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Cricket: McAllister century fires Malahide to winPage 30

Local beaches do well with ‘good’ rating in EPa report on bathing waters

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A GArdA investigation is under way after thousands of copies of the Lucan Gazette were removed from stores last week.

The pictures above show Tommy Morris, parliamen-tary assistant to Fine Gael’s derek Keating Td, who was captured on CCTV, taking substantial numbers of Gazettes from different stores during last Thursday and Friday.

The paper’s distribution staff believe that over 3,000 copies were taken across Lucan, including the Village, Ballyowen, Hillcrest, dodsboro and Griffeen Valley.

This week Tom Curran, general secretary of Fine Gael, said: “[The party] condemns in the strongest possible terms the actions of Mr Tommy Morris, who is an employee of derek Keating Td, in removing copies of the Lucan Gazette from retail outlets. His actions have no place in politics. We are deeply disappointed by these events.”

Local residents, advertisers and distributors of the paper are angry at the actions. One reader of the pub-lication said: “I looked for the Lucan Gazette on sev-eral days in Marks and Spencer and I couldn’t find it there. This is censorship and it smacks of underhand-edness.

“They should let people read what they want. If I had advertised this week I would have been incensed.”

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TrAnsporT Fears for repeat of violence

Cllr Peter Coyle says he plans on putting more pressure on the transport company in order to highlight his concerns about another

incident happening

Call for extra buses to avoid disruptionsFollowing a number of disruptive incidents involving youths in Portmarnock last year, local Cllr Peter Coyle (lab) is calling on Dub-lin Bus to provide extra services in anticipation of similar events occur-ring this summer.

las t year ga rda i arrested six teenagers after the good weather brought out the worst in over 200 youths who were visiting the beach at Portmarnock. The gardai were called to defuse a dispute that had broken out over a bus and had quickly got out of hand among the huge numbers of teen-agers at the bus stop. The incident took place on the last weekend of May 2012, when people had flocked to Portmar-nock beach from across the county to enjoy the

good weather and the start of the summer sea-son.

with concerns grow-ing over a similar event taking place once again this year, Cllr Coyle is calling on Dublin Bus to provide more services to Portmarnock and Mala-hide on weekends where big crowds are expected to flock to the coast.

“There are one or two days when there are huge crowds that descend on Portmar-nock and Malahide and it can be a problem dur-ing the summertime,” he said.

“in the evenings they all make a move to go home at the same time and there just aren’t enough buses to cope with the amount of peo-ple trying to travel at the same time.

“The buses aren’t there and it caused a huge problem last year,” he added.

Cllr Coyle said he has been in talks with mem-bers of the gardai over the past year along with Dublin Bus but says he plans on putting more pressure on the trans-port company in order to highlight his con-cerns.

“one thing i wasn’t happy with was that Dublin Bus saw it from an economic point of view, that if they bring business in at the last minute they don’t make money and don’t see the

benefit. i want to look into it and bring it up at the next joint polic-ing committee (JPC) meeting. we generally know in advance if the weather will be good and if things such as the end of exams are taking place.”

Another concern associated with the large crowds visiting the local coastal areas is the clean-up involved after-wards, according to Cllr Coyle.

“The rubbish last year was absolutely disgust-ing but in fairness to the council and the crew, they cleaned it up. it was incredible, there were nappies disposed of and drinking and so on. There is usually one really bad day in the season and it often comes around the same time as the end of the

school year.“warm beer has bad

effects on people,” he added.

“it’s about being able to predict days like this – when there is going to be good weather and when it is the last school day – that we would ben-efit from extra bus serv-ices,” he concluded.

A c c o r d i n g t o a spokesperson for Dub-lin Bus, no final deci-sion has been made with regard to provid-ing extra services in such circumstances in the local area.

“Dublin Bus is in con-sultation with groups in the area including An garda Siochana and will continue to work with them to devise a plan for such situations as the councillor has outlined,” the spokes-person confirmed.

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Train trial puts tourism idea on right track nAtALIE burkE

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A new tourism project has shown it’s on the right track after a success-ful trial was held recently in Malahide.

The Malahide Road Train is a brand new con-cept that will take visitors from Malahide Castle and through the local vil-lage.

The train will be run by an experienced trans-port operator and guide, Michael Place, who says he hopes the new tour-

ism initiative will benefit the whole community.

“This is encouraging sending tourists - both foreign and domestic - to have a look at Malahide once more. I want people to come and have a look, we’re going to extraor-dinary lengths to make Malahide even more spe-cial than it is,” he said.

Michael came up with the idea after he saw a similar train during a fam-ily holiday in Florida.

“It was old-style charm, it was very classy with whistle-blowing and I

felt it would be lovely in Malahide,” he said. “My daughters Mia and erin were really the main inspiration behind the idea.”

After researching dif-ferent train models, Michael pushed forward with his idea and said he received “great support” from Irish Rail and local community groups. He held the first trial for the road train on Friday last, May 3 and says he hopes to officially launch the train on the weekend of May 24.

Michael Place (right) with Cllr Eoghan O’brien (FF) at the road trial

“The trial worked remarkably well. I would love to launch it on May 24 and the people of Malahide would love that as well. It would be fan-tastic,” he said.

The train will have two carriages with 18 seats in each including one with wheelchair access. The

route will take its pas-sengers from Malahide Castle, through Mala-hide Village and back to the castle and will oper-ate 9.30am-4.30pm mid-week, and 9am-6pm at weekends.

At the road trial was Cllr eoghan O’Brien (FF) who says he looks for-

ward to seeing the train up and running.

“There’s a lot of traffic going into the castle and Avoca and it would really help link up the castle to the village. There would be huge benefits for the business and tourism in Malahide village itself,” he added.

Motor in to classic car showTHe upcoming classic car show in Malahide is set to bring Ireland’s very first car back home.

On Sunday, May 19, the Malahide Lions Club will be hosting the second Malahide Classic and Vintage Motor Show, a charity fundraiser, at the Grand Hotel Malahide.

The first ever petrol-driven car in Ireland, a Mercedes Benz Velo Comfortable, was owned by the then-owner of the Grand Hotel. The car, now fully restored, is due to make its first return in over 100 years to the Grand Hotel.

The show will take place from 12pm – 6pm and admission is €5 per person or €10 per fam-ily. For further details, see www.malahidelions.com/carshow.htm.

vinTageprojecT passengers will be taken from castle to local village


Local strands meet EU water standard NAtALIE BurkE

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It has been announced that local beaches in Malahide, Portmarnock and Sutton meet man-datory EU standards for water quality.

the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched their report on the Quality of Bathing Water in Ireland – An Overview for the Year 2012 last week, which listed Fingal’s beaches as either having sufficient, good or insufficient qual-ity status.

the news was wel-comed by local Cllr Anthony Lavin (FG) who said he was delighted to

hear the local beaches were successful in the recent report.

“Considering all the rain we had last year, I am delighted that Malahide beach, Port-marnock Velvet Strand beach and Burrow Beach Sutton achieved the highest standard of ‘good water quality’,” he said.

“It was also pleas-ing to see that Fingal’s new entrant Clare-mont Beach in Howth achieved the sufficient water quality.”

Cllr Lavin said he was disappointed however, that Rush South Beach was one of the four beaches in Ireland that

failed to meet the accept-able standard.

the EPA said last sum-mer’s wet weather is to blame for four of Ireland’s beaches achieving insuf-ficient status as low levels of pollution were caused by wastewater storm over-flows.

Balbriggan beach, Loughshinny and Sker-ries South Beach were three beaches in Dublin North to receive suffi-cient water quality sta-tus in the report, while Balcarrick in Donabate, Malahide Beach, Por-trane, Burrow Beach in Sutton and Velvet Strand at Portmarnock, received good water status.

Fingal County Coun-

cil also designated one new coastal bathing area – Claremont Beach in Howth – for the 2012 bathing season, raising the total number of iden-tified bathing areas to 136 in the report.

Commenting on the bathing water quality results, Laura Burke, EPA director general, said the results show that Irish bathing waters continue to be among the best in northern Europe.

“We hope that visi-tors to Irish beaches can enjoy their experience knowing that our waters are of a high standard and that their health and the environment are being protected.”

the beach at Portmarnock achieved the highest standard of ‘good water quality’

EPA rEPort: FoUr oF 136 sitEs FAiL to mEAsUrE UP

Jezzebelle back in town, set to rock GibneysPOPULAR band Jez-zebelle are set to return to the stage at Gibneys of Malahide once again this Monday night for some acoustic rhythm and roots music.

the gig will kick off at 9.30pm on Monday, May 13, and attendance will be free.

For more information on upcoming dates, and details of their newly launched single the Lucky Ones, visit www.jezzebellemusic.com.

Talk on Tower Houses of North County DublintHE local Malahide Historical Society will be hosting a talk on tower Houses of North County Dublin next week.

the talk, which will be held by Professor terry Barry, associate professor of medi-eval history in trinity College Dublin, was originally to take place in April but had to be postponed, and will now take place on Wednesday, May 15.

the talk will take place at 8pm in the Presbyterian Church Hall and all members of the local community are welcome to attend.

Free parking is available at Bridgefield carpark located across the road.

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Groups urged to apply for Dublin Bus funding initiAtivE Applications sought for grants of €1,000, €2,000 or €5,000

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VOLUNtARY community groups in Fingal are being urged to apply for funding to the Dublin Bus Community Spirit Initiative, which is now seeking applications.

Local Fine Gael tD Alan Farrell this week welcomed the initiative saying not enough people in the

local area are aware that Dublin Bus runs the Community Spirit Initiative which grants financial awards to voluntary community groups in order to make a mean-ingful contribution to the towns in which it operates.

“Fingal has a rich community voluntary sector and this is a unique and terrific opportunity

for volunteers to apply for some additional support to develop new projects, grow services and help raise community spirit,” he said.

to date, up to 1,300 community voluntary groups in Dublin have benefited from these awards.

the Dublin Bus Community Spirit Initiative is seeking applica-tions for grants of €1,000, €2,000

or €5,000 for voluntary groups that work in the area of children and youth, sport, people with disabili-ties, older people, environment and local community and education.

Deputy Farrell says investment such as the awards offered by Dub-lin Bus have a knock on effect for the local communities involved.

“Investment in community

groups has a positive knock on effect for the public at large and raises community spirit and I am pleased that Dublin Bus has con-tinued to recognise its role in play-ing a part in local development.”

the closing date for applications is Friday, June 7. More information can be found online at www.dub-linbus.ie.


Malahide Yacht club hold sailing dayMalahide Yacht Club are hosting a Try Sailing day on Sunday, May 12, to provide people aged 18 and over with a sail-ing experience on the sea.

Participants will work with keelboats which are 24ft to 36ft long, and they will sail from the lower estuary to the open sea between lambay island and ire-land’s eye.

Barbecue

For €50, the day includes a pre-sail safety session, use of lifejack-ets and a steak barbecue at their St James’s Ter-race clubhouse.

For more information and for booking details, log on to www.myc.ie.

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Putting your best fish forward: King sitric take part in chowder cook-offtHoMAs pAttscHuLL and declan MacManus from King Sitric in howth, Co dublin, are pictured with celebrity chef Martin Shana-han at the third annual all-ireland Chowder Cook-Off which took place in actons hotel in Kinsale. The event saw chefs, fishermen and commercial chowder producers from every county of ireland serve up pots and pots of delicious creamy chowder in a bid to walk away with the coveted title. almost 900 people cast their vote, and chose their champion, The West Bar, Westport, Co Mayo in the hotly contested cook-off.

Taking of newspapers sparks Garda inquiry contInuED froM covEr

GaZeTTe managing director Michael McGov-ern said: “We will take whatever steps are neces-sary to protect our brand, the people who read the paper and the people who spend money advertising with us.

“The Gazette is a group of eight papers, with a weekly print-run of more than 40,000 copies. We employ 22 people, as well as freelance and agency workers.

“That someone would attempt to jeopardise their livelihoods in these times is particularly shocking.

“We have sought legal advice, and reported the matter to the Garda. We are determined to ensure that the person or persons

responsible are made accountable,” he said.

The Gazette made many attempts to contact Mr Morris, but he had not responded by the time of going to press.

Barry McCall, presi-dent, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), said it was “astonishing and bizarre behaviour by an individual being paid by the taxpayer”. he added: “Respect for media free-dom is a hallmark of a modern democracy.”

The Gazette NUJ chapel said: “as a local paper, we seek balance in our coverage of all stories and give space to as many points of view as possible.

“We are shocked at the consequences of this course of conduct which, in effect, we believe is an

attempt to censor our reporting.”

When asked if he would apologise, deputy Keating said he had initiated an internal investigation.

deputy Keating said: “Following legal advice, i am now initiating an internal investigation into these allegations. This internal investigation may lead to disciplinary proce-dures against Mr Morris.

“i wish to be unequivo-cal that, at no time, in this alleged incident, did Mr Morris act with my knowl-edge or consent.”

at the time of going to press, there has been no effort made, nor has any confirmation or undertak-ing been given, to return the papers to The Gazette and/or not to repeat such conduct.

reaction: fg condemn actions of Keating aide tommy morris


As of April 30, 2013, following an amendment

to the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002, over 180 additional public bod-ies were brought within the remit of the Ombuds-man for Children’s Office. This is a positive develop-ment meaning the office

can now investigate a far greater number of public bodies and organisations that provide services to or make decisions about children or their families on behalf of the state.

Established in 2004, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is the independent statutory

Dr Niall Muldoon, director of Investigations, Ombudsman for Children’s Office

body with responsibility for promoting and moni-toring children’s rights in Ireland.

The role and functions of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office as set out in legislation, the Ombudsman for Chil-dren Act, 2002 are to provide an independent, impartial and free com-plaints handling service; to advise Ministers on policy and legislation; to consult with children directly on matters that affect them and to high-light their concerns.

After almost 10 years of investigating the actions of public bodies within remit, it was clear to the office that the core principles of best inter-ests and respect for the views of the child were not always respected in Ireland.

When the office inves-tigates a complaint, our intervention has consist-ently provided oppor-tunities to increase accountability, to pro-mote transparency and improve the quality of the decision-making that directly affects the lives of children and families.

Clearly ensuring that more bodies are sub-ject to our investigatory powers means that there will be opportunities to ensure that children and families are receiving better services from the state.

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office first raised concerns about the number of public bodies excluded from the remit of the office in 2005. We continued to raise these concerns both at a domestic level with

180 additional public bodies under Ombudsman’s remit

opinion promoting and monitoring children’s rights

Government and at an international level, with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Under the Ombuds-man for Children Act, 2002 the Ombudsman for Children is obliged to monitor and review the operation of the Act and can make recommen-dations to the Minister and or the Oireachtas for change.

In March 2012, the Ombudsman for Chil-dren’s Office submitted a formal review of the Act, setting out our concerns about the current legisla-tion and making recom-

mendations to address these concerns. In July 2012, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office began direct engagement with Minister Brendan Howlin and his depart-ment, and the Depart-ment of Children and Youth Affairs.

The result of this engagement i s the Ombudsman for Chil-dren Amendment Act and we are pleased that the Oireachtas has addressed the main con-cerns and brought the 180 new bodies under the remit of the office. Accessibility to a free,

independent mechanism of redress for people who cannot avail of redress in the courts is fundamen-tal to a well-functioning democracy.

The role of the office is even more important in providing a low cost, independent mechanism for parents and children through our complaints function.

By identifying and rec-ommending the resolu-tion of systemic problems and extending the remit of the office, this statuto-ry function will continue to assist even more chil-dren into the future by

going towards creating a culture where children are treated properly.

T h e r e a r e ove r 1,100,000 children and young people in Ireland and, as a society, we have responsibility to them, to ensure that when decisions are made that will directly impact on these lives that the deci-sion makers really think about what is best for young people.

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New Tidy Towns Committee for Portmarnock NATALIE BURKE

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THE streets of Portmar-nock are set to see a big change this summer as the town welcomes a brand new Tidy Towns Committee.

The Portmarnock Tidy Towns was set up in recent weeks and according to the spokesperson for the new committee, Judy Dunne, the new group aims to help bring more people to the area during the summer season.

“We have a very active beach committee because

the big attraction in Port-marnock is the beach,” Judy explained.

“We have the Blue Flag for the last three years and we won the An Taisce Clean Coast Award, but primarily with the new Tidy Towns, we want to extend that further within the community and to try and involve the businesses and schools in it.

“There are individual areas already work-ing together that are doing trojan work but to improve the whole area, we want a group that brings tourism and more

people into Portmar-nock,” Judy said.

The first Tidy Towns Committee meeting was held in Portmarnock in April and Judy says the group has no definite plans for areas they hope to tackle.

“We haven’t decided what areas we will be focusing on during the summer. We want to look at littering issues and if we spot any graffiti.

“We don’t want to take from the work the beach committee are doing and we don’t want to take people from them. We

The streets of Portmarnock will see a big change this summer as the new town

Tidy Towns Committee is welcomed

want to work alongside them and are looking to add to the work they already do.”

The group will meet every second Saturday and welcome any mem-bers of the local com-munity who wish to help out.

“We were out on bank holiday Monday earlier this week and we will be

going out once again on Saturday week [Saturday, May 18]. We meet on the promenade at the beach-front in Portmarnock at 10.30 am. We would wel-come anyone who would like to come along.”

For more information, contact Judy at [email protected].

Meanwhile, The Port-marnock Community

Association will be hold-ing a public meeting in Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links on Monday, May 13 at 8pm.

There will be two main items on the agenda including neighbourhood watch/home security and anti-social behaviour. Members of the local community are welcome to attend.

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Enchiriadis Treis set to performAN acclaimed commu-nity choir based in Mala-hide will be performing a special concert in Swords this weekend.

Enchiriadis Treis, which has over 100 members, will perform Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Vivaldi’s Gloria, two of the composers’ best known and loved works with orchestral and solo accompaniment at the newly opened Riasc Centre in Swords on Sat-urday, May 11, at 8pm.

The local choir, which celebrates its 20th anni-versary next year, has pre-viously performed in The National Concert Hall, as well as various venues in Europe.

Tickets are priced at €20 and are available by emailing [email protected] or calling 085 8498442.

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Shauna Brennan, Greta Jakubynait and Corina Jecliu

Representing the Gazette was Andrea Rooney who was the eventual winner

AS part of the Fashion Rules weekend in Swords Pavilions, Sweet Nails held a nail bar for under-12s. The event saw a number of pre-teens show up to have their nails done and

join in the glamour of the weekend.The Fashion Rules weekend featured four fashion shows per

day and was a great opportunity for fashionistas to get a look at the hottest trends for the summer.

A sweet deAl: children enjoy some glAmour At pAvilion

Angela and Natalie Harvey. Pictures: Una Williams

Sarah, Gillian, tara and Anna Cowap

Maia GabbieEabha McBride and Laura Devlin

Isabelle Pugh and Hannah Williams

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Sonya Dignam, Kimberley Behan and Philip Penns from tV show tallafornia. Pictures: Una Williams

A teeny-weeny bit of fun in RougeTemperatures in swords were high

recently as rouge Nightclub held the launch party for miss Bikini North-Dublin.

special guests on the night were Cormac and philly from tV3’s hit show tallafornia. the search is on to find a representative who can

emulate the success of last years winnner, Niamh aughney who went on to represent the county at the miss Bikini Ireland final. this year the winner of the final, due to be held in Dublin in september, will travel to america to compete in the swimsuit usa International.

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Shauna Lyndon, Janine Moran and Clare Doherty

Paddy Fitzpatrick and Cormac Branagan from tV3’s

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THE Gala Irish premiere of Byzantium was recently screened at the IFI in Dublin.

Byzantium is directed by Neil Jordan, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Jonny Lee Miller and Sam Riley. This gothic thriller was also shot on location in Ireland.

The film is based on a play by Moira Buffini, A Vam-pire Story, and it tells a mysterious story of a mother and daughter with a dark secret who live in a coastal town.

Byzantium will be released in cinemas nationwide from May 31.

Sink your teeth into Byzantium premiere

director Neil Jordan at the premiere of his latest film Byzantium in dublin. Pictures: Patrick O’Leary

Juanita Wilson Billy thorne, dashiel Jordan and Ben donohoe Natasha Rocca devine lauren Fee and Nicholas marnitz

lorraine geoghegan and gemma doorly

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dublinlifelet dublin Gazette newspapers take you on a tour of the news and events taking place across the city and county this week, as well as the latest from our schools

recruiting: organisation adds 10 new locations

More teachers needed as summer camp expandsThis year, Let’s Go summer Camps are tak-ing on 120 additional teachers to work in their 12 camps dotted around Dublin.

The camps will be set up in various locations throughout the capital including sandyford, Rathfarnham, Foxrock, Knocklyon, Terenure, Castleknock, Malahide, swords and others.

Organisers of the exer-cise focused camps are

currently recruiting pri-mary, secondary and PE teachers which will bring the total number of Let’s Go employees this sum-mer to 280 to service an expansion plan which includes 10 new loca-tions around Dublin.

The camps, which operate during the months of July and August are aimed at children aged between five to 13 years and have been running nationwide

for 20 years.Their multi-activity

programme offers a cur-riculum of events spe-cially designed by physi-cal education teachers.

Let’s Go co-founder Eileen sheehy said: “The camps are a great oppor-tunity for teachers to gain experience and learn activities that they can take back to their schools after the summer.”

The camps will run in Malahide and Portmar-

nock and sandyford July 1–5, in Rathfarnham July 8–12, in Foxrock and Knocklyon July 15–19, in Terenure and sutton July 22–26 and July 29– 2 and finally in swords and Castlenock August 6–10.

Primary, secondary and PE teachers who are motivated, energetic and have an interest in sports, are asked to visit www.letsgo.ie for more information.

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Marvelling at an incredible virtual iron Man experienceSuperheroeS, fans of the Marvel universe and Gazette reporters were excited to become one of The Avengers at the Dundrum Town Cen-tre last week when the Become Iron Man virtu-al reality booth arrived to coincide with the launch of Iron Man 3.

Speaking to Gazette Diary, chief technolo-gist Jared pepall from Marvel, who brought the experience to Ire-land said: “The software was written for Disney/Marvel especially for the movie and it’s so smooth, people think it’s a game.

“The technology is

effectively a highly-advanced version of the Kinect, and a much smoother experience. It renders amazingly and it’s stunning.

“people’s reaction is amazing when the suit goes on. It’s a real experience once you get in there. It tracks your

Gazette reporter Paul Hosford (right) fulfills a lifetime dream as he prepares to

transform into Ironman, courtesy of a Become Iron Man virtual reality booth at

Dundrum town Centre

entire body, and the soft-ware will map the suit to your exact measure-ments. Whatever you do, the suit will do on the screen in front of you.”

having been in the suit, we have to say: Be yourself. unless you can be Iron Man. Always be Iron Man.

CataloGue to ConCentrate on enerGy Costs hArvey Norman have launched a new Future home catalogue which focuses on the benefits of smarter and more effi-cient home appliance technology.

According to harvey Norman, the home fur-niture retail giant, con-sumers are more aware of their energy costs than ever before. homes are becoming smarter and more efficient with home appliance technology changing how we live, cook and entertain.

Following the launch of the new catalogue, a spokesperson for the store said: “A common question that we are asked in store is ‘how much will this appliance cost me to run?’

“In light of this we came up with our Future home concept, where we wanted to present a range of products that could save a household up to 40% on their ener-gy bills.”

The store hopes to advise customers about the money they can save with a new eco-friendly purchase.

For more information, and catalogue details, see www.harveynorman.ie/the-future-home.

sIGn uP for tHe fIrst fIt CIty run serIesAS thousands of run-ners lace up their shoes and take to the streets in preparation for a fast approaching summer, FIT Magazine, Ireland’s leading fitness magazine, is calling on all joggers, runners and walkers to sign up for the inaugural FIT City run Series.

The inaugural FIT Magazine event; FIT City Series is a 10k run which will take place in the phoenix park on Sunday May 12, with a prize fund of €3,000 up for grabs.

Suitable for runners of all levels it is the ideal way to shape up this summer - or get some fit-ness practice before the larger events of the run-ning season.

With a special entry

fee of just €25, including booking fee, (normally €31.50) is being offered by entering the code cit-yseries2013. visit www.fitmagazine.ie to regis-ter.

The event will also benefit Athletics Ireland Fit4youth programme which aims to foster an awareness of fitness and running among teenag-ers.

entrIes BeInG souGHt for fIlM festIvalFIlMMAKerS from across Dublin are being called on to enter this year’s Stranger Than Fic-tion documentary film festival at the IFI.

The festival, which was announced officially this week, will take place September 26 – 29 and is looking to include origi-

nal and exciting docu-mentary films from Irish and international film-makers.

If your film fits the bill, now is that time to pre-pare your entries as sub-missions have opened with a deadline of 6pm, June 14.

This year IFI Stranger Than Fiction plans once again to premiere some of the best documenta-ries from Ireland and around the world, fol-lowing on from 2012’s successful festival which included Dublin pre-mieres of The Imposter, 5 Broken Cameras, The Interrupters, one Mile Away and Detropia.

Details of the 2013 programme wil l be announced and go on sale in early August 2013. For more details, see www.ifi.ie/stf.

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Helping students to deal with exam pressuresAs always, English starts off the Leaving Cert this year on June 5 and by the end of the two weeks, culminating in the last exam, technology on June 21, 56,584 students nationwide will have sat the most important and therefore most pressu-rised of all state exams.

steve Gray, manag-ing director of Dun L a o g h a i r e ’ s Tu t o r Experts, a grind service with an online facility, gave his top tips to The Gazette for Leaving Certificate students fac-ing into the exams next month.

“I could say to parents – take the fuse out your child’s Xbox, but I tried that myself with my own

On June 21, 56,584 students nationwide will have sat the most important of all

State exams

son and he came home the same day announcing he’d learned how to fix a plug in physics. My advice to parents is: “Encourage the student to get some exercise breaks – impor-tant for stress relief. Watch out for consumption of sugary caffeinated drinks, they can cause mood swings and adversely affect concentration.

“Ask your kids to make a list of priorities for the next month. If Facebook is in there, say “put it away until after the exams – you have all summer for that.”

steve also had some tips from his project maths team.

“This advice is like finding gold as the projects maths is new and unfamiliar territory to teachers, parents and pupils.

“On the new project maths exams there is a choice on some of the papers, so make sure to read the paper very care-fully so you know which questions to do and so

you use your time effi-ciently.

“It is hard to predict questions on the new exams, so while students might be faced with dif-ficult / unfamiliar ques-tioning, don’t panic.

“The new course s t i l l awards marks for attempts but also encourages students to work towards the

answer using any logical approach so make sure to give all your selected questions a try.

“Also, most of the marks in a particular question are allocated for the first few parts of the question.

“That is, by the time you get to the more com-plicated parts (d) or (e) at the end of the question,

you have already picked up most of the marks for that question, so while completing that last sub-section will certainly pull up your grade, if you have got all the parts up to this correct, you have cer-tainly already passed the question.”

For more advice and tips go to www.tutorex-perts.ie.

Get involved with our schools pagesCALLING all students! We want all budding writers and photographers from all of our schools to help fill the pages and, in order to encourage the next generation of journalists and snappers to get involved, we are partnering with Harvey Norman to present the Dublin Gazette Newspapers’ Cub Reporter and Cub Photog-rapher of the Year awards. For more details, contact [email protected] or telephone Rob Heigh at 01 601 0240.

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Owners urged to pick up after their dogsLocaL councils are coming together to pro-mote the Green Dog Walkers programme that aims to change attitudes towards cleaning up after pets.

The Green Dog Walk-ers programme was launched by South Dub-lin county council mayor cathal King (SF) in Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght, recently.

He was joined by mem-bers of the DSPca, The Kennel club, council dog wardens and local resi-dent dog owner Sharon Murphy.

The programme is regional involving SDcc,

and the councils of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Meath and Wick-low.

It is a non-confron-tational, friendly way to change attitudes about dog fouling in South Dub-lin county. Green Dog Walkers is a community-based scheme that volun-teers in the community can adopt in their own area and promote.

The mayor welcomed the initiative and said he was “delighted” to offi-cially launch the Green Dog Walkers programme in Sean Walsh.

“Dog fouling is a very serious health issue.

Young children are par-ticularly at risk. Dog own-ers should take responsi-bility for their dogs and make sure they clean up after the dog.

“The Green Dog Walkers programme is a great way to raise awareness of the way to look after your dog. I look forward to meeting lots of green dog walk-ers in the county.”

a spokesperson from Tallaght Hospital said: “We welcome the launch of the Green Dog Walk-ing Initiative. We support the objective to improve our local environment by the responsible man-

agement of dog foul-ing by dog owners. We believe this initiative will help enhance the well-being of our community by reducing the risk of infection posed by dog fouling.”

Tony Kavanagh from Rathfarnham Tidy Towns was also present at the launch and said: “Tidy Towns welcomes this programme as dog foul-ing is a real problem and a health risk.”

Volunteers wear a Green Dog Walkers armband which signi-fies that they have “taken the pledge” to always: clean up after their dog,

Mayor of South Dublin County Council Cathal King at the launch

wear the armband or put the Green Dog Walkers collar on their dog when walking, carry extra dog waste bags, be happy to be approached to “lend” a dog waste bag to those without, be a friendly reminder to other dog walkers to clean up after their dogs.

T h e g r e e n a r m band acts as a friendly reminder to pick up after your dog.

all dog owners have to do is sign a pledge form which can be got through www.social-credits.ie then a Green Dog Walker armband and a GDW bone dog

bag dispenser is posted out.

If anyone is interested in rolling out the cam-paign in their local neigh-bourhood or would like some more information on the programme, then call 01 4149000 or email [email protected] or see www.socialcredits.ie


More than a mere mortal BairBre Ni BhraoNaiN

Although his nationwide tour is winding down, people still have the chance to see Neil Delamere’s new show, DelaMere Mortal in Draiocht this month.

Neil spoke to the gazette about how the tour went and all about the inspira-tion behind his current show.

“My brother just said to me one day, ‘You know, you’ve lived as long in Dublin now as you have in offaly” and this got me all introspective about which version of me, the first 16-year part or the last 16-year me was the best. So, I went back and found some footage of myself at 16 when I appeared on Blackboard Jungle

with Ray D’Arcy in 1995.“I created the show for the Edinburgh

Fringe Festival, so I performed it there first and although they could under-stand the idea of Blackboard Jungle, it was much more craic doing it in Ireland where everyone was familiar with the show.

“I recreated the whole Blackboard Jungle show with my original team mem-bers, got Ray D’Arcy to host it and filmed it all again to see if we’d learned a small bit over the intervening time.”

Neil recently appeared in two televi-sion documentaries, one on St Patrick and the other on the Vikings.

“they were comedy documentaries with serious experts putting the facts

across and me doing sketches to deliver the material in bite-sized pieces so peo-ple could digest it better.

“It was a probiotic of history really, Ninja history where people don’t even realise they’ve learned anything until afterwards.

“It gave me the chance as well to get involved in something I was interested in and play with swords and ride chariots and things any 12-year-old boy would love to do.”

he has also appeared on a number of tV shows in Britain, chief of which was Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, a platform that has launched many an Irish comic’s career in Britain. Yet Neil has no plans to leave our shores for the

bigger British market.“You have to live over there to crack

Britain, or at least go over and do tV there every couple of weeks. You also need a combination of luck, talent and to be in the right place at the right time. the Panel here in Ireland was great for me and I do Edinburgh every year, which keeps me sharp because it’s the hardest comedy festival in the world.

“At the moment, though, I’ve no plans to move to Britain because I have a nice life here and I have work here. But then again, who knows what will happen? Never say never.”

DelaMere Mortal is on in Draiocht on May 23 and tickets, costing €20 are avail-able at the Box office on 01 885 2622.

Comedian Neil Delamere, who appears in his show at Draiocht this month

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caN you Give lovely Nala a New home?The Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs.

Our Dog of the Week is Nala, a two-year-old female boxer. Nala came into Dogs Trust pregnant, and had six beautiful pups. All Nala’s babies have found homes, so now it’s time for her to find hers.

Nala loves her comfort and can’t wait to snuggle up on the couch for some well-earned TLC. She can be quite shy when meeting new people and other dogs, but once she gains your trust, she will love you forever.

She needs a home with someone there during the day, and wouldn’t mind sharing the rubs and cuddles with another dog. Nala would be suitable for a family with older children. If you think you are that special person then please contact Dogs Trust on 01-879 1000. Map and directions can be found on their website www.dogstrust.ie. You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/dogstrustireland or Twitter @DogsTrust_Ie.

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ALL things style and beautiful filled Blanchardstown Centre recently when they hosted the U-Style event, in conjunction with U Magazine.

The catwalk – which was filled with colour, floral, monochrome, holiday essentials and bold pieces – was the focal point for shoppers throughout the weekend.

Shoppers were also treated to beauty and style masterclasses, and there was a range of discounts across many of the retail stores.

Commenting on the event, Ciara Daley, marketing executive at Blanchardstown Centre, said: “U Style was a huge success, and a fabulous weekend of style, beauty and fun.

“Our spring/summer catwalk shows showcased the wide range of fantastic brands available at Blanchardstown Centre, with eve-

rything a girl could possibly need in her wardrobe to keep her on trend this season.

“All items featured in our shows are in store, and available to buy, now.

“Over the weekend, we had great discounts from BT2, A/wear, Die-sel, French Connection, MEXX, Debenhams, Boots and Specsav-ers, to name but a few.

“There were some seriously styl-ish ladies over the weekend who walked away with some amazing spot prizes, and, of course, our Covergirl winner, Anastasia Per-elighin [see inset].

“Anastasia won a €500 shop-ping spree in Blanchardstown Centre, a feature in U Magazine, an overnight stay plus dinner in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, a beauty hamper from Inglot, and a gift from McCabes Pharmacy.

“All that, plus complimentary beauty treatments! It was a great weekend all round. To check out all of our pics and videos, see www.facebook.com/blanchardstown-centre,” said Ciara.

This week, Gazette Style is showing readers just some of the highlights from the weekend.

Covergirl winner anastasia

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Competition winner Grace Murphy

The very best of beauty makeovers in Dublin 15

Fashionista Sean Munsanje and U Magazine editor,

Jen Stevens. Pictures: Paul Sherwood

Jules Fallon, First Option, presenting Sweet Jeans

U-Style delights for all

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The models showcased a wide range of fresh styles and colourful summer outfits from Blanchardstown Centre’s stores

Bright colours and bold designs helped set the tone for some of this summer’s hot new styles

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TheatretHe pavilioN tHeatRe 01 231 2929liam o’MaonlaiLIAM O’Maonlai is one of Ireland’s best-loved musicians and singers, both in rock and traditional music. Bono once described Liam as “The best white boy soul singer in the world” and he has been also been described as one of Ireland’s best sean nos singers.May 11, tickets €20/€18.

DRaiocHt 01 885 2622the Great GatsbyTHIS is a classic fable – of America, of the breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age, of enchantment and illusions, of a world where love and dreams are pursued and betrayed. Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. May 10 and 11, tickets €16/€14.

Mill tHeatRe DuNDRuM 01 296 9340the odd coupleClassic comedy opens as a group of guys assemble for cards in the apartment of Oscar Madison. If the mess is any indication, it is no wonder his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Ungar, fastidious, depressed and none too tense. Another Taney Drama Society production very deftly directed by Niall Jordan. From May 22-25 tickets €15/€12.

C OL I N FA R R E L L has had an interesting career.

Early om, it seemed that the Castleknock bad-boy would spend his career shackled with the label Castleknock bad-boy.

As well known at the outset for who he was sleeping with as his actual job, Farrell has nonetheless proven to be head and shoulders above many of his peers in terms of sheer talent.

From his blistering Hollywood debut in Tigerland, Farrell has turned in an impressive slate of performances.

Minor i t y Repor t , Phone Booth, The New World and In Bruges spring to mind, with his turn in Irish ensemble classic Intermission a personal favourite.

With Dead Man Down,

Farrell begins the first of four 2013 releases and, on a personal level, the

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Dublin 15 native sets the bar pretty high.

Here, Farrell plays Victor, an efficiently brutal gangland enforc-er who has infiltrated the gang of demented crime-lord Alphonse (played with delirious glee by the always-excel-lent Terence Howard).

We as the audience, of course, know that Victor’s motivations have less to do with his love of the criminal lifestyle than they do with gaining revenge for the deaths of his family at the hands of Alphonse’s thugs some years before.

This being the first English-language work

of Niels Arden Oplev, the director of the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy, violence is often not too far away and every char-acter has an abundance of shades of grey.

The arrival on the scene of Oplev’s Lis-beth Salander, Noomi Rapace, sparks the film to life as her Beatrice draws Victor into a revenge plot of her own, casting a pall over Vic-tor’s own plans.

It’s here that the film slightly loses the run of itself as the script becomes more and more complex, with all

of the lead characters wrestling with moral dilemmas.

In truth, it feels like a modern day version of The Long Good Friday, with Howard’s Alphonse acting as a stand in for Bob Hoskins.

Strangely, the pres-ence of Rapace holds the film back some-what.

In her best English-speaking role yet, she delivers a solid per-formance, but the film’s tonal similarities with the Dragon Tattoo tril-ogy mean that all the while she is on screen, you’re expecting her to

be meaner, to show the demented streak of Lis-beth.

It is akin to casting Sylvester Stallone as a boxing agent. Sure, he could do it, but all the audience will see is Rocky.

It makes you wonder how good the film could have been had Rapace and Farrell’s characters switched places.

That’s not to take away from Farrell ’s performance, which is indeed a fine one.

He handles this kind of silent fury brilliant-ly and has seemingly found his comfort zone in mid-budget films, burned by the one-two of Alexander and Miami Vice.

Overall, the film is a decent calling card for Oplev and Rapace and a piece of excel-lent work from Farrell, Howard and the under rated Dominic Purcell.

Dominic Purcell and Colin Farrell try to out do each other in the poorly-dressed stakes

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Paul hosForDour VerDICt:WHEN it is good, it is very, very good. When it’s bad it is just plain confusing. The overly complex script hampers what could have been a top-quality revenge thriller. It features some excellent performances, an assured visual hand and a gratifying burst of violence in the denouement. It’s just a shame that it doesn’t really know what it’s about.

Director: Niels arden oplevstarring: Colin Farrell, Noomi rapace, Dominic Cooper, terrence howard

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I’M SO old, I remember the very first compact disc I ever saw, way back in 1980-cough-something.

My peers and I couldn’t have known then just how ubiquitous the CD would become, let alone how comparat ively quickly the format would become almost obsolete, as the music world moved on to valuable yet (argu-ably) intangible virtual products, such as MP3s.

The reason why I’m freewheelin’ down Mem-ory Lane like Grampa Simpson, is because we’re on the cusp of seeing another potential giant step forward in consum-er technology, via Google

Glass, which is likely to create a long-lasting memory, once sighted.

Well, perhaps. Tech watchers are hedging our/their bets a little at the moment, as Google Glass could indeed turn out to be the vanguard of

a bold new move in the convergence of technolo-gies, and could soon be as comparatively common-place all over the world.

Then again, that’s what soothsayers said about 3D televisions, too, and we all know how well they’re doing. (Just about as well as Remington typewrit-ers, by all accounts.)

So. Google Glass. What is it, and why mention it now, when only a few exist? First things first.

Continuing Google’s interesting progress as a company driving some innovative ideas forward, “Glass” is the company’s attempt to create a new product – and for many,

preview: a summary about new tech just around the corner

Look out for the Google Glass(es)

this model shows one of the current Google Glass models (close-up, below), which

look at first glance like a snazzy pair of glassses – perfect to saunter around

Manhattan with, as she’s doing – yet, at second glance, reveal a tiny camera and

slight lens overlay; with which to film and record data, or to watch and receive it

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augmented glasses that also function as a weara-ble computer seems like a natural fit. Pun intended.

Glass has a tiny cam-era that’s capable of taking photos as well as HD recording. as well as boasting data projection capabilities, courtesy of a discreet projector unit in front of one lens.

In other words, what feels like, in effect, a lit-tle monitor in front of the user can display informa-tion as needed.

Using specific com-mands, users can also take photos, start filming, call up certain types of data, and perform a number of other applications.

It’s an interesting move by the technology and data giant, as many companies have been tinkering with mobile, wearable computing for many years, but with no appreciable success, bar limited, simple sports-related tech.

However, if Glass takes off as expected, the tech could become a high-prestige product all over the world, with Glass’s abilities adapting and developing as time goes by, and other technolo-gies develop.

For example, who’s to say that the tech driving Glass couldn’t be adapt-ed in time to suit, say, presciption or contact lenses, specific industry needs, medical proce-dures, and so on?

But first, we have to

look at how well Glass performs. (Yes, yes, another pun.)

Right now, a limited number of Glass units are out in the field, undergo-ing extensive testing, as Google works to both work out early kinks and establish any issues to resolve, and raise aware-ness – certainly, it doesn’t need to raise interest, as a great deal of global atten-tion is already focused on the glasses.

While initial price points suggest the $1,500 (€1,150) mark, con-sumer prices (possibly for slightly stripped-back versions) are certain to be lower, but all has yet to be fully revealed by the company.

So – last pun, I promise – make sure to look out for Google Glass, soon ...

aliens taken to court in californiaclass action lawsuit based on game’s finished qualityWHILE lawsuits and legal problems are common enough within the gaming industry, as people fall out, deals fall through, or contracts are snapped over a knee like kindling, it’s rare enough for anyone in the industry to be sued by ordinary gamers.

This being so, the news that aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox Software and publisher Sega are facing a class action lawsuit has sparked widespread coverage across the media, with everyone from Forbes to Eurogamer picking up the story.

A lawsuit is under way in California, filed on behalf of gamers who bought the widely-criticised game, which saw a number of articles focusing on its graphics.

The class action lawsuit claims that gamers may have been misled by pre-release footage of the game that wasn’t matched by the game’s graphics in the final version, thus misleading them into buying the game.

Although pre-release footage is generally a work in progress, and not a guarantee of final quality, it’s still an interesting case to watch, as gamers regularly see adverts for games showing graphics, or footage, that bear no resemblance to the actual game (albeit generally presented with a caveat of “Not actual gameplay footage”, or somesuch, buried in tiny writing somewhere on the screen).

Regardless of the case succeeding or failing at the court, it could see those responsible for game advertising pause a little, and consider using more specific, actual footage of the finished title – less glossy cinematics, and more gritty, actual footage, which is certainly something that would be welcome.

space out your Gameplaytest your captaincy skills with star commandWITH the next Star Trek film almost upon us, and the (somewhat underwhelming) tie-in Star Trek game just released, this seems like the perfect time to mention star Command. Available for €2.69 for your IOS gadgets, Star Command very much has that Star Trek vibe as you captain your own starship, boldly go about the universe, meet aliens, put together a great crew –

And then watch everything fall apart, as your best-laid plans for starship management, crew rostering, damage control and alien diplomacy get sucked out the nearest airlock when the nearest bad-tempered aliens attack.

Presented with charming pixel graphics, the real-time sim-slash-space ’em up has had a colourful and extended development period on Kickstarter, but the final product was worth it, as Star Command has plenty of character that compensates for its slightly niggly controls.

potential pitfalls for GooGle Glasstech isn’t even out yet, but already some concerns are emergingWITHOUT wishing to go all Chicken Licken and start running around like a headless chi– well, you know, a number of concerns have already emerged about Google Glass, primarily focused on security and data privacy. For example, some analysts have questioned whether people’s privacy will be invaded, should Google Glass wearers record data without their knowledge, while others have questioned how susceptible Glass may be to hacking, or malicious spyware – as cool as the tech seems, its appeal would take a blow if there was, say, any issue of someone hacking into your Glass to, say, watch your bank PIN number being entered. Of course, without Glass being widespread – or even properly, publicly available, just yet – any such concerns or problems have yet to be seen ...

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THE recession has affect-ed us all in one way or another, but it seems that there has been no let-up in recent years in the numbers of young people flocking to the sun from Ireland.

Club 18-30 is gearing up for a similar wave this year and, for anyone hop-ing to let off some steam with a sun holiday com-bined with the very best in music and partying, May 31 appears to be the date to keep in mind.

It’s the day that Club 18-30 officially opens its summer parties, and starts the summer season with a particular focus on music and party mecca, Ibiza.

The number of Irish partygoers hitting their sunspots has continued to grow recently and, with the opening parties bringing events such as an open water party at Es

Paradis, and Jake Bugg performing at the Ibiza Rocks hotel, you can see why.

There’s a lot more going on in various music venues such as Amnesia, DC10, Eden, Pacha and Space, which help to give the popular island its well-deserved standing as Europe’s party capital.

If nightclubs aren’t your thing, you can choose instead from sunset cruis-es, foam parties and silent Sundays, or Full Moon celebrations and poolside parties.

There’s a huge amount of entertainment, as well as a great variety of water-based activities to enjoy, and the best part is that it all takes place in the beautiful settings of Ibiza, surrounded by temperatures floating around 25C.

Even when the sun goes down, you can chill out by the shores of the bay of Calo des Moro in

San Antonio, to the back-drop of the ambient and eclectic sounds of local DJs.

However, the rush to the sun doesn’t have to take you just to Ibiza, since Club 18-30 also offers a range of sun holi-day packages to other popular destinations, including their brand-new destination in Tenerife.

As the most popular of the Canary Islands, Ten-erife boasts the best in nightlife, having hosted DJs such as Tiesto and Judge Jules in the past.

And, during the day, the island has a huge range of beaches to bathe on and water sports to try.

Siam Park, Europe’s most spectacular water park with its 28m Tower of Power vertical drop, is also a must-see for holi-day-goers.

Two-sharing at the Parque Cattleya can enjoy a seven-night geta-way from just €529 per

club 18-30: europe’s party and music capital awaits younG irish visitors

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Wing it to a beautiful Turkey spa and resort natalie burke

THE new Palm Wings Beach Resort and Spa in Kusadasi, Turkey, is opening its doors for the very first time this month, offering its inaugural holiday-makers seven-night all-inclusive breaks from only €559 per person.

Located on Paradise beach, the hotel is just 80m away from the water’s edge, and is situated just minutes from a range of near-by cafes, markets bars and restaurants.

Ideal for families and couples alike, the hotel offers an all-in-clusive plus service, 24 hours a day. Travel on May 19 and stay at the four-star Palm Wings Beach Resort and Spa for seven nights on an all-inclusive plus basis from €559.

PriceThe price includes

return f lights from Dublin, seven nights’ accommodation as stated, return airport transfers and taxes.

Prices are per per-son and are based on two people sharing. An extra €3 govern-ment tax is required per person, and terms and conditions apply.

For further informa-tion, see www.wingsa-broad.ie, or telephone 01 871 9444.

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person – with the addi-tional option of going all-inclusive with meals, local drinks and cock-tails and various activities included.

Club 18-30 Ireland is offering seven nights’ accomodation in the three-star Four Seasons in Crete on a self-catering basis, from €395 per per-son, departing from Dub-lin on June 7.

The price includes return flights from Dub-

lin, and all transfers.There are also options

for all-inclusive packages, with meals and drinks included for most Club 18-30 destinations, as well as special group deals.

Since music is always at the core of the Club 18-30 holiday, this year, party lovers need only look to the new Club Life hotels for endless beach BBQs, poolside DJs and pool parties that are exclusive to guests.

Examples include the Laura S’Atalaya in Ibiza, from €415PP; the Paloma Studios in Cyprus, from €589; and the Quayside Village, in Corfu, from €495PPS.

Prices are for seven nights, flights departing from Dublin.

For further details on prices, packages and des-tinations, call Club 18-30 in Dublin at 01 514 0318, or see www.facebook.com/club1830Ireland.

With so much variety and choice in ibiza, from beach types to nightclubs, it’s no wonder that so many young irish are happy to holiday there

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Happy Birthday, Bono! The Dublin rocker is ringing in his 53rd year

with the news the planned U2 Tower in the city’s Docklands will not be constructed, but what is building is fans’ hopes ahead of U2’s next album.

The working title for U2’s thirteenth studio album is 10 Reasons To Exist, and with the band in their 37th year together, it’s clear that making music is their raison d’etre.

However as a die-hard U2 fan, I’m always a little nervous ahead of a new album release. U2 are a band that have always maintained that their success is down to experimenting with different sounds and constant reinvention to keep their music alive, saying no album is released until they are good and ready.

Their last record No Line On The Horizon, from 2009, had a Moroccan influence and con-tained solid singles like Magnificent and I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight.

However, sales were disappointing and only five million copies shifted worldwide. The good news on the horizon for Bono and Co was the world tour that followed. U2 360° became the highest grossing tour in history, proving the quar-tet most certainly have still “got it”.

So what will their thirteenth album sound like? Word has it U2 have been working with producers will.i.am (of the Black Eyed peas) and Danger Mouse, indicating they could be going uber-contemporary with their next record. and if you’re to believe internet rumours, some of the album has already been leaked online.

In the last few months they’ve been recording here in Dublin as well as New york and the south of France, and the album is due out in Septem-ber. Will it be lucky 13 for the Dublin fab four? I’ll be buying it regardless.

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ONE OF the greatest misconceptions the world ever experienced is that Dexys are a one-trick pony.

The infamy that came from “that song” has led to a generation thinking that the raggle-taggle, dungaree-donning 1982 vintage of the Midnight Runners is all they ever were.

However, DMR, or simply Dexys as they are now, have forever been one of the most inspired and inspiring acts on the planet. They are purveyors of soul, in its purest and most emotional sense.

This fundamental truth was borne out last week on the stage of the Olympia when Kevin Rowland and his trou-

badors returned to Ire-land for their first head-lining show since 2003.

That night in Vicar Street marked a hugely welcome return to the stage for Rowland after far too long off the radar, and led, eventu-ally, to the release of last year’s One Day I’m Going To Soar, Dexys first record since 1985’s classic Don’t Stand Me Down.

It is last year’s album the show is based around, and all of the

drama and theatricality of the record plays out live, with a stunningly fa i thful recreat ion, played in its entirety and in sequence. The core band — vocalists Row-land and pete Williams, together with Dexys legend “Big Jimmy” paterson — along with Lucy Morgan on vio-lin, Tim Cansfield, Sean Read, Dave Ruffy, andy Hobson and Mike Tim-othy nail every nuance throughout act 1 of a memorable night.

It is a theatrical event like no other rock show, a drama with vocalist Madeleine Hyland cast as Kevin’s romantic muse, and he does what he has throughout his career in music, asking questions of himself and

challenging the band and audience to come along.

It’s a challenge well worth accepting, as Dexys deliver an deep-ly emotional blend of vocals, brass and keys reminiscent of the Northern Soul greats who inf luenced the band since their incep-tion, with the Celtic presence of Morgan’s violin adding another level to the uniqueness of the sound.

One Day... was a mas-terpiece on record, it is a Van Gogh live.

The standing ovation that heralded the end of the One Day... section was utterly deserved, and kept on coming as the band delved into their back catalogue,

opening with The Waltz from Don’t Stand Me Down.

The eternal Officer and a Gent leman skit bookended Until I Believe In My Soul and Tell Me When My Light Turns Green, and the band again shone while per forming a latin-tinged version of Geno, a meltingly beau-tiful and faithful version of Old, before closing on an epic rendition of This Is What She’s Like, which saw Kevin take to the Olympia’s box seats to help the audi-ence acclaim the play-ers as he introduced the band.

all this and no Come On Eileen, despite the baying of the balcony. Long may they run.

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Kevin Rowland, Pete Williams and sax and keys man Sean Read express themselves onstage at the Olympia last week


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Orna Conway, general manager of product and marketing, Audi ireland, commented: “The all-new Audi S3 has it all and we are hugely excited about its arrival to the irish mar-ket. Sporty, elegant and powerful, this new model

epitomises the Audi brand and brings stylish design and world class engineer-ing together with leading edge performance.”

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sport mash-up: a new blend of the world’s favourite Games comes to dublin

fore! fore! two! – golf and soccer come together Have you ever dreamed of being Lionel Messi and Rory McIlroy – at the same time?

That might just become a reality after Footee Ireland launched their new sporting venture at the old Dub-lin City Golf Club, Ballinascorney, last weekend.

Footee is a game that blends two of the world’s best and most popular sports – football and golf – which is described as “a competitive, skilful and addictive sports game that mixes the passion and strength of football with

the elegance and tradition of golf”. Footee is played on a 12-hole golf

course by teams or individuals but instead of swinging golf clubs and hit-ting golf balls, players kick footballs.

The game rules are identical to golf – each hole carries a par (3, 4 and 5) and the aim is to get the football into a (bigger) hole in as few shots as pos-sible.

The scores from each hole are accu-mulative and the player with the low-est score at the end of the round wins. The usual golfing lingo applies: bogeys,

birdies and eagles, with the exception of a hole in one which is now called a “goal in one”

Footee is the brainchild of Ronan Cunningham who had been toying with the idea for a few months last year before applying to study for a Postgraduate Certificate in Innova-tion, entrepreneurship and enterprise at university College Dublin last Sep-tember.

While there he met David Campbell and together they collaborated and developed the idea to bring footee to

Ireland as part of a course project in early 2013. They completed the course at the start of april and footee is now the culmination of that hard work and everything they have learned about developing business ideas and bring-ing them to market.

Footee will be announcing details of a series of League and Cup competi-tions that will take place throughout the summer.

For more information, contact Ronan Cunningham on [email protected] or see www.footee.ie

Sport fans are set to get a kick out of footee, a blend of golf and soccer, which has found a home at Ballinascorney

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SiMMonS callS on cricketerS to Shine: IReLanD’S head cricketing coach Phil Simmons has chal-lenged every player in Ireland to use the RSa inter-provincial series as a route into the interna-tional team when the revamped tourna-ment gets under way.

Speaking at the series launch at Col-lege Park, Simmons said: “This is the perfect platform for all cricketers, young and old, to show the selectors exactly what they are capable of.

“We’re looking for qualities and technique that prove that guys have what it takes to perform at a higher level and in the international arena.”

Further details on fixtures in the RSa Inter-Provincial Series can be found at www.cricketire-land.ie

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Local stars take on United

soccer: Legends of the game come to sUpport charity

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A MAnchester Unit-ed Legends XI came to Dublin recently and did not disappoint the huge crowd who came out to support Diabetes Ire-land when the legends played a rosemount XI at stradbrook recently. A crowd of over 2,000 people enjoyed the match in bright sun-shine, and the game lit up the crowd, keeping all the spectators enter-tained.

United had brought a

strong side with them, captained by Bryan r o b s o n , w h o w a s flanked by the likes of ray Wilkins, Day May and Frank stapleton, to name but a few.

the match was organ-ised by tony Browne and Willie simpson to raise vital funds for Diabetes Ireland, a cause close to tony, as four of his children are diabetic.

Given Wil l ie and tony’s recent involve-ment with rosemount, it seemed ideal to pro-

pose they pull together local legends from the 70s, 80s and 90s to com-pete against the Man-chester United stars.

Managed by tommy hogan, the rosemount team incor pora ted junior internationals, league representatives and many league and cup winners from suc-cessful sides from down the years.

they arrived at teK’s grounds in fine spirits and set about trying to topple the United Giants. captained by David Daly, rosemount dominated the early exchanges and scored first through Alan Ben-nett, af ter a couple of chances fell to his brother, John, and the other rosemount strik-er, stephen Doyle.

Philly Gray was quiet in the rosemount goal, but when asked to spring into the action did so with ease.

e d d i e D o n e g a n spurned a great chance to double the host’s lead but, when the goal final-ly came, it was worth the wait with man of the match Daniel Murphy volleying home from 14 yards to give the under-dogs a 2-0 lead going in

at the break. United were a differ-

ent side in the second half, with robson and Andy ritchie becoming more influential as the game wore on. robson scored first, a down-ward header at the back post to put United back into the game.

the equaliser was contentious, but ritch-ie made no mistake and slotted home from inside the box to level the game.

the game continued to ebb and f low and chances at either end went untaken and the sides played out a good spirited 2-2 draw.

the game was fol-lowed by a gala dinner at the royal Marine hotel, where an auc-tion took place to raise funds.

action from Stradbrook and the match between Rosemount legends and

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eXcIteMent is building across the country with the news that a host of amateur cyclists and GAA stars past and present are lining up to cycle across Ireland from May 19 to 26.

this is for the third race the ras, a char-ity cycle in aid of the national Breast cancer research Institute (nBcrI).

Declan Darcy, ex-Leitrim and current Dub-lin inter-county footballer selector who is tak-ing part in the cycle, is asking for former GAA players and residents to take part in the charity initiative.

“We need as many people as possible to take part in the race as we want to build on last year’s success and reach our target of raising over €250,000.”

race the ras began in 2011 to raise much needed funds for charity by allowing sponsored amateur cyclists to ride the same route of the ras, on the same day as the ras itself, except the amateurs start a few hours ahead of the pro’s.

to register for the cycle, log on to racetheras.com/event-registration.

With eight stages to choose from, cyclists can opt to do all eight stages, a single stage or opt for a combination of two or three stages.

If you wish to simply donate, you can do so by visiting www.racetheras.com/donate.

Pictured at the launch of the 2013 race the ras charity cycle at croke Park recently were Micheal O Muircheartagh, Mayo footballer Jason Doherty, Dublin ladies football vice cap-tain sinead Finnegan, Donegal footballer Mark Mchugh, Ireland International rules manager Paul earley and former Dublin footballer Paul clarke.

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the Rosemount legends squad before the match


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Former Leinster minor medal winner and cur-rent senior inter-county star David Treacy was on hand last week to help to support the 2013 elec-tric Ireland GAA minor Championships, and to offer his insight into the experience of playing at minor level, and how it has influenced his career in the sport.

There were heavy defeats and ground-breaking victories but it is the long-lasting bonds created that David Treacy recalls most warmly from his two years as a Dublin minor hurler.

“It’s one of the fond-est memories I have,” he declares enthusiastically. “There’s nothing else you’d [rather] be doing.

“At that age, there is

so much going on with your Leaving Cert and everything. I have plenty of friends just because of that year. It’s the best two years of your GAA life nearly because of the amount of friendships that you make. It was a brilliant experience.”

Treacy played at minor level in 2006 and 2007, and had completely con-trasting experiences.

In the first year, a richie Hogan-inspired Kilkenny laid waste to the dreams of a Dublin unit looking to emulate their immedi-ate predecessors, who had annexed a Leinster title for the first time in 22 years.

“They beat us off the park but it was a brilliant experience. We were nearly starstruck playing against lads that we had been hearing word of growing up.”

It was very different in

2007 though, by which stage, people were talking about the gifted Treacy. The Dubs accounted for Wexford before gaining sweet revenge against Kilkenny in the Leinster final.

“We had never beaten them as a group all the way so it was brilliant. We didn’t really know what to expect. We were confident but we lost every single game from Tony Forrestal up to then. I don’t know what happened that day. everything just clicked.

“I can still remember the final whistle going and it was surreal. I remember Barry o’rorke’s speech on the steps of the Hogan. He did the whole thing as Gaeilge as he’s a gaelgeoir himself. I nearly remem-ber all the pieces of it. The 21s are a transition up to senior but I think minor is a very unique competi-

tion.”The apparently inevi-

table development of Treacy as one of hurling’s true stars has been stalled by injury but he is on the way back and hoping to have a significant impact on the summer.

“I’ve been unlucky after the cruciate, in that I had

a hamstring problem. but that’s all cleared up now and my fitness levels are getting somewhere close to where they used to be. I’m really looking forward to playing Wexford on June 8.

“As far as the league went, we were delighted. The aim at the start of the year was to get back to top-flight hurling and we did that. obviously it was disappointing against Tipp (in the semi-final) but now we’ve got a nice break to go back to the basics and concentrate on Wexford. We can’t wait for it.”

The number of sen-ior panellists that came through the Dublin minor teams of 2005-7 is double-figured, and when you add the most recent graduates to another period of suc-cess (the Sky Blues will be going for a Leinster three-in-a-row this term), it is clear that the county has recognised the value of the grade.

Minor star on the jump to major levelCuala player David Treacy is one of Dublin senior hurling’s tyros, and he spoke last week about how his experience at Minor level has made him the player he is today

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“even if you look at the past couple of years, they’ve been in All-Ire-land finals in football and hurling. It’s so important to get it right at underage level and it will translate onto the senior team.

“The coaches we had at minor were fantastic – Joe Fortune, eimear Duignan

and Dwayne Walsh. They were absolutely brilliant. I wouldn’t have been a very confident player growing up and they brought the best out of me.

“It’s an awkward stage for young lads, trying to find themselves let alone trying to find a position on the team, so I think it’s very important for the management to get it right and we were fortunate enough to have a man-agement that brought the best out of us.

“It was a life lesson for me when I played minor, a brilliant life experience.”

Elec t r i c I r e land ,

sponsors of the GAA Minor championships, are giving one lucky child (aged five to 11) from Leinster the oppor-tunity to be the official ball carrier at the Lein-ster Minor champion-ship provincial finals. To enter, see www.face-book/electricireland

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repuBLIC of Ireland goalkeeper David Forde and the Irish women’s Number 10, Denise o’Sullivan, were on hand last week to help to launch the 2013 eFlow FAI Summer Soccer Schools programme.

This year’s camps are priced at €65 (€55 for second children) and come with the same high standards of coaching and care delivered by Garda vetted FAI-qualified coaches, as well as full kit, a ball and school bag for all partici-pants.

The camps will be held in 290 venues nation-wide, and are open to boys and girls of all abili-ties from the ages of six to 14. Beginning on July 1, and running through to August 23, each week-long school is run by FAI development officers and delivered by Garda vetted FAI qualified coaches in a safe and professional environment.

early online bookers will receive up to €45 worth of parent and child tickets for the sen-ior international matches in Aviva Stadium against Georgia, the Faroe Islands or Kaza-khstan, making the real cost of the camps as low as just €20 per child.

Along with mainstream camps, specialised goalkeeping camps have also been discounted this year to €50.

FAI chief executive John Delaney said: “our summer soccer schools are a great way of get-ting children out of the house and into the fresh air to enjoy themselves. I would like to thank eFlow for their sponsorship of this won-derful programme.

“96% of parents rated the enjoyment level for their kids as ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ last year and we hope that with this year’s added discounts, more parents will be encouraged to send their children this summer.”

With some camps already booked to 50%, parents are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment. match tickets are available on a limited first-come-first-served basis.

Further information can be found at www.summersoccerschools.ie, or by calling 1890 653 653.

A super summer of FAI soccer schools arrives for students of the game

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Ashe achieve place in championship semis THE UNDER-16 Thomas Ashe footballers have reached the semi-final of the Dublin C championship after victory against St Peter’s of the Naul/Ballyboughal.

In a close encounter throughout, Thomas Ashe remained a point or two behind St Peter’s for most of the first half and were down by a single point at half time.

However, they started well in the second half and finally got a foothold on the game.

The last 10 minutes of the game were intense and Thomas Ashe had fought back to establish a narrow three-point lead.

In the dying minutes, Shane Tynan played the ball to Carl Duffy who struck the ball into the back of the net.

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MALAHIDE Cricket Club bounced back after an opening day loss in the Leinster Division Two season as they claimed their first win of the season built on an immaculate cen-tury by Fintan McAl-lister.

He fired 116 off just 131 balls to put the vil-lage on course for a 166 run win over Merrion’s second team at Angle-sea Road last Satur-day, before going on to play a key role for the Leinster Lightning on Monday as they got

the better of the North-ern Knights in the first game in the brand new interprovincial series.

Saturday’s league game, though, got off to an inauspicious when Yougesh Kashyap was removed with his first delivery as Austral-ian Stuart McDonald knocked his stumps over with the score on just two.

But McAllister and Ryan Gallagher set about steadying the ship and piled on a cen-tury partnership to lift the score to 142 before the latter was bowled by Tom Stanton.

It scarcely slowed the pace, though, as Jim Govan launched into the bowling with a quickfire 67 from 60 balls. In tandem with McAllister, they added the second cen-tury partnership of the innings.

They fell just short of the 300 mark as Mer-rion picked up three late wickets but a mas-sive 44 wides contrib-uted greatly to the total of 296 from their 50 overs.

G iven the sma l l ground at Merrion, it was a potentially getta-ble total but a collapse

from 97 for two 127 for nine saw the Dublin 4 side’s chances evapo-rate in jig time.

Only Kade Beas-ley offered any major resistance at the top of the order with a half century as Peter Saville nicked out two early wickets before Gal-lagher removed Patrick Tice.

Beasley was fourth man down when Calum Riches held on off the bowling of Kashyap as Gallagher and Cameron Shoebridge claimed three wickets each in wrapping up the win as Merrion closed on 130

for nine. It followed up a five wicket loss over Dublin University in the first round of the league.

On Monday, McAl-lister came in at number 10 for Leinster in what looked a lost cause as they chased the Knights 260 total.

They sti l l needed 71 runs with just two wickets remaining as the wicketkeeper joined Kevin O’Brien. The lat-ter knocked off the majority of that tally in just six and a half overs, though, with McAllister rotating the strike, end-ing on 11 not out.

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Sport and event photography com-pany GAApics.com last week were proud to announce that they would be the jersey sponsor for St Sylvester’s Under-8 GAA teams for 2013.

Pictured at the announcement at Malahide Castle last week were Peter Hickey, chief executive of GAApics.com and Anthony Cooney, the juvenile chairman of St Sylvester’s, along with members of St Sylvester’s Under-8 football and hurling teams.

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cricket: Merrion coMe Up aGainSt a powerfUl Malahide

malahide Cricket Club’s Fintan mcalister, seen here in wicketkeeping action for ireland, was pivotal in the victory

Holywell celebrate after St Finian’s sponsor new kitST FINIAN’S GAA club presented a new set of sponsored jerseys to the boys and girls of Scoil Tobair Naofa in Holywell last week as part of their ongoing support and promotion of Gaelic Games in the local community.

At the presentation of the new kit were boys and girls from the school as well as teacher and coach Mark Lawless, St Finian’s club secretary Frank Egan, vice-chairperson Grace Murray and school principal Maria Boyne.

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Senior hurling championship: St

Kevin’s 5-9, St Sylvester’s 2-14.

Goals were the story of this game

and we gave ourselves too much to

do by conceding so many.

The team play erin’s isle away in

the next round on Saturday, May 18

at 6pm.

The junior hurlers lost out to oliv-

er Plunkett’s in their championship

encounter.

next Sunday, May 12, we have

the Audi north-sponsored mini

All-ireland final in Broomfield. This

will coincide with the sod-turning

ceremony at 4.30pm for our new

ball wall and the launch of our Buy

A Brick fundraising drive to improve

our playing facilities. Please come

along and enjoy a great day of cel-

ebration.

The U-14s gave their all in the

Feile. injuries hampered the A team

who started well with victory over

Lucan. They lost to a five-goal salvo

from Jude’s and agonisingly by one

point to Kilmacud in the last match.

The B team had two wins and a draw

to go through to the semi-finals

where they lost to a strong White-

hall team.

The senior football team play

championship against Clontarf on

Thursday May 9 at 7pm in Drumnigh.

The intermediates play champion-

ship against erins isle next Satur-

day, May 11, at 6pm in Cloghran.

Please come along and support.

other fixtures:

AFL6: Skerries Harps V St Syl-

vester’s in Skerries on Sunday, May

12 at 11am.

AFL 9: St Sylvester’s V erin’s isle

in Broomfield on Thursday, May 9,

at 7.15pm.

AFL9: Cuala V St Sylvester’s in

Shankill on Sunday, May 12 at 3pm

MFL1: St Sylvester’s V St Vincent’s

in Broomfield on Sunday, May12 at

11am.

MFL4: St Sylvester’s V Castle-

knock in Broomfield on Sunday May

12 at 11am.

The lotto jackpot this week will be

€3,150. Play and win on www.stsyl-

vesters.ie

st sylvester’s

ConGrATULATionS to our boys’ Feile

football team who won the Division

Two title. Drawn in a tough group, they

qualified for the semi-final on Satur-

day evening. Another victory followed

and it was off to Parnell Park on Sun-

day for the final against Cuala. The

lads certainly kept their best display

for the big stage and ran out comfort-

able winners.

The team is managed by Mick Hoban,

John o’Boyle and Conor Kavanagh and

coached by Tadhg Dennehy. Well done

to all.

We would also like to express our

gratitude to Cecil ryan, Barry nangle

and the Gibney Family who all gener-

ously sponsored the lads.

A busy week on the playing front

sees our senior footballers away in

Donabate on Thursday night against

na Fianna in the championship. Sup-

port needed for all our teams.

We wish a speedy recover to Pat

Monaghan who damaged his knee

recently.

on Saturday, we are hosting a sen-

ior football friendly between Derry

and Cork. This is a club fundraiser.

Please come along. Admission is only

€5.

Good luck to Clann Mearnog Ceili

Band in the Dublin Fleadh next week-

end.

Membership fees are now long

overdue and must be paid immediate-

ly. Unpaid players can no longer play

until their membership is sorted out.

The club lotto jackpot is now €7,000.

Please support.

fiNGalliaNs

Naomh mearNoG

oUr U-14s boys footballers did us

proud at Feile 2013 on Saturday. They

progressed through their group but

were narrowly beaten in the semi-

finals.

Also at the weekend, there were

wins for the U-12Bs and U-16s foot-

ballers in the shield semi-final.

Well done to all who participated in

the world record three-legged race

on Saturday.

Summer Festival 2013 will take

place over the next few weeks. reg-

istration will take place on the first

night of each festival. non-mem-

bers are welcome and the cost of

each festival is €5 per player. All the

matches will take place in Balheary.

Players can get application forms at

training this week from their man-

agers.

Diary date: our hurlers are cur-

rently organising a golf classic. This

wll be held on July 5 in Balbriggan.

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NAOMH Mearnog landed the division two football Feile title last weekend in Parnell Park, seeing off Cuala with a resounding 1-14 to 1-3 win in the final.

It closed an impres-sive weekend for the Portmarnock club as they were in control

throughout the final showdown, building a 0-7 to 0-1 lead by the break.

Karl Bissett and Cian Keaveney were chief among their scorers as the south Dublin side struggled to get in range despite improving in the second half.

Alex Boylan regis-tered a late goal, though,

as Naomh Mearnog ran out winners by 11 points in the end.

Elsewhere, Fingal Ravens claimed the Dublin division three Feile title in Blakestown last weekend with a 1-7 to 1-4 win over White-hall Colmcilles as they managed to fight back in the second half despite facing into the breeze.

They went in at the break a point down despite the best efforts of Lorcan O’Brien and Cillian O’Rourke as Michael Noonan’s goal made it 1-1 to 0-3.

But they responded brilliantly in the second half as O’Rourke netted to swap the lead and they scarcely looked back from there on.

Mearnog claim Division Two Feile title

football: stellar ruN to fiNal Capped by title

the Dublin minor football panel celebrate their Leinster success against Meath. Picture: GAApics.com

minor miracles take the leinster crown LADIES MFC FInAL dublin 2-14

meath 0-4

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S T S Y LV E S T E R ’ S Niamh Harney and Ciara Lynch both played their part in the Dublin ladies footballers squad when they claimed Lein-ster minor championship final victory last Sun-day, getting the better of Meath in rampant fash-ion, with the scoreline 2-14 to 0-4.

Michelle Davoren’s goal settled some early nerves after an initially shaky start to the tie as they struggled out of the

blocks.But from there, they

pulled away with plenty to spare, moving 1-9 to 0-2 ahead by the half-time break.

Leah Mullins added the second goal in the second half, swivelling nicely onto her left foot to fire home and extend the advantage, with Meath never really threatening a comeback.

Thomas Davis tyro Ciara McGuigan was to the fore throughout as Dublin completed an emphatic season, win-ning each game in the competition by at least double figures.

They opened up with a 3-17 to 2-6 victory over Kildare in the first game before running up a 4-30 to single point scoreline against Wicklow.

Wexford were next to be dismissed in the quar-ter-final when they ran up a 7-20 to 1-5 win and Laois did not fare much better as they were elimi-nated 5-11 to 1-7.

Likewise, Meath had an unbeaten record in Leinster up to this point and had the advantage of an extra tussle with Kildare in the Leinster semi final that went to a replay, with the Royals holding on to claim a one

point victory.And the t ie was

expected to be closer as, in 2012, the two coun-ties also clashed in the provincial decider with Fintan O’Currys charg-ers holding out for a dramatic one point extra time win. Dublin went on to collect the All-Ireland crown following a thrill-ing final against Tyrone.

But this time around, the Jackies were way too strong, giving them confidence in making a name for themselves on the All-Ireland stage with a semi-final date against the Ulster champions to come.

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