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Great NewsAs Swords GetsPurple FlagSwords is celebrating after learning it has achievedthe prestigious Purple Flag status for its eveningand night-time economy. Purple Flag is a town andcity centre award - similar to the Blue Flag forbeaches - which aims to raise the standard andbroaden the appeal of town and city centresbetween the hours of 6pm and 5am. Townsawarded the Purple Flag are recognised forproviding a vibrant mix of entertainment, whilepromoting the safety and wellbeing of visitors andlocal residents. Purple Flag accredited towns have all reported aconsistent increase in footfall and a decrease incrime within the evening and night-time economy. County Mayor, Cllr David O’Connor welcomed theaward by saying, “This is a great achievement forSwords and the benefits that this award can bringto Swords are significant”, he said. The SwordsPurple Flag Working Group is delighted with theaward and in particular has welcomed the assess-ment of Swords town as meeting the requiredstandards under each of the headings that areused by the assessors.” Continued on page 21

The news that an expansion of the DART service toBalbriggan will take place by 2022 has been givena mixed welcome in the North County. Localgovernment TDs, Dr James Reilly and Alan Farrellfrom Fine Gael and Brendan Ryan (Lab), all saidthe expansion of the DART service from Malahideto Balbriggan will greatly benefit residents in theNorth County.However, the plan has been given a frosty recep-tion by opposition politicians in the area, who claimthat the newly extended line as far as Balbrigganwill yield no benefits, as there is no certainty thatextra capacity will accrue.In a TV interview, Balbriggan Chamber of

Commerce President, Luke Moriarty, whilewelcoming the news, was disappointed inthe timeframe. “The date for completion is too far away by a mile. Seven years is too long to wait and we would like to see it delivered in fiveyears,” he said.

Senator Darragh O’Brien (FF) has raisedconcerns that plans to extend the DART toBalbriggan may result in a cut to commutertrains on the northern line with no plans toincrease capacity on the northern commuter line

He has warned that the DART cannot be seen asa replacement to the current train service thatserves communities across North County Dublin.Continued on page 21

By Patrick Finnegan

Uncertainty OverBenefit Of DARTExtension?

There was great excitementon Monday last, with theannouncement of the 2015Tidy Towns winners. Theresults ceremony was held atthe Helix Theatre on Monday,28th September last and

hopes were high amongst allcontestants that the resultswould bring success for theirtowns and villages. The greatnews is that the North Countyhas once again excelled itself,with exceptional perfor-

mances by Skerries, Lusk andMalahide. In fact, Skerrieswith 321 points, up five fromlast year, came just twopoints behind overallwinners, Letterkenny.Continued on page 21

Skerries Tidy Towns achieved their highest points and ranking ever in the Tidy Towns results that were released lastMonday. Pictured after the results were announced at the Helix are, Ethna Felten (Director of Services Fingal CountyCouncil), Mary Conway, Eimear McLoughlin, Resa Moore, Breege Madden, Frances Owens, Anne Doyle and CountyMayor, Cllr David O'Connor

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The departures road at DublinAirport’s Terminal 1 will be closedfor a three-month period for essen-tial maintenance starting thisweek. The upgrade work, which isweather dependent, is due to becompleted by mid-December, andis part of a range of projects tomodernise Terminal 1, which ismore than 40 years old. Almost 375 million passengershave used Terminal 1 since itopened for operations in 1972. Thesignificant increase in vehiclesusing the departures road overthat time means that the road isnow in urgent need of repair toprolong its life and to addresssome ongoing drainage issues.“Over the past 43 years theTerminal 1 departures road hasbeen the main thoroughfarethrough the airport and it hasendured much wear and tearduring those four decades,” saidSiobhán O’Donnell DublinAirport’s Head of ExternalCommunications.

“The T1 departures road nowneeds a comprehensive upgradeand this can only be carried outsafely by closing the road to alltraffic,” she added. “The upgradeto the departures road will alsoenable Dublin Airport to improvethe overall arrivals area withinTerminal 1,” she continued.Over the next three months, DublinAirport will provide an alternativeset down area for customersdeparting from Terminal 1 at therear of the T1 multi-storey car park. A dedicated traffic managementsystem will be in operation withclear signage and traffic marshalsin place to assist customersthroughout the works. The projectto upgrade the departures roadwill include structural repairs towalls and concrete columns, theupgrading and replacing ofexisting movement joints and theinstallation of a new drainagesystem and outlets. The existingfootpaths, road surface and linemarkings will also be replaced.

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Pictured here are the members of the Beaumont Hospital Staff Choir.

Members of the Beaumont HospitalStaff Choir recently took part in thefinal of the Workplace Choir of theYear competition, which took place atthe National Concert Hall. Now in itsthird year, the aim of the contest is tobuild positive relationships and tofoster a sense of identity and pridewithin the working environment.Reaching the final is a huge achieve-ment for the 32 singers, who workacross a range of departments inBeaumont Hospital. The group isconducted by Stroke Care Co-Ordinator, Emma Hickey and isaccompanied by pianist JuanitoParaguya who is a senior staff nurse.Leonie Weekes, who works in StrokeCare at Beaumont Hospital, foundedthe Beaumont Choir in 2013 as part offundraising efforts. Commenting on

reaching the final, she said: “This isthe first time the choir has entered acompetition so to get through to thefinal eight groups was very exciting. Iwould like to thank our colleagues ,friends and the hospital managementteam for their help and support.”Beaumont Hospital is a large acad-emic teaching hospital providingemergency and acute care servicesacross 54 medical specialties to alocal community of some 290,000people. In addition, the hospital is aDesignated Cancer Centre and theRegional Treatment Centre for Ear,Nose and Throat, andGastroenterology. They are also theNational Referral Centre forNeurosurgery and Neurology, RenalTransplantation, and CochlearImplantation.

Beaumont Staff Choir CompetesIn Choir Of The Year Competition

All-Weather PitchProject LaunchedIn SwordsThe launch of a major initiative by StFinian’s GAA club in River Valley tookplace last week. The project involves theconstruction of anall-weather trainingfacility at nearbyLoreto College. Thehockey pitch atLoreto College willbe transformed intoa state of the artall-weather pitch,which will be usedby both St Finian’sand Loreto College.Loreto will fullybenefit through thedaily use of thenew facility for their outdoor sportsthroughout the year.Since its foundation in 1983, St Finian’shas grown steadily and now caters formore than 40 teams every weekcovering football, hurling, ladies footballand camogie for all ages from nursery toadult. Over the years, St Finian’s hasrelied on facilities leased from theCounty Council, with pitches in RiverValley and more recently, Ridgewood.

A spokesperson for the club said, “Asthe club has grown, the pressure onthese facilities has also grown. The needfor an all-weather training facility hasbecome apparent as teams are forced torent locations outside the catchmentarea over the winter months, to train under lights and on reliable andsafe ground.”

The estimated cost of the project is€500,000, which the club hopes to fundthrough a bond scheme. They areseeking assistance from club membersand the wider community to buy bonds.Bonds are valued at €1,000 each and theclub will sell these bonds to finance theproject. It is effectively an interest freeloan to the club, which will be repaid infull to the bond holders when the projectis completed.

Great Achievements ForBalbriggan StudentsOn 24th September, Youthreach Balbriggan held their certificate presentation torecognise students’ achievements in the Bracken Court Hotel. There was a greatatmosphere at the event as past and present students accompanied by family andfriends, fellow students and centre staff came together for the celebration.At the event, the students received certificates for courses they complete during the2014/ 2015 academic year, including QQI courses, First Aid courses, a Drug Educationprogramme with Foróige Youth Services and Job seeking skills workshops withFastTrack to Information Technology (FIT). Some students were also presented withthe President’s Gaisce Bronze Award on the night.Youthreach comes under the auspices of Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education andTraining Board who were represented at the ceremony by Education Officer,Fionnuala Anderson and Regional Youthreach Co-ordinator Ken Smartt. In heropening address she congratulated all the students receiving awards on theirachievements. She was followed by a past student from Youthreach Balbriggan, IuliuRostas who spoke fondly about his own personal experience of attending Youthreach.Representatives from local community organisations - Gary Harding from ForóigeYouth Services, Joe Troy, Chair of Balbriggan Tidy Towns and Kate Daly Ni Bhrionn,Balbriggan Community Gardaí - also spoke on the night about the various projectsthat they have been involved in with the students from the Centre. One of the high-lights of the event was the presentation of Balbriggan Youthreach’s first ever ‘Studentof the Year Award’ which went to Eric O’Shea, a very popular and deserving formerstudent. Some of the students receiving certificates on the night will continue toattend Youthreach Balbriggan for a second year.

Pictured receiving their QQI Level 3 awards at the Balbriggan Youthreach Awards Nightthe Bracken Court Hotel last Thursday are, Robbie Gaffney, Ann Flynn (teacher), ConorHowarth, Liam Patterson (teacher), Savannah Gilshenan, Rosemary Ochiaghau, JacquiO'Neill-Downey (teacher) and Kaja Pryzcyna

Pictured at the launch of the new all-weather pitch project atPeacock's, River Valley are Ciaran Crosbie (Secretary, St Finian'sGAA club), Barry Shelly (Club chairman), Mick Seavers (Vicechairman Dublin County Board) and Donal O'Hagan (PRO, StFinian's GAA Club)

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Fundraiser For Loughshinny ManA fundraiser was heldat the Yacht Bar,Loughshinny onSaturday week last forwell-known local man,Tony Spencer, whosuffered horrific

injuries in a freak acci-dent last March. Thishas resulted in Tonybeing paralysed fromthe neck down. His daughter, GillianGuinan spoke to the

County Leader aboutthe pain and anguishthat the family areenduring since the inci-dent, six months ago.she said, “As he was

getting out of bed, hecollapsed on the floorand whatever way hefell, it left him withthese injuries.Unfortunately we havebeen told that he won’tbe getting better,” shesaid. At present, Tonyis in the NationalRehabilitation Centre inDun Laoghaire havingtreatment and thefamily are hoping thatthey can get the house

adapted for Tony, whenthe time comes for himto return home and thefamily needs a roombuilt on for him. “It’sbeen a very tough timefor our family and myfather as well, as hewas a very active man,”said Gillian.The family are callingon local representa-tives to ask the CountyCouncil for funding tocarry out the necessaryalterations to thefamily’s council homein Loughshinny, whichwould mean that Tony

can return to his home.Without the housebeing made wheelchairaccessible and othernecessary alterations,he cannot return to hishome. “Nobody has come tolook at the house yetand all we have beentold is that our dad ison the waiting list. Weneed him home, so thatwe can look after him,”said Gillian. “Themoney raised from thisfundraiser will gotowards buying aspecially adapted car,

which can be used toget him home for anhour or so, but he’s notat that stage yet,” shesaid. Tony (66) is very well-known in the locality,where he was involvedin the fishing industry,as well as building.“This is the firstfundraiser for Tony andpeople around thevillage here inLoughshinny aregetting involved in theirown fundraisers, forwhich we are verygrateful,” said Gillian.

Pictured at the fundraiser in aid of the Tony Spencer Trust Fund at the Yacht Bar,Loughshinny on Saturday, 19th September last are, Back row: Barry O'Rourke, EmmaO'Rourke, Rachel Davis, Denis Callan, Wendy Ryan, Dylan Ryan and Louise Barnett. Frontrow: Carrie Spencer, Gillian Guinan and Shauna Barnett

HistoricalTalk InBalbrigganBalbriggan HistoricalSociety’s next talk willtake place on the 30thof September at 8pmin the Town HallBalbriggan and is enti-tled Beneath a TurkishSky, The Royal DublinFusiliers and theAssault on Gallipolipresented by PhilipLecane, author of theHistory Press Irelandbook. All are welcome.

By Patrick Finnegan

Fianna Fáil have confirmed that asecond candidate has been added tothe ticket for the upcoming generalelection for the local Dublin Fingalconstituency. The choice of Lorraine Clifford Lee, fromWaterford and a recent resident ofPortmarnock, comes as the partyattempts to meet the 30 per cent genderquotas for the election. Mrs Clifford Leestood for election in a southsideconstituency, without success at the lastlocal elections. Shewill now join SenatorDarragh O’Brien onthe Fianna Fail team.The generalconsensus amongparty insiders is thatthis is pure tokenismand, at best, is gratu-itous to women. Thefact that she is fromoutside the areadiminishes herchances of winning aseat, which may anger many localwomen. It will also baffle locals whowonder why some other female candi-date from within the constituency wasnot considered. This flies in the face of whatparty leader, Micheál Martintold this newspaper when hevisited our office lastDecember on his way to theparty’s candidate selectionconference at the CarnegieHotel in Swords. He wasemphatic about sticking witha single candidate policy inthis constituency. In an inter-view he said, “The bottom line is that wehave no seats anywhere in Dublin, andtherefore, we will be running tighttickets. Our fundamental aim is to regaina seat in every single Dublinconstituency, and that’s going to be adifficult challenge.”Party insiders believe that Fianna Fáilhave effectively blocked, arguably theirmost experienced local councillor,Darragh Butler from contesting theGeneral Election because of genderquotas. Indeed a recent poll by a Sundaynational newspaper suggested thatpopular Butler was likely to have beenelected in this constituency, had hebeen chosen by the party.A bitterly disappointed Butler, who has

comfortably been returned in past twolocal elections, as the leading Fianna Failcandidate, spoke to the County Leader,“This is purely about gender quotas. Iput my name forward at the selectionconvention at the end of last year and Iwithdrew it when the decision to adopt asingle candidate was made.” “Having worked for over 10 years for theparty in Dublin Fingal and twice winningelection to Fingal County Council, it isvery disappointing to see someone

being parachuted in,with no track recordor election history inthe constituency,simply because ofgender quotas.”“I find really frus-trating is that I reallybelieved that with astrong general elec-tion ticket that wecould win two seatsfor Fianna Fail inDublin Fingal.

Unfortunately, I don’t think that willhappen now. We have four sitting coun-cillors in the constituency, includingmyself, who went out and won electionto Fingal County Council in 2014,.

However, due to genderquotas we are being over-looked in favour of a candi-date who has no trackrecord, no history and up tonow, no visibility in theconstituency.”He concluded. “It’s a bit of aperverse situation wherecandidates who failed to getelected in the 2014 Council

elections, are being rewarded over thosewho did. That’s gender quotas for you.I’m all for increasing the number ofwomen in politics, however I remain tobe convinced that this is the correct wayto go about achieving this,” heconcluded.Senator Darragh O’Brien said, “I canfully understand the frustration thatDarragh Butler is feeling. Researchshows that we are doing well andDarragh is crucial to me being elected.We have always worked very welltogether, but the reality is that this is anissue of gender quotas. The decision ismade and I look forward to workingclosely with Lorraine to maximise theFianna Fail votes in the area,” he said.

‘Decision By Fianna FáilPerverse’ - Butler

“The bottom line isthat we have no seatsanywhere in Dublin,and therefore, we willbe running tighttickets. Our funda-mental aim is to regain aseat in every single Dublinconstituency, and that’sgoing to be a difficult challenge.” - Martin 16/12/14

Lorraine Clifford

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Donabate PortraneSenior CitizensVisit BrusselsNessa Childers, Independent Dublin MEP, lastweek hosted a delegation from DonabatePortrane Senior Citizens to the EuropeanParliament in Brussels, accompanied by localCllr. Paul Mulville (NP).Ms Chiders said, “I was delighted to host thegroup from Donabate Portrane Senior Citizens,along with members of Active Retirement Ireland.In particular, as a member of the Parliament’sCommittee on the Environment, Public Healthand Food Safety, I was very glad to hear the dele-gation’s views on the price of prescription drugsand issues around generic drugs, and to discuss the matterswith them. I now intend to raise these matters directly withthe Commission,” she said.“We had a very enjoyable and informative visit to theEuropean Parliament and Brussels,” stated Eileen Walsh,

who led the delegation from Donabate Portrane SeniorCitizens, and in particular we were very glad to have theopportunity to learn at first-hand how the EU and theParliament works, and to discuss issues of concern directlywith Nessa in the Parliament Building.”

Donabate Portrane Senior Citizens group are pictured at the European Parliament inBrussels, wth Cllr Paul Mulville (centre front row) and MEP Nessa Childers (third fromright, front row)

End Of An EraThe news that promi-nent football club,Swords Rovers FC nolonger exists, will begreeted with sadnessin the local area. Theclub, which wasfounded in 1993, hasplayed a major part inthe development ofunder age players inthat time. Most of theplayers have beenplaying at the clubsince they were seven.They competedsuccessfully in the

North DublinSchoolboys League(NDSL) where theunder 12s won theirleague.Club treasurer, OrlaBurrowes spoke to theCounty Leader andexpressed her sadnessat the turn of events.“This year we were leftwith just two teams,the under 13s andunder 18s. Our under18s saw the year out,but our situation washopeless. Charges of

€600 for pitches wastoo much for us,having risen from€130, just because wehad a senior team,”she said.“The committee wouldlike to the extend theirbest wishes and grati-tude to under 19 boys,as many of them havebeen with the clubfrom a young age. Wetravelled to Anfieldwith the team lastweekend and a greattime was had by all.The committee tookover the club just overtwo years ago at a

minus figure, andthrough great work,managed to bring theclub back, allowing usto bring the boysaway. The club’scontainers and equip-ment were donated tothe local communityand to a club in thearea,” she said.“I would like to paytribute to everyonewho has helped usover the years, espe-cially Alan Comerfordand Derek Meates,who managed teamsover the years,” said adejected Orla.

Swords SchoolReceives AwardTo coincide with World SuicidePrevention Week, Cycle AgainstSuicide honoured the efforts andachievements of Swords school,Fingal Community College inpromoting positive mental healthawareness and their dedication inspreading the message,that “it’s ok not to feelok; and it’s absolutely okto ask for help”.At a special reception inDublin’s FarmleighHouse, attended by theDepartment of Educationand the Institute ofGuidance Counsellors,student representativesof Fingal CommunityCollege were awarded‘Ambassador School’status by Cycle AgainstSuicide, receiving aspecial plaque which isset to take pride of placein the school. This awardacknowledges theirexceptional commitmentin the promotion of posi-tive mental health andultimately, their efforts in breaking thecycle of suicide across Ireland.Cycle Against Suicide’s ‘AmbassadorSchool’ awards are a key pillar inCycle Against Suicide’s year-longschools programme. To be in with achance of being recognised for theirschools’ efforts, the school must

complete five key sets of criteria, inthe promotion of mental health;including getting active, hosting amental health week and project work.The approach encourages activeengagement and participation amongstudent and staff populations withintheir schools and crucially, in theircommunities.Speaking on behalf of Cycle AgainstSuicide, CEO Paul McBride said: The

aim of Cycle Against Suicide is thereassurance that it’s ok not to feel ok;and it’s absolutely ok to ask for help.Students, teachers and principals aremaking a real difference in promotingopen communication and action intheir communities, for which theydeserve to be immensely proud.”

Pictured are two Swords students from Fingal CommunityCollege with the school's of Cycle Against Suicide awardwith Cycle Against Suicide CEO Paul McBride.

Historical TalkIn SwordsA talk entitled, ‘The Roadto 1916 in Fingal’ willtake place on Thursday,1st October at FingalLocal Studies andArchives, ClonmelHouse, Forster Way inSwords. The talk will begiven by historian,Declan Brady. Admissionis free, but it is advisableto ring 01-8704495 tobook a place.

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Havana Therapy staff members, Alina Moraruand Roisin McGivern welcomed guests to thepremises

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Balbriggan ManThrilled To Win Trip ToRugby World Cup

Balbriggan’s Tony Waldron is the delightedrugby fan who will be at the pre-match coin-flipat Ireland v Italy on Sunday at Rugby World Cup2015. Waldron was the big winner live on TV3’s‘The Sin Bin’ recently, beating off numerousother competition winners to land the top prize.Speaking about his big win, Waldron, who plansto bring wife Joanna with him to London’sOlympic Stadium, remarked, “I’m hugely excited,my phone was hopping last night after I won! Ihad been thinking about heading to the Canadagame but was sick at the time, so couldn’t go.”Waldron, originally from Canada but living inBalbriggan for the past 15 years, was picked for‘The Sin Bin’ after purchasing Heineken in Tesco,Balbriggan, recently. The competition is part ofthe ‘It’s Your Call’ campaign, which gives Irishrugby fans the chance to be at the pre-match cointoss at an Ireland Rugby World Cup 2015 game.

Pictured here is Tony Waldron and wife Joanna Stapeltonfrom Balbriggan at ‘The Sin Bin’ show at TV3. They willbe at the pre-match coin-flip at the Rugby World Cup.

Kelleher To ContestDail SeatAnti-Austerity Alliance(AAA) have selectedBalbriggan man, TerryKelleher to contest theupcoming GeneralElection, in an attemptto win a seat in DublinFingal.Kelleher, a formerBalbriggan Town coun-cillor is standing on arecord of 25 years as atrade union represen-tative, a communityactivist fighting devel-opers, estate manage-ment fees, bin chargesand water charges inthe 1990s.The AAA has beensynonymous with theboycott of the watercharges nationallythrough its TDs PaulMurphy, RuthCoppinger and JoeHiggins, and this willbe a major part ofKelleher’s campaign. Kelleher said “Themovement of peoplepower around thewater charges haschanged the politicallandscape of this

country. We have saidfrom day one that theboycott is our bestweapon to defeat thecharges. The watercharges will be themajor issue in thiselection,” he said.Meanwhile new party,Renua could notconfirm if they wereputting a candidate onthe ticket in the newfive seat Dublin Fingalconstituency, whichreplaces the old DublinNorth constituency.Party spokesperson,John Drennan told theCounty Leader thatthere were still selec-tion conventions to beheld and that “no deci-sion had been madeyet.”We tried to contactIndependent TD,Shane Ross to ask ifthe IndependentsAlliance, of which he isone of the leaders,would be running acandidate in thisconstituency, but wefailed to get a reply.

The Yellow Walls Faith Community, based inMalahide, are planning a pilgrimage for theirsilver jubilee, which will be taking place fromthe 4th to the 10th of July next year. At €895per person, the pilgrimage includes two nightsin Boucieu Le Roi, two nights in Paray LeMonial and two nights in Paris. For any furtherinformation contact the parish office at8454783.

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Major Upgrade At Swords Restaurant

One of the finest eatingestablishments, notonly in Swords, but theentire North Countyarea, has undertakenmajor upgrade works,in an effort to improvetheir customers’ diningexperience.M a s t e r s o n sSteakhouse and WineBar, situated on MainStreet, Swords, wasestablished sevenyears ago and propri-etor, Robbie Mastersonspoke to the CountyLeader about theimprovements at hisrestaurant. He said,“Swords has beenextremely good to usand we want to bringthe restaurant to thenext level. We want togive something back tothe public and that’swhat we have donehere,” he said. “It wastime for renovationsand we feel that themain street in Swordsis coming back and wewant to do our part to

help that.” Masterson isvery happy that Swordsis now becoming a go-toplace for entertainment.“Top new pubs, restau-rants and shops arenow opening up in thetown, which is verywelcome. The town isbecoming a destinationand is now on themove.”The renovation includesa full fit-out downstairs,with the upstairs havingbeen completed lastNovember. The renova-tion has resulted in therestaurant reducing itscapacity by four, withthe loss of two seats. “Itmakes the restaurantmore comfortable forour customers and Ihave always felt thatthere’s no point inhaving a restaurant thatis jam packed withcustomers, but they’renot happy. This is allabout our customersenjoying their experi-ence here,” he said.CEO of Fingal Dublin

Chamber, TonyLambert congratulatedRobbie on the upgradeto Mastersons. Hesaid, “MastersonsRestaurant haveinvested significantlyin refurbishing theirpremises which is verypopular with manydiners from Swordsand throughout thewider region. RobbieMasterson is thankinghis customers byimproving the ambi-ence of the restaurantand by making it moreattractive to enjoy foodin a comfortablesetting. This is yetanother example ofhow restaurants andbars in Swords areworking hard to attractmore customers whilstgiving a quality serviceto the existingcustomers. They aresucceeding and mustbe congratulated andencouraged tocontinue on this path.”

CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber, Tony Lambert (left) is pictured congratulating RobbieMasterson, proprietor of Masterson's Steakehouse and Wine Bar, Swords on thecompletion of his renovations at the restaurant

1916 Centenary Lecture ProgrammeLaunched In Malahide

Pictured here are Cllr JP Browne, Cllr Daire Ni Laoi, County Mayor, Cllr David O’Connor,Director of Services Margaret Geraghty and Acting Chief Executive Mick Lorigan and NoelMcAllister at the 1916 programme launch in Malahide.

On Saturday 19th September, theCounty Council unveiled their 2016Centenary Programme LectureSeries with its official launch inMalahide Library by County MayorDavid O’Connor. ‘Revolution inContext’ aims to set the backdropto the Fingal 2016 CentenaryProgramme in general, while specif-ically exploring and discussing theunique role that the women andmen of the North County played inthe fight for Irish freedom.‘Revolution in Context’ a day longseries of lectures by distinguishedacademics Professor EunanO’Halpin, Dr Marnie Hay, Dr BrianHughes and Dr Shane Kennaprovided an introduction to the1916 Rising in general, as well ashoning in on the local experience.“The lecture series will set thecontext for the Council’s veryexciting 1916 CentenaryProgramme, which is a broader

programme of events to be unveiledat a later date. The 2016 CentenaryLecture Porgramme is a response tocalls for discussion forumsemanating from the public duringconsultation days earlier this year,”explained Yvonne O’Brien, SeniorExecutive Librarian with the CountyCouncil. “It will provide a forum forgreat discussion, engagement anddebate with locals over the comingmonths.” County Mayor David O’Connor, alsospeaking at the event said, “Ourlocal libraries are uniquely placedto host events that encourageengagement with the past, criticalthinking and debate. Libraries arealso valuable resources forresearching the revolutionary eraand the County Council are dedi-cated to providing first class localhistory primary resources throughthe Local Studies and Archives inSwords,” he said.

The annual Cancer Walk in aid of Cancerresearch, will take place on Saturday, 10thOctober in River Valley in Swords. This is the9th year of the walk, which is organised bylocal woman and cancer survivor, MargaretHarris. The meeting place is at Peacocks CarPark in River Valley, Swords, and you must bethere at 1pm for registration, with the walkitself starting at 2pm.This walk is buggy friendly. Sponsorship formsare available, or donations can be made on theday. Refreshments will be served with a raffleafterwards in Peacocks. The walk takes aboutan hour, with a little stop (picnic) at Highfields.All proceeds will go to the Irish Cancer Societyand event organiser, Margaret Harris can becontacted at 087-2213605 and she is pleadingfor as many people as possible to support thisvery worthwhile cause.

Annual Cancer WalkIn River Valley

Town RenewalScheme To BenefitNorth CountyA €30 million Villageand Town RenewalScheme was recentlyannounced by AnTaoiseach, EndaKenny saying that itcreates great opportu-nities for towns andvillages. The newscheme proposed willrun over six years. Theinitiative will be chan-nelled through theLocal Authorities withoversight by the localC o m m u n i t yD e v e l o p m e n tCommittees. Projectseligible under thisscheme will extend tothe enhancement ofvillages, small townsand the surroundingcountryside.Projects such asgreenways, cycleways,upgrading parks andcivic areas, public util-it ies such as streetlighting and renova-tion of relevantderelict buildings arejust some of the

possible projectswhich could qualify forthis funding. Local TDJames Reilly (FG) hassaid that the schemewas a great initiativewhich could havefantastic benefits formany areas in theNorth County. “The economic down-turn had an awfuleffect on towns andvillages in the NorthCounty,” he said.“This scheme is afantastic project andcould make a realdifference here. Weneed local stake-holders to cometogether and to decidewhich projects shouldbe selected to applyfor this funding.”“The Commission forthe EconomicDevelopment of RuralAreas (CEDRA) reporthas shown that ruraltowns have felt theimpact of theeconomic downturn

more acutely thancities and larger urbancentres. The types ofprojects to be fundedunder this initiativewould primarily be amatter for the LocalAuthority in partner-ship with theircommunities todecide,” he added.

Henchy Eager For CCTVIn DonabateLocal councillor, AdrianHenchy (FF) has askedthe Chief Executive, foran update on previousdiscussions regardingthe possible roll out ofCCTV for the DonabatePortrane area which,according to Henchy,has seen anotherrecent spike in crime. While the Councilacknowledged the productive role CCTV can playin targeting crime in communities, they arguedthat the system requires constant monitoring,which isn’t feasible at the moment. “There is anacknowledgement by An Garda Síochána thatCCTV can play a useful role in crime preventionand crime detection. Overall the Gardai aresupportive of the proper and appropriate instal-lation and use of CCTV,” they explained.“CCTV systems require an extensive financialcommitment to install and monitor and in rela-tion to the entire area of Donabate/Portrane,they would be considered a large scale projectand should be considered as part of a publicrealm improvement scheme. A source of fundingfor a project on this scale has yet to be identi-fied,” they said.

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SuperValu Lusk have the local community at thecentre of their ethos, and everything they do iscommunity focused. They are not afraid to go theextra mile to ensure that their customers arefront and centre in everything they do. Thispolicy is perfectly exemplified by two acts of,what amounts to common decency and kindnessthat harks back to a time when neighbourslooked out for one another.Trevor spoke about the two incidents that set

this store apart from the norm. “We like to do alot of events in-store, where we can give some-thing back to our customers, demonstrating thatwe are not just a retail establishment. One of theevents was a Halloween colouring competition,with a magician, gamesetc. There was oneparticular boy who hadspecial needs andwhen he and hisparents came in, therewas a large crowdpresent in the shop. Itamounted to organisedchaos, but even in thischaos, fellow teammembers, LeonaHarford and MarieWade managed tomake time for this boy.At the time, we thoughtnothing of it – we justwanted to make surethat everyone was looked after,” said Trevor.He continued, “Sometimes we don’t think aboutwhat affect our actions, as a business, can haveon other people and their families as well. Asmall, insignificant act of kindness can change aperson’s day. The upshot of it all is that the boy’sfather felt compelled to write us a lovely letter totell us how his son was made very welcome byus, and every time he comes into the store withhis son, the service he gets makes it easier forhim to go about his shopping. If we can do

something like that forone of our customers,that’s very importantfor us.”The other incidentoccurred at the heightof the festive season,as Trevor explained,“On Christmas Eve last,we got a call from oneof our customers, whowas in a distressedstate. She asked if wesold any freezer bags. Ireplied that we did, andshe asked me if they

held much food. I replied that they were unsuit-able for large quantities of food.”“With this, the lady panicked and she explainedthat her fridge was broken and all her food forChristmas Day would be destroyed. It was verylate and all of the shops selling fridges were nowclosed for the Christmas holidays.”It was then that kind-hearted Trevor and histeam came to the rescue. “I told her that we had

a fridge in the canteenhere in the shop thatstaff use, and as we areclosed for Christmas, Itold her that she waswelcome to the fridge,as we wouldn’t need ituntil the shopreopened. We put thefridge in the van andbrought it around tothe customer’s houseand set it up for her.She was absolutelythrilled. It’s not allabout making money,it’s about giving some-thing back,“ said aproud Trevor.Acts of kindness likethese are rare indeed,where many busi-nesses nowadays, are

too busy chasing profits and ignore the basicneeds of their customers. This is reminiscent ofwhat a neighbour would do for someone inneed. Obviously this was not lost on the judgesof Shelf Life magazine, who recognised thatSuperValu Lusk, while being conscious of theneed to run a successful business, can alsobalance this with extraordinary customer carethat exceeds the norm.

There were great celebrations among the management and staff of Casey’sSuperValu in Lusk, when they recently won the Shelf Life National GroceryManagement Awards 2015 in the category of Best Team Performance. Speaking toGeneral Manager of SuperValu Lusk, Trevor Kearns, it is no surprise that thisprogressive shop came out on top.Trevor told the County Leader, “Everyone is incredibly proud of the award, espe-cially as we have been finalists for the past two years in the same category. Thismeans a huge amount to the staff here, because we put in a lot of hard work andeffort into this and it’s great to get recognition on a national level,” he said.

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“Our motto is all about being local and beingpart of the community. There are lots of othersupermarkets and large multinationals that aregreat with their marketing and say things like‘We’re proud to be Irish and to promote local’,but there’s a big difference between having thison a billboard and actually doing it. We do it andbelieve in it,” said Trevor.

SuperValu also uselocal produce, wherepossible in their store,thus guaranteeingfreshness and a longershelf life. “One of ourfruit and veg suppliers

is local man, Fergie McGee and we will soon beselling Lusk honey, supplied by Brendan Herlihy,who is the only bee keeper in Lusk who isproducing his own honey. Unfortunately there isvery little Irish honey on the market and we arelooking forward to the arrival of Lusk Honey. Welove to give local producers a chance to sell theirproduce here,” SuperValu holds a Food Academy

where local producers get a chance to exhibittheir goods. Cool Beans, run by two Rush ladieswere successful here. Of course, Country Crest isa huge local producer of food used here inSuperValu. As well as this, nearly all of our 60staff, including students come from the localarea,” he said.Trevor pays tribute to store owners, Robert andJackie Casey, “without whom none of us wouldexist as a team. They are so supportive of bothmyself and the staff and provide us with themotivation to get on and be an award winningteam,” he said.SuperValu Lusk has succeeded in bringing backthe neighbourhood shop, where the manage-ment and staff know their customers by name,making them feel special and included in theshop’s activities. Many fun events are held on aregular basis, which shoppers love. One suchcommunity event took the shoppers by surprise,which Trevor recalls with fondness. “It wasduring our Italian Food and Wine event, when wehad surprise opera singers posing as staff. Theypretended to fight and then broke out intoItalian opera, which took shoppers completelyby surprise.Another surprise forshoppers on the day,was a draw for a tripfor two to Lake Gardain Italy, courtesy ofTom Walsh at TristarTravel in Skerries.

Trevor places great importance to being on theshop floor and meeting people and making surethat they are enjoying their shopping experi-ence. He is also conscious of people who cannotget out to shop for whatever reason and hemakes a point of making sure their groceries aredelivered to them. The store also made sure thatevery child who visited Santa at their ChristmasEvent left with a present at no charge.There is no doubt that SuperValu Lusk havebrought customer service and care to newheights and they have succeeded in introducingfun into shopping. As Trevor says, “It’s notnecessarily what it will cost, as there’s a cost toeverything - it’s about how we can surprise anddelight our customers,” he said.

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Many Muslim families from acrossthe North County converged on StColmcille’s GAA club in Swordslast Thursday to celebrate Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is an Islamicfestival to commemorate the will-ingness of Ibrahim (also known asAbraham) to follow Allah’s(God’s) command to sacrifice hisson Ishmael. Muslims around theworld observe this event.At Eid al-Adha, many Muslimsmake a special effort to pray andlisten to a sermon at a mosque.They also wear new clothes, visitfamily members and friends andmay symbolically sacrifice ananimal in an act known asqurbani. This represents theanimal that Ibrahim sacrificed inthe place of his son.In some traditionally Muslimcountries, families or groups of

families may purchase an animalknown as udhiya, usually a goator sheep, to sacrifice, but this isnot common or legal in manyparts of Australia, Canada, NewZealand, the United Kingdom, theUnited States or many othercountries. In these countries,groups of people may purchase awhole carcass from a butcher orslaughterhouse and divide itamongst themselves, or just buygenerous portions of meat for acommunal meal on Eid-al-Adha. People also give money to enablepoorer members of their localcommunity and around the worldto eat a meat-based meal.In the period around Eid al-Adha,many Muslims travel to Meccaand the surrounding area in SaudiArabia to perform the Hajjpilgrimage.

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Nominal fees apply as all events aresubsidised by the Local EnterpriseOffice. Several events are alreadybooked out and places are limited atall events.“Speaking about Fingal Start-up Day,Chief Executive of Fingal CountyCouncil, Paul Reid commented: “OurLocal Enterprise Office is reporting avery strong pipeline of business start-ups in Fingal, with many innovative

business ideas coming to fruition now thateconomic recovery has taken root. We canharness this entrepreneurial potential through

initiatives like FingalStart-Up Day, whichwill in turn help ourlocal economy togrow and createmuch neededemployment in theregion,” he said.Oisin Geoghegan,Head of LocalEnterprise said:“With figures contin-uously revealinggrowing numbers ofIrish start-ups, thiswill offer a fantasticopportunity to learnhow you can bringyour business ideafrom conception tofruition.”The programme ofevents is designed todeliver opportunitiesfor SMEs to learnfrom specialistindustry experts,helping to stimulateenterprise and busi-ness development. Itprovides support andadvice for thoseconsidering startingup their own busi-ness businessowners, as well asinforming businessowners about the

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Fingal Local Enterprise have joined forceswith some highly respected companies forEnterprise Week, to enable business peopleto network, learn and seek out new businessopportunities to make their businessesdevelop and grow.An initiative of the Fingal Local EnterpriseOffice and supported by Vodafoneand Bank of Ireland, over 1,500 localbusinesses and start-ups will benefitfrom 30 major business events, work-shops, networking opportunities andmentoring clinics. Activities to be heldduring Fingal Enterprise Week includesome great success stories sharingtheir experience with the next genera-tion of Irish businesses.Fingal Enterprise Week is the biggestlocal Enterprise Week to occur in Ireland thisyear and aims to stimulate enterprise and jobcreation in the region. A variety of dynamic

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supports and services available to their busi-ness. The week kicks off with a Fingal StartUp Day on Monday, 5th October. Are youthinking about or currently in the process ofstarting up a business.? If so, then learn fromthe experts at Crowne Plaza Hotel,Blanchardstown from 9.30am to 4.30pmLearning from Experience will also take placeon Monday. This is a Business NetworkingLunch with the Rotary Club of Dublin Fingal,which takes place at the Maldron Hotel DublinAirport. This event is hosted by Gerry

McInerney of McInerney Saunders CharteredAccountants and it starts at 12.30pm andends at 2pm. A host of local businessleaders will discuss the most valuable lessonsthat they have learned in running their busi-ness.On Tuesday, 6th October, a BusinessNetworking Breakfast with Fingal DublinChamber will take place at the Clayton Hotel(formerly Bewley’s Dublin Airport Hotel) from7.30am until 10am. Continued on page 13

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The guest speaker is Paul Fagan fromBusiness Coaching Ireland, who will speakabout creating exceptional customer servicefor your customers.Also on Tuesday, Fingal Enterprising Womenwill present Building Your Business Network.This will take place at Roganstown Hotel andCountry Club from 12 noon until 2pm. Thisbusiness lunch event will be a great opportu-nity for networking and getting to know otherfemale business entrepreneurs and leaders inthe region. It will be hosted by Alison Comyn.On Wednesday, 7th October, there will beBusiness Network Breakfast at Sutton GolfClub about Company Law and all you needto know about it. It starts at 8 am andcontinues until 9.30am. There will also be aCosting and Pricing seminar at HamiltonAuditorium, Damastown from 9am until12.30pm.Dublin Food Chain wil l present a FoodMentor Academy at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,Santry from 5 pm until 8.30 pm. This will be

Ireland’s largest food mentoring event everheld and promises to be an evening of highenergy, food innovation ideas and practicaladvice for those attending. Tom Keogh ofKeogh Crisps will be one of the speakers.Also on Wednesday, a seminar entitled,‘How do you go about setting prices for yourproducts and services? Hosted byPLATO Dublin and presented byMairead Divilly, Partner with Mazars,as part of Fingal Enterprise week, thisseminar is packed with practicalinsights into improving yourcompany’s profitability by ensuringyou are costing and pricing your prod-ucts and services correctly. Optimiseyour bottom line by learning how toidentify the most profitable elementsof your business. The seminar willtake place in the Hamilton auditorium (G82) inbuilding 6 of the IBM Technology Campus,Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.On Thursday, 8th October, Supercharge YourSales will take place at the Bracken CourtHotel in Balbriggan, in conjunction withBalbriggan Chamber of Commerce. It startsat 8am and concludes at 10am. Here you willhear the secrets of success for iconic brandslike Selfridges, Harrod’s, Spar, Dunnes andBrown Thomas, among others.A Fit For Business seminar will take place atMalahide Rugby Club from 6pm until 8.30pm.Speakers wil l include Dublin GAA star,Bernard Brogan, Karl Henry from OperationTransformation and Claire Keohane, fromIreland Women’s Rugby 7s. Nowadays, busi-

ness owners and managers need to be‘match-fit’, ready to take advantage of theopportunities that the recovering economypresents.On the last day, Friday, 9th October, therewill be a seminar on Financing Your Start-Up,which takes place at LINC ITB,Blanchardstown from 8.30 am until 12 pm.Also on Friday, LEO Fingal runs Ireland’smost successful annual Student EnterpriseAwards programme, with over 2,200 studentsparticipating from school throughout theregion. It all takes place at the Riasc Centre,Swords from 9.30am until 12pm.There wil l also be a Digital MarketingWorkshop Series. Included here is Facebookfor Business, which is a programme forbeginners and advances users alike. Thisprogramme, which takes place on Tuesday,6th October at the Riasc Centre, Swords isaimed at business owners/managers whomay, or may not have taken their businessonline via Facebook, and are interested in

exploring the potential of Facebook as abrand building and marketing mechanism fortheir business on-line.Twitter for Business will take place at theRiasc Centre Swords on Wednesday, 7thOctober and on Friday, 9th October at theGrand Hotel, Malahide, both from 9am to

1pm. Linkedin for Business will takeplace from 1.30pm until 5.30pm, alsoat the Riasc Centre on Wednesdayand the Grand Hotel on Friday, bothfrom 1.30pm to 5.30pm.Linkedin is perhaps the most under-utilised, yet extremely powerful socialmedia platforms. The half dayprogrammes will provide step by stepinstructions on how to use Linkedin tocreate business opportunities.Seminars on ‘Online Video as a

Promotional Tool’ and ‘SmartphoneTechnology will be held at THE LINC, ITB,Blanchardstown, both being held onThursday, 8th October. Tony Lambert, CEO Fingal Dublin Chambersaid, “The Chamber works closely with theLocal Enterprise Office Fingal to stimulateenterprise and business development. Thereare 26 events during Enterprise Week invarious venues and locations across Fingal.We would encourage everyone in the busi-ness community to make it their business tocheck out which of these events are ofinterest and book on-line at fingalenterprise-week.ie. Fingal Enterprise Week is for youand your business. Book in and be part of agreat week,” he said.

Oisin Geoghegan (Head of Enterprise, Fingal County Council) and County Mayor, Cllr David O’Connor are pictured withColm Foley and James McAnaw of "65 Hurls" one of Fingal businesses showcasing at the Ploughing Championship,where a record number of small businesses temporarily re-located to the ‘Local Enterprise Village’ at last week’sNational Ploughing Championships.

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National Potato Daytakes place on Friday,2nd October andCountry Crest, supplierand grower of qualitypotatoes in Ireland, ishosting a family funday to celebrate at theCountry Crest FarmShop at Jones GardenCentre in Donabate.Country Crest isinviting guests toattend from 3.30pm –

Family Fun Day In Donabate5.30pm and enjoy awide range of familyactivities including funpotato themed activi-ties for the kiddies,including potato-headdecorating, potato artsand crafts, facepainting and greatcompetitions with theopportunity to winCountry Crest FarmShop hampers and MrPotato Head cuddly

toys. Paul Flynn,Dublin footballer and2015 All-Ireland cham-pion from Swords, willalso be present on theday to greet guestsand proudly show offhis new All-Irelandmedal.Breda Leonard,Marketing Manager,County Crestcommented: “TheFarm Shop is a real

treat for food-loversand is the perfect loca-tion to host this fun-filled family event. Welook forward towelcoming our loyalcustomers and alsoseeing lots of newfaces through the FarmShop doors.”Country Crest wasestablished in 1993 bybrothers Michael andGabriel Hoey on theirfamily farm which hadbeen cultivating freshproduce since 1910.

Swords Cycling Clubare happy toannounce that theyare running beginnerand intermediatespins again inOctober. Non clubmembers welcome. ACycling Ireland or IVCAlicence is required ifyou intend on partici-pating in more thanthree spins with theclub. There is nocharge for these spins,and the club arerunning two spins:30km and 60km. Thespins take place onOctober 10th (30kspin) at 11am, October11th (60K spin) at9am, October 24th(30k spin) at 11am andOctober 25th (60kspin) at 9am. All spinswill take place atNorth Street BusinessPark, North Street,Swords. Participantsare advised to arrive

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A group of locals have come together to host theSnowflake Ball in aid of Cystic Fibrosis, on 14thNovember this year. “Our good friend Elaine Galweyfrom Swords passed away last year after 31 years ofliving with Cystic Fibrosis and we want to raise muchneeded funds in her memory,” explained committeemember Keelin. “We want to boost ticket sales and

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also boost local interest around Blanchardstown andSwords in order to collect donations.” ThisNovember 14th, the group are hosting a SnowflakeBall at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown.Starting at 7pm the night promises to be glamorous,fun and informative. There will be a drinks reception,a delicious four-course meal, entertainment, a silentauction and a lot of fun! All for xxx65 per ticket. Forfurther information checkout their facebook pagewww.facebook.com/snowflakeball2015

Choir Rehearsal InBallyboughalThe Ballyboughal Church of the Assumption AdultChoir and Gospel singers commence their autumnrehearsals on Wednesday, 30th September at7.30pm in the Church of the Assumption inBallyboughal. New members are especially welcomeas the group will set out programmes for the comingmonths. The choir perform at the Vigil Mass eachSaturday evening 7pm in Ballyboughal. For addi-tional info please contact Ronnie on 085-1743748

10-15 minutes beforethe start time, as allspins will start ontime. Before each spinthere will be a briefsafety announcementand all participantsmust sign the sign-onsheet. All riders mustwear a helmet and allbikes must be road-worthy.Each rider shouldbring the following: aspare inner tube, asuitable pump, tyrelevers (A spanner toremove the wheel ifyour bike is notequipped with quickrelease wheels), afi l led water bottle,some food (e.g. smallsnack bar and / or abanana), a mobilephone and somemoney (for emergen-cies). For more infor-mation contact Alanby email: mnscccha-irman@swordscc.com

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Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results at StFinian's Community College, Swords are Jessica O'Neill,Rachel Howard and Naomi Doherty

Pictured after receiving their Junior Certresults at St Finian's Community College,Swords are Manuela Rista and IasminaSalop

Dawid Kazimierczak and Aaron Rogers arepictured after receiving their Junior Certresults at Ardgillan Community College

Pictured in happy mood after receiving their Junior Cert results at Loreto CollegeSwords are, Caitriona Manton, Chloe Ward and Lauren Flood

Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results at Loreto College Swords, are Kerri Leech,Marixa McKittrick, Chloe Harris and Emma Kinsella

Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results areArdgillan Community College students, Sean Cahill andBlessing Jeche

Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results at Loreto College Swords, are Ciara O'Reilly,Jennifer Hartnett and Jessica Tracey

Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results at ColaisteChoilm, Swords, are Shane Gilchrist and DiarmuidCavanagh, with their mothers

Fingal Community College, Swords students,Ryan Guy, Cian Moans and Katelyn Walsh arepictured after receiving their Junior Cert results

Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results at DonabatePortrane Community College are, Hannah Moynihan, Mieke VanDreunel, Katie English, Lisa McGrath, Sophie McKane and CaoimheMagill

Pictured after receiving their Junior Certresults at Donabate Portrane CommunityCollege, are Sophie Callender and AoifeConlon

Megan Keogh, Lauren Foran and Chloe O'Connellare pictured after receiving their Junior Cert resultsat Loreto College Swords

Pictured after receiving their Junior Cert results atLoreto College Swords, are Eimear Rainey, LeviClerkin, Alannah Grogan and Stefani Stewart

Pictured after receiving their Junior Certresults at Balbriggan Community College,are Cameron Bennett and Cian Moore

Pictured are Fingal Community College,Swords students, Oisin Fitzgerald and JoshuaRothwell after receiving their Junior Cert results

Pictured after receiving their Junior Certresults at St Finian's CommunityCollege, Swords are Lauren Fitzgeraldand Dylan Abbott

Pictured after receiving their Junior Certresults at St Joseph’s Secondary School,Rush are Caoimhe Farren, Ciara Keenan andRebecca Cloughley

Darragh Lyons, Raymond Bates, James Byrne and Conor Leonard. allreceived their Junior Cert results at Donabate Portrane Community College

Conor Canty, Alice McGrath, Paul Doyle and Owen Moloney arepictured after receiving their Junior Cert results at DonabatePortrane Community College

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Proud Day ForBalbriggan SchoolFriday, 18th of September was a veryproud day for SS Peter and Paul JNSin Balbriggan as they welcomedLieutenant Martin McMahon andCorporate Brian Geraghty from theDefence Forces as part of the Flagsfor Schools Initiative. They presentedpupils Julia, Lorcan and Sam with theIrish flag and a copy of the 1916Proclamation. As part of Ireland’sCentenary Programme to commemo-rate the 1916 Rising next year, everyprimary school in the North County

and beyond will be presented withthe Irish flag. S.S. Peter and Paul’swere lucky to be one of the firstschools selected.The whole school was entertained inthe yard with a poem and readingfrom the Proclamation by Julia, read-ings from Lorcan and Sam, somelively Irish dancing from Iveta andRobert. Ms Ní Mhaonaigh’s 2nd classstood proud and sang Amhrán nabhFiann beautifully. Thanks go to thepupils, staff, parents, members of theBoard of Management andLieutenant McMahon and CorporateGeraghty for helping to celebrate thisspecial day.

Pictured here are students from Fingal Community College in Swords during theirCanadian canoeing session during their trip in Co. Lough.

Great Day Out For Swords Students Recently, theTransition Year (TY)classes of FingalCommunity College inSwords experienced athril l ing two dayadventure break inCarlingford, Co Louth.This was the firstopportunity for thegroup to get to knoweach other and to tryout new activities.Some of the activitiesincluded Canadiancanoeing, zip lining

and laser combat. Ineach activity theirc o m m u n i c a t i o n ,listening and teamworking skil ls wereput to the test as theybattled to completeeach task. The highlight for manystudents wasCanadian canoeingand jumping on atrampoline in themiddle of Carlingford.Students also experi-enced one of the

biggest zip l inecourses in Ireland asthey tackled thecomplex array of ziplines, rock climbingtowers, suspensionbridges, Tarzan swingsand tightropes. Laterthat evening, studentstook part in a murdermystery tour aroundthe picturesquevillage. The final daygave the studentsanother chance todevelop their teamworking skills as theytook part in lasercombat in a nearbyforest. Great tacticswere deployed by bothteams and a game of“catch the teddy” hadto be completed todecide the victoriousteam. For many students,this adventure breakwas a chance to makenew friends and tostep out of theircomfort zone and totry new things. If thisouting is anything togo by, this is set to bewill be a positive andproductive year for allinvolved in the TYprogramme in theSwords school.

This review is about the book“Oh Come All Ye Tasteful” by IanFlitcroft from 2015, published byLegend Times Group. It is aninterestingly written, amusingcooking guide to “surviving” theChristmas festivities by servingyour guests a dinner, adequatefor a millionaire.It is a very entertaining andfunny book, written in anamusing style and giving thereader new recipes and sugges-tions for the menu as well asbackground information of the respective history. Theauthor uses many quotes to support his information,for example from T.S. Eliot, Mark Twain and especiallyfrom Charles Dickens. Furthermore, most pagescontain some cute and funny illustrations to attract thereader and to keep him curious about the rest of thebook.Flitcroft gives a range of possibilities for the menu withsome funny but rather unusual and non-standard

recipes like square eggs ortoast soldiers. Additionally,he supports his sugges-tions with backgroundinformation, like thehistory of champagne.His way of writing is veryentertaining and oftenquite ironic, which givesthe book somethingspecial. He uses a lot ofsarcasm, metaphors andquotes to present hisrecipes in a unique,

picturesque and interesting way, which raises thereader’s interest to continue. Furthermore, he usessophisticated vocabulary and his writing is very wellresearched, especially due to his journeys around theworld. Although the subtitle “The Foodie’s Guide to aMillionaire’s Christmas Feast” already indicates thatthe author’s suggestions are rather expensive, theintroduction conveys that the book can help the readerto create an impressive Christmas dinner. This mightbe hard for the less wealthy people, because some ofthe recommended groceries cost a lot, especiallyAperitifs and Wines, and Flitcroft hardly offers cheaperalternatives. But it can really help the more discerningpeople to serve an extraordinary dinner, not onlybecause the food is of high quality, but the ingredientsand the recipes are unique and special, like nibblesmade of Reindeer meat. For those who do not want tospend too much money, the book can be quite enter-taining as well, because of Flitcroft’s funny and inter-esting style, so it offers something for everyone.

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Property Tax CutMaintainedThe County Council has agreed to maintain the 15 percent cut property tax for local households.As part of a Fianna Fail motion, the cut was agreed by councillors, with the exception of Labour, the Green Party and some independents who were againstthe move. Local Senator Darragh O’Brien said, “This willprovide at least some relief to local families who arestruggling to manage the litany of extra bills and taxesimposed over the past two years.” “In April of this year, Fianna Fáil published a detailedreview of the Local Property Tax. In that review wespelled out the problems with the Government’s modeland spelled out an immediate and radical overhaul.Under our proposals the existing property tax bandsshould continue to apply until at least 2020,” he added. “It is clear that households in the North County areheavily penalised by this form of tax. The reduction of 15per cent will bring some relief but the council’s handsare tied beyond this. I am again calling on theGovernment to support our proposals at a national levelto help ease the burden of property tax on local house-holds.” Meanwhile, Labour councillor Duncan Smithexplained why his party put forward a Motion to reducethe property tax by just 10 per cent. “ The Labour groupon the Council put forward a Motion to reduce the prop-erty tax by 10 pe cent which would have reserved anextra €1.87 million specifically for housing, housingmaintenance and homeless services. It would havebeen a relatively modest increase in the housingbudget, but one much needed at this difficult time,”Smith explained.

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AQUARIUS Jan 20 - Feb 18This is a week when it would be better to dosomething than suffer from uncertainty. Onceyou take action, all changes; as all the indica-tions are that before the week is out you’ll bewondering what all the worry was about.

PISCES Feb 19 - Mar 20In the process of satisfying others’ concerns, willyou resolve a few of your own. However straight-forward things seem, only after exciting devel-opments around Friday will the picture - andyour future - be clear.

ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 20The highlight is on business. Tiresome as this is,particularly during the week’s first half, you’llsoon be thankful for what you’ve learned. Infact, you’ll be calling on facts that, only recently,were boring numbers.

TAURUS Apr 21 - May 20However cautious you are, you’re still likely tobe blamed for whatever arises. While this ispartly unfair, defending yourself achieves little.Biding your time does, however, as, before long,truth will win out.

Gemini May 21 - Jun 20With a business or financial matter you’ll wantto study all the facts. But others are facing facts,too. Enough that, by next week, they’re likely tohave changed their restrictive attitudes for a farmore flexible approach.

Cancer Jun 21 - Jul 22In all matters this week, ask tough questionsand you should get the right answers. And if youdon’t, next Monday’s potent aspect to the planettruth, Pluto, should force any remaining vitalfacts out into the open.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23The accent this week is on life’s loves and plea-sures; and your bubbly attitude will spark theentusiasm of others, who then join you intoturning previously dull activities into somethingmore exciting and enjoyable.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22You finally concentrate on what’s important.This, you’ll find, is easier than you expected. Somuch so, that you’ll be discussing ideas that,only a few days previously, simply wouldn’thave been possible.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 22You worry about hurting others; if not causing arift. The irony is that discussion of issues engen-ders the reverse. Suddenly those you’d thoughtsimply wouldn’t listen are being both morecommunicative and more considerate.

Scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 22Your initial reaction to ideas or offers is unlikelyto be positive. However, reject nothing now.Ideally, you’ll make no decisions until nextMonday’s powerful planetary change, whenthings suddenly fall into place.

Sagittarius Nov 23 - Dec 21You begin to be more assertive in all aspects ofyour life. Your timings good, too, as others willbe delighted with your new clarity. You’re goingto be standing up for a lot: your ideas, for othersand, most of all, for yourself.

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With local schools around theNorth County submittinghundreds of entries last year,and succeeding with theoverall national winner andfour regional winners,Sightsavers is calling on allbudding young artists acrossthe locality to enter the 2016Sightsavers Junior Painter ofthe Year featuring new theme‘Imagine 2030.’ Last year’swinner was Katie O’Brien (age9) from Holy Family SeniorNational School in Swords.She was awarded the topaward for her wonderfulcreation, ‘I Want You To See

Books Fly’.A lot can change in 15 years soSighstavers are inviting localprimary school students to beinspired and create an artworkthat shows how they want theworld they live in to look in theyear 2030. Student artistshave a chance to win appropri-ately arty prizes not just forthemselves but for their class-mates too, and substantialcash prizes of €200, €300 and€1,000 for their schools. Embracing creativity andeducation are the core objec-tives of the Junior Painter ofthe Year competition.

Speaking about the launch ofthis year’s awards, SightsaversIreland CEO, Michael Marrensaid: “We are looking forwardto seeing all of the fantasticcreations this year in the JuniorPainter of the Year Awards2016. Every year Sightsaversaims to educate and informprimary school children of thevalue of sight and the impactblindness has on the educationof children all over the world.”Fifteen regional winners will beselected and will have theopportunity to see their workdisplayed at a special AwardsDay in February 2016 wherethree overall national winnerswill be announced. The closing date for entry isNovember 27th.

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Pictured at the launch of Skerries Soundwaves Festival atSkerries Mills are committee members, Niamh Quigley,Grainne Enright and Ernestine Woelger

O’Brien Meets IFAPresident Over LocalGrowersLocal Senator DarraghO’Brien (FF) recentlymet with the Presidentof the Irish Farmers’Association, EddieDowney to highlightthe need to protectlocal fruit andvegetable producers.Speaking at theFianna FáilParliamentary Partythink-in in Howthrecently, O’Brienoutlined the threat tolocal growers of belowcost-sell ing by bigmultiples.“A fair price forproduce is the founda-tion of the agriculturesector. Local fruit andvegetable growersmust be supported inmaintaining a fairprice for their goods.

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The annual Youth Sport (small grant) Scheme2015 has just been opened for applicationsfrom clubs within the North County. Theclosing date for receipt of completed applica-tions to Fingal Sports Unit is 4pm Friday 16thOctober. If you have any queries pleasecontact the sports office of the County Counciland please note that the Sports Office teamis available to assist any club with thecompletion of the forms.

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The First round of theClub Championship JonesCup producing somegreat performances withthe top five players sepa-rated by only one strokeand the round winnerhitting a seven under parto take the game. Firstround winner LiamO’Rourke Net 47, R/upJoan Homan Net 48[ob6]from Shelly O’Shea.Wednesday pairsscramble winners RoryHoman and MaryKennedy Net 42 congrat-ulations to Mary with ahole in one on the 11thwhich clinched victoryfrom Eddie Madden andMaura Lynch Net43[ob9]from Nick Savage andBreda Finnegan.

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Let’s AttractOur YoungPeople Home Fine Gael MEP, Brian Hayes has highlighted thedisparity between Irish tax rates and those ofour close competitors who compete not only forour trade but also for our educated young.

Hayes, speaking in Dublin said: “Ireland is anextreme outsider as regards tax rates on singlepeople when compared to our four mainEnglish speaking competitors.” Commenting on moves for increasedtax transparency, he said that thismust not be done out of sync withother countries. He went on: “Weshould also remember that this isnot about moving towards aharmonised EU tax system. Taxcompetition between Member States isgood for business. The EU has no competencyon corporate tax rates – this is a matter solelyfor Member States. When tax matters aredecided at EU level, there should be respectgiven to the unanimity principle, which meansthat tax proposals must be agreed unanimouslyby Member States before being adopted.”On the central stage the question of quantita-tive easing is back on the agenda. Mario Draghi

the head of the European Central Bank has saidthat economic conditions had become morechallenging over the summer. He would not bedrawn on what the bank’s intentions are. But itis clear that with the weaker than expectedrecovery of the EU economy and the ongoinglow inflation rate serious consideration must begiven to further boosting the QE programme.While Tsipras won the greater proportion of thevotes in the recent Greek election he was againforced to find partners to form a government.One appointment from the NationalistIndependent Party managed to stay in office forjust twelve hours. He resigned as deputy trans-port Minister following a series of social mediaposts which had homophobic, racist and anti-semitic content.

In Germany Chancellor Merkel is facingdifficulties which were aired when she

meet with the PMs of the individualstates. Merkel has moved to addressthe PMs’concerns over her approachto the immigrant crisis. TheChancellor has responded by

committing additional funding tosupport the individual states with the

cost associated with the settlementprogramme. She has also committed toamending the asylum laws. Merkel said “Wewant to protect those who need it,” whilecontinuing yet on the other hand, we want toclarify, that those who don’t have the right behere have to leave.”This highlights the need for all EU states topursue a common policy evenly and fairlyimplemented.

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Continued from page 1Under Wellbeing, Swords hasbeen assessed as welcoming,clean and safe. Under Movement,Swords demonstrated a securepattern of arrival, circulation anddeparture. In the area of BroadAppeal, Swords was able to showthat it is a town that is a vibrantchoice and has a rich mix ofappeal to customers visiting at

night. Under the category ofPlace, Swords demonstrated thatit is a stimulating destination anda vital place.The assessors also reported thatSwords’ greatest asset is clearlyits location and increasing popula-tion and that the development ofthe ‘cultural quarter’ is welcomeand an exciting prospect for thetown. The Wright Venue, Ireland’slargest entertainment venueclearly impressed the assessorswho reported that it is an exampleof ‘best in class’. The assessorssaid that from the very visiblecustomer care, health and safetypolicies, comprehensive standardoperating procedures and imme-diate updating of information via abespoke mobile app, the seniorstaff and team leaders in thisvenue were most impressive. “Let’s paint the town purple,” said

Tony Lambert CEO of the FingalDublin Chamber. He continued,“This is a great achievement forSwords and the local businesscommunity. The town is nowrecognised internationally aswelcoming, clean and safe and isa stimulating destination for visi-tors. I’m absolutely delighted thatthe work put in by all the partici-pants in the working group, has

resulted in this fantastic award. Iparticularly want to thank NoeleenMcHugh and Toni Hogan in FingalCounty Council for the trojan workthey put into this.”He continued, “The collaborationbetween the Council, local busi-nesses, gardai and many otherstakeholders , shows the wayforward . More collaborationbetween everyone will makeSwords an even better place. TheChamber looks forward to partici-pating in and providing leadershipas part of this collaboration,” hesaid.Toni Hogan, Purple Flag Co-Ordinator from Fingal CountyCouncil said “Collaboration is thekeystone of the Purple Flagprocess and all the partners in thisinitiative worked extremely hardto achieve Purple Flag status.” Paul Reid, Chief Executive of

Fingal County Council has alsopraised the Working Group forthis achievement. “Everyone hasplayed their part in achieving thePurple Flag for Swords includingthe businesses, the local media,the Chamber, and the electedmembers and staff of FingalCounty Council”, he said.Local councillor, Joe Newman, oneof the working group, was alsothrilled at the granting of thePurple Flag. He said, “This is anacknowledgement of the greatplace Swords is to visit and I’d liketo congratulate all the local busi-

nesses for playing their part inproviding an enjoyable experiencefor visitors,” he said.Philip Kolvin QC, Chairman of thePurple Flag Board said: “The sustained growth of thePurple Flag initiative is high-lighting the important challengeof creating a balanced, safe andvibrant night-time offering. Eacharea achieving this award hasdisplayed how local organisationsworking together in partnershipwith the public can create positiveand innovative outcomes. It isinspiring to witness the ongoingdiversity of efforts from all accred-ited towns; old and new alike.” Swords will officially receive thePurple Flag accreditation alongwith five towns who have hadtheir status renewed at an awardsceremony on the 3rd November inGuildford, Surrey.

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Continued from page 1“These plans are nothing short of pathetic.While on the surface extending the DART seemslike a positive announcement for North CountyDublin, the reality is that this alone will notimprove capacity on the line. In fact, there arereal fears that the move will result in a scalingback of the highly valuable commuter trainservices serving Balbriggan, Skerries,Rush&Lusk, Donabate and the north county,” hesaid. He took a swipe at Paschal Donohoe whenhe said, “If the Transport Minister thinks thatthe DART is a viable replacement for commutertrains, he is sorely mistaken. Both modes oftransport offer an important service to NorthCounty communities, and both are packed wellbeyond capacity at rush hour on a daily basis.What the Minister should be doing is looking atincreasing the reach and capacity of bothservices. We need a firm commitment from himnow that the commuter trains, which offer quicktransport into town, will be maintained in full,”he concluded.His namesake and Green Party General Electioncandidate, Joe O’Brien also has hit out atMinister Pascal Donohoe’s plans for the railsystem in North County Dublin.He said, “I don’t think the northern line

commuters I share the train with during theweek will be very excited about a seven yearwait for improvements to the service providedfor Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Donabate,Malahide and Portmarnock.”“That is, of course if they have a seat, which isincreasingly hard to come by on these over-loaded trains in the morning and evening. Giventhis government’s disinterest in public transportI think this can at best be seen as a weak elec-tion promise,” he said.Barry Kenny of Iarnród Eireann told the CountyLeader that capacity is certain to be increased.“The DART extension to Balbriggan will defi-nitely lead to more capacity, because any newproject of this size is aimed at providing forgrowth. As Balbriggan will be a terminus, wewill be constructing additional sidings there tofacilitate trains to return to the city. There willbe a lot of work on foundations, substations andsignalling, but from an engineering stand, therewill be no issue. Kenny envisages that theproject should take no longer that four years tocomplete, two years for design and statutoryapproval and a further two years for construc-tion. It’s all about meeting demand and is partof the overall plan to bring DART to Drogheda,”he said.

Some Uncertainty OverBenefit Of DART Extension

Sergeant Kevin Tonner (4th from left) hosts the group at Swords Garda Station.

New research has shown that only32 per cent of people have anaudible carbon monoxide alarm intheir home. The research wascarried out to mark CarbonMonoxide Awareness Week.Tommy McAnairey, the famousbright yellow canary balladeerwho is the brand ambassador forCarbon Monoxide AwarenessWeek, recently urged the peopleof the North County to take action

on carbon monoxide, the lethalgas which claims the lives of sixpeople across the country eachyear.Carbon monoxide (also known asCO) can be released by any fuelthat burns, including coal, turf, oil,gas and wood, however there aretwo simple steps which peoplecan take to safeguard against it:Get fuel-burning appliancesserviced and chimneys swept

every year and install an audiblecarbon monoxide alarm in yourhome. Speaking on behalf of Age Actionat the launch of the single, JustinMoran, Head of Advocacy andCommunications said, “We’redelighted to be involved in thisimportant campaign to helpeducate people across the localityon the dangers associated withcarbon monoxide. Recent researchcarried out prior to the campaignshows that 100,000 people overthe age of 65 and living alone areat risk of CO because they don’thave a carbon monoxide alarm.We want to do all that we can toraise awareness to ensure olderpeople are safe from carbonmonoxide in their homes.”

Locals Urged To BeAware Of CarbonMonoxide Dangers

Autumn Break For Malahide Retirement GroupFor their autumn break, the Malahide Active Retirement Association is planning a four-night dinner,bed and breakfast at the Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore, County Offaly, which will cost €62,25 pernight with a single supplement of €10. The break will take place from the 18th to the 22nd ofOctober. For further information, please contact: Audrey Gilbert on 01 8459830.

Bereavement Support In Malahide The Malahide Bathany Bereavement Support Group meets every Monday morning from 10.30am to11am and every second Monday of the month at 7.30pm in the parish centre in Malahide.

North CountyExcels AgainContinued from page 1This year, Dublin has been included in theMidland and East region, making it even harderto win. The four Dublin local authority regionsare included here which means that there arenow only four regions, instead of the usualseven regions. Regardless of this new system,our North County towns continue to excel, withSkerries winning the Regional Award. Malahide, with a total of 303 points, up threealso put in an excellent showing and theyretained their Gold medal status, which waswarmly welcomed by the team of volunteerspresent on the day. The other performance ofnote was the fact that Lusk, with a total of 293points, up six on last year’s great score secureda Bronze medal, the first time the town has beenrecognised in this way.A special word of thanks and praise is well and

truly deserved for our wonderful Tidy Townscommittees and their marvellous volunteers,who have brought honour, and a sense ofabsolute pride to the North County. Each yearthey raise the bar to new heights, and this yearhas been no exception, as every team went up inpoints and achieved their best score yet. As isusual, the standard reached was incredibly high.While it was a great day for those who wererecognised for their achievements, much creditand praise must go to all of the towns andvillages who gave of their all to impress thejudges. Every evening, tireless volunteers couldbe seen tidying their districts. These volunteersare the cornerstone of our society and reflectvolunteerism at its very best. Without theseunsung heroes, our areas would be all thepoorer, and credit must be given to them, forwithout them, none of this would be possible.Their work and commitment was no less intensethan that of the winners, so they can lookforward to next year and draw inspiration fromthe wonderful achievements of Skerries, Luskand Malahide.Well done to all our wonderful Tidy Towns volunteers.

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EARLY, Seamus (Kinsealy, Dublin/ Oldtown,Dublin). Suddenly, at home, Thursday 17thSeptember. Rest in peace.

HUGHES, Niall (Lusk) 23rd September 2015peacefully at his home after a short illness,deeply regretted by his loving wife Margie,sons Mark and Niall (Jnr) mother Maureen,brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Restin peace.

KENNY, Margaret (Swords) 23rd September2015 peacefully at Beaumont Hospital; sadlymissed by her loving sisters Cecilia, Laurieand May, brothers Liam and Christy,brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews,nieces, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

LEAHY , Brian (Loughshinny) 23rdSeptember 2015 peacefully after a shortillness, Brian loving husband of Sinead(Kelly), adored daddy of Aisling, Emma andRachel and much loved son of Michael andJeanne. Very sadly missed by his lovingfamily, brother Kevin, Ursula, Colin and Amy,brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces,nephews, relatives and friends. Rest inpeace.

COOLEY, Thomas (Mousey) (Finglas) 22ndSeptember 2015, at Connolly Hospital, latetaxi driver, beloved husband of the lateMargaret; sadly missed by his loving sonsThomas, Martin and Alan, daughtersLorraine, Patricia and Deirdre, sons-in-law,daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brother Gerrard, relatives andfriends. Rest in peace.

MCCARVILLE , Eileen (nee O’Mahony)(Portmarnock) 22nd September 2015 peace-fully in Beaumont Hospital surrounded byher loving family. Eileen will be very sadlymissed by her loving husband Tom, daugh-ters Orla and Gwen, son Mark, sons-in-lawDave and Gary, daughter-in-law Joely, grand-children, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law,extended family and friends. Rest in peace.

SMITH, Anne (nee Valentine) (Swords) 22ndSeptember 2015 suddenly at BeaumontHospital, beloved wife of the late Peter;sadly missed by her loving sons Paul, Peterand Aiden, daughter-in-law Lisa, grandchil-dren Kelly and Shane, brothers, sisters, rela-tives, neighbours and friends. Rest in peace.

PALMER, Elizabeth (nee Pidgeon) (Skerries)20 September 2015 peacefully at the BeaconHospital; beloved wife of the late Paul andloving mother of Paulette, Caroline and thelate Deirdre; sadly missed by her daughters,her surviving sisters May, Patricia, Louiseand Joan, son-in-law Martin, grandchildren,great grandchildren (Ireland and USA)nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Restin peace.

MADDEN, Marguerite (Rita) (nee O’ Connor)(Malahide) 18 September 2015 peacefully atKiltipper Woods Care Centre, Dublin. Wife ofthe late Seamus. Sadly missed by herdaughters Attracta and Laura, sons Stephenand David, sons-in-law Nigel Allen and MarkMc Dowell, daughters-in-law Claire Fullerand Jane Nye, sister Fedelma, brothersSeamus and John, grandchildren, relativesand friends. Rest in peace.

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Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought to retainexisting extension to rear ofexisting house and to allowcompletion of first floor extensiongranted to the side of the existinghouse which includes alterationsto the existing roof under plan-ning permission Reg. Ref:F08B/0274 at 22 Newtownparks,Skerries, for Noel & Ann MulvihillThe planning application may beinspected or purchased at a feenot exceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the offices ofFingal County Council, CountyHall, Main St, Swords, Co. Dublin,during its public opening hours.A submission or observation inrelation to the application may bemade in writing to the PlanningAuthority on payment of theprescribed fee, €20, within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by theauthority of the application, andsuch submissions or observationswill be considered by the PlanningAuthority in making a decision onthe application. The PlanningAuthority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditions,

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Fingal County CouncilPermission is soughtto vary condition no. 2of PL06F.244652,(F14A/ 0464) whichlimited the opening /closing hours of therestaurant from 2230hours to 0800 hourson any one day. Thisapplication seeks torevise the closinghours of the restau-rant unit to 2400hours Monday toSunday at Unit 6 StFintan's, North St,Swords for Four StarPizza (Ireland) Ltd,66 Fitzwilliam Sq,Dublin 2.

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Malahide and PortmarnockAdverts must be supplied by email toplanning@northcountyleader.ieor by visiting:www.northcountyleader.ie/planningyou can also post your advert on a disk toNorth County Leader, Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin

Architects based outside our distribution area can pick up the paperfrom our offices or at pick-up points listed on page 2.

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The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a feenot exceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the offices ofFingal County Council, CountyHall, Main St, Swords, Co. Dublin,during its public opening hours.A submission or observation inrelation to the application may bemade in writing to the PlanningAuthority on payment of theprescribed fee, €20, within theperiod of5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of theapplication, and such submissionsor observations will be consideredby the Planning Authority inmaking a decision on the applica-tion.The Planning Authority may grantpermission subject to or withoutconditions, or may refuse to grantpermission.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought byD Murphy for extension to rear ofdwelling at Walshestown, Lusk,Co. Dublin. This planning applica-tion may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceedingthe reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the planningauthority during its public openinghours and a submission or obser-vation may be made to theauthority in writing on payment ofthe prescribed fee 20 euro withinthe period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by theauthority of this application.

Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought for adetached 2 storey dwelling withwidened existing entrance & asso-ciated site works on site to side of

existing house @ 64 Selskar Road,Skerries, Co. Dublin for C. & K.Copeland. The planning applica-tion may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceedingthe reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the planningauthority during the publicopening hours and a submissionor observation in relation to theapplication may be made inwriting to the planning authorityon payment of the prescribed fee(20 euros), within the period of 5weeks, beginning on the date ofreceipt by Fingal County Council ofthe application.

Fingal County CouncilPacon Waste & Recycling Ltd.seeks planning permission foralterations and extension toapproved plans (Planning Ref.F14A/0429). The extension is foran infill single storey extension,floor area 285m2, max. height10.0m & associated siteworks attheir existing facility atStephenstown Business Park,Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co.Dublin. This proposal is in accor-dance with Local Objective 43 – Tofacilitate the expansion of theexisting waste facility. The plan-ning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of theplanning authority during thepublic opening hours and asubmission or observation in rela-tion to the application may bemade in writing to the planningauthority on payment of theprescribed fee (20 euros), withinthe period of 5 weeks, beginningon the date of receipt by FingalCounty Council of the application.

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