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19th November 2013 • Volume 20, Issue 44 • Leader House, North Street,Swords, Co. Dublin. • Tel: 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie

Twenty-two year old Thomas, fromCastlegrange, is an active member ofSwords Youth Service and hecompleted his Gold Award with thehelp of his President’s Award Leader(PAL), Allyson Lambert. She encour-aged him to go for his Gold Award,by helping him to believe he can doanything he puts his mind to. Thomas told theCounty Leader, “Iwas doing a lot ofwork with theYouth Service herein Swords andAllyson told meabout the Gaisceaward. I didn’tknow what itinvolved and whenshe explained it tome, I decided togive it a ‘bash.’There are fourcategories to becompleted inwinning theaward; CommunityI n v o l v e m e n t ,Personal Skills,P h y s i c a lRecreation andAdventure.For his CommunityI n v o l v e m e n tsection, Thomasvolunteered inHamilton ParkNursing Home inBalrothery. Heattended the nursing home everyTuesday for a year, from 5:30pmuntil 8pm, engaging with the resi-dents in a really meaningful way. Hereally enjoyed this part of his GoldAward and felt that he was doingsomething worthwhile. “We played bingo together and wealso did a programme with the resi-dents called, ‘Life Maps’. Many of

the residents have dementia and wecompiled photos and memories fromtheir past and put it in a scrap book,so that the residents could lookthrough it from time to time andremember the good old days,” hesaid.

The next category was PhysicalRecreation, which involved Thomasjoining a local gym for 52 weeks andgetting fit. For his Personal Skills,Thomas decided to opt for drama.“I’ve always had a passion for dramaand I decided to opt for this. Insteadof traditional plays, I concentratedon drama involving social issuesinvolving teenagers and young

people. Our plays included topicslike drinking, drugs, depression andsuicide. Our aim was to focus theattention of young people,” saidThomas.He then became involved in a writinggroup, through his Personal Skillssegment. “We had young peoplefrom Spain, Norway and other partsof Ireland and we all met in Galway.I’m not really into writing, so thiswas quite a challenge for me. I hadnever written before, but I steppedout of my comfort zone and ended

up loving it,” said aproud Thomas.As part of hisAdventure Journey,Thomas travelled toSpain and did a fiveday walk of theCamino de Santiago.He really enjoyed itand would love to doit again. He saidhaving no phone andFacebook was veryhard, but he enjoyedtalking and meetingdifferent people. When asked if thewhole experiencehad changed his life,Thomas was verypositive. “When Iwas young, I was atroublemaker andonly for my school,Fingal CommunityCollege and theYouth Service inSwords, who nevergave up on me, Iwould be still sittingon a wall every day,

thinking this is great, doing nothing.The Camino was a real eye openerfor me and the Nursing Home mademe appreciate older people. It wasan incredible experience. I nowconcentrate on what I have, ratherthan what I have not, “ concludedThomas, who is bound to be a greatrole model for young people all overthe North County.

There wassome excel-lent news onthe jobs front in the North County, withthe news that Ryanair have announcedthat they will create over 300 newdirect jobs in 2014, as part of their deci-sion to accelerate growth at the airport.These new jobs are for pilots, cabincrew, customerservice specialistsand software devel-opers, as the airlinerolls out an exten-sive programme of customer serviceand website improvements. These 300 new Ryanair jobs will be inaddition to the 1,000 indirect jobs thatwill be created at Dublin, Knock andShannon airports to cater for the 1million passenger growth which Ryanairwill deliver from April 2014 followingthe scrapping of the travel tax. They will open nine new routes from

Dublin from April 2014, as well asincreased frequencies on eight existingroutes. This will deliver an additional700,000 passengers and support newon-site jobs at Dublin Airport. This newcapacity is the final part of the onemillion passenger growth that Ryanairpromised to deliver at the main Irish airports as a direct result

of the Government’sdecision to scrap the€3 travel tax fromApril 2014. The DAA’’s Kevin

Toland told the County Leader: “DAA ispleased by Ryanair’s decision to accel-erate its growth at Dublin Airport inresponse to the Government’s decisionon the air travel tax. This year repre-sents the third successive year ofgrowth at Dublin Airport on both shortand long haul services, which is verypositive for tourism and the overalleconomy,” he said.

By Jennifer McShane@TheCountyLeader

New JobsAnnounced

Swords man, Thomas McDonagh is pictured receiving his Gaisce award fromPresident Higgins at Dublin Castle.

By Patrick Finnegan

Not all credit unionsresponded, but the onesthat did, were very positiveabout their situation. Fiona Cunningham,manager of Swords &District Credit Union wasvery upbeat about thefuture, but hinted thatchanges may be on theway in the not too distantfuture. She told the CountyLeader, “We are a strongindependent entity and wewill be paying a dividendat the end of the year. OurAGM has been approvedby the Central Bank andwill take place on 2ndDecember.” “There is no doubt thatthere will be consolidationand amalgamation ofcredit unions down theroad, but this is a verypositive development forborrowers and savers.Scale is very important inour environment and weare keeping all our optionsopen. We have our ownsort code and ATM card,which is vitally importantfor our members,” shesaid. Yvonne O’Sullivanmanager of neighbouringRivervalley & RathingleCredit Union said, “Ourcredit union is safe, strongand secure. The recentnews relating toNewbridge Credit Union

has no bearing onRivervalley & RathingleCU, as every Credit Unionis financially independentof other credit unions.”“We remain a strong

secure financial co-opera-tive, which continues tooffer a secure place forsavings and access toloans. We will continue tooperate in a co-operativemanner in the best inter-ests of all our members,”she said.Meanwhile, Edel Bourke,manager of St Joseph’s

Credit Union at DublinAirport, answered ourquery by saying, “I amhappy to report that St.Joseph’s Irish Airports &Aviation Credit Unioncomplies with all fundingrequirements as requiredby the Central Bank, and is

financially sound tocontinue to service itsmembers, as has beendone for the past 50 years.The situation in Balbrigganis also very healthy, asmanager, Sean Stauntonconfirmed that BalbrigganCredit Union are in a posi-tion to trade indepen-dently.

Swords & District Credit Union

Local Credit UnionsIn Good HealthThe recent news that Newbridge Credit Union in CoKildare was taken in charge by Permanent TSB, causedquite a stir in financial circles. In an effort to allay thefears that members of local credit unions may have, theCounty Leader asked credit union chiefs in the area iftheir organisations were in a position to continue tradingindependently.

Y oung Swords man, Thomas McDonagh is set to become an inspira-tion to young people in the North County, after he was the proudrecipient of a Gold Gaisce Award. The award was presented to

Thomas by President Michael D Higgins, at a presentation ceremony thattook place at Dublin Castle last week.

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Residents of Donabate are to gettheir long awaited new library in amatter of months, despite the diffi-culties that other librariesaround the North Countyhave been experiencing,during the past few weeks. A spokesperson for theCounty Council confirmedthat full plans for the librarywere still going ahead, andthat they hope to have it open bythe end of the year.The Council met with the board ofthe community centre, who werefully in favour of the project, andlocals also had the opportunity

which has given its approval to theproject, and locals will get to viewthe plans for the centre. The localauthority have assured all existingusers of the community centre thattheir activities will continue to beaccommodated in the building.News of the new library waswelcomed by many local council-lors, and Cllr Darragh Butler (FF),

has been in favour of theproject from the beginning.“The library will be a fantastic facility for Donabate and Portrane,”he said.Local councillor, TomO’Leary (FG), was also very

enthusiastic about the progress onthe library. “It’s great news that theyoung population in Donabate willhave access to a library in acommunity centre that’s usedextensively by community groups.”

Donabate LibraryPlans Still GoingAhead

Open Day For Swords Basketball ClubNew players for SwordsBasketball Club wererecruited following asuccessful Open Dayrecently. The club,which was established21 years ago, has hadplenty of success on thecourts, with teamswinning different andcups.With 13 coachescoaching different agegroups from the

Academy section forboys and girls agedseven to ten years, rightthrough to Under 18teams, the club ishoping more young-sters from around theNorth County will signup. Some of the club’splayers have beenselected through theyears to play for theUnder 14 Dublin team,the Leinster team andthe Irish team, playingmatches overseas from

Stockholm in Sweden toBelgium and France.Last year, SpecialOlympics Ireland’sbasketball team joinedwith Swords BasketballClub while SwordsThunders, who won theNational Cup in 2011also joined up with theclub. Training forSwords Basketball Clubtakes place onSaturdays at ALSAASports Ground at Dublin Airport.

There was a fantastic turnout for the Coffee Morning toraise funds for four year old Merryn Lacy in theBalbriggan Scouts Den. Merryn is fighting neuroblas-toma, a rare childhood cancer and has undergone eightweeks of intensive chemotherapy and managed to turnup, and even have her face painted. With so manyfantastic cakes on offer and people arriving bringingmore, everyone had a chance to sit and have a cuppa,and whilst raising money to help Merryn with herbattle. The organisers would like to say a big heartfeltthanks to everyone for their support.

Successful CoffeeMorning In Balbriggan

GAA Christmas Party In BalbrigganThe O’Dwyers GAA Christmas Dinner Party willtake place in the Balbriggan F.C Clubhouse onFriday 6th December at 8pm. There will be livemusic performed by Liam Carter.

Minister of State for European AffairsPaschal Donohue, who representsthe Dublin Central constituency, haslaunched an exhibition of high-techaerial images of Irish archaeologicalsites, which has opened at Terminal1 in Dublin Airport.‘Traces Of The Past’ features exam-ples of the latest digital imagingtechniques being used to shed newlight on ancient habitations andburial sites. The images includemany large, newly revealing, imagesof well-known Irish archaeologicallocations. The exhibition is the result of an EUinitiative to bring together expertsfrom across Europe to promote anddevelop the use of remote sensingwithin archaeology.Discovery Programme senior geo

surveyor Rob Shaw said Ireland wasone of the leaders in the field ofremote sensing.“This is much more than aerialphotography. The process employsnew technologies which allow us tosee a lot more from the air than waspreviously the case,” he said. “We can now see very subtlefeatures in the landscape whichwould previously not have beenvisible. This helps us to identify loca-tions where we can look for newthings. As a result, significant newdiscoveries have been made andcontinue to be made.” The exhibitionruns until early January.Pictured here is Minister of State forEuropean Affairs Paschal Donohue, whorepresents the Dublin Central constituency,pointing out his house on a giant aerialphotograph of the city.

Dublin Airport HostsArchaeological Exhibition

Gala Concert In BalbrigganSt Patrick’s Brass and Reed Band, Balbriggan recently hosted an evening ofmusic in the Bracken Court Hotel. Guest bands on the night were St James Brassand Reed Band and the Ardee Concert Band. It was a fantastic evening of musicwith all proceeds going to the Balbriggan Senior Citizens group.

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Pictured at the launch of Nifti's new GPS tracker system for it's Beaumont Hospital bus service, are County Mayor, KieranDennison, Roger Cronin (Nifti Board member), Minister of State for Transport, Alan Kelly, Stephanie O'Brien (NiftiCompany Secretary), Bob Laird (Nifti Board member) and Eric Bentley (General Manager, Nifti)

North Fingal Rural TransportInitiative (Nifti), in associa-t ion with Transpoco,launched an onl ine GPStracker for their newDepartment of HealthNational lottery funded bus,serving Beaumont Hospital.The launch was performed byMinister of State forTransport , Alan Kel ly atTranspoco’s headquarters atDrynam Enterprise Centre,Swords on Tuesday, 12thNovember.The webpage also displays an

Economic Benefit calculator,which will increase as the buscompletes each kilometre inthe North County area. Thepage will be effectively a TVscreen, with no functionalityfor viewers and informationcan be accessed v iawww.Nifti.ieNif t i Company Secretary,Stephanie O’Brien said at thelaunch, “Given the currenteconomic environment andthe requirements to maximisereturn on public funds, Niftibelieves transparency of our

operation is key. The websitewill display the bus in opera-tion during the day aroundthe North County area andserving Beaumont Hospital.The demand response andfixed route elements of theservice will be visible to all,”she said.Nifti are currently involvedwith and assist many organi-sations in the area, includinglocal community groups andcharities. The Beaumont busfrom Swords is being used bypatients, visitors and staff toBeaumont hospital, in addi-tion to passengers travellingto Northside Shopping centreand students to ColaisteDhulaigh.

Nifti Launches New GPSTracker SystemThe Swords Senior

Citizen Centre held aSpecial Service ofRemembrance on Thursday 14th November.Chairperson Patricia Stevenson told the NorthCounty Leader, “This is our annual service toremember and celebrate the lives of those who havepassed.” Over 50 people were in attendance andevery chair was filled at this significant event, whichhas taken place for over ten years.” Fr. Michael Careyand Canon Robert Deane were invited to preside overthe service and it was certainly a touching and heart-felt memorial, with many members coming forwardsto say prayers and readings. There was a deep senseof unity and support among the senior citizens asthey collectively partook in hymns and liturgy. Itprovided a much needed time of reflection and grati-tude for the lives of passed loved ones.

Swords Senior Citizens Hold Service Of Remembrance

Local artisan food producershere in the North County willnow have access to a commu-nity start-up kitchen inSwords, where they can testtheir produce before theybring it to market. This wasconfirmed by the CountyCouncil, after local councillorTom O’Leary (FG), spent ayear lobbying to have thismotion passed. The start-upkitchens, will be in the enter-prise centre at Drinan inSwords. A delighted O’Leary told theCounty Leader: “This is trulygreat news for local foodproducers around the NorthCounty. At the moment,smaller food producers are

restricted by the need to makecapital investment in indus-trial type kitchens to produce

commercial quantities of foodproducts at affordable prices,and in premises that must

meet strict hygiene regula-tions, so the new kitchens testtheir produce to ensure it’s atit ’s best, without theexpense.” “By setting up thiscommercial kitchen for rent atreasonable rates, even on ashort term basis, will allowlocal food producers to growtheir businesses and produce,and is also an excellent jobcreation idea,” he continued. Local electioncandidate forSwords, Di Sexton (FG), alsobroadly welcomes the idea.“This is fantastic news as nowfood producers can investmore in their produce withouthaving to invest in theexpense, while still followingall the essential productionrules and regulations,” shesaid. The start-up kitchen isset to be operational in thefirst quarter of next year.

Start-Up Of Local CommunityKitchen Confirmed

Councillor Tom O'Leary is picturedat the Drynam Enterprise Centre inSwords, with Fine Gael electioncandidate for Swords, Dee Sexton.

Pictured here are Robert Mooney, Treasa Byrne, BettyBurns, Fr. Michael Carey, Canon Robert Deane, PatriciaStevenson and Doreen McKittrick

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time of your fr iend’s death.Even if your friend is divorced,you must make reasonableefforts to notify the ex-spouseof the death of your friend.If any of the beneficiaries areresident outside of Ireland, youshould always notify theRevenue Commissioners of yourintention to distribute a partic-ular benefit to a non-residentbeneficiary because if you fail todo so and the non-residentbeneficiary, has a liability to theRevenue Commissioners, youallowing the benefit to leave thejurisdiction may result in youbecoming liable to the RevenueCommissioners to discharge theliability personally.If the deceased was in receipt ofancillary state support (NursingHome Support Scheme), in addi-tion to notifying the Departmentof Social Protection, you arealso obliged to notify the HSEnot less than three months inadvance of your intention todistribute the estate, as they toomay have a claim on the Estate.The above are examples of thepotential pitfalls that may beahead for any Executor. Manypeople take on the role ofExecutor in good faith thinkingthey are doing their friend afavour, without realising theburdensome nature of the role.It is not unusual for Executors toact without the benefit of legaladvice in an effort to reducecosts, but upon assuming therole of Executor, you should beprimarily cognisant of fulfillingyour duties in an efficient and comprehensive manner. If youhave any concerns in relation toyour role as Executor, youshould consult with yourSolicitor, who is best placed toadvise you of the process andact on your instruct ions toadminister the Estate.

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The 46 GreenParties fromacross the EUare staging a Pan-European election.They are in the process of selectingtheir “front” runners, who wil l represent them across Europe duringthe elections to the EU parliamentnext May. The election, described as innovativee-democracy invites al l “Greenminded people” to register online. Onregistration, the candidates are intro-duced and there is the opportunity to

watch them in debate. OtherEuropean groupings have, in thespirit of post Lisbon andrenewal, opted to select asingle person as their faceacross Europe. Their selectedperson will be their candidateto fill the role of CommissionPresident. The Greens havedecided to select two, both willpresent for the movement. I t isunclear how they will distinguishwhich of the two wil l be theirCommission President candidate. Selection by onlineconvention is interesting and hope-fully more successful than ourattempt at e voting. There is a move among the right winggroups to form an alliance in the runinto next year’s EU election. Marine lePen of the French National Front hassaid she wants to have a new

grouping after the elections nextyear. The composition of the

group may include theSwedish Democrats,Belgium’s Valaams Belang,along with the Dutch andAustrian Freedom parties. It

would appear that the UK’sNigal Faragh will not lead his

UKIP into such a group. Le Pen hascriticised UKIP in the past as “lackingmaturity”. Le Pen has vetoed Greece’sneo-nazi Golden Dawn as her popu-larity rises in France at the expense ofthe government there. She is quotedas saying “Our old European nationsare forced to ask Brussels for authori-sation in all circumstances, forced tosubmit their budgets to the head-master.” While there may be a newalliance, it is unlikely that it willcontest the election on a common platform.

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A public meeting will be hosted by the Fingal JointPolicing Committee for the areas of Donabate,Portrane, Swords, Malahide and Portmarnock.This meeting is open to all, and will be held at St.Partrick’s Boys National School, Donabate onWednesday 20th November at 7.30pm. Themeeting will be attended by An Garda Síochána,local politicians and representatives of the CountyCouncil. This is your chance to raise any policingconcerns for your area. Residents of these areasare invited to attend this meeting. An opportunitywill be provided to members of the public to makeobservations and address questions to localGardaí and representatives from the localauthority on matters relating to crime and anti-social behaviour within these areas. The aim is toimprove public safety within local communities,through a process of partnership between AnGarda Síochána, the Council and the community.

Suicide Support InformationEvening In Swords

The Sam Maguire Cup paid a visit to St Sylvester's Infant School in Malahide onWednesday, 6th November last. Dubs star, Jack McCaffrey is pictured holding the famoustrophy to the delight of the excited schoolchildren.

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Extra Hours At Balbriggan LibraryThere is good news for library users in Balbriggan, withthe news that the ever popular Balbriggan Library isnow open extra hours on Wednesday nights. Insteadof closing at 5pm, they will now stay open until 8pm.

Eurovision winner, PaulHarrington is set tomake a special appear-ance in The Yacht inLoughshinny thisChristmas. The singer,who has also toured theworld with MichaelFlatley, has agreed to doa special gig onDecember 22nd in aid ofSt Vincent de Paul. The event, which willtake place in the newly renovatedupstairs venue in The Yacht, willfeature a number of guest acts,including Loughshinny’s own starRyan O’Shaughnessy. Ryan, who hashad a number one album and starred

in many TV shows, will be one of anumber of guests appearing at thisvery special evening.Event organisers Maeve Kearney andAntoinette Bookey have promised afew surprises too. “There will be oneor two unannounced guests on the

night,” explainedMaeve. “I can’t say yetwho they are, but I thinkpeople will be pleasantlysurprised with the levelof talent performing onthe night. It’s going tobe a really goodChristmas gathering.”Also on the night therewill be a very generousrange of raffle prizes including concerttickets, hampers,

vouchers and even a pair of ticketsfor The Late Late Show.The evening kicks off at 8.00pm andtickets for the event can bepurchased from the Yacht.

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Rush Needs First RespondersRush Community First Responders are looking forvolunteers. They will fully train local people torespond to cardiac emergencies using a pager,equipping them to take those vital first steps tosaving a life whilst waiting for the ambulance toarrive. If you would like more information, pleasecontact 0872393264. Alternatively, there are alsoCPR courses available for anyone who is interested.

Suicide Support Group In SkerriesFriends of Autism and ADHD are offering theirsupport to parents and carers of young people with ahistory of self harm or suicide attempts. If you are inthe Balbriggan and Skerries area and you wouldbenefit from attending or getting involved in a peersupport group of this kind please call 018020484.

Festive Craft Fair In SwordsThe Senior Citizen Centre in Swords is holding a CraftFair on Friday 6th December at 10.30am. There will bea variety of stalls including Bric-a-Brac, festive deco-rations, decoupage, cake, jewellery and many more.There will also be a raffle and light refreshments.Suitable contributions will be gratefully accepted.

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Rush Athletic FC is desperatelyseeking funds to help them restoretheir clubhouse, which is in danger ofclosing permanently, because of its leaking roof.The club put forward a request to the CountyCouncil seeking financial assistance, but the localauthority insisted they couldn’t spare the fundsthat could potentially save the life of the club. The club’s leaking roof has led to a dampnessproblem in its clubhouse extension, which isbecoming a health and safety issue for the club. Ifthe facility is forced into closing, its memberswould have to pay to use facilities outside thetown, at a cost that could be prohibitive for thesmall club.Rush Athletic has been serving the local commu-

nity since 1970, and had hoped that theCounty Council might find cash in itsbudget to help out. While the council

said it was willing to meet the club and help it inany funding application it wanted to make to central Government, according to them, there is no money in the local authority to help themfinancially.The club has appealed to local representatives forhelp and councillors, Ken Farrell (Lab), DavidO’Connor (NP), May McKeon (NP), Ciaran Byrne(Lab), Tom O’Leary (FG) and Senator DarraghO’Brien (FF) are all supporting the plea for helpfrom the club.Rush Athletic’s first team manager, Adrian Kellyspoke to the County Leader about the dire situa-

tion facing the club. “The problem with the leaks iscompounded by the fact that there is no heating inthe building. At this time of year, players trainingindoors without heating, causes condensation todevelop on the walls. This has resulted in Healthand Safety officials telling us we will have to closethe facility, due to the danger posed to childrenwith asthma.” “Now we have to hire a suitable hall for ouracademy section, which is made up of 5-7 yearolds, which is causing a significant financialburden on the club, and one which we cannotafford. We’re looking for some emergency fundsout there to help us get this clubhouse back upand running again. We need heat to eradicate thedampness,” said Adrian.

Adrian Kelly from Rush Athletic FC points to the damagecaused to a section of one of the club's dressing rooms,as a result of a leaking roof.

By Patrick Finnegan@TheCountyLeader

Emergency Funding Needed For Rush Club

AdventCommunityProject In LuskWould you like to be part of anAdvent project and welcome a trav-elling crib into your home for onenight? The crib serves to helppeople to reflect and pray with theirfamily and neighbours during thefestive period. It will remain in each

home for one night only, and thenwill need to be passed on to thenext family.If your family are interested in beingpart of this project, then please putyour name, address, contactnumber and also the date that youwant to take the crib, on the sheetsprovided at Masses on the weekendof 23rd-24th November. The cribswill be handed out at 11.30 mass on1st December.

Balbriggan Bowling Club Needs YouThe Active Retirement Bowling Club in Balbriggan are currently looking fornew members for the club to keep it running. The club meets everyWednesday from 2.00 pm to 4.30 pm in the Combined Clubs Centre inBalbriggan. So if you are interested, pop down to the Combined Clubs onany Wednesday at 2:00pm.

The residents ofMalahide are to beconsulted onproposals toinstall new taxiranks on NewStreet and oneclose to theGrand Hotel .The CountyC o u n c i lrecently proposedmaking way for newtaxi spaces and haslaid out i ts plansbefore local council-lors. The New Streettaxi rank is already inoperation in the

evening, but revertsto a loading bayduring the day time.

Under the newproposal, thistaxi rank wil loperate, bothat night andday. Currentparking spaceson the street

outside theGrand Hotel inMalahide arealso proposedas new taxispaces. Localc o u n c i l l o r sEoghan O’Brien

(FF) and AnthonyLavin (FG), expressedsome reservationsabout the New Streetplans, but bothagreed that theproposals should goout on public displayto get feedback fromlocals. A six weekpublic consultation

period on theplans isexpected anddetails on thiswil l soon bereleased bythe localauthority.

Cllr. Lavin

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North County Leader sponsored the Customer Service Retail Excellence Award - Independent Sector.Pictured presenting the award to the management team of Jack & Jones is Seán Fitzmaurice of NorthCounty Leader. Also pictured are compere Marty Whelan and Siobhan O'Donnell, Chamber President.

Tariq Salahuddin, Indie Spice with John Noone Ray McDonnell, Aideen and Jock Jordan and Brian McDonagh Lucia O'Riordan, Branch Manager AIB Swords, Maureen Delamere and Pat McGonagle

Denise and Brian Brodigan, Specsavers Balbriggan and Susanne Carey

Cathal Boalnd, Strategy Partners with award winner Michael Hoey,Country Crest

Nicola Radford, DAA with Deirdre King, Marketing Manager SwordsPavilions

Alan Masterson with Andrea Molloy, Marketing Manager, ClarionHotel Dublin Airport

Cllr. Gerry McGuire, Cllr. May McKeon, Stephanie O’Brien, Nifti, Cllr.Grainne Maguire Tony Doyle and Chris Harmon, both from Country Crest

Stephen Peppard, head of Corporate Affairs, Fingal County Counciland Brian Murray, Balbriggan Town Council

Caroline Keeling, Keelings, Siobhan O’Donnell, Chamber President withincoming president Siobhan Kinsella

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Minister for Health, Dr. JamesReilly, has said that Ireland’s exitfrom the bailout will help attractjobs and investment to thecountry.“While we are not thereyet, exiting the bailout is amilestone on the road toeconomic recovery forIreland. The fact that, from15th December, we will nolonger be a bailoutcountry, will send a furthersignal to home-grown andforeign investors that Ireland is agreat place to base their businessand create jobs.” “The EU/IMF arrived three yearsago this month. Having oureconomic sovereignty taken fromus was possibly the lowestmoment in the history of theState. However, the contrastbetween then and now could notbe greater,” he said.

“Our economy is experiencinggrowth for the third consecutiveyear and 3,000 new jobs are beingcreated every month. The numberof people on the live register hasdropped for the sixteenth consec-utive month and is now under400,000 for the first time since2009. The NTMA has more than€20 billion in cash reserves andinterest rates on Irish Governmentbonds are historically low. “Our focus from day one has beenon job creation and it remains soto this day. Employment grew by1.8% in the second quarter of

2013; the strongestgrowth rate recorded infive years.“This Government hastried to improve the situa-tion for famil ies, byremoving 330,000 peoplefrom paying the UniversalSocial Charge; by

restoring the minimum wage; byreducing the lower rate of VAT to 9per cent; by not increasing incometax rates.”“Challenges remain, but this is avery significant step forward forIreland. A clean exit from thebailout bodes extremely well forcontinuing our economic recoveryand creating more jobs,” heconcluded.

ReillyUpbeatAboutBailout Exit

Minister Reilly.

Rivervalley and Rathingle Credit Union is heading into it's28th year serving the local community. Recently theywelcomed their 5,000th member, Mr Viorel Rusu, who ispictured here being presented with a cheque by Chairman,Barry O'Sullivan, to mark this momentous occasion.

Malahide Pipe Band are looking fornew members. Anyone interested inlearning to play the bagpipes orsnare drums please contact TheMalahide Pipe Band. Children aged12 and over to adults welcome.Evening classes are organised in

Malahide. The Malahide Pipe Bandwas established in 1954 with theobjective to promote piping anddrumming in the area. The bandplays at local events and aims to playat various pipe band competitionsduring the summer months.

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The fifth annual BalscaddenChristmas Fair takes place on

Sunday, 24th November between10am and 3pm in the CommunityHall. This is always a very popularevent, with plenty of home baking,needle work, a bottle stall, luckydip, raffle, crafts and a lot more, alldonated by the local community.

Proceeds from the fairwill go towards raisingfunds for the local StBenignus School,community facilitiesand St Mary’s SpecialSchool. There is nocharge in and refresh-ments will be availabletoo.

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Historical Talk In RushLoughshinny and Rush Historical Society’s November talk will bepresented by Rory McKenna, at the Strand Bar, Rush on Thursday, 26thNovember at 8.00pm.The talk is entitled ‘Lusk Convict Prison 1856-1866’ and is expected togenerate much interest among locals. All are welcome to attend.

Pictured here is Belinda Pryce from Balbriggan, carer withIrish HomeCare, who recently graduated with a majoraward in the Level Three Diploma in Health and SocialCare.

Donate Your Old PhonesLocal group, Friends of Autism and ADHD are collecting old mobile phones. Soanyone planning a new one at Christmas, please remember that Friends of Autismand ADHD would love to have them and you can drop them into their shop onDrogheda Street in Balbriggan.

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Full Steam Ahead For NewSwords PlaygroundsThe County Council has commenced clearance works at oneof the sites for the two playgrounds for Swords.Overgrowth and trees at the site at Swords Manor arecurrently being cleared away, making way for the construc-tion work to begin.Clearing the overgrowth will also enable local residents tokeep a close eye on the playground, once it has beenconstructed.The Swords Needs Playgrounds committee commenced theball rolling for two new playgrounds and an all-weather foot-ball pitch last year and, since then, has raised over €25,000for the construction works and received a funding grant of

€150,000 from Fingal Leadership Partnership.Clearance work is due to commence within weeks on thesecond site at Thornleigh in Applewood, with the awarding ofthe contracts for the construction of the playgrounds due tohappen soon.It is anticipated that the playgrounds, which will be designedto be sensory and as disability friendly as possible, as well asable-bodied, anti-vandal proof and suitable for all childrenwith safety flooring being laid, will be constructed before theend of the year.Works are due to commence on site early in January andthese facilities should be completed by early Spring. This isgreat news for Swords Manor and Thornleigh and congratula-tions to all involved.In addition, the playground at Swords Manor will include aMulti-Use Games Area (MUGA) which is similar to an all-weather pitch.

Swords SchoolHolds AwardsEvening St. Finian’s Community College,Swords awards evening was heldon Wednesday, 6th November inthe school’s Sports Hall. Theawards recognise the achieve-ments of the students for the2012/13 academic year. Students

are not only recognised for theiracademic achievements, but alsopositively contributing to schoollife through extra curricular activi-ties. Special guest speaker was DublinGAA star and past pupil, PaulFlynn, who spoke of his schoolyears in St. Finian’s and the part it

played in his success to date. Heparticipated in many sports whileat school. He, of course, played onthe school’s Gaelic Football teamand they were very successful. Headvised students that the secret tohis success is simple hard work.He encouraged students to takepart in all aspects of school lifeand extra-curricular activities, as ithelps make well rounded individ-uals. Paul stayed to present theJunior and Senior Sports Person ofthe year to T.J Howard and Reggie

Imaseun respectively. Students receivedawards for theirachievements in indi-vidual subjects andextra-curricular activi-ties, such as Music,Sport, Debating andMedia, to name but afew. The main awardsof the night were theJunior Student andSenior Students of theYear, awarded to JamieFinn and Yemi Rahmanrespectively. Yemi iscurrently studyingBiochemistry in UCD. A new award was the

Ann McEvoy Memorial Bursary,which was awarded to past pupil,Emily Hardy for her positive contri-bution throughout her schoolcareer. Emily is studying Geneticsand Cell Biology in DCU and thebursary will help her with herstudies in the coming year.

Pictured at St Finian's Community College awards nightis Emily Hardy, receiving the Ann McEvoy MemorialBursary, presented by Rosemarie Barrett.

Keeping Fit In LuskIt has been a busy and successful few weeks for the Lusk Athletic Club. They recentlywon seven medals in the four Dublin Cross Country league races, as well as havingmembers brace the cold to take part in the Dublin marathon. If you are inspired to keep healthy and active, Fit4life host sessions for adults everyThursday at 7.30pm. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or an experienced athlete,you will be most welcome. Just turn up, ready to run, jog or walk your way to thatdesired level of fitness.

Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Diarmuid Martin, officially opened the new, state-of-the-art St.Sylvester’s Parish Centre in Malahide at a ceremony on Saturday,16th November. Theformal opening and Mass marked the culmination of ten years work since the ¤5.8mproject commenced in 2003. The Parish Centre offers new meeting spaces for a variety ofparish and community activities. As part of this major local project the existing churchfacilities were restored and improved. The overall development now includes a newsacristy, prayer chapel, mortuary chapel, coffee shop, priest’s residence and car park.Picture shows Dr Martin at the official opening.

Rugby School ofExcellence VisitsSkerriesYoung local rugby enthusiasts hadthe opportunity to learn someinside rugby tricks of the trade, asLeinster Rugby’s School ofExcellence visited Skerries RugbyClub recently. The visit was run byfully accredited IRFU coaches andcatered for kids aged 10-16, whoturned out in their droves for a funfilled time.At the camp, Leinster coachesharnessed the next generation’sskills and tactical awareness of thegame, while remaining loyal to coreLeinster values such as teamwork,communication, integrity and

commitment. Elma Beirne,Domestic Marketing Executive atLeinster Rugby said; “This year,significant coach to player ratiosensured each participant receivedexpert tips and training andenhanced their skills in aspects ofthe game including passing, foot-work, kicking and tackling in acontrolled and fun environment.The School of Excellence continuesto be a great success and we areglad so many people can benefitfrom it”.At the end of the Skerries RFCcamp, every attendee received anofficial New Zealand rugby kit andalso had the opportunity to havetheir photo taken with theRaboDirect PRO12 trophy, AmlinChallenge Cup and the British andIrish Cup.

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Swords ‘Clash of theActs’ is a new musictalent show seekingout the next big act onthe music scene. Thetalent competition,which will run for anumber of weeks, withthe grand final takingplace beforeChristmas, is beingorganised by SwordsBaldoyle YouthServices.According to the group,the competition isopen to all genre ofmusicians from soloartists, duos and groupacts aged between 15and 25 years. Therewill be a panel of threejudges for each of theheats and with the

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Paul Keogh from Donabate is this week’sNorth County Living candidate. Paul has beenpassionate about drama and the arts sincehe was young, and so it seems very fittingthat he is the Secretary of theDonabate/Portrane Dramatic Society (DPDS).Paul’s family are also all involved in drama,and his mother and father also met throughthe theatre. “It’s definitely a family affair allright,” he said, smiling. He tells me that heoriginally got involved in drama while he wasstill in school: “I went to an all boys schooland joining the drama group meant you gotto see a few of the girls, which was an addedbonus!”He has been a member of the DPDS, which isover 75 years in existence, since 2001, whenhe says he had another reason, aside fromhis love of the arts, which made him want toget involved with the group. “My motherpassed away in 2001, and she was alwayssaying that I should get involved with dramaagain, as I stopped pursuing it for a fewyears, so when I saw a notice looking for newmembers, I took it as a positive sign that Ishould get involved again.” Over ten years later , h isinvolvement with the localdrama group is still goingstrong. “ I ’ve a lwaysprimarily been involved indrama because I get somuch enjoyment out of it. Ifyou don’t enjoy it, I thinkthere’s no point in partici-pat ing.” He descr ibeshimself as being a multi-tasker, and says he’s triedhis hand at various roleswithin the group. “All themembers definitely take onnumerous ro les ,” he expla ined. “ I wasDirector, Production Manager and an Actor atvarious stages. I loved directing in partic-ular.” He explains that he is currently in themiddle of finishing his teaching diploma indrama. “I’ve always loved working with kids,and as I’ve been involved in drama for somany years, I thought I could bring some ofmy experience over to teaching.” Donabate Port rane Dramat ic Society(formerly Donabate Dramatic Society) has along tradition in the North County. It wasfounded in 1936 by the late Fr. J. Moynihan,and the first play staged was “Don’t Dressfor Dinner.” The society has grown andshrunk over the years, a lways having acertain number of members, and a multitudeof helpers (the whole community to be exact)to help the group along. “The whole commu-nity have been fantastic in supporting thegroup,” he said. “You’ll always find someonein the community there to lend a hand with

our productions, and it’s something thatwe’re so appreciative of.”He goes on to say that if it wasn’t for theefforts of the community, the group might notstill be up and running today. “The societyitself has been plucked from demise, or atleast serious trouble, on a few occasions byhelp from the locals,” he said. “When thegroup’s long-time venue Turvey Golf Club fellvictim to the property bust, St Ita’s Hospitalrowed in with the of fer of their o ld COIchapel, converted to a theatre for the resi-dents, and when our next venue, Keelings’Little Theatre fell through, we were offered anew performance space in DonabatesCommunity College, where we currently puton all our productions.“ The group have justfinished a very successful production of ‘LittleGem,’ the group’s last play of the year. Hedescribes one particular time the communityreally came together to ‘save’ the group:“On St Patrick’s weekend 2003, our store andrehearsal space was burnt to the ground, withthe total loss of all our sound, lighting equip-ment, flats and props, just four days beforewe were due to stage John B’s “Moll”. The

only thing saved was ouringenious, local ly-madeportable stage. We thenlooked for sponsors to pitchin, and in three working daysthe community came up withthe cash, new kit was bought,the stage and scenery wererecreated and erected, andthe show opened as sched-uled on 20th March! It wasreal ly incredible,” hecontinued. He says a highlight from hisinvolvement with the group is

participating and seeing the success of theproductions. “Seeing all the cast and crewgrow and succeed is always a high point. Somuch hard work and dedication goes intoevery show, and it’s great seeing everythinggo smoothly - at least, we hope it always goessmoothly!”He describes his involvement in drama as “allconsuming” and says that with his busyfamily life and his work in IT, he has time forlittle other hobbies. “We’ll soon be startingour plans for our productions next year, andare always looking for lots of new members toget involved.” In terms of the future, Paulsaid he is focused on his teaching. “I’d love toget into teaching drama full time, as it’ssomething I’m so passionate about.” He says he hopes to see DPDS go f romstrength to strength as the years go on. “Withthe continued support of our members andmarvellous community, we’ll definitely besticking around,” he concluded.

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Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought for (a) a new partsingle-storey part 2-storeyliving/bedroom extension to rear & (b)new store at attic level and all associ-ated alterations and siteworks atexisting 2-storey house at No.5 MillersSquare, Lusk Village, Lusk, Co. Dublin .Signed: M & M Condren.This application can be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copyduring the public opening hours of09.30 -16.30 Mon.-Fri. at the offices ofFingal County Council, County Hall,Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin . Asubmission or observation in relation tothe application may be made in writingto the Planning Authority on payment of€20, within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt byFingal County Council of the applicationand such submissions or observationswill be considered by the PlanningAuthority in making a decision on theapplication. The Planning Authority maygrant permission subject to or withoutconditions, or may refuse to grantpermission.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission sought for Theconversion of existing garage to formnew playroom. The construction of afirst floor extension to the side of theexisting house over the existing garage.The construction of new single storeyextensions to the front and rear of theexisting house. Plus the instillation ofvelux roof lights to the rear of the newand existing roofs at ground and atticlevels. Plus all associated site works.All at 25 Brookdale Road, Swords, Co.Dublin.Signed Noel And Imelda KavanaghThis planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking 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 writingon payment of the prescribed fee (€20)within the period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by the authority ofthis application.

Fingal County CouncilWe Mr. & Mrs. E. Mc Fadden Intend toapply for Permission for development at

this site address 6 NewhaggardCottages, Lusk, Co. Dublin.The development will consist ofproposed single storey to the rear of theexisting.The Planning Application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during the publicopening hours of 9.30 - 16.30 Monday -Friday at Fingal County Council, FingalCounty Hall, Main Street, Swords,Fingal, Co. Dublin (to inspect PlanningApplications on all lands except thoselands to the west of the N2) FingalCounty Council, Grove Road,Blanchardstown, Fingal, Dublin 15. (Toinspect Planning Applications on alllands west of the N2) A submission or observation in relationto the Application may be made inwriting to the Planning Authority onpayment of a fee of €20, within theperiod of 5 weeks, beginning on thedate of receipt by Fingal County Councilof the Application, and such submis-sions or observations will be consideredby the Planning Authority in making adecision on the application. ThePlanning Authority may grant permis-sion subject to or without conditions, ormay refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County CouncilI Brid Nic Dhonaill seek planningpermission for the resumption of use ofa créche within an existing building aspreviously permitted under planningregister reference No. F05A/1177, andthe retention of a 6m2 entrance lobby.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking 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 writingon payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of this application

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought by Mr.Shane Riordan at Ballymadrough,Donabate, Co. Dublin for a single storeydetached dwelling, a new vehicularentrance, wastewater treatmentsystem, landscaping and all ancillary

works necessary to facilitate the devel-opment. The planning application maybe inspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking 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 writingon payment of the prescribed fee (¤20)within the period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by the authority ofthis application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought byCaroline Brennan at Corduff, Lusk, Co.Dublin for a two-storey detacheddwelling, shared entrance utilisingexisting vehicular entrance, biocycletreatment system, landscaping, associ-ated horse training facilities, and allancillary works necessary to facilitatethe development. The planning applica-tion may be inspected or purchased at afee not exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking 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 writingon payment of the prescribed fee (€20)within the period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by the authority ofthis application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought by AodhHannon on lands south of Airport ViewGuesthouse, Coldwinters, Blakes Cross,Lusk, Co. Dublin for an esb sub-stationto serve development granted underReg. Ref. F11A/0421. The planningapplication may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy atthe offices of the planning authorityduring its public opening hours and asubmission or observation may bemade to the authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee (€20)within the period of 5 weeks begin-ning on the date of receipt by theauthority of this application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought forconstruction of 3 no., 2 storey, 4bedroom, detached houses (as previ-ously approved under planningpermission Reg Ref; F06A/0945) andassociated site works on sites no.s 11,12 & 13, Sea Brook, Site FrontingBrook Lane, Rush Co Dublin for CarrollEstates Ltd.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its publicopening hours A submission or observation in rela-tion to the application may be made inwriting to the Planning Authority onpayment of the prescribed fee of 20euros within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought forthe construction of a single storeyextension with pitched roof to theside and front of the existing house,new steps to front door, relocationof double side gates and associ-ated site works at 11 Forest Fields,Rivervalley, Swords, Co. Dublin forMs. Evelyn JordanThe planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its publicopening hours and a submission orobservation in relation to the appli-cation may be made in writing tothe Planning Authority on paymentof the prescribed fee of €20 withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authorityof this application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought byBright Beginners Créche for thechange of use of 3no. Offices and 1no.Storeroom at 2nd floor level to Crécheand Toilet to form part of the existingCréche facilities at 1st floor level andto increase the existing 1st floorexternal play area by 38.5sqmts foruse by the Crèche at 50-52 LeinsterHouse, Main Street, Rush Co. Dublin.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its publicopening hours and a submission orobservation in relation to the applica-tion may be made in writing to thePlanning Authority on payment of theprescribed fee of €20 within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of thisapplication.

Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought for (i) thechange of use from Residential toRetail (Class 1) of existing singlestorey building at 14 Quay Street, (ii)the extension of existing Ice CreamParlour at 13 Quay Street into 14 QuayStreet, (iii) internal alterations to bothpremises and (iv) single storey exten-sion to the rear of 14 Quay Street at 13& 14 Quay Street, Balbriggan, Co.Dublin for Aidan Bissett. There will beno changes to either front elevation.These buildings are located within anArchitectural Conservation Area. Theplanning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of theplanning authority during the publicopening hours and a submission orobservation in relation to the applica-tion may be made in writing to theplanning authority on payment of theprescribed fee (20 euros), within theperiod of 5 weeks, beginning on thedate of receipt by Fingal CountyCouncil of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought by KarenO’Connor to construct a single storeycottage style dwelling with vehicularentrance, 2No car parking spaces, andancillary site works on site oppositeNo29 The Bawn, Malahide, Co Dublin The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of FingalCounty Council (Swords) during itspublic opening hours. A submissionor observation in relation to the appli-cation may be made in writing to theplanning authority on payment of theprescribed fee within a period of 5weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the appli-cation.

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DONEGAN, Betty (nee Finnegan)(Portmarnock) – Nov 11, 2013, (peacefully) atthe Mater Private Hospital, cherished wife ofFrank and beloved mother of Caroline,Francis, Liz, Liam, Peter, Mary, Jackie andTony ; sadly missed by her loving family,sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, and partners,grandchildren, her brother Fr. Jack, sister-in-law Carmel, relatives neighbours and a widecircle of friends. Rest in peace.

McGIRL (Curkeen Hill, Loughshinny) – Nov10, 2013, (suddenly) at home surrounded byhis loving family, Desmond (Dessie); sadlymissed by his loving wife and best friendRita, sons Derek and Martin, daughtersBrenda, Kathleen and Linda, brother Vinny,sisters Rita and Mary, grandchildren, daugh-ters-in-law, sons-in-law, nieces, nephews,relatives and a large circle of friends. Rest inpeace.

BARRY (nee Swift) (Donabate) – Nov 13,2013, (peacefully) at the Blackrock Clinic,Ursula, beloved wife of the late Kevin ; sadlymissed by her loving children Kevin, Michael,Ursula, Aisling, Grainne and John, sisterAttracta, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law,grandchildren, relatives and friends. Rest inpeace.

FRIEL (nee Knight) (Malahide and Donabate)- November 13, 2013 (peacefully), in theloving care of the staff at St. Francis Hospice,Raheny, Rita, very beloved wife, friend andcompanion of Kevin and loving mother ofOlwen, Debbie and Claire; sadly missed byher loving husband, daughters, sons-in-lawKarl, Martin and Roy, grandchildren Charlie,Noah, Eden, Kate and Rebecca, brothers,sisters, nephews, nieces, relatives and awide circle of friends. May she rest in peace.

Recent published deathsfrom the North County

Family Notices

William (Bill) Daly2nd Anniversary

Died 2nd November 2011Late of Swords

No length of time can take away ourthoughts of you today.

Every day in some small wayMemories of you come our way

Though absent, you are always nearStill missed, loved and always dear

Greatly missed by all his family andfriends.

Love you DadLove you Grandad.

Always In Our ThoughtsForever In Our Hearts

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