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Patsy Higgins, Sile Morris, Dorothy Boyle, Georgina Granahan and Deirdre McCormack from Malahide are pictured with2FM’s Louise McSharry (3rd from right) at the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day launch 2016. The Irish CancerSociety, with lead partner Dell, call for more support than ever for Daffodil Day, as demand for support and servicesincreases with a growth in cancer incidence. Daffodil Day will take place all over the country on Friday March 11th. Visitwww.cancer.ie/daffodilday to register to volunteer on Daffodil Day or to organise a Daffodil Day event in your commu-nity or workplace.

There are 9 properties situ-ated on the demesne. CllrAnthony Lavin FG, haspushed the council to takeup the restoration of theselodges in an attempt tomaintain the beauty andcharm of the much lovedand historical site. Speaking to the CountyLeader Cllr. Lavin said; “Tome it’s something that’s a shamein this day of homelessness thatthere are eight properties whichwere originally designed forpeople to reside in. I know noteverybody would want to live inthe middle of a park like that, butsome people might like it. It mightbe nice to be able to give them theopportunity. So I would be encour-aging the County Council to try andfind a use for them.”

Lavin told the CountyLeader that while residen-tial use would be, in hisopinion, the best thing forthem, any other kind of usewould be welcome. He also said that it wouldcost money to have themrefurbished but that it is aworthy spend: “Therewould be a need to spend

money to refurbish them and bringthem up to standard, but it’ssomething I think should beexplored and there is equipmentto do up a number of them, whichis good and welcome and longover due.”He went on to say: “Some of themare in very bad state at themoment, the one oppositeMcAllisters is particularly problem-atic and covered in graffiti. The

roofing has not been tended to, ithas been vandalised, lead hasbeen taken off it etc. So it’s in apretty bad state. But that’s thekind of situation that I’m seeingand would like to see improved.”Speaking to Stephen Peppard,Senior Executive Officer ofOperations for the County Council,he said that; “Two of the proper-ties on Malahide Demesne areearmarked for refurbishment asartists studios. We wouldhope that this would goahead this year.”He went on to say that twoof them are in use, onehouses the Irish Centre ForCycling Ltd. and the other isused by the Park RangerService and the MalahideHistorical Society. He also added that there

are no current plans for refurbish-ment of the remaining 5 lodgessituated within the demesne. We spoke to Malahide councillorDavid Healy (GP), who said; “It’s a

shame to leave the other proper-ties disused. We pushed fordetails about them, what facilitiesdo they have, have they got elec-tricity and running water etc.Because they could be used forpeople to live in however we werebasically told ‘well no one hascome to us looking to live in them’,but we first need to get the factsout to the public before we canknow what kind of interest there

would be.”Healy said that it was ashame that there are noplans to turn any of thelodges into residentialbuildings, as he feelsthere would be manypeople out there whowould love to live withinthe grounds of the Castle.“We should be looking at

making them habitable. They werebuilt as houses originally, so it’snot unreasonable to think thatthey could be lived in, and i thinkthat needs to be our first option.”

No Residential Refurbishments On Castle Grounds

Cllr. Lavin

Cllr. Healy

During the recent Development Plan meetings an objective was putforward by Cllr Anthony Lavin (FG), that the Chief Executive takeaction to restore the various disused cottages and lodges inMalahide Demesne and advise on the time line.

Management Fees On The WayOut For ManyHomeownersLocal councillors have been flatout over the last week at meetingsregarding the new developmentplan for 2017-2023. There havebeen many new motionsput forward by councillors with a view to bettering the NorthCounty area.

One objective raised was thatwithin mixed developments, stan-dard houses will not be required to be part of amanagement company. Maps must be suppliedto the Council to clearly demarcate land which

is to be covered by a managementcompany. What this means is that privatelyowned houses within serviceddevelopments will no longer bebeholden to the managementcompanies of the developments forupkeep and maintenance. As it stands residents have to payannual fees to these managementcompanies, despite not actuallybeing a part of the developments

which they govern. Speaking to the County Leader, councillor forMalahide, Keith Redmond. (Renua), said he

was in favour of the motion; “I was delighted tovote for a motion in the new CountyDevelopment Plan that in future, people buyinghouses in new mixed Continued on page 4

Cllr. Redmond

By Aoife Read

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‘Ball In Play’ ForAthletico MalahideAfter a tough year ofstudying for theLeaving Cert, andhaving to give up hisfavourite sport, anintrepid youngMalahide lad took itupon himself to set uphis own football clubrather than rejoinMalahide United FC.Cian Russell, 19, andsome of his friends setup ‘AthleticoMalahide’. “If we had re-joinedMalahide to startplaying again, wewould have been

separated, so wewanted to set some-thing up that was more

relaxed, where wecould all play togetherand have a bit morefun” said Cian.Cian’s mother worksfor Malahide United, sowas in a position to tellhim everything heneeded to know aboutsetting up a club. “Thefirst thing I did was, Iwent about gettinginsurance and askingthe Council for a pitch.”

The enterprising younglad approached thelocal authority andsecured permission forhis team to play inMalahide Castlegrounds.He then took toWhatsApp and began agroup text encouraginghis friends to join; “Alot of people thought itwould never happen,so a lot of them weren’treally bothered by itbut a few stuck by itand thought ‘yea wewill give it a go’.”Having everything else

in place they nowneeded a league, theyapproached the UCFL,who were delightedfor them to join. “Wewere delighted withthat. We were put indivision 3A.”All of the moneyneeded was raised bythemselves withoutany fundraisinginitially. However,recently they had afund-raising nightwhich was a hugesuccess. They had aquiz night in earlyJanuary in their localGAA club and raisedover €2,500. Uninterested inbecoming rivals toMalahide United orany other club, thelads are happyenough to keep itsmall, with just theone team. The people ofMalahide seem to beproud of them, as aretheir parents. It’s allvery impressive. But itdoesn’t stop him frombeing humble. Whenasked at the end of theinterview if he hadanything else hewould like to add, Ciantold this journalist;“No, not really, oh yeaactually, we’re top ofthe league, you canput that in if you like.”

By Aoife Read

Malahide ResidentDriving ForwardMalahide resident Chris Graham has beenappointed Managing Director of the newlyacquired Ci t roën & DS I reland. Chr iscommenced his new role in October 2015when IM European Motors Ltd. a division of IMGroup, acquired Citroën Motors Ireland fromPSA Peugeot Citroën. Graham, who is f rom Lincolnshire butcurrently living in Malahide, is responsible foroverseeing the sale, distribution, marketingand after sales care of the Citroën & DSBrands in I re land and is a lso ManagingDirector of the company’s retail unit in AirsideMotor Park. Prior to his move to Malahide, Graham hasworked within IM Group for 20 yearsmanaging their extensive Franchise Networkin the UK with roles including Group DealerDevelopment Manager, Franchise Managerand Regional Manager. Preceding this, he hasover 20 years’ experience working in the retailsector with 18 year working in General SalesManager and Dealer Principal roles. When he manages to get some spare timeChris enjoys motorcycling, both touring andracing, clay shooting and windsurfing. He ismarried with a son and a daughter.

Malahide resident Chris Graham, who has been appointedManaging Director of the newly acquired Citroën & DSIreland

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Every Tuesday, The Prayer Chapel in StSylvesters Church Malahide hosts the LectioDivinia from 10.30am-11.30am. If you wouldlike to reflect and pray with the Sundaygospels please joing. COntact Phil on 086063 8074 for more information.

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Potential GaelColaiste ForMalahideBack in November theDepartment of Educationannounced that therewas to be a newsecondary schoolopening for theMalahide / Portmarnockarea. The plan as itstands is for it to beready for opening in2017. Daire Ni Laoi, localcouncillor for Sinn Feinhas been campaigningto see the school openas a Gael Colaiste.Speaking to the CountyLeader she said; “Withthe growth in numbersof Gaelscoileanna acrossthe country and particu-larly in the North County,there has beenincreased interest in the

Irish language. With thisyear being the centenaryof the 1916 Rising, I thinkit would be wonderful ifit was an Irish schoolthat was established. Infact as soon as theannouncement had beenmade by the depart-ment, I started to get e-mails from people thatare interested in workingtowards that very idea.”She had hoped to putthis forward as a specificobjective in last week’sDevelopment Plan meet-ings with the council,however it was rejectedand amended to incor-porate a broader spec-

trum. “The manager’sresponse at the timewas that it wouldn’t besuitable really to put itforward for just oneschool. Theyconsidered it ap o s i t i v eproposal butthey didn’twant to limitthe develop-ment of theIrish languageto just this areaor this specificbuild, theywanted to seeit in broader terms in thedevelopment plan.”The objective wasamended to facilitatedevelopment of addi-tional schools in partner-ship with theDepartment of Educationacross Fingal, not just forthis one new build. Sooverall it was a morepositive outcome thanoriginally hoped for. Notonly is the new school

still in the running to bedeveloped as a GaelColaiste, but it alsomeans that there will bean effort to build more in

other areas. NíLaoi addedthat: “It’s greatto have itincluded asthere will defi-nitely be acampaign totry and havethe news e c o n d a r yschool inMalahide as an

irish speaking school,but even if this doesn’tgo ahead, hopefullythere will be one built inthe near future withinthe local area.” Daire NiLaoi is constantlycampaigning for theincreased visibility of theIrish language and is agreat advocate foranything that encour-ages the uptake of ournative tongue.

Daire Ní Laoi

By Aoife Read

Malahide Rugby Club seniorfirst team travelled to NorthKildare last week for a top ofthe table Leinster LeagueDivision 1B clash. Malahide held a five point leadover their opponents going intothe game and a victory for theteam would all but guaranteethem promotion to the topflight of Leinster Junior rugbyfor the first time in the club’shistory. Malahide started welland were in front inside fiveminutes when Darren Morrin

touched down after a wellcontrolled maul. A tight firsthalf saw the only other scoregoing to the away team cour-tesy of a penalty from the bootof Brendan Carpenter. Malahidewere again first on the board inthe second half with a NiallMyron try 15 minutes in andthey sealed the deal with aMike Badenhorst try 10 minutesfrom time. Brendan Carpenter’s conver-sion gave them a 22-0 lead.North Kildare kept working andwere rewarded with a lateconsolation try to leave thefinal score at 22-5. The resultsees Malahide just needing onepoint from their final two gamesto guarantee the League titleand promotion to Division 1A.

Mysterious And Ooky In Malahide SchoolThe Transition Yearstudents of MalahideCommunity School puton a musical every yearas part of the transitionyear curriculum. Eightystudents participate onstage with more gettinginvolved in the otheraspects of the showsuch as set design,backstage, make-up etc.This year’s show tookplace from January 26th– 29th. It was theschool’s 26th TransitionYear musical.The Addams Family is aMusical Comedy withwords and music writtenby Andrew Lippa. It isbased on the macabrecharacters created byCharles Addams madefamous in the TV seriesand later in the moviesThe Addams Family andAddams Family Values.The central character inthe story is Gomez, whowas played by JamesClegg, the father in thisrather unusual family.He is caught betweenhis loyalty to his adoredwife Morticia, played by

CIara McKenna, and therequest to keep from hera secret. This request is made byhis daughterWednesday, played by

Laura Moore, who is inlove with Lucas, Playedby John Kelly. Lucas is aboy from a ‘normal’family, and they areengaged to be married.Lucas and his parentsare invited to dinner atthe Addams Family

mansion in Central Parkand as the eveningunfolds we see quicklythat all is far fromnormal! The musical features

some fantastic songsand a hilarious scriptwhich had the kids (andperhaps even more sothe adults) rolling in theaisles. Speaking to the CountyLeader, Co-ordinator of the Malahide

Community Schoolmusical and musicteacher Aoife Keoghsaid: “This year’s showhas been a resoundingsuccess with full houses

each night. We hadsome super-talentedperformers, particularlyin the lead roles. We’vedecided to put the showforward for the BordGaisEnergy Student TheatreAwards, so watch thisspace.”

The cast of Malahide Community School's musical The Addams Family on stage prior totheir performance.

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Malahide Rugby Club scoring an allimportant try.

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Continued from page 1of apartments and houses won’t have to partic-ipate in management companies nor will theytherefore have to pay management fees.”Redmond pointed out that there were certaininstances where fees may still be requiredsaying; “Apartments with lifts and commonareas obviously have a need to fund the main-tenance of them, but owners of houses in thosedevelopments do not and its been unfair to askthem to pay for that.”At a time when everyone is landing back ontheir feet after a tough few years of austeritymeasures and recession, this is a hugelywelcome development for the local area. This also means that it will fall to the Council tomaintain the public areas surrounding suchproperties from now on. The County Council told us that; “The ChiefExecutive’s recommendation, which wasagreed at the meeting, was to prepare a policyfor the taking in charge of residential develop-ments within two year’s of the making of thisDevelopment Plan” a representative of theCouncil said. Estate agents in the area say that this is aninnovative idea, and one guaranteed to attractmany new home owners to the locality.

Management Fees On The WayOut For ManyHomeowners

Dog Day AfternoonsIt’s one of the greatjoys in life as a dogowner to be able tobring your beloved petto your local park andwatch them dash aboutthe place gleefully.Playing fetch, worryingother dogs and justgenerally living thedog’s life. The only problem withthis indulgence forMalahide residents andother residents in thewider North Countyarea is that there areno designated dogparks in the region. Thenearest one to us is StAnnes Park in Raheny. One councillor that istrying to change this isFianna Fail councillorEoghan O’Brien. He hasbeen pushing thecouncil to designate anarea in MalahideDemesne where dogwalkers can let theirpets off leash. Cllr O’Brien told theCounty Leader that; “A

lot of residents locallyhave come to me withthis as a request orquestion and I’ve seenon social media thatthere is quite a bigdemand for adog parkwithin thearea. Mymotion relatesspecifically toM a l a h i d edemesne, buto b v i o u s l ythere’s scopeto roll it out inother parks aswell.”Following Dublin CityCouncils example,O’Brien hopes that thisis something that willgo ahead for the NorthCounty region: “DublinCity council estab-lished one in St Annespark and that hasbecome hugely popularwith dog walkers. SoI’m hoping to see

something similarestablished withinMalahide Demesne.”This is something thatlooks set to happen,with the motion beingmet with positive reac-tions. O’Brien said

that; “Therehas been somep r o p o s e dchanges to thebye laws so,the bye lawsare going to begoing forconsiderationby the plan-ning SPC thisw e e kaccording to

the report, and thenany recommendationswill go to full council.On the foot of thatthen, there’ll be apublic consultationperiod where peoplewill have the opportu-nity to make submis-sions in respect of theproposed bye laws ingeneral. Given thatthere is a lot of interestin the dog park idea, Iwould imagine that alot of people will bemaking submissions onthat basis. It was apositive report in thatthey’ve alreadyproposed changesaround designatingareas or times wheredogs will be allowedoff leash within thepark.”As it stands at themoment, all dogsshould be on a leash

within the park. Whatis happening though,is that people areeither unaware ofthese rules or areflouting them andthere is an issuearound dogs beingallowed off leashwithin the demesne.This plan would tackleand counteract that.O’Brien said that; “Ittakes away any excusefor people walkingdogs in other areas ofthe park to not havetheir dogs on a leash. Ithink it would strike agood balance as Iknow that there areissues with peoplewho use the parks thatdon’t have dogs.Sometimes they canhave an issue withdogs being off leashand so on, so I thinkthis is a perfect solu-tion to this.”This is an issue that isvery pertinent toMalahide residentswith requests comingin to council membersand discussionshappening on socialmedia surrounding it. With regards to whereit will be located withinthe demesne O’Briensaid that; “It wouldhave to be a suitablearea and agreeablebetween the council-lors and the councilofficials.” It looks asthough the regulars toMalahide Castle areaare soon set to be ableto enjoy those allimportant frolics withman’s best friend.

Cllr. O’Brien

By Aoife Read

Former International President of Toastmasters and founder ofSwords Toastmasters Club, Ted Corcoran is pictured with AnnGibson and Barbara Sweetman Pearse Fagan and Robbie Forde

Yvonne Daly and Fergus O'Donohoe

Ian O'Sullivan and Noel O'Beara Michael Madigan, Rita Fagan and Joe Bishop

Lorcan O'Toole, Hugh O'Malley and Harry Laird Antoinette Kane, Ursula Nagle and Betty McDonald

Bernadette Mulvey with Seamus Hynes Michael Madigan and Barry Cregg

Patrick Cregg and John MulliganPresident of Swords Toastmasters, Alec MacAlister, JoanneNewman and Cllr Joe Newman

Swords Toastmasters held an Open Evening at the Carnegie CourtHotel, Swords on Monday last. The event attracted a good gathering ofestablished members, as well as some prospective members. SwordsToastmasters is now in its 21st year, having been established in 1995and has 33 members at present. There is an international element toToastmasters, which is a worldwide organisation. Indeed, the founderof Swords Toastmasters, Ted Corcoran was International President ofToastmasters from 2003-2004 and he was present at Monday’smeeting. Swords Toastmasters President, Alec MacAlister said that,“Toastmasters provides an essential service to people who may beself conscious about speaking in public, like weddings, presentationsand other events, where their confidence levels are boosted. There isno reason to be fearful of public speaking anymore,” he said.Toastmasters also provides mentoring, where everyone helpseveryone else. Swords Toastmasters meet every second Monday atthe Carnegie Court Hotel and they welcome all newcomers.

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One Book Project Launched In BalbrigganThe One Book Projectis an initiative whichunites local communi-ties by schoolscoming together with

a shared objective ofpromoting literacy,whilst developingcommunity links.The One Book project

includes four schoolsin Balbriggan. Theyare, BalbrigganEducate Together,Bracken EducateTogether, St Teresa’sNational School andB a l b r i g g a nCommunity School.Generally at primarylevel either 5th or 6thclasses take part, aswell as 1st yearstudents atsecondary level.Elaine McCann, HomeSchool CommunityLiason at BalbrigganEducate TogetherNational School toldthe County Leader,“This event promotesliteracy and createslinks between theschools. A book ischosen and thisyear’s book choice is‘The Guns of Easter’,a 1916 book byGerard Whelan. It willbe studied in classand is also encour-aged at home, sothere will be parentali n v o l v e m e n t .Different events willbe held at the fourschools, including anArt event atB a l b r i g g a nCommunity College,

a quiz at St Teresa’sNS and a field tripheld with BrackenETNS. Children fromthe different schoolswill be mixed in thegroup. This is a greatopportunity for themto mix and form rela-tionships with pupilsfrom other schools.”“As well as promotingliteracy, this willsmooth the transitionfor primary schoolpupils when theyenter secondaryschool, where theywill see familiar facesfrom the One Bookproject,” said Elaine.The pupils weretreated to a talk onthe events of 1916right up to the War ofIndependence, byDarryl Mooney, ateacher at BalbrigganCommunity College.Cllr Tony Murphy alsospoke to the assem-bled pupils about theimportance of readingand the part it playsin their development.He also quotedNelson Mandela, whosaid that “Educationis the greatestweapon that peoplepossess.”

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Local Minister, Dr James Reilly has said thatthe agreements reached as part of the PostOffice Network Business Development GroupReport, including the introduction ofeAccounts, will support rural postoffices in the North County in thefuture.Reilly outlined what the Governmentwill be doing to support Post Officesmeet the challenges they face. “Whilepost offices are central to Irishcommunities, there is a challenge toensure that they remain competitive.The Business Development Group was askedto identify new business opportunities forthe post office network and has reportedback with a number of recommendations.“A renewal process is to take place over thenext six months and this review will addressbranch modernisation; the streamlining ofproducts; postmaster payments and trainingfor post office staff. Post offices need to offermore to customers, including online banking,direct debits and ATM cards.

The Government needs to facilitate this sothat post offices can get more customersthrough the door. I therefore very muchwelcome the news that eAccounts are to be

rolled out in 2016. An investigationwill also take place into the feasibilityof offering motor tax services in postoffices.“The post office is a defining facility inrural villages in North County Dublinand across the country. Implementingthe recommendations of this report,though challenging, is very important.

It is essential that we continue to create jobsin all parts of the country to provide businessfor post offices and to invest in vital services.“Fine Gael has a long term plan to keep therecovery going. Our plan will deliver morenew jobs, spread right across the country,jobs that pay more than welfare, where hardwork is rewarded. The plan will also deliveraffordable, sustainable investments inservices using the resources from growingemployment.”

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There will be a two day job seeking skills work-shop held in Swords Library. This will includeCV building, interview skills and job searchworkshops - taking place on Wednesday 3rdand Thursday 4th February, 10.00am – 1.00pmon both days.

Job Seeking Skills WorkshopsBíonn Ciorcal Comhrá, the Irish conversationgroup meets every Thursday evening inBalbriggan library from 7.00pm – 8.00pm. Comealong for a sociable chat, as Gaeilge!All levels welcome – especially beginners!

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St. Sylvesters Legion Of Mary, Malahide meetsevery Monday evening at 8pm in St Brendan’sRoom of St. Sylvesters Church Malahide. All arewelcome to attend.

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Malahide Senior Citizens will hold bingo everyThursday morning from 10.30 am to 12.30 pmin St. Ita’s room in Malahide Parish PastoralCentre. All are welcome.

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Tony Lambert (CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber), County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor, AnTanaiste Joan Burton, Guy Thompson (President Fingal Dublin Chamber) and PaulReid (Chief Executive Fingal County Council)

Hugh Staunton (FCM Travel Solutions)and Robbie Whelan (National SportsCampus)

David Ahearne, Dan McAuley and Michael Ahearne (all from AFECEngineering)

Tanaiste Joan Burton TD, Guy Thompson(President Fingal Dublin Chamber)

Paddy Whyte (AIB Airside) and LuciaO'Riordan (AIB Blanchardstown) Jeff Clarke and Sinead Kavanagh (both Eirebus)

Maura Cassidy (DAA) and Cllr Anne Devitt

Andrew Kavanagh (Castleknock Hotel) and TomLynch (DSWIL)

Andrea Molloy and Lynn Cawley (both Maldron HotelDublin Airport)

Declan Dooney (Excel Aviation), Christina Wilson (Wilson Moore EstateAgents) and Niall McMahon (AIB)

Martina Sheridan (Blanchardstown CreditUnion) and Aoife Brennan (Colortrend)

Sarah Bohan (Engage Ireland), Hugh Staunton and Nicola Cox (bothFCM Travel Solutions)

Con Gough (Gowan Leasing) and Gael Allen(Castleknock Hotel)

Cllr Kieran Dennison and Liam Moran(Uniplumo)

Fingal Dublin Chamber held an evening at Castleknock Hotel onThursday last to welcome new President of the Chamber, GuyThompson. The new President succeeds Siobhan Kinsella, whoheld the position for the previous two years. He was on homeground, as he is General Manager of Castleknock Hotel. The eventwas attended by a large gathering of people, who included CountyMayor, Cllr David O’Connor, Chief Executive of Fingal CountyCouncil, Paul Reid and special guest, Tánaiste, Joan Burton TD.Speakers were introduced by Chamber CEO, Tony Lambert andincluded the Mayor and Tánaiste, who praised the qualities of Guyand wished him well in his tenure as Chamber President. AnTánaiste said, “I have great pleasure in congratulating Guy, who isa very well-known and popular General Manager of this hotel. Hetakes up office at a very exciting time for the whole of Fingal, withnew investments, both national and international lined up, shesaid. She also referenced the fact that Facebook is to build a newheadquarters at Clonee, which she claimed for Fingal from neigh-bouring Meath, which was greeted with some humour.

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Parking In EstatesNeeds To BeSorted - SinnottCllr Justin Sinnott (NP) is concerned that parkingof vehicles will become a serious issue for resi-dents in Swords with the advent of Metro North.He told the County Leader, “I have submitted afew motions in relation toparking problems that are likelyto happen. We have found thatat Dart and Railway stations,people just park cars in resi-dential areas. These vehiclesare abandoned for the wholeday, thus leading to stress forresidents, who f ind theirestates clogged up with cars.When Metro North is delivered,it will become a real issue, particularly for estatesthat are near the town centre. These are the onesthat are likely to be targeted for parking,” he said.“While we all want Metro North to be delivered, Iam calling for a traffic management plan to be putin place because Swords is getting bigger and withthat comes parking consequences.”Sinnott agreed with Darragh Butler (FF) who isadvocating that the terminus for Metro Northshould be moved from Estuary to the originalLissenhall site, where a Park and Ride facility isproposed by Butler, which is expected to ease theparking problem. “There needs to be a balancehere, where a Park and Ride, with a reasonabledaily charge for parking here would mean peoplewould use it. We need to make sure that costs are kept reasonable to ensure the success of anyPark and Ride faci l i ty that comes to pass,”concluded Sinnott.

Young People DeserveNew GovernmentFigures released this week by TASC show thatthe number of children aged 0-6yrs sufferingfrom deprivation has doubled, leaving Irelandwith the third highest deprivation rate for thisage group in the EU.Commenting on these figures local candidate forSinn Fein Louise O’Reilly said: “With 1000 chil-dren under eight years in emergency accommo-dation and deprivation rates rising, it is clearthat this government has failed children.”She went on to give damning indictment of thecurrent Government’s failure to children bysaying that; “The Government has had five yearsto improve the lot of families and it has failed.” Sinn Féin launched their Childcare Policy lastweek and are prioritising children who are at theheart of this document. In it they have adetailed, costed plan to reduce childcare coststo a maximum of €180 per week which will seeinvestment in childcare workers’ education.O’Reilly concluded by saying; “On the centenaryyear of the Rising it’s shameful to see that thisgovernment has failed to cherish our childrenequally.”

Info Session For The DraftLocal Area PlanIn the Donabate/Portrane Library representa-tives from the local authority will be available toanswer questions about the Draft Local AreaPlan for Donabate. Plans are currently on displayin Donabate Library. For further ino maildevplan@fingal.ie

Trip Away For DonabateSenior Citizens Donabate Portrane Senior Citizens Social Clubare organising a one night trip to the CarrickdaleHotel, Dundalk on Saturday, 12th March next.For more information contact the Day Centre onWednesdays or Fridays from 10am to 1pm. TheSocial Club and Day Centre is open to all peopleof the parish over the age of 50.

Malahide United ParishesCoffee MorningEvery Wednesday at 10.30am there is a coffeemorning held in the Malahide parish centrecoffee bar. All are welcome.

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Local councillor, TonyMurphy, who is anIndependent Alliancecandidate in theupcoming GeneralElection, spoke to theCounty Leader about theopposition to modularhouses being located inthe town. He said,“Modular housing represents a place where peopleare going to be transient, so I don’t think that theconcept of what modular housing offers is a goodidea. If you ask anyone who is homeless, they willtell you they want a home. They don’t want to gofrom a transient place like a hotel, to another placeof transition. Modular housing offers a place of tran-sition to people and is wholly unsuitable to home-less people.”“Not until there is a dedicated housing programmedelivered, can we say how long these people aregoing to have to live in these modular houses.Where are we going to deliver these people to overthat period of time?”.

Murphy was also critical of the decision to locate 40of these houses in Balbriggan, where there are noservices in place for them. “Modular housing shouldbe delivered into areas that have the services andinfrastructure. Two of the areas chosen in Fingal areBlanchardstown and Balbriggan, with the formerbeing ‘offered’ 20 homes. In Blanchardstown thereare 29 youth workers, as opposed to two inBalbriggan. They also have two family resourcecentres, while Balbriggan has none.”“The money that is provided to deliver theseservices in the budget is €1.2 million forBlanchardstown, while the money allocated to theentire Dublin Fingal electoral area is €478,000. Yet

the Dublin HousingExecutive can say thatBalbriggan is still thebest place for 40modular houses. I saynot,” said Murphy. Joseph McArdle,Chairperson of PinewoodResidents Associationsaid, “There will be toomany of them inBalbriggan. There isn’tproper infrastructure inplace for them, like notenough school places, ordoctors and nurses.There is also a lot of anti-social behaviour in thearea. There is notenough work in the areaand this can lead toincreased crime. Wewould prefer to have

proper houses for these people, with properservices, where they can become part of thecommunity, rather than modular ones,” he said.Green Party General Election candidate, Joe O’Briensaid, “The people of Balbriggan have a right to feelaggrieved at Fingal County Council’s attitudetowards the town. The proposal for Pinewood is asloppy, rushed substandard development that hasbeen born out of this government’s failure to investin quality social housing, but also its desire to beseen to do something in the run up to the election.Pinewood has been long neglected by the Council.”“The fact that modular housing is even acceptable is

something I personally have an issue with. It isclearly a sub-standard build and somehow becausepeople are homeless its seen as ‘good enough’. Ihave worked in homeless services in Dublin for over11 years and I was always of the philosophy thathomeless people should be treated with the utmostdignity and respect and that they should be offeredthe very best of services and accommodation. Weneed a new way to do social housing that is basedon the highest standards and best planned develop-ments possible,” he concluded.We contacted the County Council for their reactionand a spokesperson said, “There are a growingnumber of Fingal families with dependent childrenaccommodated in emergency accommodation. Theaim of modular housing is to ease the pressure forfamilies currently residing in hotels and other emer-gency accommodation while supply is coming onstream,” the statement concluded.

Pictured prior to the public meeting about modular housing at the Milestone Pub in Balbriggan are, Alice Davis(Balbriggan Community Council), Cllr Tony Murphy, Joseph McArdle (Chairman Pinewood Residents Association),Sheena O'Reilly (Asst. Secretary Pinewood Residents Association) and Deirdre Hand (Sec. Pinewood ResidentsAssociation)

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St Joseph’s Students Deliver Mental Health Talk it. Jigsaw is an organisa-tion that offers freecounselling services toyoung people. As part ofthe national Jigsawnetwork, supported byHeadstrong theNational Centre forYouth Mental Health.Jigsaw North Fingalaims to make sure thatyoung people’s voicesare heard and that theyget the right support,where and when theyneed it.

it was very well receivedby both the first yearsand the Transition Yearstudents. The speakers weremore than capable andwere very confident indealing with this diffi-cult issue. It was a very informativetalk and each of thestudents in attendancetook a lot of valuableinformation away from

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Newman ClarifiesVoting ErrorLocal councillor, Joe Newman (NP) is eager to putthe record straight regarding a vote taken a recentcouncil meeting regarding Dublin airport. Newmancast his vote in error and isanxious to let it be knownthat he is, and always hasbeen, a supporter of theairport and the vital jobsthat are created through itscontinued growth.Newman explained to theCounty Leader how thisvoting mishap came about.He said, “Last Friday, 22ndJanuary, late at night after a long day attending tocouncil matters, a motion came up regarding theairport. I misinterpreted the motion and voted for it.When I discovered my error and tried to correct therecord, it had already been logged.“I sought clarification, but the vote proceededwithout the clarification. It was at the end of a verylong day and we were all tired. This added a littlepressure with my incorrect decision to vote for themotion. I should have demanded clarification of themotion,” said Newman. In an effort to reassure people, he said, “I am anavid supporter of the airport and I am on record asfully supporting the economic development ofDublin airport, which includes the addition of thesecond runway, which will bring much needed jobs.I have made my support in this respect very clear in recent meetings regarding motions debated in the council,” he concluded. In the end, themotion was defeated.

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down the then F ineGael/Labour government. The concept of tax at thepoint of sale, then calledTurnover Tax was introducedin the mid-sixt ies by aFianna Fai l minor i tyGovernment which relied on

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Labour oust Fianna Fail fromtheir then sixteen years ofpower in 1973. Their promisewas VAT free food, a promisethey delivered on by intro-ducing the zero rate across arange of items.So now that the EU has

decided to have a go at thescrapping of the zero rate.Wil l any of the pol i t icalcontenders of today committo defending the zero rate asenthusiast ical ly asdefending the 12.5 per centcorporation tax rate. Is it anywonder that Br i ta incomplains of over regulationin domestic decisions?Former Fine Gael ministerand current Agr icultureCommissioner, Phil Hogansays that, “Since taking upoff ice in November 2014,eight out of 11 high levelappointments — at directorand head-of-unit level —have gone to female candi-dates.” This is a first withinthe corridors of power in theEU. So Big Phi l is real lyahead of the game this time.

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Young Voters Urged To Register In Time The National YouthCouncil of Ireland(NYCI) is encouragingyoung people in theNorth County to makesure they are regis-tered to vote, giventhat a General Electionis just weeks away. Ifthe election is held atthe end of February, aswidely expected, thedeadline for inclusionon the supplementaryregister could be asearly as the 8thFebruary. James Doorley, NYCIdeputy director

explained: “We areespecially anxious toensure that the 3248young people whohave turned 18 in thelast 12 months in thewhole county, many ofthem from thisconstituency, areincluded in the elec-toral register and canexercise their democ-ratic right.”Any young person whois 18 years of age on orbefore the date of theelection is eligible tovote. If they are notcurrently registered,

they can do so bydownloading andfilling in the RFA2 format www.checkthereg-ister.ie. This form mustbe stamped at a GardaStation and returnedto the local authoritybefore close of busi-ness on the registra-tion deadline.Likewise, if a youngperson wishes tochange their registra-tion address, theyneed to complete anRFA3 form, get itstamped and return itto the local authority

by the deadline whichwill be known once theelection date isannounced.“For almost every elec-tion we get calls fromyoung people whohave missed the regis-tration deadline andare disappointed thatthey cannot vote, weurge young people tomake sure they areregistered and not toleave it to the lastminute, so that theycan vote in theupcoming GeneralElection,” heconcluded.

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We Can Do It AgainAt SciFest 2016 Fol lowing thesuccess of our veryown North Countystudents in therecent YoungS c i e n t i s tCompetition, all thebest young scientificminds in the NorthCounty are invited toenter SciFest 2016and put their knowl-edge to the test. Aswell as pushing theboundaries ofscience, the nationalf inal winner(s) ofSciFest 2016 wi l lrepresent Ireland atthe IntelInternational Scienceand Engineering Fair( ISEF) 2017 in LosAngeles, California. Loreto Balbr igganstudent, LaurenMurphy who, underthe watchful guid-ance of star scienceteacher NiamhMcNal ly , wi l l berepresent ing us atthe IntelInternational Scienceand Engineering Fair( ISEF) 2016 inPhoenix, Ar izona,after winning lastyear’s event.

Now in its ninth yearas a national project,SciFest is an all-inclu-s ive, a l l - is landscience competitionwhere second-levelstudents showcase

science, technology,engineer ing andmaths (STEM)projects at a series ofone day science fairs

held local ly inschools and region-al ly in the 14Inst i tutes ofTechnology, DCU and

St. Marys Col lege,Derry. SciFest isfunded primarily byScience FoundationIreland, Intel and

Boston Scientific. Thewinners f rom eachregional science fairgo on to compete at anat ional f inal inNovember 2016The aim of SciFest isto create a sc iencefair experience that isinclusive, accessibleand inspires excel-

lence. I t g ivesstudents of all abili-ties the opportunityto develop researchskills and associated

ski l ls such asproblem solving, crit-ical thinking, presen-tat ion ski l ls andteamwork. SciFestprovides studentswith an opportunityto study the STEMsubjects in an inter-esting, innovative andhands-on way.

Outlining the commit-ment f rom ScienceFoundation Ireland toits continuing supportof SciFest, Prof. Mark

Pictured at the launch of SciFest 2016, Ireland’s largest science competition for second level students are Kyle Cacho,Sefora Baes, Miranda Stecka, Michaela Walsh, Chloe Reilly and Josep Lew, all from¬†Fingal Community College, Swordswith Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan TD

Ferguson, DirectorGeneral , ScienceFoundation Irelandand Chief ScientificAdviser to theGovernment said:“Science FoundationIreland is happy tosupport in i t iat ivesl ike SciFest asscience fairs can beone of the bestlearning experiencesa student can get .Not only do theypromote inquiry-based learning, theyalso help to develop agood base level ofscience literacy in allwho part ic ipate.Better understandingand skills in this areamake the fruit of acareer in STEM moreobvious to studentswhich wil l benefitI reland in terms ofskills in the years tocome. Investment inSciFest is a ‘win win.”SciFest 2016 will bethe second year ofthe prestigiousBoston Scienti f icMedical DevicesAward, which ispresented at each ofthe 16 regionalscience fairs; theoverall winner of thisaward will receive theBoston Scienti f icMedical DevicesTrophy at the nationalfinal in November.

Lobbying ContinuingUnregisteredSays O’BrienFollowing the publication of TransparencyInternational, Ireland’s Corruption Perceptions Indexlast week which saw Ireland drop a place, GreenParty General Election candidateJoe O’Brien has identified lobby-ists and Fingal County Council hashaving a lot of work to do in termsof building a transparent democ-racy. In speaking to the CountyLeader he said that; “This weekalone has shown me that there isa lot of work to be done to makegovernment in Ireland more transparent.Government is still too precious and afraid torelease what is public information and lobbyistsclearly don’t understand or prefer to ignore theirlegal obligations towards the new lobbying register.In Ireland now the public is legally entitled to knowwho is lobbying whom after the introduction of theRegulation of Lobbying Act 2015. However it is clearthat there needs to be some serious political will toactually change the culture of secret lobbying andcronyism in Ireland. ” He went on to say that; “If youare an employer, a representative or advocacy body,a professional lobbyist or an individual communi-cating about development or rezoning of land, youneed to check and register your lobbying activity. Ichecked the lobbying register for lobbying of FingalCounty Council up to the deadline for returns lastweek and there were only 55 entries for the last fourmonths of 2015. The reality I am sure is that FingalCounty Council was lobbied many more times thanthis on a variety of issues that we will probablynever know about.” He concluded by stating that;“If elected I commit to being a TD that will shed lighton the dark corners of government at a local andnational level. Things will not improve just becausewe want them to, we have to elect people that havea genuine interest in making government moretransparent and exposing corruption.”

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That loved up day ofthe year is gett ingclose and this year, ithappens to fall on aSunday. That’s right,a whole weekend ofsweet and romanticgestures awaits us.Valentine’s Day isn’tjust for all the loved-up young couples, itincludes us all, youngor old. It is the oneday in the year thatyou can express yourperpetual love forthat someone you seeon the train everymorning, or yourpartner of old.Whatever you decideto do this Valentine’sweekend to express

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They say that the wayto a man’s heart isthrough his stomach.Test out this theoryyourselves, ladies bycooking your man aspecial breakfast inbed. If you’re not oneto give declarationsof your undying lovefor your man, this isthe per fect day toexpress yourromant ic feel ings.Give him a lazy day,away from any workor nagging. Keep aneye out in your localsupermarkets for anyoffers on breakfastfoods such pancakes,waf f les , bread etc .Snaz up this simpleidea with heartshaped chocolatesand maple syrup onhis pancakes.

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Flowers are a greatway of showing yourlove, even if they areamong the mostcommon Valentine’sgifts. It doesn’t alwayshave to be red roses,you can add a morepersonal touch bysending a bouquet oftheir favourite flowersor flowers in yourpartner’s favouritecolour. Whichever youopt for, flowers are alovely gift, no matter if

it’s to finally confessyour love after monthsof daydreaming, or toshow your other halfonce more how impor-tant they are to you. If you are looking foranother conventionalpresent, chocolate is asweet treat and thelocal shops haveplenty of choices, fromchocolate hearts tospecial Valentineeditions, so that thereis something foreveryone. The two alsomake a nice pair thatcan perfectly be giventogether.

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A Proper WaterMain At Last!The ongoing problem regarding the drinkingwater main on Forest Road in Swords that hasburst on a regular basis over the years, is set tobe resolved for once and for all.

This was confirmed by local councillor, JoeNewman (NP) after consultations with Irish Waterconfirmed that the existing main that as causedchaos for commuters and businesses in the area,will be replaced with a new 30 inchwater main.Newman told the County Leader, “Justbefore Christmas I had a meeting withIrish Water in County Hall in Swords.They send out representatives to meetwith local councillors. I put a couple ofquestions to them - one was about thesewage treatment plant here inSwords and the other was about therehabilitation of the 30 inch watermain, which goes from Forest Road toBalheary.”“Irish Water have confirmed to me that this work isto proceed in Quarter 4 of 2016, when the 1916celebrations are completed. It is hoped to have itfinished in 2018. This is a very substantial project

which starts at Forrest Little Golf Club and willproceed down Forest Road and on to Main Street.Newman understands that some of that main hasbeen replaced there and it will proceed from theGarda station, down Main Street, on to NorthStreet eventually terminating at Balheary,” he said.He accepted that this will cause significantupheaval, but there is sufficient time to put aproper traffic management plan in place tominimise disruption.

Newman continued, “This water mainwill replace the faulty one thatconstantly leaks on Forest Road,causing traffic chaos here on a regularbasis over a number of years, and hascaused a fortune and disrupted busi-nesses on Forest Road. The pipes atthis location are no longer fit forpurpose and need to be replaced andare costing vast amounts of money. Thenew pipe is likely to be made of castiron or lined steel and is expected to

have a long life span,” he confirmed.He is also concerned that this project may be puton hold, depending on the outcome of the General Election, which may determine the futureof Irish Water.

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First Responder Meeting In BallyboughalBallyboughal Community Cardiac First Responders will hold a public meeting to discuss the possi-bility of setting up a Cardiac First Responder group for the Ballyboughal area. The meeting will beheld in O’Connor’s Village Inn, Ballyboughal on Thursday, 4th February at 7pm.The meeting will be facilitated by CFR Ireland and the National Ambulance Service and all arewelcome to attend.

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As we’re slowly step-p i n g o u t i n t o t h es u n s h i n e r a y s o fspring, we gladly saygoodbye to the dark,g l o o m y d a y s o fwinter. The morningsare getting brightera n d t h e n i g h t s a r egetting shorter. Herea t t h e C o u n t yL e a d e r , w e l i k e t owelcome the fresh-ness of spring with af r e s h n e s s i n o u rhomes. Spring timeis the perfect oppor-tunity to revive yourh o m e , a s n a t u r ea r o u n d u s a l s or e v i v e s i t s e l f w i t hf r e s h g r e e n b u d sp r o m i s i n g h a p p i e rand brighter days. Anew rug here, a freshcoat of paint therew i t h s o m e n e wa c c e s s o r i e s a n dvoila, what a differ-ence. You feel like you’vemoved into a brand

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Dublin Says ‘Bonjour’ In Montpellier

A number of Irish and Frenchtourism companies travelled toMontpellier last week, to meet anddo business with some 40 Frenchtravel agents based in and aroundthe southern French city. The work-shop was organised by TourismIreland, in conjunction with AerLingus and Montpellier Airport, tocelebrate and launch the new AerLingus flight between Montpellierand Dublin – due to commence on20 May – and to grow touristnumbers from this part of France.As well as emphasising ease ofaccess between Montpellier and theisland of Ireland, the event was alsoan excellent opportunity for TourismIreland to highlight the Wild AtlanticWay, the Causeway Coastal Routeand The Gobbins Cliff Path, Ireland’sAncient East and Dublin. The French

travel agents also took part in a quiz– answering questions all aboutIreland to be in with a chance to winAer Lingus flights to Dublin.Elmagh Killeen, Tourism Ireland’sManager for southern Europe, said:“We are delighted that so many ofthe influential travel agents in thispart of France took the time to comeand hear about our wonderfultourism offering and the manythings to see and do on a holiday onthe island of Ireland. 2015 was thebest year ever for French visitors toIreland, with the most recent CSOfigures showing an increase of+20% for September to November.Tourism Ireland will roll out anextensive programme of promo-tional activity throughout 2016 – tokeep the momentum going andbuild on that growth.”

Gilles Fougeron, Premier Travel; Bernadette O'Carroll, Irish Welcome Tours; SergeFonseca, Tourism Ireland; Anais Leboeuf, Quartier Libre; Fanny Edom, VoyagesInternationaux; Alessio Monterosso, Aer Lingus; and Mathieu Brydniak, MontpellierAirport are pictured at the Ireland workshop in Montpellier.

Pictured after their training session last week, are members of St Finian's GAA Club,Swords Under 8s girls team, Ruby Delaney, Amy Elliott, Clodagh O'Hagan, Ellie MayMcGovern, Naoise Caffrey, Kate Pierce and Roisin Cornally, with their coach, GerardEdwards

Baby Book Club In DonabateGet your children interested in books early atthe Baby Book Club, which takes place on thelast Tuesday of the month at 11.30am in theDonabate/Portrane Library. Come along withbabies and toddlers for stories and music.

Knitting AndCrochetGroupBalbriggan KnittingGroup meets everyTuesday evening from7pm - 8pm inBalbriggan Library.Bring yourneedles/hooks andwool or get advice onwhat to buy. All adultsare welcome.

Garristown ScrabbleThere is adult scrabble every Wednesday inGarristown Library. New members are alwayswelcome. Contact the library directly for moredetails.

Al Anon Meetings In BalbrigganFor over 60 years, Al Anon has been helping families and friends of alco-holics, who are affected by their loved ones’ drinking. Al Anon meetingsare held every Wednesday from 8.15pm - 9.15pm at FlemingtonCommunity Centre, Balbriggan. Confidentiality is assured and no fees arecharged.

Ciorcal Comhrá/Irish Conversation GroupCome and brush up on your cúpla focal at the Balbriggan Library everyThursday evening from 7pm top 8pm/. All levels are welcome especiallybeginners.

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Christmas period whenthey ran their ‘make thepuppy promise’ appeal.while a worthy appeal,it seams that there werestill plenty of peopleout there who didn’theed the warning of theorganisation. manypeople getting animalsand having now knowl-edge of how to lookafter and care for them

once the initial cutefactor has worn away. He went on to tell usthere not only are thereadult dogs abandonedto them, but there arealso some puppies aswell; “we have also hadpuppies, ‘snape’ an 8week old chihuahuaand ‘rex’, an 11 weekold collie, both werebought as Christmas

presents and surren-dered into us thisJanuary by their newowners as they wereunwanted.”because of the highnumbers of surren-dered dogs and puppiesthe charity has had totake in, they have beenunable to offer placesto pound dogs whichare most at risk.

Old BoroughTable QuizThe Parent Teacher Association ofthe Old Borough National School inSwords has organised a Table Quizto take place on Thursday, 4thFebruary at 8pm in The OldBorough (Wetherspoons) Pub onMain Street, Swords.The aim of the quiz is to cost in fulla new initiative, “Root to Shoots”Garden Project. where they willcreate a sleeper bed vegetable andflower experience that all classescan enjoyduring school hours. Theevent is open to all.

Ballyboughal Pitch And PuttSunday’s 27 hole three-ball scratch scramble winners wereRonnie Delaney, Irene Kavanagh and Breda Finnegan with agross 70. Runners-up were John Fitzpatrick, Nick Savage andBridget Ing on gross 74. Adult Sunday games continue at11am each week. The club are looking for new members and extend an invita-tion to past members to come along and start back playingas we approach springtime. For further info contact thesecretary on 085-174374.

Fingal County Council won an award at the at the eGovernment Awards 2016 ceremony last weekPictured with the award are, Dominic Byrne, Head of Information, Fingal County Council, Vanessa Liston,CiviQ and Hazel Farley, Fingal County Council.

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Action Ireland Gala Evening Dazzles In The Grand

Action Ireland Trust’s Gala Dinner was held last weekin the Grand Hotel in Malahide and was attended byover 260 people. The fundraiser was the last majorevent before the team of 96 volunteers and studentsfrom Portmarnock Community School head off toLesotho once again. Marty Whelan was at hispolished best as Master of Ceremonies on the nightentertaining the crowd with his familiar wit. FranWhelan, CEO Action Ireland Trust spoke on the nightsaying that not only was this a great Gala Dinner, itwas also a celebration of 10 years’ work in SouthAfrica and Lesotho. He explained that over the 10years over 500 transition year students and 800volunteers had travelled and carried out great workincluding building feeding centres, creches and earlylearning centres for Friends in Ireland wherby theynow feed over 1000 children daily in the EasternCape. It was also highlighted by him that the localauthorities work in supporting Planning andDevelopment in Lesotho was imeasurable and the

success of the Map Lesotho will yield great resultsfor years to come. It was clear on the night thatCommunity support is really appreciated by ActionIreland Trust together with the strong partnershipwith Portmarnock Community School, the Board ofManagement and Principal, Ms. Deeney. Supportfrom local Fingal Businesses was recognised on thenight, particularly the input from Gareth Molly ofMolly and Sherry, Breen Falvey of Sandford Freightwho arranged the transport of the containercurrently heading to Africa in time for the arrival ofthe Action Ireland Trust team with medical equipt-ment, clothing, educational tools, books and somuch more. The night was attended by the LesothoAmbassador to Ireland, Paramente Phamatose, Cllr.Breen Mc Donnagh on behalf of the Mayor of Fingaland Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Dublin Fire Brigade,Denis Kealy. All in all a great night was had at theGrand Hotel ahead of the busy trip to Lesotho in thecoming weeks.

Game Set and Match For Malahide Tennis ClubDespite the stormy weather theMalahide Lawn Tennis andCroquet Club tennis season isalready in full swing, tensions arehigh as finals are fastapproaching. April will see thefinals take place for the 250members who will compete in theinternal leagues. The club has 15teams playing in the DLTC WinterLeague and finals will be in MLTCCon 13th March. The Club will alsohold its annual Junior Tennis Openin the last week of April and an

International ITF Under 18 tennisevent in July. The number ofmembers is rising all the time andnew members are alwayswelcome. They encourage playersof all levels to join as there issomething for everyone within theclub. Further proving that the clubis going from strength to strengthis the fact that there has been agreat addition to the coachingteam for the club. James Cluskey isset to join the MLTCC coachingteam. He will be working with Jim

Watt, Director of Coaching. Jameswill be a huge asset to the club ashe was the top doubles player onthe Ireland Davis Cup team andhas been a key member of theclub’s 1st team for the last numberof years. James will bring fantasticexperience to the Club at all levels.He will be working with some ofthe Club’s League teams and mostpromising juniors in the comingmonths and is also available forprivate coaching for Club membersof all levels.

Success For Malahide Under 15’s

Pictured are malahide Utd’s Under 15s team:Back row: Manager Davy McGrady, Keith Ennis, Amadeaus Tarnopowicz, Ciaran Daly,Sean Bohan, Karl Rooney, Colm McGrady, Danny Taffe, Liam McGrathFront row: Sean O'Connor, Matthew Kinahan, Luke Ennis, Luke Mooney, Callum Buchanand Ben Gaynor

It was great news lastweek for MalahideUnited FC when theywon their game inKIlkenny against theKilkenny Freebooters.The triumph meansthat they are nowthrough to the last 16of the SFAI All IrelandCup.Here at the CountyLeader we spoke toteam manager DavyMcGrady to tell usabout the match. “It was a tight game.The first half saw aslightly lacklustreperformance, howeverit was down to keeperSean Bohan’s supersave that he pulled offin the first half in ourfavour.”He told us that thesecond half was better.saying that; “ In the

victorious through twoextra time goals, onefrom Luke Ennis andthen the clincher camefrom his cousin KeithEnnis. This was amoment of great pridefor the two boys’grandfather who hadtravelled down for the

match only to see histwo grandsons ulti-mately win the match.Their next game will beplayed at home on 21stFebruary and willeither be againstDonacarney Celtic fromDrogheda or Park Villafrom Waterford.

second half we playeda lot better and wereon top. For a while itwas nerve biting stuffwe just couldn’t score.It was nil all and wentto extra time”At the end of a nervejangling match,Malahide emerged

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Pictured at the Action Irelan Trust’s Gala Dinner at are Damian Keane Action Ireland Trust , Niall FitzGerald Chairman AIT,Eithne Deeney Portmarnock CS Principal, acting County Mayor Brian McDonagh, His Excellency Paramente Phamotse,The Kingdom of Lesotho Ambassador to Ireland, Anna Gervin and Gerry Gervin former Irish Ambassador to The Kingdomof Lesotho Mrs. Moipone Phamotse and Michael Mc Cabe AIT.

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Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have askedfor many favours, this time I ask for a very

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CARROLL (née Flynn), Nuala (Portrane, Co.Dublin / Rathcoole, Dublin) - Jan. 27, 2016,(peacefully) at home will all her family, belovedwife of the late Jimmy; sadly missed by herloving son, daughters, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, relatives and friends.Rest in peace.

DALY Patrick (Pat)(Pinewood Green Road,Balbriggan, Co. Dublin) Peacefully in BeaumontHospital. Sadly missed by his loving wife Anna,sons Anthony and Darren, brother Michael,sisters Agnes, Breda and Ann, sisters-in-law,brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives andmany friends. Rest in peace. Rest in peace.

RYAN, (née Dempsey), Morna - January, 27,2016, (Late of Skerr ies, Co. Dublin)(Peacefully), with Paula and Michèle at herside, in the tender care of the staff at St.Francis Nursing Home (Mount Oliver), Dundalk,beloved wife of the late Hilary; sadly missed byher two girls, son-in-law Frank, Michèle'spartner Karen, grandchildren Joe, Catherine,Clare, Jack and great grandson Tom, her sisterPeggy, granddaughter-in-law Amy (Liu Jia),grandson-in-law Alan, sisters-in-law Beth andPauline, nieces, nephews, extended family,neighbours and many dear lifelong friends.Rest in peace.

SHACKLEY , Wil l iam Raymond (Swords &formerly of Barnsley, Yorkshire) - Jan. 26th,2016, suddenly at home; sadly missed by hisloving wife Elsie, daughter Carol, grandchildrenElizabeth, Caroline, Daniel and Jacqueline,great-grandchildren Josh, Max, Luke, Abigail,Zack and Jane, relatives and friends. Rest inpeace.

GRAHAM (née O'Grady), Mary (Swords, Co.Dublin) - Jan. 26, 2016 (peacefully), in her 97thyear at Tara Winthrop Private Clinic, belovedwife of the late Jack; sadly missed by her lovingdaughters Mary and Julie, son Pat, son-in-lawAustin, daughter-in-law Maria, grandchildren,sister-in-law Judy, nephews, nieces, relativesand a large circle of friends. Rest in peace.

KAVANAGH (Malahide, Co. Dublin) January26th., 2016 (peacefully) in the loving care ofthe staff at Marymount Care Centre,Westmanstown, James (Jim), beloved husbandof the late Eileen and dear father of Paul,Bernadette and the late Brian; sadly missed byhis loving son, daughter, daughter-in-lawMargaret, grandchildren, great-grandchildren,brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives andfriends. Rest in peace.

KEANE , Padraig (Swords, Co. Dublin andformerly of Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon) - Jan.26, 2016, at Beaumont Hospital; sadly missedby his loving wife Mary, daughter Roisin, sonsDonall and Conor, brothers, sisters, relativesand friends. Rest in peace.

MADDEN (née Coughlan) Phyllis (Phyllie)(Malahide, Co. Dublin), 26th January 2016(peacefully) after a short illness in the dedi-cated care of the staff of St. Patrick's Ward,Beaumont Hospital surrounded by her lovingfamily. Beloved wife of Harry; very sadlymissed by nieces, nephews, grandnieces,grandnephews, friends and neighbours. Rest inpeace.

TUNNEY Pauric (Patr ick) (Ex Roadstone)(Barley Hill, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin andformerly Kilskyre, Co Meath) January 25th 2016,in the wonderful care of Doctors, Nurses andstaff at Beaumont Hospital. Beloved husbandof Mary and dear father of Paul and Karen. Verysadly missed by his loving wife, son, daughter,son-in-law, daughter-in-law, his adored grand-children, brothers Sean, Gene and Jimmy,sisters Brid, Marie and Angela, sisters-in-law,brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives andall his many friends. Rest in Peace.

O Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel,Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed

Mother of the Son of God, ImmaculateVirgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of theSea, help me and show me herein you are myMother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Empressof Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech theefrom the bottom of my heart to secure me inthis my necessity. There are none that can

withstand your power, oh show me herein youare my mother. O Mary conceived without sin,

pray for us who have recourse to thee(3 times.)Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your

hands(3 times). Say this prayer for 3 consecu-tive days and request will be granted on the

3rd day. Prayer should be published.

Novena To TheBlessed Virgin

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Fingal County CouncilI, Barbara McDonnell intend to apply for permissionfor a development at Malahow, Naul, Co. Dublin.The development will consist of extending theexisting ground floor extension and raising the roofto incorporate an upper floor bedroom to includeinternal alternations and all associated site works.The planning application may be inspected orpurchased, at a fee not exceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy, at the offices of FingalCounty Council, Planning Authority, Fingal CountyHall, Main Street, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin,during its public opening and a submission orobservation may be made to the Planning Authorityin writing on payment of the prescribed fee withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilApplication for Full Planning Permission for conver-sion of attic to non-habitable storage space withdormer extension to rear at 44, River Valley Close,River valley, Swords, Co. Dublin signed Edel &Gerry WheelerThis application may be inspected/purchased at afee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy between 9.30am-3.30pm, monday-friday, atthe offices of Fingal Co. Co., County Hall, Main St.,Swords, Co. Dublin. A submission or observation inrelation to the application may be made in writingon payment of the prescribed fee within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt byFingal Co.Co. of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought to widen theexisting vehicular entrance, pave front garden to

accommodate off-street parking, convert attic to anon-habitable room which will include the installa-tion of roof lights to the front and rear pitches of themain roof, a first floor extension to the side of theexisting house over the existing garage which willinclude extending the main roof over the garage at27 Shenick Grove, Skerries for Steve & AislingTinkler.The planning application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy, at the offices of FingalCounty Council, County Hall, Main St, Swords,Co. Dublin, during its public opening hours. Asubmission or observation in relation to the appli-cation may be made in writing to the PlanningAuthority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20,within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the dateof receipt by the authority of the application, andsuch submissions or observations will be consid-ered by the Planning Authority in making a decisionon the application. The Planning Authority maygrant permission subject to or without conditions,or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County CouncilI Mary Harford apply for full planning permissionfor a new storey and half side extension to theexisting dwelling house incorporating a granny flat,and associated site development works, atBaldongan, Lusk, Co. Dublin.This planning application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy, at the offices of the,Planning Authority, during its public opening hours.A submission or observation in relation to the appli-cation may be made to the Authority in writingwithin a period of 5 weeks from the date of receipt

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Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought byJakobi Properties Ltd. on lands atBarnwell Court to the rear of No. 3 &No. 4 Castle View, Drogheda Road,Balbriggan, Co. Dublin for the construc-tion of a 2 no. storey, 4 no. bedroomcontemporary dwelling with new vehic-ular access, 2 no. on site car parkingspaces, private open space, singlestorey garden store building, drainageinfrastructure, landscaping and allassociated site development worksnecessary to facilitate development.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of the plan-ning authority (County Hall, MainStreet, Swords, Co. Dublin) during itspublic opening hours (9.30-16.30Monday to Friday). A submission orobservation in relation to the applica-tion may be made in writing to thePlanning authority on payment of theprescribed fee (€20) within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the applica-tion. The Planning Authority may grantpermission subject to or without condi-tions, or may refuse to grant permis-sion.

Fingal County CouncilPermission for construction of a revisedsingle storey replacement extension (tothat approved under F14B/0190) &alterations to the rear and to the eastside of existing single-storey dwellingincluding new (raised) flat roof and allassociated demolition & site works at‘Fairwynds’, Donabate, Co. Dublin.

Signed: N. Safanova. This applicationcan be inspected or purchased at a feenot exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of FingalCounty Council, County Hall, MainStreet, Swords, Co. Dublin. Mon.-Fri.between 9.30-15.30 (Through Lunch)and a submission or observation inrelation to the application may be madein writing to Fingal County Council onpayment of the prescribed fee withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought by JohnKeeling on lands at and adjoining AppleBlossom Cottage, Ballymadrough,Donabate, Co. Dublin for a proposedsessional preschool service. Permissionis sought for an extension to theexisting residential dwelling of 77 sq.mto comprise a sessional preschoolclassroom and associated toilets,cloakroom etc. to accommodate c.11children, utilisation of existing vehicularaccess and existing services (incl.existing wastewater treatment system),outdoor education environment land-scaping, boundary treatments and allancillary works necessary to facilitatethe development. The planning applica-tion may be inspected or purchased ata fee not exceeding the reasonable costof making a copy at the offices of theplanning authority during its publicopening hours and a submission orobservation may be made to the plan-ning authority in writing on payment ofthe prescribed fee (€20) within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of thisapplication.

Fingal County CouncilSIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMA-TION/REVISED PLANS We, Beata and Keith Fingleton havesubmitted Significant FurtherInformation/Revised Plans in relationto Planning Application Ref: F15B/0142at 35 Mill Hill Park, Skerries, Co. Dublin.The revisions comprise of a redesign ofthe proposed extension to a 1 and 2storey extension to the rear and modifi-cations to the public drains. TheSignificant Further Information/RevisedPlans, in relation to the applicationhave been furnished to the PlanningAuthority, and are available forinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of the plan-ning authority during its public openinghours and submission or observationmay be made to the authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) no later than 2 weeks afterreceipt of the newspaper notice andsite notice with the planning authority

Fingal County CouncilWe, Brendan & Mary Barry intend toapply to the above named authority forPlanning Permission to retain existingsingle-storey extension to side ofdwelling and construction of single-storey rear extension together with allassociated works @ 20 CarrickCourt,Portmarnock, Co.Dublin. The planning application may beinspected, or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its publicopening hours of 9.30 - 16.30 Mondayto Friday at Fingal County Council,Fingal County Hall, Main Street,Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin A submission or observation in relationto the application may be made inwriting to the Planning Authority onpayment of the prescribed fee, €20,within the period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by Fingal CountyCouncil of the Application, and suchsubmissions or observations will beconsidered by the Planning Authority inmaking a decision on the application.The Planning Authority may grantpermission subject to or without condi-tions, or may refuse to grant permis-sion.

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