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A Wheelie Good Time For SkerriesThe upcoming An Post Rás, which concludes inSkerries on 27th May next, once again represents awonderful opportunity for the town to showcase it’smany attractions.This will be the seventh consecutive year that the Ráswheels into the seaside town for its final climacticstage. The local committee are hard at work arrangingthe town’s biggest ever street party to welcome the Rásback to what is now it’s spiritual home.The golden opportunity afforded to the town, as aresult of hosting the final day has not been lost on localChamber President, Martin Scully. He told the CountyLeader, “From a chamber point of view, the likes of theannual motorcycle races and the staging of the finalday of the Rás, have resulted in much welcomed busi-ness to the town. It is an ideal way to introduce newpeople and potential tourists and it also succeeds inkeeping the profile of Skerries high,” he said. The factthat the event will be screened on TV is another reasonto welcome the Rás. An upbeat Scully said, “The highprofile of a small town like Skerries is of immenseimportance, particularly as we are in the teeth of arecession. Events like the motorcycle races, the Rás andthe fact that Skerries was voted “Community of theYear” last year, has catapulted the town to nationalprominence. Our Tidy Towns committee ensure that weare table toppers every year and we look forward towinning the overall prize soon. The Rás attracts peoplefrom all over and what better way to showcase ourbeautiful restaurants, shops, bars, coffee shops and thenatural beauty of our town,” he said. A massive street party will kick off the day at 12.30pmwith a range of activities for all ages including street

games, funfair, farmers’ market stalls, with home-made goodies and crafts, music and dance, face-painting and magic shows. At around 3pm, the crowdon Strand Street will experience the thrills and excite-ment of the Rás and cheer, as the cyclists race throughthe town three times, battling it out for the coveted

yellow jersey. Over 50 community andvolunteer groups andschools will be involvedand it is hoped that thou-sands will once again linethe streets for a stirringend to this gruellinground-Ireland race.Visitors are especiallywelcome to make a realday of it and discover thecharm of this beautifultown. Scully also spokeenthusiastically of plans

for a Community Garden in the town. “The Chamberare taking the leasehold of a plot of land from theCouncil and developing it into a community garden.We are really looking forward to that, which will addgreatly to the community spirit of the town.”If the street party this year is as good as in previousyears, then Skerries is set for a bonanza in terms ofexposure and the sort of positive publicity you canonly dream of. As Martin Scully said, “This is an oppor-tunity not to be missed.”

Local TD, Clare Daly (SP), hasreacted angrily to the decisionof the Department of SocialProtection to shutthe doors of theC o m m u n i t yWelfare offices inMalahide andDonabate.An angry Daly, incalling on theMinister torescind the deci-sion, told theCounty Leader ,“Axing thecommunity welfare officerservices from Malahide andDonabate, at a time whenmore people than ever need to

avail of it, is a severe blow tofamilies and individuals in thearea and cannot be allowed to

proceed. Peoplefrom Donabatenow have to travelto Swords, whichdoes not have theresources tohandle the extraworkload, whileMalahide peoplewill have to go toKilbarrack toaccess a servicethat will only be

open for an hour and a half,three mornings a week, isscandalous,” she said. “The state has decided in it’s

wisdom to withdraw theseservices, when they should beincreasing them, There hasnever been a time whenpeople in these communitiesneeded this service more thannow,” she said.She continued: “TheseCommunity Welfare serviceshave been in operation formany years and this is a hugeblow to residents living inboth areas. At a time whenunfortunately more peoplethan ever need to accesssocial welfare services, forcing people who have verylittle income to travel is horrendous.”“This is part of a widerproblem of inadequate SocialWelfare services across theNorth County. Forcing peoplewho are unemployed to spendtheir limited resources on busand train fares, or petrol goinginto Swords or the city centreis just not on,” she concluded.

Fury At ClosureOf Local Clinics

Clare Daly TD

President of SkerriesChamber of Commerce,Martin Scully

By Patrick Finnegan

Pictured are members of the Malahide Chess team who secured a place at the HSE Community Games National Finalsin Athlone in May. Malahide faced Ratoath (Meath) in the U12 Chess semi final and overcame them 4-1, before going onto defeat Carlow 3-2 in the final. The local heroes are Ben Moriarty, David Deneher, Killian Burke, Andrew Coyle, DavidKearney and Alessio Roselli.

McNally’s Funeral Home, thewell known Balbriggan busi-ness has officially opened theirnew premises on DroghedaStreet in the town. The locationof the business is on the site ofthe iconic National Irish Bank inthe centre of Balbriggan and iscertain to be a boost for busi-nesses in the immediate area.McNally’s have been operatingin the town for close on 140years and the opening of thenew, expanded business isviewed as a vote of confidencein Balbriggan as a place to setup business, Despite the recession, proprietors Patrick andMonica Hickey showed their confidence in thetown and chose the landmark building as theideal location for their new venture. The buildinghas been completely renovated to facilitate theexpanded range of services provided by this

progressive company, where nothing is left tochance and the attention to detail has the clientfirmly in mind. The sensitive renovation hasensured that many of the original features of thebuilding have been retained. The Hickeys aredetermined to ensure that McNally’s FuneralHome will be around for many years to come.

Sharon Tolan, Willie Kenny and Vincent Donnelly are pictured at the officialopening of McNally's Funeral Home on the site of the landmark NationalIrish Bank building on Drogheda Street in Balbriggan. See our report on pages 16 to 18.

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Skerries RNLI LifeboatStation are gettingready for the summerseason ahead. Thepeople of the towns ofSkerries, Rush,Balbriggan, Lusk andbeyond, have cometogether to form afundraising team tosupport their localRNLI station. “Now, atlast we have af u n d r a i s i n gcommittee, asopposed to an uncoor-dinated system whichexisted before. In fact,the chairperson of thef u n d r a i s i n gcommittee, FrankTanner is going tocl imb MountKilimanjaro in May orJune and we are al llooking forward tothat,” said MaryCourtney.

Pictured here are the Skerries RNLI Volunteer Crew Sarah Byrne, Emma Wilson, EoinGrimes and Philip Ferguson.

Help SoughtTo Tidy UpRushThe Rush Tidy Townscommittee aregearing up for theTidy Towns competi-tion and are startingto have weekly cleanups around the townto ensure the townlooks its very best forthis year’s contest. Ifyou can spare acouple of hours tohelp out, it would begreatly appreciated.All tools are provided,just bring a pair ofgloves and a friend!The team meets at St.Maur’s Parish carpark at 9.30 am. Goon, get that cleaninggear out!

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Egg-citing Hunt InBalbrigganThe Children of Balbriggan had the opportunity to takepart in the Easter Egg Hunt organised as a fundraiser bythe Senior Committee of the Balbriggan Youth Servicerecently. Eggs were hidden in the windows of partici-pating local shops and businesses along DroghedaStreet for the eager kids to find.Great fun was had by all involved as they looked for thechocolate treats. The task was to find the eggs, notedown the corresponding number next to the correctbusiness name on an entry form and return it to theYouth Service. A draw was held on April 10th last for allthe entries and the lucky winner received a yummyEaster hamper.

Best Boot ForwardFor Guide DogsBootcampers took to the beach of Donabate lastweekend in teams in a fun, Military Style chal-lenge to raise funds for the Irish Guide Dogs forthe Blind. The charity brings light to people whosuffer from blindness and children of autism byoffering them Assistant Dogs. On the day there

was 20 people in different teams, who had sixdifferent stations to complete, each beingdifferent by way of strength and team work, allthe while blindfolding one member of their teamfrom station to station. The challenge wasenjoyed by all who took part or cheered on andeveryone worked as part of a team to achievetheir goal. Local girl, Claire Hawkins and herpartner also came out to chat to the competitors.They have benefited personally from the charityby receiving their assistant dog, Gandon due totheir son been autistic. Gandon was well behavedwith and barked everyone through the event! Allin all, a great day was has with much neededfunds going towards this fantastic charity. Welldone to all involved.

Pictured at the Bootcamp for Guide Dogs at Donabatebeach are Claire Hawkins, Jason Lynch, Jennifer Carpenterand Gandon the dog.

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Balbriggan ChamberWelcomes New Representative

Well known local charity fundraiser,Barney Greene recently celebrated his80th birthday. A party was held recentlyto mark the occasion at the Man O Warpub.

The long running saga of Low Rock inMalahide continues, with the news thatno provision has been made in thecurrent budget to improve the facilitiesat the popular swimming area. This wasconfirmed by the County Council.

Low Funds For Low Rock

Eighty Not Out For Barney

New North County Leader sales repre-sentative for the Balbriggan, Skerries,Rush and Lusk areas, James Carvin, hasbeen given an enthusiastic welcome byBalbriggan Chamber of Commerce.

Earlier this month,saw the opening of a

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Following on from its hosting ofthe 420 Class LeinsterChampionships, Malahide YachtClub’s Dinghy Sailing Centre wasthe scene for a highly successfulEarly Bird Regatta recently. Theevent attracted 60 boats in fourclasses from Dun Laoghaire,Howth, Sutton, Rush, Skerries andMalahide.It had three races for each class,sailed in moderate northerly windson Olympic courses set by RaceOfficer, Neil Murphy. The LaserRadial division was dominated byMalahide Yacht Club sailors, withDerek Sheehan, Ciaran Costelloand Darren Griffin heading therankings.

The outstanding performance onthe day was Howth’s Ronan Cullwho topped the Laser class withthree wins to finish 1st overallahead of Daragh Peelo and DaraghSheridan. Malahide Yacht Club’s next openevent on is the Topaz NationalChampionships in late June, whilethis month, introductory sailingcourses will be provided for thethree local primary schools and anOpen Day for those interested injoining the club will be held onSaturday 21st April. Pictured above, in action is Thomas Natinfrom Malahide Yacht Club during theLaser Radial Division of the Early BirdRegatta.

Fair Wind In Malahide

Sargent Book Hits The Shelves

Former local TD, TrevorSargent is still activelypursuing Green initia-tives as he released hisfirst book, ‘Trevor’sKitchen Garden’recently. All of thebook’s royalties willfund SEED, a charitywhich teaches coursesand holds demonstra-tions on how peoplecan grow their ownfood. The book is aguide for people whowant to grow their ownorganic food on what-

ever land they have andbecome more self-suffi-cient. He offers advice onmany topics, frombuilding your owngarden shed to croprotation and bases hisadvice on his own expe-rience of growingorganic food in hisgarden in Balbriggan.While he is the authorof the book, he is joinedin parts by 24 otherwriters, includingformer President MaryMcAleese and DarinaAllen.The book has achapter for each weekof the year and the

By Sorcha Jowitt

Pictured here is former local TD, Trevor Sargent. He hasrecently launched his first book entitled 'Trevor's KitchenGarden.'

A report by the Council's Project Engineer for Greater DublinDrainage, Peter O'Reilly, is set to cause outrage among manycounty councillors and anti Super Sewage Plantactivists. The report claims that "one regionalwastewater treatment plant will have a lesserimpact on the environment than a number ofsmaller plants in the area." Already, former CountyMayor, Ken Farrell (Lab) has come out strongly inopposition to the report in a strongly worded state-ment to the County Leader.Farrell, who has been very vocal in his opposition tothe proposed Super Sewage Plant said, "A state-ment like this is absolutely crazy and makes nosense whatsoever. Although I'm not from a technicalor scientific background, you don't need to be agenius to figure out that a Super Sewage Plant that has thecapacity to cater for two million people, would do more damage

than smaller units. A catastrophe in a plant of the size proposedwould cause untold damage to the coastline." A furious Farrellcontinued, "If I could afford it, I would produce experts who wouldtake a contrary opinion to the council's one and tear their argu-ment to shreds," he concluded.The controversial report was made after a meeting of the ElectedMembers of the County Council on Tuesday, 10th April last, saying“Both the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study (GDSDS) in2005 and the Strategic Environment Assessment in 2008 confirmthat the local rivers and streams in North County Dublin are too

small to be able to absorb treated water from anumber of smaller plants. One regional plant willhave a lesser impact on the environment than anumber of smaller plants,” it was claimed.O’Reilly, who is Project Engineer for the GreaterDublin Drainage project, which is required to identifya suitable location in North County Dublin for a newregional wastewater treatment works, a marineoutfall and an orbital sewer, told the ElectedMembers that the Technical Consultants are stillconsidering the more than 10,000 submissionsreceived from the publicduring the most recent,

pre-Christmas non-statutory publicconsultation.

By Patrick Finnegan

Cllr. Ken Farrell

Former Mayor RubbishesCouncil Report

Plans For Children’sHospital For North CountyFollowing a recent front page article in the CountyLeader, calling for the new Children’s Hospital to belocated in the North County, it seems that our proposalmay soon become a reality.Broadmeadow Healthcare Group have submitted aproposal to locate the National Paediatric Hospital on asite of 20.2 ha ( 50 acres ) at Lissenhall, Swords. Thesubmission was headed up by Francis Whelan, CEO,Broadmeadow Healthcare Group, who as team leaders,have co-ordinated the Clinical, Planning and conceptualdesign for this very signifi-cant site. Whelan, who is anarchitect and leadinghealthcare practitionerhopes to bring the plan toreality.Whelan spoke to theCounty Leader about theplans for the project. “Thekey advantages are that itwill be a greenfield site of50 acres within 600 acres of land highlighted for futuredevelopment by the County Council, with a vision for ahospital. There will be no need for 15 to 17 storey highrise hospital design. The Lissenhall site proposes 5 to 7storeys,” he said.He spoke passionately about the need to plan for ourchildren’s healthcare needs for the foreseeable futureand in fact, the next 100 years and the great advantagesof locating in the North County. The proposed site willbe within easy access to the excellent motorwaynetwork, 900 metres off M1, with stress free accessfrom all parts of Ireland, with no congested city centretraffic, with no difficult navigation and adequateparking, with over 2000 spaces planned. There will alsobe an opportunity for a Maternity Hospital with HighRisk Maternity unit and adult teaching. It will be well served and accessible to the public trans-port system with over 10 bus services available and thesite adjoins the planned Metro North, creating excellentlinks to Dublin Airport and City. Perhaps it is time nowfor Dr Reilly to step up to the mark and give his backingto the location of the hospital in the North County.

By Patrick Finnegan

Fran Whelan

organic growing oppor-tunities that could bebeneficial at each stage.Sargent is now a patronof the SEED network oforganic educationalcentres and plays a bigpart in the Grow ItYourself initiative inBalbriggan andBalbriggan’s Fish andFarmers’ Market.

New Falconry Opens At Courtlough

See story on page 11


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Siobhán Moore is President of the Final Chamber of Commerce and ExternalCommunications Manager with the Dublin Airport Authority. She is responsiblefor handling all PR/communications issues in relation to the day to day opera-tion of Dublin Airport and is company spokesperson for the DAA. In additionSiobhán has responsibility for Community Affairs, Schools education and Noise& Flight Track monitoring. Siobhán has worked with the DAA (formerly AerRianta) for the past 28 years and has witnessed passenger numbers growduring that time from 2.5 million to 23.8 at their peak and the associated devel-opment programme at the airport to cater for this passenger growth.

The DAA has been involved with the Fingal Chamber since its inception in 1994and sees the Fingal Chamber as an essential channel to connect with local businesses to keep them informed on airport developments and activities.

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MalahidePupils Put BestFeet ForwardSt. Sylvester’s Infant School, Malahide showedthat they know how to travel Green bylaunching their very first Feet First Fridayrecently. The pupils, parents and teacherswalked en masse to school on the day, withhundreds of school-goers taking to their feetinstead of taking the private car on the schooljourney. The school’s Feet First Friday initiative, willbecome a weekly event and is part of St.

Sylvester’s Green-Schools Travel Action Plan,which has been put in place to help raiseawareness of sustainable travel on the schooljourney and to make travel to their schoolhealthier and greener. On their Feet First Friday day, the school aimedto reduce traffic congestion at the school gateand to raise awareness of the alternatives tothe private car on short school journeys. Theschool will also take a step closer to achievingtheir fourth Green Flag from An Taisce for thetheme of sustainable travel. St. Sylvester’s Infant School has alreadyachieved three Green Flags for their work onthe themes of litter and waste, energy conser-vation and water conservation and has beendoing a great job of informing parents and thewider community of the importance of travel-ling in a sustainable way.

Pictured here are pupils from St. Sylvesters school in Malahide with their appropriatelynamed mascot Sylvester the cat.

Creative WritingIn Balbriggan Places are still avail-able for a six weekcourse combiningmemoir and shortstory writing forbeginners inBalbriggan Library.The course wil l beheld in the library onThursday morningsfrom 11am – 1pmstarting Thursday 19thApril. This course isfree of charge.

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Eighty Not OutFor BarneyWell known local charity fundraiser,Barney Greene recently celebrated his80th birthday. A party was held recentlyto mark the occasion at the Man O Warpub. Barney spent most ofhis life in the quiet town-land of Man O War, only astone’s throw from Lusk,Skerries and Balbriggan. Barney started to work onthe land when he waseleven yearsold. In 1962 Barneymarried a local girl namedAgatha Farrell and theyhad a family of five;Brenda, Gerard, Philomena, Maria andMark. Barney also has four grandsonsto keep him young at heart. This yearwill be a special one, as Barney cele-brates both his 80th birthday and his50th wedding anniversary with Agatha.

In recent years Barney became amember of the Fingal Vintage Societyand bought two vintage tractors, a1953 Ferguson 20 TVO and a 1962Fordson Dexta, to bring him back to hisyouth. Five years ago he came up withthe idea to organise a tractor run togive something back to the commu-nity, deciding to give all proceeds to St.

Francis’ Hospice, a veryworthy cause for the greatcare they provide forcancer patients. For thepast five years the tractorrun has been held on thefirst Sunday ofJanuary, and this yearover €7500 was raised,with 103 tractors takingpart in the run. Thanks tohis dedication and the

generous support of the local commu-nity, Barney has raised over €40,000 inthe past five years. We wish him manymore years raising much neededfunds. Well done Barney, and keep upthe good work.

Rory McIlroy's golf coach, Michael Bannon (5th from left) paid a visit to Roganstown Golfand Country Club last Friday, 13th April. He spent the day giving very valuable golflessons to some very enthusiastic lady members. Pictured at the day long clinic are KellieMcGuinness, Megan McGuinness, Mary Breen, Geoff Loughrey (Club professional,Roganstown), Michael Bannon, Deirdre Campbell, Irene Kavanagh, Catherine Gleeson,Jane O'Shea, Aine Derham, Orla McGuinness, Cathy McGuigan, Elizabeth Ryan, JackieFlynn and Sandra Thackaberry.

Volunteers Needed For Skerries Clean UpA clean up of Skerrieswill take place onSunday, 29th April,and you help isneeded. All overSkerries, people arejoining in to clean up

the town and beaches.If you are interested inhelping out, meet at 2pm at the Lifeguard’shut on South Strandfor beach clean up orat the Old School,

Skerries CommunityCentre for the townclean up. Remember tobring your gloves withyou. All children mustbe accompanied by anadult.

Des Garrigan (centre) recently celebrated his Retirement Do in the Harp in Swords. Hewas joined by his brothers Donal and Michael Garrigan on the night.

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years thanks to hispassion for f ly ing,hunt ing anddisplaying birds ofprey. He has flownmany species of hawk

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The Friends Of Autismand ADHD grouprecently presented acheque of €300 toBalbriggan Branch ofGuide Dogs. Proceeds from theshop have been usedto fund 20Assessments, whichtook place duringMarch of this year.Without the support ofthe Advocacy Workermany people and theirfamilies within thecommunity can feelisolated. The charityshop, located onClonard Street

Balbriggan andThomas Hand Street inSkerries fund anAdvocacy worker whowill support all peoplein the community witha disability. The local

guide dogs groupwishes to thankCathy Gaffney andFriends Of Autismand ADHD for thisdonation to the workof guide dogs. Theyalso wish toencourage donationsof clothes, shoes,books, or bric a bracand furniture for salein the shops, that youmay not have use foranymore.

Pictured at the presentation of a cheque for €300 toBalbriggan Branch of Guide Dogs from Friends of Autismand ADHD are, Beverly Grimes, Breege O’Neill with guidedog Unice and Tom O’Neill from local branch of guidedogs, with Katherine Moreland and Bernie Hagen ofFriends of Autism and ADHD.

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Anto Carroll's 40th birthday party was held at the Old Boro in Swords recently. Pictured havinga ball are Anita and Brian McKeating, Lavinia and Anto Carroll and Nicola and David Higgins.

It was Girls Night Out at the Old Boro in Swords recently. Picturedenjoying the night are Samantha Whelan, Linda Kennedy, CatherineMulcahy and Nicola Gaolbraith.

Gareth McDonnell (3rd from left) held his 35th birthday party in Fowlers,Malahide recently. He is pictured with Avril Davis, Clare Reeves, MichelleLawson, John Davis, Andrew Boyle, Gary, Stephen and Grahem Reeves.

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Mary Whelan's birthday was celebrated in the Harp Bar inSwords. Mary (on left) is pictured with Gerard and Breda Hickey.

Justine Laidlaw's 40th birthday was celebrated in style at the Old Boro, Swords recently. Pictured are Pamela Buckley, Natalie Buckley, Michelle McCarthy, Justine Laidlaw and Liz Laidlaw.

Marie O'Rourke's 30th birthday party was held at the Old School House inSwords. Pictured are Michelle, Elaine, Marie and Sinead O'Rourke.

Lorraine Callan's 60th birthday was cele-brated with a party at the Harp Bar in Swords.Lorraine is pictured here with Patrick Callan.

It was Gemma Dalton's hen night recently at theHarp Bar in Swords. Gemma (in centre) ispictured with Ann-Marie Perry and Lorna Dalton.

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Local Students ExcelIn Art Competition

At this year’s 58th Texaco Children’s Art Competition, a number ofNorth County students excelled and were presented with awardsfor their efforts. In Category D (9-11 years), first prize was won by11-year old Alex Jones, a student at TheArt Academy in Rush for his paintingentitled ‘Enjoying the View’. He

received €250.Other winners from thearea, all of whom wonSpecial Merit Awards,were Caoimhe Ryan (14),Amber McCann (12) JoshuaJoran (9) and Maia McCann(8) all from The ArtAcademy Rush; NathanJoyce (15), Katie Jones (8)and Gráinne O’Reilly (8) allfrom Skerries Art School;Matthew Kavanagh (14)and Paulina Kondracka(15) both from MalahideCommunity School and Ruth Morris (16) from Loreto SecondarySchool Balbriggan. Welldone to all.


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Balbriggan GroupCommemorates 15 YearsBalbriggan Group Remember Us is 15 years oldnext year and to celebrate, they are planning a tripof a lifetime for a number of its members toDisneyland Paris. If the dream trip is to become areality then there is lots of fundraising to be donebetween now and 2013. To kick off the fundraisingdrive, a table quiz was held recently at theBracken Court Hotel and proved a huge success. Thanks goes to all the sponsors and everyonewho came along and supported the event. Allfunds raised in the quiz will go toward theplanned 2013 Disneyland Paris trip which willmark 15 years of brilliant work by this mostworthy of local charities.The quiz was just the first in a long line offundraisers planned over the next year andRemember Us needs your help with the next bigevent it plans to participate in. The local charityis looking for volunteers to take part in theannual Women’s Mini Marathon and raisemoney for Remember Us in the process. If youare willing then please contact the group forfurther information. Remember Us caters for young people and vulner-able adults, their families and friends. The clubcurrently provides an invaluable service to 175families in the North County and surroundingareas and appreciates the ongoing support fromthe local community.

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There could be a new literal translation, but ‘macra’when I learned Irish meant ‘sons’ and ‘na feirme’meant ‘farms’, so the collective idea of the organisa-tion’s name meant ‘young farmers’.Happily, although the farming community of NorthCounty Dublin may have undergone radical change, itsmost vibrant social club is thriving again. Since 2009the North County club has been revitalised with newmembership and it has become a focal point for peoplefrom 17-35 years of age who share a love of countryliving.The County Leader caught up with Clodagh Barnwall,an officer of the fledgling club to find out what the 21stcentury Macra is about. “Macra was only recently re-established in the North County, so we’re a new littleclub made up mostly of people from Swords,” shesays. “There’s about 20-25 of us who’d meet regularlyand there’s something on practically every weekend.The 20-year-old is the club’s current Public RelationsOfficer, which means she’s keeping not just the currentNorth County members up-to-date on upcomingevents, but plays a large role in publicising them toencourage other like-minded people to join in.She organises posters, from designing them to distrib-uting them, gets the word out to local papers and radiostations, updates the club’s facebook page and allthat’s just for starters.She’s part of the team that won the Dublin leg of thevolleyball competition, is studyingfor a bachelor’s degree atMaynooth, and works part-time atKettle’s Country House Hotel inRolestown. As her degree course isin Music and Geography, shehopes eventually to become asecondary school teacher. Shealso practises teaching music tohopeful piano-players.“We could be training for a volley-ball competition, or rowing in onwhatever project we’re focusing onas a club.” She goes on to explainthat there are half a dozen otherelements to the organisation apartfrom the expected “agriculture” department.“Not all of our members are from a rural or farmingbackground, some of them are from Dublin citysuburbs, some are from the country and came to livehere,” she says, adding that the key element of whythe club’s growing is that it’s great fun. It’s aims for it’smembers are to provide opportunities in projects suchas sports, public speaking, performing arts, communityinvolvement and personal development.“Travel’s high on our agenda,” she says of the tripsthey make within Ireland and abroad, from theEuropean Rally, to the Spring and Autumn seminars.There have been exchanges with similar groups inCanada, Austria and Scotland. Group outings could bejust into town (where they recently won the DublinVolleyball competition), to Kilkenny cheering on IanLavery from Treble R (the biggest Dublin club) in April’sMr Personality festival, to Athboy for the June bankholiday festival where Eilish O’Sullivan’s taking part inthe Miss Blue Jeans pageant. In August, Clodaghherself is representing Dublin in Tipperary town’s five-day Miss Macra festival.

Her enthusiasm for Macra is infectious and youcouldn’t help but be impressed at the dynamism of thenational network. The clubs in Dublin – Treble Rs,Dublin Mountains, University College Dublin andDublin Institute of Technology – could field all-Dublinteams for some of the national competitions. Or youcould get an ad-hoc scattering of support from acrossthe various Dublin districts if anyone gets a figary toattend the welding competition, the senior debatingshowdown, or try their luck at what sounds like theploughing championship for beginners: the Macrafarm skills competition.“The farm skills competition is being hosted by DublinMountains this year, teams of three could hang a gate,drive a tractor and move bales of hay, that sort ofthing, and it’s open to women,” she says. Althoughraised on a farm herself and is no slouch behind thewheel of a tractor, it’s the self-development and friend-ship aspect of Macra that attracted her to the club.“I heard about a new club being set up, so I dragged afew friends along as it’s a great way to get to knowpeople.”She was already vaguely familiar with the club, as herparents, Martina and Gerard had been active membersin its North County heyday when there were individualclubs in Lusk, Rush and Balbriggan too.Within the first year she had competed in the all-Ireland bowling. But she surprised herself in other

ways too, thanks to the club. “I metnew friends, my confidence wasboosted, for instance you’d get upand speak in front of people,there’s a lot that’s already organ-ised, the structure’s there for you tofocus on what you’re good at.”There are talent competitions indifferent categories, such as themusical one that had its finale inthe National Concert Hall: “Macra’sabout supporting you when youface that fear,” she says with a grin,“building up your confidence andchannelling it into one or other ofthe categories of upcoming social

events.”The performing arts strand of competitions includesCapers, where entrants perform for 15 minutes, theamateur dramatic competition and straightforwardpublic speaking like the debating contest mentionedearlier.The big drive for fundraising this year was the BeGreen, Be Seen in aid of Irish Autism and it raised awhopping €2,000. “We were delighted with thesupport we got from the sponsors, we couldn’t havedone it without them. We’ve done other types offundraisers before, like we organised the tractor runfor the past few years for the Central Remedial Clinic orIrish Guide Dogs – the route around North CountyDublin would go up as far as Bellewstown and I’veeven driven a tractor myself on the run – and we’rehoping to create a different fund-raiser in its place.”But for now, Clodagh’s on a mission to invite CountyLeader readers under 35 years to come down to theHarp Bar in Swords’ Carnegie Court Hotel on the firstThursday of every month to see for themselves whatthe Macra (and na hIníonigh!) are up to.

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New North County Leader sales representativefor the Balbriggan, Skerries and Rush area,James Carvin, has been given an enthusiasticwelcome by Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce.Anthony Murphy from the Chamber said: “Weare delighted towelcome James as anew representative forthe Balbriggancommunity. We’relooking forward toworking with him andthe County Leader forour mutual benefit,”he said.James, who juststarted working withthe newspaper, islooking forward tobringing the bestpossible service to thebusinesses and resi-dents of Balbriggan. “Ihave strong family tiesin Balbriggan, as myparents’ families arefrom here and I havemany friends here too.I feel that I can bringprofessionalism andgreat customer service to the area I know sowell. I am really looking forward to workingwith the chamber.”He has a background in Account Managementand says he wanted to go into the sales field,as he loves dealing and interacting withpeople. “Working with people is the bestaspect about this job. The County Leader

provided me with the perfect platform formeeting the public and members of thecommunity and I want to work the best I can toensure that they get a great service.” He is in the process of completing a Customer

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As was previouslypublished in a pastissue of the CountyLeader, on an averageday as many as fortyto fifty people visitLow Rock to swim and,despite the popularityof the swimming point,it’s still not recognisedas a official swimmingbeach. The locals whoformed the Low RockBeach Committee,have been appealingto the council to getadequate funding tomake much needed

improvements to thevarious facilities. Cllr Anthony Lavin (FG)had called on theCouncil to enhancesome of the facilitiesat the area and,speaking to the

County Leader , hesaid he was verydisappointed with thenews that no fundswere to be set aside.“Low Rock is in needof attention and whileI welcome the promiseof repair works, Ibelieve that the addi-tional enhancements Iproposed on behalf ofthe Low Rock swim-mers are very reason-able,” he said. “Ibelieve they wouldenhance Malahide’sprospects in achievinga Blue Flag and thiswould get it well onthe way to its recogni-tion as an officialswimming beach.”

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A Clean Sweep By Balbriggan YouthThe Junior Committee of Balbriggan Youth Service took to the streetsrecently for their Spring Clean project. The Committee wanted to get moreinvolved in their community and saw the National Spring Clean campaignas the perfect way to work as a team to make their community a brighter,cleaner place to live. The day was a great success. They wanted to show how young people could make a difference in thearea and worked really hard cleaning the beach, harbour and main streetin an effort to involve themselves more in their community and keepthings clean. In particular the group would like to say a big thank you to Ray from theCounty Council, who was a great help throughout the day and they wouldalso like to encourage members of the community to help maintain theupkeep of the seaside town.Pictured here are a group from Balbriggan Youth Service as thy happily finished tidyingup Balbriggan Beach recently.

Pictured at the Easter Egg hunt at the Pavilions Shopping Centre on Easter Saturday lastare Jessica Molloy, Faye Barry, Leia Clooney, Caoimhe O Reilly, Shaun O Reilly, MattieFogarty and Sammy Fogarty.

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Have you retired under the PublicService Croke Park Agreement?If you recently retired under the Public Service Croke Park Agreement youhave some very important decisions to make in relation to your finances.Over the past 20 years Classic Financial Services has provided individualswith financial advice including advice in the areas of retirement planningand investments.

If you’d like to make an informed decision in relation to any aspect of yourretirement options, please contact us to arrange a no obligation consulta-tion. This involves a meeting with one of our qualified financial advisors todiscuss the various options available to you. The meeting can take placein your home or our office at a time convenient to you and normally takesabout 45 minutes.

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We have 10 pairs of tickets with the B&Q Ideal HomeShow and the North County Leader to giveaway!

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Lusk Tidy Towns launced their annual postcard entitled‚ ‘The Four Seasons of Lusk' on StPatrick’s Day. The launch was performed by Senator Darragh O’Brien (FF). Pictured atthe launch are, Damien Heaney, Danny Dunne, Pat Kelly, Senator Darragh O'Brien, NinaFlynn, Angela Ball, Julie Griffin and Caitriona Dunne.

Monday, 2nd April was Autism Day and to mark the day, Irish Autism Action held afundraising event at the Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords. Keith Duffy, Patron of IrishAutism Action is pictured here with Fiona Moore and Sally Ann Shaw from Irish AutismAction and Deirdre King, Advertising and Promotions Manager, Pavilions ShoppingCentre.

Cha Cha Cha For ChernobylFour hundred specta-tors, nine localcouples, the judges,costumes, make-upand wigs were all thecomponents neededfor a fantastic night offundraising in KettlesCountry Hotel recently.The night was held toraise funds which willhelp children fromBelarus as part of AdiRoche’s ChernobylChildren International.The North DublinOutreach group arebringing 20 very

special children toDublin in July.The crowd came fromfar and wide tosupport their favouritedance act on the night.From Samba toCharleston, Tango toPaso Doble, Jive andCha Cha Cha, therewas plenty of varietyand great craic. Afteran extremely closecompetition, AmySmyth and Paul Floodemerged the winnerswith their superb Jive. The fantastic amount

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have now exceededthe €30,000 mark forthis year’s fundraisingso they can now alsosend some muchneeded funds toBelarus to help out in

Vesnova Orphanage.They want to extend ahuge thanks to allinvolved, none of itwould have beenpossible without allthe support.

The winners of the Cha Cha Cha for Chernobyl fundraiserat Kettles Country Hotel, Rolestown were Amy Smyth andPaul Flood. They are pictured here with current DublinRose, Siobheal Nic Eochaidh.

McNally Funeral Directors

There is no doubt that the most stressful time weencounter in our lives is the death of a loved one. Beit a parent, a child, a family member or a closefriend, this encounter with death is unavoidable.When we face the death of someone we love, weface an unspeakable loss. A future is mapped outfor us where there will always be a large absence inour lives.In an attempt to minimise the impact of death, it isimperative to employ the service of an experiencedand caring funeral director, who will not only providethe basic funeral requirements, but in many casescan provide much needed advice and information on

various counselling and bereavement supports. Weneed to feel that our great loss is understood andthat there is someone capable of understandingand interpreting our precise needs.At this stressful and vulnerable time, McNally’sFuneral and Memorial Services in Balbriggan areideally positioned to help to relieve you of thisonerous burden and give you the complete andcomprehensive service your loved one deserves.This non-denominational funeral home ticks all the

boxes and covers such aslaying out the remains, tothe church service, thepurchasing and openingof the grave, in fact all thearrangements necessary.They have just opened anew premises at No.20Drogheda Street,Balbriggan on the site of

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the old National Irish Bank premises. This iconicbuilding, situated in the heart of Balbriggan, is anideal location and has given the area a very welcomeboost in the process, providing a convenient towncentre location for this excellent company. What makes McNally’s Funeral and MemorialServices so different to any other funeral directors.?For starters, they are one of the longest establishedFuneral Directors in the entire country. They werefounded in 1878 by Joseph Sweetman, until hisdeath in 1894. The business was then taken over byJames McNally until 1940, and was carried on by hiswife, Mary until 1950. Her son, Sean then took overfor the next 51 years, until 2001, when he retired.It was then that Patrick Hickey, a native of Balrotherypurchased the business and has managed the firmas McNally’s ever since. Patrick, along with his wife,Monica have established a new branch to the busi-ness, having opened a Monumental and Memorialsside to McNally’s. Their former premises on MarketGreen served the community of Balbriggan for 11years. As a curious aside, the historic building onDrogheda Street, now occupied by McNally’s was

built 13 years after thecompany was estab-lished, more than 130years ago. Patrick andMonica are now cele-brating their 11th year incharge of McNally’s. Froma staff of two in thebeginning, there are nowseven employed, five fulltime and two part time.McNally’s are very partic-ular about their staff. “We only employ staff of thehighest calibre. Here we have a very simple mottowhen employing staff members. If they are notprepared to carry out a service for others, like it wasfor their own family, then they should not beworking for McNally’s. We have caring staff who dothe work required, but more importantly, are therebefore and after for advice and a listening ear. Wework as a family for your family,” said Patrick. Staffmembers include Willie Kenny, Desmond Flynn,Sharon Tolan, Noel Tolan and Desmond Flynn Snr.

Patrick spoke sensitively and caringly about howthe company is developing. “Throughout allthese changes, the focus has always been onproviding the very best service to the bereavedand the preparation of their deceased loved onesin a caring and professional way. We have alsoemployed the most caring and helpful staff toassist you at every turn,” he said. He alsoemphasised the company’s commitment to beingavailable after the funeral for further help andadvice. “Many people drop in for a chat and they

are always welcome. It gives them great comfortand we are delighted to provide this service.They know we have helped them in their hour ofneed and they obviously feel comfortable withus,” he said.As the historic building was in a fairly dilapidatedcondition when Patrick and Monica took it over lastyear, it needed major refurbishment and redesign.This was done with great precision and imaginationand it now caters for the needs of all. It is capable ofholding 100 people in the main funeral room, wherethe coffin is located. There is also air conditioningand it is fitted with a sound system for both surroundsound and microphones for service narration. Thefuneral room lends itself well to both religious

Patrick and Monica Hickey, with some of their funeral cars at the rear of the building.

To Guide You In Your Hour Of Need: The teamat McNally’s are at your service at all times.



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services or even humani-tarian type services. Thatbeing, a funeral servicewhich does not includereligious building or struc-ture of service. Made upof either music, poetry orspeeches from family orfriends, basically what-ever the family decide isappropriate to theirneeds.The entire refurbishmenthas been done withnothing left to chance.The male and femaletoilet areas are suitablefor people with disabilitiesand there are babychanging facilities in both.This attention to detail issomething that places the client at the heart of theoperation and is typical of what can be expected atMcNally’s.The company also supplies and erects headstones,with a showroom on site. They also restore old head-stones and grave surrounds. they can also provide

additional inscriptions to existing stones. The shopsupplies a large amount of grave accessories, fromgranite pieces such as hearts, scrolls, teddies, vases,solar lights to statues, silk flowers and candles.McNally’s will also take care of insertions to local andnational newspapers and radio stations for death

notices and month’sminds. Also included intheir wide range arememorial cards, includingThank You cards, bookmarkers, wallet cards andkey rings. Silk flowers canalso be provided.McNally’s will assist fami-lies to pick a funeral planto suit their budgets andgive advice on grants,such as bereavementgrants, death benefit andexceptional needspayments. Patrick insisted on usingonly local trades people inthe refurbishment of theold building. Local compa-nies involved includedLarry Kiernan Plant Hire,Martin Weldon Painters,

Noel Gibbs Electrical. “Joe Curtis provided most of thebeautiful black and white images, which weremounted by Alan Crilly,” said Patrick. Other localcompanies which provided services included, MarianFlynn from Liberty Interiors, Alo Gildea of BalbrigganAluminium. Kelly Doors, Rafters who provided thecarpets. The hardware was provided by EEC Hardwareand Corrs Hardware, while Kevin Prout put in thesecurity system. Matt Dwyer was the roofer, andMartin Delahan provided the welding services. It will be of great comfort and consolation to knowthat a company that has the wealth of experience,knowledge and caring approach of McNally’s, will nowbe looking after your loved one. Their professionalstaff are expertly trained to ensure that every minutedetail is not overlooked. The last thing you need toworry about now are the time consuming and onerousdetails that accompany a funeral. All this is handledwith the greatest sensitivity by McNally’s highlyprofessional staff. Knowing that you have nothing toplan is a source of great consolation at a time whenyour focus needs to be elsewhere.


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Mamma Mia Comes To BalbrigganBalbriggan CommunityCollege presents thepopular musical,Mamma Mia in theBracken Court Hoteltonight, Tuesday 17thand Wednesday 18thApril at 8pmHere’s your opportu-nity for a good old singsong and a boogie inyour seat, whilstyou’re at it - audienceparticipation isencouraged. Theamazing, dedicatedand energetic studentsof BalbrigganCommunity College,utilising their uniqueand infectious musicalstylings, are delightedto bring to you thisworld famous musical. The students havereally enjoyed workingtogether and havebeen praised by theirteachers Ciara Grant,Orlagh O’Neill, SarahGuilfoyle and Barbara

Healy for their commit-ment and enthusiasm.Rehearsals have beenin full swing during theEaster holidays anddespite the shortpreparation time andlimited budget an

upbeat, feel goodnight’s entertainmentwill once again beenjoyed by lucky audi-ences. Tickets can bepurchased by ringing089 4297435 or on the

door each night. Adulttickets cost €10 Euro,student/OAP €7, whilechildren under 12 arefive euro, with a familyticket for 2 adults and2 children under 12costing €25.

The cast, crew and teachers of Balbriggan Community College are pictured taking a breakfrom rehearsals for their upcoming musical, Mamma Mia in the Bracken Court Hotel,Balbriggan.

Edel Clarke (left) was out in Wrights in Malahide recentlyto celebrate her return home from New York. She ispictured here with Louise Doyle.

“Dial M For Murder”At Millbank TheatreThe Millbank Theatre, Rush, presents “Dial M forMurder”, opening on 25th April and runninguntil 19th May inclusive at 8.30pm. Dial M forMurder was a hit on the stage and a successfulfilm, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The plot surrounds British tennis pro, TonyWendice who suspects that his wealthy wife,Margot is fooling around with handsomeAmerican, Max. Tony blackmails a disgracedformer army comrade, Captain Lesgate intomurdering Margot and making it look like thework of a burglar. But Tony’s carefully mapped-out scheme doesnot take into account the notion that Margotmight fight back and kill her assailant. WhenInspector Hubbard investigates, Tony improvisesquickly, subtly planting the suggestion that hiswife has committed first-degree murder. Makesure you don’t miss out on this gripping drama.It promises to be a deadly night’s entertainmentfor all.

Friends of Autism and ADHD, isa charity shop, with brancheslocated on Clonard Street,Balbriggan and Thomas HandStreet, Skerries. Proceedsfrom the shops have beenused to fund 20 assessments

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took place during March.Proceeds from the shops gotowards the cost of funding anAdvocacy worker, who willsupport all people in thecommunity with a disability. Without the support of theAdvocacy worker, many people

and their families within thecommunity can feel isolated.The Advocacy worker offersnot only support and advice.but also a friendly voice on theother end of the phone. They will gladly accept anyunwanted clothes, shoes,books, or bric a brac and furni-ture that you don’t need anymore. Contact the shops forfurther information.

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Pink Lights ToSpot Teenagers Council bosses aretrying to stop teenagershanging around streetcorners - by usingspecial lights that showup their spots. Thespecial acne lights beingused in Cardiff give off apink glow that exagger-ates any spots or blem-ishes on people's faces.Officials hope the lampswill slash the numbersof youths loitering in anarea blighted by anti-social behaviour.

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Great Response ToSkerries SchemeSkerries Towns innovative ‘Adopt-a-patch’scheme is going well in its second year of opera-tion.The Tidy Towns committee is very pleasedwith the response to the second year of thescheme and it has a commitment from most ofits volunteers to take on their ‘patches’ againthis year. Patches still in need of minders are along thebus route by the re-cycling bins and down pastKelly’s Bay. Extra help is also needed for areaswithin Kelly’s Bay and Townspark and for lanesoff Hillside. Details of the scheme can be foundon the flyer available in Supervalu, or contactthe committee directly by phoning FrancesOwens on 087241 7017.

BalbrigganBook ClubThe Balbriggan andSurrounding AreaBook Club meet on theFirst Tuesday of everyMonth in the BrackenCourt Hotel at 7pm. Allages are welcome. Ifyou would like to getmore information onthe group and meet-ings you can join theMeetup Group (whichis free of charge ) onwww.meetup.com/balbriggan-book-club.

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A Hair-Raising Day ForDonabate SchoolThe pupils and teachers from Donabate/PortraneEducate Together were all overwhelmed by thesupport and enthusiasm for their recent Shave or Dyeevent. The event was a fantastic success, around 485of the school’s pupils arrived for school with crazyhair and their school yard was filled with every colourand style imaginable. Elaine Gillespie from the irish Cancer Society cameout to visit and enjoy the festivities and the school

was also featured live on the Ian Dempsey BreakfastShow. The school’s voluntary ‘victims’ had their hairtransformed and if this wasn’t enough the staffroombecame a hair salon for the day and the remainingstaff (and some of their children!) got sprayed, teasedand back combed to perfection.All parents and children embraced the idea so theschoolyard was a vision to behold with over 500 crazyhair dos! They also celebrated with a Crazy Hair Shakeand Wake which went down a treat. As well as that,two brave dads agreed to be shaved in front of theirsons’ classes. All in all, it was a very hair-raising expe-rience for the school!

Pictured here are the Second Year CSPE class from Fingal Community College during a recent visit to Leinster House aspart of their action project for CSPE. During the visit students watched a debate on education taking place in the Dailchamber with Education Minister Ruairi Quinn and experienced a vote taking place in the Seanad. Students had a ques-tion and answer session with Minister for Health James Reilly, Clare Daly, Brendan Ryan and Alan Farrell and topicalissues such as bin charges and household charges were discussed. The students had a memorable day and some haveindicated that they would like to become involved in politics through Dail na Nog since their visit.

Pictured are three students from the Loreto SecondarySchool in Balbriggan, Laura Mooney, Julie O’Connor andShannon Scott, who were the winners of SciFest@DIT fortheir project, “Is there a genetic super-taster componentcontrolling the Irish choice of tea?” The project examinedif Irish people inherit super-taster tendencies which influ-ence their choice of tea by analysing taste sensitivity andresponse to flavours. They discovered that 35% of theirparticipants were super-tasters which is significantlyhigher than the European average, concluding that thereis a strong association between being a super-taster andhaving a specific preference for a certain brand of tea.

Innovative Talk ForBalbriggan SocietyLocal man Michael McMahon recently represented theBalbriggan and District Historical Society at the DublinCity Library and Archive Local History Society Day inthe Gilbert Library.Michael presented a reprise of his talk ‘Sinead DeValera – Balbriggan’s Daughter of Destiny’ andreceived a tremendous reception from the assembledaudience of historians and interested parties.Michael also revealed a totally new insight into thewoman behind the man who played such a key role inthe events in and around the 1916 Rising.Michael was encouraged and cheered on by a numberof members of the Balbriggan & District HistoricalSociety including Chairman Brian Howley whocommented:“We were delighted to have nominated Michael forthis prestigious event and would like to thank him onbehalf of all of the members of the Society for repre-senting us and Balbriggan.”

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Stepping Out’s Zumba Fitness This month, Ireland’s largest dance fitnesscompany, Stepping Out are launching thecourse which is designed to lead you into thesummer in great shape. And as you expectfrom the people who brought you SalsaSlims the emphasis is very much on makingfitness fun but still getting you the resultsyou want. Stepping Out founder, SharonTinkler tells us: “In Stepping Out, we arevery attuned to what our customers want andwe have devised all our courses to meetthose expectations. They do want results but

i t has to be enjoyable. We see so manypeople making a huge difference to theirlives through the Stepping Out courses. People who felt they had tried everythingand noth ing e lse had worked for them.Weight loss, improved fitness, increasedenergy levels, changing body shape are allgreat but the classes are such a laugh itreally improves your mood and helps you toget away from your stresses. For details ofyour local classes call 016205030 or log onto www.steppingout.ie

Charity Designer Sale In MalahideVincent’s Charity shop in Malahide will have adesigner sale on Thursday April 19th from 12noon. Make sure you get there, as there arealways bargains available.

Cameras At The ReadyThe Portmarnock Camera Club has arrived!The group will be meeting in the PSLC everysecond Wednesday and all are welcome! Frombeginners to experts, anyone who has aninterest in taking photographs will find thegroup very enjoyable. Everyone is welcome tocome along.


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AQUARIUS Jan 20 - Feb 18The trick to dealing with perplexing situations isto act swiftly and decisively, yet to expect littlein the way of response. By all indications takecareful note of this advice - and act on it - forwhat takes place this week.

PISCES Feb 19 - Mar 20You frequently spoil those you care about andoften find it difficult to be tough with them. Butas events transpire this week, certain issuessimply cannot be ignored. Also, in all matters,the faster you act the better.

ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 20As the week begins and you face unpleasant -and in some cases unfair - power struggles, youbecome dispirited about getting issuesresolved. In every case, persistance, combinedwith patience, wins the day.

TAURUS Apr 21 - May 20However time-consuming difficulties with othersare, you must explore your options. Initially, thisprovides intriguing insights, but towards theend of the week you will be putting into practisewhat you learnt in the past.

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Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23You’ve known for some time that you were goingto have to confront certain individuals or situa-tions, but the time never seemed right. Now, notonly is it ideal, but your hand will be forced asthe week progresses.

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A palpable air of tension and excitementhung over the main hall of the RDS on 1stApril last, as 100 teams of four school-children from across the country battled ito u t i n t h e g r a n d f i n a l o f t h e 21st All Ireland Credit Union Schools Quiz.Under the watchful eye of Marty Whelan,

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Mary Fitzgerald fromSwords is next up, hopingto take home the DublinRose of Tralee title. Thelovely 20 year old isfeeling a little nervous asshe sits down to chatabout the competition asher nomination was a

total surprise. “My dadput me forward and Ihadn’t a clue so I wasa bit shocked when I

got the call,” shetold the CountyLeader.Mary lives athome with herparents and hasthree brothers,one sister and is

the baby in the family. Shewent to Holy Family andthen onto FingalCommunity College herein Swords, and is currentlytaking some time out fromcollege, where she isstudying Drama to focuson working and enjoy theRose of Tralee festivities.“I’ve always loved actingand the whole businessso it seemed a naturalthing to focus on incollege.” Mary hasimmersed herself invarious acting groups; sheattended the GaietySchool of Acting inMalahide and is currentlyan Assistant Stage

Manager with theMilbank Theatre in Rush.“I really enjoy the wholeproduction side of things.I’m also planning to do acourse in TheatricalMakeup which should bebrilliant as well. I think it’sgreat to get a handle onall sides of the industry asI’m definitely looking topersue a career in thefield in the future.” Mary has been involved indrama and performingfrom an early age. Sheattended Billy BarryStage School and whenshe was seven years old,got a role in a Swedishmovie, which was shothere in Dublin. “It was anabsolutely fantastic expe-rience, but as I was soyoung I didn’t appreciateit at the time. I had towear this really heavycostume and shootscenes with three boys,which I hated doing at thetime,” she says laughing.“I had other offers after-wards but I was tooyoung and didn’t want topersue things further untilI was older.” Acting

seems to run in the familyas Mary’s brother hasalso been involved in afew projects, mostnotably the hit series,‘The Tudors.’ Mary and her motherMaureen are heavilyinvolved in the Chernobylcharity. “I did a lot ofwork with my mother,who has been workingwith the charity for years.I would get involved in allthe charity events andballs that they have,particularly when I wasyounger. They’re a greatcharity to work with.”Mary says that eventhough she was slightlytaken aback by thesurprise nomination, itwould be amazing to becrowned the Dublin Rose:“It would really be bril-liant to be crowned,” shesaid. “It would be some-thing completelydifferent and I’d get tomeet lots of new peopleas well. It would be bril-liant to have the experi-ence to travel. I’m justgoing to enjoy beinginvolved in the competi-tion regardless of theoutcome though,” sheconcluded.

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Amie Doyle- Luskyear but I couldn’tattend all the selectionnights because of myjob. So this time around,I want to be able to fullyenjoy the festival and allthe selection nights.”Amie attended LuskPrimary school and wentonto SkerriesCommunity Collegebefore attendingcollege. After school,she went to a college onGrafton Street and didthe Beauty Therapy

course and followingthis, went on to do acourse in FashionTheatre and MediaMake Up. "I alwaysloved the creativeaspect of school.Art, Speech andDrama, anythingcreative I wantedto do it. The tran-sition to doingthe beautytherapy wasreally naturalfor me as it'salso creativeand I'vea l w a y s

wanted todo it."A m i e ' sone offour in thef a m i l yand has adog calledP e p p e r .Her sisterGrace alsoloves theR o s efestival.

Twenty four year oldAmie Doyle from Lusk isnext up for the DublinRose of Tralee. As shesits down to chat withus, it’s obvious thatAime is hugely excitedto be involved with thefestival this year. “It’smy second timearound,” she sayssmiling. “I was nomi-nated by my family last

"I think she'd definitelylove to do the festival inthe future." The bright Lusk lady hasjust ventured out andrecently opened her ownbusiness, a beauty saloncalled 'Álainn' (meaning'beautiful' in Irish) inRush, which she isfeeling very positiveabout. "I decided to takethe plunge three monthsago and just get thingsup and running," shesaid. "It's early days yet,but its going very well.I'm just enjoying every-thing and trying to get asmany contacts estab-lished as possible." Amiehas always been inter-ested in persuing beautytherapy for her careerand loves having her ownbusiness. "I've beendoing this for six yearsand opening my ownsalon is always some-thing I wanted to do, I

just wasn't sure when I'dhave the opportunity. Sowhen the chance cameup, I just took it straightaway." It's a fantasticachievement, especiallyas Amie is as young asshe is.Amie will be using Álainnas her sponsor for thisyear’s Rose. "I wasn'tgoing to use thecompany initially, but asI'm just starting out, Ithink it would be a greatway to get peoplefamiliar with the salon.All the products used are100 per cent organic and Icover a range of treat-ments from Tan to MakeUp, Nails, Facials andWaxing. " Amie does a lot of workwith the charity Console,which focuses on SuicidePrevention. "I did a skydive for them last yearwhich raised €3,000. Itwas great fun, though I

was terrified at thetime," she says,laughing. "I also wouldlove to go and volunteerin Africa with some ofthe Roses next year." Amie is even moreexcited to be involved inthe Rose festivities thisyear and says that herreasons for entering thecontest are still thesame: "I've alwayswanted to be involved inthe Rose, since I wasvery young. It's a bigtradition in my houseand we watch it everyyear. I had a ball lastyear and made greatfriends so I'm lookingforward to really givingit my all this year. Itwould mean the worldto me to be crowned theDublin Rose but first off,it's all about gettinginvolved and having fun so that's what I planto do."

Rosie Nixon - RushRosie Nixon from Rushis our next entry for theDublin Rose of Tralee.The lovely 23 year oldis thoroughly lookingforward to entering theRose festivities thisyear after her motherconvinced her it wouldbe a good thing to do:“We talked it over and Ithought it would be agreat festival to getinvolved with,” shesaid. “So I’ve justdecided to go for it andenjoy the competition.”

Rosie is the youngestof four siblings; shehas two brothers andone sister and lives inRush with her parents.She attended RushNational School andthen went on to LoretoSecondary School inBalbriggan. It was herethat she was able toexpress her creativeside which led her totaking up aPhotography course inDIT afterward. “I’vealways been interestedin the artistic side ofthings,” she told theCounty Leader. “I lovedArt in school and I wasalways interested inthings like singing. Iwas involved in theschool musicals andthe choir too. Then Idid a couple of ArtPortfolio coursesbefore attendingcollege. Photographyalways interested meso I decided to give it ago.” Though she is currentlytaking a gap year tofocus on working,Rosie said the collegecourse gave her a goodidea of what to expectin the industry. “I

enjoyed it at first, thoughit was a lot more restric-tive then I originallythought it would be. Iwanted to have morefreedom in terms ofwhat I could create soI decided to take theyear out to really seewhich area I wanted tofocus on.”Rosie currently worksat Rush Credit Union,who are also spon-soring her for thefestival this year.“I’ve beenworking therefor quite a fewyears, it’s agreat place towork. It wouldbe lovely tor e p r e s e n tthem at thefestival as theyreally serve thecommunity ofRush.”An upbeat Rosie eagerlygoes on to say how she isparticipating in thisyear’s Mini Marathon,something she’s neverattempted before. “I’vealways wanted to do itand just thought I wouldfinally give it a go thisyear. I’ve started my‘training’ for it alreadybut reckon I’ll bewalking, not running onthe day!” Rosie is doingthe marathon all in aid ofCystic Fibrosis and bevery appreciative of any support. You can log onto:www.mycharity.ie/event/r o i s e _ n i x o n _ m i n i -marathon/ if you’d like tosponsor her.The rose hopeful enjoyssome traditionalpastimes as hobbies. “Ilove baking and amcurrently learning how toknit,” she says, laughing.

“My mother has alwaysbeen doing it, so I gotsome tips off her. It’sjust something that Ireally enjoy doing.”Speaking about theRose competition, Rosiesaid just to have theexperience of doing itwould be brilliant: “I’mjust planning to reallyenjoy myself and havefun. It would be incred-ible to be crowned theDublin Rose, but whatI’m really hoping is thatthe contest will give mea firmer direction ofwhere I want to go.”She finishes off bysaying that her motto inlife is to just be your-self: “To be yourselfand just be happy is thebest advice you cangive to someone I think.So that’s exactly what Iplan to do for the Rose;just be myself and havefun.”


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responsible for the future of themuseum understand the uniqueoptions available to them toprotect the future of both themuseum and the Casino, thanks tothe vision and generosity of a localdonor, the late Michéal Gaffney. Lavin addressed the frustration ofthe situation, both as a councillorand a resident of Malahide, andsaid, “The Casino is an ideal loca-tion for the Railway Museum, and Ibelieve its proximity to the DARTstation will encourage visitors ofMalahide Castle to come towardsthe village for the benefit of localbusiness and retailers. Farrell concluded by saying, “Ihope that the board of FáilteIreland and CIE will review thistruly unique situation and allowthe display to come home toMalahide.”

Rosaleen de Jong (centre of back row) celebrated her 80th birthday with a party in theBracken Court Hotel in Balbriggan on Easter Sunday, 8th April. Pictured enjoying theparty are, front row: Rachael McBride, Sarah-Rose de Jong, Ryan Pardeick and Grace McBride. Back row: Mark McBride, Lorraine de Jong, Gilbert de Jong, Adam de Jong,Rosaleen de Jong, Laddie de Jong, Claire de Jong, Eimear McBride, Andrew de Jong andPat Mc Bride.

Make Your Town A‘Cleaner Community’The County Council is delighted to announcethe launch of the Cleaner Communities Awardsfor 2012. Fingal Cleaner Communities is acountywide competition aiming to make ourcounty a cleaner, greener place to live. TheAwards reward residents, community groupsand businesses for their efforts in maintaininga litter-free and well presented community orplace of business. The council is now inviting entries to theCleaner Communities Awards for 2012 andwould particularly welcome further new entriesto the competit ion. Local businesses areencouraged to enter. There is a broad range ofcategories, so you can enter your home, your

business, yourhousing estate orindeed even just partof your estate. Thecompetition has beena great success sinceit started over thirtyyears ago and i t ishoped that this yearwil l be even better.The closing date forapplications is Friday25th May. For furtherinformation and fulldetails of the competi-t ion, please contactthe council offices inSwords.

Pictured are the combined Malahide and Drogheda Indoor Bowls teams who played their annual Friendship fixture in St.Andrew's Parish Centre, Malahide recently. The fixture is played in alternate years at Malahide and Drogheda and wasstarted to mark the close ties and friendship that have historically existed between the communities in the two historiceast coast towns. This year marks the 36th year of Indoor Bowling in Malahide.

Skerries Group Goes From Strength To StrengthThe hugely successfulCommunity HarvestGroup in Skerries ismoving into its secondyear and looking torecruit new membersfor a successful 2012growing season.Supporting locally andsustainably grownfood, the CommunityHarvest Group startedas a SustainableSkerries project in2010. Speaking to the CountyLeader, a groupspokesperson said:“When it comes tosustainability and food,we feel it is all abouthaving access to localsources of sustainable

food. As consumers, itis about us knowingwhere and how ourfood has been grownand that it is grown in away that supports ahealthy future for ourfamilies.”The CommunityHarvest Group is acommunity supportingagriculture initiative.When you join thegroup, every weekduring the growingseason, May toDecember 2012,members receive a boxof organic, locallygrown, seasonalproduce at the SkerriesFarmers Market. As amember, you will pay a

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Local graduates from the North County were conferred with their degrees in PropertyStudies from DIT at a ceremony at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin recently. Pictured areDeclan Davis (Donabate), John Curtin (President of Society of Chartered SurveyorsIreland), Linda Forsyth (Malahide) and Emer O’Connell (Swords).

Tourism App WinsCompetitionTourism app Discover Fingal wasvoted the winner of the CountyCouncil’s Apps4Fingal competitionrecently. The contest aimed to helpthe council show how using publicdata generates business andimprovess access to local govern-ment. The Apps4Fingal competition runby the County Council inviteddevelopers to build mobile oronline apps using public data. Theaim was to create economic oppor-tunities, making useful apps for thepublic to use. A tourism app, Discover Fingal, thathelps visitors navigate local attrac-

tions picking up loyalty pointsalong the way, has been voted theoverall winner of the competition ata ceremony in Swords, hosted byCounty Mayor, Gerry McGuire.Other winners of a combined prizefund of €11,500 include a trafficapp (Fingal Traffic View) combininglive traffic cameras, traffic tweets,parking info and speed trap loca-tions, an app that shows detailedplanning applications (mypp.ie) onan interactive map and an app thatplans a day out (Fingal Day Tripper)for visitors to the area The ideasaward was given to an idea for anapp (Fingal Deals app) that listedall deals available from local busi-nesses in any part of the County.All winning apps can be broadenedfor national use.


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your company face to face with new and oldclients at this event.Event organiser, Noel Greene is a photographer,specialising in Events and Portraits for the last15 years. He has decided to put on an eventnight and has teamed up with the Bracken CourtHotel and together, they have planned this DebsFair, Throughout this event, each business willhave the opportunity to set up their own stand,displaying their latest products, giving new andolder clients as much information about yourbusiness skills and talents. Further informationis available by calling 086 1654693

Inaugural MeetingOf Labour’s MalahideBranch The Labour Party’s new Malahide branchformally convened recently with the newlyelected Chairperson, Susan Lohan declaring that“we are truly excited that Malahide now has aLabour branch of its own”. The new branch has been officially announcednot long after the recent meeting of over 100Labour Party supporters in the Grand Hotel,Malahide. It was addressed by Tánaiste andParty Leader, Eamon Gilmore. Lohan explains,

“Originally, Labour Party members fromMalahide and Portmarnock shared both aconstituency and branch. But whenPortmarnock’s ‘Jack Clarke’ branch was changedto the Dublin North East constituency, it wasdecided that the interests of the communitieswould be better served by two separatebranches”.The Malahide branch looks forward to liaisingwith the community and local representatives,Brendan Ryan TD, Cllr Peter Coyle and Cllr CianO’Callaghan to address local issues such as therelocation of the Fry Model Railway and theafter-hours closing of Malahide Garda Station,while at the same time promoting Labour poli-cies of a national level.

Pictured here at the recent DAA Cake and Book Sale are L-R: Kate Lawless, NicolaRadford and Maura Cassidy, who also organised the whole event.

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develop a variety of new skillsand talents. Clubs are very muchrooted in the local community.Without the support and help ofadults from the area, the clubcannot open. Volunteers must be aged 18 orover and have an interest inhelping young people achieve forthemselves and reach theirpotential. Volunteering withForóige is a great way of gettinginvolved in your local area anddoing something positive withyour spare time. Please contactBryan Gavin, Regional YouthOfficer on 086-8519639 forfurther details.

YoungGoalkeeperNeededMalahide United’sUnder 9A team islooking for a goal-keeper. The childmust be born in2003. This is a greatopportunity for yourchild to get active,make new friendsand have fun. Phone087-2667371 formore information.

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PortmarnockAthleticsClubMembers and volun-teers are sought for anew athletics club inPortmarnock. Theclub has been set upin association withAthletics Ireland andwill initially hold itstraining sessions for7-12 year olds onSundays from 3pm-4pm at thePortmarnock Sportsand Leisure Centre,meeting by the bottlebank. If interestedplease phone Bennyon 086-8504572.

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It was a Family Night Out at the Old Schoolhouse in Swords recently for PaulineO'Connor, Gay Nolan and Lynn Rubbathan.

Holiday ForBalbriggan SeniorCitizensThe Balbriggan Senior Citizensannual holiday away will take placeto Westport, Co Mayo (The CastleCourt Hotel) from Sunday, April22nd to 26th (Four nights and fivedays). The cost, which covers transporta-tion, accommodation and meals, is€350 per person - where requiredan additional single supplementwill apply. A deposit of €50 isrequired as soon as possible tosecure a place. For further informa-

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RangersCelebrate30 yearsRiver Valley RangersFootball Club will cele-brate their 30th anniver-sary on April 28th at theRiver Valley CommunityCentre. Tickets are are €14and for this you will get aroast dinner with enter-tainment provided byEddie Marr. All arewelcome to attend whatwill surely be a greatnight. For tickets andmore information contactTerry on: 0872581342.

Ballyboughal PitchAnd Putt ClubThe Easter competition, which waskindly sponsored by GerrardstownStud produced a first time Clubmajor winner and runner up.Easter Major winner, Frank Hughes

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Fingal County Council Planning permission sought for detacheddwelling and associated site works on siteto rear of existing dwelling at ‘Oak View’,Dublin Rd., Balbriggan, Co.Dublin withaccess via existing proposed upgradedentrance from existing cul de sac, withaccess road to side of existing house.Applicant: Michael Kenny. The planning application may be inspected,or purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy, at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours. A submission orobservation in relation to the applicationmay be made in writing to the planningauthority on payment of the prescribed fee,€20, within the period of 5 weeks begin-ning on the date of receipt by the authorityof the application, and such submissions orobservations will be considered by theplanning authority in making a decision onthe application. The planning authoritymay grant permission subject to or withoutconditions, or may refuse to grant permis-sion.

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Fingal County Council Permission is sought for dormer typedwelling with biocycle waste water treat-ment unit and percolation area, with vehic-ular access from existing entrance whichserves family home, together with all siteancillary at Magillstown, Swords, Co.Dublin for J. Dwyer. The planning applica-tion may be inspected or purchased at afee not exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of ThePlanning Authority during its publicopening hours. A submission or observa-tion in relation to the application may bemade in writing to the planning authorityon payment of the prescribed fee (€20)within the period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County Council We William and Carole O' Brien intend toapply for Planning Permission to encloseexisting porch (circa. 2.5sq.m) and theprovision of a concrete tiledpitched/hipped roof over existing flat roofto front and side of 81 Sonesta ,Malahide,Co. Dublin.The planning application may be inspected,or purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy, at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and that a submis-sion or observation in relation to the appli-cation may be made to the authority inwriting on payment of the prescribed feewithin the period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought by the trustees ofMalahide Cricket Club to erect an electronicscoreboard on the grounds of MalahideCricket Club, Dublin Road, Malahide, CoDublin.The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy, at theoffices of Fingal County Council (Swords)during its public opening hours. A submis-sion or observation in relation to the appli-cation may be made in writing to the plan-ning authority on payment of theprescribed fee within a period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of the application, and suchsubmissions or observations will beconsidered by the planning authority inmaking a decision on the application. Theplanning authority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditions, or mayrefuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council I, David Browne intend to apply forPlanning Permission for development at 23Newhaven Bay, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Thedevelopment will consist of the conversionof existing garage to habitable space, withnew front window, brick façade, roof lightsand associated site works. The planningapplication may be inspected or purchased

at a fee not exceeding the reasonable costof making a copy at the offices of the plan-ning authority during its public openinghours and a submission or observationmay be made to the authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee (20Euros)within the period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authority of thisapplication.

Fingal County Council ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONWe, Edward & Elizabeth Fleming, havesubmitted “Additional Information” to theabove named authority in relation to plan-ning application Ref: F11B/0201 forproposed extensions to existing dwellingat Saucerstown House, Saucerstown,Swords, Co Dublin. The additional information relates to theupgrade of wastewater treatment systemand amendments to elevations of proposedextensions and all ancillary works. The additional information and revisedplans may be inspected, or purchased at afee not exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of the plan-ning authority during normal openinghours. A submission or observation in rela-tion to the additional information may bemade to the authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee of ¤20,within the period of 2 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authority of thisnotice.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is requested for a newsingle-storey extension to the front ofexisting two-storey dwellinghouse alongwith all associated siteworks including re-surfacing of driveway. at :- No. 4, Fancourt,Balbriggan, Co. Dublin .Signed:- Kilian & Mary HarfordThis planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy, at theoffices of Fingal County Council, CountyHall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublinbetween the hours of 9.30am – 15.30pmMonday-Friday. A submission or observa-tion in relation to the application may bemade in writing to Fingal County Council onpayment of a fee of €20 within the periodof five weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt of the application by Fingal CountyCouncil.

Fingal County Council I Sharon Harris intend to apply for PlanningPermission for Attic Conversion withDormer Window to side and 2 No. Veluxrooflights to the rear of existing dwelling at58 Brides Glen Park, Swords, Co. Dublin.The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and a submission orobservation may be made to the authorityin writing on payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of this application

Attention Home Owners, Architects & Builders

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FREENorth County Leader, Your No.1 Local Newspaper

are happy to announce that we are now accepting Planning Application Adverts for the following areas:

Balbriggan, Balrothery, Skerries, Lusk, Rush, Loughshinny,Ballyboughal, Naul, Portrane, Donabate, Swords, Kinsealy,

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Adverts must be supplied by email [email protected] by visiting:www.northcountyleader.ie/planningyou can also post your advert on a disk toNorth County Leader, Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin

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before 5.30pm every Thursday, in order for the application toappear in the following issue of North County Leader.A receipt will be issued when your planning notice is received.Please retain this receipt as proof of submission.

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Recent published deaths from the North County

KENNA (nee Kearns)(Flemington, Balscadden) –Alice; wife of the late JamesKenna; deeply regretted byher loving son Jimmy,daughters Mary, Josephineand Nuala, grandchildren,great-grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law,sister-in-law, niece,nephews, relatives andfriends.

O’CONNOR (nee Keegan)(Balbriggan) – May; in her95th year, (peacefully), atHamilton Park NursingHome, surrounded by herfamily and friends, belovedwife of the late JackO’Connor; May will besadly missed by herdaughter Jean (Scanlan),granddaughters Jenny andDaire, grandson Jack, sisterDoie, cousins Dink, Sheila,Maureen and Reggie,sister-in-law Eileen andfreat friend Rita.

O’CONNOR (Balrothery) –Rose; deeply regretted byher loving sisters Celineand Marie, niece Anne andfamily Paddy, Alan, Johnand Nichola, Lily andSenan, nieces, nephews,relatives and friends.

BOHAN (Swords andKilbeggan) – Celia; deeplyregretted by her lovingnieces, nephews, grand-nephews, relatives andfriends.

BROSNAN (Balbriggan Co.Dublin and Goulin, Lispole,Co. Kerry) – Joseph (PaddyJoe); sadly missed by hisbrothers Micheal, Tony,Maitin, and Seamus, hissisters Eileen and Marian,sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews and awide circle of friends.

LEVINS (nee Grimes ofSkerries) (Derham Park,Balbriggan, Co. Dublin –Teresa; wife of the lateJohnny Levins; deeplyregretted by her lovingdaughter Ann (Terri Jones),sons Patrick, Donal andAidan, son-in-law, daugh-ters-in-law, grandchildren.

NEARY (nee Kelly) (Lusk,Co. Dublin) – Bridget(Bree), loving wife of thelate Leo (Snr) and motherof the late Ciaran; sadlymissed by her loving sons,daughter, son-in-law,daughters-in-law, grand-children, brothers, mother-in-law, brothers-in-law,sisters-in-law, nephews,nieces, relatives andfriends.

McCARTHY (Swords) – DrFrank; cherished husbandof Mary and wonderful dadto Deirdre-Ann, Bairbre andUna; sadly missed by hisloving family, sons-in-lawMichael, Gary and James,

his precious grandchildrenAlice, Isabelle, Lucy, Nell,Gordon, Rosie, Amelia,David, Lilly, Dan and Toby,sisters, brothers, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law,nephews, nieces, relativesfriends and patients.

O’DONOGHUE (neeTronson) (St Margaret’s) –Eileen; beloved wife of thelate Jackie; deeplyregretted by her loving chil-dren, John, Joe, Geraldine,Eugene, Vincent, Brendanand Colm, sisters Sadieand Kifty, son-in-law,daughters-in-law, grand-children, relatives andfriends.

KEOGH (Skerries) – MiriamJude; sadly missed by herparents Jean and Patrick,partner Stephen, grand-mother Jenny, extendedfamily nad large circle offriends.

D’ARCY (Skerries) – John(Sean); sadly missed by hisloving wife Mary, children,children, grandchildren,extended family and largecircle of friends.

O’GORMAN (Portmarnock)–William; Beloved husbandof the late Clare; verysadly; missed by hisdaughters Suzanne, Lindaand Paula, sons-in-law Joe,Shane, Damian and grand-children Conor, Karl, Seanand Shane, brother Pat,sisters Margaret, Maroe,Chrissie and Colette, sister-in-law, brothers-in-law,nieces and nephews, rela-tives and many friends

FERGUSON (Donacarney,Co Meath and formerly ofSkerries) Willie, Belovedhusband of Margaret andmuch loved father ofConor, Ailish and Emmet;deeply regretted by hiswife and family, hisBrothers Tom and Peter,sisters Rose and Marie, hismother-in-law Alice,brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews nieces, rela-tives and friends.

CLUSKEY (nee McDonnell)(Nevinstown, Swords)Mary, Beloved Wife of thelate James; sadly missedby her loving children Ann,Kevin, Patrick, Rose,Catherine, Olive andFrances, sons-in-law,daughters-in-law, grand-children, great-grandchild,brothers, sisters, relativesand wide circle of friends.

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North County Leader 17th April 2012