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Lucan school to benefit from €100m investment

By Paul O'Connell

A lUcAN primary school is set to benefit from a recent investment announcment by the Department of Education. Scoil Mhuire Primary School in Woodview, lucan, will be among a number of schools nation-wide that will see €100 million invested in 28 new school bulding projects over the next four years.

In addition to Scoil Mhuire, four other Dublin schools will also ben-efit from the investment.

The investment will see St laurence o’Toole’s Special School in Seville Place get a new school building. St Mary’s central NS, Donnybrook; Sancta Maria college, Rathfarnham; and castleknock community college will all get major extensions and refurbishments benefiting over 2,750 students.

The new funding will enable 28 new school building projects to go ahead. The Department of Education's total investment in these new school projects will

come to €100 million, with the balance coming from the existing €2.2 billion school building budget for 2012 and 2016.

The lucan Informer understands that nationally, 18 primary schools and 10 post-primary schools will be replaced or refurbished to pro-vide state-of-the-art classrooms and facilities for over 12,000 stu-dents.

The 28 schools are in addition to the 275 major school building projects announced in March 2012 under the Department of Education's

Claims that 1,200 direct and indirect construction jobs will be created through the national projects.

“Five Year Plan”. The schools that will be replaced or refurbished have completed extensive architec-tural planning already and can progress quickly to tender and con-struction before the end of this year.

The additional €50 million is being provided by the Department of Public Expenditure Reform under the Government's €150 mil-lion 'Investing in Infrastructure and Jobs' package.

It is expected that over 1,200 direct and indirect construction jobs will be created through the projects. local communities will also benefit, as many schools make their grounds and buildings availa-ble for a range of community activ-ities.

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This is out of a total of 46,201 so it's still a small proportion of car sales. Of the 310, only 22 were full electric vehicles and the rest were petrol/electric hybrids. This is not surprising given the range anxiety cited by many analysts.

At less than one per cent of sales, electric cars have not gone mainstream but up to recently the choice of hybrids was very small. There is still a huge amount of innovation going on so expect electric's share to start rising in coming years.310

Comment BoxBy Barry Andrews, Goal

Should we still give aid?One Friday afternoon recently, I found myself standing beside an unremark-able area of ground in a town in northern Syria trying to comprehend what I was being told.

The section of turf that I was looking at had been home to a mosque that, on another Friday a few months previously, had been levelled by a direct hit from an aerial bomb. The strike took place during midday prayers. Up to 80 people were killed instantly.

As I stood there, struggling to take this on board, I could see little evidence to suggest that such an atrocity had taken place. The remains of the building had been cleared away, the bodies long-since buried and all that remained was a small clearing. Yet, happen it did, and like so many other cases of violence and bloodshed in this battle-scarred country, it has become a mere footnote in the wider conflict.

More than two years after it commenced, the battle for control of Syria rages on. The Un estimates that at least 80,000 people have been killed. Other reports put that figure as high as 120,000.

Since we began our intervention in Syria towards the end of last year, GOAL has distributed 8,000 kits, which included blankets and essential hygiene materials; and 107 metric tonnes of wheat flour, which is a staple diet for the people of Syria. We are currently preparing to distribute 33,000 fam-ily food baskets which will benefit more than 230,000 people. These are individuals that, without our support, would struggle to find assistance else-where.

Like any Irish organisation, or business, GOAL is very mindful of the fact that the Irish Government is grappling with grave difficulties. As a charity, we are very cognisant of the difficulties being experienced by thousands of peo-ple in this country. It is deeply troublesome to bear witness to the decline in living conditions and, as always, it is the poor and disadvantaged that are affected most.

In recent years, GOAL has seen its income reduce significantly as a result of the economic downturn and we have had to make very difficult and painful decisions to completely end our operations in some countries and scale down our programmes in others. We are all too aware of the painful reality of watching those who are in dire need suffer, and being unable to provide assistance.

Any conversation around Ireland's aid programme must always be borne with these people in mind. It must also consider the view that spending part of our budget on overseas aid does not necessarily have to affect how we help people who are distressed at home. In fact, comparing and contrasting the poor in Ireland with the poverty-stricken in developing countries is both dis-ingenuous and divisive. They are not mutually exclusive.

We can be part of a country that helps those most in need here, and delivers aid to help ease the suffering of those families on the margins of society in countries like Syria.

What is required is not surrender or a walking away from the field, but a bold new focus and resolve to do things better with a total concentration of effort and resources. Instead of being defeatist in the face of our own difficul-ties, we must do more, with less.

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WestSide Stage School Summer CampTHIS year WestSide Stage School's Summer camp is a two week course and as usual it is open to everyone aged between 4 and 16 years.

The Summer camp will be held in Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School. This year organ-isers are delighted to confirm that the staged produc-tion on the final day of the two week course will be in The Wilson and Wright Theatre in The King's Hospital School, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 where parents are invited to attend.

camp details are as follows:10.30am to 1.30pmMonday July 8th to Friday July 12thMonday July 15th to Friday July 19thIncludes Staged Production Friday July 19th

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Lucan Festival Seeking Donations and Volunteers From lucanfestival.comTHE committee are currently canvassing companies in the area for donations. last year the Festival cost aprox €13,000 to run and we are appealing for dona-tions no matter how small which will be acknowl-edged publicly. Do not give donations to anyone purporting to be from the committee unless they have an official letter from the Festival. If you have had no one call please contact the writer below.

on Thurs 26th September the Tea Dance returns to the Spa Hotel. Since the Dance started 2 years ago it has become very popular and this year promises to be the best. So put the date in your diary and dig out the

dancing shoes in good time. Admission is €8 includ-ing tea/coffee and finger food.

Following on from last year's event it was sug-gested that an historical walk around the village should take place at the weekend as a lot of people are tied up on weekdays.

So this year we will have three walks, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings begining at 11am. The starting location will be announced nearer to the time.

If anyone would like to volunteer their services during the week please contact the writer.

on our website a collection of last year's festival photos will be available. See www.lucan-festival.com.

our festival this year is from 23rd to the 29th September and we invite all local groups and organi-zations who would like to participate particularly on the 29th when we hold our open Day to contact us . We would like local bands and performers to partici-pate and show off their talents.

We are also looking for local makers of goods such as jams, sauces, bread, cakes, chocolate, candles, knitwear, etc to partake on our village open day.

Events will also take place throughout the week which will be announced at a later date.

contact us at lucanfestival@gmail.com or face-book.com/lucanfestival or directly to Joe Byrne chairman 0867944074.

Free Family Fun at Farmleigh House FARMlEIGH House will host children's art work-shops for children between 6-12yrs on Saturday the 13th July.

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n Irish rugby star and UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Donncha O'Callaghan has returned home from a humanitarian mission to Lebanon where he saw first-hand the dire situation for Syrian children and their families. The war has left more than 70,000 people dead and nearly six million displaced from their homes. Donncha is pictured with siblings, four-year-old Mohmoud and five-year-old Kawthar. To donate please visit www.UNICEF.ie or call 1850 767 999. Photo: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

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By Kathy Marsh, SonairteGreen SceneThe sewage - do it rightSO now we know where the new giant sewage facility for north Dublin is to go. If big is beautiful the site chosen is probably the most suitable of those under review both ecologically and from the point of view of accessibility.

For the sake of those living in the area one must hope that it is properly designed and the budget is in place so that the problems that were associated with the construc-tion and commissioning at Ringsend are avoided.

My personal belief is that it would have been better to build a series of smaller local treatment facilities because the consequences will be so widespread if something goes wrong. I do hope there is plenty of power back up and triplicated management systems

Good for the Irish SeaThoughts about sewage bring me inevitably to the end product. Although we keep hearing about waste water treatment there is, of course, a lot more than water going to be produced in the plant which will be second only to that in Ringsend in capacity.

I'm assuming that most of the electricity to power it will be produced on site. Ringsend gets 40% of its power requirements from the methane that is generated from the solid fraction of the waste but technology has improved even in the short time since that was built and it surely possible to do better. More importantly the project should take a lot of pollution out of the Irish Sea.

Listening to some of the comments I've been puzzled by those who say that the outfall at Ireland's eye will have an adverse effect on fishing in Dublin Bay.

In fact the opposite should happen so long as the specifications and design are right. At the moment Ireland still manages to put far too much poorly treated waste into our waters, bot inshore and coastal. This plant should be a big step in the clean up.

End product - not wasteIn fact I get pretty annoyed about the concept that the end product of a good sewage treatment plant is waste. Do it right and you get clean water, methane gas for power, and a clean safe fertiliser to go back on the land.

Yes, it's been through our bodies on the way to that state but it certainly isn't waste - it is reclamation, recy-cling and waste prevention. For far too many years we have taken the nutrients from soil and cycled them, via vegetables, animals and our human bodies, into the sea, gradually diminishing the mineral status of our soils.

now at last we are trying to stabilise the equation. There is still going to be a small net loss, but at least if we return sewage to the land as a treated, safe balanced fertiliser that loss will be minimised.

And because the end product of good sewage treat-ment is a very stable product, it won't leach into ground-water as easily as "bag nitrogen" does so the nitrate levels in Irish groundwater, which can cause damage to the capacity of blood to carry oxygen, should continue to fall to ever safer levels.

A blooming great dayThoughts of fertiliser bring me to gardening. Along with what seemed like most of Dublin I headed for Bloom over the June Bank Holiday to bask in the unexpected sunshine, pick up new gardening ideas and pig out on the artisan food.

I had a great day, meeting up with lots of old friends both on the stands and in the crowd, and seriously dam-aging my wallet on new plants for my garden and deli-cious - and all too often fattening - things to eat. Though I have to admit that the fattening was down to my choices, since there were plenty of healthy options avail-able. After all, the only way to decide whether you like Keogh's potato crisps or the kale chips from natasha's Living Foods best is to eat both. So I did. And bought both.

Gardening or food?However, I think I wasn't the only one who felt that in its attempt to provide something for everyone Bord Bia was putting on a very confused show. Is it a gardening event or a food fair? And where do the craft stall come in?

Judging by the queues to "have a go" in the latter it is maybe time for a serious Dublin summer craft event, although I doubt if the Craft Council of Ireland have the funding to stage an event on the scale there is obviously a demand for.

I've thought a fair bit about why so many people are now busily trying to recover skills that were common-place a generation or two back, such as knitting, cooking and gardening - it isn't just that the recession has bitten since some are willing to spend a fortune on special wools, artisan ingredients and rare plants.

It is more, I feel, about a determination in an out-of-control-world where both climate and economy have gone mad, to take control of the minutiae of our lives, to be flexible and adaptable, to be able to pass on to future generations survival skills that were cheerfully tossed overboard in the days when growth and expansion were taken for granted.

It would be nice to see government putting some cash behind such investment in sustainability but somehow, in these Troika days I can't see it happening. I guess we should be grateful that through Bord Bia and Leader, they continue to invest in the development of local arti-san foods - though thanks to some careless wording of Ireland's eU agreements they can't put as much from the agriculture budget into this form of local development as most other european nations are doing.

The desire to controlBut back to the gardens. To be honest I was pretty disap-pointed with a lot of the show gardens in competition - far too many gave the impression that the designers had hopped down to their local big box suppliers, bought

everything in sight and planted it out in tight bright blocks with no regard to succession, sustainability, or biodiversity.

There was good reason for this, for when I listened to the comments of many show visitors this was exactly what they wanted - not nature in their gardens but total control, which included strongly colour co-ordinated hard landscaping, furniture, and foliage. Talking to some of the designers they felt they had to go in this direction because this is what the Irish clientele still wants. Of course the winning garden gave a completely different message and one much needed in our times.

Garden within a gardenGerard Mullen, from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford built a garden within a garden. Somewhere nearer the house was a neatly manicured lawn and vegetable and flower beds but here the owners had taken advantage of their setting in the Comeragh Mountains to build a tranquil retreat.

A stunningly simple ultra-modern pavilion looked out over pond, meadow and old stone walls which were demon-strating the excellence of the planting by providing a home to a host of beneficial insects when I saw it - I could almost wonder if the designer had brought the lacewings and hover flies with him. This garden was also stunning in the quality of the planting.

Don't mistake me - the quality of the actual plants at the Bloom this year was excellent. Irish growers really showed they can produce the goods but sometimes they weren't as well planted and maintained as they should have been. In one case plants hadn't been properly watered and were already wilting two days into the show. This was a great shame since it was a garden with a strong message.

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While we don’t get completely dark skies in the summer like we do in winter, this time of year still brings plenty to see in the night sky.

The ringed planet Saturn is placed in the southern sky and later on in the month it will be placed right next to the fainter star Kappa Virginis. however, Saturn itself will be quite bright and will have a slight yellow-ish tinge to it, from its clouds. Observing Saturn through binoculars will show you its moons, while a telescope should reveal its rings. With a larger telescope you may even be able to make out the large Cassini Division in the ring system!

Summertime also brings an unusual phenomenon called noctilucent clouds (NlCs for short). These are very high-al-titude clouds, invisible in all cases other than deep twilight.

This makes summer the ideal time for them to appear, when the Sun – although below our horizon – can still shine on the clouds which are in the mesosphere, approximately 80km above the ground.

The clouds were first observed in 1885, following the eruption of Krakatoa two years earlier, but research has shown that NlCs are not caused solely by vol-

canic activity. Their discovery was also after the end of the industrial Revolution, and their increase in appearance has been suggested to be linked to climate change due to pollutants in the atmos-phere.

Noctilucent are an eerie yet spectacu-lar sight. They cannot be missed as they look like no other cloud you will have seen, glowing electric blue, almost like a web in the northern sky. They are best seen from ireland between 10:30pm and 11:30pm or so. if you don't see them one night, don't worry; keep checking regularly around this time of year and you should get to see them!

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Angler's Angles

I’m often asked why I fish as it is apparent to anyone I meet that I am absolutely passionate about Fly Fishing.

I think it appeals to me so much because for a short time, I can switch off from everything else in my life. I can arrive at the water and in two minutes be thinking only about the best way to outwit my quarry.

At times when I can’t get out fishing I can easily pull out some memories of the beautiful places I’ve visited or remember a significant capture or escape. We live in a fast paced stress filled world with people spending considerable time doing things that they dislike. Fly-fishing is more about solitude when compared with conventional types of fishing. Although I enjoy a fishing adventure with friends while actually fishing we generally fish alone and will meet in the evening to eat, drink and brag about big fish!

Then there are the rewards, If I have read the water correctly, chosen the correct fly and presented it well and then the fish takes, it is like a shot of adrenaline into your heart.

To capture a fresh run bright silver Salmon or a large wild Trout is something that cannot be bought, it can only be earned through patience and dedication and the sense of achievement is immense.

There are many facets to the sport that appeal to me; fly casting itself is an art form, fly

tying, photography, conservation and fish art. Yes I also paint fish!, I know I am obsessed with fish and their environments but as the author Robert Traver once wrote:

“I fish not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant and not nearly so much fun.”

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Finally folks, if you need any information on gardening or if you have any tips or sugges-tions which I can pass on, please send them to me at livinglan-descapes@eircom.net.

I would be delighted to quote for any/all of your garden requirements from set-up organ-ic vegetable plots to restoration of neglected gardens, design, planting and maintenance. no charge for initial visit and I will travel within reason.

AS I write this June piece the rain and cold wind has arrived after about 10 days of glorious sunshine and warmth. Readers will appreciate that there is a time gap between submitting my monthly piece to the editor of The Informer and you, the reader actually reading the arti-cle. So I sincerely hope that the lovely weather will return later in the month when this issue is popped through your letter box.

Burst into lifeThe growth during the lovely

weather has been phenomenal allowing everything to finally burst into life after a windy and cold Spring. Oddly enough one of the bonuses of this is that many plants and shrubs which would have finished flowering many weeks ago are still in flower or have only just stopped flowering. A great example of this is the early Climatis ‘Montana’. I have a white vari-ety which is still in flower.

If you too have one of these

Phenomenal growth after cold spring

cal gloves and work away. Also cut back any suckers when they appear.

If you have a pond now is a great time to introduce some new fish and clean up overgrown oxy-genating plants. Fish should also be fed more often but don’t over do it.

A lot of hedges and spring flowering shrubs will need prun-ing now but do be careful as there may be nests. I have discovered about three recently despite being assured by the customer that none

were present.In the veg plot up to the end of

May everything looked rather sad. now I have an abundance of lettuce and rocket. The potatoes have just been ‘earthed up’ and some have flowered. I hope to eat the first of them in about 3 or 4 weeks.

Think about winter vegAlway remember to leave them

in the ground and pick them as required rather than harvest them all at the same time. The beetroot

early climbers unless you want it to cover an old shed or ugly wall the new shoots should be cut back once flowering is finished.

Weeds grow too Lawns have also started to take

off and most could do with a liq-uid feed at this time of the year. The lovely weather has also given weeds a boost and weeding should be tackled whenever pos-sible, just try to do a little at a time rather than spending hours at this laborious task.

Deadhead any faded plants in your beds and borders and don’t forget to keep deadheading your hanging baskets for a continuous display. A feed every 2 weeks or so is also vital for your baskets, window boxes and containers.

Squishing and squashingRoses this year appear to have

more green and black fly than usual. I’m a great believer in squishing and squashing the blighters rather than spraying them. Just put on rubber or surgi-

Garden Growing With Gerry Norton

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Tidy up and cut back faded flowers in your spring bed such as daffs, bluebells, and lily of the valley.

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Where did you grow up?I grew up in a small rural community in Bansha, Co. Tipperary.

What’s your fondest childhood memory?As a child I had a great love of horses and our neighbour, Jimmy O’Heney, always had horses, so I spend much of my childhood years with him and his horses.

I have great memories of that period of my life and I learned a lot from him about the value of kindness and gentleness. He told me that horses always reacted posi-tively when treated with kindness and gentleness. He was right, and I must say that this proved to be a lesson for life as I soon discovered that human beings also respond positively to kindness.

Indeed, I now strongly believe that if kindness doesn’t get the very best out of a fellow human being, nothing will.

What drew you to work in the Irish Prison System?I ended up working in the Irish Prison Service purely by accident. When I applied for a position in the prison serv-ice in 1967 I had no idea or insight into what working in a prison would be like and I knew nobody who worked in the service.

I guess many people end up working in jobs that they never planned for and I was certainly one such person.

You were in the prison service for 42 years, did you ever want to do something else?Yes, I worked for over 42 years in the prison service and I found the work very challenging and rewarding. And, no, I never thought about leaving to do other things until 2010, when I decided to retire.

What do you think has been the greatest development in Prison System since you began in 1968?For me personally it was the building and development of the Dochas Centre.

When I took over as Governor of Mountjoy Prison in 1984, conditions in the old women’s prison were brutal. eventually, I was given that opportunity in the mid 1990s

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and in 1999 a new modern facility for women prisoners was opened.

The design of the Dochas Centre was a most innovative creation and I always believed that it introduced a new and very positive approach to imprisonment.

The principle underpinning it was ‘normalisation’ and that was to allow women to live as close as possible to a normal life on the inside so that when they were released they would find the transition from prison to the outside less difficult.

Being governor was a stressful job did it affect you personally?I never felt any stress during my years as a prison gover-nor - perhaps I was but I certainly was not aware of it. I do know that I never lost a night’s sleep during my work-ing life or woke up stressed out over the job.

I was very lucky to be able to switch off once I left the prison and that was a great ability to have. I was very involved in sport for most of that period of my life and this was also a great help. I kept physically fit as well, and again, I believe that this was very helpful in coping with the job of a prison governor.

How did you find the balance between work and home life? I had no problem finding the right balance between work and home life. I never brought the job home with me, never spoke about Mountjoy or Portlaoise.

I separated the two main strands of my live and it cer-tainly worked for me and kept me relatively sane!!

Do you live day-to-day or do you plan for the future? I live very much day to day and take life as it comes. At this stage of my life, 65 years, I am very aware of the important things in life and that is life itself.

I’m really very lucky to have enjoyed wonderful health throughout my life and that is the greatest gift of all and I never take it for granted. So, no forward planning in my life because, like many other people, I know only too well what happens to ‘the best laid plans’.

You were constrained by the system throughout your career as Governor was it important to you, to have free reign with your memoir? Well, I was a bit constrained but I did my best to push the boat out as much as possible and I spoke out publicly about many issues while I was a prison governor.

My main motivation for writing my memoirs was to put on record my experience of the prison system and, in particular, to place on public record the things that I

believed in and what worked and didn’t work in the sys-tem.

I also knew that the system would try to damage me as much as possible once I was gone and now with the ben-efit of hindsight I was dead right too. That said, I have nothing but very happy memories of my time in the prison service and the vast number of people I worked with in the service.

You travel the country giving talks in communities and to parents. What’s the most important message you convey to parents? For many years now I have the great privilege of being invited to speak to parents all over the country.

Two of the most important messages I give to parents are (a) as parents you have about 14 years at maximum when your children want you, after that it’s you who want your children. I encourage them to make the very best use of those early years and to do their best to be present for most of the ‘firsts’ in their children’s lives.

I focus this especially at fathers because us fathers miss out on much of our children’s lives. I emphasise the fact that there’s only one first, first smile, first word, first step, etc. My message is be there for as many as you can.

And, (b) I urge parents to chat to their children as much as possible from a very young age and to continue to do so when they are teenagers. now, I stress that chatting should have no agenda; it must be totally off the cuff.

I believe that if parents chat to their children many of the blocks in com-munication that arise during teenage years will never arise. As parents we are much more likely to inter-rogate our teenagers than to chat with them. Communication between parents and their chil-dren is absolutely vital and I encourage parents to do every-thing possible to keep their lines of communication open at all times with their children.

What is the best bit of advice you’ve been given by someone? The best advice I ever got was from a senior official in the Department of Justice when he said to a group of us one day in

Shanganagh Castle, now closed, “Remember, the truth never goes away”.

You have two grown up daughters, what’s the best advice you have given them as a father? I hope I gave my daughters ‘lots’ of good advice, actually, I never stopped, unfortunately they didn’t seem to think it was all that good!!!

I guess my best advice to them was 'be true to yourself and always treat other people with respect'.

Of course, I also advised them to share their wealth with their father, advice that they have so far totally ignored, but I live in hope.

With the success of your memoir, have you any plans to write another book in the future? I am currently writing a book on parenting and I hope it will be published later this year with the proceeds going to a children’s charity.

Do you have anything planned for the future that our readers may be interested in?Do I have any plans for the future? The answer is defi-nitely not, as I said already, I live in the present and I’ll

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All about Dublin 1 Edited by Zoz

Lesser Known Dubliners

A Place in the City

Lydia Barrington

Military Road - Featherbeds

BORn in 1728 in Dublin, Ireland, Lydia Barrington married fellow Quaker William Darragh in 1753. A few years later they emigrated to Philadelphia where William taught and Lydia was a midwife. They had five children, four others died in infancy.

During the American Revolution Philadelphia was occupied in September 1777 by the British after sev-eral military victories. General George Washington attacked the town but was repulsed and set up a forti-fied camp 16 miles away.

Although many Philadelphia residents fled, the Darraghs remained in their home which was just across the street from the British HQ. As Quakers they were considered neutral and not a threat - their eldest son, William, broke with Quaker tradition and joined the American forces.

Using another son, John (14), Lydia smuggled coded notes to William. He, in turn, passed the intelligence on. It is doubtful that it was of much use but events were about to take a strange turn.

The Darragh home was requisitioned by the British and, though the youngest children were sent away to relatives, Lydia was allowed to stay.

On December 2, 1777, the British officers ordered the family to stay in their bedrooms all evening while they held a meeting. Suspicious of what they would say or do, Lydia hid in the chamber closet of a room adjoining the council room. She overheard a plan for a surprise attack on General Washington’s army at Whitemarsh in two days time.

The following day she requested a pass to go visit her youngest children and to obtain flour from Frankford Mill. early on the morning of the fourth, Darragh left her home and started a long walk through the snow. Her pass allowed her to go through the patrol stops without any trouble.

On her way, she crossed paths with an American officer she knew and told him about the surprise attack General Howe planned for that evening. That officer, elias Boudinot, wrote:- "I was reconoitering along the Lines near the City of Philadelphia. - I dined at a small Post at the rising Sun abt three miles from the City. - After Dinner a little poor looking insignificant Old Woman came in and solicited leave to go into the Country to buy some flour - She walked up to me and put into my hands a dirty old needlebook, with various small pockets in it where I found a piece of Paper rolled up into the form of a Pipe Shank. - on unrolling it I found information that General Howe was coming out the next morning with 5,000 Men - 13 pieces of Cannon - Baggage Waggons, and 11 Boats on Waggon Wheels. On comparing this with other information I found it true, and immediately rode Post to head Quarters."

The tipoff proved invaluable, turning what could have been a decisive battle into a three-day (Dec. 5-7) series of skirmishes. The British forces, low on provision and fearing the onset of winter withdrew. General Washington had lived to fight another day.

Back in Philadelphia Lydia was questioned but cleared of leaking details of the attack. In mid 1778 the British left and the family was reunited. William died in 1783 and Lydia in 1789.

In Philadelphia, the British soldiers conducted an investigation to find out who leaked their plan. Darragh was questioned by one of the officers about whether anyone in the family was awake the night the soldiers held council in their house. Darragh replied no and the officer believed her.

In June of 1778 the British left Philadelphia and Darragh was reunited with the rest of her children. In 1783, her husband William died. Three years later, Darragh moved into a new house and ran a store until her death in 1789. Both were buried in the Friends' burial ground, Fourth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia.

One of the most scenic areas of County Wicklow is across the Military Road and the Featherbeds. It makes for a breathtaking drive through mountain, bog, lake and indescribable scenery.

For four centuries these mountains and forests in County Wicklow were the strongholds of the O’Byrnes and the O’Tooles.

They attacked and taunted the British and retreated to their strong-holds with little possibility of detection. Two years after the 1798 rebellion some of the rebels were still holding out, the Wicklow Mountains providing them cover. The rebels, evading capture for so long, proved most embarrassing for the local commanders and yeo-men.

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In August 1800, 200 soldiers were detailed for the operation and were paid 1/- per day. They constructed a military road from Rathfarnham, County Dublin to Aughavanagh, to make the mountains accessible to troops during the campaign. The road linked Glencree to Sally Gap, Roundwood and Glendalough.

Initially the roads made little impression on the rebels and the gov-ernment decided to quarter soldiers in private houses higher up in the mountains.

The rebels were in the heart of the mountains when snow came, leaving them in a wretched condition. A local priest made an appeal to the rebel leader, Michael Dwyer, to accept a truce and he agreed to surrender on certain terms. On 14 December 1803 Dwyer surrendered to the local garrison commander, William Hoare Hume, thus ending one of the most gallant efforts in Irish history.

The Government failed to stand by their commitment that Dwyer

and his family would be sent to north America and instead they were transported to new South Wales.

Many block-houses and barracks were constructed along its route at Glencree, Laragh and Drumgoff.

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Sunburn is a painful inflammation of the skin caused by uVb rays from the sun (or from tanning beds). uVb rays penetrate into the lower layers of the skin, damaging the cells and causing the characteristic redness and pain. ➤ If you have been burned by the sun, there are a number of treatments

that can be used. Aloe vera gels and lotions can be applied to the burnt area and are great for cooling and soothing hot, painful skin. La roche Posay or Ambre Solaire also do excellent after-sun gels and lotions.

➤ Many people don’t realise that sunburn is an actual burn, and the effects on the body are similar to burns caused by hot water, or touch-ing hot surfaces. Therefore, treatments that would be used for these types of burns are also beneficial for sunburn. burnshield or Medicare Hydrogel can be good for soothing the pain and heat of sunburn.

➤ While topical treatments are beneficial, people often overlook treating the pain as they would treat other types of pain. Ibuprofen or paraceta-mol tablets can work wonders for very painful sunburn.

➤ After the initial burn has begun to heal, sunburn can become very itchy. If this occurs, antihistamine tablets or creams can be useful for treating the itch.

➤ If sunburn covers a large area of the skin, dehydration can become a problem as a lot of water is lost through the burnt area. It is important to drink plenty of water to keep hydrated. You should also avoid any sun exposure until the sunburn has healed.

➤ While sunburn is usually a just an uncomfortable lesson in why you should keep yourself protected from the sun, severe sunburn can be dangerous. It is important to seek medical attention if:

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The Changing CityIn 'The Picture of Dublin, or Strangers Guide to the Metropolis' published in Dublin in 1825 by William Curry Jnr., the growth and changes in the city between the 16th and 18th centuries were described. The fol-lowing excerpt gives an overview of the times:-

"Before the reign of elizabeth (1533-1603), all the buildings throughout Dublin, with the exception of the castle, towers, churches, and some of the houses appropriated to religious worship, (which were built of lime and stone of a very durable quality), were composed of wattles daubed with clay. About that period the inhabitants began to build their houses in a more permanent and convenient manner; they were constructed with timber, in the cage-work fashion, and covered with slates, tiles, or shingles. From the inflammable nature of these materials, many parts of the city were from time to time completely destroyed by raging fires.

"In the 17th century stone or brick began to be commonly used in the construction of private hous-es. In 1610, the entire circuit of its walls, which were wholly confined to the south side, did not exceed a mile and there about 30 streets and lanes.

"now (1825), the length of the city from east to west is little short of three miles, and its breadth almost equal. The number of streets, lanes, etc. is now above 800, containing more than 22,000 houses, and above 204,000 inhabitants.

"Since the elizabethan period, nearly the whole of the north side of Dublin has been built; and Grange-

Gorman, Stoney-batter, and Glasmanogue - villages then at a considerable distance - have been united to the city; Rutland and Mountjoy-squares, with a number of elegant and spacious streets, occupy the north-eastern part of this tract.

"Dame-street was built only on the north side, and did not extend more than three hundred feet in length. On the east and south of George's-lane, a space now occupied by Stephen's-green, Merrion and Fitzwilliam-squares, little was to be seen but enclosed fields; Golden-lane, Stephen street, and South Great George's-street having been at that time the boundary of the south-east limits of Dublin.

"To the eastward, on both sides of the river, streets and squares of the most spacious, airy, and elegant description, have been erected within the last fifty years. Fitzwilliam-square, together with several ele-gant streets, have recently been formed towards the south-east.

"Most of the streets are well paved; being Macadamized in the centre for carriages, while on either side, generally speaking, and with the excep-tion of that part of the city denominated the Liberty, there is a well flagged foot-path. The city is lighted with gas, and the inhabitants enjoy a plentiful supply of excellent water from the Grand and Royal Canals, conveyed by pipes from large reservoirs, or basins, constructed at the north and south sides of the river.

"The city is encompassed by a circular-road, nearly nine miles in length, and on three sides by the Grand and Royal Canals, which terminate in docks communicating with the Liffey near its mouth.

"At an early period of its history, on account of the

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"The resident gentry of Dublin now amount to about 2,000 families, including clergymen and physi-cians, besides nearly an equal number of lawyers and attornies, who occasionally reside there.

"The families engaged in trade and commerce are calculated at about 5,000, and the whole may yield a population of 60,000 or 70,000 in the higher and mid-dle ranks of society.

"The change which has taken place, though injuri-ous to commercial prosperity, has, perhaps, in an equal proportion, proved beneficial to public morals; the general character of the inhabitants, which was once gay and dissipated, has now become more seri-ous and religious, and those sums formerly lavished on expensive pleasures, are now happily converted to purposes of a more exalted nature.

"Formerly there were seven theatres well support-ed; at present the only one which remains is fre-quently thinly attended. Club-houses and gaming-ta-bles are nearly deserted; and even among the lower classes, vice of every kind has visibly diminished."

n CAPTION: A section of a wattle and daub house.

walls with which it was surrounded, and from the houses being built so close together, and the streets so narrow, the inhabitants were at various times visited with a kind of plague - in 1575 over a four month period 3,000 people died - and also with a disease called the sweating sickness, which carried off immense numbers in a very short space of time. Sweating sickness typically killed people in 24 hours or less after the first symptoms. It was first noted in Ireland in 1492 and the last known outbreak was in 1551 - the cause remains unknown.

"Previous to the Union (1800), Dublin was the constant or occasional residence of 271 temporal and spiritual Peers, and 300 members of the House of Commons. At present, about half a dozen Peers, and some fifteen or twenty Members of the House of Commons have a settled dwelling within its pre-

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The Courts in ireland have a duty under the Divorce Act to make sure children and spouses are provided for adequately. So what would be considered “proper provision” in a Divorce situa-tion?

Where time has passed since the initial break-up and a Deed of Separation exists whereby assets were already divided up, can the Court redistribute wealth? What happens if one of the parties' circumstances have altered, for example, if they become sick?

Our Supreme Court gave guidelines in the case known as G v G, where a number of years after a legal seperation the wife suffered an illness and was unable to work. She ran out of money and debts began to mount. The husband's wealth substantially increased and he had a comfortable lifestyle. The high Court awarded a substantial sum to the ill wife but the matter was appealed to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court looked at income and earning capacity, financial need, obligations and responsibilities. Also the age of spouse and dura-tion of marriage were of importance. The Court emphasised that where there was a Deed of Separation in place, it must be taken into consid-eration, especially where it is “in full and final settlement”.

Unlike other countries there is no “clean break” in irish divorce, however, it can be aspired to. in other words, the Court can look to achieve finality for the couple. in this case the Supreme

Court agreed that the award to the wife was excessive. Just because there is more money in the pot since the initial separation does not mean there is an automatic entitlement to a divvy up of these monies, especially where they are unconnected to a joint project of the spouses during their married life. if an ex-spouse has managed his or her financial affairs cleverly post-separation, it would be unfair if the Court took this into account when examining the matter.

Furthermore, the Court indicated that the longer the time since the Deed of Separation, the less likely they are to interfere. Of particular interest, the Court said that monies inherited by one of the spouses were not to be considered marital assets.

however, the Court's job is to be fair and rea-sonable and, accordingly, if a wife or husband's life has dramatically altered since the original split because of a serious illness or bursting of a property bubble affecting the value of assets, for example, they will of course look at that person's reasonable requirements. The important point to remember is that provisions will be made if it is in the interests of justice to do so, but there is no automatic entitlement.

Noreen Maguire is a solicitor with Maguire Muldoon Solicitors,

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The Courts in ireland have a duty under the Divorce Act to make sure children and spouses are provided for adequately. So what would be considered “proper provision” in a Divorce situa-tion?

Where time has passed since the initial break-up and a Deed of Separation exists whereby assets were already divided up, can the Court redistribute wealth? What happens if one of the parties' circumstances have altered, for example, if they become sick?

Our Supreme Court gave guidelines in the case known as G v G, where a number of years after a legal seperation the wife suffered an illness and was unable to work. She ran out of money and debts began to mount. The husband's wealth substantially increased and he had a comfortable lifestyle. The high Court awarded a substantial sum to the ill wife but the matter was appealed to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court looked at income and earning capacity, financial need, obligations and responsibilities. Also the age of spouse and dura-tion of marriage were of importance. The Court emphasised that where there was a Deed of Separation in place, it must be taken into consid-eration, especially where it is “in full and final settlement”.

Unlike other countries there is no “clean break” in irish divorce, however, it can be aspired to. in other words, the Court can look to achieve finality for the couple. in this case the Supreme

Court agreed that the award to the wife was excessive. Just because there is more money in the pot since the initial separation does not mean there is an automatic entitlement to a divvy up of these monies, especially where they are unconnected to a joint project of the spouses during their married life. if an ex-spouse has managed his or her financial affairs cleverly post-separation, it would be unfair if the Court took this into account when examining the matter.

Furthermore, the Court indicated that the longer the time since the Deed of Separation, the less likely they are to interfere. Of particular interest, the Court said that monies inherited by one of the spouses were not to be considered marital assets.

however, the Court's job is to be fair and rea-sonable and, accordingly, if a wife or husband's life has dramatically altered since the original split because of a serious illness or bursting of a property bubble affecting the value of assets, for example, they will of course look at that person's reasonable requirements. The important point to remember is that provisions will be made if it is in the interests of justice to do so, but there is no automatic entitlement.

Noreen Maguire is a solicitor with Maguire Muldoon Solicitors,

34 Gledswood Park, Clonskeagh, D14.Tel (01) 296 4266

E-mail: law@maguiremuldoon.ieWeb: www.maguiremuldoon.ie

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Game Reactionwith Denis Murphy

FuseDeveloper: Insomniac Games

Platform: Xbox 360, PS3

FROm the creators of such influential series as Rachet and Clank, Spyro and Resistance, comes Fuse, insomniac Games' take on the third-person shooter, a genre that at this point has been done to death. But, the question is: does insomniac Games breath life into this stagnant genre?

You take control of Overstrike 9, a crack team of loud mouthed operatives who have been dispatched to a classified government base that has been overrun by the terrorist group Raven. While unknown to Overstrike 9 at the time, Ravens goal is to acquire Fuse, an alien substance that is being used in advanced weaponry. After Raven successfully finds and steals the source of Fuse, it is up to Overstrike 9 to get it back.

Beyond the usual generic fire-power that can be found in any third-person shooter, the most important aspect of the gameplay is the Fuse weaponry, firearms that are unlike anything our planet has ever seen. These range from the magshield, an instant shield for your character that doubles as

an enemy pushing device, to the powerful Warp Rifle, a weapon that creates gravitational singularities within a foe, thereby almost wiping them from existence. These weapons are extremely fun, and within the confines of Co-Op mode with each player being assigned a unique weapon, makes for many memorable team-based moments. At it's heart it's a rather sub-standard cover based third-person shooter complete with its boring, wafer thin characters, but use of the Fuse weaponry elevates it a great deal.

Visuals often balance between being completely run-of-the-mill to impressive. it's finer moments come from the foes you go up against, particularly with some of the enemies which include all kinds of robots, mechs and most memorably, a giant boss that towers over you. it's at moments like this in which teamwork, and proper use of your advanced weapons, is key.

Fuse isn't perfect, nor is it too inventive. But while insomniac Games plays it far too safe here, Fuse's online multi-player and Co-Op mode may just be the tonic for a Call of Duty/Battlefield weary audience

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Grief after suicide can be particularly intense, dif-ficult and complicated. In addition to the expected grief at the loss of a loved one, it can raise many pain-ful issues for which special support and intervention may be needed.

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even though nearly 90% of all suicides are associ-ated with a diagnosable mental health or substance-abuse disorder, family members in particular can over-estimate their own contributing role and their presumed ability to affect the outcome.

Anger and Blame Ironically, while those bereaved by suicide often

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Some family members may deny the reality of the suicide as a way of coping and refuse to talk about it. They may feel that they will be judged negatively by the community or be seen as a 'problem family'. People can feel angry with the dead person for killing themselves, for not asking for help or confiding in them, for taking 'the easy way out'.

They can feel rejected and abandoned, helpless to express their feelings to the person who has died. They can feel added guilt for being so angry and be too embarrassed or ashamed to admit their anger to others.

Mutual blame often surfaces after a suicide, with people trying to alleviate their own guilt by targeting other family members. This can disrupt the family solidarity that would otherwise be a support in times of bereavement.

Getting Help Loss through suicide can require special measures.

Unanswered questions can be torturous for those left behind. They need to find a way to understand the act, what led up to it and its consequences, in order to

By Maeve Halpin,Registered Counselling

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integrate and accept it. They may find this in their religious or spiritual

life, in learning about the psychology of suicide, or by talking to friends and acquaintances of the dead per-son. Online forums and discussion groups are popular because they can preserve the anonymity of the per-son and are available 24 hours a day. Many people find one-to-one professional counselling very effec-tive, as it allows them to explore the conflicting and contradictory tangle of emotions generated by suicide in a constructive, confidential and non-judgemental environment.

Survivors of suicide loss are at higher risk of devel-oping depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behaviours, as well as a prolonged form of grief called complicated grief. It is important that shame, guilt or stigma do not hinder them from accessing support services that can provide crucial assistance towards healing and recovery. Short-term counselling can be an essential first step on the road to acceptance, understanding and regaining peace of mind. Maeve Halpin © May 2013

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‘How Could You?’ - bereavement through suicide - a special loss

ApproximAtely 500 people take their own lives in ireland every year, with males outnumbering females by about 4 to 1. on average, every death directly affects six other people, meaning 3,000 peo-ple per annum are suicide-bereaved.

Grief after suicide can be particularly intense, dif-ficult and complicated. in addition to the expected grief at the loss of a loved one, it can raise many pain-ful issues for which special support and intervention may be needed.

Initial Reactions With suicide, a death is usually sudden, unexpected

and often violent. Shock and disbelief are common initial reactions. A Garda investigation will take place and a post-mortem will have to be held, which can cause further trauma for family members.

Feelings of guilt and shame can be overwhelming after a suicide. Friends, family and even professionals who had been supporting the person can feel that they have failed, that they were negligent, unobservant or uncaring. people can become preoccupied with thoughts of what they could have done - what if i had listened more? Why didn't i notice the signs?

even though nearly 90% of all suicides are associ-ated with a diagnosable mental health or substance-abuse disorder, family members in particular can over-estimate their own contributing role and their presumed ability to affect the outcome.

Anger and Blame ironically, while those bereaved by suicide often

need more help than other bereaved people, they may be less likely to receive it. there can still be a social stigma attached to suicide and in many religious tra-ditions it is considered a sin. Until 1993, suicide was a crime in ireland.

Some family members may deny the reality of the suicide as a way of coping and refuse to talk about it. they may feel that they will be judged negatively by the community or be seen as a 'problem family'. people can feel angry with the dead person for killing themselves, for not asking for help or confiding in them, for taking 'the easy way out'.

they can feel rejected and abandoned, helpless to express their feelings to the person who has died. they can feel added guilt for being so angry and be too embarrassed or ashamed to admit their anger to others.

mutual blame often surfaces after a suicide, with people trying to alleviate their own guilt by targeting other family members. this can disrupt the family solidarity that would otherwise be a support in times of bereavement.

Getting Help loss through suicide can require special measures.

Unanswered questions can be torturous for those left behind. they need to find a way to understand the act, what led up to it and its consequences, in order to

By Maeve Halpin,Registered Counselling

Psychologist

integrate and accept it. they may find this in their religious or spiritual

life, in learning about the psychology of suicide, or by talking to friends and acquaintances of the dead per-son. online forums and discussion groups are popular because they can preserve the anonymity of the per-son and are available 24 hours a day. many people find one-to-one professional counselling very effec-tive, as it allows them to explore the conflicting and contradictory tangle of emotions generated by suicide in a constructive, confidential and non-judgemental environment.

Survivors of suicide loss are at higher risk of devel-oping depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behaviours, as well as a prolonged form of grief called complicated grief. it is important that shame, guilt or stigma do not hinder them from accessing support services that can provide crucial assistance towards healing and recovery. Short-term counselling can be an essential first step on the road to acceptance, understanding and regaining peace of mind. Maeve Halpin © May 2013

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