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BALLYMUN native,

George and Rita Ca -

hill, who were to

return home last Sat -

urday are among hun -

dreds of Irish holiday

makers marooned in

Lanzarote. “I ran out

of my asthma med -

ication and ended up

in hospital after an

asthma attack on

Sunday,” said Mrs

Cahill.” Luckily I had

an EU medical card

which paid for the

hospital bill - but not

every Irish person

here has an EU card.

At the moment, there

are huge queues out -

side all the pharm -

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people are desper -

ately trying to get

their hands on more

medication. Apart

from those, I also

have concern for the

young couples with

kids who don’t have a

credit card and have

little or no money

left,”

Mr Cahill ex -

plained: “Several of

us have tried to get

through to the Irish

consulate but we’ve

had no joy! Neither

have they made any

effort to contact us.

Apart from the up -

dates we get from our

travel rep from Th -

om as Cook, we have

been left completely

in the dark by the

Irish government.”

Mr Cahill contin -

ued: “In fact if it

wasn’t for Thomas

Cook, I don’t know

what we would have

done. They have been

just great, putting up

all their stranded Irish

customers in the H10

hotel, in Playa de

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getting our breakfast,

lunch and dinner co -

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pany. At the end of

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It’s now estimated that as manyas 30,000 Irish people could bestranded abroad unable to gethome, many are running out ofmoney and those on medicationare quickly running out ofsupplies.

continued on page 2

home.”

A spokesperson

for the Department of

Foreign Affairs told

The Local News: “we

understand the anx -

iety of Irish people

stranded abroad but

we can’t ring them all

individually. How -

ever those stuck in the

Canaries can get up to

date information from

accessing the website

of the Irish embassy

in Spain, www.em -

bassy ofireland.es.

He added: “At the

moment, we are fo -

cused on who is

where, who needs to

Rita Cahill pictured recently with Bernie Rehill at Bernie’s retirement party.

2 THE LOCAL NEWS

travel and what is the

best route for them to

do so. We are also

talking to the airlines,

there are planes in the

canaries that can get

out as far as Madrid.

In fact Ryanair are

starting to do just that.

The Holidaymakers

could then take a

coach from Madrid to

the Eurostar and then

take the ferry Dublin.

It is a 48 hour trip in

good circumstances

and it just depends on

what suits the indiv -

idual. The airlines

how ever seem hope -

ful that if there is an

opportunity to fly

they will take it; so I

would advise that

those stranded in the

Canaries are better off

staying put.”

The spokesperson

acknowledged the

fact that many of the

holidaymakers are

quickly running out

of money. “ Thank -

fully the vast majority

of those stuck have

friends or family who

are able send them

money via western

union or top up their

credit cards. Of co -

urse if there is a clear

case of destitution,

em ergency funds may

be accessed through

the Irish consulate.”

For those requir -

ing urgent medical

assistance, it is ad -

vised to contact Irish

embassy in Spain

immediately. From

the canaries the num -

ber is (091)4364093.

Meanwhile, Co -

un cillor Gerry Breen,

has praised the Dub -

lin Airport Authority

(DAA) for its hand -

ling of the crisis. Mr

Breen told The Local

News that he was

stranded in Brussels

on Thursday last due

to the cancellation of

flights. “I made my

way with Eurostar to

London yesterday

morning and then

onto Dublin via trains

and boats and Holy -

head,” explained Mr

Breen. Arriving with

a group to Dublin

Airport 2 days late to

collect my car, I along

with 3 others dis -

covered that the DAA

Dublin Airport Auth -

ority was waiving the

additional charges for

car parking. In my

case, this amounted to

€80. Having wit -

nessed Eurostar inc -

reasing ticket prices

from €220 to over

€660 in the space of a

few hours on the

internet on Thursday,

I have to credit the

DAA for the policy

not to impose addit -

ional charges for car

parking on stranded

passengers. "Too of -

ten, while the media

and the public will

vent the frustration

and annoy ance with

rip-offs, especially in

difficult times,we

should also acknow -

ledge the gen erosity

in this in stance. Well

done, the DAA"

commented Br een. As

we go to press, we

hear Rita and George

may be lucky enough

to get a flight to

Belfast in the early

hours of to morrow

morning, Le aving

them to find theoir

way home fromthere.

We wish them luck.

catherine @thelocalnews.ie

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Finglas traders promote their villageTRADERS in Finglas

village are joining

forces to defy the re-

cession and to encour-

age Finglas residents

to shop local again!

Finglas natives,

Brad Dunne propri-

etor of Complete fur-

niture and Dina

Corbally, proprietor

of Lino Richie, are

spearheading the cam-

paign to remind resi-

dents in Finglas of the

variety and value

available from traders

on their own doorstep.

“We have organ-

ised a meeting which

will bring the traders

in Finglas village to-

gether to brain storm

ideas as to how to

keep shoppers in Fin-

glas to support their

own,” said Mr Dunne.

Finglas village

had recently suffered a

blow when , Marumba

properties, the com-

pany that was behind

plans to revamp the

village, went into re-

ceivership.

However, Mr

Dunne insists that the

Finglas village traders

want to put this disap-

pointment firmly be-

hind them and now

wish to focus on a

positive approach to

entice residents to

shop local again .

Mr Dunne added,

“That’s what our

meet ing will be about,

fresh and innovative

ideas, such as a vou -

cher system to keep

people in the village”

Dina Corbally,

who has been trading

in the village for 20

years, told The Local

News: “In general

there is a great com-

munity spirit here in

Finglas and we just

want to extend that

spirit into the shop-

ping area in the vil-

lage. We want to

pro mote the fact that

we’re still here and

persuade them of the

merits of shopping

local- instead of trav-

elling somewhere else

and getting caught in

traffic etc. The cloth-

ing shop across the

road ‘Exit’ was on

Fergal Quinn’s show

on RTE and did give

the village a boost but

we need to build on

that which is why we

are holding this meet-

ing,In addition to

Complete Furnitureand Lino Richie, Fin-glas village boasts ahost of other retailoutlets including Ice-land, Boxx Barbers,Powercity, Super -quinn, Peter Marks,Falcon travel, Exitclothing, Dolan’s But -chers, Angels of Ire-land, McDonaghSh oes and Sutton veg-table shop to name buta few - so why notavoid the traffic, sup-port your own and optto shop in Finglas vil-lage today.

On a positive noteit’s possible a well-known supermarketwill take over the for-mer SuperValu sitewhich has been emptyfor a number of years. catherine@localnews.ie

by Catherine BlakeRoundabout improvements

Following representations from local Cllr Paul McAuliffe, Dublin City Council has ap-proved over fifteen thousand euro of funding to improve two busy and dangerousroundabouts in Finglas and Glasnevin. Outlining the details Cllr McAuliffe said “Theroundabout on Jamestown road, which many locals use when walking to Charlestownshopping centre and the Deputy Mayor pub, presently has no safe way for people tocross and urgently needs to be addressed.

Many people with buggies or wheelchairs simply cannot cross at this point becausethere are no ramps at all. I welcome the Council’s decision to spend ten thousand euroto provide much needed pedestrian refuges. In the same report Dublin City Councilhas provided a further €5000 to improve the pedestrian crossings at the busy round-about on Glasnevin Avenue.

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Problem of “Ghost” estates

FOCUS IRELAND

has welcomed Minis-

ter Ciaran Cuffe’s an-

nouncement that a

sp ecialist committee

consisting of profes-

sional planners and ar-

chitects is to be

es t ablished to exam-

ine the problem of

“ghost” housing es-

tates.

Minister Cuffe

told the Irish Planning

Institute’s annual con-

ference in Tullamore

that a new group set

up in the Department

of the Environment

(under the NAMA

legislation) will advise

on the best solution to

the problems posed by

uncompleted estates.

Focus Ireland lob-

bied the Government

from the start of this

process last year to

highlight that it was

vital for NAMA to de-

liver a social dividend.

The Government

accepted this point

and that some of the

housing stock should

be used to help tackle

the social housing

waiting lists and the

problem of homeless-

ness.

The charity has

also been calling for a

full audit of housing

stock to be carried out

since the end of last

year.

Focus Ireland

CEO, Joyce Lough-

nan, said: “It is good

news that this com-

mittee will work to es-

tablish a clear picture

of the number of

housing units there are

in so called ghost es-

tates around the coun-

try.”

“It is vital that any

analysis of these hous-

ing units provides full

details on issues such

as construction stan-

dards, the stage of de-

velopment they are at

and also the access to

vital services (includ-

ing health, education

and transport) in the

area. This will help

determine the stock

suitable for social

housing.”

She added: “There

must also be invest-

ment to deliver train-

ing and employment

opportunities in these

areas to help deliver

sustainable communi-

ties.”

Focus Ireland pre-

viously called for an

individual with a

back ground in social

housing to be included

on the board of NA -

MA (this was incl -

uded in the NAMA

legislation).

The charity cl -

aimed that it would

make perfect sense for

this person to be in-

volved as part of the

new planning commit-

tee to examine the

issue of “ghost” es-

tates.

Focus Ireland

add ed that it is vital

the mistakes of the

past are not repeated

as too often there was

no proper planning

when building many

housing estates.

Ms. Loughnan

said: “The reality is

that a lot of the specu-

lative development in

recent years was not

carried out to meet the

housing needs of local

communities. The

motivation in many

cases was solely profit

driven. This approach

does not lead to good

planning as we have

seen.”

“In fact this ap-

proach resulted in

some developments

being built in highly

unsuitable areas, in-

cluding flood plains.

There were often de-

velopment given the

green light in unsuit-

able areas that had

poor access to vital

services and employ-

ment, education and

training opportunities.

She concluded: “If we

want to avoid a repeat

of these mistakes we

must ensure there is

proper planning at all

stages. There must

also be full engage-

ment with local com-

munities on this

matter. It should be

explored if some de-

velopments which

may not be suitable

for housing could be

revised to use for

other purposes such as

community services

which may be lacking

in the local area.”

Recently there has

been calls for the

empty estates in

Leitrim and other

western counties to be

taken under the con-

trol of local authori-

ties. We could use

these facilities to

house some of the

down and deprived

elderly Irish, many of

them from the west of

Ireland.

Charity stresses that only suitable housing stock will tackle housing needsproblem, deliver sustainable communities and avoid mistakes of past housing

developments which was often solely profit driven with no proper planning

As the oral exams embark on their

second week, the countdown to the

Junior and Leaving Certificate con-

tinues today as it marks fifty days

remaining for students sitting their

state exams this summer. The

exams, which kick off with English

Paper One on Wednesday 9th June,

play a vital part for those looking to

continue their studies into higher

and further education and, in these

difficult times, getting good results

and a good education is more im-

portant than ever.

Second level Business teacher

Edel Egan comments, “This date is

a real marker for students, espe-

cially students who haven’t pulled

out their books yet and those look-

ing for high points in their Leaving

Certificate, as it shows that there is

only seven weeks left for study. Di-

vided out, this gives each Leaving

Cert student one week of study per

subject”.

But students need not stress as

online examination, correction and

feedback site, mocks.ie, offer some

important revision advice and tools

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exams.

mocks.ie Top 5 tips on Revi-

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It is very important to ensure

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the happier we feel the easier it is

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make sure to get enough sleep – if

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Swimming pool closure protest growsOver one hundred people protested at City Hall last week against the City Council'splan to close community swimming pools. Speaking about the closure of the pool atSeán MacDermott Street, Mary Lou McDonald said: "The North Inner City had beenpromised that the swimming pool at Sean MacDermott Street would be upgraded toa leisure facility. But now the City Council is coming back saying the money is spentand in fact they want to close the pool.

“That swimming pool is one of the very few facilities that the community has andwe're not prepared to let it go. So we are here saying to the City Council: Save OurPool - Do the decent thing, and do the right thing by the community of the NorthInner City. It's ironic that the City Council would seek to close a community swimmingpool in the year that Dublin is the European Capital of Sport. When Dublin City Coun-cil was flush with cash the people of the North Inner City were promised that SeánMacDermott Street pool would be refurbished to the standard of a fully equippedLeisure Centre. Now we are being told that the money is gone and that the poolmust close. The City Management and those Councillors who support this cut to theCouncil budget are letting the community down."

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YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL COUNCILLORSOur guide to local Councillors is not necessarily a complete guide to all Councillors in a particular area.Some opted not to be included. We invite all Councillors to include their details in our ongoing guide.You can contact us at 087 913 3614 or localnewspaul@yahoo.ie

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Email: julia.carmichael@ireland.com

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Email: cieran.perry@dublincity.ie

North West – Ballymun/Finglas

DESSIE JOHN ELLISPhone: 086 854 1941 • (01) 834 3390

Email: dessiejohn.ellis@dublincity.ie

North West – Ballymun/Finglas

JOHN LYONSPhone: 085 774 5779

Email: johnc.lyons@dublincity.ie

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DR BILL TORMEYPhone: 087 254 4646

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Central – Cabra/Glasnevin

SÉAMAS MCGRATTANPhone: 087 784 8153 • (01) 868 3934

Email: seamas.mcgrattan@dublincity.ie

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Architects offer free adviceTHE ROYAL Institute

of the Architects of

Ireland (RIAI) and the

Simon Communities

of Ireland have laun -

ched the sixth annual

RIAI Simon Open

Door Weekend cam-

paign. People in North

County Dublin have

10 days left to log on

to www.simonopen-

door.ie to book a one-

hour consultation with

the RIAI architect of

their choice in return

for a €50 donation to

the Simon Communi-

ties of Ireland. All ar-

chitects give their time

for free and every cent

raised goes directly to

the charity. Due to the

phenomenal nation-

wide success of the

campaign since it was

launched in 2004, for

the first time ever theAppointments are av -

ailable all over the

county.

The theme of this

year’s campaign is

low cost interventions

which help families

create a home that

helps them cope with

their changing needs,

as well as their bills.

Architects call this

process ‘future-proof-

ing.’ The Simon Open

Door Weekend pro-

vides people in North

Dublin with an oppor-

tunity to change the

way they look at their

home and make more

of what they have by

evaluating the way the

space is used in rela-

tion to their needs. Ar-

chitects from all over

the county have come

together to contribute

to a list of Top Tips for

f u t u r e - p r o o f i n g

homes, which include

assessing furniture

lay-outs and colour

schemes, installing in-

sulation and finding

ways to maximise

storage. All are avail-

able from the Simon

Open Door website.

Carol Ryan from

CR Architecture is

one of the participat-

ing architects in North

Dublin. She has been

an architect for six

years and loves work-

ing on domestic proj-

ects, one-off houses

and extensions. She is

taking part in the

Simon Open Door

Weekend because, she

says, “It benefits ev -

eryone- the home-

owner, the architect

and the homeless. The

homeowner gets go -

od, impartial advice, I

get to use my skills for

a very worthwhile and

Irish cause and the

homeless get a voice

that is all too often ig-

nored.” Other prac-

tices participating in

North Dublin include

Ailbhe Cullen Archi-

tects, Bluett & O'-

Donoghue Architects

and GPV Architects.

Following are

some of the top tips on

how to get the most

out of your home with

simple, low-cost inter-

ventions: Look to re-

arrange your entire

ground floor- if you

extend, you might

just end up with dark,

unusable rooms in the

centre of your home.

Do not assume that

first floor rooms can

only function as bed-

rooms. Us ing a bright

upstairs room in win-

ter might be just the

thing to help you

through dark days.

Get extra high

kitchen wall cabinets,

wardrobes and shelves

that extend up to your

ceiling. You gain addi-

tional shelving, it

looks impressive and

you reduce visible

clutter. Insulate your

attic - This can reduce

bills and make your

home more comfort-

able to live in. It pays

for itself within two

years. Fit another lag-

ging jacket over your

hot water cylinder to

half the heat loss for

minimal expense.Be

selective in your use

of colour- lighter, uni-

fied colour schemes

maximise the sense of

space as well as light.

The floor and furnish-

ings can be a good

source of colour. Now

is a good time to get

planning permission.

It lasts for five years,

and means that you

will not get lost in the

glut of applications

that will swamp the

planning system when

the upturn takes place.

Use up-lighters and

floor lights in prefer-

ence to traditional

down-lighters, and re-

duce wattage to create

a more pleasant ambi-

ence. Reduce the

noise in your house by

fitting insulation in

stud partitions and be-

tween floor boards.

Soft finishes such as

large rugs, throws and

cushions will also

help. There has never

been a better time to

build from a cost per-

spective. From buil -

ders to decorators to

materials, there is

great value out there.

Simon Open Door ini-

tiative will now span

an entire weekend,

taking place on Satur-

day and Sunday, 24th

and 25th April 2010.

Pictured at the launch are Sean Bannon, aged 5,Molly Bannon, aged 3 and Sarah Bannon, aged 5.

Subbies are leftto pay the billsSENATOR Martin Brady

has called for a serious

debate on the legislative

changes needed to clamp

down on the minority

rogue developers who

deliberately leave sub

contractors and suppliers

unpaid for work on con-

struction projects.

“It has come to my

attention that some de-

velopers have used ‘shell

companies’ which have

no real assets to hire Sub

Contractors to work on

construction projects and

when the work is com-

pleted the developer

pockets the profit from

sales leaving the Sub

Contractors and Suppli-

ers of materials in a fi-

nancial mire,” said

Senator Brady.

“I believe this issue

deserves attention and to

that end I am writing to

the Minister for the Envi-

ronment, Heritage and

Local Government John

Gormley TD and the

Chairman of the Joint

Oireachtas Committee

on Environment, Her-

itage and Local Govern-

ment Seán Fleming TD

to urge them to study this

matter, and the possible

solutions that could be

applied.”

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AN TAOISEACH Br -

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centre at Glasnevin

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The Glasnevin

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The Milestone

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400 DAA jobs is major boost 400 full-time jobs are to be created in retail units when Terminal Two atDublin Airport opens later this year. “Almost 70% of passengers make somepurchase while travelling through Dublin Airport and T2 will have around9,000 sq.m. of retail outlets. The opening of these units will be of great ben-efit to the economy and boost the employment opportunities of people liv-ing in the area,” said Michael Kennedy,TD who is a member of the JointOireachtas Committee on Transport. “ It is a huge infrastructural project thatwill offer major choice to air passengers and Ireland can be very proud of it,”added Deputy Kennedy “The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport MaryHanafin TD is making the attraction of new visitors to Ireland a top priority.The opening of T2 in November has the potential to have a hugely positiveimpact on the tourism industry next year,” said Deputy Kennedy. “I also wantto commend the DAA for its efforts to bring in major players in the retailsector. The DAA says the first tranche of preferred bidders for retail outletsinclude bookseller WHSmith, jewellery chain Swatch Group and cosmeticschain Jo Malone. The interest that has been shown by these internationalbrands is a very positive development for Ireland and for Dublin Airport,”concluded Deputy Kennedy.

Workers must not be forcedto pay for volcano crisisIn response to reports that many airport workers are facing pro-tective notices and enforced unpaid leave from their employers,together with other airline workers being left without wages asa result of being only paid for flying time, Joe Higgins MEP com-mented: "The attempt by some companies in Irish airports toforce workers to take unpaid leave represents an outrageous as-sault on workers' rights. The non-payment of wages to airlineworkers of companies who employ a practice of only paying forflight time is also a real threat to the living standards of theseworkers and their families. "These are an attempt to make work-ers pay for the impact of the volcano crisis - a crisis for whichthey evidently bear no responsibility. These attacks come on theback of wholesale assaults on wages and conditions across theindustry. "Strong action from the trade union movement isneeded to ensure that this natural disaster does not result inworkers losing out. "

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ClinicalHypnotherapistKieran Fitzpatrickadvises in hisregular columnon how to achieveyour goals...

Be your ownlife coach

HOW’S THE New Year’s Resolution going?

I thought so!!! As I’ve said in previous arti-

cles on New Year’s Resolutions, they often

fade rapidly in the early part of the year. Gym

memberships surge at the start of the year

and attendences tail off quickly after the first

few weeks. Equally, lots of other good inten-

tions fall by the wayside as the year pro-

gresses.

But a good way of keeping at something

and actually achieving your resolutions, or

goals, is to do it with somebody else. At this

time of year, with the bright evenings you

will see lots of pairs of people out walking, or

the more energetic ones jogging. The obvi-

ous reason for this is that it is more social,

less boring and passes the time quicker to

have somebody with you. To have a chat on

the way and to maybe share a common inter-

est.

But what is often a more important fac-

tor, especially from the point of view of

achieving something, is that often the other

person encourages, expects, urges or shames

you into doing it, especially at times when

you don’t really feel like it and you definitely

wouldn’t have if they weren’t expecting you

to.

This works very well for people doing

sports together, walking jogging or going to

the gym for example. If you have an arrange-

ment to meet it is harder to cry off. This usu-

ally benefits both partners, as everybody has

a day when they are not in the humour.

This same idea applies also to almost

anything. You could do the same thing with

classes, courses, weight watchers, lessons or

even business. For example, if you were to

look into something new and set goals or tar-

gets for yourself, it would be useful to find

someone else with the same interest and sim-

ilar goals and targets. You need not work to-

gether, but you could “buddy up” to meet

regularly to share ideas and report on your

progress. This way you can pool ideas and

also have a regular set of targets for having

each step done by the next meeting.

Plus, you have the encouragement of the

pleasure of being able to report success to

your “buddy” and the reward and satisfaction

of continuing progress.Or, if it works for you,

the motivation of wanting to avoid the em-

barrassment of not having what you said

you’d have done by the next meeting!!

It can also often be very satisfying and

fulfilling to see your “buddy” progress and

succeed too with your support and help.

Some people pay a personal trainer or

life coach to do just this. To simply turn up

every week to join them in their exercise, to

ask them if they have done what they said

they would do by that date or to ask them

what they are going to do between now and

the next meeting!

What we are about here is being your

own coach and now we are looking outside

of ourselves and seeing ways of using other

people’s energy and enthusiasm to add to our

won, especially at times when we need that

little bit extra, perhaps the times when we

would have given up if we had just been

doing it on our own.

So find a buddy and get going again

now!

Kieran Fitzpatrick ADHP MIAPH(Mem ber of The International Association ofPure Hypnoanalysts) is a fully qualifiedClinical Hypnotherapist, NLP, Practitionerand Personal Coach. His practice is betweenTerenure and the M50 in Dublin. For moredetails call 087-1227361, e-mail: kieran@ -kieranfitzpatrick.com or see www.kieranfitz-patrick.com

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residents appears to be

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Council gears up to

send in maintenance

crews.

This move fol-

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cision yesterday to

issue an interim in-

junction preventing

the TEEU picketing

the residential blocks,

a measure which will

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cil’s contracted crews

to get to work.

The situation re -

ached crisis point on

Saturday last when

two lifts in the 15

storey Joseph Plunket

Tower broke. The re-

maining flat blocks

have been without a

functioning lift serv-

ice, leaving many

older residence iso-

lated. The TEEU who

are engaged in an in-

dustrial dispute with

Pickerings Lifts had

placed pickets on a

number of blocks pre-

venting the lifts being

repaired. Dublin City

Council has now ter-

minated their contract

with Pickering due to

the failure to provide a

service.

It is understood

that the TEEU will

have the right to reply

to the injunction and

following this hearing

the court may issue a

full interlocutory in-

junction. However it

is believed that the

lifts will be repaired in

the meantime.

Commenting on

the decision of the

Court local councillor,

Paul McAuliffe, said

:“The Council have

taken this step only

after exhausting all

other solutions. There

is a dispute regarding

redundancy and the

workers involved

have the right to en-

gage in legal industrial

action, however as a

Councillor, my re-

sponsibility and loy-

alty is to the people

living in Ballymun

who have suffered for

the past 10 weeks. I

would urge the work-

ers involved to allow

the City Council make

these urgent repairs

and to abide by the in-

junction of the court.

He continued:

“There are issues

which need to be re-

solved between Pick-

ering and the workers

but I can’t allow older

people who are iso-

lated in their flats to

be used in furthering

any dispute. I am call-

ing on the Council to

proceed as quickly as

possible with the re-

pairs so that people

can get back to nor-

mal. We just can’t ex-

pect people to be

climbing up and down

14 storeys every time

they need to go out.”

said Cllr McAuliffe

Councillor Dessie

Ellis - Dublin North

West told The Local

News: “This injunc-

tion is only as a result

of the relentless pres-

sure Ballymun resi-

dents and local

politicians have put

on Dublin City Coun-

cil. I am in almost

constant contact with

the residents of Bally-

mun and they are

waiting in anticipation

for the crews to come

in. It’s a disgrace, it

has taken this long for

these lifts to be fixed;

imagine the conse-

quences for every-

body if someone had

suffered a heart attack

in one of these blocks

without a functioning

lift !”

Minister Pat Car -

ey said he welcomed

the Courts decision to

issue an interim junc-

tion and hoped that it

would lead to mainte-

nance crews gaining

immediate access to

repair the lifts.catherine@localnews.ie

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You can expect

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Double taxation water charges"Minister Gormley's annouce-

ment that the funding neces-

sary to improve the water in-

frastructure will amount to

€1.8 billion comes as no sur-

prise given the legacy of neg-lect and the absence of water

conservation as well as rain

and grey water harvesting

measures advocated by myself

and others during the buidling

boom.' according to MEP Joe

Higgins.

"Repairs and improve-

ments are overdue as are retro-

spective measures to enfroce

conservation about which the

Minister was silent today. But

rather than placing the burden

on PAYE taxpayers the funding

should instead come from

wealth accumulated by a tiny

minority during the building

boom who had no regard for

the water infrastructure. There

is governement and media si-

lence on the light tax regime

that applies to this day on un-

earned wealth in this country -

profits and dividends in partic-

ular.

"He seeks hundreds of mil-

lion of tax to be raised from

householders to cover the cost

of water meter installation

when reasearch of the Anti

Water Tax Campaign has

proven that this will make no

lasting contribution to conserv-

ing water. The waste of time

and effort being proposed to go

into meter installation would

be better spent on getting the

repairs underway.

"The Socialist Party and its

allies in the Anti Water Tax

Campaign will wage a battle

against the Minister's false jus-

tification for the charge in the

months ahead and actively op-

pose meter installation in 2011

and organise non payment of

the tax in 2012!"

'The investment in infra-

struture upgrade announced by

the Minister pales into in-

significance to the €12 billion

to Anglo Irish Bank, and the

tens of billions that will be paid

by the taxpayer to the other

banks and NAMA.

These plans are not about a

new charge. They are a new

tax. They see a chance of recu-

perating €1 billion a year from

taxpayers to meet the shortfall

generated by the hand-outs to

bankers and developers. Tak-

ing more money out of the

pockets of workers and pen-

sioners will only compound the

economic situation. The gov-

ernment is trying to dress up a

new tax in environmental

clothes. We won’t fall for it.'

Rapak bags a solutionto water shortages

1000 and 15 litre PE and VLDPE bags

from bag-in-box specialist Rapak came

to the aid of homeowners in Ireland

who had their water supplies restricted

by the bad weather earlier in the year.

Leaks, burst mains and a strain on

reservoir supplies caused by the in-

clement weather led to a period of poor

or no water for homes in many parts of

Ireland including County Kilkenny,

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County

Council and Fingal County Council

areas over the past few weeks.

With supplies severely disrupted,

the councils used 1000 litre and 15 litre

bags from The Packaging Centre in

Dublin, who are distributors for Rapak

Bag in Box products, to deliver fresh

drinking water to householders until

services could be fully reinstated.

Rapak’s bag-in-box technology is

increasingly being adopted as an alter-

native packaging format for all types of

bottled water. The company has devel-

oped special low taint films that prevent

the polymers in the bags reacting with

the water, a common complaint with

more traditional bag-in-boxes. Further-

more, the bag-in-box format, where the

bag collapses as the liquid is dispensed,

hinders air getting into the product and

helps to maintain the quality of the

water, inhibiting bacteriological growth

that can sometimes occur. The Rapak

bags have proved the ideal practical size

to deliver sufficient quantities to house-

holders to enable them to cope during

periods of disruption.

“Our bags are the perfect bulk

packaging format but they also ensure

that the quality of the water remains

consistent,” explains Andy Glaze of

Rapak. “This was imperative for home-

owners who already had the stress of no

water on tap and who therefore needed

to be certain that any emergency sup-

plies were of a good standard.”

“This has been a very difficult time

for our residents but we are extremely

grateful to Rapak for their assistance in

ensuring our temporary supply meas-

ures were practical and effective,” com-

ments Eamonn Morrissey of Kilkenny

County Council.

1000 and 15 litre PE and VLDPE bags from bag-in-box specialist Rapakcame to the aid of homeowners in Ireland who had their water supplies

restricted by the bad weather earlier in the year.

Solar Electronic Water Timer with Rain Sensor With all the rain and snow we have experienced in recentmonths it’s hard to believe that summer is just around thecorner. Before we know it, our summer bedding and foliagewill be screaming out for water. That’s why Gardening toolsspecialist Darlac, is introding a Solar, electronic water timerto its already popular range of irrigation products. Simpleand easy to use, the two dial - one for frequency and one forduration, Solar timer, makes light work of watering the gar-den even when you’re on holiday!

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What the doctors say about THE LOCAL NEWS 11

Will no doubt im-

prove people’s health

It’s a wonderful

approach! It makes

perfect sense to re-

duce insulin produc-

tion and at the same

time increase growth

hormone which has an

amazing effect on the

body. Changing my

diet to reduce the in-

sulin production has

me full of energy all

the time and improv-

ing the condition of

my muscle has my

metabolism working

at a much higher

level. You get into the

habit of healthy eating

and exercising regu-

larly. This will no

doubt improve peo-

ple’s health and pre-

vent a lot of modern

diseases. I lost 10lb of

fat in my first 2

weeks! I feel much

better and full of en-

ergy all the time at

home and at work.

Dr. Aamir Zuberi,Dublin, Ireland

Very impressed with

the results

I have been using

the Educo-gym sys-

tem for many years

and am very im-

pressed with the re-

sults that I have

gained from its train-

ing. As a sports

and family doctor

I am well aware of the

importance of reduc-

tion in abdominal cir-

cumference and

increase muscle mass

in the prevention of

diseases such as os-

teoporosis, osteo-

arthritis, type II

diabetes mellitus,

heart disease and de-

pression. The fact that

the focus on training

is on these factors and

not on just loosing

weight is testament to

its long term success.

The personal ap-

proach ensuring that

the full range of joint

movement is per-

formed is essential as

is the short 10-20 min-

utes of training that it

takes. From a personal

note I have found that

my energy and fitness

increase dramatically

when I train and that

the gym is a positive

and professionally run

place.

Dr. Nick KrasnerLondon, U.K.MBCHB DRCOGMRCGP MSc SportsMed.

Lowered blood pres-

sure

Following a check

up, I was found to

have mild elevation of

blood pressure, poor

lipids and my blood

sugars were not as low

as I would have liked.

I joined educogym as

it seemed to be imple-

menting all I had been

learning about insulin

resistance in recent

years. Nine weeks

later I have lost 3

inches off my waist,

blood pressure is

120/70 and I feel

great. An added bonus

is I have not had one

migraine headache in

that time - unheard of!

Dr. Patrick Daly GPDublin, Ireland

The perfect balance

between diet and ex-

ercise

I’ve found that

educogym is a techno-

logically advanced

system and has the

science behind it. I re-

ally appreciate the

educogym training. I

have found that I have

much improved in my

healthy lifestyle. It has

helped to optimise my

hormones, especially

important after the age

of 50 as hormones are

the main form of

aging. The educogym

optimises the hor-

mones balancing with

the resistance training.

One common factor of

aging is sarcopenia,

the loss of muscle vol-

ume. To avoid that, re-

sistance training is the

key as it works at the

mitochondria level

(the power house of

the cell) that prevents

the mitochondrial

aging. A low glycemic

diet is recommended

by the educogym

combined with the re-

sistance training, the

prefect combination

for healthy aging.

Keeping the muscle

mass intact is the key

to slowing down the

aging process. I have

found that the educ-

ogym has the per-

fect balance

between diet and

exercise to coun-

teract the loss the

muscle.Dr. J Prakesh,Harley St, London, UK

12 THE LOCAL NEWS

7th June 2010

THE FLORA Wom -

en’s Mini Marathon,

the hugely popular

10k event which at-

tracts over 40,000

participants every

year and helps raise

millions for charity is

calling on Dublin

ladies to register for

the 2010 event.

The Flora Wom -

en’s Mini Marathon

will take place in

Dublin on Bank Hol i-

day Monday 7 June

and Flora is encourag-

ing women of all ages

to get involved as part

of its campaign to

support and encour-

age heart heal th

awareness and a

healthier overall life -

style through diet and

exercise.

Those interested

in taking part in the

event can register on-

line at www.flora -

womens mini mara tho

n.ie

This year Flora

has also set up the

women’s event of its

kind in the world, at-

tracting over 40,000

participants each year.

In previous years the

event has been won

by acclaimed athletes

such as Sonia O’Sull -

i van, Catherina Mc K-

ie r nan, Pauline

Cu r ley, Marie Daven -

port, and last year

Rosemary Ryan.

Charities from

every county in Ire-

land are the biggest

winners from the

Flora Women’s Mini

Marathon. Since the

event began in 1983,

over €137 million has

been raised for Irish

charities, making it

the biggest single day

charity event in Ire-

land. In 2009, it is es-

timated that over

€14m was raised,

which proves just how

popular the event is.

Calling all Dublin ladies to enter theFlora Women’s Mini Marathon 2010

Dubliners & Flora Women’s Mini Marathon veterans Trish Horgan, Ria Stewart, Margaret Goodwin & Betty Hand, alongside model Ruth O’Neill.

Search also underway to findmost inspirational

participant who will becrowned ‘2010 Flora Heart

Hero’!

HELP US TO FIGHTLUNG DISEASE

Run or walk for the Irish LungFoundation in the women's mini

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For sponsorship forms contact Marie at

01 874 9985Visit our website www.irish-

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ISPCC Childline appeals to womenISPCC Childline is appealing to women all over Ire-land to show their support for the children in theirlives by taking part in the Flora Women’s MiniMarathon to raise funds for Ireland’s only 24 Hour lis-tening support service for children and young people.Childline received 815,708 calls in 2009. Despite thishuge call volume Childline does not receive a singlecent of Government funding and therefore is currentlyonly able to answer 63% of those calls. Every euroraised will help Childline listen and support one morechild. For more information or to register log on towww.ispcc.ie/marathons or call Rita on 1850 50 4050.

‘Flora Heart Heroes’

social network to cel-

ebrate the wonderful

efforts of the thou-

sands of women who

participate in the event

each year to improve

their own health and

also raise money for

charity.

The initiative will

enable women to

share their individual

stories with fellow

participants and to

also nominate an

overall Flora Wom -

en’s Mini Marathon

Heart Hero.

Women can tell

their own stories or

nominate a friend to

be the Flora Heart

Hero at www.flora -

hea rt heroes.com. Par-

ti ci pants can also link

to the campaign from

the Flora Wom en’s

Mini Marathon Face-

book and Twitter

pages.

In May visitors to

the website will be in-

vited to vote for the

most inspirational

story and that person

will then be crowned

the Flora Heart Hero

at a special ceremony

on race day.

The overall win-

ner will receive

€1,000 for their pre-

ferred charity and two

runners up will also

receive €500 each for

their chosen charities.

Since it’s incep-

tion in 1983, when

9,000 entrants took

part, the 10k event has

grown in popularity

and stature to become

the biggest all-

Drumcondra students for National Environmental AwardsYOUNG people from

Dominican College,

Drumcondra, have

been selected as one

of fifty shortlisted

projects in ECO-UN-

ESCO’s Young Envi-

ronmentalist Awards

2010.

The students from

the Dominican Col-

lege, Drumcondra,

Dublin are recognized

for their outstanding

environmental action

project “Energy Con-

servation”, and are

vying for the top prize

in the Senior Energy

category (for groups

of young people aged

16-18).

“We are extremely

proud of all the young

environmentalists that

participated in this

year’s programme,”

said Elaine Nevin, Na-

tional Director of

ECO-UNESCO. “The

group from Domini-

can College show a

great deal of creativity

and innovation in their

approach to protecting

the environment and

promoting environ-

mental awareness, and

we look forward to

seeing their project in

the Young Environ-

mentalist Awards

Showcase in the Man-

sion House, Dublin,

on May 12th”

ECO-UNESCO

staff travelled to Dr -

um condra to meet

with the finalists dur-

ing a whirlwind na-

tional tour of Young

Environmentalist Aw -

ards shortlisted groups

(chronicled on ECO-

UNESCO’s On the

Road blog www. ecou -

nesco.wordpress . -

com). All of Dublin

can come out to sup-

port the great achieve-

ments of the

Do m in ican students

when the 2010 Young

Environmentalist Aw -

ards Showcase op ens

to the public on 12th

May at Dublin’s Man-

sion House. The ECO-

UNESCO Young

E n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t

Awards are entering

their eleventh year. In

the past decade, thou-

sands of young people

aged 12-18 have par-

ticipated from Ireland

and Northern Ireland.

The Young Environ-

mentalist Awards en-

courage young people

to take action and

raise awareness of en-

vironmental issues in

their own community.

Going to the Mansion House on May 12th: ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards finalists from Dominican College,Drumcondra (L-R) Katie Pringle, Rebecca Hanley, Nicola Mann, Sandy McGroarty (ECO-UNESCO), Chloe Kidd & Hazel Egan.

Dublin schools shortlisted for National TitleSix Dublin schools have been shortlisted for the 9th Young Social Innovators’ Showcase and Awards, which take placein Croke Park on 5th May next. This year over 6,000 young people participated in Young Social Innovators’ project-based social action programme for 15-18 year olds, the largest of its kind in Ireland. Between them, they under-took some 400 projects tackling issues of concern to them, their community or the world at large. The shortlistedprojects from Dublin include a campaign from Collinstown Community School to reduce knife crime, a programmetackling youth obesity from Colaiste Eanna, Ballyroan and a climate change awareness programme for primaryschools from Our Lady of Mercy, Beaumont. The teams from Collinstown Community College, Colaiste Bride and OurLady of Mercy, Beaumont are also among 30 teams shortlisted for the YSI Den together with teams from St Joseph’sSecondary School, Lucan; CUS, Dublin 2; Loreto Secondary School, Crumlin and St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush.They will have the opportunity to pitch to a panel of experts for resources to develop their projects further. KPMGis the lead partner of the YSI Den and together with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, Youth Bank and the Frank YoungMemorial Fund, provide ‘grants’ of practical and financial assistance. Announcing details of this year’s shortlist,Rachel Collier, Co-founder and Chief Executive, Young Social Innovators, said that the judges were particularly im-pressed this year by the breadth and quality of the initiatives undertaken by the young people. “The scale and in-novativeness of the projects increases each year as young people, aware what their predecessors accomplished, seekto go further, to achieve that little bit more”, she said. Funded through sponsorship, the Department of Commu-nity, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs is its main sponsor with additional support received from the Department of Ed-ucation and Skills, the HSE, the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Irish Aid, Religious Sisters ofCharity, KPMG, the Department of Social Protection and Social Entrepreneurs Ireland.

THE LOCAL NEWS 13

After a desperate two month search formissing Finglas youth, Daniel McAnaspie,17, a €10,000 reward is now being of-fered for information leading to the dis-covery of the teenager.

Daniel’s family and garda officers recentlymade a joint appeal to the public for helpin discovering the whereabouts of themissing youth who disappeared on Feb-ruary 26th.

At a press conference at Finglas GardaStation in Dublin recently, gardai reas-sured the public that any informationabout the 17-year-old would be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Daniel was last seen in the Whitestown area of Blanchardstown between 3.30amand 4 am on the last Friday in February.

Sister of the missing youth, Cathriona McAnaspie, from Ballymun, said she fearedher brother was dead and his body is lying somewhere in north west Dublin

Gardai have already searched a landfill site in Lusk, after fears Daniels body mayhave been put in a bin.

Catriona said she believes that he never left Blanchardstown and has been search-ing the area and Whitestown with family and friends every day.

Garda Det Insp Colm Fox commented: “Someone might have information thatthey think is insignificant which could actually be vital. A reward of up to €10,000is being offered for information that directly leads to the discovery of Daniel’swhereabouts.”

If you have any information, please contact crimestoppers in confidence on 180025 00 25. Callers to Crimestoppers do not need to leave their name or address.catherine@localnews.ie

Boxing hero Bernard Dunne is seen here surrounded by fans on his recentvisit to The Full Shilling and O'Reardons' Drogheda Lodge.

REWARD: €10,000 for Informationon missing Finglas Youth

by Catherine Blake

Call on Energy Regulator toreview daft position on gasschool pricing structureTHERE IS no distinction

made between schools and

businesses when it comes to

the prices being charged for

gas and schools are finding

that they are being charged

one-third more than they

should be according to Fine

Gael Education Spokesper-

son, Brian Hayes TD.

Deputy Hayes called on

the Commission for Energy

Regulation to immediately

review the charging structure

for gas in schools.

“This is a rip-off of chil-

dren, schools and taxpayers.

“It’s quite bizarre that, if

a school is trying to be

‘green and clean’ by in-

stalling and using a natural

gas system, they are immedi-

ately penalised by a charging

structure which treats them

as a business. A typical sized

school finds that they pay

over one third more for gas

because there is no distinc-

tion made between busi-

nesses and schools.

“Take the example of

one school in Dublin which

pays €20,000 for heat (gas)

over a 24 month period

and that switched to gas in

2008. Seven thousand euro

of the total cost relates to

what is described as a ‘site

charge’. The site charge

kicks in because once the

school exceeds a certain vol-

ume of gas; it is regarded as

a business customer. This

extra charge comes directly

from school capitation funds

and represents another finan-

cial burden on schools.

“The site charge is a

charge per day and even

when the school in not open,

the school has to pay the gas

companies for the privilege.

The school is forced to pay

despite the fact that schools

are not open for between 90

and 100 days a year.

“I have spoken to some

gas companies and I have

been informed that they do

not establish the charging

structure for gas and that the

matter is one for the Com-

mission for Energy Regula-

tion. Why should one arm of

the state be allowed to rip off

schools like this? Schools

should not be regarded as

businesses for the purposes

of paying gas. Alongside

this, where is the commit-

ment to green energy fuels?

“It should not be beyond

the Regulator and both Min-

isters Ryan and Coughlan to

devise a solution to this

problem. School capitation

funds are at a premium.

Schools already have to

make do with reduced fund-

ing. The current pricing

structure for gas needs to be

amended so that school

boards of management are

given a break.”

Waiting on medical card could get longerThe HSE must make sure that all applications for medical cards are dealt with in nomore than 15 days in advance of the proposed centralisation of the application sys-tem, the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has said. The Committee hasalso called on the HSE to introduce a “fast track service” for urgent cases. The Com-mittee is asking for the immediate introduction of these measures following meet-ings it had with the HSE, the Irish Medical Organisation and Age Action Ireland whichexamined the severe backlog in processing medical cards. Widespread problems havebeen reported in accessing medical cards for over 70s since the application systemwas centralised to Finglas and the Committee is anxious that these problems areironed out in advance of the planned centralisation of medical card applications forall groups. Committee chairman, Seán O’Fearghail TD said; “We have heard worry-ing reports from Committee members of constituents waiting several months to ob-tain their medical cards. This has resulted in worry, distress and patients taking anunnecessary financial hit. Applicants have also been unable to get through by phoneand speak to someone in the centre in Finglas. There is a real concern among theCommittee that the system will fall into further chaos if the application procedure forall medical cards is moved to the one site.

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