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Voyages 2012 Magazine

A collection of articles by the participants of The Voyages

Programme

“Smithfield Horse Fair” by Anthony Kiernan (page 2)

“Superbikes” by Mark Kearns (page 3)

“Did You Know? - Services at The Fingal Centre”

by Daniel Curtis (page 4)

“Film Reviews” by Damien McManus (page 7)

“My Link with Manchester United” by Declan O’Farrell (page 8)

“Sebastian Vettel – Record Breaker” by David Plummer (page 10)

“A Day In The Life – John Lennon” by Thomas Callaghan (page 12)

“Boxing Feature” by Jason Groves (page 15)

“The State of the Nation” by Peter Curtis (page 16)

“2012 Fashions” by Natasha White (page 17)

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Smithfield Horse Fair

By Tony Kiernan

Smithfield Horse Fair was hijacked by D.C.C. (Dublin City

Council) afterthe shooting at the March Fair.

The social welfare started looking for

horses’ passports and chips and if a

person hadn’t got them their horse

was taken, which was an attack on

horse owners in Dublin and now

people are afraid to bring horses to

theFair.

The June Fair only had two horses

and about fifty Garda to keep control

- a joke: that taxpayer’s money is

wasted on such a Fair. Why doesn’t

D.C.C. move the Fair to the big field

in Finglas South? Or the Morning

Star Avenue field is big enough?

There are lots of places where the

Fair could be held. DCC are wasting

taxpayers money arguing about the

Fair when they could come to an

agreement where to hold it, as they

know it won’t be stopped.

There should be stables built for

people in Finglas to stop horses being

pounded, and a lot of the youth would

be saved from the scourge of drug

and alcohol addiction and this could.

save a lot of money in the future

The council don’t want horses, but

the people in Finglas do, and the

horse people are not giving up! Next

week we hope to have most of the

horses from Finglas and a lot of

other places in the Horse Fair and get

it back off the ground. When you

bring a horse in, the Social Welfare

want peoples R.S.I numbers, so if

you have a horse your labour gets

stopped.

How much more do horse owners

have to take? If D.C.C keep ignoring

horse owners we will have to drive

all the horses and some people on

horseback to the Dáil five days a

week and maybe it will get

something moving forward with

D.C.C

A lot of people bought apartments in

Smithfield, knowing about the horse

fair but after they bought the

apartments they started complaining

when they had knowingly received

tax breaks for buying in the

Smithfield area and accepting the

nature of what takes place in the

cobblestone traditional market

square. I have included a few photos

to let people see how well looked

after our horses are.

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Superbikes

By Mark Kearns

Motorbike racing is the most

dangerous thing you can do! Bikes

can go up 200mph.

The Isle of Man road racing is so

mad, sidecar racing in particular!

You must be off your head to get up

to speeds of 180ph! You are four

inches off the ground and the side

rider has to lean from side to side at

these speeds

The main rider has very little

steering, it’s the side man jumping

from side to side which controls the

steering and the balance of the

machine.

Spectators are in danger of

bikes crashing into them,

unlike track racing which is so

different.

Each rider has to be very fit to

push their bodies at such high

speeds.

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Did you know? Services at The Fingal Centre By Daniel Curtis

In this building, staff are willing and

able to provide help and support for

our day to day needs! Listed below

are some of the things that could help

or inform us as a community.

ACTIVE

PARENTING SERVICE

The Fingal Centre runs a number of

baby massage, stress management and

parenting programmes throughout the

year, providing support and

information to parents of children of

all ages.

COMMUNITY

ADDMINISTRATION

SERVICE

E-mail

Photocopying

Laminating

Binding

Fax

Scanning

Computer/Internet Access

This is our local Community Centre,

based in the Finglas West area straight

across from the Church of the Annunciation.

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Did You Know

FAMILY SUPPORT

Improved quality of life for

participating families.

Greater capacity to respond positively

& constructively to day to day life

difficulties

Improved communication within

participating families

Entire family system of drug/alcohol

miss-user supported in addressing

relevant issues.

A formal 6 week programme which is

so diverse that it has something to

offer every participant

Further follow up and support after

graduating from the programme

A voice for young people in the

community.

An innovative model for working with

young people

A link and referral system for young

people based on strong relationships

with other agencies.

Advocacy for young people

experiencing difficulty, especially in

relation to education

Did you know? Services at The Fingal Centre By Daniel Curtis

COMMUNTIY EMPLOYMENT

The Employment Support Service

can help you write the perfect CV

and cover letter. We also offer a

variety of CV templates, so you can

choose the one that best suits your

needs. They can also assist you in

accessing job websites and sending

e-mails to employers.

LIVING SKILLS

Living Skills is a planned

programme of education on alcohol

and drug awareness and sexual

health education for teenagers in 12

local schools in Finglas and Cabra.

The programme is designed to be

interactive, energetic and fun,

encouraging discussion and

participation in the group.

The programme provides young

people with accurate and up-to-date

information on alcohol and drugs

thus enabling them to make

informed decisions that promote

responsible and safe choices.

The programme also dispels many of

the myths and stereotypes of alcohol

and drug use. The facilitators work

with the young people engaging

them in a process of problem solving

and decision making that positively

affects their lives.

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COMMUNITY

SUPPORT SERVICE

The Fingal Centre’s Community

Support Service provides a variety of

supports to the people of Finglas and the

surrounding area.

Many of these services are free of

charge and you can walk in at any time

from Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm

and Friday 9am to 4pm

DROP IN ADVICE SERVICS

(Social Welfare Rights)

The Fingal Centre has several staff

members trained in providing you

with information on your welfare

rights and entitlements, back to work

schemes, education and training

courses, as well as general advice

and information.

They also keep a variety of common

application forms and papers on file

and can help you fill these out.

OTHER USEFUL

SERVICES AND RESOURSES

Citizens Information

Claiming our future

FAS

FETAC

Irish National Organisation of

Unemployed – Redundancy, ie from

the INOU

Community Sector Employers

Forum

National

Woman’s Council of Ireland

Finglas Addiction Support Team

Sankalpa

Pieta House, The Centre for the

Prevention of Self-Harm and suicide

Tolka Area Partnership

Mental Health Reform

Mind Yourself.ie – Information on

Suicide Prevention of Self –Harm

and Suicide

Addiction Recovery Ireland –

Message board

Alcohol Action Ireland

The Voyages Programme has helped over 88 participants in the last 8

years, with a high success rate and all have benefited from it. For me

personally it has helped me in many different ways, not only with the

computer skills I have learned, but it gave me back the structure that I lost

from being unemployed and got me back on my feet in regards to day to

day living. I hope to continue in my voyage in the future and apply the

skills I have learned to my life,

Did you know? “Services at The Fingal Centre” By Daniel Curtis

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Marley

hr min - ated - Documentary

- nglish

Director: Kevin Macdonald - Cast: Bob

Marley

Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact

on music history and role as a social

and political prophet is both unique and

unparalleled.

"Marley" is the definitive life story of

the musician, revolutionary, and

legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom.

☺☺☺

Men In Black 3 One of the best ‘men in black’

I’ve seen Will Smith plays a great

part in the story.

He has to go back in time to help

his friend Tommy Lee Jones, a

young agent.

Great special effects, very good

film for all the family if you like

Sci-Fi and comedy.

☺☺☺☺

Film Reviews By Damien McManus

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My Link with Manchester United

By Declan O’Farrell

My name is Declan O’Farrell. I am a

Liverpool supporter, but I really

should have followed Manchester

United, because of my great-uncle

Frank O’Farrell. I’m going to tell you

a bit about Frank.

Frank O’Farrell was the first and only

Irish man to manage Manchester

United. His football career started

with Cork United after which he was

signed on to play for West Ham

United in January 1948. He retired as

a player in 1961 due to injury.

Following this he managed Torquay

United, Leicester City and finally

Manchester United, where he followed

in the footsteps of Matt Busby in

1971. A quietly spoken man, but

nonetheless a determined and talented

wing half, O’Farrell was to become a

well respected student of the game.

From Cork United he followed his

teammate Tommy Moroney to West

Ham United in January 1948. Frank

made his league debut in November

1950 in a 4-1 defeat away to Notts

County and remained a regular in the

side for six seasons.

During that time Frank O’Farrell won

the first of nine full international caps

for Ireland against Austria in Vienna

on 7th

of May 1952, in a 6-0 defeat. In

November 1956, he left The Hammers

for Preston North End in a straight

swap deal involving Eddie Lewis.

He was still with the Lancashire Club

when they finished runners up to

Wolverhampton Wanderers in

Division 1 at the end of the

1957-58 season.

Frank retired as a player in 1961 due to

injury and in May 1961 became

player-manager at Weymouth. In May

1965 he became manager of Torquay

United, replacing Eric Webber.

He took The Gulls to promotion in his

first season in charge and followed this

with 6th

& 7th

place finishes in Division

3 in the following two seasons. While

Torquay Manager he returned to West

Ham United to sign three players, John

Bond, Ken Brown, and Bill Kitchener.

In December 1968 he took over

Leicester City narrowly winning a vote

between himself and then Luton Town

Manager Allan Brown for the post.

Brown was sacked for showing an

interest in the post and subsequently

replaced O’Farrell at Torquay.

Although Leicester were relegated

from the first division at the end of the

season, O’Farrell lead them to the F

Cup final, which they lost 1-0 to

Manchester City at Wembley.

Frank in his West Ham Utd days

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In June 1971, after leading Leicester

to promotion and the second division

title, he took over at Manchester

United, but would only last 18 months

in the post.

His arrival came just two years after

retirement of manager Matt Busby

and three years after United had won

the uropean Cup, but the side’s

fortunes had taken a sharp decline

under the management of Wilf

McGuiness. The soft spoken Irishman

was never able to get to grips with the

worst of George Bests excesses.

O’Farrell started his first season in

charge very well, and was 10 points

clear at one stage at the top. However

form plummeted and O’Farrell’s

impersonal approach, whereby every

player had to schedule an

appointment just to see him, didn’t

help morale. A poor start the

following season culminated in a 5-0

thrashing at a Don Rogers inspired

Crystal Palace which ultimately

sealed his fate. In December 1972,

O’Farrell was sacked with three and a

half years left on his contract. He was

replaced at old Trafford by Tommy

Docherty.

He became manager of Cardiff City

in November 1973, but in April

1974 quit to take the managers post

with the Iranian national team and

lead them to the 1976 Asian Cup

He became manager of Cardiff City

in November 1973, but in April

1974 quit to take the managers post

with the Iranian national team and

lead them to the 1976 Asian Cup

In November 1976 he returned to

Torquay United as Manager,

moving to a position as General

Manager when Mike Green was

appointed as Manager in March

1977.

He became Torquay Manager again

in June 1981, once again becoming

General Manager, this time in June

1982 on the appointment of Bruce

Ricoh. He worked as General

Manager until 1983, when he

retired from football and continued

living in Torquay.

In January 006 O’Farrell was

invited for an expenses paid visit to

Iran to attend a ceremony in honour

of Persepolis F.C. former players,

along with Alan Rogers, working

in Iran.

My Link with Manchester United

By Declan O’Farrell

Frank with Sir Matt Busby just

after signing for Manchester United.

Frank in his West Ham Utd days

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The reason I idolize Sebastian Vettel

is because since day one he has always

put in 100% and has pure raw talent and

he is rewriting history as he goes.

Sebastian Vettel Record Breaker

By David Plummer

Sebastian Vettel:

Born 3 July 1987 (age 24)

Heppenheim, Hesse, West

Germany)

Formula One World

Championship Career:

Nationality: German

2012 team: Red Bull-Renault

2012 car #: 1

Races: 86

Championships Wins:

(2010, 2011: Wins 22 )

Podiums: 38

Career points: 834

Pole positions: 31

Fastest laps: 10

First race: 2007 United

States Grand Prix

Youngest driver to drive at a Grand

Prix meeting:

2006 Turkish Grand Prix (25

August 2006, aged 19 years, 53

days)

Youngest driver to set fastest time in

an official Grand Prix session:

2006 Turkish Grand Prix (25

August 2006, aged 19 years, 53

days)

Youngest driver to score points in

Formula One:

2007 United States Grand Prix (17

June 2007, aged 19 years, 349

days)

Youngest race leader in Formula

One, for at least one lap:

2007 Japanese Grand Prix (30

September 2007, aged 20 years, 89

days)

Youngest Grand Prix pole position

winner:

2008 Italian Grand Prix (13

September 2008, aged 21 years, 72

days)

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Youngest Grand Prix winner:

2008 Italian Grand Prix (14

September 2008, aged 21

years, 73days)

Youngest driver to score a

double (pole position and race

win)

Youngest Formula One World

Drivers' Champion:

2010 season (14 November

2010, aged 23 years, 135 days)

Youngest World Drivers'

Championship runner-up:

2009 season (1 November

2009, aged 22 years, 121 days)

Youngest driver to score a

triple (pole position, race win,

and fastest lap):

2011 Indian Grand Prix (aged

24 years, 119 days)

Shortest time elapsed before

gaining a penalty:

2007 United States Grand Prix

(6 seconds into his career, for

speeding in the pit lane)

(continued)

Youngest driver to score a podium

position in Formula One:

2008 Italian Grand Prix (14

September 2008, aged 21 years,

73 days)

First win: 2008 Italian Grand

Prix

Last win: 2012 Bahrain Grand

Prix

Last race: 2012 Monaco Grand

Prix

2011 position: 1st (392 pts)

Record:

Most championship points earned

in a season:

2011 (27 November 2011, 392

points)

Most starts from front row in a

season:

2011 (26 November 2011, 18

front row starts).

Most pole positions in a season:

2011 (26 November 2011, 15 pole

positions)

Most laps led in a season:

2011 (27 November 2011, 739

laps led)

Most wins from pole position in a

season:

2011 (30 October 2011, 9 wins

from pole position)

Sebastian Vettel Record Breaker (continued)

By David Plummer

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A Day In The Life John Lennon

By Thomas Callaghan

The Beatles were one of the first bands

to write their own songs. Till then

most bands copied the likes of Buddy

Holly or Elvis Presley.

John Lennon was always the out-

spoken Beatle. During the Royal

Variety Performance, Lennon jokingly

said to the audience “The people in the

cheaper seats clap your hands, the rest

just rattle your jewellery”!

The audiences roared with laughter!

Never before had the royals and upper

class been slagged off. That was

typical of Lennon. He got in to world

wide trouble again when he told an

American reporter that the Beatles

were more famous than Jesus Christ.

John Lennon was the founder member

of the most influential rock group of all time:

The Beatles, along with Paul McCartney,

George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

There was uproar in America,

especially in the ‘bible belt’, Lennon

made an apology, but that didn’t stop

the American youths burning Beatles

albums.

After the Beatles broke up many

years later, John moved to America

full time and had a successful solo

career. John loved the freedom of

New York.

He could go out for the morning

papers and coffee. John Lennon was

shot dead outside the Dakota

apartments where he lived with wife

Yoko Ono and their son Sean. John

left a brilliant legacy of music with

the Beatles, and his solo career.

He will never be forgotten as long as

music is played and listened to.

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Boxing feature

By Jason Groves

Former Three-Time World Champion

Humberto “Zorrita” Soto will seek to

join rare company among active

fighters with 60 wins as he pursues his

60th professional victory when he

faces the always-dangerous and hard-

hitting Lucas Matthysse in a battle of

world-ranked super lightweights in the

co-featured fight on SHOWTIME

CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on

Saturday, June 23.

Soto (59-7- , 34 KO’s), of Los

Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, will battle

Matthysse for the vacant WBC

Continental Americas super

lightweight title and look to extend his

current 15-fight winning streak. He’ll

also look to push himself higher in the

world ratings where he is already rated

number two by the World Boxing

Council (WBC), number three by the

World Boxing Association (WBA)

and number seven by the World

Boxing Organization (WBO).

Matthysse (30- , 8 KO’s), whose

concussive power led him to scored

nine knockdowns in a fight against

former World Champion DeMarcus

Corley, has won his last two fights and

will be -

making his fifth start in the United

States on Saturday night.

Matthysse’s only losses came via

controversial split decisions to

former World Champions

Devon Alexander and Zab Judah in

a pair of fights that many ringside

observers felt Matthysse won. A

native of Trelew, Argentina,

Matthysse is rated number four in

the world by the WBC, number six

by the WBA and number eleven by

the WBO.

Soto and Matthysse’s -round

fight will immediately precede what

should be an exciting 12-round

main event between former World

Champion, Kansas native Victor

Ortiz (29-3- , KO’s) who now

resides in Ventura, Calif., and

contender Josesito Lopez (29-4, 17

KO’s) of iverside, Calif.

If triumphant, Soto at 32 years old,

will join a handful of active fighters

with 60 or more wins, including

James Toney, Jorge Arce, Jose Luis

Castillo, Luis amon“Yori Boy”

Campos and Pongsaklek

Wonjongkam.“Winning 60 fights

would be great, but winning another

world title is what I really want,’’

said Soto who turned professional at

17 years old in September of 1997.

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“I’ve always worked very hard in

training trying to learn different

things. I’ve always been very

dedicated in the gym. Matthysse is a

great fighter with a very respectful

power punch. I’m going to fight a

very intelligent fight. I’m going to

follow my corner’s directions and go

in there and outbox him and be the

smarter fighter.”

A terrific counter-puncher with good

overall skills and movement, the

crowd-pleasing 5-foot-7 ½-inch Soto

has fought excellent opposition

throughout his career, including

former World Champions David

Diaz, Jesus Chavez, Joan Guzman,

Jorge Solis and Kevin Kelley.

Soto captured the WBC super

featherweight title in December 2008

and the WBC Lightweight World

crown in March 2010. He made three

successful defences of the 130-

pound belt and successfully retained

the 135-pound crown on four

occasions.

One of his most memorable title

defences came in a close, unanimous

12-round decision win over the brave

and determined Urbano Antillon in a

spectacular, fast-paced, give-and-

take slugfest on Dec. 4, 2010 in

naheim, Calif. “I thought I won

more clearly than the judges had it

(115-112, 114-113 twice), but

without a doubt it was the toughest

fight of my career,’’ Soto said.

“There were a lot of rough tactics

from him (Antillon threw Soto to the

canvas three times), but I expected

that which is why I never became

frustrated by it.”

Four of Soto’s defeats and both of

his draws came during his first

three years as a professional. Soto’s

last loss came via a controversial

fourth-round disqualification in

June 2008. He is coming off of a

unanimous 10-round decision over

Claudinei Lacerda last April 7 in

Cancun, Mexico.

Matthysse, a solid amateur before

turning professional in June 2004,

will look to turn what Soto hopes

will be a boxing match into a brawl.

The Argentine, who is well known

for his thudding power, would be

undefeated if only he’d received the

benefit of the doubt in two very

controversial and questionable

points losses to

Judah and Alexander (in which he

knocked both of them down) in

what amounted to home games for

them.

Boxing feature

By Jason Groves (continued)

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Boxing feature

By Jason Groves (continued)

The younger brother of retired former

welterweight world title challenger

Walter Matthysse, Lucas is coming

off of two knockout wins in his native

Argentina. In his lone outing this

year, he scored a dominant sixth-

round technical knockout win over

Angel Martinez on Feb. 10. Prior to

that, on Dec. 9 the 5-foot-9, 29-year-

old knocked out Sergio Priotti in the

fourth round.

Before that, Matthysse fought three

left-handed former world champions

in a row – Judah on Nov. 6, 2010,

Corley on Jan. 21, 2011 and

Alexander on June 25, 2011.A two-

fisted slugger who tends to start

slowly,

Matthysse spotted Alexander an

early lead but rallied to drop him with

a right hand in the fourth.

He rocked Alexander in the seventh,

eighth and tenth rounds, but it wasn’t

enough as he lost by one point on one

of the scorecards (95-94), by three on

another (96-93) while winning by

three (96-93) on the third card.

“I was robbed,’’ he said. “I gave

it my all and it was a tough fight,

but I thought I won. He’s lucky

he won the fight.”The aggressive-

minded Matthysse obliterated

Corley in a fight in Argentina,

flooring him twice in the fifth

round, once in the sixth, three

times in the seventh and three

times in the eighth. The referee

finally halted the slaughter at 2:00

of the eighth

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Pensioners Protest outside the Dáil

The State of the Nation

By Peter Curtis

Did the government think the change

of the Irish punt to the euro, which

happened in 1999, would help this

country, and be the answer to our

problems?

Did the government not invest in any

long-term commitments?

Did they know what would happen

when they opened the labour market to

allow workers from all member states

to work here?

Did the government not foresee or

even look forward to the future of this

country?

In my opinion, the government is

responsible for the actions which have

placed the country in this position,

which have not helped at

all. This has resulted in a lack of jobs

and as a result an increase in crime due

to tax increases and an increase in the

cost of living.

The change in the labour market

means there are very few jobs for Irish

workers and I think that the

government should look after their

own people before anyone else.

The younger generations have very

few options now, emigrate and hope

everything goes well or stay in Ireland

to do courses and again hope there are

jobs out there that will suit them to

make a good life for them. Then we

have that percentage that will turn to

crime. I have dabbled in this research

but I know in my heart this will get

worse (see statistics below).

TAXES ON PRIVATE PENSION

In my opinion the taxes on Private

Pension is a DISGRACE.

Why should a person that worked HARD

all their life and already went through a

recession in their lifetime, who may have

had a very

large family, continue paying

Taxes?

The private pension should be left alone

and off limits to taxation. I wonder what

sort of government could impose this

atrocity and what future austerity plans

they have in mind.

Celtic Tiger While I was researching the taxes on the

pension I came across something that

caught my eye the Celtic tiger. The Celtic

Tiger started in 1995 until 2008 when the

recession began. What I can’t understand

is that the government had ten very

profitable years so my question is what

happened to the money, how is it that

within four years the country is so bad. I

have a few ideas what happen, did the

government think that the Celtic tiger

would last forever.

Recorded Crime Offences (Number) by Year: Possession of an article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

201 196 234 296 424 429 509 632

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2012 Fashions

By Natasha White

H&M €49.00

Best Buy: same dress

in Pennys for €9 in

different styles

Brown Thomas

exclusive style dress on

its own is €120. Shoes

are €80 reduced to €60,

but you can get the

same look for €26 also

in Pennys shoes.

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H&M €65.00

Best Buy: same

dress in Pennys

for €28 with out

belt also in

different styles.

2012 Fashions

By Natasha White

Best Buy: lovely

blazer jacket in H&M

for €19.99 but also in

Pennys for around the

same price and in

different styles and

colours too.

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Best Buy: lovely

accessories also in

H&M but also in

Pennys for €3 in

different styles and

colours too.

Best Buy: lovely

sandals in H&M for

€5.95 but also in

Pennys for €3.99 with

two different colours

and styles.

Best Buy: in H&M

lovely sandals for

€9.99 but also in

Pennys with an open

toe for €

As an avid bargain hunter H&M has a great sale on

lovely tops, dresses, shorts, leggings. Also in Pennys sales;

ore lovely blazer jackets in Pennys from €20 to €29-

anywhere else €40!

Happy shopping!

Enjoy!

2012 Fashions

By Natasha White