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Welcome to Edition 37 of InTallaghtThis edition’s main interview is with MarkPrendergast, guitarist with Dublin band Kodaline. We spoke with Mark ahead ofthe release of the band’s debut albumabout their career so far and how he andhis band mates are adjusting to life in ajet setting international band.

The secondary interview is with Dublinsinger Flavia Watson who is the frontwoman of highly acclaimed LA basedband Flavia And The Red. With her groupgetting a lot of attention across the pondwe chat to her about her relocation fromDublin to the USA and her hopes for the future.

This edition’s Square Magazine includes details on the recent opening of two new outlets in the centre, Skechers and Hair-spray, plus news about the recent ItstyBitsy Mini Beast Experience.

Congratulations to our three EPIC goodiebag competition winners, Amy Bennett,Sean McNally and Amanda Gately. Hopeyou enjoy all the cool stuff guys!

Along with all this we have the ever-present movie, album and book reviews,InRovers and all the other news and features you’ve come to expect from InTallaght Magazine.If any of you wantto get in touch with us about anythingplease don’t hesitate to give us a shoutas we love getting feedback from you, our readers.

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NEWS8

Strictly Come Dancing for WALK fundraiserWALK is running a Strictly Come DancingNight in the Red Cow Hotel on June 13 at7.30 pm as a fundraiser for their Walkin-stown Green Project.

WALK is looking to turn a derelict buildingin Walkinstown Green into a “Multi-Functional Community Resource Facility” forthe local community.

The facility is currently a disused, derelictbuilding in Walkinstown and WALK intendto turn this facility into a multi-functionalcommunity resource facility complete withcommunity coffee shop, multi-functional offices, meeting rooms, functional areas, andcommunity garden centre.

This is hoped to be the first in a range ofcommunity based projects across Dublin.WALK is expanding its operational vision toinclude the greater community.

WALK has traditionally worked with peoplewith intellectual disabilities but the organisa-tional vision and mission is fundamentallyabout a better society, our core values and beliefsare not exclusive to the area of disability.

In order for this project to succeed WALKneed to raise €350,000.00 in 2013/14, andthey would be grateful for your support.WALK is looking for support from the business community. They need buildingmaterials, skilled trades men, volunteers andfunds for this project to succeed.

To donate to or support the WalkinstownGreen Project please call Declan on 086 3825930 or online at www.walk.ie

Citywise Lads win again!The SAP Citywise team from Jobstown did Tallaght proud again by recently scooping one of the top awards at the Open European Championships of the First Lego League RoboticsTournament in Germany.

The team not only designed and built a Lego robotbut also developed an app to remind older peopleto take vital medicines. They beat 52 teams from34 countries around the world to win the GraciousProfessional Award for their team spirit.

The competition was split into three parts. TheRobot Game involved designing, building andtesting a robot. For the project section teams developed solutions to improve the quality of lifefor senior citizens by helping them remain independent, and connected in their communi-ties. Finally, the boys were judged on core values,their teamwork and professionalism throughoutthe competition.

Since they won the Irish title in January the ladshave worked hard to improve their robot design.For their project they developed a voice recognitionapp which will remind older people of their engagements, appointments and even when totake their medicine. But what really impressed thejudges was the way the lads worked together, theircontinual good spirit and their good humour de-spite the pressure of competition.

Citywise team coordinator Christopher Smith isvery proud of the team’s achievement: “The standard was extraordinarily high and we weredelighted that the judges acknowledged the

professionalism of our approach. To win one ofthe top eleven categories was a great credit tothe hard work and dedication the boys put in overthe past five months,” he said.

The Tallaght schoolboys were the only Irish teamin the competition in Paderborn, Germany. Theoverall Champions’ Award went to a team fromBrazil, while teams from Israel and Germanycame second and third. Teams travelled from allover the globe including the USA, China, Australia, Japan and South Korea for the contest.

One of the team Himanshu Singh, 16, said: “Thestandard of the robot section was very high. Therewere teams from China, Brazil and UK whose robots were extremely advanced. But we learneda lot for next year’s competition.”

Fergus Gloster, European managing director ofMarketo, who teaches maths once a week at theCitywise centre commented, “This reward is aninternational recognition of the contribution byCitywise to enhancing the educational needs ofour young teenagers. With the correct help andfocus Citywise has shown that Irish teenagers canoperate at the highest levels.”

The Citywise team was sponsored by SAP Irelandand staff from there helped in their training overthe past year. The competition was attended bya number of the company’s top management.

SAP employs over 1,200 people in Ireland, includ-ing in the Citywest Business campus, and provides software solutions to many of the topbusinesses in Ireland.

Visit www.citywise.ie for more details.


Run Computer Run@ Glitch 2013Glitch, the annual festival that celebrates theintersection of art and technology, returned for a third time this year with aprogramme of four exhibitions, eight work-shops, a symposium and a showcase ofshort films in Tallaght.

Run Computer, Run @ Glitch 2013 started onFriday May 24 and runs until Saturday July13 in Rua Red.

The festival includes a symposium withthought leaders and top curators in the fieldof new media art on 20 June, and a screen-ing of Oh Internetz!, a showcase of motiongraphics, animations and shorts.

This year GLITCH & Run Computer, Run focuson the current economic, political and cultural factors that are shaping the Internetand the artistic responses to them througha series of exhibitions, seminars and a pub-lication. The research will discuss and explorehow the practice of the digital artist is intransition, not only with the growth of dig-ital technologies, but also through the of-fline factors that continue to affect how theInternet as a creative platform is developed.

One of the exhibitions will feature digitalartworks from 30 international artists forviewing and interacting with on a speciallydesigned website, as well as onsite at thegallery. Visitors to the exhibit will be able toscan augmented reality markers on the

gallery walls either with a device of theirown or a tablet supplied by the gallery.

Workshops open to the public include silk-screening, collaborative GIF making, 3Dprinting, paper craft and home recordingand production.

This year’s festival is the most ambitious andlargest Glitch event to date and is curated byNora O Murchú, post-doctoral researcher atCRUMB, University of Sunderland.

IT Tallaght’s Creative Digital Media Show willalso take place during the festival as finalyear students from the Creative DigitalMedia BA (Hons) degree programme havecompleted work in a variety of disciplines,ranging from Digital Video, Interactive Multimedia, Photography, and Radio Production.

Their work blends theory and practice to create innovative media productions. Subjects studied in the theory modules ofthe programme include Screen Studies,Media Politics, Media Law and Culture &Technology, through which students generate ideas and write scripts that laterget transformed into production projects.Projects include short dramas, documen-taries, 2D and 3D animations, website design, photographic portfolios and inter-active media.

There will be regular screenings of work andstudents will be available to talk about theirwork at the gallery.

For more information please check outwww.runcomputerrun.com


New Skate Park For Clondalkin Construction has begun on the long awaitedSkate Park in the Clondalkin Leisure Centre. TomGrinius of the ClondalkinSkate Park Groupstated: “The Clondalkin Skate Park is a big online hit at the moment. People are extremelyexcited about it, not just from Clondalkin butnationwide.

“As soon as construction started we knew thatthis is finally happening after eight years ofhaving nowhere to skate. It is the best designin Ireland and the area is huge. It will be thebiggest attraction in Clondalkin village! Coun-cillor Gilligan helped and supported us fromthe start and we would like to thank him forall is hard work.”

“This is going to be a great benefit to the areawhen it’s all ready.” stated local CouncillorTrevor Gilligan.

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Free Computer Classesfor Secondary StudentsMicrosoft, the College of Computer Training (CCT)and Fastrack to IT (FIT) are advising senior cyclesecondary school students to register for IT-focused taster courses this summer. The classes,which will be run in CCT on Westmoreland Streetin Dublin free of charge from 15th July to 31 August will cover areas such as programming,networking, Web design, gaming and operatingsystems.

Up to 300 places will be available and each programme will last between two and threeweeks with four half-days of tuition per week.Participants who complete their course will receive MTA component certificate awards.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to gain somefoundation knowledge and skills within ICTwhich will provide a substantial platform forhigher-level ICT or related programmes and careers,” said Neil Gallagher, CCT college director.The courses will focus on real-world, practical usesof technology and are best suited to intermedi-ate-level students.

The summer classes are supported by Microsoftand Fastrack to IT (FIT), which last week released

its ICT Skills Audit, pinpointing immediate vacancies in the tech sector and the skills neededto fill them.

Peter Davitt, chief executive, FIT, said: "Secondaryschool is an ideal time for young people to spendtime discovering their interests, with a view todetermining the focus of their future career. Iwould highly encourage any student who thinksthey might be interested in learning more aboutIT to apply. The courses are free so you have nothing to lose, and potentially much to gain, bytaking part."

Dr Kevin Marshall, head of education at MicrosoftIreland also welcomed news of the courses. “It would be an added bonus if many of the 300 participants went on to enjoyable careers in theIT industry, where job opportunities are, and lookset to continue to be very plentiful,” he said.

“The IT sector is a fascinating industry to work in,and these practical courses are designed to reflectthat and provide students with an overview ofwhat a job in the industry could involve.”

Earlier this year, FIT teamed up with Microsoft ona Youth2Work training and development programme targeting those aged 18 to 25.

Interested students can enroll online atwww.cct.ie

Roger Sanchezcoming to TallaghtWorld-renowned DJ Roger Sanchez will behitting Entourage Nightclub, Tallaght on FridayJune 14 to help celebrate their 1st BirthdayWeekender.

A Grammy Award winning producer, remixerand DJ, Sanchez is one of the planet’s biggestnames in House music. The New Yorker hasscored numerous hits in the European andWorld Charts with both his own music andthe remixes he has created for an array of superstars including Kylie Minogue, DaftPunk, Madonna, The Police, No Doubt andMaroon 5.

Also joining in the celebrations will be DJs AlGibbs, Steve O and Danny Roe in what promises to be a weekend of legend tunes andpartying. Doors open at 10pm and tickets cost€12 with concession.

For more details see: www.facebook.com/entourage.nightclub.1


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Year two of the renewed three-yearGum Litter Taskforcecampaign launched in Tallaght IT by Mayor Cathal KingThe campaign aims to reduce gum litter by raising awareness amongst the public that drop-ping gum on the ground is littering and carries a€150 fine. The GLT campaign encourages thepublic to dispose of their used gum responsibly.

Speaking at the launch, Mayor of South DublinCounty, Councillor Cathal King said “ I am delighted to launch the Anti Gum Litter Cam-paign here in the IT Tallaght. It is wonderful to seethe involvement of the Students Union here tohighlight the blight of gum litter. “

The theme of the 2012-2014 advertising campaign is “Bin It Your Way” and it features a series of professionally choreographed and highlyinnovative dance moves which communicate the re-sponsible disposal of gum litter in an engaging way.

The campaign also includes:

● A four month mass media advertising cam-paign (TV, outdoor, print and online).

● A schools education programme aimed at firstand second year secondary school studentscalled “Bin It!” This includes an actor-led workshop tour which take place in schoolseach autumn and which is supported by materials and tools for teachers to downloadand integrate into lesson plans.(www.chewitbinit.com)

● A dedicated website www.gumlittertaskforce.ieand Facebook page www.facebook.com/binityourway

● Distribution of Point-of-Sale materials to over1,000 retailers around the country.

● Litter monitoring by local authorities to assesshow much littered gum is reduced on- streetsas a result of the campaign.

● Sponsorship of three awards in the TidyTownscompetition.

Last year the GLT campaign achieved a 28% reduction in gum litter nationally. A nationwideon-street attitudes and awareness survey alsoshowed there was a significant improvement inpublic perception, with gum that is irresponsiblydisposed, clearly viewed as ‘litter’ by those surveyed.

GLT Chairman Mr Paul Kelly welcomed the significant increase in Local Authority uptake thisyear. “Local authority involvement is absolutelycritical to the success of the campaign. I look for-ward to working closely with them to make thecampaign a success.

We were delighted with the results of the 2012GLT campaign as it achieved its main goals of reducing the overall level of gum litter on ourstreets and promoting a change in the cultureand attitude towards gum litter.” added Mr Kelly.

Mayor Cathal King SDCC Pictured With Council Staff (Environment), Members Of The Welfare Crew And IT Tallaght Student Union At The Launch In IT Tallaght This Month


FOCUS ONCAMARABy Linn Heldal

Your old computerequipment can helpgive 21 school children digital literacy skills by taking on a new life in Africa, theCaribbean, or even in Ireland. This can be done in a secure and eco-friendly waywith a local social enterprise called Camara Edu-cation. Camara is dedicated to reusing donatedcomputer equipment to improve education andlivelihood skills in disadvantaged communitiesaround the World. Reuse is better than recyclingas it reduces the environmental impact and helpscreate an affordable supply.

They were founded seven years ago in Dublin andcontinue to grow, with a presence in the UK andUSA being recently established. Since 2005 theyhave shipped out over 40,000 computers, which

has helped more than 500,000 children becomedigitally literate.

This is achieved through people and businessesdonating their old computer equipment to Ca-mara, either by bringing them in to one of theirmany drop off locations around the Country orby arranging a collection. All equipment isprocessed in the workshop in their HQ in Chapeli-zod, Dublin 20.

“We track all computers that people give us. Allcomputers are diagnostically tested to see if theywork and the data is then securely wiped. We arealso an authorised Microsoft Refurbisher.

Many fear that someone may get access to theirdata when they donate a computer, we can as-sure you that absolutely all data is destroyed andnobody can get information out of your com-puter, not even the CIA! At no stage is the dataaccessed.” Frank Neenan, Production Manager atCamara, explained.

Any equipment that cannot be reused is strippedfor reusable parts. The remains go to a local au-thorised recycling facility. “A new operating sys-tem, Wikipedia and educational software is thenloaded to the computers. It starts with simplegames, which will teach the children how to usethe computer. It then works its way up to morecomplex mathematical and spelling games, right

up to Open Office. It will take an average of 35hours training, for a child that has never used acomputer before, to do a basic spread sheet andpresentation. That’s the minimum level we wantto get them to. Being able to open a spread sheetand write your CV on a computer are major ad-vantages in today’s world.”

The computers are then cleaned, rechecked,packed and shipped to one of their distributionHubs. Camara has Hubs in eight countries inAfrica and the Caribbean, as well as supplyingmany Irish schools and youth groups.

The word Camara means ‘teacher’ in West Africa- and teaching is really what Camara is about.They have provided training to 11,000 teachersin 2,000 schools.

“The real work starts when we get the computersout to the schools. We have to assess the schools,assist them with setting an eLearning Centre upand most importantly train the teachers. We consider the work we do in Chapelizod with thecomputers as 10% of the work, with 90% beingthe training of the teachers and ongoing supportto them.”

The computers and training programme are ‘sold’to the schools for a symbolic fee. Camara alsohelps with fundraising for the poorest schoolsthat cannot afford the cost of an eLearning

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13Centre. Before the schools get the computers,they have to sign a contract with Camara, wherethey agree to look after the equipment and thatat least five teachers from each school will un-dergo training with Camara.

“We spend a lot of time in the training room atour distribution centres getting the teachers upto speed on the computers. We have staff on theground in the countries that we operate in, so wedo training all year round. We also provide tech-nical support.”

The contract also ensures that at the end of thecomputer equipment’s useful life, it is returnedto its local Hub so that it can be recycled at a localrecycling facility approved by Camara.

Regular check-ups are completed in the schoolswhere equipment was provided. “The last thingwe want to come back to is to see all the computers in perfect working order, locked in aroom. I’d much rather come back to trashed computers that have been well used by the children to learn!”

Numerous large professional corporations in Ireland like Dell, Diageo, Electric Ireland, Bord Gáis,PWC and Salesforce regularly donate equipmentto them.

“Once people understand technically what we’redoing and that there are no risks involved, theyare happy to get on board and give us computerequipment. There are no loose ends with whatwe’re doing.”

Camara are partly funded by Irish Aid and donations from companies/private individualswho want to support their work.

One of the countries Camara works in is right here- Ireland. The Camara Ireland program works withschools, youth and community centres, supplyinglow cost teacher training and computers.

Camara Ireland has supplied over 2,000 comput-ers to educational organisations and trained over750 teachers and youth workers.

In the Tallaght area Camara Ireland has providedcomputers and teacher training to St. Aidans inBrookfield, St. Martin de Porres, The Big PictureYouth Cafe and a number of others.

Camara has won prestigious awards for theirwork, the most recent one being an ICT ExcellenceAward for the most innovative use of technologyin education / training. They want to increase theamount of computers they ship out, which canonly be achieved by getting more computerequipment donations.

“Last year we shipped about 9,500 computers.We estimate that there are over 500,000 com-puters each year in Ireland that could be reusedrather than recycled. This year we are hoping toship out 12,000. To do this we need to take in atleast 26,000 computers. We are in dire need ofcomputer equipment at the moment and wouldbe very grateful for any support we can get fromthe Tallaght community.”

If you have computer equipment to give to Camara, ideally they would like you to drop it offat their facility in Chapelizod Industrial Estate. Camara does not have in-house transport, butcollections can be arranged at a low cost. Furtherdetails can be found on www.camara.org oryou can call 01 6522673 to discuss.


14 INTERVIEWKODALINE

By Padraig Conlon

KODALINE are another Dublin band makingmassive strides in the music world. The group is made up of four lads from Swords: Stephen Garrigan (lead singer)Mark Prendergast (Lead guitar) Vinny May (Drums) and Jason Boland (Bass).

They started out life as 21 Demands and got theirfirst taste of publicity on RTE show You’re a Starin 2007, finishing as runners up. They then became the first ever unsigned band to score anumber one hit in Ireland with Give Me A Minutebefore disappearing from view until they cameback in 2011 with a new name and a totally different musical style.

In just two years the childhood friends whodreamed of making it big have travelled theworld, had one of their songs used in Grey’sAnatomy and built up a massive fan base whichhas made them so in demand they are about to embark on a tour which will last until March 2014.

If they keep making progress at the rate they’vebeen going so far, by the end of this year Kodalinecould be one of the biggest bands in the world.

In the last few months they were shortlisted onthe BBC's Sound of 2013 poll, came in the top fourin the MTV Brand New For 2013 competition andprovided the sound track for Google’s Zeitgeist2012: Year in Review Ad.

Their debut track All I Want sold almost 100,000copies and was backed up by a stunning video,which has so far racked up nearly two million hitson YouTube. Their single High Hopes also recentlywent to No 1 in Ireland.

Now their debut album, In a Perfect World is outthis month and we were lucky enough to chat toguitarist Mark Prendergast recently to find outmore about Ireland’s latest musical success story.

So Mark, your newalbum is out nextweek, could you tell us about it? Yes it’s called In A Perfect World and it’s basicallyjust our favourite songs that we’ve written overthe past two or three years. For people who havelistened to us before, I think there’ll be a few surprises. We’re dead proud of it; I can’t wait for itto be out.

We recorded it over seven weeks last year in different studios because we were so busy touring. We spent three weeks in Worcester atVale Studios, Longford, Yorkshire, Wales then fin-ished in Birmingham where we live, in HighburyStudio with a friend of ours called John Mostyn.We got it finished just in time for Christmas.

What is your ownfavourite track off it?It All Comes Down To You”, it’s one of our oldestsongs, when we play it live the reaction to it is always amazing with people singing it back. WayBack When as well. We put everything into thisalbum and we hope people love it. The feedbackfrom people who’ve heard it live has been great.

Is it true you met The Pixies whilerecording it?Yes that’s right we did. We were recording inRockfield Studios in Wales, a really famous studiowhere loads of legend bands like Oasis, StoneRoses and Coldplay have recorded. We were instudio 2, which is the smaller one, they were instudio 1.

They started really early every morning, we’d beup having our breakfast and we could hear themalready in their studio. They were really nice guys.

One night the lads were out having a smoke withFrank Black, who was dressed in shorts and a vestand it was freezing! He was really nice. We triedto play it as cool as possible but we were all reallyexcited to meet them.

Could you tell ourreaders how you guysgot together? Me and Steve (Garrigan lead singer) met whenwe were eight years old in Primary School inSwords. We met the drummer Vinny throughskateboarding when we were about 15, and wemet Jason the bassist last year.


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How would you describe your sound?We let other people do that, I suppose if I had todescribe it I would probably say Indie Alternative.Some people have called it “Desperate Romantic!”

How would you describe the reaction to you guys?The reaction has been crazy considering we’veonly been going two years and we only playedour first show last August at Indiependence inCork. Now we’re going to be going back there thissummer higher up the bill. We did an open micnight in the Workman’s last night and the placewas packed. It’s weird that people love us! Weeven have fans in places like Australia!

Why do you think youguys are so popular? Probably because we’re Irish, to be honest withyou. Once an Irish band does well the wholecountry seems to get behind them. Home growntalent is really appreciated in this country.

What bands influenced you?We’re influenced by a lot of bands, but we soundnothing like the bands were influenced by, bandslike Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Bruce Spring-steen, Paul McCartney, Daft Punk, Sam Cooke.We’re all huge Beatles fans as well.

What do you think of the new Daft Punk Album?I love it. It’s quite a mixed bag, it’s got everythingfrom great chilled out tracks to funk. I know it’sgot mixed reviews but I think it’s brilliant. We


18to us, we let him go with it and we loved it.

Have there been any funny things happen on the road? Yes a few! We get a lot of cakes! A lot of fans whocome to our shows make cakes for us, which is lovely.

Last year when we were in America supporting The Airborne Toxic Event. We wereplaying a gig in Washington and there was a girlthere who’d sold her bed and travelled over 1000miles to see us!

We told her she should have just contacted usand we would have given her a free ticket, therewas no need to sell the bed!

What do you think ofthe Irish music sceneat the moment? I think it’s blooming at the moment, there’s somany great Irish bands. Tandem Felix, All MyFriends, Delorentos, Coronas, Little Green Cars, TheStrypes, Bressie.

It’s great that so many of them will be playing atthe big festivals this summer as well.

Finally Mark, wherewould you like to be in five years time? I’d still like to be putting out albums, still travel-ling the world still able to tour. I hope we’ll beputting out albums until we die!

In A Perfect World is released on FridayJune 14

For more on the band and to keep up todate with tour dates and releases, checkout their website: www.kodaline.com

were over in France recently and found out thatPhoenix, Daft Punk and Air are all from the sameplace, Versailles. I don’t know what they’re puttingin the water there! We’d love to work with DaftPunk but they’d probably never work with us.

How did Grey’sAnatomyend upusing your song All I Want in it’s latest season?We went to the US in August last year. We werejust playing a small acoustic set in a place in NewYork and someone from Grey’s Anatomy was inthe crowd and came up to us after and askedcould they use it. None of us watches the showbut our sisters were all freaking out about it!

What would you sayhas been the high-light of your career so far?Selling out the three Olympia Shows for next November. It was always in the back of our mindsto do a homecoming type show and to get to doit in the Olympia is going to be amazing. Wecouldn’t believe those shows sold out in threeminutes. We did a show in France recently andwe had the crowd singing back to us, it’s nice tosee that, it’s so crazy that people around the worldhave heard of us.

Has your life changedmuch in the last two years?No it hasn’t really changed at all. I’m still doingnormal things like going down to the PavillionShopping Centre to buy socks. Actually that’swhat I’m on my way to do right now! We stillhang out with the same friends as we have foryears. We usually bring one of our friends on tour

with us so they can get a feel for what it’s like.Every few months something happens thoughthat has me thinking “What the f*ck is goingon?!!” Even this morning I woke up, turned on theradio and we were on the radio, it’s so weird!

What do your parentsmake of your success?Our parents are enjoying it all, they’re the proud-est parents on the planet, they come to everyshow. That’s another reason why I’m so lookingforward to the Olympia shows because so manyof our family and friends will be there.

Do you enjoy living inBirmingham?Yes we do, although we don’t get to spend toomuch time there as we’re usually touring. Wemoved over there about eight months ago andnow its our home away from home. It’s so handyfor touring and travelling as well.

You guys have a verybusy summer aheadof you… Yes we have, we’re booked up with gigs until nextMarch, this summer is going to be huge, we’replaying some great festivals like Glastonbury, TheIsle Of Wight, Pink Pop and Longitude, which isgoing to be cool. There’s going to be magic about!

Your videos are allamazing, top qualitystuff, do you guys have much input into them?The videos are done by some very talentedfriends of ours. Our main video for All I Want wasdone by a friend of ours, Stevie Russell, hedreamed up the idea in his head and pitched it


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WE DID A SHOW IN FRANCE RECENTLY AND WE HAD

THE CROWD SINGING BACK TO US,

IT’S NICE TO SEE THAT


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L.A based band Flavia and the Red recentlyreleased their debut album Too Late to Cry,which has received great reviews. Last year they were chosen from hundreds of bands to perform at Summerfest inWisconsin, The World’s Largest Music Festival, where they won 2nd place at the‘Land the Big Gig ‘competition.

Singer and front woman Flavia Watson (21) grew up in Dublin, but moved to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue the dream. She was recently back in the old country for avisit and InTallaght Magazine caught up with her for a chat.

So Flavia, you grew upin Dublin, what madeyou decide to go for itand move to theStates to follow yourdream of making it asa musician?My family is spread out through Europe, so I justpacked my bags and went off to college in LosAngeles when I was 18. In the beginning I waskind of a Lone Wolf in L.A and I had to try to makethings happen for myself. I’m studying in a

performing arts college, so I’m around tons ofother musicians, which is very inspiring. I love Ireland and my personality is very Irish. Ireland ismy home and my favourite place to be, but formusic there is really no place like L.A.

When did you first getinto music and singing,was it something youalways wanted to do?It’s been my entire life. Kids change their dreams,but there has never been anything else I’vewanted to do. My family is not very musical somy parents don’t know how it happened.

I started music lessons and playing the piano at4 and wrote my first song at 8.

You describe yourband as a family, howdid you end up withthe current line-up?I started the band in the summer of 2010 andwe’ve had many different line-ups. The interest-ing story about our bass player is that he was thebass player in the competing band at Summer-fest, the band that actually won.

It’s a funny story, we thought ‘Well if they’regonna win the competition we’re gonna stealtheir bass player.’ When he joined the band it waslike something clicked, it feels like Summerfestin the big picture was to meet him. The band nowconsists of Chris Pucher on guitar, Isaac Watts ondrums, Rich Brown on keys and Max Benson onbass. This is our core group, which I hope willnever change.

The band’s name isvery interesting, tell us what ‘Red’ means? For me the colour red signifies everything we’dlike to portray in our music: Fire, Passion and Love.

Can you describe themusic style and sound of the album?We want to include musical intelligence in oursound. The album is a mix of classic and modernRnB, pop and bluesy rock with some jazz ele-ments. Our new stuff has a soul-pop-rock sound,now we know exactly where we want to go.

The music video for thesingle Too Late to Cry,

FLAVIA & THE REDBy Linn Heldal


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IRELAND IS MY HOMEAND MY FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE, BUT FOR MUSIC THERE IS REALLY NO PLACE LIKE L.A.


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which the album isnamed after, is veryarty and emotional,can you tell us about it?Too Late to Cry is about me going a little insaneafter a breakup. You’re with someone for so longand then you suddenly cut ties and everywhereyou go there is something that reminds you ofthem. The skeleton in the video is meant to bethe skeleton in my closet. It’s a dark semblanceof a relationship.

We actually stole the skeleton from my college.Skeletons are like two grand to buy so we asked ifwe could borrow it and got a consistent no. So weput on black clothes, covered our faces and literallybroke in to the art room in the college at six in themorning. We covered the skeleton in a blanket, putit into the car and drove off. The next day we put itback with a cigarette in its mouth and a note saying‘I’m just back from my holidays!’

Who are your musicalinfluences and if youcould work with anymusician, live or dead,who would it be?With five people in the band we have a lot of differentinfluences, which I think makes it very eclectic.

For me it would have been Amy Winehouse, Imean, my god she was amazing. Her music wasrevolutionary and in my opinion she changed themusic scene. Of the oldies it would have to beNina Simone and Janis Joplin.

How do you go aboutwriting your music,do you have any preferences, or do

you have to be in acertain mood? Sometimes I’m just sitting in my car in traffic andit’s like a light bulb over my head, it just flows tome and I have to write it out as fast as I can.Sometimes I sit by my piano and write. I providethe skeleton of the songs and the whole bandcreates it together.

Who are you listeningto yourself at the moment?Justin Timberlake’s new album is playing on myiPod at the moment. Another one is a new femalesinger called Lianne La Havas, she’s amazing anda new inspiration to me.

How did it feel to bechosen from hundredsof bands nationwide toplay at the main stageat Summerfest? It was surreal, when I got the call I freaked out Iwas so happy. It was incredible, we shared the billwith these amazing bands like Foo Fighters andIron Maiden and played our set in front of thou-sands of people.

When we got back to L.A we got booked for aswoon of shows and it hasn’t stopped since, we’redoing two/three shows a week now.

How were the pre-gignerves?I do a lot of shows, but I’ve seriously never beenso nervous in my life. We didn’t really think abouthow hot it is in Midwest during the summer. Withthe nerves plus the performing and dancingaround it was absolutely roasting, you wouldswear there was a shower over the drummer!

What do you love most about being amusician and gigging?Where to begin, I just love every aspect of it. Thereis nothing more therapeutic and fulfilling thanmusic for me. I love performing in front of acrowd, entertaining people and make them feelsomething through my music.

What’s the hardest part?As a musician there is no time off, the more youput into it the more you get out of it. There arenot enough hours in the day and if you’re constantly messing around you’re not gonna getanything in return. I find it hard to balance it all,if I take some time off I feel really guilty.

What’s on the agendafor the summer?We’re going on a US Tour, from the Southwest tothe Midwest, through around ten states. We’re so exited about it and we really hope it will besuccessful.

And finally Flavia, anyplans of coming backto Ireland? I would love to come back to Ireland, I miss myEuropean roots so much. I met with UniversalMusic Ireland recently and they were very posi-tive about the album.

We’re planning a European Tour next summer, so Ireland will definitely be included in that. Wehave a new EP on the go as well, so we’ll see whathappens!

To keep up to date with Flavia & The Red, and listen to some of their tunes, see their website:www.flaviaandthered.com


Welcome to thelatest edition ofSq. Magazine. It has been avery exciting few weeks sinceI spoke to youlast, with twonew openings in the Centre!We are delighted to welcome WorldFamous Skechers to Level 2 home ofthe ever popular GOrun and GOwalktrainers. Hairspray is also now openon the Centre Mall offering a one stopbeauty shop where you can buyeverything from hair extensions, eyelashes, nails and beauty products.

Wow, what a great weekend of activity in The Square. It all kicked offon Friday with a dance display by thefabulous Canvas Crew; on Saturdaythe kids were entertained by the Itsy

Bitsy team and their fab array of creepy crawlies.I must admit I was a bit scared myself but the kidsseemed to have a great time learning about thedifferent reptiles and insects.

Monday saw energetic ladies head off on ourMarathon bus, sponsored by Dublin Bus, to complete the 2013 Flora women’s minimarathon.The ladies, all of which where runningfor The National Children’s Hospital where bothstaff and customers of The Square. I don’t thinkany of them challenged the fabulous Siobhan O'Doherty who won the race in a great time of34.20 but by all accounts they had a great dayand the sun even shone!

Good luck to all our studious customers who aretaking State exams in the next few weeks, onelast big effort and then you can kick back andenjoy the Summer.

New Look have extented their store, which wasrecently refurbished and rebranded. Drop in andsee the changes for yourself the next time youra passing by. For those heading off on holidayshave a great time and remember that The Squareis the ideal place to do your pre holiday shopping.

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ITSY BITSYBy Linn Heldal

Level One Comes Alive With A Big Snake AndCreepy Crawlies!!Today’s children have no fear if Saturday’s eventson Level 1 are anything to go by, hundreds ofthem were entertained and enthralled by thearray of creatures on show at our Itsy Bitsy eventwhich included reptiles, insects and the star ofthe show, Larry the snake!

It seemed the Dads were hanging back lookingnervous while the Mams and kids got up closeand personal with all the snakes and spidersamongst others. As you can see from the pictureseven the youngest of shoppers had a little playwith the seven foot long python Larry.

As well as being able to get up close and personalwith the weird and wonderful wildlife, there was

also face painting and balloon modeling forall the kids. Cheeky Monkey made an appearance to help entertain the kids.

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World FamousSkechers OpensOn Level 2Skechers has opened its doors on Level 2 of theSquare, unveiling literally thousands of stylesof athletic, casual and dress shoes for menwomen and children.

Young or old can all find shoes to fit their fashionand comfort needs at the store. Patrick McIlroy,area manager with Skechers, is very excitedwith the new store which is very bright andmodern and his team of staff are ready, willingand able to look after all the needs of the customers with style and fitting advice.

Carraig DonnThe glamorous and talented Carrig DonnStylist Demelza Buckley was in attendancein the store on Level 2 on Friday May 31, tohold a Styling Workshop. Demelza who hasa first class honours degree in Fashion Designfrom NCAD will be a familiar face to thosewho watch Ireland AM where she is a regular contributor. Don't worry if you missed her asthere is an array of fashion tips onwww.carraigdonn.comon their facebookpage or on twitter @carraig_donn to keepan eye out for their fab competitons and promotions.

Mini MarathonWell done and thank you to the dozens of ladies whocaught the bus, sponsored by The Square and Dublin Bus,and ran the 2013 Flora Ladies Mini Marathon in aid of theNational Children's hospital on bank holiday Monday. They joined over 40,000 other ladies running this greatannual event which has raised countless millions for charities in Ireland and beyond in the 30 years since itwas first run in 1983. Well done to one and all and we arevery proud of you!

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Ronald McDonaldComes To Town!!McDonalds on Level 2 was packed to the brimwhen Ronald McDonald made a flying visit to TheSquare on Tuesday June 4.

The smile known around the world greeted kidson the sunny Tallaght afternoon as they got tomeet their very favourite clown.

Top Score For MaoMao restaurants have been the top Asian restaurant chain in Dublin for over 20 years andnow are delighted to team up with ShamrockRovers. Their extensive range of Asian and Thaicuisine are perfect for the professional athlete astheir chefs are passionate about using only thefinest fresh ingredients to create their authentic,healthy and low fat dishes.

Brand ambassador the aptly named Stephen Riceis very enthusiastic about the new partnershipand even tried his hand out in the kitchen, "Thefreshness of the ingredients is what I enjoy mostabout Mao" explained Stephen who has radicallychanged his diet since strength and conditioningcoach Philly McMahon joined the ShamrockRovers back-room team!

NEW LOOK gets a new look!NEW LOOK was delighted to re-open its Tallaght store on Thursday June 6 after giving itself a fabulous make-over. After responding to changing shopping habits,lifestyles and aspirations of its customers,NEW LOOK is unleashing an extra-specialdose of gorgeousness at its Tallaght store.

To celebrate the relaunch, New Look gaveaway goody bags to the first 100 customers,as well as celebratory balloons. Check it outon Level Two and also in our fashion pages...

Hip Hop Heroes!The Centre Mall reveberated to the Hip Hopbeat last week as the Canvas Crew struttedtheir stuff. The crew are fundraising to travelto Las Vegas to represent Ireland in the WorldHip Hop Championship in September.Thedance collective is made up of young peoplefrom all over Dublin. Some of the Canvas Crew featured in the Sky One’s Got toDance TV show and with a little help theywill be able to represent Ireland on the worldstage. Keep an eye on our Facebook page forfuture appearances.

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A CLOSER LOOK AT...HAIRSPRAYBy Linn Heldal

Hairspray is the No.1supplier of hair extensions in IrelandThey first opened their doors to the public in November 2006 and since then, the company hasgone from strength to strength and now havefive stores around Dublin.

They stock top quality brands like Spanish Hair,Hairdo and their famous own range of Hairsprayproducts. They also sell a full range of salon services, which include brand name hair colourslike Wella Koleston and L'Oréal Majirel, as well ashairbrushes, Revlon Colour Bombs and wraps.

They are a 100% Irish owned brand and werecreated by director Warren Logan. “The conceptof Hairspray is that girls that are going out at theweekend, or to an event, can add something totheir evening by coming to the store and buysome affordable products, whether it’s clip in hairextensions, ponytails, nails or eyelashes.” Warrenexplained.

Hairspray just opened a new store at The Squarein Tallaght. “We are very happy to be here at theSquare. We have only been open a few days –theresponse and the location of the shop are great.

Hairspray is pink and it’s fluffy – what we wantis for people to walk in to the shop and think thatthis is fun and a breath of fresh air.”

The store at the Square stocks all Hairspray products and will have a hair extensions salonopen to the customers before the end of June. Allof the Hairspray salon teams have been trainedto the highest standard at their famous Hair Extensions Academy. This enables them to addnatural luscious length and volume to your hairwithin hours.

Hairspray offer four different extensions systemsand their demonstration videos on YouTube haverecently reached over 10 million views. “We always recommend that our customers watchsome of the videos which demonstrate how eachmethod is applied, before they decide.”

The hair extensions cost from €395 for the Non-Glue Hair Extensions system, up to €495 for theExtend Magic Hair Extensions system. They offervarious discounts on their website, including a discount of €100 on system three and four everyMonday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Many more offers are available on the deal.iewebsite.

“Our customer base are women of all ages andwe want to give them a little more for a little less.Our policy is affordable hair extensions to the girlnext door.”

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CINEMAMAN OF STEELBy Rachel Lynch

We have a number ofbig blockbusters tolook forward to thissummer and Man ofSteelcomes close tothe top of the listMan of Steel is an upcoming 2013 American superhero film directed by Zack Snyder, and produced by Christopher Nolan.

Based on the DC Comics character Superman, thefilm will be a reboot of the Superman film series,portraying the character's origin story.

The film stars Henry Cavill in the title role, withAmy Adams as Lois Lane, Michael Shannon asGeneral Zod, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, KevinCostner as Jonathan Kent, Laurence Fishburne asPerry White and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. Man ofSteel will launch a shared fictional universe of DCComics characters on film.

Clark Kent is a journalist who was adopted as achild by Jonathan and Martha Kent after he wastransported to Earth from the dying planet of

Krypton. Raised with the values of his adoptiveparents, he feels alienated because of his uniquesuper powers and struggles to find his own placein life. When the world is attacked, he becomesthe hero named Superman to protect Earth andits people.

Judging by the trailer director Zack Snyder haspulled out all the stops to deliver what critics haveprematurely branded movie of the year.

Music has been a huge talking point surroundingthe trailer, at times slow and emotional, and atothers sweeping and epic. To completely distinguish Man of Steel from the previous films,the iconic Superman March by John Williams willnot be heard. Instead, the legendary Hans Zimmer has composed the film’s score.

The fact the film is available in 3D excites me. Onecan only imagine how well some of the sceneswill play out on screen. The trailer provided uswith a sneak peek into the action that is bothslow and fast which gives an effect of somethingsuperhuman occurring. It really does feel like thefirst time Superman has been done justice in live action.

I hope the movie lives up to the ‘movie of theyear’ tagline, because the character has such a lotof potential, especially when stripped back to thebeginning of his familiar narrative.

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THE LAST EXORCISM PART 2By Rachel Lynch

The Last Exorcism Part2picks up from wherePart 1 left offThis time unlike Part 1 we are treated to a tradi-tional third-person point of view as opposed to thedocumentary style we witnessed in the first movie.

The morning after the baffling events at theSweetzer farmhouse, a random couple wakes tofind a terrified Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) inhab-iting their kitchen.Completely traumatized, Nellcan't remember entire portions of the previousmonths, only that she is the last surviving member of her family.

She tries to start a new life and initially seems tobe making great progress out in the world sheknows little or nothing about, until it all changes.Nell starts to experience her strange dreams turninto waking hallucinations, making her questionwhether her delusions were anything but. Sheknows something is very wrong and a dark evilis closing in on her, entirely beyond her control.

The evil force that once possessed Nell is back tohaunt her and has more devastating plans inmind this time round, the exorcism was just thestart of the nightmare that unfolds.

Overall this is the type of movie to entertain andscare you, in my opinion it does both. From thetrailers alone it is clear that if you are a fan of horror then The Last Exorcism Part 2 is a must see.If you liked the first film you will love Part 2. It’snot the horror movie of the year, but it’s certainlyenjoyable. Horror fanatics will say it is unoriginaland delivers nothing new, but that said there isstill an interesting story line to this film, withplenty of jumpy scares.


AFTER EARTHBy Rachel Lynch

Will Smith again starsalongside his sonJaden in new this futuristic action film The story begins in the near future, after humanity abandoned Earth after cataclysmicevents, they re-established society on the planetNova Prime, lightyears away from Earth. Aban-doned, Earth continued to flourish on its own.

One thousand years after the departure fromEarth, the Ranger Corps, a peace keeping organ-ization established shortly after colonization ofNova Prime, is led by General Cypher Raige, a wisebut cold and emotionless father. His teenage son,Kitai, is a recruit of the Ranger Corps, but his knackfor mischief frustrates Cypher.

Urged by his wife, Faia (played by SophieOkonedo), who sees Kitai's behaviour as a long-ing for his father's love, Cypher takes Kitai on amission to Earth.

The ship travels into an asteroid field and crasheson Earth, killing everyone except a critically injured Cypher and Kitai, who are forced to embark on a perilous journey across uncharted

terrain, coming across evolved animals that nowdominate the planet, as well as an unstoppablealien creature that escaped during the crash, tosignal for help.As his father lies dying in the cock-pit, 13-year-old Kitai must trek across the hostileterrain to recover their rescue beacon. His wholelife, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be asoldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.

Cypher reminds his son,“Fear is not real. It is aproduct of thoughts you create. Now do not misunderstand me, danger is very real. But fearis a choice.”

It’s clear from the trailer both father and son havea great relationship and this works well with theon screen story where they play the same parts.While packed with action and peril, After Earthalso looks to have themes that touch on family,courage, and love.

This is the first time in twenty years that directorM. Night Shyamalan has accepted a project basedon someone else's screenplay, and may mark anupturn in his career, after the disappointment ofhis last few features.

This time may be different for Shyamalan, alsopurely because he has signed up one of Holly-wood’s most sought after duos. The family brandstar power of Will and Jaden Smith will certainlydraw the audience in.

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Are you a festival fanatic?We have a look at some of the smaller musicfestivals that have sprung up over the last fewyears and what they’re offering, in terms of bothlineup and value this summer!

ENTERTAINMENT - FESTIVAL SPECIAL

BODY & SOULBallinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath

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June 21-23, 2013Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Public ImageLtd, F*ck Buttons, Kurt Vile & The Violators,Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires,Solange, The Congos, Pantha Du Prine,Mmoths, Willy Mason, Jon Hopkins(Live), Wallis Bird, Breton, Kate Boy, RSAG

3 Days + Camping = €139Sunday Ticket = €55www.bodyandsoul.ie

SEA SESSIONSBundoran, Co. Donegal

June 21-23, 2013Bastille, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Xavier Rudd,Beardyman, The Strypes, The OriginalRudeboys, Therapy?, The Milk, Gilles Peterson, Mr Scruff, DJ Yoda, Le Galaxie,Duke Special, The Minutes, Aeroplane,SOAK, Delta Heavy, Greg Wilson

Weekend Pass = €89*Note: No camping is availablewww.seasessions.com

KNOCKANSTOCKANBlessington Lakes, Co. Wicklow

July 26-28, 2013The Eskies, Ross Breen, The Hot Sprockets,John Blek & The Rats, The FitzaFrenic, Earthship, Niwel Tsumbu, Cocaine Ponytail,Blind Yackety, Veroa, Sinead White, Corner Boy, Rocher, Sarah Red, The RustyFixtures, Quincy, Val Normal

3 Days + Camping = €95Sunday Ticket = €40www.knockanstockan.ie


GLASGOWBURYDraperstown, Co. Derry

July 19-20, 2013The Answer, ASIWYFA, JapanesePopstars, Jetplane Landing, LittleBear, Axis Of, Ed Zealous, In TheirThousands, More Than Conquerors,Million Dollar Reload, Trucker Diablo

2 Days + Camping = £45Saturday Ticket = £35www.glasgowbury.com

GROOVEKilruddery Estate, Co. Wicklow

July 6-7, 2013James Morrison, Ali Campbell UB40, SoulII Soul Sound System, Imelda May, DamienDempsey, Jack L, Jerry Fish, HermitageGreen, Hudson Taylor, Ham Sandwich, The Raglans, Cry Monster Cry, Little Bear,O Emperor, The Original Rudeboys

Weekend Pass = €99One Day = €59www.groovefestival.ie

LIVE AT THE MARQUEEThe Docklands, Cork

June and July 2013Or for something a little different, whynot head down to Cork for one of the Liveat the Marquee gigs t his summer?

Each Live at the Marquee 2013 gig is aseparate gig, there is no camping andyou don’t have to pay for acts you don’tlike. You just grab a ticket for yourfavourite shows over the summer andhead along all through June and July.

Olly Murs, Little Mix, The Wanted, The Coronas w/ The Original Rudeboys, EltonJohn, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, ZZ Top, The National, The Coronas w/ RyanSheridan, Sting, Passenger, Ke$ha, Bell X1, The Boomtown Rats, Christy Moore, Jessie J, Imelda May

€18 – €95 depending on show

Tickets available from Ticketmaster.ieand outlets nationwide.


MUSICABSOLUTE ZEROLITTLE GREEN CARSBy Rachel Lynch

Absolute Zero is analbum which displaysgreat maturity and afantastic grasp of classical song writing.The first track Harper Lee is one of eleven amazingand original pieces from the group. The song is acatchy folk tune with immaculate harmonies thatworks beautifully with the flow of the track.

Next up is Angel Owls which is one of my personalfavorites. Steve Appleby’s voice tells the storywhile the harmonies of the other members arehighlighted during the breaks, listening to themall sing together for the chorus is indescribable,it sounds that good.

There isn’t much more that can be said for MyLove Took Me Down To The River To Silence Me otherthan ‘wow’. There is more than a touch of Florence& The Machine to this track.

From start to finish Faye’s voice is outstanding butthe song itself is one that will have you continu-ously hitting the replay button.

The Consequence Of Not Sleeping features somelovely solo guitar moments and with harmoniesthat are nothing more than stunning.

Please treats us to some spine tingling lead vocalsfrom Faye. Then we come to another favorite ofmine and probably the most recongisable track,The John Wayne.

The folk five-piece have gotten lots of radio playsince releasing this as their debut single and theydeserve it. This tune it just leaves you wonderingif they or anyone else can actually top this styleof music? It is also while listening to his particulartrack I could hear where the Mumford and Sonscomparisons came from.

Last up is Goodbye Blue Monday which is a sooth-ing and well written track. It is placed excellentlyon the album as it finishes it off well, so to speak.

The album is one in which I would recommendto all. While they are all talented musicians, thisband’s main strength lies in the fact that they canall sing. They all have their own flair which is evident throughout the album and works extremely well.

It’s certainly an intriguing first album and havinglistened to it in its entirety I must say it leaves meexcited as to what is coming next!

Maud in Cahoots, consisting of Dublin sistersMaud and Zoe Reardon, recently releasedtheir new single Dance With Me.

They describe their sound as ‘alternative popmixed in with soul, motown and the occa-sional glockenspiel’ and it’s quite apparentthat they come from classical backgrounds.

Classical instruments, such as piano, violin,tuba and cello accompany their songs. Mixedwith front woman Maud’s beautiful soulfulvoice and unique song writing technique Ican only describe this as magical.

The sisters’ new single Dance With Me is anoutstanding piece of music and somethingthat I honestly cannot compare to any otherband or musician around today.

The song builds slowly then kicks off with aeuphoric and powerful chorus with beautifulharmonies by the sisters. The catchy hookwill be in your head the rest of the day.

The video for the track was directed by JohnMcIlduff at St Brendan’s Psychiatric Hospitalin Grangegorman.

If the girls keep with this fantastic standardof songwriting, they will definitely be one tokeep an eye on. Maud in Cahoots keeps itshort and sweet and leaves me hungry formore, let’s go dancing!

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MAUD IN CAHOOTSDANCE WITH MEBy Rachel Lynch & Linn Heldal


TECHXBOX ONEBy Cathal Jennings

Microsoft have finallyreleased their XboxOne console. It is the first console released by Microsoft in thelast 7 years, the last being the Xbox 360.

A lot is expected of the new console since Sonyand Nintendo have made steps into the next genconsole. Microsoft are pinning their hopes on theXbox One to bring them the success needed tocompete with Sony and Nintendo.

The Xbox One is quite large and has a retro lookto it like the old Nintendos had. The controller andKinect unit are redesigned, too: the Kinect andXbox One, in particular, sport sharp-angled, glossyblack boxy looks.

It looks much bigger than the other next genconsoles out there that have slimmed downwhich gives them a more elegant look.

The name "Xbox One" suggests a reboot, a freshstart. Maybe from this day forward, Microsoft'sconnected living-room PC strategies will springfrom the Xbox One. Or, it'll just a be a very goodgaming console.

The Xbox One will be released later this year sowill be in direct competition with the PS4 forsales. These consoles should be on shelves byChristmas and so the winner should be decidedaround then.

A new Kinect comes with the Xbox One, completewith improved accuracy. It has a 1080p camera,Skype connectivity, and understanding of rotational movement in a structure like a skeleton. Microsoft even claims the new Kinect can read your heartbeat.

It can also recognize your controller, not just yourhands -- suggesting uses that sound a little likethe ones for PlayStation Move's wand.

Built on the existing service and usernames, the new Xbox Live promises 300,000 servers forXbox One, a whopping number.

Matchmaking services will work while you'redoing other tasks like watching movies or Webbrowsing, and bigger, more quickly connectingmatches are promised, too.

Microsoft has discussed some cloud services onthe Xbox One that seem promising: user-basedcloud game saves, uploaded game recording, and even the potential for cloud-processing-enhanced games.

The tablet-based SmartGlass experience will center on Xbox One, and will work as before witha variety of phones and tablets.

Baked-in Wi-Fi Direct on the Xbox One will allowBluetooth-like direct communication betweenexternal devices, which could come in handy forother future peripherals, too. Second screens willbe a major method of interacting with the XboxOne, but details were scarce at the Xbox event.

Microsoft plans eight new franchises for the XboxOne in the first year, a hopeful sign for a platformthat's become too sequel-dependent. Of course,Forza 5 was shown off, but a new game calledQuantum Break from the developers of Alan Wakelooks like the sort of game we're more used toseeing from PlayStation, with a big-studio design and cinematic feel.

But there is some bad news: like the PlayStation4, the Xbox One isn't backward-compatible withXbox 360 games.

"Xbox is going to be the next water cooler." Thatwas said during the event to suggest the XboxOne's role as a social-TV platform. To that end, it sounds like Microsoft is developing TV showsand original programming for the Xbox One,making a greater leap into Netflix-like originalprogramming.

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GAMERESIDENT EVIL:REVELATIONSBy Cathal Jennings

Revelations is the bestResident Evil game ofthe past few yearsIt’s also the one that's the most true to the series'roots and there's something to be said for that.But taken on its own terms, it's not a great game.It's not remotely scary, and the enemy design isuninspired. Still, Revelations is competent enoughto remind you of what Resident Evil can be, evenif it doesn't get under your skin the way the bestgames in the series do.

Set between Resident Evil 4 and 5, Revelations'tale is more concerned with organizations–theBioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance, theFederal Bioterrorism Commission, and the terrorgroup Veltro–than with individuals.

Series mainstays Jill Valentine and Chris Redfieldare on hand, but they don't get any opportunitiesfor character development here; they're just familiar pawns in the series' latest sinister, overlycomplicated conspiracy.

They're joined by one likable new character, andone awful one. Jill's partner, Parker, bears an unmistakable resemblance to actor RussellCrowe; looks aside, he's a good-humored

companion, someone you'd like to have by yourside in a crisis. Chris' partner, Jessica, on the otherhand, is so obnoxious and absurd as to straincredulity, even in a story about ooze monsters.

The bulk of Revelations takes place on the QueenZenobia, a luxury ocean liner with plenty ofcramped corridors that make for claustrophobiccombat. The ship's elegant cabins, casinos, andpromenades contrast with its bilges, freight lifts,and other metallic environments, which makesyour initial explorations of the ship rewarding.

The Queen Zenobia's layout is convincing, makingit easy to buy into the idea that it's a real ship witha long and grisly history. But before you've advanced too far through the campaign, you'veseen most of what the Zenobia has to offer, andyou spend much of your time trekking backthrough areas you've already covered.

Unfortunately, though the best games in the series feature confrontations with memorable,horrifying bosses, the boss battles here, likeeverything else about Revelations, are standard.

Bosses can dish out and withstand plenty ofdamage, but their designs and their attack patterns are all par for the course.

Outside of the campaign, there's Raid mode, anopportunity to fight off enemies solo or with an-

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other player, and though the process of levelingup and earning points with which you can pur-chase more and better gear is predictably compelling, the combat still lacks the spark ofscariness that infused the action of earlier Resident Evil entries.

Revelations is a decent adventure, but it doesn'tcome close to reaching the heights the series hasin the past.


RACEDRIVER GRID 2By Cathal Jennings

The souped-up motorsof Grid 2take theirstarting positionsThe long-awaited title was finally released thisMay, almost a half-decade to the day since itsmuch-lauded predecessor was rolled out. Themaxim for this sequel is one of “total race day immersion”, an ambitious effort to recreate thetension, glamour, and sparking rivalry of any authentic competitive driving event.

A significant shift from the first game is the newLiveRoutes system, which randomly creates thetrack ahead of the racers. “The tracks will changelap by lap, dynamically,” says Becky Crossdale,Level Designer.

The game looks great, boasts a stunning selectionof cars (from classic BMWs up to supercars that BillGates probably couldn’t afford), and has spent itsfive year absence honing every nut and bolt. Thehandling in particular already seemed hugely improved when we looked at the game last.

Endurance mode mixes it up, first by showcasingLiveRoutes in action, the streets of a bewilder-ingly pretty Dubai snaking off into the distance,each corner providing a new surprise, second by

forcing a new approach to play. Victory goes tothe driver covering the greatest distance inlengthy races – customisable up to a whopping40 minutes, though here a couple of merciful five-minute defeats – rather than passing a finish linefirst. Constantly keeping up with the unpre-dictable track while trying to nimbly zip betweenrivals and avoid collisions, all to get the mostmiles on the wheels, proves a thrilling challenge.

In the five-year gap since the first Grid, the DiRTseries has veered between rallying and stuntdriving, while the Formula One license has beenfocussed on creating a precise simulation of thereal-world sport. Grid 2 now has the chance tocomplete Codemasters’ triptych of racing offerings, delivering an experience distinct fromits garage-mates – and with it shaping up to bea chrome-plated, sexed-up street racer with afresh take on competitive multiplayer, it shoulddo just that.


MOTORAUDI A3 SPORTBACKBy Rachel Lynch

The new Audi A3Sportback launched in FebruaryThe latest A3 Sportback model sets new standards in the premium compact segment.Characterised by its sporty, long and lean design,the new Sportback is 90kg lighter than its pred-ecessor thanks to ultra lightweight technology.

The car is flatter, more masculine and more dynamic. The slim side is defined by the strikingTornado line along the edge of the window andthe dynamic line above the sills. The narrowheadlights give the Audi A3 Sportback a determined, concentrated look. The integratedroof edge spoiler creates additional dynamics andsportiness at the rear.

The interior of the car is beautifully simple, everything looks top of the range without beingtoo over the top or dramatic. Audi has gone for aminimalist look with the chrome surround circular air vents being perhaps the only standout design in the cabin. Don’t be fooled though,this is still a high tech car, with a pop up screenoperated via an easy to use control panel locatedjust behind the gear stick.

Even the entry level of the Spotback are really appealing with Bluetooth, USB connection, airconditioning and you get voice control all as standard. The space at the back is slightly longerthan the three door A3 which means you get alittle bit more leg room, and your passengers willtravel in not only in style but comfort too.

The boot has an adjustable floor so you can eithergo for a bit of extra space or a completely flatloading bay when you drop your seats down.Whatever way suits you it’s a decent shape andit’s about average in size for its class.

The car is a lovely drive and the steering is reallyprecise. There is plenty of grip when you goaround corners, it is a very composed car. The gearchange is also really slick and everything feelsfantastically engineered. Customers will be understandably drawn to the diesels but thesmall turbo charged petrols are great as well, theyhave got plenty of pace and are remarkablysmooth and are surprisingly cheap to run.

Audi in general will never be the cheapest modelavailable on the market but any price premiumis backed up by the fact it should hold its valuereally well, so that it will be worth that little bitmore than its rivals when you come to selling it.Saying that though, the Audi A3 Sportback is wellworth its price tag.

Overall, I found this car to be a luxurious, classylooking model that was practical, smooth on theroad and fun to drive.On the road prices for thenew Audi A3 Sportback, start from €26,900.

For further information or details of your nearestAudi dealership visit www.audi.ie

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BUSINESS

Stripe, the US payments companyis set to open forbusiness in IrelandThe company was started by two multimil-lionaire Limerick brothers, Patrick (23) andJohn Collison (21), who were recently listedin the Forbes top 30 under 30 people in Tech.Stripe, whose investors include early Twitter,Facebook and PayPal backers, has been subject to value speculations ranging from€500 million to €1 billion, and should golive within months.

Executives from the company were in Dublinlast month and revealed the plan to makethe platform available in Ireland ahead ofother European countries at a Wayra eventorganised by Telefónica.

Stripe raised its first round of funding ofUS$2 million in March 2011 from invest-ment veterans Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sequoia Capital and Andreesen Horowitz.This was followed by a further fundinground of US$18 million in February 2012 bySequoia Capital that at the time valued thecompany at US$100 million.

The Collinson brothers previously formed astart-up called Shuppa in 2007, which laterbecame known as Auctomatic, attractedfunding from Silicon Valley venture capitalfirm Y Combinator, and was acquired just ayear later by Canadian firm Live Current Mediafor US$5 milliion (€3.2 million) when thebrothers were just 17 and 19, respectively.

Stripe’s technology makes it easy to acceptmobile payments on any platform – web,mobile, desktop or tablet device - and companies like Lyft, Exec, Postmates, SideCar,Sesame and OrderAhead use Stripe to makeit easy to pay for content using an iPhone orAndroid smartphone.

Stripe's easy transaction system has been ahit with start-ups and small businesses. In just24 hours in April Stripe processed moremoney than in its previous two years, causinga sensation on Twitter in the process! The sib-lings are thought to be worth at least €120million jointly, according to Rich List estimates.

Stripe's investors include PayPal founder andearly Facebook investor Peter Theil, Tesla Motors' Elon Musk and Twitter backer Andreessen Horowitz. The brothers have saidthey want to see the company go to IPO.Competition from the likes of a revampedGoogle Wallet and other easy pay firms ishotting up, however.

1 and 2c Euro coins to be scrapped?Saving pocket change may not end the euro zonecrisis, but the European Commission hopes thatscrapping the smallest coins could help penny-pinching governments cut costs.

The European Commission have outlined propos-als for the 17 euro zone countries to scrap their 1and 2 cent coins, leaving 5-cent pieces as thesmallest in circulation.

The Commission says the cost of making the coins has exceeded their face value for the past11 years, effectively costing member states 1.4billion euros.More than 45 billion of the 1 and 2cent coins have been minted since the euro en-tered circulation in 2002, but many are nowburied behind sofas, lost in back pockets or lefton the street rather than making their way tocash registers.

While scrapping them all together may appear tomake sense, some consumers worry that roundingprices up to the nearest 5 cents will prove inflationary. On the other hand, rounding pricesdown to the nearest 5 cents might be beneficial.

Evidence from euro zone countries that no longerissue the smallest coins - including Finland andthe Netherlands - shows that there is little impacton prices either way.

In countries where consumers are fond of smallcoins and precise pricing, including Germany andFrance, the proposal to withdraw the 1 and 2 centpieces has gained little traction, a Commissionofficial said. But there has been substantial concern among consumers about the possibilityof a spike in inflation.

Non-euro Sweden has abolished small coins fourtimes in the past 40 years and seen no direct ef-fect on price levels.

"People like to be concerned," said CarstenBrzeski, a senior economist at ING in Brussels."But if you think about the psychology of price, Ithink you'll rather see a rounding down to 95cents than an upward adjustment."

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Irish film producersdo deals at CannesIrish film producers were busy negotiatinga number of international deals on theirslate of film projects in Cannes this year.

Irish production company Treasure Films (I Went Down, The Eclipse, The Stag) have announced details on their new Irish filmWild, with all international rights on the filmbeing sold to Radiant Films Inc.

The film is set to star True Blood actressEmma Greenwell and Tom Hughes. It tellsthe story of Mary Reynolds, a visionaryyoung garden designer who puts every-thing on the line in order to compete in theChelsea Flower show. Wild will shoot in Ire-land and Ethiopia over the coming monthswith finance from Bord Scannan na hEire-ann/ the Irish Film Board, RTE and the BAI.

Irish director Mary McGuckian has attachedShannyn Sossamon (Mistresses, The End of Love, A Knights Tale), Alanis Morissette andSwiss actor Vincent Perez (Butterfly Kiss) to star in her new Eileen Gray film The Priceof Desire.

The film is produced by Pembridge Pictureswith finance from Bord Scannan na hEireann/the Irish Film Board.

Trade publication Screen Daily has ann-ounced a deal on Irish horror flick Citadel directed by Ciaran Foy with Metrodomebuying the UK Ireland rights. The film will bereleased in Irish cinemas later this year.

There was also a strong Irish representationat the Cannes Film Festival and film marketthis year as Irish Academy Award nomineedirector Ruairi Robinson's debut feature sci-fi film The Last Days On Mars had its worldpremiere as part of the prestigious Director'sFortnight section.

Local Enterprise OfficesSouth Dublin County Council have welcomedthe publication of the Framework ServiceLevel Agreement (SLA) between local author-ities and Enterprise Ireland for the new LocalEnterprise Offices (LEOs). The SLA along withthe new branding for the LEO offices were revealed by Minister for Jobs and Innovation,Mr Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Environ-ment, Community and Local Government, MrPhil Hogan TD and Minister of State for SmallBusiness John Perry TD.

LEOs will act as a one-stop-shop to supportmicro and small businesses in each county. The LEOs are being delivered through a Frame-work Service Level Agreement between Enterprise Ireland and the Local Authorities.South Dublin County Council is committed toplaying its part to ensure that the LEO will beup and running by the end of 2013.The LEOsare the result of a major restructuring of Statesupport for small and micro sized businesses,

which was previously delivered by County andCity Enterprise Boards.

“The LEOs are a new initiative to further support local economies and entrepreneur-ship with high level support delivered atlocal level” said Philomena Poole CountyManager.

The LEOs will be part of the broad range ofsupport given by South Dublin CountyCouncil for economic development but it will have a clear focus on local enterprisedevelopment. The main service provided byLEOs include; business information and ad-visory services, enterprise support services,entrepreneurship support services and localenterprise development services.


WRITERS’ CORNERA YEAR GONE BYBy Susan Kelly

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The day stands clearly in my mind, June 172007, a warm sunny day, as I waited to boardmy flight to Dublin. It was never my intentionto come to work in London, but the situationas it stood, I felt it was the best option. I hadworked consistently over the last year, social-izing very little. Myself and Steve having a com-plete break in our relationship, Steve wantedspace to think things over, no phone calls, noletters, and no communication whatsoever.

I had met Steve two years precious at a festivalin Galway, instantly I was attracted to him. Hehad the kind of looks most girls would like, tall,dark and handsome, and quite a charismaticpersonality. Mixed emotions were turning inmy mind on the flight home, would we havethe same connection as before, or would hehave met somebody else. I had met many guysover the years, but in fairness to say, the attraction to Steve was far greater.

The plane landed, and I made my way to thehotel, arriving just in time. I saw Steve sittingat the bar, looking very tanned and relaxed. Hemade his way over immediately and putting

his arms around me saying “It is so good to seeyou again.” We started to chat about our yearlong break, and having good laughs about situ-ations that we experienced over the year.

The mood was definitely very light, by eleven o’clock I had consumed a certain amount of alcohol, it broke down the barriers of disappoint-ment. Very casually Steve said “I have certainlyenjoyed the time we spent together, but I just feelright now in my life I need to be on my own.”Having no choice I just had to accept his decision.

Feeling quite emotional, I got up to leave and saidgoodbye. As I left the hotel, darkness had well descended and there was quite a coldness in theair. I decide to walk to my parents’ house, wrapping my shawl around me I started the journey. I will miss you Steve, and it’s going to takesome time for my emotions to settle. But time isa great healer. It will help me forget and bringhappy beginnings once again.

Susan lives in Rathfarnham. She has beenwriting for a while and has been part of awriting group in the past.

Are you an aspiringauthor or poet?If you’re interested in seeing your work published in InTallaght, simply submit yourpoem or short story (no longer than 300words please!) to [email protected] you could see your creative writing inprint in one of our future editions!

A pack of seeds my mother foundShe sowed them carefully in the groundThe pack did not possess a labelSo my Mam she was unableTo tell what would eventually growUntil summer, she wouldn't know.

The fragile seedlings slowly grewBeneath the sun and sky of blueShe fed and watered emerging shootsKept weeds from smothering the rootsEventually tiny buds appearedThey didn't die as she had feared.

She couldn't wait to see the flowersShe'd tended for so many hoursOne morning in the month of JuneHer flowers came into bloomIn sunshine out of the shadeA row of scarlet poppies swayed.

Trish has had several pieces published inInTallaght. She attends a creative writingcourse in Tallaght Library and is a member of Platform One writers groupin Rua Red.

SOW ME ANDYOU’LL KNOW MEBy Trish Nugent

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DAYBy A.L. Kennedy

The psychological aftermath of a soldier’s burden inpost-war BritainMy reason for choosing this title in the bookshopis a predictable a one. Emblazoned above the titlewere the words ‘Winner of the 2007 Costa Bookof the Year’. I was sold.

I tend to find that the kind of books that win, orare even long-listed for these kind of literaryawards are a safer bet for what I consider a goodread than those that proclaim themselves to bean ‘International Bestseller’. If you’re thinking I’ma book snob, you’re probably right.

In this case, my strategy back-fired slightly. I didn’tmassively enjoy this book. When I sat down toread it, I found more reasons than usual to put itdown and often had to re-read whole paragraphswhen I realised my mind had been wandering.

That’s not to say it’s not a good book. Far from it.It isn’t really my kind of book though.I struggledto empathise with Alfred, the protagonist for a

number of reasons. The story starts in 1949, whenAlfred Day, an ex-RAF tail-gunner is employed asan extra in a war film that echoes his own expe-riences. The plot flashes back to Alfred’s real war,and slowly, a picture is built up of his whole lifeto date and how it has marked him.

As it says on the back cover of the book: “AlfredDay wanted his war. In its turmoil he found hisproper purpose as the tail-gunner of a Lancasterbomber; he found the wild dark fellowship of hiscrew, and - more extraordinary of all - he foundJoyce, a woman to love. But that’s all gone - thewar took it away.”

Alfred comes from humble beginnings, the sonof an abusive fishmonger who beat his wife andson. He was barely old enough to enlist but assoon as he could, he escaped the narrow confinesof his childhood and went away to wear the blueof the Royal Air Force.

When Alfred is under pressure he falls back onthe Midlands dialect of his youth which at timesI found quite difficult to follow. It could be thatI’m not familiar enough with that accent, but Ifound it quite distracting, having to read thosesections aloud to make sense of them.

Kennedy deftly creates a crew round Alfred and describes the friendships, strains and the effectsof loss very well. In the period after the war Alfredis involved as an extra in making a film based ina prisoner of war camp.

Since Alfred ended the war in such a camp thisgives rise to mixed emotions, especially involvinga man called Vasyl who claimed to be Ukrainianbut was surely involved in war crimes.In a wayAlfred is soothed by being back in that kind of situation, like that of the ‘Kriegie’ he once was.

He is only 25 by the end of the novel so his emo-tional immaturity may well make sense, but healso appears much older than his years. The wartook his youth and left him a broken man with-out a purpose in life.

Day is a psychologically complex novel. Some-how, the inner thoughts of the central character- abstract, staccato, fractured - are delivered intext form, and you get a real sense of his 'voice'despite the whole thing being written in the second and third person. I think it is an interestingnarrative style and probably makes the effort ofconcentration worth it in the end.

About The AuthorAlison Louise "A.L." Kennedy (born 22 October1965, Dundee) is a Scottish writer of novels, shortstories and non-fiction. She is known for her char-acteristically dark tone, a blending of realism andfantasy, and for her serious approach to her work.

She contributes columns and reviews to UK andEuropean newspapers including the fictionaldiary of her pet parrot named Charlie.

Kennedy currently lives in Glasgow and is an Associate Professor in Creative Writing with University of Warwick, having previously taughtcreative writing at the University of St Andrews.She performs as a stand-up comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe, comedy clubs and literary festivals. She is principally associated with TheStand Comedy Club in Edinburgh.

Gwen TaylourGraphic Designer/BookwormGwen lives in Terenure and works at InTallaght magazine. She has been an avid reader since childhoodand always has at least one book on the go. Email her at gwen@intallaght

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BEAUTY WITH SKINKANDY

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BRIDAL BEAUTYBRIDAL BEAUTYBy Emer McGillion

So you've had the proposal, the engagement party and set the dateOnce you have booked the venue, band andcolour scheme sorted, it's time to start thinkingabout one of the most important things...you!Time will fly by, so start preparing before you getinto a panic.

Skin CareYour wedding day is the most photographed dayof your life. So you want your skin to be in topcondition. It's never too early to start getting facials in preparation for your big day.

Most brides to be will usually say they want theirskin to be bright, glowing and radiant. Yes make-up can certainly attribute to these things, but theclearer, brighter and more hydrated your skin, theless foundation you will need, and you can nevertruly fake healthy skin.

Vitamin CIn it's purest form, Vitamin C is called ascorbic acidand there is scientific proof that it really works. Itcan diminish sun damage, lighten dark spots and

prevents lines/wrinkles. When it is paired withexfoliation, you are guaranteed to get brightermore revitalised skin.

The Jan Marini Skin Research C-Esta facial is thebest in it's league for these results. You could geta facial every week if you wanted, but it's not always realistic for people. Monthly facials, combined with correct homecare products, areideal for people wanting to get great results.

Make-upAs you're getting your skin care regime in the bestpossible condition, start thinking about whatkind of make-up look you're going for. Browsethe internet, search photos. Everyone's version ofa smoky eye is different, so photos work well ifyou have a tough time describing it to yourmake-up artist.

Some people like to stay with the traditional nat-ural look, others who are used to wearing moremake-up on a daily basis usually like to stick towhat they are comfortable with. Remember, youwant to look like yourself, only better! So if youwear more make-up on a day to day basis, thengo for a similar look for your wedding day.

It's also important to remember that flash photography will drown a lot of your make-up,so I would recommend that you don't go too subtle, unless you want the "no make-up look".

If you decide that's what you prefer, it may be agood idea to bring a deeper lip colour for theevening time, or eyeliner to define the eyes for anight time look.

Not everyone has the luxury of having theirmake-up artist at the whole wedding, so it's agood idea to have your bridesmaids hold on toyour lipstick/gloss for touch ups.

Also if you are prone to oiliness, have some blotting paper, or translucent powder with youso you don't shine as you dance into the earlyhours of the morning!

In the next edition, we will talk about the different types of nail options available for bridesand tanning tips!

If you would like any advice or information on the treatments above, contact me by phone (086378 3516) or email ([email protected]).

Emer McGillionC.I.B.T.A.C C.I.D.E.S.C.O Professional Beauty Therapist/Make-up Artist

Emer has been working in the beauty industry for thepast 9 years and has extensive experience in areas suchas advanced skin care, laser treatments, specialisedwaxing, tanning, make-up, nails and more. She has setup her own mobile beauty service called "Skinkandy"which provides a broad range of beauty treatmentsthat are all carried out in the comfort of your home,and at your own convenience.

www.skinkandy.ie

skinkandybeauty

@skinkandy_ie


RECIPEGREEK-STYLELAMB KEBABS

Ingredients750g lamb, leg or new season shoulder,well trimmed and cubedOlive oil1 red and 1 green pepper, cut into chunks1 red onion, cut into wedgesSalt and freshly-ground black pepper

Marinade250ml Greek-style natural yoghurt2 garlic cloves, crushed1 teasp. ground cumin1 teasp. ground corianderGrated rind and juice of 1 lemon

Mint and Garlic Yoghurt Dressing 185ml Greek-style natural yoghurt1 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped1 tbsp fresh mint, choppedGrated rind of 1 lemon2 garlic cloves, crushed

MethodCombine the marinade ingredients in a largenon-metallic dish. Add the diced lamb and stir tocoat well, then cover and place in the fridge forabout two hours if possible.

Meanwhile soak eight wooden skewers in water.This will prevent them scorching. If you are shortof time use metal skewers.

Preheat your barbecue or grill to high and brushlightly with oil. Thread the lamb cubes, peppersand red onion onto the skewers, season and cookfor three to four minutes on each side until lightlycharred and cooked to your taste.

To make the Mint and Garlic Yoghurt Dressing, stirtogether all the ingredients and season to taste.

Drizzle a little dressing over each lamb skewerand serve the rest on the side.

Other vegetables such as courgette or cherrytomatoes would also work if you’re not too keenon peppers.

These kebabs would be perfect for any summerbarbecue, served with some fresh seasonal salads. Cous cous or toasted pitta bread would bean ideal accompaniment to keep with the theme.

The Importance of Buying Local

Help to keep your locality thriving by supporting your local Craft Butcher. Despitesupermarket dominance, more and more ofus are realising the importance of our localbutchers, and the skills and information thatthey can provide.

Most butchers in Ireland are independent,family run businesses, and buying fromthem helps to support our local communi-ties. The money we spend there will stay inthe local area instead of being siphoned offto investors in the form of profits, and so isof benefit of everyone in your area.

From the farmer who rears the meat to theperson who delivers it, by shopping local youare supporting your community, in the mostpositive way possible.

See www.craftbutchers.ie for more.

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GETTING RIDOF MOSSBy David Frazer

GARDENING

Moss in the lawn canbe a major problem,especially during therainy winter monthsMoss takeover is a result of a series of gardenproblems. Identifying and solving these problemspromptly will discourage moss growth in the fu-ture. Moss spores, exist naturally in the gardenand only becomes a problem when the lawn canno longer compete with it. A weakened orstressed lawn can be due to a number of causes,low or unbalanced soil fertility, compacted or wetsoils, and heavy shade acidic soil.

A thick thatch layer (thatch is a layer of dead grassthat has not decomposed; it inhibits water, airand fertilizer penetration into the root area) theseproblems can be corrected chemically and by hardmanual labour scarification (vigorous raking). Trypruning nearby branches to allow even a littlemore light in. One way to help eliminate moss is tofirst rake as much as possible out with a spring tinerake but you will not get it all.

Then apply your preferred iron sulphate basedmoss killer to the moss that remains after raking.The moss will now be thin enough to allow better

penetration of the moss killer; this method willget about 90% of the moss.

Moss killers combined with a fertiliser are beneficial where grass vigour is low. Apply mosskillers, either by hand or with a push-alongspreader but be careful not to apply lawn sand(ferrous sulphate mixed with a carrier) at too higha rate as this can blacken and kill the grass as wellas the moss.

Apply lawn moss killers in fine weather. Some re-quire watering after 48 hours if there has beenno rain. Check the packaging for details. Also, takecare while spreading near the pavement and thehouse to avoid staining the cement.

If you want to apply ferrous sulphate (sulphateof iron) before raking it. It is best to do this 7 to14 days before raking. A light high grass cuttingwith the mower beforehand will help, becauseferrous sulphate acidifies the soil you must use itevenly over the whole lawn otherwise you willcreate pH changes which may affect grassgrowth and may even increase moss growth infuture. The lawn should stay dry for approxi-mately forty eight hours after applying the mosskiller, and then a thorough watering is required.

After seven to ten days the moss will begin toturn black, at which time you should hand-rakeor dethatch your lawn. This will allow the grass

to grow again in areas previously covered bymoss. If bare or thin patches result from moss removal, reseed the area with a grass seed mix-ture containing a high percentage of perennialrye grass seed. A thick, healthy lawn does notallow room for moss to become established.

It is best to rake out the moss on a dry day whenthe grass is noticeably growing. Mow the lawnreasonably close before hand to better exposethe moss and reduce resistance on the rake.

Try to maintain a good fertilizing and watering routine. For the first feeding, a well-balanced lawnfood, such as Maxi Crop Moss killer and Lawn Tonic,Westland Lawn Feed, Weed and Moss killer, ScotGranular lawn Feed Weed and Moss Control, orGouldings Lawn Feed Weed Moss Killer.

Later in the summer, a higher-nitrogen fertilizercan be applied to stimulate green growth, butplease keep in mind that while fertilizing is important, you should not over fertilize your lawnduring dry periods, less frequent but longer periods of watering will produce deeper andhealthier roots.

Try to improve compacted or wet soils. Lawnroots will thrive in healthy soil that drains welland has plenty of organic matter. Poor soil willnot drain well and this will only encourage mossgrowth.

David FrazerLandscape Gardener

Dave is from Kilnmanagh in Tallaght. He has over 30years experience as a professional Garden Landscaper.Dave currently manages his own sucessful GardenLandscaping business.

Visit www.davesgardening.ie for project galleries and more information.

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Call 087 243 4211 or01 452 3979

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FITNESSDON’T HAVE TIMEFOR THE GYM?By Terry Levai

We are all living andworking longerHowever for many of us the nature of our workhas changed from manual labour to beingtrapped in offices staring at a screen all day. Ourjobs are draining us and making us unhealthy.After the age of 25 if we stay sedentary we loseroughly 0.5-1% of muscle mass per year (or gain1% of body-fat if we stay the same weight) butit doesn’t have to be that way!

Working out with a full-time 9-5 (maybe evenmore) job seems like a daunting thought but Iam here to tell you it can be done! I know this because I do it too. As a trainee accountant inDublin I make sure I put aside some time every-day to take care of myself.

And here’s the good news: ● To get yourself on the right track 20 – 30

minutes is all you need. ● You don’t even have to travel to the gym.

This starter programme is for those people who wantto get fit and strong but time is in short supply. Before we begin, I honestly recommend doingthis in the morning, get up 20 minutes earlier, do

the workout and you will feel more energisedand ready for the day. (Of course, if you like yourlie in, the evening is fine too.)

3 sets of 10 – 20 diamond push-upsForm a diamond with your hands by touchingtwo thumbs and index fingers together and placeyour hands under your chest and do push ups likethat. Try to keep your elbows from flaring bykeeping them in, this works your shoulders more.If you are unable to do push-ups, change theleverage by doing them on your knees.

3 sets 10-15 Leg tucks Sit on the edge of your bed and hold the edgeswith your hands. Straighten your legs and at thesame time lean back. Bring your legs and bodytogether; this is a fantastic abdominal exercisethat is far superior to endless sit-ups.

3 sets of 20 SquatsCross your arms and hold them out in front ofyou. Place your feet at shoulder width and squatdown, keeping your back straight. Go all the waydown! No cheating!

3 sets 10-15 Bulgarian LungesWith your bed/chair behind you, take a step awayfrom it. Place a foot on the bed with your toes flat.Place your hands on your hips and lunge down

on your other leg. Once you have completed a set,repeat with the other leg.

1 set of 10 Back bridgesLie down as though you are you are going to dosit-ups. Place your hands by your sides and ratherthan doing a sit up, thrust up with your hips asfar you can. Hold this for 2 seconds and come backdown. On the 5th repetition hold this position for10 seconds and on the 10th repetition hold theposition for 20 seconds.

Finally to finish off, do 10-20 BurpeesBegin in a squat position with hands on the floorin front of you. Kick your feet back to a pushup position.Immediately return your feet to the squatposition.Leap up as high as possible from the squatposition. Repeat, moving as fast as possible.

Do the repetitions at a reasonable pace and restfor 30-60 seconds between sets. The less you restthe more of a cardiovascular workout this becomes. You can be creative and create a circuitout of the exercises doing one set of each andresting for 60 seconds between each circuit set.

If you are really pressed for time you can evenspread the routine into two ten minute blocks, ordo sets between brushing your teeth and makingyour tea! No excuses.

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56 SPORTS ROUNDUP

Ballyboden St Enda’sFeile FinalsCongratulations to Ballyboden St Enda's feilehurlers on their Division One Final win beatingLucan 1-09 to 1-04. It was a great game by theFirhouse Road side as they looked to completethe Feile double.

The majority of the players on the St Enda'steam recently won the Division One Feile Peilfinals which mean that they are repeating StBrigids title from Feile Na nGael 2012.

The management team includes Paul Kelly, JoeLalor and John Ryan all of which are delightedat the prospect of the National Feile Finals inLimerick in July. It's a great day for the club andall the young lads deserve the win.

Players like Kevin Desmond, Karl Reddy, BenKelly, Captain Ross Mc Cormack and goalkeeperConor O’Donoghue all played superbly with

Stephen Cluxton pulling all the stops and producing one of the best saves of the tournament.

Both the football and the hurling Feile teamswill now train for the All Ireland Feile tournaments and will be looking for supportfrom all club members ahead of the finals andthe Feile Finals weekends.Congratulationsfrom all in Ballyboden St Enda's.

For any Ballyboden news or information checkout www.bodengaa.ie or follow on Facebookand on twitter @BodenG

Rathcoole Boys FCSeason Successes Rathcoole Boy’s FC has had a successful seasonand the under 13's won the James Lee Cup

final against Beechwood FC. The under 11B'swon the League also against Beechwood FC.

The under 10A's played the Cup final againstBeechwood but unfortunately lost, and theyhave also recently finished up fourth in theLeague. The under 10B's won both the Cup andthe League. The League final was against Don-nybrook FC on May 18. The under 9B's finishedup 2nd place in the League (their first season together as a team) and fourth place in the Cup.

Rathcoole Street LeagueLocal Rathcoole Community are holding theirannual "Street Leagues" in Frank Cox Park(Rathcoole Boys Football Grounds) from Monday June 17 to Saturday June 22. TheStreet Leagues are open for boys and girls age5-14 years. Daily matches for all age groupsare played in the early evening, and the finalswill be played on the Saturday, with the pres-entation of medals. Registrations for the StreetLeagues will take place on Friday June 14.

Feile Success for St Anne’sWhat a great Feile year for St Anne’s GAA Club,the U14 girl’s came runner up in the Feile, theU14 boys won the Feile and the U14 Camogiegirls also won their Feile.

There was plenty of silverware for the club, allthe boys and girls played their hearts out andgave great commitment. ‘It’s great for all thementors involved to see their hard work andhours of training paying off,’ says St Anne’s PROLinda Harbron.

The Macra continues every Saturday morningat 10.30am, to learn the rules of football andhurling in a fun way, and new children are always welcome.

Summer Camp time is on the way; the summercamp takes place July 1-July 5. For more information see www.stannesgaa.com

Tymon Celtic FCFundraiser Tymon Celtic are holding their biggest fundraiser on Saturday June 29 in Slade ValleyGolf Club in Brittas. The tee box times are12.30pm and 3.30pm. A team of four costs€220.00 and individuals can also enter andthey will be placed on teams, the cost for thisis €60.00 per person. These prices includegreen fees and also dinner.

Tymon Celtic are based in Tallaght, Co. Dublin.The club was founded in 2001. Competinginitially in the junior leagues of the LeinsterSenior league the clubs ambition was alwaysto attain Intermediate status. This wasachieved in the 05/06 season following animpressive run of five promotional seasonson the bounce.

If you want to support the club and their bigfundraiser then please contact Ronnie O’Farrell, secretary on 087 238 4727 or Declan O’Connor on 087 830 8791.


Dubs ease past theLake County!Last Saturday saw a comfortable victory forDublin in their 2013 provincial opener asmanager Jim Gavin got his senior champi-onship reign off to a successful start in theLeinster quarter-final.

They now advance to face Kildare at thesemi-final stage on June 30th. It was 22 minutes before Westmeath registered theirfirst point and by that stage Dublin hadrecorded 8 points and it was also an 8-pointgame at half time with Dublin leading 0-12to 0-04.

They also won the second half by 8 pointsand ended up winning 1-22 to 0-09, it wasnot much of a test for the ambitious Dubsbut the omnipotence they showed in attackis a pointer to a long summer forthe boys inblue.

The day was tinged with sadness with aminute’s silence before for Noel Curran whowas the father of Paul Curran current Ballymun Kickhams manager and arguablythe best footballer Tallaght has produced. An All Ireland winner with his native MeathNoel also played for Thomas Davis and StJudes, Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam.

Do you have some sports news for us?If your local sports club has an event weshould be letting our readers know about orif you know of a particularly good sportsnews story from the area, just email it to uson [email protected] and you might seeit in the next edition!

Templeogue Utdunderage successand Summer CampTempleogue United currently has in excessof thirty teams playing at all levels, in theDublin and District Schoolboy, South DublinFootball League and Dublin Women's Football League.

The club’s senior men's teams play in the Le-inster Senior League, and the Sunday teamplays in Intermediate League Division 1B.

The academy is really the lifeblood of theclub. This caters for boys and girls aged fourto seven years old. The academy is openeleven months of the year, on Sundays at10.00am from August through to June. New-comers always welcome.

The club have recently had some very successful campaigns. Firstly the U12’s wonthe South Dublin Football League and thePat White Cup. The U15’s won the PremierDublin District Schoolboy League on 22 Mayand this team also won the League last yearas U14’s, so they have now won it two yearsin a row. Well done to both teams.

The club will host its Summer Camp fromJuly 8th-July 12th at Templeogue Utd’s Astropitch. The camp welcomes all children up to13 years of age.

For more information check out the websiteat www.templeogueunited.com


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How long have youbeen supporting the Hoops?Since I was 7 in 1993 when I was the Rovers mascot for a home game versus Monaghan. I alsohave family who are big supporters of the club.My Granddad was from Ringsend and he fol-lowed them since the 1930s, my uncle is also afan and he used to buy me jerseys when I was akid, which might have started it all!

Do you get muchstick from the Meath GAA fans?No not all. You get a few people saying “How canyou go up there to support a team, sure isn’tDrogheda or closer?” When I explain how longRovers have been in the family they understand!

How many of youmake up Trim Hoops? It depends, there are nine or ten of us from Trim

then another four or five from the North side ofDublin who make up the club. Since the clubmoved to Tallaght, and things have got better onthe pitch, we’ve brought a few more in. We go toevery game, home and away. I’m just on my wayup to Derry right now!

Is it hard to fit workaround following the Hoops?Ah no work are great, I’m able to work around itwith my shifts. Some of the other lads are in col-lege so it’s no problem for them. I love the awaytrip like this one to Derry, Turners Cross or Sligo.The Sligo one is usually grand because it’s alwayson a Saturday.

What have youmade of Rovers startto the season? The results haven’t been what we’ve expected sofar. The football we’re playing is actually betterthan what we played under Michael O Neill.Trevor is a great coach, there’s a great vibe, every-

THE TRIM HOOPS Supporters club has been flying the flag for Rovers in Meath for 20 years.InRovers caught up with member Mark Scanlon to find out more..

TRIM HOOPSBy Padraig Conlon


thing will click soon and we’ll see the fruits of allthe hard work. As regards the long term, Trevor isa great appointment. Rover’s fans are demandingbut I think Trevor is the right man to bring us on.We have the strongest squad in the league, eventhough we lost Twiggy. It’s hard to replace a playerlike him but I think the goals will be spread acrossthe squad this season.

What have beenyour most memorable matches? Any of the big European games, Juventus away,which was a great game to go to as we actuallycompeted on the pitch. Spurs away as well. Thegame in Bray when we won the title, even thoughit was cagey, when the full time whistle went therelief was unbelievable. Also the first derby in Tallaght when Twiggy got two in stoppage time.Bohs were never the better side all though theymay think different! Getting out of Division 1 atCobh was great as well as there was the uncer-tainty that we could be stuck in Division 1 for another year, it was great to go straight back up.

Who have been yourfavourite players down the years? Derek Tracey, it was great to see a player thatstayed such a long time with Rovers. Mark Kenny,a great lad and a fantastic player. Noel Hunt, eventhough he wasn’t at the club a long time he donebrilliantly.

If you could changeanything about theLeague Of Ireland what would it be?I would like to see an All Ireland League. I reallyenjoyed the games against Coleraine, Linfield, Lis-

burn Distillery. Travelling up to them is great, a bitlike the Derry trip. I’d also like to see more localcoverage of the league. It’s great that publicationslike yourselves show an interest in your local club,it’s a pity more didn’t.

Do you think we’re ever likely to see an All Ireland League?I don’t know, hopefully, but the politics of it arevery difficult. The IFA and the FAI don’t want tolose any of their European places. I think if it wasrun on a midweek basis like the Setanta Cup, butif it were a consistent league as opposed to aknock out, it would be a great competition.

How much do youenjoy the Bohsgames? The derbies are always good but the last fewhaven’t been as nerve wracking now that we’rethe favourites. The recent game in Dalymountdidn’t have the same meaning. The games withSligo and Derry are actually more importantthese days.

Do you think Roverscan claw back StPat’s big lead?Yeah I think we can. They’ve had a great start butI see no reason why we can’t catch them. Theywill drop points eventually; we just have to makesure we’re in a good position to take advantagewhen they do. They also have the distraction ofEurope, which can sometimes take the focusaway from the league for a while. The next fourgames will be massive.


Before the event exHoop Jimmy Cumminslaunched his new bookJimmy is a former Shamrock Rovers goalkeeperwho spent six years with the Hoops from 1963to 1969. Rovers won a record six FAI Cups in a rowduring that period and came very close to eliminating the mighty Bayern Munich in the1966 European Cup Winners’ Cup.

Cummins was Mick Smyth’s understudy for themajority of his time at Milltown and he was only18 years old when he made his first debutagainst league leaders Drumcondra at Milltownon Sunday, 20 December 1964.

Titled Through The Hoops, the book is Jimmy’strue story tracing back his young years growingup at the foot of the Dublin Mountains, throughhis six successful years with Shamrock Rovers atMilltown and then on to the infamous Govern-

ment Stockbroker Inquiry, which virtually madehim an outcast and an exile from the land andthe people he loved.

For the first time, Jimmy releases documentaryevidence substantiating his claims of improprietyagainst the Irish Government Stockbrokers Butler& Briscoe, evidence “disbarred” and buried by theCommittee of Inquiry.

“The motivation for writing the book really cameabout two years ago,” said Jimmy.

“I had had it all in my mind before. I saw whatIreland was starting to go through again and itbrought back all the old memories and the reason I left Ireland in 1980. And it brought backsome unhappy memories as well but I felt I hadto put it all in. Writing it was good for me. It brought back the good memories as well. It’s amixed book, its chequred a bit, but I hope it’s enjoyable anyway.”

Because Jimmy now lives in Perth in WesternAustralia his chances to watch the Hoops are rare

and he was really relishing being able to attenda match.

“My brother was a bit ill and we thought we’dcome back to Ireland for a visit, plus I’d just finished the book so one thing led to another andRovers were kind enough to say “You can launchit here” so everything worked out perfectly, mybrother’s improving and I’m in in great form.

“Its great to meet all the old players. It’s the spiritof Rovers that’s immense. Rovers is a club thatcan do great things in Tallaght, and all around,and they do. I”m very proud of having an association with them.

“One thing about Rovers is they never give up,even if they’re in a hole, they taught me to keepfighting and keep battling away, so I owe thema lot,” said Jimmy.

On hearing about the plight of young Rovers fanJames Gill, a Rathfarnham lad like Jimmy, who israising funds for much cancer needed treatment,Jimmy has generously offered to donate €5 perbook sold at the launch towards James's treatment fund. You can find out how to supportthe James Gill fund by going to the website:www.jamesgillfund.com.

Also present on the night was LeoO’Reilly who playedwith The Hoops forthree years in the 1950’s“I made my debut in ‘55 against Dundalk, that’sa date to be remembered as I scored four goals.That still holds up as the record not just withRovers but in the League Of Ireland. That was aspecial day for me. I had a great time in the 50s.

“To me Paddy Coad was the greatest player inLeague Of Ireland football, without a shadow ofa doubt in my mind, and everybody else’s mindtoo!

PRIOR to the recent home match against Sligo,Rovers hosted a very special event for formerplayers in the Gala Room.The club had issued an open invitation to all ex Rovers players to come and enjoy thematch against the Bit O’ Red and catch up with their old colleagues. The legend countwas off the scale as Jim Maxie McCann, Gerry Mackey, Mick Leech, Pat Byrne, MickByrne, Robbie Gaffney and Terry Eviston were among the many Hoops Heroes to comealong on the night.

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“He has the all time scoring goal record withRovers but I’ll tell you how good he was his goalscoring wasn’t even his biggest contribution, hispresence on the pitch was fantastic. He had greatbalance and was a wonderful leader.

“I was only with Rovers for about three years, Iwas a centre forward and Paddy Ambrose wasalso a centre forward so I was more times in theB team!

“I went on to win the League Of Ireland Championship with Limerick and Dundalk afterI left the club but I have such happy memories ofmy time with Rovers, how could I not. My son andmy grand son are season ticket holders, I’m notbut I try to get up as many times as I can.

“They’re a great club, their hooped colours ofgreen and white, that’s magic to me. I hate to seethem play in any other colour!

“When we played we’d never think that we weregoing to be beaten, if we were getting beat 2-0with three minutes to go we were still convincedwe were going to win! We’d never think aboutdefeat.

“Back then if someone got a belt and they wentdown you knew they were hurt! There weresome very tough men about back then! I played16 years without ever being booked and on myvery last game I finally got booked!

“The game I’m probably best remembered for waswhen we played Chelsea in 1955 and I scored twowhen we beat them 3-2 at Dalymount.

"All the newspapers leading up to the game hadheadlines about Chelsea, there wasn’t as muchmention of us because they had won the title theprevious week. There was such a huge frenzy because they had won for only the first time in50 years.

“Ireland had played Holland the night before inthe same ground, but there was a bigger crowdat the Rovers game.

“Paddy Ambrose had got injured the previousnight against Holland so I stepped in.

"I'd been 12th man a lot that year and I didn'tknow until I got there that I was playing. LiamTouhy scored one and I scored two.

“Us winning wasn't a great surprise to me.

"We scored three in first 25 minutes and although it's 50 years ago I can still see the lookson their face.

"They fought very very hard and got two goalsback in the second half but we defended brilliantly and held out for a great victory!”

Another legend in attendance was JimMaxie McCann whoplayed for Roversfrom 1951 to 1962and holds the distinction of beingthe first Irishman toscore a goal in theEuropean Cup.

That he got the goal against the famous Busby Babes makes it an even more specialachievement.

“I have very good memories of my time playingfor Rovers, it’s great to be back again. There’s onlya couple of us from my time left, and I’m delighted to see a few of them here tonight.

“I still remember that goal against ManchesterUnited. Liam Tuohy went down the wing andwent past Roger Byrne. Then he cut the ball back and I hit it from the penalty spot. It was aspecial moment.

'Paddy Coad was our best player in the secondleg, he did unbelievable things with the ball andhe owned Old Trafford that night.

“I think Paddy is the best player Rovers ever had.”

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25RUA REDIT Tallaght Creative Digital Media Degree ShowGallery 2, presented as part of Glitch FestivalSaturday May 25 - Saturday June 15Find out more about Creative Digital Media students’ work by visitingwww.creativemediadegree.ie

St Kevin's Family Resource CentreCelebration of Creativity and Learning (Art Exhibition)A variety of classes are held weekly in St. Kevin’s Family Resource Centre inKilnamanagh and this exhibition displays members’ artistic pieces FridayJune 7 @ 7.00pm - 9.00pmSaturday June 8 @ 10.00am - 1.00pm

Civic TheatreAidan Bishop - How You Doin'Saturday June 8 @ 8.00pmAdmission: €12/€10 concessionsVisit www.civictheatre.ie for more details

County Library, TallaghtThe Widow Reillya talk by Seán Bagnall for Tallaght Historical Society LectureTuesday June 11 @ 7.00pm - 8.30pmVisit www.southdublinlibraries.ie for more details

Red Cow Moran HotelWALK Strictly Come Dancing Nightfundraiser for WALK's Walkinstown Green ProjectThursday June 13 @ 7.30pmVisit www.walk.ie for more details

Tallaght StadiumShamrock Rovers v LimerickFriday June 14 @ 8.00pmVisit www.shamrockrovers.ie for more details

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3 Week Musical Theatre SummerCamp for Boys & GirlsAged 6 - 18 yearsGet the Chance to Perform in Rydell - The Musicalon the stage of the Civic Theatre, Tallaght!This camp is ideal for students with an interestin performance and musical theatre.Sing likeyou’re in GREASE and embark on a musical jour-ney with you as the star through some of thegreatest musical songs from the hit movie. Noprevious experience is necessary. The camp willculminate in a production on the final week!

Please note, students must have attendedat least two weeks of the camp in orderhave a part in the final production.

Students can expect to enjoy:Theatre: Improvisation, Role Play, Theatre

Games, Speech & Drama.Dancing: Funky Hip Hop, Contemporary, Tap,

JazzMusic: A repertoire of songs from musical

theatre to pop

and through this enjoyment and self-expressiondiscover many skills they never thought they had.Age Groups: 6 - 8 yrs/ 9 - 12 yrs / 13 + yrs

About Rob Murphy &Dominic HollowayRob Murphy (Director of Dramatic Action StageSchool & Buffy, star of the Cheerio’s Panto in theTivoli Theatre) and Dominic Holloway (Speech &Drama Tutor with Foreoige & CACHE trained inchildcare & education) both with an associate inperformance from Trinity Guildhall London havejoined forces with the Civic Theatre and a host ofexperienced teachers to bring you Camp Rydell.

Mon 29 July - Sat 17Aug : 10am to 4pmAVAIL OF EARLY DROP OFF & LATE COLLECTION!

8.30am - 10am: €7*4pm - 530pm: €7*

*enquire at time of booking for weekly rate & discounts

Cost: €285 for 3 weeks / €95 per week

Early bird discount if paid in full by 5thJuly: €255 for 3 weeks / €85 per week

€50 Booking Deposit RequiredPayments can be made in installments

PHONE 01 462 7477FOR MORE INFO & TO BOOK

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