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SouthsidePeop eTEL: 01 8621611. www.dublinpeople.com Vol.20. No.34 27 August - 2 September 2014

LITTERBUGS!

Neil Fetherston

DUBLIN has earned its dirty old town moniker in thisyears IBAL Litter Survey, with parts of the Southside let-ting the side down.

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According to the latest survey bybusiness group Irish Business AgainstLitter, while Irelands towns continueto get cleaner, the main cities remainlittered.

Parts of Dublin, Cork and Limerickoccupy the six lowest positions in thetable of 40 areas surveyed, with Tal-laght joining Dublins North Inner Cityand Farranree in Cork at the very bot-tom.

While the North Inner City andFarranree were exposed as litterblack spots, Tallaght did not fair muchbetter as it was littered.

Kilkenny and Cavan were onceagain Irelands cleanest towns, withKillarney, Tramore and Longford

among the 18 towns to be deemedcleaner than the European average.

By contrast, Tallaght, DublinsNorth Inner City and Farranree wererooted at the foot of the table, withmost having deteriorated since lastyear.

There has always been a dispar-ity between cities and towns, but thissurvey shows the gap in cleanlinessis as wide as ever, said Conor Horganof IBAL. Were just not seeing theprogress in cities that we need. Whiletourist areas generally have faredvery well, how can we project Irelandas a clean country to visit if large partsof three main cities are littered?Continued on page 2

Tallaght fares badly in surveywhile Dun Laoghaire improves

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LITTERBUGS!

FROM PAGE 1Noting a disappointing slip

in performance in Dublin City,the report by An Taisce cited Kil-mainham and areas near theGuinness Storehouse as littered,alongside Talbot Street andAmiens Street.

Dublin can no longer becalled clean, the report finds.

Less than half the sites sur-veyed got the top litter gradeand even some of the moder-ately littered sites could easilybecome heavily littered if notaddressed, for example, MayLane, Watling Street and MarketStreet South.

It is a pity that the touristsvisiting the Guinness Storehouse(the No 1 fee-paying tourist des-tination) are presented withsuch a littered environment.

The residential areas of StAugustine Street and Old Kil-mainham were both seriouslylittered sites. On the positiveside, OConnell Street was in

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very good order and clearly aclose eye is kept on such a busystreet.

There was a better result forDun Laoghaire, which scoredvery well as it improved on its2013 result.

Some areas were beingworked upon (for example thePeoples Park) and the surveyornoted what seems like a newinitiative with regard to dogs, ieGreen Dog Walkers: perhapsthis is something that could beadopted in other locations?

Georges Street Lower wasin good order but the high num-ber of vacant outlets was verynoticeable. The L-shaped lane -way from York Road to GeorgesStreet Lower has relapsed to itsseriously littered state.

Referring to Tallaght, the re-port said it was a poor resultwith just three top ranking sitesout of 10.

Recent results for the areahave been particularly disap-pointing, as it had been previ-ously deemed clean, the reportfinds.

The presence of two seri-ously littered and two litter blackspots brings down the overallranking significantly. Two of themoderately littered sites couldeasily be top ranking with a littleextra care and attention.

The residential area ofBrookfield View and environswas in a poor state with the siteopposite subject to dumping.

The survey found that sweetpapers were by far the mostcommon form of litter, followedby cigarette butts, fast foodwrappers and chewing gum.Most recycling areas were lit-tered, with car parks and resi-dential areas more likely to belittered than other sites.

THE number of cruise passengers landing in DunLaoghaire will exceed those landing in Dublin Port forthe first time next year, it has emerged.

According to Gerry Dunne, CEO of the Dun Laoghaire Har-bour Company, the number of cruise bookings has grown ex-ponentially and 2015 will be the most successful year for DunLaoghaire in terms of attracting cruise passengers to the har-bour.

A total of 23 cruise vessels have been confirmed to visitDun Laoghaire in 2015, Mr Dunne said. The size of theseships is such that they will bring a record 66,867 passengers.With Dublin Port expecting to attract 60,751 cruise passengers,it will be a record year for Dublin Bay.

And next year will be the first year where the number ofcruise passengers landing in Dun Laoghaire will exceed thoselanding in Dublin Port.

Bumper yearahead for cruiseship numbers

A SOUTHSIDE councillor has penned a new charity sin-gle inspired by the new Rosie Hackett Bridge span-ning the Liffey.

The song, entitled The Bal-lad of Rosie Hackett, was writ-ten by Cllr Dermot Lacey, (Lab)composed by Martin Tourishwith vocals by Geraldine Finnfor ALONE, the charity that caresfor older people in need.

The CEO of ALONE, SeanMoynihan, said: All moneyraised from the sale of The Bal-lad of Rosie Hackett will directlyfund vital services for older peo-ple.

We are truly thankful forthe time, efforts and talent ofDermot, Martin and Geraldine,their support is really appreci-ated. We hope that people willmake an effort to take two min-utes from their day and down-load the song from iTunes insupport of ALONE.

In May of this year, the newbridge over the Liffey, The RosieHackett Bridge, was officiallyopened.

Cllr Dermot Lacey was thehead of the naming committeethat involved the public andpeople from many walks ofDublin life.

The five names that madethe final shortlist for the nam-ing of the bridge were the BramStoker, Rosie Hackett, Kay Mills,Frank Duff and the founder ofALONE, Willie Bermingham.

Motivated by Rosie, thewoman who founded the IrishWomen Workers Union, CllrLacey, as head of the namingcommittee, put pen to paperand wrote a ballad.

Having written the song,Cllr Lacey drafted in GeraldineFinn, a singer from Co Galwayto sing the vocals and MartinTourish, a Dublin-based accor-dionist, composer and producerto compose the track.

Cllr Lacey felt that it wouldbe a fitting tribute for all pro-ceeds from sales of The Balladof Rosie Hackett to go toALONE, the charity founded byshortlisted Willie Bermingham.

With the finished track, heapproached ALONE and signedover full copyright of the songto the charity.

"I hope that over the years

these two great Dubliners,Rosie Hackett and WillieBermingham, will be foreverassociated and that ALONE canraise some vital funds to helpfund services for older peoplefrom the sale of this song, CllrLacey said.

The Ballad of Rosie Hackettis available for download oniTunes for 99 cents.

ALONE can be contacted on(01) 6791032 by those whohave concerns about their ownwellbeing, or the wellbeing ofa vulnerable older person in thecommunity or visit www.alone.ie

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Dalkeys Deirdre sweeps the boards at transplant gamesNeil Fetherston

A SOUTHSIDE woman who received a liver transplant 10years ago has arrived home with a massive haul of acco-lades from the eighth European Transplant & Dialysis SportsChampionships in Krakow.

Deirdre Faul, from Dalkey,put in an outstanding perform-

ance in swimming events tobag a total of four medals in-

cluding one silver and threebronze.

The mother of twos win-ning streak comes just a weekafter she competed in theBritish Transplant Games inBolton where she won a stag-gering six gold medals and fourtrophies for swimming andsquash events.

Her fourth time taking partin the European Transplant &Dialysis Championships sawDeirdre win medals for the 50m

Breast Stroke event and threebronze in the 100m BreastStroke, the 50m Freestyle andthe 400m freestyle.

At the British TransplantGame, Deirdre represented theRoyal Free Hospital where shereceived her transplant adecade ago.

Her trophies included adonor network trophy for bestfemale athlete in her age cate-gory and a squash super sen-iors trophy.

Deirdre was thrilled withthe outcome and is alreadylooking ahead to the WorldTransplant Games in Argentinanext year.

Swimming is a relativelynew sport for me so I am de-lighted, she said. The compe-tition was very tough, as wasadapting to the swimmingpool. This is getting me readyfor the World Games.

Deirdre stressed the impor-

tance of transplant sport in pro-moting organ donation and thehealth benefits of sport.

The whole point of comingto the games is to show thehealth benefits of sport and thebenefits of a healthy lifestyle.The games promote that organdonation works and is ex-tremely worthwhile.

Deirdre is an avid sports-woman and a fantastic advo-cate for organ donation. This

year Deirdre celebrated her 10-year transplant anniversary bycarrying out an event eachmonth to raise awareness fororgan donation.

Events include a charity cal-endar, a Facebook campaignand placing donor cards in localchemists.

Deirdre believes that, eve -ry accomplishment starts withthe decision to try.

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Playground funds welcomed A TOTAL of e15,000 has been allocated to play andrecreation projects in the South inner city.

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, James Reillymade the funding under the Recreation Capital Grants Scheme.

The money will go to the repair and redevelopment of play-grounds in Cherry Orchard, Dublin 10, and Mount Brown, Dublin8, as well as on improving a public open space at St Teresa'sGardens. The funding will also provide for new play pods for chil-dren up to the age of 13, and teen zones for older children.

Deputy Catherine Byrne (FG) said: I have no doubt that thiswill prove extremely beneficial to young people living in thelocal area.

Deirdre Faul, from Dalkey, with her medals.

THOUSANDS of people turned out for a colourful night at the RoyalHospital, Kilmainham on Saturday, August 16 as Dublin celebratedits first Holi One festival.

Music lovers soaked up a packedday of colour, sun, excitement andentertainment from a host of DJs.

Stephan Dau, founder of Holi OneColour Festivals, was amazed at theturnout.

We were overwhelmed withthe number of people that attended

the event, he said. The Royal Hos-pital has provided the perfect venuefor people to celebrate the colour ofeveryday life with their friends. Werereally looking forward to the rest ofour tour of Holi One festivals in theUK this year.

Against a backdrop of dance andDJ music, revellers at Holi One threw

powders into the air to create an ex-plosion of colour and excitementaimed at celebrating togethernessand the colour of everyday life.

Last year, Holi One Colour festivalswere attended by 100,000 peopleworldwide and took place acrosscities and countries that included Lon-don, South Africa and Berlin.

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RT needs to prove it deserves our TV licence feeTony McCullagh

LAST week, I was forced against my will to watch the an-nual 'Lovely Girls' competition, aka 'The Rose of Tralee'. Ad-mittedly, I must take some responsibility for subjecting myeyes and ears to such old-fashioned nonsense. After all,this is car crash television - you know you shouldn't bewatching but there is something strangely compellingabout seeing how bad it is.

I have to confess I was rea-sonably impressed with someof the musical competency ondisplay. As for the poetry, well,let's just say that it wasn't to myparticular taste. Dith S didas good a job as any of his illus-

trious predecessors and seemedgenuinely at ease in his role ashost. No better man for a bit ofharmless banter with the ladies.

But within one hour of thisgreat big Kerry love-in, I couldtake no more and left the roomwhile my sanity was still rela-

tively intact. I was gutted whenI learnt that this was only thefirst night of the competitionand we would be doing it allover again the next day. It waslike abeing trapped in your ownversion of 'Groundhog Day' withbig gnas, tin whistles and atwinkly-eyed presenter whocould collectively charm all themammies of Ireland.

In a cruel twist of fate, thefollowing morning I received afinal demand for my TV licencefee. Not the best time to be re-minded that my hard-earnede160 is helping to fund the

State broadcaster's original out-put.

But in fairness, thebeauty/talent/nice personalitypageant in the Kingdom is onlya small part of what RT has tooffer. The station recently re-vealed its autumn schedule,with highlights including an-other season of the acclaimed'Love/Hate', as well as a dramaon the life of the flawed politi-cian Charles Haughey.

The fact that some of thesame actors will be appearingin both productions is a little bitworrying and smacks of lazi-ness. I find it hard to believe

Ryan Tubridy is not responsible for the flaws of 'TheLate Late Show'

that there is such a small pool oftalent in this country that we areforced to wheel out the samefaces time and time again.

Naturally, 'The Late LateShow' will again take its place atthe top of the table when itcomes to the autumn/winterschedule. The station's flagshipchat show has been in declinefor some time and it's not thefault of genial host Ryan Tubridy.For starters, it's far too long. Thismay not have been a problemwhen we were living in five-channel land but in an era ofdigital TV and Netflix, RT needsto realise that the viewer has ashorter attention span than indays of yore and wants instantgratification.

In recent years 'The LateLate' has largely become a vehi-cle for promoting the station'sother programmes or pluggingsome Z-lister's book. As for themusical content, let's just saythat a Garth Brooks cover bandwas a particular low point in thelast season for me personally.Tubridy has great empathy withthe guests that have harrowing,human stories to tell but seemsto struggle with the more low-brow stuff concerning has-beensoap actors or reality TV stars.And who could blame him forthat? At least give the guysomething he can work with.

RT should shave at least anhour off 'The Late Late Show'and concentrate on attracting ahigher calibre of guest if it wants

the nation to stop flicking overto Graham Norton at the earliestopportunity. It will take far morethan a fresh redesign of theshow's set to reverse the rot.

There is still much to loveabout RT. Its current affairs out-put, both on television, radioand online, has yet to bematched by its competitors, al-though the excellent Newstalkis nipping at the broadcaster'sheels in this regard. But withthe impending launch of Ulster

Television Ireland and the sta-tion's acquisition of prize bullPat Kenny, the media landscapeis set for radical change in 2015.

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Ranelagh to go green for annual arts festivalNeil Fetherston

RANELAGH is going green for the annual arts fes-tival that kicks off on Friday, September 12.

The theme of the 2014Ranelagh Arts Festival will beGreening to reflect the factthat hundreds of plants will findtheir way into pubs, onto walls,nestled in sacks and growing

out of tubs throughout the vil-lage.

An outdoor garden will becreated in the TriAngle, bonsaitrees will create another gardenin the arts centre and locals willopen their private gardens toshare their unseen treasures.

An outdoor visual arts proj-ect will see reclaimed doorstransformed into different typesof imaginary portals by localartists and displayed at a dis-used site in Ranelagh Village.

Meanwhile, walking and cy-cling tours around green and in-teresting spaces will alsoexplore the artistic and historicculture of the area.

There will be a celebrationof local artists, singers and ac-tors with performances by Em-ilie Conway, The RanelaghSingers and the Ranelagh Play-ers, and a world premier bylocal playwright Miriam Gal-lagher.

The festival will even incor-porate talents from fartherafield with the exhibition ofwork by several renownedartists from Ireland and Italy inIncontri Europei EuropeanMeetings, the festivals main vi-

sual arts event.We are honoured by the

return of internationally knownmusician Donal Lunny, who willbe joined by Leitrim singerEleanor Shanley and fiddle vir-tuoso Paddy Glackin, one ofthe organisers said. We wel-come the fiddle player AnnaFalkenau from Galway who willbe launching her new CDFileacn na Saoirse (The But-terfly of Freedom). And we areprivileged that Johnny Fean andStephen Travers have agreed totake part in our festival too.

The involvement of An-thony Cronin, Frank McGuinnessand Gabriel Rosenstock in thisyears festival blends the bestof local with the very best ofour national talents.

It is going to be an inter-esting few weeks celebratingthis decade long festival withnationally important figures inthe intimacy of our own vil-lage.

The festival ends on a highnote on Sunday 28 withRanelagh Day in Ranelagh Gar-dens with fun activities to keepeveryone entertained.

Emile Conway will be one of the stars at the RanelaghArts Festival.

Dublin says slinte tonew whiskey museumIN A little over two months the face of College Greenwill be truly enhanced with the launch of the IrishWhiskey Museum.

Opening in November,after two years of planning,eight months of constructionand over e2 million of invest-ment, Dublins newest visitorattraction will bring the tale ofIrish whiskey to life.

Converting an idle buildingfalling into disrepair in theheart of the city centre, this in-teractive ultra-modern experi-ence will offer an experienceunlike any other of its kind inDublin.

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bilia dating back to the 1800sblended with a modern twist,it is a new concept forwhiskey attractions in Ireland.

An independent projectconceived by director KeithMcDonnell, owner of ExtremeEvent Ireland, the project aimsto provide a true reflection ofIrish whiskey.

Located on Failte IrelandsDubline, a new initiative todevelop the region betweenTrinity College and ThomasStreet to enhance the touristexperience, a small level of

funding was provided by FailteIreland to get the projected fi-nalised.

Delighted to be offeringemployment to 25 full timestaff, Mr McDonnell stated: Isee SMEs playing a critical rolein bringing Ireland out of therecession. It was such ashame to see a beautifulbuilding at the heart of thecity falling into disrepair.

Once the idea was born Iwas pleased to know that itwould provide employment tothe local community, offersomething new to visitors andwould assist somewhat inbuilding our whiskey exportreputation.

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Successful Dn Laoghaire business model leads the wayNeil Fetherston

THE new e1.25 million Dn Laoghaire Business Improve-ment District is transforming the fortunes of the local busi-ness community and the model is set to be emulated bytowns and cities across Ireland.

This is according to BIDChairman Don McManus whowas speaking at last weeks of-ficial launch of the new Busi-ness Improvement Districtwebsite, which represents over800 ratepayers in the area.

Business representativesfrom other towns have alreadyrequested meetings with theDn Laoghaire BID board to findout how they can introduce

similar into their localities.The dissolution of town

councils across Ireland has lefta vacuum, Mr McManus said.

The BID model has alreadyexperienced tremendous suc-cess in the UK in recent yearswith over 151 BID areas alreadyestablished.

It is a model that is alreadyworking here in Dundalk andDublin City Centre and now Dn

Laoghaire. Following the introduction

of the Dn Laoghaire BusinessImprovement District less thanfive months ago, the successeshave led to six-figure savingsfor businesses in the area.

Mr McManus told thosegathered that BID membershad already saved businesspeople in excess of e120,000in less than four months of op-eration through partnershipwith expert consultants whotake the mystery out of gas,electricity and other utility pay-ments.

The savings nullify the BIDlevy for most businesses andin fact many make muchgreater savings, he added.

The hi-tech new BID web-site (dun laoghaire.ie) is de-signed to attract newbusinesses to the area andshowcases available vacantpremises, the rent costs and thegrants and offers that are avail-able to those interested inopening premises in the area.

For example, many newbusinesses that open in DnLaoghaire will be able to availof an attractive grant wherebythey will pay no rates in the firsttwo years of operation.

The website will further actas a portal for all 806 busi-nesses that will own their veryown page on the site, whichthey can access directly and up-

date as required. We are marketing Dn

Laoghaire like a shopping cen-tre, Mr McManus declared. Itis affordable when everyonecontributes a little 70 per centof businesses are paying lessthan e200 per annum andthrough initiatives such as col-lective bargaining and market-ing, the benefits and savingswill far outweigh the costs.

Now is an ideal time fornew business to invest in thearea.

The event also saw the offi-cial launch of the search for1,000 Dn Laoghaire shoppingchampions.

BID manager, Sven Spollen-Behrens said the search was onfor Champions for the Destina-tion Dun Laoghaire campaign.

We are asking people tomake a serious commitmentand join a community of like-minded, action-oriented peoplewho are keen to see improve-ments in the town, he said.

The Destination DunLaoghaire Champions pledge tocontribute a once-off e10 tofund the campaign, commit toswitching more of their spendin the town and make an effortto take up at least one of theemailed offers each week for atleast 40 of the 52 weeks.

Deputy Mary Mitchell OConnor helps launch the new Destination Dun Laoghaire shop-ping campaign. Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne

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Neil Fetherston

PEOPLE all over Dublin are being urged to join the coffeerevolution and raise much needed funds for their local hos-pice service.

On Thursday, September 18thousands will be taking part inIrelands Biggest Coffee Morn-ing.

An institution since it firststarted brewing 22 years ago,over 15 million cups of Bew-leys coffee have been enjoyedand an estimated e30 millionraised for hospice care nation-wide.

The huge success of Ire-lands Biggest Coffee Morninghas been boosted by the devel-opment of a thriving coffee cul-ture, with the country goingcrazy for a good brew.

On September 18 people inworkplaces, homes and localorganisations across Dublin arebeing asked to hold a coffeemorning and collect e2 for

each cup of Bewleys fresh cof-fee consumed.

Speaking at the launch, TVand radio presenter Lottie Ryansaid: I am delighted to be sup-porting Irelands Biggest CoffeeMorning this year and I wouldurge anyone who loves a coffeein the morning to get involvedand raise money for their localhospice.

The death of a loved one isa really stressful and upsettingtime for families, and the sup-port and care the hospice pro-vides makes a real difference.

The hospice is close to myfamilys heart as my granddadwas looked after by Rahenyhospice. The care and supportthey gave our family will al-ways be remembered.

On September 18, I will beenjoying my morning Bewleyscoffee knowing that I am alsoraising much needed funds formy local hospice, St FrancisHospice in Raheny.

All money raised locally at#coffee4hospice events stayslocally and goes directly back tofund local hospice care services.

Hospice or palliative care isfor patients and their familiesat the stage in a serious illnesswhere the focus has switchedfrom treatment aimed at cureto ensuring quality of life.

Money raised on September 18will go towards supporting themany hospice home careteams countrywide.

Our Ladys Hospice and CareServices began in 1879 andwas supported by the estab-lishment of Blackrock Hospicein 2003.

They currently offer a serv-ice for palliative care, commu-nity palliative care, day hospice,respite, rheumatology unit anda community re-ablement unit.

Mo Flynn, CEO, Our LadysHospice & Care Services, Black-

rock, said: Last year our com-munity palliative care teammade over 11,000 home visits.

In addition, we treatedover 700 people in palliativecare units, with over 2,800 dayhospice attendees in both OurLadys Hospice & Care Servicesand Blackrock Hospice.

Money raised through Ire-lands Biggest Coffee Morningwill enable us to maintain ex-isting services and meet in-creased demand for services inthe face of the ongoing cut-backs.

Money raised will also helpfund more hospice beds andassociated staff. Hospice serv-ices are facing ever increasingdemands on services and goingby current population figuresthere should be 450 hospicebeds in the country.

But today there are only anestimated 155 hospice bedsavailable with approximately44 ready but not yet opera-tional.

Anyone can host a coffeemorning and Bewleys providesthe fresh ground coffee free of

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tails on how to get your specialcomplimentary Bewleys freshground coffee pack can be ob-tained by contacting Dee Kin-nane, St Francis Hospice on01-8327535 or Ann Julian, OurLadys Hospice Care Service on01-4911072.

Alternatively, you may callthe Irish Hospice Foundation on01-6793188.

People can register to hosta coffee morning on www.Ire-landsbiggestcoffeemorning.ie

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OUT & ABOUT

Actress Angeline Ball who starred in The Commitments, is pictured with contestants Gary Griffin and Lynda Bate-man (Greystones) at the launch of Home Cook's Academy, sponsored by Safefood and Tesco. Angeline will presentthe new cook show which searches the country for Ireland`s best home cook heroes. Home Cook's Academy will air on TV3 from Thursday, September 4. Photo by Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

Kristi Kuudisiim and Lara Dunne (right) are pictured at the launch of the inaugural Irish Champions Weekendwhich takes place on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday 14 at Leopardstown racecourse and the Curragh. Alsopictured at the launch are Ivan Yates and Kate O'Sullivan.

Grainne Mackin of Luas Cross City and Simon OConnor of the Little Museum ofDublin are pictured at the launch of the City of a Thousand Welcomes, a greeter pro-gramme run by the Little Museum of Dublin to show visitors to the city what Irish hos-pitality is all about.

Alan and Barbara Tomlin from Sandyford, Jenny Hand from Crumlin and AidanByrne from Drimnagh visited the RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) for theBallroom of Romance.

Shari McDaid, Director of the Mental Health Reform (left) is pictured with volun-teers, Kieron Pierson, Melanie Murphy and Seosamh O'Neill at the launch of the Men-tal health services can be a lifesaver campaign that calls on the Government to investin community mental health services.

Almost 100 Irish indigenous companies have been recognised for outstanding levelsof business performance at the 2014 Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards, in as-sociation with Barclays Bank Ireland. Pictured at the awards are Kevin Sheehan andJoe Doyle of Donnybrook Fair. Photo by Jason Clarke Photography


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TWO of Americas top High School teams will go head-to-head in UCD this week as part of American Football Tour-nament GIFT 2014.

The Southside venue willhost the match on Friday, Au-gust 29, when Penn Manor andCedar Cliffs high schools fromPennsylvania travel overseas torenew a fierce rivalry on Irishsoil.

The match is part of theCroke Park Classic weekend thatwill culminate on Saturday, Au-gust 30 when University of Cen-tral Florida host Penn State in

their 2014 Season Opener atthe GAA HQ.

The Penn Manor Cometsand Cedar Cliff Colts will clash atthe UCD Bowl at 7pm under Fri-day Night Lights having lastmet in the first round of the2013 Pennsylvania State HighSchool playoffs.

Then, Penn Manor ralliedfrom 21 points down to nar-rowly win 35-34 with only a

missed extra point separatingthe teams. The two teams wona combined 19 games in 2013.

We could not wish for amore exciting matchup thantwo teams from a true hotbedof high school American foot-ball, said Global Football Pres-ident Patrick Steenberge.

Fans from Dublin and be-yond will be treated to a hard-fought and competitive clashbetween two in-state rivals. Iplayed my high school footballin Pennsylvania where there isa wonderful tradition aroundthese matches that we are ex-cited to bring over to Ireland.

Both matches will be

streamed live to the US byAertv.

We are pleased to be ableto make the game available toviewers around the world, andparticularly to fans in Pennsyl-vania and the United Stateseager to see this repeat of last

seasons fantastic PIAA playoffmatch up, said Mr Steenberge.

We anticipate many IrishAmerican football fans andthose traveling from the US forSaturdays Croke Park Classic tocome to the UCD Bowl to seethe game in person.

But for those who wereunable to cross the Atlantic,Aertv will allow them to catchall the action online.

Philippe Brodeur, director ofAertv, added: We are de-lighted to be a part of GIFT2014, an exceptional and

unique event in Ireland. Aertvgives real accessibility on everyplatform and device, which willbe really important for the fam-ilies and friends of players whocant make it over. Its the nextbest thing to being at thegame.

Penn Manor and Cedar Cliffs high schools from Pennsylvania travel overseas to renew their fierce rivalry on Irishsoil.

Millions of euro for dementia care and researchTHE Fine Gael Senator for Dublin South West, Cit Keane,has welcomed news that e30 million is to be madeavailable for dementia care and research.

Atlantic Philanthropies areto make grants of e14.7 mil-lion available to improve thecare and wellbeing of peopleliving with dementia in Ire-land.

This will be matched byfunding from the HSE and theDepartment of Health.

The news of e14.7 mil-lion in grants from AtlanticPhilanthropies to improve the

care and wellbeing of peopleliving with dementia is verywelcome, she said.

The HSE will be providingmatching funding of e15 mil-lion for the three priority areasof intensive home care sup-ports, GP education and train-ing, and dementia awareness.

The Department of Healthis collaborating with AtlanticPhilanthropies to implement

elements of the draft NationalDementia Strategy, a crucialstep forward for dementiacare in this country.

She added: There willalso be collaboration on de-mentia research, for which theDepartment of Health will pro-vide matching funding of e1million.

This research programmewill take place in conjunctionwith the Health ResearchBoard and will be open to newresearch proposals which mayemerge.

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From theArchivesWe take a look back at extracts fromold newspapers to see what was in thenews this month from years gone by

4th Aug 1967: Legendary racehorse Arkle in retirement with a stable companion at Maynooth. The Tom Dreaper-trained bay won three Cheltenham Gold Cups( 1964,1965,1966), the Irish Grand National and a host of other top prizes.Photo and caption from "The 1960's: Ireland in Pictures"published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. Lensmen Collection.

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Now in its sixth year the dlrCommunity 5K is going fromstrength to strength.

The family fun event bringstogether people of all abilities,young and old, serious runnersand casual strollers.

Once again kicking off dlrSocial Inclusion Week, all fitnesslevels are welcome, and youcan walk, jog, run, wheel orpush a buggy.

The 5-kilometre route willtake participants around the pic-turesque Kilbogget Park and issuitable for all levels of abilityand fitness.

There is an entry fee of juste5 for adults and children arefree.

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A FUN active event for all the family is taking place on Sat-urday, October 11 at 2pm as the dlr Community 5K 2014comes to Kilbogget Park.

Places are limited so its im-portant to book as soon as pos-sible.

Register online at www.dlr-sportspartnership.ie or return acompleted registration form,which is available by calling 01-2719502.

The annual event is organ-ised by DLR Sports Partnershipand its partners Dn LaoghaireRathdown County Council, dlrLeisure Services, the HSE, Cabin-teely Athletic and Football Clubsas well as Sallynoggin College.

Funding for this event has

been made available throughthe HSE, with sponsorship fromdlr Leisure Services and Shankill,Ballybrack & District CreditUnion.

The community gardai andDublin Civil Defence also assistto ensure the safe and funevent.

The dlr Community 5K is agreat opportunity to be active,get everyone in the communitytogether and maybe raise somemoney for your local charity orgroup.

Pictured are participants in last years event.

Pictured at the launch forentries for the VodafoneIreland Foundation Worldof Difference programmeare current winners Joa -nne McNally from Killineyand Sarah Gavra Bolandfrom Dublin 14 who havebeen working with Rea-chout.com and MenniServices St John of God re-spectively.

The Vodafone IrelandFoundation is offering four ex-ceptional people the opportu-nity to work for a youth charityof their choice for one yearcomplete with a e40,000salary paid for by the founda-tion.

Now in its eighth year, theapplication process is nowopen.

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Dublin People Newspaper Group has teamed up withDogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and aban-doned dogs. The 'Dog of the Week' this week is Jill, a six-year-old female German Sheppard. This gorgeous girllikes to be the centre of attention and the only dog athome. She loves taking trips in the car, cuddles and TLC.As a result of negative training in her past Jill, does notrespond well to basic training cues so her Canine CarerDonna is teaching her Irish! She is picking up her newlanguage very well and already knows Suigh Sios (Sit)and Leaba (bed) What a clever girl!Jill would love her new owner to continue on with posi-tive reinforcement training to help her develop all of herpotential. If you think you can offer Jill a supportive en-vironment in your home, contact Dogs Trust on 01-8791000 and speak to the Rehoming Team.Dogs Trust are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on theM50. Map and directions can be found on their websiteat www.dogstrust.ie. You can also pop up for a visit,Dogs Trust is open six days a week from 12-4pm. Thecentre is closed all day Tuesday. You can also find DogsTrust on Facebook www.facebook.com/dogstrustirelandor Twitter @DogsTrust_IE.If you are not in a position to adopt, please rememberdonations are always welcome! Dogs Trust always needbedding and toys for the 190+ dogs in their centre.

Dog of the week PET of the WEEK

Jerry was relaxing and browsing arecent edition of his favourite local

newspaper when he started wondering

what he needed to do to be in with a

chance of winning pet of the week. Well

Jerry, we dont like to disappoint our

four-legged readers so were making

him top dog in this edition. Jerry is 12-

years-old, lives in Leopardstown and

loves running and chasing ball. He also

loves hanging out with his best pal

Susan and even helps out with

deliveries of Eco Mutt Dog Shampoo,

which you can find online at

Facebook.com/ecomutt.

The walk starts at 3pm andits a great opportunity for dogsand owners to come togetherfor a great day out and raisefunds for the super work carriedout by the Irish Blue Cross ani-mal welfare charity.

The 3km walk will start andfinish near the Castleknock GateEntrance, at the Junction ofChesterfield Avenue and Ord-nance Survey Road. Its not pos-sible to drive the full length ofChesterfield Avenue from theParkgate Street entrance onSundays, so organisers recom-mend entering the Parkthrough the Castleknock Gate.

Participants can register fora sponsorship card onwww.barkinthepark.ie or alter-natively make a donation onthe day and take part in theevent.

We ask that all participants

Meet Ms Daisy whos a beautiful, real life

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Bark in the Park this weekendTHE end of summer is sadly fast approaching but theres stilltime for one more big doggie event thanks to the annualBark in the Park sponsored walk this coming Sunday (Au-gust 31).

arrive before 2.30pm in order tocheck in, buy raffle tickets andadmire all the other doggies, aspokesperson said.

There'll be lots of fun andentertainment before duringand after the walk, including araffle with fabulous prizes, suchas Avoca homeware, a winehamper, Laughter Lounge tick-ets, beauty products hampers,human & doggy electric tooth-brush sets and Maxi Zoo vouch-

ers.Everybody taking part gets

a Maxi Zoo goody bag filledwith both human and doggytreats and organ music will beprovided by Herbie Mitchell.

Once the walk is com-pleted, there's even more funwith generously sponsoredawards for the dog with theBest Bark, Shiniest Coat, Hap-piest Smile and Waggiest Tail.

This is the last of this yearsfab four sponsored dog walksthat take place each summerat St Annes, Marlay, Tymonand the Phoenix Park to raisevital funds for The Irish Blue

Cross, where thousands ofneedy pets receive low costveterinary care each year.

The events are always fan-tastic days out and are growingin popularity with dog ownersand families.

Last summer a total ofe16,789 was raised from thefour Bark in the Park sponsoredwalks and in 2013 the IrishBlue Cross provided 26,473treatments, surgeries, vaccina-tions and other proceduresthrough its charitable mobileand Inchicore veterinary serv-ices to needy pets.


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Dundrum Library marks 100 years in the communityDUNDRUM Library celebrated its centenaryin splendid style on Wednesday, August20.

Originally opened to the public on August 12,1914, this most westerly branch library in DnLaoghaire Rathdown was designed by architectRM Butler who also designed some of the otherCarnegie libraries in Cabinteely, Glencullen,Sandyford and Shankill.

The official opening in 1914 was attended byvarious dignitaries including the Lord Chancellor,Lord Shandon, the librarian of the National Li-brary, TW Lyster and the poet WB Yeats.

The evening back in 1914 concluded with agala concert and this time round, the audienceenjoyed a series of talks, poetry readings, exhi-bitions and music.

Since it opened, Dundrum Library has servedmany purposes in addition to its main focus as alibrary.

It had been a private school in the 1920s and30s and has been used for concerts, dances, playsand even jumble sales.

Speaking on the night, the cathaoirleach CllrMarie Burke said: On behalf of all the groupswho currently use this library I would like tothank the staff and the many others who haveworked here over the years providing such animportant service to the local community and tocongratulate you all on the centenary of this verypopular local library.

An exhibition by John Lennon of the Dundrum& District Historical Society, which will run in theLibrary until September 30, has some fascinatingdetails on display on the history of the library.

Included are copies of some of the early min-utes of the Rathdown Town Council when effortswere being made to set up the library and anewspaper cutting giving an account of the LordChancellors speech on August 12, only a weekafter Great Britain had declared war on Germany.

Deirdre Ellis-King, speaker Brendan Grimes and Margaret Hayes. Pictured at the celebration of the centenary of Dundrum Library are (left to right), Anne Noonan, Patricia Curtis, cathaoirleach Marie Baker, Patricia McGill and Barbara Cotter.

Cathaoirleach Marie Baker addresses those gathered for the centenary. Cllrs Lettie McCarthy, Peter O'Brien and Catherine Martin.

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ARGENTO, the Irish owned jewellers with stores around Ire-land and the UK, has opened a flagship store at 117 GraftonStreet.

Property consultants Savills acted on behalf of Argento in secur-ing the high profile 68sqm ground and basement unit for a rent ofe70,000 per annum on a 15-year lease.

Argento was founded in 1997 by Irishman, Pete Boyle, whostarted his career as a jeweller at a beach stall in Donegal. Sincethen, the business has grown from strength-to-strength and nowhas over 50 stores and is the fastest growing online jewellery storein Ireland and the UK.

The accolade is givento Slimming World consult-ants who consistently have100 or more members intheir group over severalmonths.

And it recognises thatthe service they provide isso good that memberscome back week afterweek because theyre los-ing weight and wouldn'tmiss their weekly groupfor anything.

It represents the high-est level of service in slim-ming and places Sandyfordin the top five per cent ofthe organisation's 3,500consultants.

This means that Sandy-ford is now home to someof the best slimming sup-ports in Ireland.

It's the fourth timeJanet Leonard has beenawarded the prize sincebecoming a consultant inJanuary 2012.

"I am delighted tohave achieved the goldaward again, Janet said.I absolutely love my job.I'm passionate about help-

ing people to transformtheir lives by losing weightand seeing them succeedis reward enough, butbeing given recognition forthe whole group really isthe icing on the cake.

This award belongs tothe Sandyford members,they're the ones whomake our group the suc-cess that it is, with theirfabulous commitment, thewonderful support theygive each other everyweek, and obviously theirimpressive weight losseswhile following Slimmingworld's Food Optimisingeating plan.

They make the groupa fun, buzzy place to beand I can safely say I al-ways look forward togoing to work.

I truly believe I havethe best job in the world.

To join the Sandyfordgroup, which is held everyThursday in Naomh OlafsGAA Club, Holy Avenue, ei-ther pop along or giveJanet a call on 087-6737730.

THE Irish Cancer Societywill hold a free conferencefor cancer survivors on Fri-day 19 and Saturday, Sep-tember 20 at the AvivaStadium, Lansdowne Ro -ad.

Representatives from ARCSouth Circular Road, TallaghtCancer Support Group andCanTeen will attend.

The conference, entitledLiving Well with Cancer, is

open to cancer survivors, theirfamily and friends and aims totackle the physical and emo-tional consequences that acancer diagnosis and treat-ment can bring.

The conference is beingheld as part of Irelands firstCancer Week. The Irish CancerSociety and Trinity CollegeDublin have teamed up to hostthe week that will run fromSeptember 15 21.

The focus of the week isLiving with Cancer.

A number of events willbring together national and in-ternational clinical and scien-tific leaders and cancersurvivorship experts to discussimprovements in cancer treat-ments as well as tackling thephysical and emotional conse-quences that a cancer diagno-sis and treatment can bring.

Slimming World Sandyford'sworth its weight in gold

A WEIGHT loss expert from Sandyford has struckgold for the exceptional work she has done inhelping more than 100 people to lose weight ather local group every week.

Free cancer conferenceto be held in the Aviva

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THE Friends of The Mageoughare holding a Coffee Morningand Bring & Buy Sale on Sat-urday, September 13 from10.30am - 12.30pm at theMageough, Cowper Road,Rathmines.

Admission of e3 includescoffee and home baking.

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The survey from MummyPages.ie,one of Irelands leading online parent-ing communities, is the most compre-hensive report into the issues facingparents of primary school children.

The survey found that over half ofall mums (56 per cent) worry thattheir child may become a victim ofbullying during their primary school

years.And 54 per cent are concerned

that their childs schoolbag is tooheavy for them. Many technophobemums (51 per cent) are worried thatthe introduction of tablet-based learn-ing will hinder the ability to learnusing traditional methods, although73 per cent rate their childs schools

The worrying starts for mumsACCORDING to a recent survey 44 per cent of mums have been worry-ing for over a month about how their child will settle into the schoolroutine when the holidays are over.

use of technology as either very goodor excellent.

Theres also plenty of worryaround finances too with 63 per centof mums finding primary school ex-pensive last year and over half (51 percent) actually experiencing financialdifficulty with school expenses in2013.

The average back-to-school textbook and stationery spend is $188 forchildren in third to sixth class and 52per cent of mums spend an average

Easing the TransitionRETURNING to school can be equally traumatic for both mumand child with 44 per cent of MummyPages mums alreadyworrying about how their child will settle into the school rou-tine after summer holidays.

MummyPages mums have suggested a number of techniques tomake the transition back to the school routine as smooth as possible.Here are a few ideas that might help: 71 per cent of mums start talking to their child about going backto school after the first week in August. 66 per cent of parents encourage their children to get up earlierand to get dressed before coming down to breakfast from mid-Au-gust. 38 per cent of parents organise a play-date with some of the chil-dren from the childs class if they havent seen them over the sum-mer holidays. 45 per cent of mums minimise screen time on television and dig-ital or gaming devices and encourage more reading during the finalcouple of weeks before school starts. 32 per cent of mums practice elements of the school curriculumto help prepare them for the school year ahead.

Alex Cassidy (4) and James Haugh (5) prepare for their first day of school at the launch of the Mum-myPages.ie survey.

of $196 on school uniforms for theschool year.

Most parents (88 per cent) thinkuniforms are unnecessarily expensiveand only 33 per cent of mums sur-veyed said they were able to buy ageneric school uniform.

Laura Haugh, Mum-in-Residencefor MummyPages.ie, believes morecan be done by both schools and theGovernment to help parents cope bet-ter with the cost of primary school ed-ucation.

Almost two-thirds of our mumsfind back-to-school costs expensive,she says.

The main costs are school books,school uniforms and of course the vol-untary contribution per child. Feed-back from our mums suggests thatthe school management teams andthe Government could do more.

A total of 64 per cent of mumsreported that their school has adopteda school rental scheme to help withthe expense associated with textbooks.

However, this rental scheme isonly adopted for a small number ofbooks with frequent curriculum

changes. Average costs of up to $188per child will start clocking up thisAugust for mums and dads across thecountry.

Unfortunately Government ef-forts to encourage schools to adopt aplain uniform policy earlier this yearhave not been successful, with onlyhalf of parents reportedly receiving asurvey to influence the board of man-agement in their school.

As a result the issue ofoverpriced branded uni-forms continues for thecoming school year andvalue uniforms in Aldi,Tesco and Dunnes can onlybe availed of by a third ofthe MummyPages mumswe surveyed.

These cost effectiveuniforms combined with asimple iron-on crest wouldgo a long way to easing thefinancial burden on parentsat this key back-to-schooltime.

The summer is an ex-pensive time for parentswho may have to enrol

their children in camps in order tomeet their work responsibilities.Many families struggle to meet back-to-school costs during this financiallychallenging time.

Any increase by the Governmentto the children's allowance paymentin August would really help parentsto cope with the expense."

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But the dream of doing acollege course came true earlierthis year for four students withphysical and sensory disabilities,including two from South Dublin,when they all took courses inUniversity College Dublin (UCD).

Each of the students joinedmainstream courses and studiedan area of personal interest tothem. Last month they returnedto UCD for a special ceremonywhere they were presentedwith certificates of participation.

Lisa Boylan from Ballybrackand April Bryan from Dalkeyalong with Luke Sterling andAoife Hurley from Wicklow allattend RehabCares New Hori-zons service in Stillorgan aneducational and recreationalcentre which caters for schoolleavers with physical and sen-sory disabilities.

New Horizons recognises thesocial and educational value inyoung adults accessing main-stream community education re-sources. As school leavers, thepeople who use the service hadhighlighted to staff that theywould like to experience whatcollege life was like.

However, their lack of a sec-ond level qualification proved tobe a barrier for their access tothird level education.

Reuben Jayawardene, Pro-gramme Facilitator, RehabCaresNew Horizons service explainshow they are able to supportpeople into education.

We created links with UCDwith a view to providing educa-tional resources in a universitysetting for the people who useour service, said Reuben.

UCD provided us with awide catalogue of open learningcourses. These courses, whichlasted eight weeks, were afford-able, and provided the full col-lege experience while costingonly a small fraction of a full-

time degree course.Each of the four young peo-

ple involved selected the coursewhich suited their personal in-terests and allowed them to fur-ther their knowledge of theirchosen topic. The staff thendrew up individual programmesfor them so that we could sup-port their learning.

Students each took up variedareas of study: Luke Sterlingstudied The First World War1914-1918 while Aoife Hurleysinterest lay in Dublin: One CityOne Book.

Lisa Boylan turned her atten-tion to Art Appreciation: An In-troduction and April Bryan gotan Introduction to Psychology.

Speaking at the ceremony inUCD, Lisa from Ballybrack said: Iloved doing the course andmeeting the people, it was agreat experience for me.

April from Dalkey added: Ienjoyed it so much. I am goingto go back and do more study.

Dr Suzanne Guerin, Directorof the UCD Centre for DisabilityStudies, which is based in theUCD School of Psychology saidthe college was delighted to cel-ebrate with the students andtheir families.

It is important that continu-ing education is widely accessi-ble to students from allbackgrounds and that studentswith disabilities are supported toexperience college life, sheadded.

This was the first time thatRehabCares New Horizons haspartnered with a university tosupport people who use its serv-ices to access third level educa-tion.

Its hoped the success of theproject will lead to more educa-tion opportunities for peoplewith physical and sensory dis-abilities.

Dublin students sample university life

TAKING a course at college might be seen as a normal goalfor young people, but entering the university gates andjoining fellow students in a lecture hall is something thatothers can only dream of.

Lisa Boylan from Ballybrack celebrates her success atUCD


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Most Europeans have a sec-ond - or even third and fourthlanguage, but here in Irelandknowledge of foreign lan-guages is limited.

Learning French, Italian,Spanish or any other languagenot only makes your holidaysmore interesting but it alsogreatly improves your careerprospects.

Being bi or tri-lingual is oneof the most effective ways ofclimbing the career ladder. Welive in an ever expanding globaleconomy and theres an in-creasing demand from bothIrish and European industries foremployees who can conducttheir business in a Europeanlanguage other than English.

In fact many employers willeven pay for or contribute tothe cost of learning.

Theres a variety of ways tolearn a foreign language inDublin. You could always buy aphrase book or download les-sons but there really is no sub-stitute for taking classes.

A proper course will giveyou the structure, discipline andencouragement needed tolearn a foreign language.

All the main universitiesDublin offer a variety of lan-guage course options. Don't for-get the distance learningapproach, which is a very pop-ular route for people in full-timeemployment, and theres also ahuge amount of night coursesavailable.

So which are the most pop-ular languages? Well, the onesmost in demand are the West-ern European languages likeFrench, German, Spanish andItalian.

Of course, theres already alarge amount of people in Ire-land speaking these languages,so theres more competition forjobs requiring their use.

However, there are farfewer speakers of Chinese,

Speaking in tongues Learning a new language is a challenge but the rewards make the effort more than worthwhile.

HAVE you ever been frustrated by language while trying toorder food or get directions abroad? Its a real pain, espe-cially when you see the amount of foreigners who have agood grasp of English.

Japanese and Russian and withthe business community ex-panding further east into eastEurope and Asia all these lan-guages are increasingly in de-mand.

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As well as having its ownradio stations, newspapers andvibrant contemporary literature,the language also enters ourhomes through TG4.

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All over Dublin busy parentsare already starting to worry aboutbooks, bags and clothes withsome wondering how theyre pos-sibly going to manage to haveeverything ready on time.

Dont worry, Dublin People ishere with this super back to schoolsupplement filled with tips andtricks to make sure that goingback to teacher is a breeze.

Returning to school is a timeof mixed emotions. For parentsthe feeling is usually one of reliefat having the kids out from undertheir feet after a long summer,while the kids are kicking up afuss because they dont want theholidays to end.

Despite the complaints, mostkids are actually looking forwardto going back so they can meet upwith their old pals again.

However, theres no denyingits an awkward time and mostchildren have some difficulty ad-justing from the easy, relaxedsummer schedule to the inflexi-ble, school timetable.

Its a time of change, espe-cially if a first day at school or achange of college is involved.

For parents of children startingschool it can be an emotionaltime. Its a landmark in their childslife and a day both parent andchild will probably remember forthe rest of their lives.

Its worth remembering thatschool has changed a lot in recentyears. The curriculum now recog-nises that kids learn best whenthey are actively involved in inter-esting and stimulating activities.In short, school is now lots of fun!Well, in the beginning at least.

Helping children adapt to newsituations can ease parents mindsand give them a chance to be-come involved in their children'seducation.

Most children get excitedabout changes and if you playyour cards right you can make thetransition from summer holidaysto school term an enjoyable time.

Try to be enthusiastic aboutthe changes. If you are excitedand confident, your children will

be too. Talk enthusiastically aboutthe new term and get across themessage that its something tolook forward to.

Start the transition slowly.Begin by having your child startgoing to sleep a little earlier eachday for the week before school.

Make school shopping fun.Get your child excited and involvehim or her in the shopping processfor uniforms and stationary.

Allow your child to choosesome of his or her new clothes butbe careful not to give them freereign. Offer choices you can affordand live with and that are appro-priate for everyday wear and tear.

Buying the school equipmentcan also be fun. Pay the extra eurofor that special folder if you can af-ford it. A child will be thrilled toshow off a cool folder with afavourite cartoon character, foot-ball team or pop star on it.

Before the first day remindyour child that they are not theonly one feeling uneasy about thechange and that teachers knowthat students are anxious and willmake an extra effort to make sureeverybody feels as comfortable aspossible.

Kids can also feel more com-fortable if they bring in a smallfavourite personal item on theirfirst day back. Clothing, a newwatch or a special pen can act asa security blanket to help ease thefirst-day-back nerves.

Focus on the positives. Re-mind them theyll be seeing oldfriends and maybe making newones. Refresh their memoriesabout previous years when theyreturned home in high spirits afterhaving fun on their first day back.

Point out that the comingschool year will be a great adven-ture with school trips and sportsdays to look forward to.

Discuss things like breakfastand school lunch. Food is fuel forlearning so make sure that itsgoing to tasty and healthy. Findout what your child likes andmake them promise to eat break-fast on a daily basis. A hungry,tired child is not a child capable of

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Louise Byrne, Kate Dillon, Amy Bridgett, Laura O'Neill, Hannah Byrne and Niamh O'Halloran of Santa Sabina, Sutton.

Emma Amy Higgins St Joseph of Cluny Zannah Daly and Megan Marren of Cabinteely CommunitySchool

Eve Bradbury of Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co Dublin.

Mary Dorog, Ryan Forsyth and May Dorog of Cabinteely Community School Virginia Melly of Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co Dublin celebrates while friend Laura McGettigan looks on.

Southside People photographers,Michael Chester and Jason Clarke of

Jason Clarke Photography were on handto capture some golden moments across

the Southside when local Leaving Certstudents got their hands on the results

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Kate Byrne, Shona Duignan, and Emma Higgins of St Joseph of Cluny

Siofra Burns of Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co Dublin. Anna Carthy of Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co Dublin, celebratesachieving maximum points (625) in her exams. Kate Lynn Keating of St Joseph of Cluny

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Count the cost and save thousandsTHERES no doubt about it, being a student means survivingon a tight budget.

youll have as much of alaugh as going out.

SHOP CLEVER:Avoid convenience stores.

Do your shopping in a su-permarket using a list anda budget. Going to dif-ferent supermarketsfor different itemscan maximise yoursavings.

COLLEGE ACTIVI-TIES:

Keep an eyeout on whatshappeningaround yourcollege. Thereare always

regular drinks promotions andorganised activities at reduced

prices.

ON YER BIKE:Save a fortune on trans-

port by investing in pedalpower. Better still, borrowone. Theres always a siblingor a friend who has an unusedbike lying around. OK youmight get wet now andagain but nothing beats thefeeling of whizzing pastgrumpy motorists cookedup in the tin can cars.

COLLECT COINS:Although one and

two cents coins mightbe the really annoy-

ing they eventu-ally add up to

a euro

and then five euro, and thenten. Save them in a jar in yourroom and when it fills tradethem in for notes. Lots ofshops are happy to take themas theyre always runningshort of small coins forchange.

SNACK SAVERS:Snack on cheap foods like

noodles and baked beans.Spuds are another great filler-upper and porridge is greatvalue and a really healthyway to start or finish theday.

CUT THE CAFFEINE:That morning latte or cap-

puccino might be a sweet

start to the day but coffeeshould be considered a luxury.Forget the caffeine boost,switch to regular tea, itscheaper.

EAT CHEAP:Go home for lunch if you

live near enough to college. Ifnot, make your own lunch andbring it to college. Its muchcheaper.

CHARITY SHOPS:There are always some

great bargains in charity shopsand theres a load of themaround Dublin. Its worthspending an afternoon havinga look at whats on offer. Butremember, dont buy just be-cause its good value. Makesure its something you need.

POWER DOWN:Go green and save loads on

energy costs. Turn off lightswhen you leave a room andlook for ways to save on elec-tricity and heating.

GET A JOB:Working through college is

hard work but it will help sig-nificantly ease the financialburden. You need to find a bal-ance between study and workso dont be tempted to grab asmany shifts as you can. Youneed to rest and play as wellas work.

In fact, outside of buying ahome paying for education isthe most expensive outlay inlife.

While this years studentsare only starting to count thecost of college life, their par-ents have been forking outthousands of euro on their ed-ucation for years.

Most students have tomake do on incomes that areless than what theyd get onthe dole, yet theyve still gotto spend on books, materialsand a social life. So findingways to cut the cost is essen-tial.

Have a look at our guide toslashing the cost of studentlife.

CLUB IN:Signing up for a sports ac-

tivity will not only keep youfit, itll also keep you out ofthe pub meaning youll besaving money as well as hav-ing fun.

STUDENT CARD:Use your student card

everywhere. You can save ontravel, fashion, eating out andentertainment. It all adds up:

REQUEST DISCOUNTS:Ask for discounts. Dont be

afraid to put on the student

poor mouth. Youll be sur-prised at how often it works.

CHEAP CINEMA:If you like movies get an

unlimited cinema pass fromCineworld in Parnell Street. Fore21.40 a month you can seeas many movies as you wanton any day and at any time.

SHARE THE COST:Its amazing how many

students sharing digs buy theirown grub instead of splittingthe cost. Buying in bulk savesa fortune over the term.

DIY ENTERTAINMENT:Going out is expensive and

staying in can be boring, right?Well, going out is expensivebut staying in can be greatcraic. Organise a card game,download amovie or geta PS3, addsomefriendsand


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All six are studying productdesign at NCAD. In the Tomor-rows Workplace category,sponsored by RBS, James Don-nellan from Monkstown, andKevin Glynn from Co Mayo wonthe overall award for Best De-sign Project for The Hatchery,a methodology manifestedthrough a work environmentthat gives workers a greatersense of place and autonomy.They received 3,500 in prizemoney.

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