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Hospital
lists are
surging
Jack Gleeson
Doodle delight!
Waiting lists at each of the four main northside hospitals skyrocketed in the past year, according to figures released last week
by the national treatment Purchase fund.
The figures show that between
February last year and February
this year, Beaumont Hospital’s
waiting list grew by 23 per cent;
Cappagh surged by 58 per cent;
the Mater was up 40 per cent;
and James Connolly Memorial increased by 20 per cent.
The total now waiting for the
four local hospitals is 3,885. In
February 2014, only 184 people
were waiting longer than 12
months across these four hospitals, but now the total waiting
more than a year is 2,399.
Waiting times of more than a
year in three of the four hospitals have remained more or less
the same over the past year but
in February 2014 there were just
183 patients waiting more than
12 months at Beaumont Hospital
compared to 1,044 last month.
Dublin North West TD Róisín
Shortall (Ind) described the jump
in waiting lists over the past year
as “appalling”.
“It reflects ever growing con-
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▪ James Heffernan, Joshua Calamai and Adam Fitzpatrick from St Mochta’s with their successful doodles.
A triple Doodle delight!
Jack Gleeson
thRee talented pupils from st
Mochta’s ns, dublin 15, have a
chance of scooping a €10,000
technology grant for their
school, a €5,000 college scholarship grant and a chromebook.
James Heffernan from junior
infants, second class student
Adam Fitzpatrick and third class
pupil Joshua Calamai have all
been shortlisted in this year’s
Doodle 4 Google competition.
They are three of just 75 finalists nationwide who have been
chosen out of 5,000 entries to go
forward to a public vote.
And the school is hoping locals
will get behind the youngsters by
voting online at google.ie/doodle4google before midnight on
March 20.
Visual Arts Coordinator at St
Mochta’s, Ailish Brennan, says everybody at the school is thrilled
to have three entries shortlisted
for the competition.
“It’s quite unusual that a
school would have as many as
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cried over gay son
Jack Gleeson
School’s triple
Doodle delight!
Continued from page 1
three finalists,” she said.
“We are extremely proud of
our talented students and we
would love to see them go further
in the competition.
“Our school is large with over
900 students who would all
greatly benefit from a €10,000
technology grant.”
As well as being in with a shout
of a top prize the talented trio
from St Mochta’s also have the
chance of being named Ireland’s
top doodler and having their
work displayed on the Google Ireland homepage.
The panel of judges who had
the difficult task of selecting
the 75 finalists included Irish
and Leinster rugby star, Jamie
Heaslip, legendary artist and
TV presenter, Don Conroy, artist
and IADT Dun Laoghaire lecturer,
Cora Cummins and Niamh Sharkey, author, creator and Executive Producer of Disney Junior’s
animated series, Henry Hugglemonster.
This year’s competition theme
was ‘My Perfect Day’ and Ronan
Harris of Google said the entries
were impressive.
“The level of entries to this
year’s competition was astounding and it gave our judging panel
a tough job to do,” he said.
“I really enjoyed seeing
what ‘My Perfect Day’ meant
to the entrants and everyone
should be very proud of their
doodles.
“Now it’s up to the public to
get involved and help choose this
year’s winner.”
FORMER world champion runner Eamonn Coghlan has admitted
he struggled to come to terms with son Micahel being gay.
The Fine Gael Senator, who now
lives in Castleknock, also spoke
openly about the difficulties faced
by his son as a gay teenager at a
LGBT meeting organised by his
party in Portlaoise last week.
“When I discovered Michael
was gay I was devastated,” he
said.
“I cried for weeks. The hopes
and dreams I had for my son were
shattered. I felt guilty, almost as if
I was to blame for him being gay.
“I tried to cover up my disappointment. While I hugged him
and told him I loved him, I had
to come to terms that it was not
about me but, about him and his
life ahead.
“The big breakthrough for me
was when some of Michael’s gay
friends joined us on a family holiday in Spain. I got to know them
and see how happy he was with
his mates.
Senator Coghlan told the meeting how Michael, now 27, suffered
“awful bullying”.
“At the time we didn’t know
why this was happening but after
he came out it became apparent
that it was because he was gay,”
he said.
“He had also suffered from ter-
▪ Eamonn Coghlan spoke
openly about the difficulties
faced by his son Michael
rible stomach problems as a teen
which we could never get diagnosed. It turned out that this was
all anxiety related because of the
struggle he had with knowing he
was gay and the bullying he was
being subjected to.
“The abuse didn’t stop after he
came out. He was subject to two
particularly violent physical at-
tacks in Dublin on account of his
being gay.”
Senator Coghlan is backing a
‘yes’ vote in the upcoming marriage equality referendum.
“It is not about politics or about
voting for a particular party,” he
said.
“It is about equality, removing
rejection, removing exclusion and
removing the guilt, shame and
fear that gay people experience.
“We have to think of the person, their dignity, their validation,
their human freedom to love and
to live life to the full.
“I was lucky enough to marry
the woman of my dreams. Who
are we as a nation to deny our
sons and daughters the basic
right of marrying the person they
love?”
Hospital wait lists are surging
Continued from page 1
cern among the public about access to public hospital services
and a growing crisis in Accident
& Emergency departments,” she
said.
“Fine Gael and Labour promised that health would be a priority for this Government but after
four years, we still have the same
old problems.”
Dublin West Fianna Fail candidate, Cllr Jack Chambers, also
expressed alarm at what he called
“the shocking surge” in waiting
lists across Dublin hospitals.
“The waiting lists for outpatient
procedures have spiralled out of
control, with the numbers wait-
ing for outpatient procedures for
more than a year increasing eight
fold in Connolly Hospital, the Mater and St James since last year,”
he said.
“The Eye and Ear Hospital is
under severe pressure with 3,199
patients who are now waiting for
over a year for their procedure.
“That’s an increase of 2,945
since February last year when
there were 254 patients waiting
for over a year.”
Cllr Chambers said the figures
show the health system is out of
control.
“These figures are nothing
short of alarming,” he added.
“The dramatic increase in patient
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these waiting lists be this time
next year?
“We cannot stand over a situation where thousands of patients
in Dublin are waiting for more
than a year to get the treatment
they need and this number is increasing significantly every single
month. It’s clear the hospitals are
in crisis and they are simply not in
a position to cope with patient demand as their resources are cut.”
Cllr Chambers is calling for a
longer-term system of community based primary care to take
patients out the acute hospital
system.
“I am genuinely fearful that
lives are now being put at risk as
sick people get sicker while waiting months and months for the
treatment they need,” he said.
A spokesman from the Department of Health said it was important to recognise that the NTPF
figures included those waiting
very short periods of time as well
as patients on the list for longer
periods.
“Despite higher levels of hospital activity, with scheduled admissions increasing by 1.2 per cent
in 2014, and outpatient appointments increasing by 25 per cent,
greater demands for hospital
care have resulted in waiting list
increases, as the demand for new
appointments currently exceeds
the numbers who are attending
outpatient clinics or receiving
treatment,” he said.
“The HSE has already put in
place specific measures to address waiting lists more efficiently
in collaboration with acute hospitals, the SDU and the NTPF.
“These include observation of
the National Waiting List Protocol (2014), adherence to relevant
HSE National Clinical Programme
guidelines and prioritising dayof-surgery admission where clinically appropriate.
“The Minister for Health, taking
into account current pressures
on acute hospital services, has
put in place a target that by midyear nobody will wait more than
18 months for in-patient and day
case treatment or an out-patient
appointment; by year-end, that
target will be revised to a wait
time of no more than 15 months.
“The HSE is currently working
on an implementation plan to
achieve these targets.”
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We need to talk
about Vincent
Tony McCullagh
TO SAY that Vincent Browne’s reputation precedes him would be something
of an understatement.
The legendary broadcaster and journalist recently found himself making
the headlines, instead of just discussing
them, when he led a posse of reluctant
hacks into the grounds of Gorse Hill in
Killiney.
Ignoring the protestations of members of the New Land League, Vinnie
was a man on a mission as he stormed
the gardens of the mansion at the centre of solicitor Brian O’Donnell’s epic
battle with the bank.
The assembled reporters looked on
in bemusement and disbelief as Browne
implored them to join him in his crusade,
before dismissing them all as “wimps”.
Sheepishly, some of them eventually began to shuffle in behind Ireland’s journalist-in-chief.
Not for the first time, Browne had
turned himself into the story. Memorably, he was the fly in the ointment at
Fianna Fáil’s election manifesto launch
in 2007 when he repeatedly asked then
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern awkward questions about his finances.
It’s hard to
imagine any other
current affairs
show in Ireland or the UK
where the presenter would
abruptly tell a guest to
“shut up” and threaten to
evict them from
the panel.
“It ain’t credible,” Browne thundered
as Fianna Fáil’s heavy-hitter PJ Mara
and the assembled party faithful tried
but failed to silence him.
It all made for brilliant television, as
did Browne’s recent TV3 show featuring
the New Land League’s Jerry Beades
who found himself in a hole and just
couldn’t stop digging.
Beades was already on the ropes before he unwisely suggested that Gorse
Hill was just a “bog standard” house.
But Browne’s patience was wearing
wafer thin and we saw him explode in
a characteristic apoplectic rage after
one too many interruptions from his
guest.
▪ Vincent Browne remains a giant of Irish journalism. PHOTO BY BRIAN MCEVOY
It’s hard to imagine any other current affairs show in Ireland or the UK
where the presenter would abruptly
tell a guest to “shut up” and threaten to
evict them from the panel. It certainly
wouldn’t happen on ‘Prime Time’ or
‘The Week in Politics’, that’s for sure.
Browne had gone all Jeremy Kyle
on us and it was gloriously entertaining. This was car crash television at its
best: hard to watch but ridiculously
compelling. Now in his early seventies,
Browne is more relevant than ever and
is proof positive that age should not be
a barrier to career advancement.
There is no such thing as a soft inter-
view on his show, as a trail of traumatised politicians will attest. We won’t be
seeing Enda Kenny on his programme
any time soon.
Regardless of your opinion of Vincent Browne, one thing is for certain:
Irish journalism would be all the poorer without him.
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Final chapter for book exchange
Jack Gleeson
THERE were mixed emotions
earlier this month as Ballymun
Whitehall Area Partnership
hosted its final Book Exchange
event in the Civic Centre.
The popular monthly event
was as busy as ever with over
300 locals attending, including
fifth class students from the Virgin Mary Girls National School,
Shangan Road, who were participating in the Book Exchange
Bookmark competition.
The young students’ art work
was displayed in the Civic Centre during the event with three
talented pupils picking up first,
second and third prizes for their
creative pieces.
In addition to prizes, the
whole class received brand new
books that were kindly donated
to Ballymun Book Exchange by
Children’s Books Ireland.
As a result of the recent public
tendering process for the Social
Inclusion Community Activation
Programme (SICAP), Ballymun
Whitehall Area Partnership says
it will no longer be delivering
Book Exchange.
However, it’s hoped that the
Tolka Area Partnership or another interested community
organisation will continue to deliver the popular service.
Book Exchange has been operating in Ballymun since 2009
▪ Fifth class girls from the Virgin Mary GNS pictured at the final Ballymun Book Exchange
and offered over 1,000 books
free of charge to people in the
community.
“The Education Team of the
Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership, who ran the Book Exchange, would like to take this
opportunity to thank and ac-
knowledge the hard work and
commitment of all our volunteers over the years,” said Susan
Walsh, Education Programme
Manager of the partnership.
“Without the help and support from all our volunteers and
supporting organisations Book
Exchange would not have been
possible. Finally we would like
to thank Eileen Adams, our Book
Exchange Development worker,
for her continued hard work as
well as all our regular Book Exchangers who have made the
event what it is.”
Ballymun Sinn Féin Councillor, Noeleen Reilly, expressed
her disappointment at the closure of the Book Exchange.
“We are starting to see the direct results of the closure of the
Ballymun Whitehall Partnership
in Ballymun as services cease to
operate,” she said.
“It has played a huge part in
encouraging people to read in
Ballymun. To see this service
close is hugely disappointing
and is the start of the avalanche
of service closures in the area
due to Labour and Fine Gael
cuts.
“The Book Exchange was an
opportunity for those on lower
income to have access to reading materials.
“This was a great initiative and was evidenced by the
number of people who attended
every month.”
Cllr Reilly is calling on Minister Environment, Community &
Local Government, Alan Kelly,
to meet the Ballymun Whitehall
Partnership to try and reverse
the closure.
“I have tried contacting him
on numerous occasions but unfortunately he has not replied,”
she claimed. “He needs to stop
the cuts and ensure that no services will be lost from Ballymun.”
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Olympiad champ
CLONSILLA student Áron Hoffmann has been crowned senior
champion at the All-Ireland Programming Olympiad (AIPO) for the
second year in a row.
▪ The first year students from Margaret Aylward Community College pictured during their visit to the
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FIRST year students from Margaret Aylward Community College in Whitehall, Dublin 9, visited the
Ombudsman for Children’s Office in Dublin city centre recently to take part in its human rights education programme.
This programme is undertaken
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Children’s (OCO) statutory obligation to raise awareness of children’s rights and welfare among
the public, including children and
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children having their views heard
and children’s access to healthcare.
Highlighting the importance of
education, several of the young
people also spoke about the role
played by Special Needs Assistants (SNAs), saying that “we really need them to help us work
in school and do our work in
classes”.
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Áron from Luttrellstown Community College is now included
in an elite shortlist of eight top
senior students who have been
invited to an intense three day
training camp hosted by DCU in
June.
The camp will determine which
four students will go on to represent Ireland at this year’s International Olympiad in Informatics,
which takes place in the beautiful
city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, this
July.
The AIPO features Ireland’s
youngest and most talented
computer programmers who
gathered at DCU to pit their skills
against each other, and some of
the country’s brightest, young
problem-solvers and computational thinkers took part this
year.
Students from 15 different
counties around Ireland packed
out one of DCU’s computer labs
to compete over an intense fivehour computer programming
challenge.
During this year’s AIPO both
junior (under 15) and senior (1518) participants were given four
problems to decipher and translate into working code before
they would score any points on
the live scoreboard.
Anxious parents and siblings
watched the large screen scoreboard in the foyer of the School
of Computing at DCU to see how
participants fared against their
peers.
Past AIPO contestants, who
are now students on the Computational Problem Solving and
software Development (CPSSD)
programme in DCU, assisted on
the day.
Competitor Conor Griffin, said:
“It’s a lot more intimidating than
the preliminary round when you
have the comfort of your bedroom and six weeks to complete
the problems. But the experience
really stands to you for the finals
the following year.”
Gary Conway, who manages
the AIPO, added: “These are the
sort of skills the ICT sector are
in need of - quick thinking, prob-
▪ Aron Hoffman, from
Clonsilla,with his award.
PHOTO BY NICK BRADSHAW.
lem-solving software engineers
who can work under pressure.
“To see these skills in such
young students is really amazing and encouraging for Ireland’s
future. Our youngest competitor,
first timer Yulia Soldatkina, came
close to a medal position and she
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The terrible toll of the Rising
Jack Gleeson
A NEW online Easter Rising Necrology compiled by Glasnevin Trust was
launched at Government buildings
last week.
The Necrology contains the names of
all 485 people who lost their lives in the
1916 rising including innocent civilians,
British soldiers and members of the Irish
Volunteers.
It’s the first time a list of this scale has
been collated and made available online
and this major piece of research has revealed many interesting and previously
unknown facts, the most striking of which
details that 54 per cent of total dead were
civilians.
British Army dead accounted for 26 per
cent of those killed while the rebel forces
had 16 per cent of the casualties. The remaining percentage is made up of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and
the Royal Irish Constabulary.
The numbers of civilians killed each day
of the Rising steadily increased, peaking
on the final day of the rebellion on April
29 when 45 died. This was also the most
violent day during which 78 people lost
their lives.
April 26, the day of the Battle of Mount
Street Bridge, was the worst for the British
Army which lost 30 men during the fighting throughout the city.
The rebels also suffered their worst
casualties on this day with 13 men killed.
▪ Pictured (l-r) at Government buildings during the launch of the Glasnevin Trust 1916 Easter Rising Necrology is CEO of
Glasnevin Trust, George McCullough, Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD and Chairman of Glasnevin Trust, John Green.
For the police the day of the Battle of
Ashbourne on April 28 proved to be their
worst.
Some of the names of those listed are
well known, but the majority are the un-
known dead of 1916. In many cases their
names had been lost in the sands of time
until now. Glasnevin Trust is now calling
on people related to, or who have information on those listed, to get in contact
so their stories can be expanded on in advance of the Trust’s upcoming exhibition
and events to mark the centenary of the
Rebellion.
The names listed on the Necrology will
be engraved on a new memorial at Glasnevin Cemetery that will be unveiled on
the centenary of the Rebellion.
The vast majority of those killed were
buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in the aftermath of the fighting. The staff of the cemetery struggled to deal with the large numbers of bodies being brought for burial.
However, despite the great strain they
succeeded in in giving all a dignified burial
and recorded their details in the cemetery’s registers.
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, congratulated Glasnevin Trust for undertaking the
important research.
“It brings home to us the very real impact that the events of Easter 1916 had on
ordinary members of the public as well as
those directly involved in the Rising itself,”
he said.
John Green, Chairman, Glasnevin Trust,
added: “This extensive body of research
and resulting Necrology for the 1916 Easter Rising shows Glasnevin Trust’s continued commitment to honour all those who
lost their lives in 1916, incorporating as it
does Irish volunteers, civilians and British
soldiers alike.
“This act of remembrance is in keeping
with Daniel O’Connell’s stated purpose in
establishing Glasnevin Cemetery – ‘to bury
people of all religions and none’. We have
diligently followed O’Connell’s instruction
for 180 or so years here at Ireland’s necropolis and will continue to do so. “
The full Necrology and statistical analysis is available online at glasnevintrust.ie/
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A NEW Emergency Department
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strains, lacerations and wounds
can all be treated.
The new service opens up access to urgent care for all patients, with both walk-in clients
and those with GP referrals welcome.
The new emergency department is in addition to the 24/7
urgent cardiac care service, which
has been in place since 2010 pro-
Most
importantly,
we are now
able to do all of this
in a facility that is
backed by access
to the hospital’s
extensive team
of expert
consultants
viding emergency access for patients with cardiac conditions.
Private health insurance is not
required in order to access the
Emergency Department. The cost
of attendance and initial consultation is €120, with any additional
charge for diagnostic tests and
pathology capped at €500 in any
one visit.
All health insurers provide
cover to the Mater Private if a patient needs to be admitted.
Speaking at the opening Min-
▪ Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, is shown around one of the A&E emergency bays by Staff Nurse, Aileen Woods, during his tour of the
department. PHOTO BY MAXWELLS/JULIEN BEHAL
ister Varadkar said: “It’s open to
patients with insurance and those
who do not.
“Fees are similar to those in
public emergency departments
and are capped.
“Patients are seen quickly and
by a consultant. It also means that
patients with health insurance
who need to be admitted to the
Mater Private in an emergency do
not have to go through another
public hospital first. That makes
sense for everyone.
“The number of people with
health insurance is rising again
as the economy recovers and it
becomes more affordable. Ultimately, I would like to get to the
point where everyone has health
insurance but we need to make it
affordable before we can make it
universal.”
Mater Private Hospital Dublin
CEO, John Hurley, said the hospital was constantly striving to improve patient access to the highest quality of care.
“The opening of our Emergency
Department means we will now be
able to diagnose and treat acute
St Mochta’s applies for new
two-storey school building
THE board of management at St Mochta’s NS in Clonsilla, Dublin
15, has lodged a planning application for a new school building.
The application for a twostorey, 32 classroom building
on the school’s existing site has
been welcomed by Tánaiste and
Labour TD for Dublin West, Joan
Burton.
“The planning application is a
very positive step forward for the
school, and I am conscious that
the school has a strong case for
this project,” she said.
“I met with the school’s representatives on this matter, and
was delighted to be able to arrange a meeting for them with
my colleague, Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan, in order to
push the project forward.
“The Board of Management set
up a special Task Force on this issue several years ago, and it has
been very successful in driving
forward the plans.
“The members of the Task
Force are to be commended for
getting the project to this stage
already, and I wish all involved
well with its future progress.”
The application was also welcomed by local Green Party councillor, Roderic O’Gorman.
“The current school is absolutely no longer fit for purpose,”
he said. “The existing building is
far too small for the population of
over 800 pupils. Some of the pre-
fabs in which students are taught
are dark and extremely damp.
“A big school like St Mochta’s
generates significant traffic. A lot
of work in designing the layout
of the new building has focused
on reducing this as much as possible.
“Once finished, the new layout
will have a much larger drop off
area for parents, which will no
longer be directly on the Porterstown Road. This will go some
way to reducing current levels of
congestion.
“The architects have also incorporated the old ‘White School’
building into the new design, so
this Clonsilla landmark will be
preserved and continue to have a
function in the school”.
patients efficiently, with the average patient being triaged within
15 minutes of arrival and being assessed, treated and discharged in
under two and a half hours.
“Most importantly, we are now
able to do all of this in a facility
that is backed by access to the
hospital’s extensive team of expert consultants.”
Mater Private Healthcare Group
CEO, Fergus Clancy, described the
new ED as “an exciting development”.
“The Group offers a wealth of
medical expertise and has pioneered many major developments
in the delivery of healthcare,” he
said.
“With some of the world’s leading health professionals, it has
been providing world-class care
to patients for over 25 years at
five locations in Ireland and one
in the UK.”
The team of seven Emergency
Department consultants and six
specialised nurses are led by
Emergency Care consultant, Dr
Eamonn Brazil.
Six new nursing and administrative jobs at the Eccles Street
campus have been created with
more expected over the next 12
months.
Patients are advised to call the
Mater Private Emergency Department from Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm to seek advice from an expert triage nurse
on 1800-222999 or visit www.
materprivate.ie.
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Dublin 15 soprano
to shine at classical
international series
DUBLIN 15 soprano Rachel
Croash is teaming up with
mezzo-soprano, Laura Murphy
from Wexford, and Hungarian
baritone, Gyula Nagy, to perform at this year’s Drogheda
International Classical Music
Series.
Born in Blanchardstown,
Rachel is fast becoming one of
the most sought-after emerging
artists on the Irish opera scene
and cites The Blakestown Choristers, conducted by Barbara
McHugh, as her first introduction
to Classical Music.
The talented Blakestown
group gave Rachel a foundation
and love of choral music and
she’s also grateful to the wonderful music teachers she had at St
Dominic’s College, Navan Road,
for their encouragement and the
opportunities they afforded her
through solos at carol services
and end of year masses.
Rachel decided to pursue Music at third level and earned her
BMus degree from Maynooth
University (NUIM), followed by a
▪ Laura Murphy, Gyula Nagy and Fingal local Rachel Croash will
be performing in Drogheda this Friday (March 20).
Masters in Performance from the
Royal Irish Academy of Music in
Dublin under Mary Brennan and
Dearbhla Collins.
Since then, she’s collaborated
with some of Ireland’s leading
directors and performed at a variety of prestigious venues. She
is currently preparing for the
role of Valencienne in Lyric Opera’s forthcoming production of
Lehár’s The Merry Widow at the
National Concert Hall in May
The upcoming concert in
Drogheda takes place this Friday (March 20) at 7.30pm in the
beautiful surrounds of St Peter’s
Church of Ireland where the talented trio will sing some of the
best known and loved arias and
duets from operas including
La Boheme, Carmen, the Magic
Flute and the beautiful trio from
Cosi fan Tutte.
They will be accompanied on
the night by pianist and vocal
coach, Dearbhla Collins. Tickets
cost €18 (€15 concession) or €5
for children and students and
booking is through Droichead
Arts Centre on 041-9833946 or
online at droichead.com.
Ticket includes a pre-concert
talk with artists at 7pm and an
interval reception. The series is
supported by the Arts Council,
CreateLouth, Droichead Arts Centre and RTÉ Supporting the Arts.
▪ RECORD BREAKER: Local swimmer, Joanna Figalla, who swims for the NAC Masters Swimming
Club in Blanchardstown, is presented with her certificate for a new Irish Masters Swimming
record recently. Joanna set the new record time of 2 minutes 38.46 seconds for the 200 meters
individual medley when she swam in the Celtic Masters Gala in the National Acquatic Centre,
Blanchardstown, in October 2014. The NAC Masters Swimming Club is currently looking for
new members of all ages. Those interested should visit www.nacmasters.com or contact
[email protected].
Sonics lose semi final thriller
DUBLIN’S newest basketball
club, Dublin Sonics, did themselves proud when they faced
seasoned campaigners, Liffey
Celtics, in the under 12’s Dublin
Cup semi final on March 7.
An amazing game was witnessed by a crowd of nearly 100
in the Tyrrellstown Community
Centre and the margin between
the teams was never more than
four points as the lead swung
from one team to the other.
Sonics edged the first half 19
points to 17 and the sides were
level 29 to 29 by the end of the
third period.
Liffey Celtics started the fourth
period strongly and continued
pressure saw Sonics get into
team foul trouble, sending liffey
Celtics to the free throw line on
three occasions.
The indiscipline was ultimately
Sonics undoing as Celtics converted four from six free throws.
However, Celtics where ahead
by just two points with 1 min 30
sec on the clock when Sonics tied
the game with a fast break layup.
But with 10 seconds left to play
Celtics scored what proved to be
the winning basket.
Both teams where applauded
off the court at the final whistle
after serving up a tremendous
game.
Dublin Sonics head coach Rob
White said: “It’s a heartbreaking
Easter Specials
way to go out of the Cup, but the
team can hold their heads high.
“This team today are only playing together since September and
our club was only established in
May 2014 so we consider it to be
a huge achievement to have got
this far.”
Under 12’s Coach Muhammad
Sabic said it was bitterly disappointing to come so close.
“But it will make us stronger
for next season and we won’t fear
playing anyone,” he added.
Dublin Sonics train 12 to 2pm
on Saturdays and 4pm to 5pm
Wednesdays. All Children from 6
years and up welcome. For more
information visit dublinsonics.
com
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Double success for
Red Star’s fighters
THE Irish Open International kickboxing tournament earlier this
month will go down in history having reached record numbers in
terms of participants.
Over 4,000 fighters from
across the globe came to Irish
shores on the weekend of March
6-8 to compete in what is now the
largest, most prestigious open
kickboxing tournament in the
world today.
And standing shoulder to
shoulder with the elite of kickboxing, two local fighters from Red
Star Kickboxing in Glasnevin were
there to claim their stake.
Lauren Bradshaw and Brendan
Kenny, who both train out of Jon
Mackey’s Red Star gym, were
crowned champions in their respective weight categories.
This year’s Irish Open smashed
its own records in terms of registered fighters and it made the
tournament easily one of the
toughest to notch up a victory at.
The Open attracted hordes of
Irish fighters coming over from
styles such as Taekwon-Do, Kung
Fu, Shotokan Karate and Chinese
Kickboxing to name only a handful.
Thousands also came from
across the world to pit their skills
against the cream of kickboxing.
It took sheer skill, determination
and cutting edge performances to
progress through to the finals of
this epic event.
In true form, both Lauren and
Brendan were at the top of their
game as they battled through
some large divisions to win their
titles.
Lauren had to beat the current
WAKO European champion in the
semi final only to meet the current WAKO world champion in the
final. It was a tough and bruising
encounter but Lauren’s impeccable timing meant she notched up
enough scores to take the win on
a 2-1 split decision.
Brendan also had an equally
tough division, facing competitors from Austria and Switzerland
in the early rounds.
After those wins he was drawn
against a former world champion
from Belgium who he beat to go
on for a battle with last year’s
Irish Open champion, Colly Gilshi-
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▪ Lauren Bradshaw tasted
success at the Irish Open
International tournament
nan, in the semi finals.
The final brought Brendan up
against Phil O Gorman from Elite
Fighters Gym and after a nail biting two rounds he had his arm
raised to be declared Irish Open
champion for 2015.
Red Star kickboxing was the
only club in Ireland to claim two
championship titles in the continuous kickboxing category. Pictures of the event can be viewed
online at www.redstar.ie.
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Croke Park to host night of
GAA greats
MICHEÁL O’Muircheartaigh will
be one of many legends of GAA
attending a special national
fundraiser for the charity RESPECT and Cuala GAA later this
month.
As many as 300 to 400 guests
will attend the ‘Night of the
Greats’ at Croke Park on Friday,
March 27, with tables representing each of the 34 counties that
play in the All Ireland Football
Championship and guests from
the worlds of sport and business.
“This is a special evening to
raise awareness and funds for the
DOCTRID Research programme
run by RESPECT,” said Cuala GAA
Chairman, Declan Murray.
Sr Zoe Killeen, Director of RESPECT added: “This is a research
initiative into how technology can
enable assisted living for those
with disability. We will also be
raising money to help Cuala press
ahead with plans for new playing
facilities to cater for the club’s
membership of nearly 2,000
players.
“It is great to rekindle our
relationship with Gaelic Games
through the Cuala Club and reaching out to those with a passion for
Hurling and Gaelic Football across
Ireland and further afield.
“Support for the event has
▪ Mary Sheridan of Cuala GAA Club, Michael O’Muircheartaigh
and Sr Zoe Killeen pictured at the launch of Night of the Greats.
been fantastic. We will have a
special auction on the night and
it shows what a wonderful love
the Irish and those in the multinational business community,
we have here in Ireland, have for
sport.”
To get involved in the Night of
the GAA Greats contact RESPECT
Office on 01-6856502, email Liam
Walsh at [email protected] or
visit www.respect.ie.
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I was very sad to hear of the death of singer Jim McCann.
The Dubliners star passed away from throat cancer at the age
of 70.
He took a break from the group in the ‘70s before re-joining for
their reunion tour back in 2002.
He was best known for singing slow ballads such as ‘Carrickfergus’ and ‘Four Green Fields’.
RIP Jim.
Florence and the Machine, Underworld and Manic Street
Preachers are just some of the big names taking to the stage
at this year’s Electric Picnic.
More acts are set to be announced for the award winning
music festival in the next few months.
One of my favourite musical events of all time, it takes place
in Stradbally from September 4 to 6.
Sarah Harding doesn’t think she’ll ever go into musical theatre.
Unlike her Girls Aloud bandmate Kimberley Walsh, who had a
starring role in ‘Shrek: The Musical’, Sarah says it’s not the direction she wants to take.
It will be interesting to see what she does next.
Blue are back in action with their fifth studio album.
‘Colours’ is a mix of covers and original songs. ‘King of the
World’ is the first track to be taken from the record.
Speaking to Dublin’s Q102, Lee Ryan and Duncan James said
the album turned out different to how they’d imagined. I’m
only dying to have a listen!
Noel Gallagher says he once hid from Courtney Love because he
couldn’t handle her rowdiness.
Noel explains how 10 years ago, Courtney visited a studio Oasis
were using in Los Angeles, but rather than facing her, he slipped out
the back door.
Noel says even though he can’t deal with Courtney’s lifestyle, he
applauds her.
That’s it from me. Until next week
Rebecca
▪ Ben Pearce
TO MANY, Ben Pearce’s name is synonymous with ‘What I Might Do’, his oddly anthemic deep-house debut that dominated club floors
across the world in 2012.
While this is understandable
(the track went platinum in Europe after all), those who have
followed him since the beginning
can testify that he is so much
more than that, and the coming
months will definitely see him
come into his own.
Ben is very much an underground DJ first-and-foremost,
aided in no small part by his vast
musical knowledge and the ability to play across a wide range of
genres.
His skills behind the decks have
not gone unnoticed, as shown by
high-profile sets alongside the
likes of Seth Troxler, Eats Everything and Theo Parrish.
He’s also becoming increasingly known for his remixing abilities
and this year will see him lending
his deft touch to the likes of Le
Youth, Redlight and 2ndSun.
There is also exciting new
solo material on the horizon, as
well as an increasingly busy tour
schedule that will take him across
Europe and more.
Ben Pearce is Live at the Academy in Dublin on Friday, April 24.
Not to be missed!
Jessica is riding high with new release
DUBLIN singer-songwriter Jessica Pritzel is riding high following
the release of her new single ‘Everybody Needs a Little Love’.
Jessica first leapt into the public
eye as a live show finalist on
Season 1 of RTE’s hit TV show ‘The
Voice’ on Team Bressie.
From there she made a
commitment to explore and
discover her own unique musical
style and was invited to work with
some top tier homegrown and
international writers, musicians
and producers.
She has been back and forth
to London recently, writing and
recording, while also shooting
music videos for all of her songs.
The collaborations with UK,
US and Irish songwriters and
producers include musicians such
as Pete Woodroffe and Charlie
Grant.
Pete had worked almost
exclusively with Def Leppard
during the 1990s as a producer
and songwriter.
In 2001, he went on to form a
very successful pop songwriting
duo with Charlie, writing and
producing for artists as diverse as
Simply Red and Melanie C.
Also involved in the Pete/Charlie
collaboration is Nashville based
writer, producer and musician Billy
Livsey, who has been associated
with Tina Turner, Gallagher and
Lyle, Michael McDonald, Anita
Baker and Paul Young).
Irish artists that Jessica has also
collaborated with include young
up and coming Wicklow based
Alan Earls, winner of RTE’s ‘The
Hit’, and Belfast’s Paul Shevlin,
who won ‘The Next Brit Thing’.
She has also had tracks
produced and mastered by IFTA
award winner Locky Bulter.
A style that could be classified as
a form of pop/rock with underlying
tones of classical orchestral
elements, combined with visually
stimulating music videos, make
this a winning formula for the
stunning artist.
▪ Jessica Pritzel
13
Remembering the
Hibernian Rifles
Daithí Ó Riain
THE Hibernian Rifles, the small
military arm of the Ancient Order of Hibernians - Irish American Alliance (IAA), remain almost forgotten participants of
the 1916 Rising.
The IAA came into existence
following a split with the Ancient
Order of Hibernians- Board of
Éireann (BOÉ) in 1907. The IAA
professed to be a republican
organisation and were closely
linked to Clann na Gael, the sister
organisation of Irish Republican
Brotherhood in America.
The BOÉ however, were inextricably linked to John Redmond’s
Irish Parliamentary Party and
were considered an ultra sectarian, green version of the Orange
Order. Reading between the lines,
it is likely that this split arose
around the question of support
for physical force republicanism
in Ireland.
In 1911, JJ Scollan, National
Director of the IAA in Ireland, decided to establish an Irish branch
of the Hibernian Rifles.
At this time, the IAA had three
divisions in Dublin and a unit of
Rifles was established in each
division with roughly 20 men in
each.
The constitution of the Rifles
was non-sectarian. Scollan explained: “The Hibernian Rifles
did not bar anyone from joining.
It was a semi-public organisation open to all religions of all
natures.”
During the 1913 Lockout, the
Hibernian Rifles actively supported the locked out workers.
This was in complete contrast to
the AOH-Bord of Éireann and the
Catholic Church who sided with
William Martain Murphy and the
employers of Dublin.
Many members of the Rifles
were also members of the ITGWU
and were involved in the strike.
The Rifles appealed to the IAA
in America for support and received over £1,000. This allowed
the organisation to supplement
the strike pay of its members
by paying them 12-15 shillings a
week during the strike.
The Hibernian Rifles’ involvement in the Lockout led them to
build close links with the newly
established Irish Citizen Army.
However, the Rifles were opposed to the Irish Volunteers
because members of the Volunteers Executive Committee had
supported the employers during
the Lockout.
Thomas McDonagh attempted
to encourage the Rifles to affiliate
to the Volunteers, but his efforts
failed and the organisation decided to remain a distinct, separate
entity. In August 1915, 150 members of the Hibernian Rifles, 50 of
them armed with rifles, marched
in the funeral procession of the
great Fenian, O’Donovan Rossa.
Around this time James Connolly informed the Rifles that an
insurrection was being planned,
although as a matter of secrecy,
gave no further information.
noticeboaRd
ART EXHIBITION: An art exhibition is taking place at DIT Grangegorman, North House, Dublin 7
at 11am-2pm from March 23-27.
‘Open Doors’ is an exhibition of
works created and presented by
participants working with the HSE
Eastern Vocational Enterprises
(EVE) at Goirtin Centre.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT: Glasnevin Village Active Retirement
Association is seeking new
members. Activities include
dancing, table tennis, indoor
bowls, bridge, movement to
music and crafts. Outings, holidays and other social events
are organised.
For more information call
into the Parish Centre, Our
Lady of Dolours Church, Glasnevin, Monday mornings 10.3011.30am. Alternatively email
[email protected] or
phone 089-4506150 evenings
5-7pm.
INDOOR BOWLS: Glasnevin
Village Active Retirement Association is looking for beginners to
play indoor bowls on Tuesday and
Friday mornings.
For more information call into
the Parish Centre, Our Lady of
Dolours Church, Glasnevin, Tuesday or Friday mornings 10.30am
to 12 noon. You can also contact
the group at email glasnevinara@
gmail.com or phone 089-4506150
most evenings 5-7pm.
FINGLAS SAFETY: The Finglas
Safety Forum hosts meetings for meetings of Finglas
East, West and South where
residents can seek solutions
to neighbourhood crime and
estate management problems.
Meetings are attended by Senior representatives from Dublin
City Council, An Garda Síochána
and local politicions. The next
meetings are: Finglas South, St
Helena’s Family Resource Centre, at 7.30pm on Tuesday, June
9; Finglas East, St Canice’s Boys
School, at 7.30pm on Tuesday,
May 5; and Finglas West, Finglas Celtic Football Club Hall,
on Tuesday, May 26.
IRISH COFFEE MORNING: A
Coffee Meeting ‘as Gaeilge’ takes
place every Tuesday afternoon at
3.30pm in Clarkes Coffee Shop on
the New Cabra Road.
This is a great opportunity to
practice your forgotten School
Irish. No special ability is required. For more details call Ben
Mac Lochlainn on 086-2663392.
CARERS COFFEE MORNING:
A coffee morning for carers
takes place every morning at
11.30am in St Brigid’s Community Centre, Blanchardstown Village, Dublin 15, on the
second Monday of every month.
There’ll be time for discussion,
speakers, information, Peer
Support, occasional outings
and light refreshments. All
family carers welcome. For
info call 086-3890620 or email
dublinnorth@carersireland.
com.
BADMINTON: A badminton
group meets on Saturdays from
10am –12.00pm at St Declan’s
School, Cabra. The group currently has vacancies for new
members. Adults of all standards
are welcome. Come along any
Saturday or contact badminton@
mail.ie or 087-9249561 for more
details.
PHIBSBORO CHESS:
Phibsboro Chess Club is looking
for new players, male and
female, in all grades, both
rated and unrated. The club
meets at 7pm on Monday
and Thursday nights in An
Oige Hostel, 61 Mountjoy
Street, Dublin 1. The club
has three teams competing
in the Leinster Chess
Leagues. For more details
contact Robert Leggett at
robertthomasleggett@gmail.
com.
FINGLAS CHESS. Finglas Chess
Club is a friendly local club
looking for new adult members.
Beginners, casual and experienced players are all welcome.
The club meets every Tuesday
night at Brookville Senior Citizen’s
Complex, North Road, Finglas. For
more info email finglaschess@
gmail.com.
On the outbreak of the Easter
Rising, Scollan sent word to Connolly that the Rifles were ready
and willing to fight for the Republic.
Connolly said he was glad of
their involvement and at midnight
on Easter Monday, he ordered
the Rifles to join the garrison at
the GPO. Scollan led 30 members
of the Rifles into the fight.
Irish War News, printed by Padraig Pearse during the Rebellion,
lists the Rifles as a component of
the ‘Dublin Division, Army of the
Republic’.
Members of the Rifles fought
at the GPO and were particularly
effective during the battle at
the Exchange Hotel, Parliament
Street.
During this battle, Edward
Walsh, a member of the Rifles,
was killed in action.
After the Rising, Scollan and
other members of the Rifles were
imprisoned in Frongoch, where
Scollan became camp treasurer.
The Rifles were released from
Internment on Christmas Eve
1916, and returned to Dublin.
On their release, the rifles
▪ The Irish War News, printed by the Rebels in 1916.
merged with the IRA, to continue
the fight for the Republic. The
Hibernian Rifles, though often
dismissed or confused with the
sectarian BOÉ, played an important role in the 1916 Rising and
these forgotten heroes should be
celebrated.
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rooms with a different view
hotEl prices have soared over
the past decade or so, resulting
in a scarcity of affordable accommodation for city breaks.
But there’s still a way to book
good quality lodgings without
breaking the bank.
Millions of ordinary homeowners all over the globe are now
renting out rooms, or even entire
properties, as a way to supplement their income for much less
than the cost of a hotel stay.
Irish siblings Emmett and Deirdre Brady have played a part in
this growth mini-industry and
established the first apartment
rental site in Amsterdam back in
2000.
The brother and sister team
had already experienced business success having modernised
the family law company, Rochford Brady, which they developed
into one Ireland’s biggest legal
services firms.
They were internet pioneers,
and created a highly successful
online portal, LawSearch.ie. After selling the business they relocated to Amsterdam and moved
into the apartment rental market
with AmsterdamEscape.com.
AmsterdamEscape was radically different from the usual
▪ Irish siblings Emmett and Deirdre Brady are the founders of
WorldEscape.com
unfriendly Dutch homestay business in that it offered a high level
of customer care and innovative
touches like free mini bars, DVD
libraries and video game consoles.
The site soon gained a loyal
following and AmsterdamEscape
became an overnight success.
In 2003 the Bradys launched
RomeEscape and later DelhiEscape and NewYorkStay.
Last year they relaunched,
merging their existing sites, adding more properties and locations
in over 50 cities and creating
WorldEscape. From the outset,
WorldEscape has been profitable
and the siblings are proud that
the site has never taken investment.
Uniquely, it has always been
entirely debt-free and has no
shareholders other than the four
directors. In its first year, WorldEscape earned $1.2 million in
commissions and now the Bradys
are predicting a breakthrough
year.
They say WorldEscape has
grown organically, largely by
word-of-mouth, from owner to
owner, and has built long-term
trust relationships. Each and
every listing on the site is visited
and vetted by a member of the
WorldEscape team.
This ensures that what cus-
▪ All accommodation is vetted by the WorldEscape team
tomers see in the photos online
is what they will be greeted with
when they walk through the door
at their destination.
“Whether travelling for work
or for pleasure, we believe that
everyone should have the opportunity for a one-of-a-kind trip,
devoid of hotels with high rates
and cookie cutter rooms,” said
Emmett.
“We also believe in the 100
per cent satisfaction of our customers, which is why we person-
ally visit and verify each property listed on our site. Not many
short-term rental listing sites can
say that.”
WorldEscape’s portfolio includes modern Manhattan lofts,
just steps from Times Square;
serene villas in the suburbs of
Rome; and chic London apartments with Hyde Park views.
There’s also affordable, fully
furnished apartments, villas,
timeshares, cottages and even
houseboats.
WorldEscape can also provide
around the clock 24-hour customer support, hotel-grade cleaning,
luggage storage and transport to
and from the airport.
Bookings and payments are
guaranteed by a secure system
that also ensures everything
about any accommodation is up
to scratch and meets WorldEscape standards.
The website can be found at
www.worldescape.com
Infectious Glasgow will leave you wanting more
Q
WhERE to StaY:
The following hotels can be booked
on Hotels.com. All prices are subject to
availability at time of booking.
MY FRIENDS and I are organising a long weekend away
and would love your advice
on where to go. We’ve been
to all the major European cities and
would like to visit somewhere that has
brilliant shopping and a great nightlife but is a little less obvious. Since
we are only going for a short break, we
don’t want to travel too far. Is there
anywhere that comes to mind?
A
Just a hop, skip and an hour’s
flight from Dublin, Glasgow is
the place to be if you’re looking
for a cool, cosmopolitan city
that’s a little off the beaten
track. In recent decades Glasgow has reinvented itself from the pits of economic
depression in the 1980s to establish itself today as a cultural powerhouse and
shopping lover’s haven.
Glasgow’s shopping scene is renowned
for offering some of the best buys in Britain and the city’s most loved shops can
be found on their main shopping route
known as the ‘Style Mile’.
This pedestrianised thoroughfare provides the perfect combination of charming boutiques, designer stores and major retailers - a shopaholic’s paradise.
The ‘Style Mile’ paths are paved with
street performers and musicians - bagpipe players clad in full Scottish attire
RaDISSoN Blu GlaSGoW (*****)
This is a luxury five star hotel in the
centre of Glasgow city. The Radisson Blu
is styled in a contemporary design and
the spacious guestrooms have been decorated with ultimate comfort in mind.
From €133 per room, per night.
By Carolina Annand
attempt to reinvent popular songs with
a Scottish twist making the Glaswegian
shopping experience all the more colourful and unique.
Glasgow’s trendy West End is at the
cultural heart of the Scottish city and
with even more shopping options, it is a
must during your stay.
The stylish Merchant City is rich in
heritage and history and is the ideal spot
to sit back in one of the many chic cafes,
enjoy a late lunch and take in the beautiful historic architecture and vibrant atmosphere - exactly what Glasgow is all
about.
Glaswegians’ reputation for their love
of a party precedes them and the people’s overtly friendly nature means you’ll
▪ Glasgow’s ‘Style Mile’ is great for shopping, browsing and people watching.
have no problem joining in!
From stylish bars to hedonistic clubs
and everything in between, there’s
something for everyone in this captivating city.
Head to Sauciehall Street in the centre
of Glasgow for a glimpse into the city’s
notorious nightlife where the party lives
strong until the early hours of the morning.
In 2008, the city gained its UNESCO
status as a ‘City of Music’ and with its
legendary music scene that stretches
from classical to contemporary, it’s easy
to see why.
Visit the iconic King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
which hosts bands almost every night of
the week and is an integral part of Glasgow’s thriving grassroots music scene
and discover the city’s famous live music
landscape first-hand.
Glasgow is a city that will keep you on
your toes and continue to surprise with
the energy and vitality that pulsates
through the streets.
The brilliantly infectious buzz Glasgow
provides will draw you in and leave you
wanting more.
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This modern hotel is equipped with a
restaurant and an inviting bar to relax
and unwind after a busy day. From €96
per room, per night.
For more information and travel tips, visit
www.hotels.com or call 1800-553338
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NORTHSIDE PEOPLE WEST • 18 MaR 2015
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Jill
Dublin People Newspaper Group has teamed up with Dogs
Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs.
The Dog of the Week is Jill, a six-year-old female German
Shepherd. This gorgeous girl likes to be the centre of attention
and be the only dog at home.
She loves taking trips in the car, getting cuddles and lots of
TLC. As a result of negative training in her past, Jill does not
respond well to basic training cues so her canine carer Donna
is teaching her Irish.
She is picking up her new language very well and already
knows ‘suigh sios’ (sit) and ‘leaba’ (bed) – what a clever girl! Jill
would love her new owner to continue on with positive reinforcement training to help her develop all of her potential.
If you think you can offer Jill a supportive environment in
your home, call 01-8791000 or pop into the Dogs Trust centre.
Dogs Trust are asking our readers to join their team for
this year’s VHI Women’s Mini Marathon. The trust receives no
Government funding whatsoever so this fundraising is a vital
stream of income in helping them keep up their lifesaving
work. Register today at www.vhiwomensminimarathon.ie
Give a Dog a Home Today!
Phone us on 01 8791000
Dogs Trust is based in Finglas, just off Exit 5 on the M50. Map
and directions can be found on their website at www.dogstrust.
ie. You can also pop up for a visit. Dogs Trust is open six days
a week from 12-4pm. The centre is closed all day Tuesday. You
can also find Dogs Trust on Facebook at www.facebook.com/
dogstrustireland or Twitter @DogsTrust_IE
Responsible dog ownership
at historic properties
A NEW agreement signed earlier this month will help underpin
responsible dog ownership at National Historic Properties in the
greater Dublin area.
The agreement between the
Office of Public Works and the
DSPCA is aimed at promoting responsible dog ownership at the
capital’s historic properties.
The Office of Public Works is
responsible for 33 historic properties countrywide and its role is
to protect, manage and present
these important buildings and
landscapes for current and future
generations.
The OPW says it also recognises, along with the DSPCA, that
people benefit from companionship and assistance provided by
dogs. However, there are specific
areas and seasons when exclusions or restrictions may apply
for allowing dogs on sites.
The new joint agreement outlines various principles such as
acknowledging the importance of
the amenities for all users, ensuring clear and consistent information at all sites and the promotion
of responsible dog ownership
through activities and education.
Speaking at an event in St
Stephen’s Green to mark the
agreement, Minister of State with
special responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), Simon
Harris, said: “We all know that
owning and walking dogs is an
activity that benefits the physical
and mental wellbeing of dogs and
their owners.
“My office is particularly keen
on welcoming all visitors to our
wonderful sites and ensuring that
there is clear and consistent information on areas and facilities
that are well-suited to the needs
of dogs and their owners.
“We also recognise that other
visitors may not be as comfortable around dogs and certain
restrictions such as on-lead rules
or exclusions will apply in those
instances.”
Chief executive of the DSPCA,
Brian Gillen, welcomed the collaboration with the OPW in encouraging responsible dog ownership on historic sites.
“The DSPCA appreciate that
access to public amenities is important for dog owners,” he said.
“We look forward to working
with the OPW to improve onsite
facilities and to provide a positive
framework for engagement with
owners. Our ‘King of Paws’ academy will provide training classes to
help dog owners and dogs enjoy
the access to the OPW sites.”
Minister Harris added: “I welcome the agreement and joint
promotion of these principles
with the DSPCA and I look forward
to the many initiatives organised
Watch out for baby
birds this spring
AT THIS time of year it’s not unusual to come across an injured
bird, or at least a bird that looks injured.
However, spring is a time when
young birds are finding their feet,
or their wings, so the first thing
to do is check. If the bird seems
generally healthy, look at the
feathers.
Fledglings have all or most of
their feathers and leave the nest
just before they can fly. The parents are usually nearby and will
still be feeding the bird.
Every year animal welfare
charities have to deal with ‘orphaned’ fledglings, picked up by
well-meaning people. However,
most of these birds are not orphans and would have had a better life in the wild.
Leave a fledgling alone and
watch from a distance; it’s likely
that the parents will take care of
the bird. Never try to return a bird
to the nest as this may disturb the
other young birds.
If a fledgling is in immediate
danger, place it in a sheltered
▪ Fledglings leave the nest just
before they can fly
spot a short distance away.
If you find a tawny owlet under
a possible nest site, monitor from
a distance to see if the parents
are nearby. If you hear them calling, leave the bird alone. Tawny
owlets can climb back up into the
nest.
If, after monitoring, you think a
fledgling is genuinely orphaned,
contact your nearest animal welfare charity for advice.
▪ Responsible dog ownership at Dublin’s historic properties is
being encouraged.
with them.
“I have no doubt that this joint
partnership approach will lead to
a greater reciprocal understanding by our visitors when enjoying
the wonderful parks and gardens
in the months ahead.”
Details of the sites covered by
these new guidelines will apply at
the following:
• St Stephen’s Green
• Iveagh Gardens
• National War Memorial Gardens
• Grangegorman Military Cemetery
• Arbour Hill Cemetery
• Phoenix Park
• Royal Hospital Kilmainham
• National Botanic Gardens
• St Enda’s Park
• Rathfarnham Castle
• Garden of Remembrance
• Castletown House
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Books
About The Author
June Judd lives in Donaghmede
having moved there from nearby
Killester 16 years ago.
She lives with her mother,
Margaret. As a way of integrating
into the community, she joined a
creative writing class with TARGET (Trinity Adult Resource Group
for Education and Training).
Her teacher, also called June,
gave her encouragement to
continue writing after the class
finished. June returned to the
creative writing class under a
new teacher called Peggy and it
was through her that she got involved with the Trinity Writers’
Group who held workshops in Donaghmede Library.
As part of a collective project by this group, a book called
‘Concetti’ was published in 2000.
After that June began writing short poems and steadily over
the years her collection built up.
Through encouragement from family and friends she decided
to put them into book form and get them printed.
‘A Life, A Verse’ by June Judd
‘A LIFE, A Verse’ is a nicely illustrated book of poems by June
Judd from Donaghmede.
Book
of THE
WEEk
The poems exemplify the thoughts and feelings of the author
on different facets of life’s journey.
The words are expressed with deep emotion which can give
the reader an insight into the human psyche and how the darkness of depression can impinge strongly on a person’s mind.
Poems such as ‘Cover Me’, ‘A Step Back’ and ‘Plague’ bring such
feelings to the fore. Other poems are joyful as in ‘Beauty’, ‘Walking’
and ‘Ordinary Things’ which give expression to thoughts of optimism and
dreams.
The author draws on events and occasions shared with family and friends to express views and give reflections.
The strong bond with her family’s roots in the country and of the many happy times
spent in rural Ireland as a child gives her inspiration to compose such poems as ‘The
Land’, ‘Garden’ and ‘Cavan’.
In many of the poems her love of the countryside and its beauty is clearly expressed. The seasons of the year engender different moods and find expression in
‘Winter’, ‘Halloween’ and ‘A New Year’.
‘A Life, A Verse’ is a lovely composition of short thought-provoking poems.
Author takes reader on a remarkable journey Book winner has
‘TAkIng Heaven Lightly - A near Death
Experience’ is nothing short of a riveting
read.
Róisín Fitzpatrick takes the reader on her
remarkable journey when in 2004, without
any warning, she suffered a life-threatening
brain haemorrhage.
While in the ICU of Beaumont Hospital,
she felt herself being drawn out of her body
and enveloped in a radiant light.
There, in a blissful vision of the afterlife,
she experienced the most extraordinary
transformation of her life.
Her discovery – that ‘Heaven’ lies within
each of us, that we are pure love and always
at one with the eternal light – changed the
course of her world. Róisín went on to make
a full recovery by integrating this newfound
understanding into her daily existence.
‘Róisín calls this her ‘near-life experience’ because it has given her the freedom
to truly live life. Knowing that we are all
more powerful than we can begin to imagine when we choose to connect with this
eternal light, she encourages the reader to
embrace this precious gift of life by asking
the question: are you living your best life
now?
By looking at all aspects of our lives, es-
pecially our challenges with health, careers,
family, bereavement or financial issues, she
provides an inspirational guide with simple
yet powerfully effective practical exercises
to provide ways for the reader to feel empowered.
Róisín also seamlessly weaves her neardeath experience with the eternal light
– solas síoraí – of our ancient Irish myths
and monuments, shining a light on our past,
present and future.
She shows how we can all connect with
this light to enhance our daily lives, and
develop a deeper connection to a sense of
peace and unity beyond the physical realm.
debut published
nEW Island has announced the publication of a debut novel,
‘Marked Off’, by author Don Cameron.
In April 2014, New Island ran the ‘Get Your Book Published’
competition in association with the RTÉ Today Show to uncover
new and undiscovered talent among Ireland’s emerging writers.
From hundreds of entries, the shortlist was whittled down to
just 10, and from these, Don Cameron’s ‘Marked Off’ was chosen
as the outright winner.
It tells the story of the leafy suburb of Booterstown where, in
the height of midsummer, the brutal and shocking murder of a
local woman is the last thing that anyone expects. What is more
unexpected is that this murder will only be the first of many.
Detective Danny O’Neill is led on a trail of false clues, lies and
corruption, where the only thing he seems to be able to find are
dead ends. As O’Neill tries to come to terms with a painful past of
buried memories, we realise that this is more than just a hunt for
a wanted man - it is a hunt for redemption.
In a tale of twists, turns and sometimes sheer roundabouts,
‘Marked Off’ tells the tale of a Dublin rendered frighteningly unfamiliar by the antics of a troubled, abused and evil killer.
Born in Dublin, Don Cameron worked as an accountant before
moving to London, where he worked in various semi-state bodies.
He began to write in the mid-1990s and since then has had over
40 short stories published and broadcast.
He is the author of ‘Walking with Words’, a walking guide to
central Dublin.
‘Marked Off’ is his first novel.
Want to see your literary
masterpiece on an
upcoming books page?
▪ Róisín Fitzpatrick is pictured with Niall Burgess and Kevin O’Malley, the US Ambassador to Ireland, at the launch of her book ‘Taking
Heaven Lightly - A Near Death Experience’. PHOTO BY PAUL SHERWOOD
Are you an author? Published, unpublished or self-published? Send Neil a 500-word synopsis of your book, a
100-word author biog, a scan of the cover of the book
and an author photo (both MUST be jpegs) to this email
address - [email protected] - and we will do our
best to feature your book in an upcoming edition!
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puzzles
PANEL ONE
Crossword The shaded squares spell out an area of Dublin
By Robin Blackmore
▪ Email: [email protected]
easy
MediuM
hard
Across
1. Alter equipment for accuracy
and effectiveness. (6)
5. Leather bands for binding
things together. (6)
10. Small villages straight out of
Shakespeare. (7)
11. Of no help whatsoever. (7)
12. Military alliance of some European states. (4)
13. It’s a black and white animal.
(5)
15. Alcoholic beverage. (4)
17. Perceive the bishop’s seat. (3)
19. Drapes hide a sandwich filler.
(6)
21. Very small creature. (6)
22. Getting involved with the music. (7)
23. Put your material on the Internet. (6)
25. Someone in charge of a building, grounds or animals. (6)
28. Provided food. (3)
30. Primary compass direction.
(4)
31. Gets annoyed like Tim
Finnegan. (5)
32. Popular subject at UCD. (4)
35. Restrained a yawn or a giggle. (7)
36. Puts into service. (7)
37. Refuse to notice. (6)
38. Stretch out and forward, like
sudoku
a limb. (6)
Down
2. The metered Greek goddess of
fertility. (7)
3. A person known for taking advantage of others. (4)
4. Takes samples of several dishes. (6)
5. Rectangle with four equal
sides. (6)
6. Smell like Magillicuddy.. (4)
7. Sharply exact and accurate. (7)
8. An acknowledgement of appreciation. (6)
9. The upward route on a mountain. (6)
14. Seaside places. (7)
16. Device for finding aircraft. (5)
18. One of God’s attendants. (5)
20. Skedaddle hides a parent! (3)
21. Essential for writing. (3)
23. Not feeling secure, anxious.
(6)
24. Leaning like a damaged ship.
(7)
26. Part of a cake. (7)
27. Stand up against someone or
something. (6)
28. A down-market violin. (6)
29. A period of ten years. (6)
33. The lowest female singing
voice. (4)
34. A mark made by dirt. (4)
wordsearCh
Find the words hidden
in the puzzle below
aNswers MarCh 11
easy
hard
MediuM
ANSWER (March 11): GREATCOMMON
1. Bawnoges
2. Cabinteely
3. Cabra
4. Cappagh
5. Cardiffsbridge
6. Carpenterstown
7. Carrickmines
8. Carysfort
9. Castleknock
10. Celbridge
11. Chapelizod
12. Charlestown
13. Charleville
14. Cheeverstown
15. Cherrywood
16. Churchtown
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Hypnotherapy gets results
for a range of conditions
STEPHEN Travers has personally trained and worked with Paul
McKenna so you can be assured you are getting the best treatments that are available in the field of hypnotherapy.
Stephen is Ireland’s bestknown clinical hypnotherapist,
for the excellent results he
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Programme for people
with Type 2 Diabetes
THE Nutrition & Dietetic Service, HSE Dublin North East, is
running a diabetes education programme for people with Type
2 Diabetes.
XPERT, a six-week structured diabetes education programme, is
free of charge and is facilitated by Kathleen Jordan, Senior Community Dietitian, HSE Dublin North.
Participants will learn all about the up-to-date treatment and
management of diabetes in a relaxed, enjoyable, friendly environment.
They will have the opportunity to explore and address any issues
that they may have with their diabetes and lifestyle.
Topics covered include diet and physical activity, weight
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Volunteer drivers sought
to help cancer patients
THE Irish Cancer Society is
urgently looking for more volunteers from Dublin to drive
cancer patients to their chemotherapy appointments at Tallaght, St Vincent’s, St James’s
and the Mater Hospitals.
In 2014, 134 patients from
North Dublin were transported
to and from 1,254 appointments
and the demand is increasing
every year (up by 47 per cent on
2013).
The ‘Care to Drive’ service is
free to both the hospital and the
patient with volunteers paid a
contribution towards their fuel
allowance and toll road costs.
The Irish Cancer Society recruits and trains volunteers and
asks only that they have free
weekday availability, can commit
to two weekdays a month and
have access to a car.
Gail Flinter, from the Irish Cancer Society, said: “‘Care to Drive’
gives cancer patients access to
free transport to and from their
chemotherapy treatments.
“It removes the stress and difficulty of travelling at a challenging time.
“The Irish Cancer Society is
looking for drivers in Dublin who
would be willing to drive patients
to and from their treatments and
in doing so, make a direct impact
on the lives of those living with
cancer.”
If you think you can help and
are interested in becoming a volunteer or are looking for further
information, contact Gail on 012310566, email [email protected] or see www.cancer.ie
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Guides challenge body image myths
GIRL Guides throughout Ireland
marked International Women’s
Day by challenging myths about
body image and by celebrating
their varying body shapes.
Three hundred Guide leaders have been trained to deliver the groundbreaking ‘Free
Being Me’ programme, which
empowers young people to speak
out and challenge body image
myths.
The World Association of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts and the
DOVE Self-Esteem project developed the programme with the
vision of creating a world free
from appearance-related anxiety
by boosting the confidence of a
whole generation.
The Council of Irish Guiding Associations, which comprises the
Irish Girl Guides and the Catholic Guides of Ireland, hopes that
16,000 girls between the ages of
seven and 14 will be reached with
this innovative programme.
Catholic Guides of Ireland
Chief Commissioner, Cecilia
Browne, said ‘Free Being Me’ unmasks society’s beauty myths by
challenging unhealthy body talk
and exposing the practice of airbrushing.
“Through a series of fun, interactive and thought-provoking
activities, girls are challenged to
stand up and take action to stop
unhealthy body ideals affecting
the next generation of girls,” said
Ms Browne.
“We want to empower girls
and give them the confidence to
be comfortable with who they
are.”
Irish Girl Guides’ Chief Commissioner, Helen Concannon,
said: “There is an urgent need
for a programme like this given
that a 2012 survey by the Department of Children and Youth
Affairs found that 21 per cent of
girls were ‘dissatisfied’ with their
body image.
“We hope that by adopting
‘Free Being Me’, we will help
▪ Jessica Ormonde of Catholic Guides of Ireland; model and former basketball player Emer Foley; and
Katie Dennison of Irish Girl Guides, pictured at the launch of the ‘Free Being Me’ programme.
thousands of girls throughout
Ireland to stand up to social pressures and, by sharing what they
learn with their friends, that they
will spread the message and support others to become more body
confident too.”
Simply Be and Assets plussize model Emer Foley, who is
a former Girl Guide and used to
play basketball for Ireland, said
she wished there had been a
programme like ‘Free Being Me’
when she was growing up.
“Being tall and athletic, a
tomboy with Afro hair, I couldn’t
relate to the pictures of white
women I saw in magazines,” she
said.
“I struggled to accept my body
image and I felt worthless at
times. Now, at age 29, I know that
seeing people in the limelight
sometimes give us false ideals of
what real life and real body im-
age is. It is important to remember that people are just people
at the end of the day and we are
all beautiful in our own way; that
there is not a right or wrong way
to look. Difference is a beautiful
and unique thing.”
Amy Sheeran (14), of Raheny
Guides, said: “We really enjoyed
the ‘Free Being Me’ activities and
games, which taught us all about
the image myth. We particularly
loved the game where our leaders acted out scenarios and we
had to jump up and shout ‘body
talk’ when we heard the leaders
talking about their bodies negatively.”
20
Sport
Kids grace
hallowed
turf of Croker
DURING the half-time interval at Dublin’s recent
Allianz National League clash with Tyrone, the
stars of tomorrow at two Northside GAA clubs
were enjoying a match all of their own.
The Under 11s at Naomh Mearnog and Dublin 15
team St Peregrine’s provided the thrills and spills
for the crowd while the senior stars were taking a
well-earned break.
The kids were delighted to be given the opportunity to show off their skills under the lights at GAAheadquarters.
▪ Players from the two teams walk out onto the Croke Park pitch.
▪ Naomh Mearnog’s Under 11 football team
▪ A Naomh Mearnog player is hunted down by two opponents.
▪ A Naomh Mearnog player races towards the St Peregine’s goal.
▪ Players from the two teams shake hands.
▪ Under pressure from his opponent, a Naomh Mearnog player
battles to retain possession. ALL PHOTOS: SIMON ARCHER
PHOTOGRAPHY
▪ Action from the St Peregrine’s v Naomh Mearnog match.
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education
Students get to grips with a hot topic
LoCaL students got to experience political sparring at the
highest level earlier this month
during an event at Dublin Castle.
From Rathfarnham to Finglas
and Adamstown to Glasnevin,
young people from all over the
city were debating the hot topic
of renewable energy targets in
the eighth annual Model Council
of the European Union.
Students role-played a different EU Member State during an
intense and well informed discussion between 27 schools from
across Ireland.
Minister of State for European
Affairs, Dara Murphy, and Tim
Hayes of the European Commission Representation in Ireland opened the debate, while
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan
chaired.
With fracking, pylons and
windmills still prominent global
and local issues, renewable energy is a topic that today’s young
people will have to take seriously,
Mr Hayes noted.
“We already have renewable
energy targets of 20 per cent
by 2020 and the purpose of this
We already have renewable energy
targets of 20 per cent by 2020 and
the purpose of this debate is to get our
young people thinking about the issue
The event, which was organised by the European Commission
Representation in Ireland, took
place in the Printworks Building
in Dublin Castle.
A total of 28 schools from
across Ireland represented all EU
Member States.
▪ Pictured are (l-r, front) Miliscent Reyes, Eimear Tunstead and Aine Ford; (l-r, back:) Minister for
European Affairs, Dara Murphy; Counsellor at the Embassy of Finland, Kaisa Leidy; and William
Donnelly (teacher).
debate is to get our young people thinking about the issue,” he
said.
“Decisions about their futures
are made in Dublin, Brussels and
further afield, and it’s critical
that our youth understand what
is going on in this area and how
decisions are arrived at.”
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James won investment from
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UrAbility digital learning platform and now he wants to ensure
parents have a strong knowledge
of the iPad - a device that their
kids are running rings around
them with.
“We need to ensure that
parents get up to speed with
the technology that their
children are whizz-kids at,” he
said.
“By the end of the year 1.2 mil-
lion people in Ireland will have a
tablet. Parents need to be at the
races in terms of what tablets can
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UrAbility plan to empower
14 parents in Dublin later this
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During the course parents will
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They will also be introduced to
a wide range of built-in accessibility features, as well as gaining
a toolkit of online resources to
use going forward.
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Motoring
Mcgrath signs up with nissan
JACK McGrath, Irish Rugby International and Leinster star, has
been appointed Nissan Brand Ambassador for the Windsor Motor
Group’s Dundrum dealership.
Neil O’Sullivan, sales director,
Windsor Motor Group, stated:
“We are delighted that Jack has
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our customers deserve from the
Windsor Motor Group
and we’re proud to
have Jack as our
brand ambassador
for Nissan
agreed to represent our Nissan
dealership in Dundrum.
“His recent performances
with the Irish and Leinster
teams have displayed the kind
of qualities we aspire to: determination, desire, innovation,
reliability and, above all, team
spirit.
“These are the values our
customers deserve from the
Windsor Motor Group and we’re
proud to have Jack as our brand
ambassador for Nissan.”
Jack will be driving the new
award-winning and class lead-
▪ Jack will be driving
the new award-winning
and class leading
Nissan Qashqai.
ing Nissan Qashqai,
2015 Irish Car of the
Year as voted by the
Association of Professional Motoring Press &
Irish Motor Writers’ Association.
Driven by their
customers for over 50
years, the Windsor Motor
Group operates Nissan,
Opel, Peugeot and Mazda
dealerships across Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and
Galway and employs over
300 dedicated staff.
23
Motoring
All-new Kia Sorento
will really impress
BUILDING on the success of the outgoing model with a unique
blend of style, practicality and technology, the all-new Kia Sorento is now on sale in Ireland.
The new SUV’s smoother, sweptback profile and deeply sculpted
surfaces introduce a more refined
design to the third-generation
model, delivering a premium look
and feel, with more space and numerous innovative features.
The designers of the third-generation Kia Sorento named their
inspiration for the new car as
‘Streetwolf’. Although the styling changes are evolutionary,
they subtly alter the character of
the new Sorento, highlighting its
sleek, sinuous profile, as well as
class-leading style, to ensure the
new model has a bolder on-theroad presence.
The front of the new Sorento
incorporates long, wrap-around
headlamps and more prominent
fog-lamps, as well as a larger,
more upright ‘tiger-nose’ grille,
with a distinctive three-dimensional diamond pattern, first featured on the 2013 Kia Cross GT
concept.
Kia Motors Ireland is offering
two AWD variants of the new car the EX at €38,995 and the expected volume model, the Platinum,
at €43,995. The entry level model
is a five seater with a generous
level of spec that includes 17” alloys, rear privacy glass, super vision instrument cluster and 7” Sat
Nav with reversing camera .
The Platinum, as the name
suggests, is a seven seater with
a luxury spec that includes the
above plus panoramic sunroof,
Xenon lights, leather and heated
seats, heated steering wheel and
eight-way power adjustable driver’s seat.
“The Sorento is one of the
most recognisable model names
associated with the brand since
Kia Motors Ireland entered this
market just over 10 years ago,”
said James Brooks, managing director.
“In this time Sorento has
evolved from a traditional 4x4
to a more refined urban SUV.
The new Sorento reflects everything the Kia brand now stands
for in terms of styling, engineer-
▪ Inside the all-new Sorento is where some of the most significant improvements are to be found.
ing, technology and quality and
it clearly shows that we able to
compete in one of the most demanding car segments where
consumers demand this level of
exterior styling and a premium
refined and quality interior.
“We are confident that Irish
customers in the market for a
D segment SUV will take to the
Sorento in the same way that C
segment CUV customers have
taken to Sportage and that this
model will add both sales and
brand enhancement for the Kia
brand in Ireland.”
Inside the all-new Sorento
is where some of the most significant improvements are to be
found. Interior styling was led
by the brand’s European design
team, based in Frankfurt, and
Kia’s designers have created a
more stylish, more luxurious cabin, featuring significantly higher
quality materials.
The styling of the cabin follows
a modern and wide theme, pro-
viding the interior with a stable,
horizontal layout and appearance.
This width is echoed in the
wider instrument cluster, interior garnish and the wrap-around
shape of the dashboard which extends into the door trims.
A higher proportion of softtouch materials and leather creates a modern, luxurious feel
to the cabin and gives the new
Sorento a genuine premium vehicle ambience.
24
House & Home
Grow it Yourself: tips for the garden
By Michael Kelly of Grow it
Yourself (GIY) Ireland
sod of earth over the spud from
the side.
So, in other words, instead of
planting the spud down into the
soil, you are placing it on the surface and creating a layer of topsoil above it. The bonus is that as
the grass in the sod rots away it
provides nutrition to the spud.
Incidentally, it is believed that
they were called lazy beds because the English called the potato the ‘lazy root’ - not because
the method of cultivation suggested laziness. I can vouch for
that!
Things To do This Week
– soWing
There was a definitely a slight
feeling of spring in the air last
weekend and i spent a pleasurable, though backbreaking,
couple of hours working on new
lazy beds in the veg patch.
Lazy beds are a traditional way
of creating what are effectively
raised beds without the timber
sides. Given the work that goes
in to maintaining them, I always
smile at the idea of calling them
‘lazy’ beds.
It is, in fact, a complete misnomer because they are much
harder work to construct and
maintain than a timber-framed
raised bed.
The lazy bed was traditionally
used as an attempt to overcome
poor, shallow and infertile (and
often boggy, turf) soils that were
difficult to grow in.
They were particularly effective in mountainous regions
where the short growing seasons made holding soil warmth a
problem.
Poignantly, the remains of
famine-era lazy beds can still be
seen on the side of mountains in
many parts of the West of Ireland, particularly in Mayo.
The fact that they have sur-
▪ Sam the dog watches over some lazy beds.
vived intact suggests that they
were abandoned suddenly. In
that sense, they are as agonising
a snapshot of death and devastation as the grizzly casts of Vesuvius victims in Pompeii.
Though I have some timberframed raised beds in the veg
patch, I also have a large lazy
bed area about 10m long and 5m
wide.
Within that space I have parallel banks of beds, each about
four feet wide and separated by
trenches one foot wide.
I sow crops in rows in the long
beds while the trenches are used
as paths and for drainage. The
trenches are exactly a rake’s
width – regular raking keeps them
weed free and creates a fine tilth
of soil which is then drawn up on
to the beds and raked in.
This simultaneously deepens
the trenches and raises the beds.
Several years of cultivation this
way has created good soil quality.
Though I get a kick out of the
fact that I am helping to preserve
a once-widespread growing tradition, lazy beds are not purely
nostalgic.
They enjoy all the practical benefits of a timber-framed
raised bed.
They are well suited to areas that lack deep soil or where
drainage is a problem.
The beds are drier and therefore warmer than the flat land
around them.
They warm up more quickly in
the morning and retain their heat
longer into the evening. The effectiveness of lazy beds for drainage can be seen in my garden on
very wet days, when the trenches
on either side of the beds can be
filled with water.
Creating a lazy bed is also
a very effective way of sowing
spuds directly on to lawn grass.
Traditionally, a spade called a
‘Loy’ was used for this – the potato was laid on the grass and
then the loy was used to turn a
I got busy in the potting shed
this week, doing my first major sowing of the year of salad
greens and herbs. Each month,
from March to September, I do
a small sowing of what I loosely
describe as salad greens (lettuce, annual spinach and oriental
greens such as mustard, pak choi,
mizuna, rocket etc) as well as annual herbs (such as coriander and
dill).
These are sown in module trays
in the potting shed where they
will benefit from the warm conditions, and then will be planted
out about a month later in the
soil (earlier sowings in the polytunnel, but later ones outside).
This approach gives a consistent supply of interesting leaves
and herbs for the salad bowl for
most of the year.
Tip of The Week –
BeWare of frosTs
Emerging young potato plants
can be killed by frosts so as the
plants start to appear above the
soil you have to be vigilant. Cover
young plants if there is any risk
of frost.
Fleece is the best option for
this, though you could also use
straw or even a covering of plastic – be sure to take the covering
off by day.
Alternatively, you can ‘earth
up’ the plants as they appear
by covering them with more soil
– this will protect the plants from
frost.
You can buy fleece on the GIY
webshop (giyinternational.org).
Michael Kelly is a freelance
journalist, author and founder of
GIY.
Make the most of small rooms
There are many home decorating tips you can put to good use if
you live in a small space such as an apartment or if you need help
decorating a small room.
The following tips will teach
you how you can expand your
living space and really make the
most of it:
• Grow your room with light
colours. Refrain from using dark
colours for your walls and ceilings. Dark and bold shades creating a shrinking effect and will
make a room appear smaller
than it is.
▪ Expand your living space by maximising size
• Lighter, brighter and softer
colours will help to open up a
space and make the area feel less
like a box. In addition to home
decorating tips related to solid
colours, steer clear of making
patterns your primary decorating
choice, as the use of too many can
also dwarf your surroundings.
• Mirrors are magic - Using
Mirrors to create space is one
of the best home decorating tips
that everyone, regardless of the
size of their home, can benefit
from. Mirrors are a phenomenal
decoration because not only can
they improve a theme or style,
but when used properly, they
also add dimension to a room.
For instance, a vertical mirror makes a room appear longer,
while a horizontal mirror helps to
widen a room. In addition, mirrors make rooms without windows appear friendlier.
• Multipurpose furniture is
your friend. If you have a small
space, one of the most important
home decorating tips you can
learn is to invest in multipurpose
furniture. These furniture pieces
usually have a minimum of two
functions. Examples of multipurpose furniture include:
* Screens - perfect for hiding
messes or acting as walls to create privacy or a makeshift room.
* Nesting tables - tables of different sizes and heights that rest
underneath one another.
* Adjustable dinning table - table with leaves that tuck under or
fold down.
* Storage bench - a place for
guest to sit, but the seat can also
A vertical
mirror
makes a
room appear longer,
while a horizontal
mirror helps to widen
a room. In addition,
mirrors make rooms
without windows
appear friendlier
lift up and items can be stored
inside
* Love seat sofa bed - Makes
for a perfect guest bed and smaller than a three-seat sofa!
* Trundle bed - An ideal twinsized bed for children that has a
second bed tucked underneath
it, making it perfect for another
child.
Furthermore, if the second
bed is not being used, the mattress can be taken out and the
remaining space can be used for
storage.
• Build up, not out - aside from
home decorating tips involving
multipurpose furniture, other
good furniture advice is to opt for
tall and slim furniture that goes
up your wall, verses bulky furniture pieces that stick out.
Book shelves, cabinets, and
armoires are tall items that can
hold a variety of knick-knacks,
books, CDs, DVDs, etc. These furniture pieces can help remove
clutter and expand floor space.
• Let the light shine in - The
right lighting plays an important
part in how open a space feels.
In fact, as was mentioned in the
home decorating tips regarding
colour, just as lighter colours can
make a space appear larger, so
can bright lights.
A room that is fully illuminated
allows you to see every detail
of the room, whereas a room
that is partially lit has shadows.
Shadows shrink a room to give it
more of an intimate and cave-like
feel.
Now it’s time to expand your
space and put the above home
decorating tips to good use.
25
House & Home
How to shine in
rental market
HAVE you ever watched a car
slow down in front of a property for rent, then stop, back up,
pull forward again and speed
off?
People rent property on first
impressions. Believe it or not,
prospective tenants have
pretty much decided whether
they want to live somewhere
before they ever get out of their
car.
Potential tenants have seen
the photos and have come to see
if the images match their impressions.
So how do you keep good tenants interested before they put
the foot down? Here are a few
basic jobs that landlords or vendors can do to help rent or sell a
property.
In the current market it’s vital
that the property is in a condition
that will appeal to all potential
clients.
The way to get more rent and
better quality tenants is to make
your rental property look as if it
ought to rent for more money.
And here’s how to do just
that:
1. Plant flowers, clean up the
garden and trim the shrubs.
Make it look crisp and clean from
the street
2. Hang drapes and curtains.
They don’t have to be expensive,
just in the windows.
3. Put in a dishwasher, washer
and dryer
4. Make sure the property is
as clutter-free as possible when
photos are being taken. Sell the
property to the tenant before he
or she sees it
5. Detail the front entrance.
Just outside the front door and
inside the first room you see as
you enter should sparkle from
extra attention
6. Roll out or blow in insulation. Wrap the pipes. Make the
house more energy efficient. That
is just as important if the tenant
is paying the power bills as it is
if you are
7. Wax the floors and polish the
chrome. Make it shine!
Trade secrets of painters
HAVE you ever wondered how professional
painters make the job look so easy? Well, there’s
tricks to every trade.
1. While waiting to paint a second coat, no need
to clean brushes – wrap them in Clingfilm and they
will stay flexible and moist for days.
2. Use a cotton bud to touch up small areas of
chipped paint – no brush to clean!
3. Use clean white spirit to remove grease stains
– simply apply with soft cloth and scrub.
6. Stretch a piece of string across the paint tin
and tie on both sides of the handle. You can then
rest the brush on the string and any drips will drop
into the tin. Alternatively, drill a hole through the
paintbrush handle (if it doesn’t already have one),
insert a pencil and rest across the rim of the tin.
7. Mould aluminium foil or clingfilm over
door handles and fittings to protect from paint
splashes. Just throw away when the job is done.
4. When varnishing or painting stairs, do every
other tread and allow to dry completely before
doing the alternate ones. This enables you to use
the stairs all the time.
8. If you are using new
bristle brushes with an oil-based paint, soak the
brush in linseed oil for 24 hours before using.
This will make it longer-lasting and easier to clean.
Clean off the linseed oil with white spirit before
using.
5. Before storing used paint tins, paint a line
around the outside of the tin to paint level. At a
glance you will be able to see the colour and the
amount left.
9. When using a roller, cover your paint tray
with a polythene carrier bag or aluminium foil before filling. This can be disposed of when finished
and minimises washing up.
▪ Spruce up your rental property to make it a dream home for tenants.
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Planning & notices
emPloyment
Planning Dublin
FINGAL JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE
Notice of Public Meeting
A public meeting will be hosted by the Fingal Joint
Policing Committee for the Dublin 15 area (Castleknock,
Blanchardstown, Mulhuddart, Ongar, Tyrrelstown) at
Mulhuddart Community Centre
Wednesday 25th March 2015 from 7pm – 9pm
Residents of the above areas are invited to attend this
meeting. An opportunity will be provided to members
of the public to make observations and address
questions to local Gardaí and representatives from
Fingal County Council on matters relating to crime and
anti-social behaviour within these areas. The aim is to
improve public safety within local communities through
a process of partnership between An Garda Síochána,
Fingal County Council and the Community.
Fingal County Council
We, Carl & Sinead Harrington,
intend to apply for permission
at
1
Beechfield
Lawn,
Castaheany, Clonee, Dublin
15, consisting of an attic
conversion with a new rear
facing dormer window and 2
number rear facing velux type
roof lights. The Planning
Application may be inspected
or purchased at a fee not
exceeding the reasonable cost
of making a copy at the offices
of the Planning Authority during
its public opening hours and a
submission or observation may
be made to the Planning
Authority in writing on payment
of the prescribed fee within the
period of 5 weeks beginning on
the date of receipt by the
authority of the application.
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Planning Dublin
Planning Dublin
Dublin City Council
I, Paul Brosnan, intend to apply
for permission for development
at this site no. 59 North
Circular Road, Dublin 7. The
development will consist of
proposed demolition of the
existing rear 3 storey and
single storey extensions (23.88
m.sq) to be replaced with a
proposed 3 storey extension
(26.05 m.sq) to the rear.
Proposal to include minor
internal alterations, removal of
1 chimney breast at entry level
and the forming an ope
internally at entry floor and all
associated site works. This is a
protected
structure.
The
planning application may be
inspected or purchased at a
fee
not
exceeding
the
reasonable cost of making a
copy, at the offices of Dublin
City
Council,
Planning
Department, Block 4, Ground
Floor, Civic Offices, Wood
Quay, Dublin 8 during its public
opening
hours
(9.00a.m.4.30p.m.). A submission or
observation in relation to the
application may be made in
writing to the planning authority
on payment of the prescribed
fee (€20.00) within the period
of 5 weeks beginning on the
date of receipt by the authority
of the application, and such
submissions or observations
will be considered by the
planning authority in making a
decision on the application.
The planning authority may
grant permission subject to or
without conditions, or may
refuse to grant permission.
Dublin City Council
Planning Permission is sought
for the demolition of existing
single storey extension to rear,
shed to side and porch to front
and the construction of a single
storey extension to rear and
front, 2 storey extension to side
(total approx. area of extension
47m.sq) and all associated site
works at 11 Lambay Road,
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▪ Niamh Lawlor, from Puca Puppets, entertains local children
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From the
Archives
We take a look back at extracts from old
newspapers to see what was in the news this month
from years gone by
Freeman’s Journal 18th March 1827
Photo and caption from ‘Images of Ireland’, North Dublin, by Derek Stanley, Published
by Gill & Macmillan/The History Press
Irish Press 5th March 1955
Photo and caption from ‘Images of Ireland’, South Dublin, by Derek Stanley, Published
by Gill & Macmillan/The History Press
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Tel: 091 730620
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Open Monday - Saturday 8.30 am - 5.00 pm

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