
ing and selling at markets stalls around Dublin city.
The company’s fare comes from the Liguria region of northern Italy, where pesto originated. The range is the only authentic non-pasteurised pesto imported to Ireland, and is cer-tified by the Italian food board to call the long-shelf life products “fresh”.
For further information, see www.saporiitaliani.ie.
How long have you been in busi-ness?
My current business has been run-ning since the beginning of 2011.
What makes your business suc-cessful?
Simple: good products.
What do you offer your clients that differs from your competitors?
We import the only fresh authen-tic Italian pesto range available in Ireland; all our competitors’ products are pasteurised, but pasteurisation kills the authentic taste of pesto.
How has the recession impacted your business?
Not a great deal, to be honest; it’s my belief that a good product at a good price will always sell.
How has the recession impacted your business?
The recession has made us very careful of what products we import, and in what quantities. Our product range has been reduced and our stock level also.
What law or regulation would you change overnight to help your business?
Nothing that I can think of.
How do you use social media (Face-book, Twitter or LinkedIn, etc) to help your business?
We use Facebook to keep our
customers informed of our products and where they are available from. We regularly post recipes to show customers how versatile our products are.
What is your ambition for the busi-ness?
My aim is to offer a range of high-quality Italian food products, and maybe, one day, start selling Irish foods into Italy.
What is the best piece of business advice you ever received?
“It’s not the price you sell your products for that’s important – it’s the price you buy them for.”
What is your favourite thing about doing business in your local area?
Getting to see my products on my local shop’s shelf every time I do my shopping.
What living person do you most admire?
Valentino Rossi – a motorcycling legend!
What is your favourite Dublin res-taurant?
JD’s steakhouse, Terenure.
Who would your three dream din-ner guests be, and why?
Valentino Rossi, just because he’s my idol; John Bishop, as he would provide the laughs and Jennifer Maguire, funny and good-looking.
JAMES KENNEDY, SAPORI ITALIANI
Shared designer space inspired and inspiring
Alan Bennis and Caroline Murphy, of Bennis Design
support each other, which is a huge positive as busi-ness people in today’s market.”
As a way of promot-ing the importance and value of design for Design Week, the Malthouse Design Centre invited well-known Irish design professionals to choose gems of beautifully-de-signed objects that hold a personal meaning for
them, familiar as well as unexpected objects, and concepts that have revolutionised the life of designers or their way of thinking.
The Living with Design exhibition is running until December 21 at the Malt-house Design Centre.
For further informa-tion, contact Alan Bennis of Bennis Design at 086 835 5494.
UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT: MALTHOUSE CENTRE PRAISED
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THE idea of not spending some of your money now, so that you can use it later, is called “saving”. Okay, okay, I know you know, but it had to be said.
But, to what end? So that you have cash on hand for emergencies, major purchases and irregular expenses. You will also need savings if you want to buy property.
How big should your savings pot be? I would say enough to support yourself and your dependants for between three and six months (with such net annual income kept in a rainy day fund, or RDF).
Where should you keep your savings? Where you can get your hands on them quickly – an accessible, on-demand deposit account. Remember, with savings up to €100,000 per person, you are covered by the Deposit Protection Scheme via the Government (via the tax-payer – you and me).
The two best demand accounts currently are KBC Bank (at 3.25%), and AIB Direct (at 3.1%, with two withdrawals per annum allowed).
Investments differ from savings in that they repre-sent money you either don’t need in a hurry or, if you are a risk-taker, you don’t mind losing. All investment involves risk, because either you are giving your money to someone else to make money for you, and there is always the chance they will turn out to be crooks or idiots (or both), or you are buying something that may be worth less when you come to sell it.
However, there are lots of investments that aren’t really risky. Normally, the more money you stand to make from the money you invest, the higher the risk.
As a general rule, if you do invest outside of deposit accounts, you should at least be aiming for double the return of the best deposit account (12-month fixed rate – Ulster Bank 3.75%) to justify this decision.
You will often hear people describe investment as being a case of “risk versus reward”. What they mean by this is how much risk they want to take for what sort of reward. The key things to remember about invest-ment are that you should diversify. In other words, don’t keep all your eggs in one basket, but make sure you are spreading the risk by investing in different areas.
Over the long-term, the highest returns have come from the stock market.
The majority of your money, say 90% for most peo-ple, should be in relatively low-risk investments, such as the stock market, property, pensions and bonds (a posh word for Government and public company IOUs).
Start saving if you haven’t already and, once your RDF coffers are full, you can then plan an investment strategy to suit your needs.
Contact John with your money questions at jlowe@moneydoc-
tor.ie or visit his website at www.moneydoctor.ie. John Lowe, Fel-
low of the Institute of Bankers, is founder and managing director
of Money Doctor
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Dublin’s own Democratic convention PaUL HOSFORD
“What’s at stake? the entire future of the United states.”
Dennis Desmond, the chairman of the Irish Democrats abroad is unequivocal. It is just after midnight in the arlington hotel on Dublin’s Bach-elors Walk and a group of about 70 Barack Obama-supporting americans and Irish have dedicated themselves to staying up until the early hours of Wednesday morning to see the results from the anticipated american election roll in.
as the conversation carries on, burgers and hot dogs are served and a big screen displays CNN. the air of tension is pal-pable. though most poll-ing has Obama ahead, the race has been closer than anticipated, and that has set some supporters of the 44th president on edge.
“I don’t want to say it out loud, but if Romney can take Ohio, we could
be in trouble,” says one woman at the bar. It is the first time I’ve heard a mention of a possible defeat, but the theme of the night is recurrent — Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin, Colo-rado, Virginia, Pennsylva-nia and North Carolina — swing states.
the two words that dominated the final week of the campaign cover-age have become so used that they have almost lost meaning, but all eyes here are firmly on those states holding the balance of power.
to understand why states like Ohio matter so much, you have to take for granted that certain states vote certain ways. In fact, before polling opened fully across the states last tuesday, 41 states, plus Washington DC, were already coloured red or blue, depending on their allegiance to the Repub-lican or Democratic par-ties.
With just nine states
that are likely to change from one election to the next, those states are bound to take a dispro-portionate amount of the media’s, and candidates, attention.
so, as Connecticut, Ver-mont, Delaware, DC and Maryland go in the presi-dent’s favour, there is little more than polite applause and barely an eyebrow is raised as the Republican challenger Mitt Romney takes Montana, Georgia, Louisiana and alabama.
When New York goes to Obama, as it always was going to, the place erupts. there is a healthy New York contingent here.
“I think it’s about going forward with the president, rather than a candidate who wants to limit women’s rights, limit social welfare and squeeze those who have the least,” says Desmond. For him, the choice tonight is clearer than it has ever been.
With the 2010 victo-
Irish Democrats abroad chairman Dennis Desmond is all smiles after the result
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ries of the far-right tea Party, Dennis bristles at the notion they are in any way similar.
“there was a percep-tion that we weren’t so far apart some time ago. But, now, you have a Repub-lican Party that is so far radicalised to the right, without any idea of com-promise.”
Picking up on Denni’s Boston accent, I ask how Romney’s links to Mas-sachusetts, where he was governor, colour his view of the president’s oppo-nent.
“Back when he was elected, we knew he was full of it. We knew he was just using Massachusetts to get to the presidency.”
Overall, most here are happy with the first four years under Obama.
“I’m happy, particu-
larly given the cards he was dealt. he stopped the haemorrhaging of 800,000 jobs every month and passed the afford-able Care act, extending health coverage to 45 mil-lion americans.
“he has got us going in the right direction. It’s hard to undo eight years of George W Bush in four years.”
that is the ongoing theme here; satisfaction rather than outright joy at the job done by the president. But, Dennis is far more bullish about the incumbent’s chances; he wants to win and win big.
With tiredness setting in, people begin to step outside into the frigid Dublin air just in order to wake up, to stave off the fatigue.
the first swing state
goes to Romney, North Carolina goes red and, for a brief minute, there is a chance he may win. My initial thought is of what the atmosphere in this room would become in that event.
that thought is quickly erased as Pennsylvania is comfortably won by Obama, with Wisconsin and Iowa following swift-ly. the closing of west coast polls gives Obama California, Oregon and Washington.
the announcement that Ohio is won causes the arlington bar to erupt. at 4.28am Irish time, this is a room full of joy.
Dennis Desmond embraces all around him and tells me he’s glad it’s all over:“It has been such a hard few months, but it’s over now. We won.”
PetsCan yOU GIVe MOlly a hOMe?DUBLIN Gazette Newspapers has teamed up with Dogs Trust, Ireland’s largest dog welfare charity, to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs.
Molly is a one-year old Labrador crossbreed. This stunning young lady is extremely affectionate and adores company. She would love to go to a forever home that has big kids and possibly another dog as Molly finds being alone quite worrying so would cherish a canine pal to hang out and play with. Long walks on the beach and splashing around in the water makes Molly a very happy dog indeed.
This lady is a true gem and a real favourite in Dogs Trust.
If you think you can give Molly a loving home for his twilight years, contact Dogs Trust at 01 879 1000. Further information about their work can be found on their website at www.dogstrust.ie.
All dogs that are adopted from Dogs Trust are vet-checked, vaccinated, neutered and micro-chipped before being re-homed.
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THE wait is finally over, Kardashian fanatics are jumping out of their stilettos with joy and making their way to Dorothy Perkins stores across Dublin to get their fashionable hands on items from the long awaited Kardashian Kollec-tion.
Kim, Kourtney and Khloe have brought their own style into their collection for Dorothy Perkins. Leather, leopard print, studs, oversized shirts, boho frills and figure hugging dresses are just some of the styles that can be seen throughout the collection.
The three girls, each so different in style and shape, are making it easy for
women of all shapes and sizes to find something that best suits their body within the collection.
The sisters are fast becoming style icons and their own collection started out in Sears in the US. Now they have landed in Ireland and are bringing some LA glamour and style to the streets of Dublin. The Kardashians shot to fame starring in reality TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which followed them and the rest of their unconventional family.
Speaking to Gazette Style this week, Dorothy Perkins store manager at Liffey Valley, Emer Macken said there is a great buzz about the place. “People were calling weeks in advance to the collection coming in, asking questions about when it’s going to be in, have we seen it ourselves, what’s it going to be
like? There is just a great buzz. “The collection is going to be available here in Liffey Valley, Blanchard-
stown and Jervis Street in Dublin and we also have it in Killarney, Limerick and Galway.
Working in Dorothy Perkins the staff got a sneak preview of the fashion which Emer says just looks “fab”.
“It is very leopard print, black, purple – that’s a big colour. The bags are all very studded, it’s just gorgeous. It’s very them. You can pick out outfits and say that is what Kourtney would wear or Kim. There is even a Kourtney jean, a Khloe jean and a Kim jean and you just know by the look and the cut of the jean who it belongs to,” she told Gazette Style.
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Take a peek at the new Kardashian Kollection as it comes to Ireland exclusively with Dorothy Perkins Asked what makes the girls so likeable, Emer said: “I think it
is that they are so real. They are so normal. I watch their show, Keeping up with the Kardashians, and they are just so very true to themselves, they are very - this is who I am, I have a big bum, I have the boobs and this is the figure that is going to inspire curvier women to wear the dresses they have always wanted to wear. Why shouldn’t they? just because they have big hips – just embrace the body that you are in. I do think the cut of the dresses is fabulous, they are all just gorgeous.
“Everyone here just wants to get their hands on everything, but we [staff] are under strict instructions not to purchase on the
first day. It is just great that we have it, it is going to be a really good boost for Dorothy Perkins and for retail,” Emer said.
An online preview of the collection was available to view on the Sunday before the official launch day Thursday, November 8, with 14 of the 100 item collection for sale it sold out completely within two hours.
This week, Gazette Style has chosen some of the collection which we think is going to be a hit with shoppers and fly off the shelves to replace items in the wardrobe.
The Kardashian Kollection is now available at participating Dorothy Perkins stores or online at www.dorothyperkins.co.uk.
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OUR VeRDICt:OK, so Ben Affleck had that run of truly awful, awful films. Addressing that is important because, for the last six years Affleck has stood head and shoulders above most of peers as an actor, a writer and a director. Argo, the third entry to his directorial canon, is a fine film which finds the one time Bennifer cohort establishing his style and signature as a film maker.
Director: Ben affleckStarring: Ben affleck, Bryan Cranston, John goodman, alan arkin, Kyle Chandler, Chris Messina, tate Donovan
R E M E M BE R P ay -check?
How about Bounce? Surviving Christmas? Gigli?
That many absolute turkeys would be enough to bury most careers, never mind them being coupled with being half of the most maligned showbiz couples ever.
How is it, then, that Ben Affleck is flying high as both an actor and a director, has received a slew of awards and nominations and is now generally loved?
T h e a n s we r , o f course, is simple; he is, and always has been, a supremely gifted man.
Affleck won an Oscar for the Good Will Hunt-
ing screenplay at the age of 25 and for his first major feature took on the adaptation of a Denis Lehane novel.
So, as well as being gifted, he is not short in the confidence stakes.
Which is why argo makes perfect sense in a lot of ways.
The story of a CIA plot to rescue six hos-tages from revolution-era Iran, Argo mixes 1970s spy thriller with a bumbling farce comedy.
Based on a true story, the film takes us inside the CIA plot to remove the hostages from the grip of Ayatollah-friend-ly students.
To do so, it is decided to make a film.
Not a real film, but a fake, Canadian sci-fi blockbuster.
If the storyline seems too far-fetched, it is important to note that this all happened and the US government declassified the files in
Get up and Argo
1997.The film plays out very
like the spy thrillers of the 1970s, arguably the heyday of American film making.
The paranoia and clandestine dealings, not to mention the hair, give the film the perfect grounding and Affleck has clearly been watch-ing his Parallax View and All The President’s Men.
Whereas his previ-ous directorial efforts, Gone Baby Gone and The Town, were set in Affleck’s Boston back yard (or, rather, yahd),
nailing a period drama with a comedic second act and a tricky, messy climax is a completely different challenge.
Again, we come back to the Bostonian confi-dence coursing through Affleck’s veins.
The film is led by Affleck’s steady hand and an understated lead performance.
Aff leck’s company man Tony Mendez is the antithesis of the Pearl Harbor Ben.
He is all crumpled shirts, bad facial hair and slumped shoul-ders, a downtrodden
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everyman thrust into an insane situation.
The star turns come from Alan Arkin as fad-ing producer Lester Siegel, recruited by the CIA via renowned make-up genius John Chambers, with John Goodman playing the Oscar winner, to provide a fake space opera that would provide the cover story for the agency’s Tehran-based exfiltra-tion operation.
The Hollywood cor-ner of the film, playing off the CIA side, means that the film becomes a balancing act of farce and drama, of comedy and suspense,
For Aff leck, whose previous efforts were hardly known for their light-hearted notes, the achievement of turning in a genuinely funny film cannot be understated.
In the end, Argo is one of the year’s finest films and marks Affleck at the top of his game.
Film OF The Week: argo h h h h (12a) 120mins
theatrethe pavilion theatre 01 231 2929murdered to deathTHIS hilarious spoof of the best of the whodunnits, complete with a well-meaning amateur sleuth in twinset and pearls, is set in a country manor house in the 1930s.The butler, an English Colonel, a shady French art dealer and his moll, and a bumbling police inspector are among the characters whose side-splitting antics follow the mysterious death of the house’s owner. It soon becomes clear that the murderer hasn’t finished yet, but will the murderer be unmasked before everyone else has met their doom, or will the audience die laughing first? November 14-17, tickets are priced at €18/€15.
draiocht01 885 2622 paddy cole PADDY Cole is legendary in Irish show business, ever since he first came to prominence in the 1960s with the Capitol Showband. He still attracts many of the people who danced in those days to his shows today. Paddy and his All Stars are renowned for giving audiences a good time - whether it’s jazz, rock ‘n roll, sixties or swing – the result is always the same – a thrilled and ecstatic reaction. November 20 at 8pm, tickets are priced at €22/€18.
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shane dillon
THERE’S not much that can tear me away from shivering my timbers in the naval missions of Assassin’s Creed 3 at the moment, but halo 4 has seen me swap Revolu-tionary America for (well, an almost) revolutionary shooter.
A while back, I shame-lessly namedropped here my preview experience of playing Halo 4 in Madrid – oh look, I’ve done it again – and, now, the XBox 360-exclusive title has finally hit the shelves.
And it’s been worth the wait, indeed.
Developed by 343 Industries, it’s both a familiar, yet fresh, instal-ment in the popular fran-chise which, in my eyes, had become somewhat over-familiar.
Indeed, although Halo
2 and 3 had some great features, they never had the same impact as the original title did.
Luckily, Halo 4 builds upon the strengths of all of the best parts through-out the series, to date, but makes 4 very much its own game, with a sense of confidence driving the game ever forward.
For those who haven’t already snapped up the just-released title, or for those looking to buy a great Christmas gift, or for those new to the Halo universe, what’s it all about?
Well, I could sit here
apart from cutscenes, halo 4 is, as ever, played from a first-person perspective (above) – all the better to face the challenging enemies in
its expertly realised worlds and scenarios, which are presented with very pretty and engaging graphics – and gameplay throughout
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filling the rest of the page with the plot alone, which is (sorry, Halo scribes), as ever, Sci-Fi tosh of the nth degree, although expertly presented.
Playing as the epony-mous Master Chief, and largely accompanied by a helpful AI companion, you wander through a variety of superbly-cre-ated worlds and settings, stepping out (again) as the last, best hope for human-ity (again), as an old, alien nemesis race goes to war (again), with, this time around, an ancient alien race also added to the mix (agai– err, actually, this is kind of a new element for the series).
In short, the single-player game sees a lot of terrific, and frequently challenging, setpieces and
challenges throughout, with a notably high level of visual polish.
Most importantly, the same cunning, antago-nistic – and occasionally amusing – AI for which the series is famous is very much in place, presenting an occasionally formida-ble, and always entertain-ing challenge.
However, it’s the mul-tiplayer side of Halo that many gamers will be gun-ning for and, again, Halo excels here.
With a wealth of game options that go beyond the usual multiplayer features, there’s a lot of highly-competitive fun in the war games on offer.
Interestingly, there’s a pretty detailed and diverse way in which to level up your Spartan-IV
supersoldier to create a unique online soldier, with upgrades and load-outs that are anything but spartan on offer.
In short, while Halo purists may disagree, this feels like the quintessen-tial Halo – the game it was always meant to be.
With an awful lot here to praise, Halo 4 definite-ly deserves taking a shot at on the XBox 360 this Christmas season.
needs more vita-lityhandheld’s performance still disappointsCASTING an eye over the latest quarterly sales figures for Sony’s Vita handheld, it’s hard not to wonder what Sony will do to give its sales a boost.
I’ve mentioned before that the Vita – in Dublin, at least, not to mention several other capital cities I’ve been in this year – seems rarer than hen’s teeth on the ground; a little like Bigfoot, I know that it’s out there, somewhere, but it’s proving frustratingly elusive to spot as I roam around ...
While the PlayStation 3 continues to do well enough with its strong gamer base, as well as offering its own platform-specific
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triple-A titles (whether already available or upcoming in 2013), the Vita is a very different beast.
Despite having some excellent titles – some of which are variants of popular Sony/PlayStation franchises, others of which are quirky new franchises – the Vita
continues to struggle at retail. (To be fair, I note Nintendo also dropped projected sales for its underperforming 3DS.)
A diverse choice of gaming platforms is always to be welcomed, so I hope that Sony has better luck in 2013 with its handy handheld.
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THIS week was all set to be about the virtues of pop music and its lineage from the 50s to now, lead-ing into a review of a new release from a returning hero of the form.
That was until I heard The Staves’ debut album. History be damned, it’s time to embrace the future.
I wrote at the start of the year that The Staves were one of the acts to watch throughout 2012, and as we hit the home stretch of this annus mirabilis, they see fit to make everything just a lit-tle bit better and drop this astonishing record.
Nor th Londoners Emily, Jessica and Camil-la have a strong pedigree as far as their influences are concerned – among them Fleet Foxes, Simon and Garfunkel and Buf-falo Springfield – but their unique harmonies and melding of bright English folk and sub-lime West Coast pop was something to mark them out as ones to watch.
Seemingly endless touring, on their own as well as in the company of fellow newcomer Michael Kiwanuka and esteemed luminary Bon Iver - who invited the girls to join him on stage this week at one of the gigs of the year at the O2 - has spread the good word. Justice will be served, however, when people get to hear this record in full.
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CONCErTS come and go but every so often a gig comes along that has the potential to actually change you. Pink Floyd founder roger Waters brought The Wall tour here last year, and to say it wowed crowds at The O2 would be an injustice.
I had the pleasure of playing chauffeur to my other half for the journey home as the radio station is right beside The O2. As envious as I was, I was glad I was there to pick him up though, because his reaction to what he had witnessed has always stayed with me.
Still in awe, he could barely string the words together as he tried to recount what he’d just seen on stage.
I remember shaking my head and cursing mid-week concerts, thinking that kind of show was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Happily, I was wrong. roger Waters and his band return to Dublin next year for an even bigger, more dramatic performance of The Wall. run Like Hell for tickets.
Harmony and hope on devastating debut
Walls of wonder with Waters set to return to Dublin for Aviva show
Dead and Born and Grown gathers together everything that made them an act who would stop you in your tracks to listen and adds another layer to their appeal. The shuffling drums bass, as well as the mandolin and banjo fills, give depth to the sound behind the stunning vocal harmonies that the Staveley-Taylors were first acclaimed for.
There is a great variety within the tracks here, but all of them have in common the fact that these are some quite beautiful and goose-bump-inducing songs.
Opening with the understated Wisely And Slow, and winding a gen-tle path to Mexico, the song that put them on my radar last year, this is top notch music by a trio who clearly adore and understand the form.
Coming in the wake of the recent folk resur-gence, there is certainly a market there for The Staves’ deeply effecting stylings, but they plough a different furrow, less the bounce-along-a-Mumford, and more in the direction of stop-what-you’re-doing-right-now-and-listen acts like
Gillian Welch and Laura Marling.
In the wake of the growing recognition of their talents, the support slots and the television and radio appearance is paying off, with the girls set to return to Dublin on November 25 and their addition to the bill in Dingle for Other Voices.
It’s only right that they should go from being one of the bright hopes of 2012 to the brightest light at the end of the year as the dark nights draw in. The Staves deserve your attention, their talent demands it.
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New Fluence steers its way to top of wish listn COrmAC CurtIs
At its launch in April 2010, the Renault Fluence was described as the best car built to suit the Irish driver.
Over two years later Fluence has become a best seller in its category, and there are over 6,000 Renault Fluences on Irish roads today.
the new look Fluence features Renault’s new styling identity, similar to that of the recently launched fourth genera-tion Clio.
Its front end has the vertically-set logo at the centre of a broad black strip picked out by chrome beading which provides the car with a dynamic stance.
the LED daytime run-ning lights and chrome/gloss black inserts also contribute to the new-
comer’s modern appeal. the design of the new
Fluence interior is also more modern, including digital instrumentation for all versions.
the boot is still one of the biggest in its class easily fitting two sets of golf clubs. the cabin is as roomy as ever, and has been enhanced by the use of new upholster-ies for segment-topping comfort.
A choice of petrol or diesel engines, with automatic transmission, is available. All diesel engines, either manual or automatic have CO2 emissions below 120g, so belong to the lowest tax band as per today.
the new Renault Flu-ence has a raft of on-board, connected technologies and innovations includ-ing numerous driver-aid technologies – Bluetooth
compatible radio, six air-bags and hands-free card with remote central lock-ing standard all across the range, LED lights, rear parking sensors, cruise control, dual zone climate control and a brand new multimedia system avail-able depending on trim level.
From the basic equip-ment level up, all ver-sions are “connected” thanks to the availability of new Bluetooth radios equipped with USB and jack sockets.
At the higher-end of the range, New Renault Fluence features a major innovation in the form of the Renault R-Link mul-timedia system which will provide connected serv-ices and is ideally suited to motoring use thanks to its touchscreen display and voice commands.
Renault R-Link incor-
porates the navigation system and telephony function and can be con-nected to portable music players.
the new Fluence comes with a five-year unlimited mileage warranty.
Renault Finance will offer finance packages on the new Fluence from €199 per month with Renault ReFlex, a per-sonal contract plan which provides Irish consumers with reassurance and flexibility when financing a new Renault.
Julien Lelorrain, mar-keting director, Renault Ireland: “the fuel effi-cient diesel engine with lowest tax at €160, five-year unlimited mile-age warranty and the ReFlex finance solution from €199 per month make New Fluence a very attractive 2013 pur-chase.”
the renault Fluence, described as the best car built to suit the Irish driver
FordOptions new finance programmeFOR customers looking to buy a new car for 2013, Ford Ireland has announced a range of offers on key models that includes an extended five-year warranty. Under the banner of Ford’s Big Four, customers are invited to visit their local Ford dealer to avail of the offers over four weekends leading up to December 2.
the offers on Ford’s top-selling models, Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo, are as follows: Free road tax on the newly redesigned Fiesta. Free 16” alloys, front fogs, premium mats and upgraded console on Ireland’s top selling car, the Ford Focus. Single price bodystyle on Mondeo: wagon, hatchback or saloon just one price starting at €26,995.
And each model comes with an extended five years full warranty.
As part of the promotion, Ford is also introducing FordOptions, a new finance package that helps customers purchase their car with the security of a guaranteed minimum future value. renault: raft of on-board innovations hiGhly appealinG
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THERE’S been a recent upsurge of the popular “weekend away”, but that doesn’t necessar-ily involve taking a short flight, as people, instead, reap the benefits of holi-daying in our own fair isle.
But, before you start preparing your playlist for the inevitable cross-country road-trip, per-haps taking a glance at what sits on your own doorstep could be the break that surprises you the most.
Clontarf Castle is already a popular choice for tourists making Dub-lin a must-see destination. It has character, a certain historic allure, and wide-open fires as well as real Irish charm.
The fact that it’s just two miles from the city centre is really the icing on the cake, with the cas-tle located in a calm spot, and within walking dis-tance of historic sites.
For the rest of us, liv-ing blissfully oblivious to the world surrounding us, this traditional castle could be the perfect pas-sage to times gone by.
Beneath the 12th cen-tury turreted roof, and beyond the stained-glass windows, lies a castle still clinging to its traditional past.
The castle’s self-de-scription illustrates it is “no longer the past, not quite the future”, and, despite a recent redesign, boasts more old than new in its blend of modern meets yesteryear.
For one evening, I trav-elled back in time when Clontarf Castle hosted a modern-day “grand feast”.
A banquet tab le stretched the length of the hotel’s main restau-rant, the Fahrenheit Grill, where flags draped the walls and high-backed chairs sat around the table’s distinct centre-piece: a roasted pig.
The dining room was
packed with character, where the order of the day was much more than the lively conversation and atmospheric sur-roundings, but focused on the culinary talents of the Fahrenheit Grill chef.
The appetisers boasted crisp pancetta ham, ter-rine of duck, and herb-cured salmon, while the chef ensured there was something to tempt everyone’s taste with an impressive selection of main courses; a citrus-crusted roast Atlantic cod; a char-grilled rack of Wicklow lamb; a ser-rano-wrapped Irish pork fillet, and a roast orange tea supreme of Irish chicken.
Following a tasting of the chef’s choice dessert plate, the guests of hon-our were summoned for after-dinner drinks at the hotel’s Indigo bar, where an open-fire welcomed us to relax and chat fol-lowing the meal.
While the hotel still
Capital treasure Clontarf Castle Hotel benefits from being so close to everything, yet offers a comfortable break from city life
See the Big Apple in style from this hotelTHE Big Apple is still definitely one of the most popular destinations for anyone planning a trip to the United States, whether it is for shopping, sightseeing, or just a chance to see the city itself.
Ideally located for anyone keen to explore the streets of SoHo, Greenwich and downtown Manhattan, nyma – the New York Manhattan Hotel – could be the place to be in 2013.
With its close proximity to the city’s famous Madison Square Garden, a trip to NYC could coincide with the reopening of the Statue of Liberty’s Crown to the public, following renovations.
Rooms at nyma start from $114.99 per night (€44 per person) in February. As part of the Apple Core Hotel group, nyma boasts free wi-fi, complimentary continental breakfast, and free US calls. See www.thenewyorkmanhattanhotel.co.uk, or call 0044 808 178 6363.
the nyma hotel is an ideal base to explore NYC
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Clontarf Castle Hotel has the wow factor, successfully
marrying modern touches with its rich heritage
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Get in shape with a boot camp retreatWITH the festive party season on the horizon, the beautiful Lisloughrey Lodge in County Mayo is running a pre-Christmas boot camp with TV fitness expert Karl Henry, to include luxurious accommodation, energetic fitness classes and specially-designed menus to promote health and well-being inside and out.
The boot camp will take place from Friday, November 23, until Monday, November 26, and includes three nights’ accommodation with breakfast, lunch and dinner, and two and a half days of boot camp, as well as a welcome dinner on the evening of arrival.
With menus carefully planned by Henry, alongside head chef Jonathan Keane, who was recently nominated for Best Chef in Connacht, the latest package is ideal for an end-of-year break for those hoping to get in shape for Christmas.
The pre-Christmas package is available for €395pps. Places are limited so, to book your place, call 094 954 5400, or see www.lisloughreylodge.com.
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holds firm its own tradi-tions, its warm welcome, attentive service and innovative menus are a gentle reminder that the four-star hotel has no
hesitation when it comes to keeping up with the times.
For further information on the hotel, see www.clontarfcastle.ie.
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community radio: quality proGramminG delivers listeners, says mark sheridan
tAGGers OpeN tO New members: WESTMANSTOWN Taggers Special Olympics tag rugby team are welcoming new members to get involved with the club. They meet up every Sunday at 11.30am until 1pm in the Westmanstown sports centre with training taking place indoors for the winter.
Leinster scrum-half Isaac Boss is among the regular coaches along with Jorge Zulkouski who can be contacted on 087 284 2584 for more information. The sport is open for those aged seven and upwards. Currently, the side is building toward a showcase during the half-time show of Leinster’s Heineken Cup tie against Cler-mont Auvergne in the Aviva Stadium in December.
liffey sound launch sports schedule for local listenersLIFFEY Sound 96.4FM launched their sports schedule last week at their base in Ballyowen with a well-received meet and greet session with many local clubs on hand.
It served make those clubs aware of the community station that now pro-vides six hours of sports broadcasting each week, feeding into the weekly Talk-ing Sport that runs from 4-6pm every Saturday.
For the show’s Mark Sheridan, it offered a great opportunity to bring together the clubs around west Dublin a
chance, he told GazetteSport.“The population around Lucan is
such, now, that there are so many sports organisations. For example, there was someone from the Westmansown bowl-ing club which I didn’t know existed until this week. It’s fantastic.
“We love our sport in Liffey Sound. We cover all sorts of things because of the amount of sporting organisations in Lucan and the amount of people who love sport.”
Like many of the other panellists and presenters on the show, Sheridan
brings with him a wealth of sporting background. Previously, he lined out for Beech Park for a number of years while he has returned to the GAA with Lucan Sarsfields’ O-35s team, competed in a couple of marathons and also taken on a white collar boxing challenge.
“I love getting behind that mic [to talk about sport] and expressing my view and having people responding and texting in. It’s a great avenue and once it gets into your blood, it sticks with you.”
Talking Sport has recently linked up with Boyle Sports to provide expert
betting advice while also offering char-ity bets for the show each week to add to their portfolio, a significant step for Sheridan and his team.
He has been with the station, which was founded in 2006, for three years and is proud of what has developed on a fully voluntary basis across the board.
“We have the second biggest listener-ship and the biggest English-speaking station in Dublin. “Maybe it’s our diaspo-ra or the demographics in the area but I like to think it’s down to the quality of the programming.”
members from local sports around the Lucan area and members of the Liffey sound team pose for a photo at their talking sport launch night
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HISTORY was made at Jack-son Park as a rapidly improv-ing DLR Waves claimed their first ever triumph in the Bus Eireann Women’s National League.
Inspired by Carla Moran DLR Waves, who had suf-fered five losses so far in the season, were eager to deliver a polished performance. That is exactly what they did against a Cork Women’s outfit, who actually took the lead in the 36th minute courtesy of a
Claire Shine goal.Sylvia Gee equalised with
her third in six matches and then Moran took centre stage after the restart as DLR Waves dominated.
In the 55th minute Moran edged DLR Waves in front and then she netted the insur-ance goal with eight minutes remaining.
Peamount United, mean-while, maintained their blister-ing form with an emphatic 9-2 success over Shamrock Rovers at Greenogue.
The free scoring table top-
pers summoned a remarkable attacking display in the second period to blitz Rovers.
Stephanie Roche grabbed a brace in the first half as Peamount left at the interval protecting a two goal cush-ion.
That was halved within 90 seconds of the restart when the excellent Rachel Jenkins gave Rovers some hope, but Peamount were quickly back in the ascendancy.
Sara Lawlor amazingly scored a hat-trick inside six glorious minutes as Peamount
contributed to a splendid encounter.
Julie Anne Russell, sister of St Patrick’s Athletic star John, got in on the act with a 63rd minute goal and Lawlor took her afternoon’s tally to four on 74.
A minute later Russell was on target again and five min-utes from time Jennifer Ferrari decorated the win with a neat goal.
Jenkins poked a late con-solation for Rovers, who were soundly beaten by the current standard bearers, Peamount.
DLR side make Waves with historic first win
The DLR Waves had a memorable weekend in the
Women’s National League
THOMAS Myler says he would be “astonished” if Katie Taylor were ever to turn professional due to the currently limited options for professional female boxers.
Speaking to Gazette-Sport about his new book, Ringside with the Celtic Warriors, the Dundrum resident said that with the current supports in place for Ireland’s golden girl, the background is there for her to stay in amateur boxing and take a shot at defending her Olympic title.
“Katie gets €40,000 a year and then endorses a lot of products – cars, sportswear and lucozade and other things like this,” he said.
“I’d be astonished if she turns pro. Women’s [professional] boxing is not very prominent in the world and there aren’t that many opportunities in the pros. As a man, yes, but there would be very limited opportunities for her to make progress, unfortunately.”
Indeed, the ability for amateur boxers to finan-cially support themselves is a theme that spreads to the men’s game, too, with the development of the World Series of Boxing.
The competition allows boxers to retain amateur status but compete for financial incentives while not wearing headguards as required in the past.
“There was talk of Katie Taylor turning pro and then there was John Joe
Nevin, bouncing one way and another and joining up with Amir Khan.
“With the world series, they can have the best of both worlds and this could affect the pro game because people can get confused.
“Is he an amateur or professional? I don’t like the trend really. I’m a bit of a traditionalist and pre-fer amateurs as amateurs and pros as pros.
“These guys are going to be semi-pro in the Olympics which is basi-cally meant to be an ama-teur set-up.”
Nonetheless, these boxers are well up there in the pantheon of greats that Myler chronicles in his latest book, one which traverses 200 years. It goes right back to the 1800s
Myler launches new book
boxing: dundruM writer says taylor to retain aMateur status
LUCAN LeisURe CeNTRe geTs Top AWARD: FINNSTOWN Country House Hotel Leisure Club, Lucan was recently reward-ed the 2012 White Flag Excellence Award at the pres-tigious White Flag Gala Awards Dinner held in the Heritage Golf and Spa Resort, Killenard, Co Laois achieving the bronze standard.
The White Flag award is an indica-tion of excellence in the operation of leisure clubs; the award was presented by Barry Walsh president of ILAM at a special awards ceremony. ILAM is the professional body representing the Irish leisure industry.
Ninety-one facilities entered this gruelling auditing process this year but only 86 received the White Flag Excel-lence 2012 award.
This mark of excel-lence ensures that the facility manage-ment have been inde-pendently assessed in the three key areas of safety, hygiene and customer service.
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and Dublin boxer Dan Donnelly whose arm is still preserved in Kildare.
He started writing for-mally for the Evening Her-ald way back in 1967and has not stopped since.
From that vantage point, he got to witness many Irish greats who became the focus of this book from Jack Doyle through to Steve Collins and Barry McGuigan and subsequently Bernard Dunne.
Being so close to the action, Myler admits this book was his “favourite”
of the four he has written to date.
“I’ve written a few books on boxing, one on Sugar Ray Robinson, one on the great boxing upsets and another on the scandals, boxing’s hall of shame on general themes. But this is the first I’ve done on Irish boxing which would be my favourite because all the guys would be ones I knew and saw.”
When pushed for a favourite of all-time, he said he was fascinated by Jack Doyle, the Cork heav-yweight of the 1930s.
But Steve Collins stood out as probably the island’s best ever.
“Collins was a good, gritty tough guy who could give it and take it. He was one of the best. It’s a pretty difficult thing to answer because the old-timers of the 1930s and 1940s were of a dif-ferent era.
“There are more facili-ties for boxers to train, they have nutritionists and everything else so it’s different scene. But Col-lins might have been the best.”
Katie Taylor with Amy Farrell, age 13, from swords, Dublin last saturday
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AFTER a life already devoted to motorsports, Churchtown man Dave Butler is hoping to make the biggest step of his career in 2013 by pursuing a move to compete in the British Thundersport series, a competition scaling 10 rounds of some of the best circuits in the world.
It comes following a stellar 2012 in which he won no less than four separate Irish champi-onship titles as well as a second and two third place finishes.
In total, he recorded 19 wins from 43 races, setting a number of lap records on courses throughout Ireland
along the way.Despite making his
debut on the Ir ish motorcycling scene in 2003, the past year has been the first in which work commitments have allowed him to fully focus on the sport with immaculate results both on the track and on the road.
Riding a 650cc Stock-twin, he claimed the Irish/Ulster and South-ern Ireland title with a
massive 15 wins while adding third in the Irish Supertwin champion-ship.
Switching to the road for the first time last July, he secured vic-tory at the first time of asking before making a maiden voyage to Eng-land to Mallory Park in late October.
Competing in the mini twin class , he claimed three of the four races he entered – all televised on Motors TV – something that has whetted his appe-tite to try and raise his level further and con-test a full season across the water.
Speaking to Gazette-Sport, he said pursuing
this elevated challenge is something that has been in the genes since his earliest memories.
“I’ve been around the sport all my life. My uncle still races and this year he sponsored me the bike.
“I’ve been mechanic
for him, following him all over the country, getting to know the ins and outs. My father
Butler hoping to set English scene alight ChurChtown biker Dave Butler hopes to keep the good times rolling by stepping up to the British Thundersport championship after a stellar performance in Ireland
Champion rider Dave Butler celebrates success on the road during the summer Picture: Ryan Fegan
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THE Celtic Clovers will be hosting a launch event for their ice hockey club in Castleknock On Ice on Thursday, November 22 with festivi-ties getting under way at 7pm.
At the event, the club will showcase their jun-ior section, the Dublin Ducks, as well as their senior team who will display their skills and drills.
Around the rink, a raffle will be run while there will also be chuck-a-puck games, making for a great family evening out. All are welcome to come along on the evening. For more infor-mation, contact club PRO Jamie Hickey on [email protected]
Celtic Clovers launch the new ice hockey seasonraced cars when I was
a baby but I’ve kind of surpassed what they have done.
“Next year, I’m going to try and race in Eng-land and am trying to raise the money to do that.
“It will cost a for-
tune to do that as it’s something of a full-time hobby. Basically, I prob-ably need to raise about €10,000.”
But he says that push-ing these new horizons could lead to even fur-ther honours: “This year was a dream.
“It was always my dream to win an Irish championship but basi-cally I’ve achieved eve-rything I can on my cur-rent bike over here.
“I’d like to continue it on in England where many have gone on to be future world cham-pions.
“The two who fin-ished ahead of me in the supertwin champion-ship [in Ireland] will go on to be British cham-pions at some stage and they will probably race in the world champion-ship in the future.”
stephen [email protected]
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Blues and Nix lead LSL bidBLUEBELL United and Phoenix will be hoping to hold up the local LSL Sun-day Senior involve-ment in the FAI intermediate cup but they face tricky ties in round three of the competition, due to be played on Decem-ber 2.
Harry Kenny’s Nix will be pleased, though, to have avoided the trip to Swilly Rovers, the draw handing them home advantage at Scribblestown for the game. Bluebell, how-ever, make the long trip south to Douglas Hall in round three.
The early phases of the competition had obliterated clubs from the top level of intermediate football
in Leinster but there still remains plenty of local interest.
Glenville, currently topping Sunday 1A, bring Leeside up to Palmerstown as they bid to recreate the buzz that brought them all the way to a senior cup date with Bohemians a couple of years ago.
TEK United have a big ask ahead of them if they are to surprise Tolka Rov-ers as do Pegasus St James’s Athletic. The recently amalga-mated third tier side have lost just once this term but a trip to College Corinthi-ans in Cork looks a daunting one.
The finalists for the last two years, Cherry Orchard and Avondale United, have been drawn against each other in the tie of the round.
lfa junior cupBroadford Rovers 3
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OATFIELD bowed out of the LFA Junior Cup last Saturday as Paul Connol-ly’s and Jay Gaffney’s sec-ond half strikes proved to be decisive for Broadford Rovers in Ballinteer.
The Neilstown club were under pressure early on as Greg Brophy handed Rovers the lead, latching onto Alan Ward’s
through ballHowever, the visitors
fought back with right winger Brian Ellis playing an instrumental part. His pace and pinpoint accu-rate crosses providing sev-eral goal scoring chances for Derek McDonald who was cruelly denied by the crossbar on one occa-sion.
A pair of injuries to defenders Paul Oates and Dave Ryan coupled with relentless pressure from Oatfield led to the game’s equalising goal.
Ellis reacted the quickest to a loose ball inside the opposition box and was subsequently brought down for a penalty and McDonald stepped up to the spot kick which he struck confidently down the middle to leave the game all square at half time.
The Clondalkin out-fit looked most likely to score a second goal fol-lowing the restart but were unable to capitalise on their good spell.
However, Rovers were
awarded the game’s sec-ond penalty after Con-nolly was brought down which he duly converted.
Gaffney got the clinch-er soon after when he fol-
lowed up Connolly’s shot which rebounded off the post. Clarke scored a late consolation goal for Oat-field but too late to deny Broadford.
Oatfield made to pay penalty
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Oatfield swing in a corner against Broadford rovers
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ST PAT’S Palmerstown man Liam Rushe, pic-tured with Darran O’Sullivan, was on hand to launch the new sponsorship deal between First Ireland Insurance and Dublin Institute of Tech-nology for the College’s GAA club.
DIT compete in the Inter County O’Byrne Cup and Walsh Cup competitions before enter-ing the main third level competitions; the Siger-son, Fitzgibbon, Lynch and Purcell Cups.
rushe helps announce DiT’s new sponsorship
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football: tower’s face vital afl2 playoff
club NoticeboardROUND Tower GAA club present Jigs
and Reels in association with a local
Irish Dancing club on Friday, Novem-
ber 16 in the Green Isle Hotel at 8pm.
A great night of entertainment and
fun is in store with members from
across all sections taking part with
an experienced dance partner. Those
signed up are Rebecca O’Connor, Fiona
O’Shea, Jessica O’Malley, Linda Dela-
ney, Martin Ryan, Eric Byrne, Simon
Breslin, Eoghan Hutchinson, Podge
McKeever, Jason Joyce, Willie Kennedy,
Chris Kavanagh and Gavin Lawler.
This will be one of the nights of the
year and is not to be missed. Tickets
are available from the clubrooms or
directly from Matt McCormack on 087
6836737.
The AGM will take place in the club-
rooms on Saturday, December 1 at
5pm. Only paid up members are enti-
tled to attend this meeting and only
A members are eligible to vote. Any
membership status related queries
should be directed to the secretary at
the earliest opportunity.
Nominations for executive posi-
tions or motions for discussion on the
evening should be with the secretary
and addressed solely to the secretary
seven days before the meeting. They
can also be left at the box provided at
the club bar.
The U-21 footballers defeated Bal-
lymun Kickhams last Saturday in the
championship and the minor football-
ers lost at home to Clontarf.
The senior footballers face Sker-
ries Harps at home Sunday morning
at 11am in the playoffs while the minor
hurlers face Castleknock in the cham-
pionship also at home at 11am. All sup-
port welcome.
Many thanks to all those that helped
with Scrap Saturday last weekend.
This week’s lotto numbers were 8, 12,
15 and 16. The bonus ball was 14. There
was no winner of this week’s jackpot
of €9,700.
Congratulations to Tommy Lyster,
Sarah Mac Mahon and Rosanna who
were the three €100 winners. Match
three plus the bonus ball N/A. Next
week’s jackpot is €9,800.
The clubrooms are available for
rental for parties, anniversaries, etc.
Please contact Jimmy behind the bar
or on 01 4592960.
Our very own Shauna Curran has set
up a new online Irish gift store – www.
totallyirishgifts.com - selling only
products made in Ireland.
Shauna is now offering Round Tower
GAA club members 15% discount off all
crafted candles via the website.
The gifts include a fabulous Round
Tower candle which could make an
excellent Christmas present.
To avail of the discount, at the online
checkout input coupon code TigRT15%.
For free delivery within the Clondalkin
area – at checkout separately input
coupon code TigRT15% and then also
input TigRT freeshipping.
There is no time limit for this offer,
however, so not to be disappointed
for Christmas order before Sunday,
November 25
Pick your Lotto team leader and help
them become the Top Friday Night sell-
er. One hour once every seven weeks is
all it takes.
If you are able to help, please con-
tact Matt McCormack on 087 6836737
or email [email protected].
The club shop is open in the club every
Monday night from 7.30-8.30pm.
You can call Betty Ward or Cather-
ine Moran direct if you have any par-
ticular enquiries on 087 6752238 or 086
8303207 respectively.
Round Tower’s Jason Joyce, left, will hope to play a part in the AFL division two playoffs
st pat’s, palMerstowN
confidence high as Keane eyes promotion
rouNd tower, cloNdalKiN
THE senior hurling team are currently
looking for a new manager, could all
interested parties please contact
Ronan on 086 2834399.
Well done to St Pat’s U-11 camogie
team at the blitz Sunday at St Brigid’s
winning all their games and holding
onto their unbeaten record after win-
ning the league earlier this year.
Great goals from Ellen, Shannon,
Nicole, Jenny, Jade and Aoife. Molly
scored a superb point from a 45.
Defence were superb as was midfield
play from Sky. Well done to everyone.
The St Pat’s U-12 camogie team
hosted a blitz on Saturday and had
a great start with a win over Lucan
Sarsfields.
Well done to all the girls with just
narrowly missing out on winning the
next games. Superb play from every-
one and thanks to Fergus and Sandra
for hosting and the parents for helping
out on the day.
Thanks to all who turned out for the
club Mass and the dedication of the
clubhouse.
Christmas raffle tickets will be dis-
tributed this week, all members are
asked to make a huge effort to sell
their quota.
Lotto: first draw winning numbers
were 9, 19, 27 and 7; there was no win-
ner.
DAMIEN Gallagher picked up St Pat’s, Palm-erstown’s sole nomina-tion for the annual Blue Stars as he was named on a list of three goalkeep-ers for the prestigious honour that celebrates the top performers in the Dublin senior hurl-ing championship.
Gallagher had a fine season between the sticks in what proved a very tough group stage to the competition for the Glenaulin club.
They pushed even-tual winners Kilmacud Crokes all the way in their first encounter back in April, falling by just three points before edg-ing out a fancied Ballint-
eer St John’s.It left them with a
chance of progressing to the quarter-finals but they found an Alan McCrabbe inspired Craobh Chiarain side too hot to handle in a straight playoff for the second place in the group.
Elsewhere, the nomi-nations are dominated
by Crokes who have 12 of the positions in the 45-strong list covered after they ended a long wait for the county title.
Lucan Sarsfields have seven names on the shortlist with Peter Kelly, Matt McCaffrey, Der-mot Clarke, Mick May, Chris Crummey, Kevin O’Reilly and Cronan Dooley all included.
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ROUND Tower’s manag-er Caimin Keane is confi-dent his senior footballers can earn a place in AFL1, but is all too aware of the lottery of the playoffs hav-ing seen fifth place finish-ers O’Toole’s move up via this method a year ago.
With Skerries Harps firmly in the Clondalkin side’s crosshairs, Keane believes the clash will be an evenly balanced affair but insists Tower’s have the edge of consistency, having finished eight points ahead of them in AFL2.
“We know they are a very strong team,” said Keane. “They have a fantastic player in Bryan Cullen and their midfield-ers are very strong. We’ve kept an eye on them and we know they’re going to be tough.
“The two sides will be very evenly matched and I was very impressed when we played them ear-lier in the year. They have some great fire power and they’re well capable of being dangerous, they won the intermediate championship last year so we know how good they can be.
“We have confidence
looking at the league table, the loss was early days in the season and we’ve gone from strength to strength since then,” he said.
On the other side of the draw, Raheny will face Erin’s Isle and, again, although Keane is well aware of the qualities in both teams, he would be confident his men would go up if they were to meet them.
“They are two very strong teams and I think it’s going to be a fantastic game, they both have dif-ferent strengths. Raheny probably play better foot-ball, but Erin’s Isle are
so tenacious and hard to beat.
“We would have an ele-ment of confidence going into a game against either of the teams but they’ll be a tough challenge. The confidence is just so high now in the team we really think we can beat any of the teams left.
“Our preparation this year has been geared toward getting into the first division. We’ve played some great teams like Lucan Sarsfields and Maurs and we’ve been competitive. So, I think if we do go up we will be able to hold our own,” said Keane.
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New shamrock rovers’ boss trevor Croly
CLONDALKIN man Trevor Croly wasted little time in snap-ping up his first new players as boss of Shamrock Rovers, bring-ing James Chambers and Jason McGuinness to the Hoops.
Croly added the experienced pair to the squad by signing a PFAI Player of the Year nomi-nee and one of the most highly sought-after midfielders in the league.
It came within a week of his appointment to the top job at the Tallaght Stadium, a move which he is delighted to have made, the former assistant manager and
player with the Hoops rejoining the club on a two-year contract.
Speaking about the move from St Patrick’s Athletic, he said: “I feel it will be of great benefit to me that I have been at the club before as a player and in recent years as an assistant manager.
“But I have also been away from the club and know how Shamrock Rovers is seen from the outside as well as how it operates internally.
“It is important for us all to come together as club staff, play-ers and fans to have a season that we can be proud of in 2013.
“We will put together a talent-ed squad, but also one where the
players want to work their talent. There is no question that I’ll be looking for a strong work ethic from my squad that the team and fans can be proud of.”
And Croly believes the wealth of knowledge he has built up in the last decade will serve him well for his first managerial post.
“I have been an assistant man-ager and coach for nine years and I have been building my football education towards this point.
“I’m prepared for the challenge that lies ahead and I know well that the hard work starts here. I have put in place a strong back-room staff and I feel I can help the club to continue to develop
and have success.”He will be supported by an
eye-catching backroom team, notably Colin Hawkins taking on the assistant manager role and 2011 All-Ireland senior football winner Philly McMahon taking on the strength and condition-ing role.
“Holistically I think they will bring a lot to the club. There is vast experience and knowledge in there, particularly from a play-ing and coaching background.
“I have worked with them all before and I think they will all be pieces of the puzzle that will get the most out of the players we have at the club next year.”
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