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Nationwide protests were held last week, including this one at DIT Bolton Street. PHOTO: Tommy Clancy

Lecturers stage protest over funding concerns

Neil Fetherstonhaugh

lectuReRs at dn laoghaire institute of art, design and technology (iadt)staged a lunchtime protest last week over funding and educational concerns.

The protest, which took place alongside other similar demonstrations at institutes around the country, highlighted their grave concerns over a number of issues within the sector.

A statement issued on behalf of the lecturers taking part in the action stated: On a daily basis, lecturers see at first-hand the damage that an era of austerity cuts has wreaked on the education system and the quality of experience for students.

The statement adds that lecturers and researchers will be balloted by the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) in the

coming weeks on engagement in a campaign of industrial action, up to and including strike action, in order to secure a resolution to key issues.

According to the lecturers, these include the chronic underfunding of the Institutes of Technology, which they claim has seen a 38 per cent cut to the sector between 2008 and 2015.

They are also concerned about critically low staffing levels at a time of a steep and ongoing increase in student numbers, and the consequential unacceptable workload imposed on lecturers.

They claim that an extra 21,411 students, a 32 per cent rise in numbers, has occurred between 2008 and 2015 while there has been a loss of 535 or 9.5 per cent fall in full-time academic staff numbers in the sector over the same period of time.

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Lecturers stage protest over funding concernsContinued from page 1

The statement highlights issues such as precarious employment status, income poverty and and the resulting, detrimental effect of these issues on the quality of service to students, such as larger class sizes and less access to laboratories, tutorials and student support.

This is an issue that affects all students and lecturers, said John Dempsey, TUI branch chairman, who was one of those taking part in the protest in Dn Laoghaire.

We see the affects of this every day in the class room

where we simply cannot devote the time to get to every single student that needs help.

We try our best and many of us work longer hours to try and get around to everyone, but there are limits.

Mr Dempsey said there was a steady stream of students dropping out for a variety of reasons.

He added: They do not get the help you would like to give them.

A Department of Education spokesperson pointed out that the education budget has increased in the last two budgets by more than 200m (60m in Budget 2015 and

144m in Budget 2016).This has allowed, for

example, for a cut in the pupil/teacher ratio in primary schools and the employment of approximately 3,000 more teachers, the spokesperson said.

The department is also currently implementing reforms that will allow all fixed-term teachers to acquire permanent positions more easily and quickly.

The spokesperson added: A similar expert group looking at issues in higher education institutions, including IADT, and is currently preparing a report.

Plan to expand Frascati Shopping Centre in 2016 is good news for area

pLanS to expand Blackrock frascati Shopping Centre are to proceed in the new Year.

The new, approved plans pro-vide for an extensive expansion of the shopping centre to provide for additional retail shop units, a res-taurant/caf and additional car parking spaces.

Invesco have confirmed that they have completed the purchase of the centre from the Roche fam-ily.

Commenting on the plans and the Invesco acquisition of the cen-tre, Cllr Victor Boyhan (Ind) said: The rejuvenation of Frascati Cen-tre will see a greatly expanded Marks & Spencers store on the site and thats very welcome.

The planned works will see a reconfigured entrance and exit,

along with additional car parking spaces that will address local con-cerns about the traffic implication of the proposal.

I raised a number of concerns on behalf of local residents at the pre-planning stage about the landscaping of the site, and I am pleased that a major landscape plan for the open spaces on the site has been agreed with the de-velopers as part of the planning consent.

Cllr Boyhan added: The news that Invesco, the new owners of the Frascati Centre, plan to go ahead with the redevelopment of the site in the New Year is good news for Blackrock.

This will form part of a greater plan to reestablish the town as a select retail destination in the county.

Pictured protesting outside IADT in Dun Laoghaire are Michael Murphy, Ganesh Ramacham, John Dempsey and Katie Hendrick. PHOTO: Darren Kinsella

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The Ice King & Queen (Aidan Phelan and Amelie Bal) from Realta and contortionist Maria Combarros help launch the Failte Ireland and Dublin City Council programme of events for NYF Dublin. PhoTo BY ChRIs Bellew / FeNNell PhoTogRAPhY

City to light up for New Yearas city streetscapes come alive with Luminosity 3D animations and be spellbound by the out-standing Spoken Word Festival and Story@work.

Revellers can ring in the New Year at either the Three Count-down Concert or the NYF Street Fest and, the day after, look to the future with positivity at Reso-lution Day.

Last years Three Countdown Concert was a sell-out and this years concert features a stellar line up including The Coronas, Fat Boy Slim, Ryan Sheridan, Kla and Little Hours in the 3Arena.

Last year, 10,000 spectators witnessed the stunning Proces-sion of Light through the city. Building on last years success, NYF Dublin is inviting the public to experience the city as some of Dublins most well-loved streets erupt in a stunning street proces-sion with dazzling light installa-tions, music, performers and a touch of New Year magic.

Attendees will be able to watch along the route or participate in the procession and light the way with special NYF lanterns.

A limited number of NYF Lan-terns will b e available on Decem-ber 31 with all donations going to Focus Ireland.

Now in its second year, NYF Dublin has expanded to include many new elements and events for all ages.

Spanning the New Year period from December 30 to January 1, NYF will celebrate the diversity and complexity of Irelands con-temporary culture with a show-case of talent in music, design, art and the spoken word over the last 100 years.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Crona N Dhlaigh, said the part-nership approach between Dublin City Council and Filte Ireland in recent years had ensured the growth of the festival to its posi-tion as one of the capitals annual headline events that appeals both to locals and visitors.

I am looking forward in par-ticular to the free public events and would encourage the general public to turn out in numbers to enjoy the festivities in the unique atmosphere of the city centre, the Lord Mayor said. I would like to extend the warmest Cead Mile Filte to all visitors who join us to

celebrate the New Year.Speaking at the launch, Min-

ister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, added: We have had an exceptional year in terms of tourism and we intend to end the year with style. Filte Ireland and Dublin City Council have developed this festival to-gether to grow the city reputa-tion as a destination for New Year celebrations.

The range of entertainment and events on offer during NYF will entertain visitors and Dublin-ers alike.

I am confident that everyone who takes part in the New Year celebrations will have a great time and be impressed by the manner in which Dublin marks the years end.

Participants in this years fes-tival will be able to join in the magical candlelit Procession of Light and take part in the World Record Attempt for the Biggest Bodhrn Session, among other activities.

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AS DUBLIN city centre was still smouldering in the after-math of the seismic events of Easter Week, 1916, I very much doubt that the leaders of the rebellion dwelled too much on what their personal legacies would be after they were held by British forces and led to their execution.

Little did the rebels know then that 100 years after making the ultimate sacrifice for the cause of Irish freedom, they would have modular housing units named in their honour.

I must confess that I felt my toes curl

with embarrassment when I learned one of the chosen sites in Poppintree, Bally-mun, had been named Baile na Laochra or Town of the Heroes.

Apart from the naff name, I have mixed feelings about the modular hous-ing plan, which will also see units devel-oped in Coolock, Finglas, Drimnagh and Ballyfermot. Strangely enough, there are none so far announced for any of the more salubrious parts of the city.

But cynicism aside, any effort to tackle the issue of homelessness has to be seen as a positive development. The tender, design and build process has been fast-tracked under an Accelerated Restricted Procedure (ARP) and the first modular homes will be ready for occupation by December 21.

Dublin City Council says this is in recognition of the urgency of the family homelessness situation in the Dublin region. The first stage consists of two-storey, three-bedroom homes and the cost of providing the 22 units will be 4.2m. While the expenditure is similar to building more conventional homes, emphasis has been placed on the com-paratively speedy rate of construction for modular units. We are assured that these homes will be completed to the highest standards and will fully comply with new Building Control Regulations.

The use of modular homes is being portrayed as an effective way to address homelessness in Dublin, specifically for families currently living in hotels.

In the week October 19-25, there were 677 families in all forms of emergency accommodation, including 1,425 child dependents. Of these families, 216 (including 450 child dependents) were in emergency homeless accommodation and 461 families, with 975 child depend-ents, were in hotels.

Dublin City Council plans to deliver a further 131 modular homes during 2016

on the other earmarked sites.While the provision of modular

housing was initially seen as a tem-porary solution to the homelessness crisis, there have been suggestions that families could end up living in them on a more permanent basis. This is due to the fact that two-storey units are being constructed and the build will be of very high quality. In fact, they will be far superior to some of the overpriced dog boxes that were constructed by cowboy builders during the Celtic Tiger era.

Whether this turns out to be a work-

able solution to the problem remains to be seen. But one thing is for certain: there is nothing heroic about this be-lated response to a crisis that has been allowed to escalate beyond control by successive governments.

Our political establishment has been blindsided by greedy developers, reckless bankers and unscrupulous landlords, creating a new generation of homeless communities.

I strongly suspect its not the type of Irish Republic envisaged by the 1916 Rising rebels.

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Rachel Allen to star at this butchers charity nightONE of Stillorgans oldest butcher shops is aiming to raise 10,000 for charity by sponsoring An Evening with Rachel Allen, a food and fun event in aid of LauraLynn and Blackrock Hospice on Wednesday, March 2.

The celebrated TV chef, cook, author and columnist dropped into Fenelons Butchers in Stil-lorgan Shopping Centre recently to meet owner Clif Lenehan for a photocall to help raise aware-ness of what promises to be a mouthwatering culinary event at the Pavilion in Leopardstown Racecourse.

Joining Rachel and Clif were fundraising directors Eleanor Flew from the Blackrock Hospice and Sarah Meagher from Laura-Lynn. The evening will also fea-ture well-known TV3 presenter Anna Daly as master of ceremo-nies as well as local artisan food and craft stalls

I will be showing how to cook some of my favourite seasonal dishes and hopefully, well also have plenty of fun along the way, Rachel said. The Laura-lynn and the Blackrock hospices do wonderful work and I am very pleased to be involved with Fenelons in helping to raise much needed funds to help them con-tinue the outstanding care and

support they provide to patients and their loved ones.

Owner Clif Lenehan started work in Fenelons in his teens and took over the business in 2007. Clif said: 50 years in business is a major milestone and I wanted to celebrate by giving something back to our local community.

Im over the moon that Rachel is headlining this very special fundraising event and Anna Daly will be our master of ceremonies. The tickets are now available in-store and online in plenty of time to make a fabulous Christmas present or stocking filler for any-one looking for ideas.

Established in 1966, Fenelons Butchers employs 16 staff at its premises in Stillorgan Shopping Centre. It is a certified member of the Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland.

Tickets for An Evening with Rachel Allen on Wednesday, March 2 at the Pavilion in Leop-ardstown Racecourse are 25 each and are available in-store and online at www.fenelons.ie

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Balloon release event highlights the poison of domestic violence THE Mayor of South Dublin County, Cllr Sarah Holland (SF) joined elected members of South Dublin County Council and representatives from Sao-irse Womens Refuge Tallaght at the release of a number of orange balloons to mark Inter-national Day for the Elimina-tion of Violence against Women last week.

The orange balloons, the colour as designated by the United Na-tions UNiTE campaign, symbolises a brighter future without violence against women.

Upon her election as Mayor of South Dublin County, Cllr Holland outlined the promotion of the role and needs of women as one of her main priorities.

She also pledged to raise aware-ness of and address the issue of do-mestic violence.

In my role as mayor I stated that I wanted to use my time in office to

The Mayor of South Dublin County, Cllr Sarah Holland, with other campaigners at the balloon-launch.

promote equality, inclusion and unity, Cllr Holland said. I further pledged to raise awareness of this issue and to make sure that those on our front lines are capable of offering advice, support and a safe place to stay for the women that

come to us in need. As part of the Annual Budget 2016, the elected members have also agreed to set aside funds as a capital provision towards the provision of a womens refuge.

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Cllr Holland added: Womens refuges across the country are un-der sustained pressure following years of funding cuts. Saoirse had to turn away over 80 per cent of the women who came to them for help last year, and Cuan Alainn are clos-ing as the Government wont inter-vene with funding to keep it open.

If we are serious about womens rights, this is an area which needs immediate attention.

International Day for the Elimi-nation of Violence against Women is part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaig which runs until Human Rights Day on December 10.

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as daily needs arise. There will be transport available to the team to assist in supporting vulnerable people who are sleeping rough to access accommodation.

The opening of the new centre takes place as a new action group, set up to tackle homelessness was preparing for a demonstration at the GPO.

Leading housing charities,

trade unions, community action groups, political parties and mi-nority representatives have joined forces to form a National Home-less and Housing Coalition.

The group is calling on the Gov-ernment to take immediate action to end the current homeless and housing emergency situation.

The coalition also staged a housing rally at the GPO to mark

the death of Jonathan Corrie this time last year.

The tragic death of the home-less man on Molesworth Street, just yards from Leinster House, focused the national conversation on the issue of homelessness.

Meanwhile, the rough sleeper reporting process can be em-ployed by anyone encountering a person who is rough sleeping, who can then alert the Housing First Intake Team as to the exact whereabouts of the rough sleeper so that the team can engage with them at that location.

The HSE Cold Weather Initia-tive supports the primary health care needs of people availing of the cold weather facility through SafetyNet who will provide a range of services including GP consultations, vaccination and health screening.

A strong emphasis is also being put on improving progression op-tions for persons by converting a sizeable number of existing one night only beds into supported

accommodation options as well as increasing capacity for the CWI target group including Cedar House, Crosscare and Grantham Mews, and the Peter McVerry Trust.

The Capuchin Centre has ex-tended its early opening hours to 7am.

Merchants Quay Ireland break-fast service is available from 7.30am and the Night Caf is open all night.

The Focus Ireland Coffee Shop and Mendicity Day Services are all operating day services during the cold weather period.

A Guide to Good Practice for Street Outreach Teams has been developed in partnership with the Dublin Region Homeless Execu-tive, Dublin City Council Home-less Services Central Placement Service (CPS) and the Housing First (HF) Team (Focus Ireland and Peter Mc Verry Trust) and a range of volunteer groups who are currently providing street en-gagement.

New homeless shelter to take 100 off the streetsDUBLIN City Council has officially opened a new homeless accom-modation service that will cater for 100 people.

The Br Aimsir facility will form one of the core services of the Cold Weather Initiative (CWI) in Dublin 8.

It is provided by Dublin City Council and the State-funded or-ganisation Crosscare, which has operational responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service.

The CWI is in place to provide a humanitarian response to those who are at risk of rough sleeping, with the aim of preventing fatali-ties and serious harm from cold weather temperatures.

The service will provide accom-modation for 80 single men and separately for 20 single women.

All referrals and bookings into the service are managed by Dub-lin City Councils Homeless Central Placement Service.

People accessing the service will be provided with a light meal in the evening and breakfast in the

morning. Showers and laundry fa-cilities will also be available.

A range of health supports will be available on-site, including nursing, GP cover, and holistic therapies.

Voluntary groups are partici-pating in the delivery of social and recreational activities includ-ing art, photography and music for example.

The 100 single beds in Br Aim-sir are in addition to the further delivery of 75 ring-fenced beds across all homeless services in the Dublin region, including 20 single beds (extreme cold weather serv-ice), 37 family units and 18 couple units while 80 additional rooms for families are currently being confirmed.

Other increased support levels for the Cold Weather Initiative will see the Housing First Intake Team operating from 7am to 1am every day with extended services

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Stunning new school for citys Harcourt TerraceTHESE are the stunning archi-tectural images for a new urban school to be located at a well-known city centre junction.

The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan OSullivan announced that Tn architecture + design was the winner of an architec-tural design competition for a new primary school to be built at Harcourt Terrace in Dublin 2.

The competition was to design a school for the site that compris-es the former Garda station and Irish Film Censor Building over-looking the Grand Canal.

The brief was for a 24-class-room primary school, with special needs classes, on a total floor size of approximately 4,500 square metres.

This exciting challenge posed design opportunities that Tn architecture + design exploited successfully.

The project followed a very successful 2012 competition to design a post-primary school, and a 2013 design ideas competition for a primary school.

The brief was for a 24-classroom primary school, with special needs classes.

The exciting challenge posed particular design opportunities.

This latest competition was an architect-led full design team challenge. There were an im-pressive number of 70 entries received for the competition with several coming from abroad. The competition jury selected a short-list of five entries to develop their designs in a second stage.

Minister OSullivan said the aim of the competition was to fo-cus on creating innovative places

of learning, fit for the students of today and tomorrow.

I am very pleased with the standard of entries and wish to congratulate Tn architecture + design for their winning elegant design, the minster said. Tn architecture + design are a young Dublin-based practice who bring a fresh approach with simple yet refined ideas to school design.

The team included engineers

Waterman and Moylan Consult-ing and Quantity Surveyors Nolan Construction Consultants.

I am delighted to announce that my department also intends to award the commission to the winning design team to develop their design and construct the school on the Harcourt Terrace site., the minister added. This project is included in the recently announced 6-Year Capital Pro-

gramme and is scheduled to go to construction in 2017.

The minister also congratu-lated the other four commended schemes for the tremendous ef-fort and innovation they demon-strated in their detailed entries. The winner will receive a 20,000 award. The other four shortlisted entries will receive 5,000 each.

The outcome of this compe-tition was a great success with a very worthy winner and com-mended highly innovative short-listed entrants, the minister stated. This again confirms that design competitions are a great option for procuring school de-

signs teams.The competition was an op-

portunity for the Department of Education and Skills to explore with architects and educational-ists the development of innova-tive architectural designs that respond to emerging 21st century needs of primary school learners and teachers.

The minister thanked the judg-ing panel for the competition that included representatives of the Department of Education and Skills. The Royal Institute of Ar-chitects in Ireland administered the competition on behalf of the department.

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may affect their journeys.The enhanced services proposed

follow passenger growth over the past two years, with Iarnrd ire-ann passenger journeys increasing from 36.7 million in 2013 to 37.8 million in 2014, with five per cent growth recorded so far this year across all services. DART growth is up eight per cent so far in 2015.

Minister Donohoe said the new changes that are being proposed for Connolly routes will offer en-

hanced frequency on services into and out of that station, giving com-muters more choice and better connectivity.

This should help Iarnrd ire-ann to continue to build on the suc-cess they have had in recent years in growing passenger numbers, he said.

Cllr Carrie Smyth (Lab) wel-comed the launch of the public consultation plan.

I am very pleased that Irish Rail has announced a public consulta-tion on proposed changes to DART and Connolly services in 2016, she said. Passenger numbers continue to grow on these services and it is good to see Irish Rail working to address this.

Weekday services from Shankill would start at the earlier time of 05.40am and there would be increased frequency, and consist-ency, of all trains at weekends.

I advise all train users to take a look at the proposals, which are open until Tuesday, December 8 at www.irishrail.ie

Customers can view the draft 2016 schedule online and offer feedback on the proposals that were announced by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Paschal Donohoe last week.

Draft schedule revisions for routes from Connolly (DART, North-ern Commuter, Maynooth/M3 Commuter, Sligo/Dublin, Rosslare/Dublin and Belfast/Dublin) have now been posted online at www.irishrail.ie for customers to review and comment upon.

Major changes to Connolly serv-ices will see an increase in week-day DART frequency, from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes, all day,

There will also be an earlier start time for weekday DARTs with services proposed to operate at 05.50am from Malahide (currently

06.30), 6am from Howth (currently 06.05am), and 05.35am from Bray (currently 05.40am)

A consistent schedule every 15 minutes on Saturday, and every 20 minutes on Sunday will eliminate some existing schedule gaps.

Iarnrd ireann is advising cus-tomers on all Connolly routes to view the draft schedules, as many services will see departure time changes, or changes to stopping patterns of individual trains that

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Ongoing works carried out in 2015, including the new Cham-pions Bar, a restaurant and the Owners and Trainers Lounge, will be completed in time for the Christmas Festival (from Decem-ber 2629).

A visually striking part of the development will be the instal-lation of a permanent marquee-style pavilion for racegoers between the parade ring and the main entrance. Raceday pre-views, musical entertainment, fashion, food events and chil-drens entertainment will be ac-commodated. The marquee will also cater for after-racing music events such as the Bulmers Sum-mer Series.

The area beneath the grand-stand nearest the main entrance, will be completely redeveloped to create a space for racegoers to enjoy a range of extensive food and bar outlets, ease of access

to betting options and extensive seating to accommodate large crowds in comfort. This area will allow an easy flow of racegoers between the marquee area and the racetrack.

A new weigh-room will house jockeys changing rooms, the Stewards Room, medical fa-cilities and a Press Room. This building will also house a winning owners hospitality suite and the racecourse offices. The second

Leopardstown entrance point in this area will be a new building, creating a modern reception area for racegoers, who will be at the heart of the saddling area and parade ring immediately on ar-rival.

Pat Keogh, the CEO of Leop-ardstown Racecourse, said they were delighted to have received support from the HRI Capital De-velopment Scheme.

Our vision is to create a fa-

cility in Leopardstown that will showcase the best that Irish rac-ing has to offer, he said. The international interest in this years Longines Irish Champions Weekend shows the potential of the sport.

When we complete the devel-opment being announced today, we will have a facility in Dublin that will compare very favour-ably with the best national and international sports venues.

Major revamp of Leopardstown Racecourse gets the green lightNEARLY 150 jobs will be created by a major 12 million investment that is set to transform the iconic Leopardstown Racecourse.

A Horse Racing Ireland grant approval of 4.7 million has en-able the project to go ahead with work scheduled early in the New Year on the next phase of the overall redevelopment of the venue.

This will see the addition of a new restaurant as well as bar, betting and entertainment areas for racegoers.

A new saddling area beside the parade ring will bring race fans closer to the horses as they are prepared for racing and there will also be a new weigh-room build-ing providing first-class facilities for jockeys, racing administra-tors and the media.

The investment in the project will be 12 million, including the Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) grant

An artists impression of how some of the revamped racecourse will look.

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Longer Luas trams to ease congestionNeil Fetherstonhaugh

THE introduction of longer Luas trams on the Green Line will allow for an extra 60 pas-sengers on every vehicle, it was revealed at the launch of a new transport plan last week.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Dono-hoe, was present as an order for the new trams was placed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).

The order for seven Citadis trams with Alstrom Transport SA is the next important step as the Luas Cross City (LCC) project pro-gresses.

Placing the order for additional trams at a cost of 36.5 million (excluding VAT) will ensure their

delivery in advance of the Green Line extension coming into opera-tion at the end of 2017.

The new trams will be the same type currently being used on the Green Line but with two addi-tional modules per tram. This will make them 9-module trams - at a total length of 54.6m which is an increase in length from the cur-rent 43m-long trams. Each new tram will be capable of accom-modating 379 passengers, 60 more than the existing Green Line vehicles.

Speaking at the St Stephens Green tram platform Minister Donohoe said: Placing the order for the new trams today is another important step in this project. The new trams will carry more people and allow the Luas Cross City ex-tension to provide a frequent, ef-

ficient and integrated transport option for the city centre and all the way through Broadstone and out to Cabra.

Anne Graham, the CEO of the National Transport Authority, added: All around the city cen-tre tracks are being laid and each month is bringing this project closer to completion. Having new trams in operation from the very start of the new extension being opened is critical to ensure LCC is a success and fully operational from day one at the end of 2017.

The tram-stop platform lengths on the Luas Cross City are already designed to accommodate longer trams.

The original Green Line plat-forms between St Stephens Green and Sandyford will be extended in length in advance of the delivery

Anne Graham, CEO of the National Transport Authority; Michael Nolan, CEO of Transport Infrastucture Ireland; Minister Paschal Donohoe and Piers Wood, Managing Director of Urban, Alstom are pictured as an order for additional trams is placed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Photo by Philip Leonard

of the new trams.The trams will be maintained at

both the Sandyford and Broom-bridge Luas depots. The trams will be manufactured by Alstom Transport SA in La Rochelle, France.

The introduction of new lon-ger Luas trams on the Green Line is an example of how capacity within existing transport infra-structure must be maximised to help relieve increasing conges-tion issues, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce stated.

The chamber was responding to the announcement that seven new longer trams have been or-dered which will increase the number of passengers carried per tram rise by 20 per cent.

The chamber said that maxi-mising the potential of exist-ing infrastructure will provide a short-term fix while the city waits for other new major transport projects such as the DART Under-ground and Metro North to come on stream.

The number of people coming

into Dublin city centre is increas-ing all the time, Dublin Chamber CEO Gina Quin said. As the econ-omy continues to grow, the pres-sure on our transport network will increase. It is vital that we make our existing infrastructure sweat as much possible. It is only 11 years since the Luas Green Line opened and already carriages are at capacity at peak times. Increas-ing the size of carriages will mean that more people will be able to use the Luas to come in and out of the city.

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Laser who will go to any lengths to make sure the young impres-sionable boy keeps his mouth shut.

The opening scene in next Thursdays (December 3) episode sees Laser Byrne accost a fright-ened young Davey Webb in the street. Its quickly very apparent to the viewer who the dominant

force is. Laser is already deeply suspicious that Davey is a rat and Davey is sweating at the thoughts of his suspicions being confirmed. If Laser finds out hes cooperating with the garda, itll be more than a stab wound hell get this time.

Davey is in a vulnerable posi-tion. CHIS (Covert Human Intel-

Laser is Beady Burkes main competition on the Ridge Estate, a ruthless drug dealer whose in-come has suffered since Paudge passed on a tip from Beady about his operation.

The leak has since made him a little paranoid about a rat, which resulted in the stabbing of Davey Webb. Davey has since regained Lasers trust, but for how long?

Poor Davey Webb (played by Darren Cahill) is put under in-creased pressure from a lethal

HES best known for his roles in crime drama Love/Hate, and more recently as the man who plays Keano in the popular comedy music play I, Keano and but Tallaghts Stephen Jones is about to make his de-but in TV3s award winning soap Red Rock as feuding gang-ster Francis Laser Byrne.

Davey Webb (played by Darren Cahill) has been rejected as a confidential informant.

Stephen Jones makes his debut in TV3s award winning soap Red Rock, as feuding gangster Francis Laser Byrne.

ligence Sources) have turned down Superintendent McKays request to have him taken in as a confidential informant; hes too young, too scared and too eager to please. McKay has no other op-tion but to charge Davey for the petrol station robbery.

McKay delivers the bad news to Davey who is already on edge with Laser Byrne breathing down his neck again.

Terrified, Davey demands a deal with the Superintendent who agrees to bring him on as an informant, off the books.

Daveys information could be McKays one chance to break

the drug trade on the Ridge. But it might be the end for Davey if Laser gets a whiff of whats go-ing on.

Originally from Glenview in Tallaght, Stephen said how de-lighted he was to be part of the TV3 soap.

It was great to do the role on the show, he enthused. Red Rock is yet another home grown hit and I really enjoyed my days filming. I hope my character has a bigger role to play in the fu-ture.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Red Rock, Conor regrets his night spent with Rachel. He was in-

credibly upset by his friend Doo-leys death and tells Rachel that theyve made a mistake by taking things too fast.

Rachel is furious but its too late for Conor to apologise. As far as Rachels concerned hes only a selfish junkie who has taken advantage of her and could have helped Dooley. Rachels harsh words hit an already distraught Conor hard. With everything fall-ing to pieces around him could Conor be pushed to seek solace in a syringe?

Red Rock airs every Wednes-day and Thursday at 8.30pm on TV3.

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Philomena Smith and Edward Smith at Strictly Against Breast Cancer.

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Well-known faces put on their dancing shoes when they took to the dance floor in the Strictly Against Cancer event at The Convention Centre in Dublin to raise funds for Breast Cancer Ire-land. The glitzy black tie bash was attended by famous faces from Irelands television, sporting and business circles.

Judges on the night included celebrity solicitor Gerald Keane, TV presenter Lorraine Keane, RTEs Eoghan McDermott and Emma Hannigan.

The 150-a-ticket bash included a champagne reception along with a four-course meal and complimentary wine followed by The Strictly Dance Off and dancing into the early hours with The Sugar Cubes. The master of ceremonies on the night was Nicky Byrne and the event was live streamed online.

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BALLYBRACK FAIR: A Christmas Fair in St

Johns National School, Bal-lybrack, will take place on Sunday, December 6 from 2 to 5pm. Santas Grotto, Wheel of Fortune, Bottle Stall, Bric-a-Brac, Raffle, Toys and Books and pre loved clothes plus much more

FLOWERS: Dundrum Flower Club is having a Christmas flower arranging demonstration on Tues-

RATHGARART: A Christmas Art Exhibition

and Sale will take place in the hall at the rear of the Brighton Road Methodist Church, Rathgar on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 De-cember between 2 and 4pm. All paintings and crafts will be by local artists and part of all sales will be donated to help the char-ity, Phakamisa, to continue their work among the poorest and weakest in society in South Af-rica, the AIDS orphans.

TERENURECAROLS: a carol service will

be held on Sunday, December 6 at 7pm in Bethany Church, 16 Whitehall Close (Off Whitehall Road), Terenure. For further details see www.bethany-church.ie

BOULES: French Boules/ Petanque is played every Tues-day at 2pm and on Saturdays at 1.30pm in Bushy Park. Tel Brian on 0876299752.

DUN LAOGHAIRECHESS: The Dunlaoire Chess

Club meets every Wednesday at 7.30pm in the Dun Laoire Club, 3 Eblana Avenue (behind the church). Players of all

day, December 8 in Gort Muire, Ballinteer Road at 7.45pm called Christmas Sparkle. Non mem-bers welcome. Plenty of parking.

BOOKS: The December First Saturday Book Sale, which supports the Shankill Old Folks Association and Meals on Wheels, will take place in the Shankill Old Folks Centre, on Saturday, December 5 from 10am and 1pm. This is a great way to pick up some excellent reading for over Christmas and the New Year at bargain prices. Donations of books, other than school/text books, accepted on the day.

SHANKILLHISTORY: Members of the Rath-

michael Historical Society, the lo-cal history society for Shankill, Ballybrack/Killiney, are asked to note that Garry Branigan will present his lecture Ancient and Holy Wells of Dublin at the so-cietys Wednesday, December 2 meeting in Rathmichael National School, Stonebridge Road (Dublin Road end), Shankill at 8pm. All welcome.

SUPPORT: A non-denomi-national support network for

Pictured at the Bank of Ireland Dragons Den event in the Grand Canal Square branch as part of the banks 13th National Enterprise Week are Richard Fagan, Bank of Ireland, Ranelagh and Christine Hamill, Regional Sales Manager, Dublin; with the Dragons Den winners Evan Caulfield; Cillian Singleton; Nathan Lyons Duffy; all of CUS, Lesson Street Dublin; Enda McDonagh, Branch Manager, Baggot Street; and Finbar Loughnane, Bank of Ireland, Baggot Street.

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CANCER SUPPORT: Purple House Cancer Support (previous-ly Bray Cancer Support Centre) is celebrating 25 years of providing

separated, divorced and re-married people has been set up within the St Annes Par-ish Community in Shankill. All are welcome to contact by text 0873814213 or by email at [email protected]. They meet on the second Tuesday of every month from 89.30pm in the Resource Centre. All communications will be guar-anteed complete confidential and everyone will be warmly welcomed.

CITY CENTREDEMENTIA: Researchers at

Trinity College Dublin are look-ing for volunteers to complete a short online survey about a series of short FreeDem Films movies on memory loss and dementia. To take part visit freedemliving.com/research and choose any of the 10 surveys shown. For more information contact [email protected] or visit tcd.ie/Neuroscience/NEIL.

FAITH: A faith discussion group meets on the First Satur-day of every month from 2-4pm in a meeting room at St Trea-sas Church, Clarendon Street. Various subjects will be on the agenda to be discussed at the various events.

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The award is a huge achieve-ment for the staff at the Maxi Zoo store at Retail Park Liffey Valley who were recognised for leading the way in providing customers with a first class shopping expe-rience.

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The importance of wormingCorina Fitzsimons

ALL dogs will have worms at some point in their lives, with puppies being most at risk.

An untreated worm infestation can lead to a loss of condition in the adult dog and quite serious illness in puppies, as well as put-ting human health at risk (how-ever small this risk may be).

As a responsible dog owner, it is important for you to worm your dog regularly.

Dogs with worms may not show signs of illness, except when the worms are present in large volumes.

Puppies are most at risk from worm infections. Worms are

passed from the mother before birth, and after through her milk.

Infestation may cause weight loss, vomiting, diarrhoea, a swol-len abdomen and, in extreme circumstances, death. Puppies should be wormed from two to three weeks of age at two weekly intervals until they are 12-weeks-old, then every month until they are six months.

Worming should continue at least three times a year with a recommended veterinary prepa-ration for the rest of the dogs life.

Pregnant bitches should be wormed at the time of mating and again when the puppies are one-week-old.

Most worms will live in the intestine and feed on partly di-gested food.

The two main types of worms are Tapeworms (Dipylidium species) and Roundworms (Toxocara canis).

Tapeworms can appear like white grains of rice, which are joined together to form a tape and are most commonly found in adult dogs. They spread through an intermediate host (usually the flea).

Roundworms can appear like elastic bands, up to several inches in length and are the most commonly seen worms, particularly in puppies. They spread through the environ-ment (infected faeces, soil and sand etc.).

Both types of worms are easy to eliminate and suitable preparations are available through your local veterinary practice.

Remember, if your dog has tapeworm you must also treat him for fleas.

As a responsible dog owner, you should always carry a poop-scoop or plastic bag with you to clean up after your dog.

Children and adults should also wash their hands with soap and warm water after coming into contact with sand or soil and any faeces in your garden should be disposed of as soon as possible.

Dogs Trust recommends reg-ular worming as this will help to minimise the amount of egg contamination in the environ-ment and, of course, keep your dog happier and healthier.

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MALAHIDE on Ice is open every day until January 3 at the Christ-mas Kingdom.

Widely anticipated to be the most exciting winter attraction in Dublin, the Christmas Kingdom features Malahide on Ice with 2,200 square foot of real ice to skate on.

The total weight of the ice is seven tonnes which is frozen lair upon lair over five kilometres of ice tubing like an enormous freezer element.

It will be the most exciting Christmas event ever staged in Malahide bringing the magic of Christmas and a winter wonderland for the festive season.

Ride the Polar Express, skate on a real ice rink, stroll through the quaint Dickens St and the charming Christmas Markets, Meet Rudolf and some real reindeer, cheeky Bubbles the elf, Santa and Mrs Claus, post

a letter from the Polar Post Office, tour through the tunnel of lights and Christmas Tree Avenue and finish in a flurry of snow. Malahide on Ice at the Christmas Kingdom will proudly take its place amongst famous capital city ice rinks around the world like Rockefeller in New York, Somerset House in London and Red Square in Moscow.

Smash hit TV shows like Dancing on Ice have made ice skating more popular than ever and has brought a whole new audience to ice skating.

Sip a hot chocolate at the rink side caf, join a learn to play Ice hockey session or soak up the atmosphere as adults become children and children have an unforgettable winter treat.

The Ice rink at the Christmas Kingdom is open every day until January 3.

The Santa Experience and Markets are open every

weekend and every day from December 18 until 23. Visit www.ChristmasKingdom.ie

Malahide on Ice at the Christmas Kingdom on the Village Green is open from 4pm to 9pm midweek from November 27 and from 11am until 10pm at weekends and the school holidays until January 3 2016 except for Christmas Day and St Stephens day.

Tickets are 12 for children and 14 for adults or 45 for two adults and two adults. Special offers are available for the Santa Experience and Skating at the Christmas Kingdom from 22.

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Celeb Spy Xtrawith Rebecca Lee

I was delighted to see Dubliner Baz Ashmowy and his Mammy Nancy scoop the International Emmy for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment.

The 40-year-old was delighted to win the award for his show 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy.

Its just finished its fourth series and sees Baz make his mum Nancy attempt death-defying tasks.

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One Direction say they hope to use some of their time off to go travelling.

Theyve been sharing their plans on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in America.

Niall Horan says that although theyve toured everywhere, they havent really experienced the world. He also said that while life is great, hes always driven past landmarks and never got the chance to see them properly. One of the downsides of fame, eh?

Star Wars fans are celebrating reports Disney are apparently planning to release a new film every year for the foreseeable future.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out next month, but Disney are said to be following it up in 2016 with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Its expected to be the first in a so-called anthology series of spin-off films.

Louis Walsh has revealed he was going to take part in Im A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

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DUE to phenomenal demand Gavin James has added a third date at the Olympia Theatre, on Saturday, January 23.

A limited amount of tickets are available for his shows on Janu-ary 21 and 22.

Gavin James has spent the summer supporting Sam Smith around America, before open-ing for two Ed Sheeran Croke Park shows in Dublin in front of 164,000 people and Taylor Swift in Hyde Park.

A European and American headline tour kicks off next week featuring Londons Scala on December 8 and a four-night sold-out return run at Dublins Whelans from December 21-23.

He is busy touring his album Bitter Pill that was produced

by Fraser T Smith (Adele/Lily Allen/Britney Spears) and Cam-eron Blackwood (Florence & the Machine).

Bitter Pill was recorded in LA and London and features the massive hits Say Hello, The Book of Love, For You and the current single Bitter Pill.

Gavin James was born in Ash-ington, a suburb on the Northside of Dublin. For the 23-year-old son of a postman, music was argu-ably in his blood.

His great grandparents were both famous Irish opera sing-ers and had their own albums released in the early 1900s (they had to turn down an invitation to perform in London owing to their families, and the political condi-tions of the time).

Having started out playing Jimi Hendrix covers in the garden shed, Gavin then drew the short

straw when he was chosen as the singer of his teenage band, and learnt his subsequent solo craft the hard way. Inspired by local heroes like Damien Rice and classic, grafting Soul artists such as Sam Cooke, he would play Dublins pubs virtually seven nights a week during college, in marathon three-hour shows.

Growing in confidence, Gavin James own material then began to draw an impassioned follow-ing: his first ever single won Irelands answer to the Mercury (the Choice Prize for Song Of The Year), stayed on the charts for over six months and culminated with 2014s number 1-charting, Live at Whelans album.

This was a venue he used to sneak inside when underage, but returned to as a rapturously-re-ceived headliner. That night, he happened to perform an impul-

sive cover of The Magnetic Fields The Book Of Love, accelerating Gavins word-of-mouth success story (the track has since become a platinum-selling hit around Eu-rope, with upwards of six million plays on Spotify.

With his first piece of recorded material For You reaching number 1 in Ireland and going top 10 on iTunes in the US, Canada and Holland, Gavin James has inched closer to the spotlight with an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Continuing with 22, lifted from sessions from his debut album, Gavin James looks poised to become the next great voice to shine a light back on the Dublin suburbs and beyond.

Gavin is the only artist to sell out Dublins Olympia Theatre and Amsterdams Paradiso without having released an album.

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Panto fun to help hospital childrenDUBLINS panto goers have the chance to help raise up to 10,000 to aid sick children at Our Ladys Childrens Hospital Crumlin by buying tickets for a special performance of The Helix Pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk.

The panto runs until Janu-ary 10 but the performance on Thursday, December 10 is dedicated to helping the young patients at Irelands largest paediatric hospital.

We are absolutely delighted that not only are The Helix giving our sick children and their fami-lies the chance to see the best panto in the country, but have dedicated the sales of a special show to our hospital, said Crumlins fundraising manager Rachel Daly.

The Panto performance on December 10 will help us in sustaining the great level of care at Our Ladys Childrens Hospital plus support groundbreaking paediatric medical research through the National Childrens Research Centre.

A group of 20 young Crumlin patients and their families set the panto fundraising ball rolling at a special Santas day in The Helix Theatre.

Everyone had a wonder-ful time, Santa read Christmas stories, the Panto cast made us all laugh and then we all enjoyed viewing the movie The Polar Express, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day, said Rachel.

Now we are asking people to help the hospital by buying tickets for Jack and the Beanstalk on December 10; a sell out

performance would help us raise 10,000.

Crumlin staff and parents are asking the public to show their support for the hospital by

buying tickets for the show on December 10, which are priced 26 for adults, 22 for children and family tickets are also avail-able from 74.

Pictured are Crumlin Hospital parents Carol Long and Natalie Long with tot Zoe Lonergan and the panto cast including star Niall Sheehy as Jack, Orla Jennings as Jill, Liam Butler as Dame Lola and Eoin Cannon as dastardly Professor Plonceur.


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The Know Your Rights column has been compiled by the North-

side Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confi-dential service to the public. The service is based at the Northside Civic Centre, Bunratty Road,

Coolock. Phone 0761 07 8190. In-formation is also available online at www.citizensinformation.ie and the National Helpline: 0761 07 4000.

Questionthis Christmas i will struggle to find money for food and gifts. is there any help available with budgeting and finding some ex-tra cash for all the additional costs at this time of year?

AnswerMABS the Money Advice and

Budgeting Service supports families with budgeting all year round. They have useful sugges-tions about how to cope over the festive season on their website, mabs.ie.

First of all, make a list of what you need to buy for Christmas. Divide it into gifts, food, clothes and socialising.

You can then decide what things are essential and where you can cut back and save money.

You can use the MABS Christmas planner to help you work this out.

Having done this, you may de-cide that you need to borrow to cover the extra costs over Christ-mas. However, you should only borrow what you truly need.

If possible, try to pay back this loan before the middle of next year, otherwise you will find it difficult to save for next Christ-mas.

When you borrow you should always:

Work out what the weekly or monthly repayments are going to be and see how this will affect your budget next year can you afford that amount, and still pay your regular bills and expenses?

When looking for a loan, try to get the best value you can. Gen-

erally, loans from a moneylender will cost you much more than a loan from your credit union or bank. Using a credit card is also a very expensive way of borrow-ing money.

You can check whether an It Makes Sense loan is available from your local credit union.

This is an easy-to-access loan aimed at people on social wel-fare. It is a pilot scheme so it is not currently available nation-wide.

Remember to read the terms and conditions of any credit ap-plication so you understand what you are getting into. Get advice before you sign.

Before you borrow you can contact MABS to see what op-tions are available to you and look again at your list is it worth

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the importance of breathing to your wellbeingTHE way we breathe can be an indicator of the level of emo-tional or physical wellbeing that we are experiencing in that moment.

Conversely, we can actually produce wellbeing through our breath.

Just breathing correctly can help us a great deal in maintain-ing our health.

Good breathing is the most basic of basics. Our breathing is deeper when we are younger and becomes shallower with age.

There is scarcely a person who does not know that the best way to quickly temper anger, de-crease frustration, and calm jit-tery nerves is to simply stop eve-rything and take a deep breath.

Just breathing correctly can help in maintaining our health.

Temple Street receives cheque

SEVERAL patients from Tem-ple Street Childrens Hospital were special guests of honour, as Vision Express celebrated the fundraising efforts of its team and customers, in a particularly magical way.

Having recently launched the exclusive Disney Princess range of childrens glasses, Vision Ex-press Blanchardstown invited its Temple Street guests to join them for a magical Disney themed evening of fun and laughter.

During the event, the children were presented with a giant cheque for 14,000 to celebrate the fundraising efforts of the seven stores across the Republic of Ireland.

Each of the children received a new pair of Disney or Iron Man glasses, as well as a Disney themed goodie bag and a va-riety of prizes from the games and competitions throughout the evening.

The 14,000 raised was a re-sult of in-store activities includ-ing fancy dress days, quizzes, raffles, bake sales and customer donations for glasses repairs throughout the year.

The charity drive brought to-gether more than 100 Vision Ex-press employees from across the Ireland stores, to raise money to help support the Temple Street Childrens Hospital Foundation, to purchase a new Open Field Auto Refractor for the eye exami-nation of children.

Temple Street Foundation chief executive Denise Fitzgerald said: We are extremely grateful for the ongoing support we receive from Vision Express.

The money raised will make a huge difference to the patients and families at Temple Street Childrens Hospital.

The design of this new equip-ment is very child-friendly and will allow us to give easy and stress-free eye exams to our younger patients.

A massive thank you to Vision Express and its customer support for this donation.

How you breathe, and wheth-er you give yourself a chance to consciously breathe every day, can strongly influence your state of health.

Life Particle Centre in Dun Laoghaire teaches about breath-ing in its yoga class. For further enquiries visit www.lifeparticle.ie or phone 01-2849136.

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Feel like a king at lough eske CastleTony McCullagh

IMAGINE being trapped in a 17th century castle for the weekend, unable to venture outdoors due to torrential downpours and howling gales. Sounds good to me.

Ireland may not be blessed with predictable weather, but when you have the pleasure of experiencing the five star hospitality on offer at hotels such as Lough Eske Castle, located just outside Donegal Town, you start to understand our international appeal as a tourist destination.

As you enter the grounds of the 43-acre estate and proceed through the sparsely lit, tree-lined driveway, you get an other worldly feeling; a sense that you are leaving your normal life behind you - temporarily at least. The majestic Lough Eske Castle suddenly looms before you, instantly transporting you back to a bygone era.

Lough Eske Castle was painstakingly restored by its present owners eight years ago, although it had previously operated as a hotel in the 1930s before it was partially destroyed in a fire. It was in a complete state of dereliction, with trees sprouting from inside the castle walls and bulging roots threatening to topple what remained of the structure.

The two year restoration of

Lough Eske was one of the most ambitious projects of its kind ever undertaken in Donegal and represented a significant financial investment in the region.

Lough Eske Castle is now the jewel in the crown of the tourism sector in the north west; its faithfully recreated interiors offering an authentic Edwardian country estate experience while affording its guests the ultimate in modern luxury.

Lough Eske Castle, which is part of the Sols Hotels & Resorts group, is home to 96 spacious guestrooms, a spa and swimming pool, a restaurant and two bars.

Our bedroom was everything youd expect of a five star hotel, split into two sections: one to sleep in and a separate living area. It felt like the ultimate indulgence. The bathroom, frankly, was larger than some hotel rooms Ive had the misfortune to sleep in over the years, at home and abroad.

Our first nights dining experience was in the exquisite Cedars Restaurant where our charming host, Johnny, talked us through the extensive menu. He helpfully advised that the restaurant was renowned for its meat dishes, nudging us in the direction of the lamb. Tempting as it sounded, I went for the fillet of beef which didnt disappoint, while my wife deliberated over the myriad of seafood options.

Throughout our meal we

were looked after by Genute who epitomises everything that is good about the professional yet personal level of service at Lough Eske. In fact, our enduring memories of the hotel will not just be of opulent surroundings, fine dining and pampering, but also the warmth and genuine friendliness of the staff.

Each and every one of them was a credit to the hotel and seemed particularly proud of their place of work, as if they all had an emotional investment in Lough Eske Castle.

We struggled to keep room for dessert and a cheese plate, before retiring to the Gallery Bar for a nightcap; the atmosphere enhanced by live music and some cocktails.

We awoke the following morning to the sound of the storm still raging outside. After enjoying a sumptuous breakfast in the restaurant, we made our way across the garden courtyard to the acclaimed Sols Spa.

The hotel recently announced a new partnership with luxury beauty expert Anne Semonin, adding another dimension to their growing spa product portfolio. Here, my wife enjoyed a satisfying back massage while I took some time out in the relaxation area, followed by a swim in the pool and visit to the steam room in the thermal suite. We ended our leisurely spa session with an invigorating soak in the jet bath.

We briefly braved the elements to explore the wooded trails of the estate, trekking down to the soggy banks of stunning Lough Eske itself, before retreating to the comfort of an open log fire and pre-dinner drink in the Lobby Lounge. That evening we ate in the Gallery Bar, with the quality of food on a par with the previous nights experience, albeit in a more casual setting.

Breakfast the next morning was served in the living area of our room and we savoured every moment of such a rare treat before saying our goodbyes and reluctantly hitting the road to Dublin.

Its not everyday that you get to enjoy five star treatment. But if youre looking for a break that combines top quality service with a traditional, luxurious setting, Lough Eske Castle in Donegal certainly ticks all the boxes.

As for the Irish weather - sometimes theres a good excuse to stay indoors.

Visit www.solishotels.com/lougheskecastle or email [email protected] or phone 074-9725100.

A fairytale Christmas at Lough Eske Castle

Lough Eske Castle in Donegal has some incredible festive packages available for all the family.

From mouthwatering gingerbread house displays to festive feasts, this Christmas will be one to remember if you book a special package at Donegals only five star hotel.

Lough Eske Castles Christmas package is perfect for those looking for an idyllic seasonal getaway with all the trimmings.

From just 699 per person (150 per child), Christmas time at the castle will include:

Three nights luxury accommodation with daily full Irish breakfast.

Christmas Eve three-course table dhte dinner in Cedars Restaurant.

Three-course festive dinner at the hotels Gallery Bar on alternative evening.

Mulled wine and mince pies on Christmas Eve in main foyer of castle.

Glass of sparkling wine for Christmas Day lunch.

Christmas Day buffet lunch served in the impressive hotel ballroom.Christmas night buffet supper served in the

Gallery Bar.St Stephens day outdoor activities in hotel

grounds.Christmas carol singing and live music entertainment in the

hotels Gallery Bar.

The seasonal gingerbread house at Lough Eske Castle

As a special gift to Christmas guests, the

castle is offering a complimentary night on December 23rd to any-

one staying on the 24th, 25th and 26th (based on

two adults sharing)

Have you ever dreamed of spending Christmas in a castle?


ANNE Heffernan lives in Dublin with her sister where she struggles to make ends meet as a result of the recession.

She has two grown up children; one lives in Australia and the other in Dublin city. She has worked in the public and private sector and as a freelance jour-nalist/copy-writer and editorfor the past 30 years and would love to travel in her spare time. Some of herlifes ambitions are to speak French fluently; to become a travel writer and to experi-ence living in many different cultures. This is her first book.

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