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Football: Dublin ladies defeated by MonaghanPage 32

Tennis: O’Brien back in Davis Cup fold for Finland tiePage 32

Fundraising: A Good Friday for a coffee morningdublin wives star Roz Flanagan held her second charity fundrais-ing coffee morning for CARI in Silks restaurant on Good Friday morning. The CARI Foundation, which provides counselling and therapy for children and teens affected by child sex abuse, have nominated Good Friday as their annual coffee fundraising morn-ing. Pictured at the event are Sean Montague,Jeanette Yung and Brendan Mark Scully.

Search is on for ancient monument in Baldoyle

dave PhilliPs

A BAldoYle man who discovered medieval pot-tery in his back garden is leading a community initi-ative to uncover an ancient monument believed to be buried beneath the Sea-

grange estate. Paul duffy, an archae-

ologist who grew up on Seagrange Road, stum-bled upon an archaeologi-cal site listed in Baldoyle while researching sites in Ireland. Using satellite mapping, Paul was able to

trace the location to his own doorstep.

“As luck would have it, some work was being done in the garden, so I took the opportunity to look through the disturbed soil and found small fragments of pottery that date from

the 12th to 13th century,” said Paul.

over the easter weekend a group of volunteers con-ducted a Magnetometry survey of the area and cur-rently await the results.

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Archaeologist stumbles upon bits of medieval pottery in his own back garden

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ARCHAEOLOGY Digging deep for local history

Local man pushing the magnetometer, and (inset) a replica pot

Quest to find ancient Seagrange monument DAVE PHILLIPS

A BALDOYLE man who discovered medi-eval pottery in his back garden is leading a community initiative to uncover an ancient monument believed to be buried beneath the Seagrange estate.

Pau l Duf f y, who grew up on Seagrange Road, has worked as an archaeologist for over eight years at sites across Ireland and Australia, but the idea to look closer to home only struck recently when he stumbled upon an obscure reference while researching at the library.

“I was consulting a register of archaeo-logical sites in Ireland when I happened to see a monument listed in Baldoyle. I was sur-prised by this, as despite being very familiar with the area, it wasn’t some-thing that I’d ever heard of,” he explained to the

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revealed a black and white aerial photograph taken in 1972, when most of Baldoyle was farmland, in which the marks of a rectangular enclosure measuring over an acre are clearly visible. Using satellite mapping, Paul was able to trace its location and found that ancient his-tory was literally on his doorstep. It was then that the seeds of the Grass Roots Archaeol-ogy project were plant-ed.

“The borders of the enclosure seemed to surround several houses

in the Seagrange Road area, one of which was my family home. As luck would have it some work was being done in the garden, so I took the opportunity to look through the disturbed soil and found small fragments of pottery that date from the 12th to 13th century. Along with the size and loca-tion of the enclosure, it would suggest that this monument may be a medieval moated site. This could have been the fortified dwelling of a Norman baron, or a military outpost, or connected to a reli-gious order” says Paul,

who suspects that more clues can be found through excavations in the area.

Ove r t he Ea s t e r weekend a group of volunteers conducted a Magnetometry sur-vey of the area using equipment supplied by Rubicon Heritage. This type of survey measures magnetic fluctuations in the ground to build up an image of structures beneath the topsoil.

Paul hopes to have data back on the scan soon, and will be orga-nising more community projects based around the monument in the coming months. “I see

it as a great way for people to learn about archaeology, as well as their own history,” he says, and undoubtedly it will add to the rich history already found in the Malahide, Port-marnock, and Baldoyle area.

Paul hopes that with the suppor t of the council, the Royal Irish Academy, and the sur-rounding community, he will be able to inves-tigate the monument through the course of the summer.

To find out more or to get involved, log on to www.grassrootsarchae-ology.ie.

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Talk from TrinityprofessorMALAHIDE Heritage Society will host a talk by a Trinity College professor on Wednesday, April 10.

Professor Terry Barry, associate professor of medieval history at Trin-ity College, will discuss Tower Houses of North County Dublin including Robbs Walls as part of their winter 2012 / spring 2013 Talks Programme.

The talks take place on the second Wednesday of each month at the Pres-byterian Church Hall on Dublin Road at 8pm. They are open to the public and it costs €4 to attend.

On May 8, Dr Peter Rigney will deliver the talk Ireland’s Neutrality during the Emergency?

For more information, visit www.malahideherit-age.com.

HERITAGEGREEN Recession cited for 17% fall in solid waste

Fingal helps to boost national recycling rateFINGAL has played its part in helping Ireland increase its recycling rates and decrease levels of solid waste by 17%.

Waste figures released in recent weeks by the Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) show that Ireland’s municipal solid waste generation has decreased by 17% since it peaked in 2007.

According to the EPA, this is largely as a result of the recession and a decline in personal con-sumption.

The report states that

a total of 96,665 tonnes of household waste were collected from the Fin-gal region in 2011 while Dublin City Council had a total of 155,486 tonnes collected.

The results show that almost 46,000 tonnes of mixed or residual waste (from black bins) were collected during 2011 in Fingal, while a total of 19,651 tonnes of mixed dry recyclables (green bin contents) were collected from the area. Fingal had the highest amount of organic waste (brown

bins) collected in the entire Dublin region with 18,117 tonnes reported.

A total of 4,631 tonnes of glass bottles and alumi-num cans were collected from bring banks in the area.

Mayor of Fingal Cllr Cian O’Callaghan (Lab) welcomed the results, say-ing that Fingal residents are helping Ireland reach its recycling targets.

“It’s very positive news for Fingal and for indi-vidual households. Not only is it helping Ireland meet its targets, it’s also

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better for the environment and better for individual households in terms of the costs,” he said.

According to the EPA, Ireland now produces less household waste per cap-ita than the EU average and is recycling 40% of its municipal waste. Ireland is also achieving all its EU waste-recovery targets

with the exception of End of Life Vehicle recovery.

Commenting on the figures, Dr Jonathan Der-ham, EPA, said: “Ireland is well advanced towards achievement of all of its EU obligations across a broad range of waste leg-islation, in particular in relation to recovery and recycling.

“In fact, a recent Euro-pean Environment Agen-cy report showed that Ireland was one of the countries in Europe with the fastest growing recy-cling rates.”

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Fundraiser Members participate in annual tradition

OVER 150 members of Malahide Yacht Club and their families gath-ered to toast St Patrick’s Day with an Irish cof-fee recently in aid of the local Howth RNLI.

In what has become an

annual event, the Yacht Club held its 30th Powers Hot Whiskey and Irish Coffee Morning in aid of the Howth lifeboat, and guests gathered together to celebrate the national holiday on March 17.

Malahide Yacht Club members are keen sup-porters of the RNLI, and many of them dressed up especially for the occa-sion. Members of the Enchiradis Treis Choir, a Malahide based choir,

also lent their support.“The funds raised

today will go towards our current fundraising project to fund the run-ning and maintenance costs of the lifeboat sta-tion for a week,” said

Howth RNLI fundrais-ing chairperson Rose Michael. The RNLI is a charity that saves lives at sea providing a 24-hour search and rescue serv-ice around the Irish coasts.

Malahide Yacht Club toast for Howth RNLI

smile: snapper nets prizepIcturED Is chairman of the Irish Professional Photographers Associa-tion (IPPA) judging panel Mick Quinn, awarding local professional pho-tographer Michael Hayes with a national photo-graphic award. Michael was awarded the The IPPA Fashion / Human Form Best Portfolio 2013 at a recent awards cer-emony. The IPPA present-ed awards in 13 separate categories, promoting the very best in Irish profes-sional photography.

Library initiative aims to spark reading interest nAtALIE burkE

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A READING initiative programme run by Fingal Libraries is set to continue in two locations in Dublin North this April.

Fingal Libraries last week announced that the Battle in the Castle read-ing initiative programme for senior cycle primary school children will con-tinue on April 16 at both Rush Library and Mala-hide Library. The initia-tive will continue with a Viking workshop, which will be hosted by Michael Moylan of Irish History Live.

Aimed at primary school pupils aged 10

to 12, the programme is inspired by the award winning The Secret of Kells, a children’s adven-ture novel written by Eithne Massey, which was made into an award-winning feature length animated film. Each par-ticipating child received a copy of the book as part of the shared reading pro-gramme.

A total of 129 boys and girls from fifth and sixth classes at St Andrew’s National School in Mala-hide and Rush National School have previously participated in a Design-ing Shields workshop, which was held in Feb-ruary, as well as a drama workshop with the Magic

Carpet Company in March which re-enacted some of the most popular chapters of the book.

The Viking workshop will see classes compete against each other for a place in the final part of the programme, the Battle in the Castle quiz, which is set to be held at Mala-hide Castle on May 24.

The winning class will be treated to a full tour of The Book of Kells at Trinity College Dublin, while the runners-up will receive a tour of Dub-lin Airport, which has been arranged by the programme sponsors, Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

According to Susan

Lovatt from Fingal Libraries, the programme aims to encourage more reading among primary school pupils.

“The aim of the pro-gramme is to get children reading, and by using a multi-disciplinary interac-tive creative programme with drama, art, film and an active competitive ele-ment, the children are immersed in the story, opening up new reading horizons by taking the story off the page and into the lives of the readers. This provides a shared experience and enjoy-ment of the book, which we hope will ignite a read-ing-for-life culture.”

“The projects are a

collaboration between primary schools and Fin-gal Public Libraries, with support from Europe Direct and sponsorship from the Dublin Airport Authority,” she continued, adding that she hopes to spread it to more libraries in Fingal.

“This is a pilot initiative which is based in Rush and Malahide Libraries, and we hope to broaden this programme across the county in the future.”

The Viking workshops with Michael Moylan take place on Tuesday, April 16 from 10.30am until 11.30am at Rush Library, and from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at Malahide Library.

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Holidays spanish travel agents visit Malahide

Cead mile failte ‘impresses’ tour operators nAtALIE burkE

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LEADING travel agents from Spain enjoyed a visit to Malahide recently, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Spanish tour operator Travelplan.

The travel agents were paying a visit to check out some of the many things to see and do in this part of Ireland, and to find out what is in store for Span-ish holidaymakers during the year of The Gather-ing Ireland. During their time here, they enjoyed a

guided tour of Malahide Castle and Gardens and-lunch at Avoca.

According to Barbara Wood, Tourism Ire-land’s manager in Spain, the travel agents were impressed by what they saw in the local area.

“We are delighted that these travel agents have taken time out from their busy schedules to come and visit Dublin and Ire-land. For many it was their first time here and they were extremely impressed by our wonderful scenery, the many things to see

and do here, as well as by the hospitality and friend-liness of the people they met,” she said.

“Familiarisation visits such as these are extreme-ly important as they help the travel agents to know exactly what we have to offer potential Spanish holidaymakers; the aim is to enthuse them about the destination so that when they return to Spain they are better equipped to advise their clients on future travel plans.”

While Tourism Ire-land is undertaking an

the Spanish travel agents visited Malahide Castle and Gardens

extensive programme of promotions in Spain, and elsewhere around the world to highlight The Gathering, the trav-el agents’ visit was an opportunity to highlight the programme of events taking place here this year.

Meanwhile, other tour-ism operators from across Ireland have been busy targeting British tourists for Malahide. A group of tourism operators,

including Joanne Pollard of Malahide Castle and Gardens, travelled to the UK recently to join Tour-ism Ireland at the Best of Britain and Ireland (BoBI) travel trade exhibi-tion, which took place at the NEC in Birmingham. BoBI is the premier, annu-al event for the travel trade in Britain, attracting over 2,000 influential coach tour operators, group travel organisers and edu-cational travel organisers.

The two-day showcase provided an opportunity for Irish companies to network and to encour-age introducing Ireland into their programmes or brochures for 2013.

Vanessa Markey, head of Tourism Ireland in the UK, said: “We’re target-ing new groups that are receptive to the type of experience Ireland can offer and raising aware-ness of the many things to see and do here.”

Get set for volunteer showcaseTHE first Fingal Vol-unteer Expo of the year is set to take place on Thursday, April 11, at Blanchardstown Shop-ping Centre.

The event will be held from 11am until 7pm on the main concourse on the upper level in the shopping centre.

The event aims to help organisations attract peo-ple who are interested in becoming volunteers but who may not know where or how to go about getting involved.

It will be a great oppor-tunity for members of the public to get in touch with prospective volun-teering organisations.

Updated information and the list of participant groups will be provided at www.volunteerfingal.ie.

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Martin Heffron (left) of Fairco; Siobhan Moore, Fingal Dublin Chamber president, Jim toal of Fairco and tony Lambert, chief

executive of Fingal Dublin Chamber, at the opening of Ireland’s largest indoor showhouse in Santry

tony Lambert and Andrea Cawley from CityNorth Hotel,

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Jim toal of Fairco with Siobhan Moore

Suzanne toal from Fairco with Julie Mahon from

Annandale House

Arlene McIntyre from Ventura Design with Gerry Brennan from

Ballymount Fireplaces

Rita McGuinness, Eithne McMorron and Carrie McDonnell from termonfeckin, Co Louth, at the opening of Ireland’s largest indoor

showhouse – a unique Hamptons-style timber-framed house completely encased in glass. Pictures: Conor McCabe photography

Linda Molney from the Waterside House Hotel with tara

Maguire of Fairco


Martin Heffron (left) of Fairco; Siobhan Moore, Fingal Dublin Chamber president, Jim toal of Fairco and tony Lambert, chief

executive of Fingal Dublin Chamber, at the opening of Ireland’s largest indoor showhouse in Santry

A window into Hamptons worldWE may not have the balmy weather of the

exclusive Hamptons on the US east coast but we do, at least, have a model Hamp-

tons home, often seen in the TV show Revenge - thanks to Jim Toal, owner of Fairco Windows and Doors on the Old Airport Road. Toal has built Ireland’s largest indoor showhouse

completely encased in glass in his Santry base. Fairco has pioneered high-quality Hamptons timber-look windows in Ireland for 15 years and the success of their windows gave him the idea for Ireland’s largest indoor showhouse, with a floor plan in exact scale cale to a 4,000 square foot Hamptons home.

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sen averil Power

(Fianna Fail)

THROUGHOUT Dub-lin parents are strug-gling to balance the demands of raising their kids, keeping their jobs and paying the bills. Thousands of families are fighting this battle while living under the shadow of enormous personal debt.

For working moth-ers in particular, it’s a constant day-in, day-out battle to keep the show on the road and juggle the demands of their hectic lives. Many find that childcare costs exceed their takehome pay. But they choose to stay at work because they believe that main-taining their long-term career prospects is in the best interests of their family.

arrearsThere are 186,000

households with mort-gage arrears in Ireland that may have to avail of the new arrange-ments for personal debt relief. Last week it emerged that the Gov-ernment planned to give lenders the power to make parents in such homes quit their jobs if their childcare costs are too high. Many families are already struggling to cope with cuts in maternity benefit, child benefit and back to school payments. Now Minister Varadkar has revealed that mothers in particular may be forced to jeopardise their long-term career prospects because of short-term childcare problems as well.

Not only is this meas-ure incredibly anti-

women and anti-family, it is also economically stupid. It would deprive our workforce of skilled female employees and damage their long-term employabi l i ty, with resultant costs for the Exchequer.

The lives of these parents are being held to ransom by a bean counting attitude in Government Buildings that is completely out of touch with the sac-rifices that many par-ents are already mak-ing to keep their fami-lies afloat. By focusing solely on the personal debt issue, Ministers are completely ignoring the bigger issue of bringing down childcare costs.

outrageousIt is outrageous that

for many families the cost of childcare exceeds an entire income. Last May in the Seanad, I listened as Minister Burton promised a new “Scandinavian style childcare system” while simultaneously cutting the one family parent allowance. The cut was delivered, but we are still waiting on the new child care system.

Instead, we’ve had Ministers going on the airwaves and setting out new arrangements for women to give up their jobs if their childcare costs are too high. In the face of understand-able public outrage, the Taoiseach appears now to be rowing back on this plan. But he is still washing his hands of the real issue here – the exorbitant costs of childcare, the respon-sibility for which lies firmly at his door.

The new personal

senator averil Power (FF): “the taoiseach is still washing his hands of the real

issue - the exorbitant costs of childcare, the responsibility for which lies firmly

at his door”

insolvency system is already deeply flawed. It basically gives banks a veto that will allow them to continue to penalise homeowners who are working hard to keep their heads above the water.

These are hard times

for families. The burden of debt, rising unem-ployment and the high cost of living are all making it harder than ever to give our children the start they deserve in life. Yet in spite of the circumstances, mothers and fathers are working

hard to do the best they can for their kids.

Instead of adding fur-ther obstacles like those revealed this week, it’s time for the Govern-ment to start listening to parents and deliver-ing for the families who need it most.

‘Childcare costs the issue – not mothers working’

opinion Anti-woman, anti-family, economically stupid - power


MALAHIDE Library will be hosting two com-puter sessions for members of the public during April. The classes are aimed at those wishing to learn how to be computer savvy and communi-cate with friends via the internet.

The sessions will cover using sites such as Face-book, Skype and Twitter.

Classes will be held on Tuesday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 16 at 10am.

For bookings, contact the library on 8704430.

FastNewsGet computer savvy at Malahide Library class

THE Malahide Chamber of Commerce is set to host its annual general meeting on Thursday, April 11 at 6pm at the Grand Hotel in Malahide, and all members and non-members are invited to attend.

For anyone attending who wishes to request any items for the agenda, items can be submitted by email to [email protected] before Monday, April 8.

For more details, visit www.malahidechamber.ie.

Malahide Chamber of Commerce to host AGM

Fitness studio in RNLI drive nAtALIE burkE

A LOCAL fitness studio has raised over €4,000 recently af ter going To Hell and Back for Howth Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

Toned Fit, a fitness studio based in Swords, took part in the To Hell and Back Challenge in February, where they managed to raise a total of €4,032 for the local RNLI station.

The station was pre-sented with a cheque for the total amount raised on Saturday, March 23. The cheque was presented on behalf of Toned Fit’s StaminUp adventure r unning group.

The StaminUp group, a fitness class which focuses on running and

cycling, took part in the 10km To Hell & Back Challenge in February in order to raise funds for the life-saving char-ity. The challenge is one of the country’s tough-est challenges combin-ing natural terrain with a number of manmade obstacles.

A total of 75 mem-bers from the local fit-ness studio took part in what was described as a “physically and mental-ly gruelling challenge” at the Kilruddery estate in Co Wicklow.

According to one par-ticipant, Ronan Murphy, a founder of Toned Fit, going to Hell and Back for Howth RNLI meant facing a challenge for a cause close to his heart.

“My granddad was a sailor and the RNLI saved his life and the

lives of some of my friends,” he explained. “The lifeboat is a local charity. One of my best mates used to be a crew-member, and we can see the boat being launched from the window of the gym,” he said.

Rose Michael, fund-raising chairperson for the Howth RNLI group, welcomed the presenta-tion of the money raised, saying: “Funds raised by the StaminUp group will ensure that our vol-unteer lifeboat crews go to sea with the best equipment available to ensure their safety when saving lives at sea.”

The RNLI is a reg-istered charity which exists to save lives at sea. It provides a 24-hour search and recue serv-ice around the Irish coasts.

Stamin up raised €4,032 for Howth rnLI by taking part in to Hell and back

LIFeboats: stamIN up doNate €4K

Fuel allowance extended nAtALIE burkE

THE extension of the fuel allowance scheme by one week has been wel-comed by local TD Brendan Ryan (Lab), who says the extension is one that was “much needed”.

The announcement was made by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton in a statement released last week.

“The bitterly cold weather has impacted particularly hard on the eld-erly and vulnerable who may not have

been prepared for the snow, ice and hail we have experienced over recent weeks,” Deputy Ryan said.

“The National Fuel Scheme runs over 26 weeks and the weekly €20 payment was due to end on Friday, April 5, but has now been extended by one week. It is a critical support for families, the elderly and vulnerable.

“It is important that the Govern-ment reacts to changing conditions and ensures that those who need assistance can get access to it,” he concluded.

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MANY stars flocked to the Ballsbridge Hotel recently for the Green Angel Skincare

fashion show for Barnardos.Models on the night included

some of the cast of Fair City, Louis Copeland and Celia Holman Lee.

The glamorous fashion show was

hosted by TV3 presenters Noel Cun-ningham and Cathy O’Connor.

The latest trends were on show on the catwalk, with collections from The Ivory Closet, Karen Millen, House of Fraser, Lara Boutique, Avoca and Louis Copeland. Stars from the reality television shows Dublin Wives and

Tallafornia also attended the fundrais-ing event.

Mary Byrne, 5th Base and Eva Cof-fey Creative Communications provid-ed some entertainment on the night.

The organisers were delighted with how the event turned out, and are said to be already planning the next one.

Charity fashion show tailor-made for celebs

Master tailor louis Copeland with business woman and Newstalk presenter Nora Casey. Pictures: Una Williams

gina McCormack Jourdan Scannell, Bob Finnegan and tallafornia star Cormac Branagan Noel Cunningham Suzie O’Connell and aine O’Neill

liam geddes and emma doogan

Jenny lynam and Sara Kavanagh

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dublinlifelet dublin Gazette newspapers take you on a tour of the news and events taking place across the city and county this week, as well as the latest from our schools

family fun: landmark event kicks off april 9

Treats galore for everyone at Five lamps Arts FestivalThe Five Lamps Arts Festival in Dublin will begin with treats galore for music lovers, theatre enthusiasts, children and everyone up for entertainment in a vari-ety of forms.

This will be the sixth year for the Five Lamps festival which is one of the most popular festi-vals in Dublin. The fes-tival name celebrates the famous Five Lamps landmark and the sur-

rounding community of north inner city Dublin.

Many of the events will deal with the centenary of the 1913 Lockout.

Such events include a piece in the Sean O’Casey Theatre called Ballads, Banter and Ban-ners, a visual art exhibi-tion in the LAB in Foley Street called exiles, and an architectural exhibi-tion in Amiens Street called Re-imagining Sean McDermott Street

from Findlaters to the Five Lamps.

Other highlights are Maruczella, a mime play from Poland’s The-atre Nikoli, Julie Mai-sel’s flute performance, French-Irish storyteller Fiona Dowling , Johnny Taylor Trio Jazz session, and in the LAB on Foley Street, a poetry reading by Rita Ann higgins and Paula Meehan

One of the big draws for children at the festi-

val will be a production of The Gruffalo, which will be presented by No Strings Theatre Compa-ny on April 13 at 2pm in Charleville Mall Library and in Killarney Court at 4pm.

The festival will run from April 9 to 25 and you can find out more by going to fivelamp-sar tsfestival@gmail .com or by ringing 087 9737401 for programme details. Mime play Maruczella, a treat in store from Poland’s theatre Nikoli

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Hey petal, support Daffodil Day 2013!

Irish Cancer Society volunteers Gary Reed and Valerie abbott tried not to let the dreadful weather on this year’s

Daffodil Day dampen their enthusiasm. However, with the society’s main national fundraising event badly

affected by the day’s downpours, the society is appealing for online donations to help reach its €3.4 million target.

DEDICATED volunteers support-ing the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) were left devastated after a wash-out day made it hard for them to reach the charity’s fundraising tar-get on Daffodil Day.

Despite the heavy rainfall on Fri-day, March 22, volunteers braved the elements to sell daffodils for the ICS.

However, initial indications showed funds being collected from street sellers were significantly lower than on previous years.

And so, the ICS is asking all those who would have given to support them on the day to give online donations, instead.

It’s not too late to support Daffo-dil Day and help the society reach its target of €3.4 million.

Without a successful Daffodil Day, the society will struggle to continue to provide information, care and support to those with, and affected by, cancer in Ireland services in 2014.

You can make a secure donation online at www.cancer.ie, or call 1850 606060 to donate.

Alternatively, you can text Daff to 50300 to donate €4, with 100%

of your donation going to the Daf-fodil Day fund.

You can even buy a virtual daf-fodil on the society’s Facebook page.

fun DepReSSIon-eRa paRty foR fIlm fanSBONNIE and Clyde, the ultimate gangster-love road movie, is to be screened on Saturday, April 13 at 8pm, and on Sunday, April 14 at 3.30pm, at Film Fatale in the Sugar Club on Lower Leeson Street.

Film Fatale is celebrating films from the 1930s with a screening of the cult classic heist film, Bon-nie and Clyde, which is based on the true-life exploits of notorious Depression-era bank robbers Bon-nie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

The film chronicles the short lives of America’s most infamous criminals, with the screening to be followed by a Dirty Thirties -themed vintage party.

Those attending are encouraged to dress the part and come in their best vintage finery, with Bonnie and Clyde as fashion inspirations.

Tickets to Film Fatale are €15, while tickets to the Dirty Thirties

party are €5, and are available on the door from 11pm.

be a SpoRt anD Help SuppoRt HoSpICeSTHE Association of Schools’ Unions of Ireland is organising a fundraising event for the Black-rock and Harold’s Cross hospices by celebrating sport in all its forms in a thanksgiving service.

This year’s Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service for the Gift of Sport will see Liam Harbison, chief executive of Paralympics Ire-land, delivering an address to the congregation.

All of the singing at the service will be led by The Belvedere Col-lege Chamber Choir.

The first such service, support-ed by the Association of Schools’ Unions, took place in 1949.

This will be the 64th such annual sports service, and organisers are hoping a large crowd of all denom-inations will attend the service in St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street at 7pm on Sunday, April 14.

All proceeds from the collection will be donated to the Blackrock and Harold’s Cross hospices.

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Post-Primary stu-dents from schools across Dublin took sci-ence to the next level last week, displaying more than 70 projects at the recent sciFest 2013@Dit.

on Friday, march 22, secondary school stu-dents from across Dub-lin gathered at Dit to showcase their science projects, and to begin the first of 15 regional sciFest science Fairs.

more than 70 science projects were displayed at sciFest@Dit, with about 150 students from schools across the coun-ty displaying their scien-tific projects.

Entries to this year’s sciFest have broken all records, with up to 4,000 students to exhibit their projects at 15 venues over the next three months.

officially opened by Deputy mary mitchell o’Connor (FG), the fair featured a range of sci-entific discoveries and explorations.

For example, the event saw the “five second” food rule being put to the test, and radioactive material found in north County Dublin seaweed being investigated, as well as whether or not smiling is contagious.

sciFest is an all-inclusive, all-island sci-ence competition where second-level students showcase their science, technology and maths projects at a series of one-day science fairs.

the winners from each science fair will go on to compete at the national final in Novem-ber.

the sciFest pro-

gramme is primarily sponsored by science Foundation ireland’s Discover science and Engineering wing, and intel ireland.

it is also supported by a number of other com-panies and organisa-tions.

top prize

the top prize on the day went to fifth-year student tom mcDon-ald from skerries Com-munity College with his project, Coastal Erosion in skerries, which exam-ined coastal erosion and deposition over a period of two years on his local beach in skerries.

He discovered that the beach profile changes seasonally due to wave and wind action experi-enced.

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on to the national final of sciFest which will take place in the science Gallery in Dublin.

Dit sciFest coordina-tor Dr Julie Dunne said: “it is hugely encouraging to see such high-quality entries for this year’s sciFest@Dit.

“Dublin’s post-prima-ry students are display-ing a real interest in the sciences, and you only need to take a look at the variety of projects and experiments on show to see that they have taken sciFest very seriously.

“it bodes well for the future of institutes of technology that there is such a high stand-ard being set, and [the event] shows the value of sciFest as an outlet for students to explore sci-ence in ways that interest them,” said Dr Dunne.

Electrifying projectsschools: science fair ‘bodes well’ for institutes’ future

emma Holmes, Holly Madigan and Katie Furlong from the teresian School in Donnybrook, who investigated the electrical properties of fruit and

veg as part of their SciFest Science Fair entry at DIt recently

youNG people from Dublin were among a group of people from across the country that attended a recent think Big workshop in o2 headquarters in Dublin.

think Big is a pro-gramme designed by o2 and Headstrong, the National Centre for youth mental Health, designed to inspire young people around the country to promote positive mental health in their local community.

the young people attending the workshop on February 16 were each awarded a place on the national think Big programme, after suc-cessfully submitting an idea for a project in their community.

think Big has granted initial funding of €300 to help get each project off the ground, along

with a mobile phone (with €50 top-up), and a think Big start-up pack.

aisling Flynn,think Big coordinator, Head-strong, said: “the young people taking par t are leading the way in changing how we think about mental health in ireland.

“young people intui-tively understand the importance of mental health, and are ide-ally placed to promote positive mental health among their peers.”

she added: “Each project attending the t ra in ing has g rea t potential to make a pos-itive difference in their community and, in join-ing more than 250 other think Big projects, they are helping to transform our understanding of mental health.”

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‘Gazette gave me a great insight into newspapers’ ROISIN PUTTI

Ursuline Secondary School,

Thurles, Co Tipperary

AS A transition year stu-dent, a huge part of my year is based around work experience in vari-ous careers.

The aim of work expe-rience is to get a feel for individual careers and to learn skills vital for the workplace.

More of ten, how-ever, work experience involves photocopying, shredding and making coffee.

Students understand how difficult it is for workplaces to facilitate 15- and 16-year-olds, so we are thankful for the

opportunities we get, and we try to photocopy, shred and make coffee with as much enthusi-asm as we can muster.

When I applied for work experience in the Dublin Gazette News-papers, I thought there would be a limited amount of jobs I could do – that’s why I was so surprised when I got there.

ReleaseOn my first morning, I

was given a press release that was sent to the newspaper, to shorten so it could be published. Later that day, I was handed another one.

I was so busy typ-

ing, proofreading, and rephrasing, the working day went very quickly. In fact, the whole week flew, in a blur of rephras-ing long passages and putting press releases into article form.

EventsDuring my week, I

wrote about upcom-ing events and projects, travel and local news. I edited pieces, and tried to shorten the amount of words so they would fit into the paper.

I observed the jour-

nalists, and the great work they do, and saw the emphasis on local news stories.

I spent some time watching the produc-tion of the newspaper, which answered the many questions I had about the making of a newspaper.

I observed the adver-tising staff negotiate with local businesses. I witnessed a bright, happy atmosphere in the offices, which made The Gazette a lovely place to spend a week in.

I have a genuine inter-est in studying journal-ism after secondary school, which is why I chose to travel from Tip-perary to get work expe-rience here.

CareerAfter my week in the

Gazette, I am even more interested and view jour-nalism as an exciting career.

I’d like to thank eve-ryone at Gazette Group Newspapers for all their help and support over the last week.

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CALLING all students! Dublin Gazette Newspapers continue to reach out to schools in our catchment areas so that we become a closer part of our community than ever before. Schools are the beating hearts of communi-ties; one of the last places around which a community can gather.

We want all budding writers and photog-raphers from all of our schools to help fill the pages and, in order to encourage the next generation of journalists and snappers to get involved, we are partnering with Harvey Nor-man to present the Dublin Gazette Newspa-pers’ Cub Reporter and Cub Photographer of the Year awards. For more details, contact [email protected] or telephone Rob Heigh at 01 601 0240.

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AN EVENT solution company is celebrating its first year in business this year. EventEase.ie is an Irish company, founded in February 2012, which was established to assist event organisers and concert promoters with their specialist accredita-tion needs and a person-alised service for all types of events.

The innovative com-pany is the brainchild of its director, Neil Dowl-ing, who has more than 25 years’ experience in all aspects of the concert and event industry.

With the company achieving great success in its first year, Neil says the company is looking towards a bright future.

“We are going to be chasing market share in Ireland next year; we’re

going after everything. We want to expand the com-pany rapidly,” he said.

EventEase offers what Dowling described as a “unique, wraparound service”, managing the operational risk for event promoters, festivals and venues.

“We supply and man-age staff for areas such as the accreditation of all event personnel, box office, guest list, entrance managers, wrist-banding and ticketing operations.

“We are the only com-pany supplying this serv-ice in Ireland, and are available for festivals, venues, concerts, corpo-rate and sports events,” he said.

The company supplies wristbands and lanyards of all types and currently supply to a number of prestigious events and venues nationwide,

dealing with recruitment agencies

ANTHONY CARROLL heads up Tab Tech and Street SoCcer Ireland. He is evolving from a business entrepreneur into a social entrepre-neur, creating products that have a positive social and community benefit.

Through his new company, TabTech & SportsTech, he is developing mobile applica-tions focused on the football, sports and fitness community as well as the education and health sectors. The firm is creating a suite of apps and housing them online where customers can cus-

tomise their own functional apps using a subscription-based model.It is also selling mobile device solutions, including portable coaching, teaching

and presentation solutions. Street Soccer Ireland is a non-profit social enterprise that improves the knowl-

edge and life skills of young people through fun events using football as the vehicle.

How long have you been in busi-ness?

I have been running my own busi-ness since 2003. I have two current businesses: Street Soccer Ireland and TabTech. Street Soccer Ireland is running since early 2011. TabTech is just recently established and is a spin off from another company in which I was a partner, called Seismic Online.

What makes your business suc-cessful?

In general, it’s the staff, the prod-ucts and the way we do business.

What do you offer your clients that differs from your competitors?

Products that make a positive impact on our customers’ lives, and staff who genuinely care about our customers needs.

What have you changed about your business to combat the effects of the recession?

Put a greater emphasis on the power of the mind among our staff. At all times, we do our best to rise above the doomers and gloomers always trying to keep a positive outlook. We see setbacks as simply positive lessons to learn from and continue moving forward.

How has the recession impacted your business?

It has been just a greater challenge

to keep positive, be persistent and to keep following our goals.

What law or regulation would you change overnight to help your business?

It’s not a law that can be upheld in court, but if I could change a law, it’s the law of negativity that so many people seem to prefer to view or focus on and abide by!

What is your ambition for the business?

To create a global business(es) that really does have a significant positive impact on our customers, while building a reputable brand and credibility in the marketplace.

How do you use social media to help your business?

Everyone needs to embrace the social digital age and we are no different. We have a good presence online via the main social platforms, however we are human beings sell-ing to other human beings and we focus more efforts on providing a personal approach to our customer relationships. It’s ironic that social media is not very social at the end of the day

What’s the worst job you’ve had?Door to door insurance sales,

although it gave me a great neck and ability to deal with rejection.

anthony carroll, entrepreneur

a wraparound solution for event management

neil Dowling, director, eventease.ie, with some of the

event solution company’s bus advertising

including Body and Soul, Electric Picnic and For-bidden Fruit. The com-pany also sell direct to the public.

“No order is too big or too small. We also endeavour to offer prefer-ential discounts for regis-tered charities, independ-ent promoters and new bands, and we are always available to advise and assist clients.

“We’re ultra profes-sional. I have people with me 20 years, and we know

how to run gigs. We don’t know it all, by any means, but we know enough,” said Dowling.

EventEase are hoping to expand for 2013 and are in the process of cre-ating more jobs in Ireland over the coming year, according to Dowling.

For further information, contact EventEase on 01 864 5000, or see its web-site at www.eventease.ie, or visit its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/eventease.ireland.

ambition: company aims to chase market share

HAVINg worked in recruitment for a number of years, I know what it’s like to sit on the other side of the desk. It is a hard, sales-driven business, but job candidates are not products. They are people who have feelings, who need jobs and who can let you down.

I also know that while most agencies abide by a professional code of conduct, there are some who won’t acknowledge your CV, persuade you to go for jobs you’re not suited to and send your CV to employ-ers without your permission.

As agencies are considered to be about the third most successful method of securing work, it’s worth keeping a few things in mind:

Be as specific as possible about what type of work you are looking for. Recruiters don’t have the time to help you clarify your career path. If you don’t know what you want, you are difficult to place and may be filed under miscellaneous.

Don’t blitz agencies with your CV. If working close to home is a priority for you, contact the local agen-cies first. If you specialise in a particular area like IT or accountancy, contact specialist agencies.

It is up to you to make contact with them. The most common gripe about agencies is that you never hear from them again. If you have sent them your CV, you should receive an acknowledgement. If you leave them a message, they should call you back, that’s nor-

mal business practice. Recruiters speak to and inter-view dozens of people a day, however, so – unless you are looking for interview feedback – don’t expect much more communication unless you initiate it.

If you are applying for an advertised position, call and speak to the consultant dealing with the job before forwarding your CV. Find out as much as you can about the job and tailor your CV accordingly. Ask the consultant how they work, when you can expect to hear from them and if it is okay for you to call them in a few days.

A word on confidentiality: You expect a recruiter to keep your personal details confidential. If they give you the name of a client company which is recruit-ing, and ask you to keep it confidential, do that. Like many other things, it’s all about developing positive relationships, and remember, recruiters are people too.

rachael kilgallon is a qualified career coach and founder of

the career hub. contact rachael at [email protected] or

visit www.thecareerhub.ie.

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PARENTS, babies and toddlers are diving in to support the Water Babies Splashathon fundraiser in aid of three national children’s hospitals.

Leading baby and toddler swim school Water Babies announced that the sponsored swim for the little ones will take place across Ireland during Water Babies classes between April 15 and 21.

The Water Babies Splashathon will raise vital funds for our three national children’s hospitals: Our Lady’s Chil-dren’s Hospital, Crumlin; Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, and The National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght.

During the fundraising event, babies and toddlers will complete sponsored challenges in Water Babies classes, from swimming solo underwater for the first

time to swimming through a hoop or even completing a splashathon circuit challenge in the pool.

Speaking on behalf of the fundrais-ing teams of our three children’s hos-pitals, Anne Cooney explained: “[The] Water Babies Splashathon is a fun way to make a real and lasting difference to the children and babies attending our hospitals.

“The money raised by parents and Water Babies’ young Splashathon fun-draisers will help purchase vital life-saving equipment such as baby incuba-tors, dialysis machines, ventilators and patient monitors.”

Supporting the cause, 98FM presenter and TV personality Ray Foley, whose son, Matthew, attends Water Babies classes, said: “As a parent myself, I appreciate how important it is for children to learn

to swim at an early age, so I’m delighted to be taking part in the Water Babies Splashathon with Matthew.

“We will be splashing for cash and raising money to support the great work of our children’s hospitals.”

Carol McNally, who runs Water Babies lessons across Dublin, says: “Our previous Water Babies charity event in 2011 raised more than €44,000 for Tem-ple Street Hospital.

“Since then, Water Babies has grown nationwide, with classes now in Dublin, Louth, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, Gal-way, Cork, Sligo, Wexford, Waterford, Tipperary and Kilkenny.

“We are confident that, this year, with the help of all our lovely little splashers, we will be able to raise more than ever, to provide those all-important funds for our children’s hospitals,” said Carol.

In Ireland, Water Babies has four regional franchises teaching more than 2,400 babies and toddlers each week across Ireland.

Classes in Dublin include locations such as Baldoyle, Castleknock, Swords, Blackrock and Liffey Valley.

According to the team, most partici-pants will happily be swimming distanc-es underwater by about 30 months, then naturally start swimming on the surface as their strength increases.

Water Babies was named Best Activ-ity Provider for Tots and Toddlers at the Families First awards held in Dublin last year.

To donate to the Water Babies Splashathon Fund, visit www.mycharity.ie/charity/waterbabiessplashathon.

To find out more about Water Babies, visit its website at www.waterbabies.ie.

eoghan and Gillian Casey with 98FM presenter and tV personality ray Foley and his son, Matthew

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Petscan yOu GiVe ROMan a new hOMe?The Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs. Our Dog of the Week is romantic Roman, a six- year-old male Boxer with a heart of gold.

he arrived into Dogs Trust in quite poor condition recently and has been given oodles of TLC from all the staff and is now thriving and full of personality! he is a true gent and would need to go to a loving family who can continue his development by bringing him on several short walks a day to help him build up his muscles again. he is happy to hang out in his new forever home with big kids (10+) and a canine pal.

If you think you could give this handsome man his perfect forever home, please contact Dogs Trust on 01-879 1000. They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50. Map and directions can be found on their website www.dogstrust.ie. You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/dogstrustireland or Twitter @DogsTrust_Ie.

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DON’T wait until a birthday or Valen-tine’s day to get perfume, treat your-self this month to summer fragrances such as Emporio Armani Diamonds.

This summer 2013, Emporio Armani Diamonds is re-interpreted in sum-mer fragrances.

Emporio Armani Diamonds for Women – Edition Summer is a musky, floral fragrance that sparkles with freshness.

According to the beauty brand, this fragrance gives a raspberry and litchi accord on top cooled down with

a green apple sorbet to give a crispy identity to the fragrance.

Emporio Armani Diamonds for Men – Edition Summer is a woody aroma. For this, the brand says fresh mint and iced lemon come together for a fusing icy crescendo start.

The limited editions of the original Emporio Armani Diamonds fragrances offer a cool, fresh summer fragrance.

Emporio Armani Diamonds for Women and Men, Summer Edition is available nationwide from mid-April, RRP: €34.00 for him and €41.00 for her.

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ON the calendar it looks like we should be bath-ing in sunshine, but real-ity hit us hard last week when we wrapped up warm to face the snowy weather. So in a bid to bring a little sunshine to our lives, this week, we are talking all things tan, how to avoid blend-ing in with the snow and instead be a bronzed goddess.

Like many of us, we don’t always have the time to go to a salon and get the spray tan done, so instead it’s a little DIY job at home.

For instant tan, try Karora Self Tan Mist (€24.99). This tan is a quick and easy way to transform skin from pasty to sun-kissed. What’s great about this product

is that it’s made using only organic and natural extracts, making it suit-able for sensitive skin.

Coverage with this tan was given top marks from our beauty tester, with Jessica saying: “It sprayed on easy and, used with their exfoliating prod-uct [Karora Micro Peel €14.99], it made sure it was an even tan.

“As a newbie to fake tan, I was very surprised and happy with the results – I went back to looking American,” she laughed.

Karora is available at McCabes, Doc Mor-ris, Sam McCauleys and independent pharmacies and salons nationwide or online @ www.cloud10-beauty.com.

Another instant tan is He-Shi with its hint of sparkle that really radi-

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Beauty tester Natalie said: “After applying the tan, I felt the colour was really natural and my skin had a really nice glow to it. It would be the perfect tan for a night out or a special occasion.”

The He-Shi range has a youth revivé opti tan formula that rejuvenates your skin’s appearance, whilst helping to fight the signs of ageing. Other products include their He-Shi Face & Body Gel €21.50.

Available at partici-pating stores, salons and spas nationwide.

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Express , se l f - tan mousse Cocoa Brown (€7.99) is easy to apply and develops into a nat-ural tan within just 60 minutes – yes you read correct, one hour.

This mousse is nicely fragranced, glides on to the skin, is lightweight and fast drying. Testing this one, I gave it the full 60 minutes and jumped straight into the shower at 61 minutes.

Afterwards there was a slight difference, but

not dark enough for my liking. So it is recom-mended by the prod-uct makers to try it for two consecutive nights for a darker tan, which worked out better. It can also be left on for three hours before washing off to insure a darker look. See www.cocoabrown.ie for stockists

These products are just a few of what is available out there, so test and trial before making up your mind. Don’t forget to exfoliate and treat drier areas like to the elbow, knees and ankles with extra care by moisturis-ing well.

Don’t forget to send in your style question for our Style Q&A with Littlewoods Ireland Ambassador, Caro-line Morahan. The Star Question will win €50 voucher for Littlewoods Ire-land. Email [email protected] The next Q&A is out April 25.

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TheatretHe pavilioN tHeatRe 01 231 2929Douglas Kennedy in Conversation with Nadine o’ReganDOUGLAS Kennedy ranks among that rare breed, the bestelling author whose novels attract critical praise. In his new novel, Five Days, we meet Laura, a model wife and mother who through a chance meeting in a hotel lobby is reminded of the young woman she used to be and the woman she could have become. Douglas will discuss the book and his career with journalist and radio presenter Nadine O’Regan. April 9, tickets €10/€8.

MY name is Paul and I quite like professional wrestling.

At 26 years old, this confession still raises eyebrows, but the abso-lute daftness of it all, mixed with the levels of athleticism on show, make the squared cir-cle a favourite form of entertainment for me.

With that in mind, and remembering that I grew up in his heyday, I also love The Rock.

S u r e , n o w a d a y s he goes by the name Dwayne Johnson and likes to be thought of as an actor and occasional wrestler, but to me he’ll always be The People’s Champion, The Great One, The Brahma Bull: The Rock.

Such is my love of Johnson, I have subject-ed myself to some of his, shall we say, less glori-ous filmic output.

Faster, Doom, The Game Plan and more

Hardly Rock solid

have been consumed with gusto, with John-son continuing to prove himself a talented actor (outshining everyone in the absolute wreck that was Be Cool).

Another thing that I carried over my child-hood is an appreciation of GI Joes.

Four inch plastic fig-ures that consumed many hours of my formative years, GI Joe was brought to the big screen in 2009 with a star-studded cast and a woeful movie.

Such was the poor reception of 2009’s Rise of Cobra, the produc-ers did the only logical thing: call The Rock.

Of course, gI Joe:

Retaliation also fea-tures one Bruce Willis and a certain Channing Tatum (cumulatively setting a world record for biceps in a film).

But, really, this is a play directly from the Fast Five playbook. In the fifth instalment of the car-chase franchise, The Rock reinvigorated the whole thing with his stern gaze and unbeliev-ably built body.

Again the role of shot in the arm of a flagging franchise is left to The Rock because, spoiler alert, Tatum bolts early doors and Bruce Willis,

one of the biggest stars on the planet, is margin-alised in favour of story building.

Normally, a focus on story is a good thing, but this is a GI Joe movie.

The whole premise is so preposterously non-sensical that the only way to make a decent film is to have some fun with it.

Unfortunately direc-tor Jon M Chu (direc-tor of the Justin Bieber movie), didn’t get that memo and decided that a film based on action figures, starring The Rock, had to be a dead-ly serious thriller.

It’s the filmic equiva-lent of having a band with Slash in it and mak ing a dubs tep album.

Chu seems weighted by the ridiculousness of the premise established by the end of the first film (an evil doppelgang-er has taken the office of the US President).

So we igh ted , he seems, that he fights it with every inch of his being, trying desperate-ly to establish his film as something else.

But Eliza Doolittle, GI Joe: Retaliation is not.

Two collaborations with Bieber put Chu in enough stead to be given a budget of $185 million and despite the early buzz of this being almost singularly nega-tive, he has been handed the reins to The Masters of the Universe reboot.

But based on this, he does not have the power to revive a franchise.

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Review: explosioNs! fiGHts! bRuCe willis! tHe RoCK! teRRible film!

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ouR VeRDICt:BAFFLINGLY poor. It’s not even a good bad film, in the way the original was. That at least had the good grace to be hilariously bad. This is just bad. Which is a shame because Johnson really deserves a vehicle worthy of his star power and easy action charm. He also needs some laughs, which Chu fails spectacularly to deliver at all. Save your money, see Fast and Furious Six.

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READERS with decent memories may recall that, ooh, ages ago I had a preview of Bioshock

Infinite.After taking a great deal

longer in development than expected, and hav-ing taken a few sidesteps along the way, the keenly-awaited title has finally arrived – and, boy (or girl), was the wait worth it ...

Infinite is the spiritual successor to the critically lauded – and commercial smash-hit title – Bioshock, from a few years ago.

As with Bioshock, Infi-nite is “just” another first-person shooter, where you wander through the game, shooting this and that on your way to the ending.

However, where both titles (I’m skipping past the slightly undercooked and underwhelming Bioshock 2) greatly impress are not just in their gameplay and graphics, but with their story and characterisa-tion – things rarely done well in the FPS genre, yet mastered once again, here.

It is 1912, and Booker DeWitt has been sent to somehow gain access to the mysterious floating city of Columbia – a vast city of state-of-the-art everything, encapsulating the very best of American

ideals of the time.Booker’s task is to find

a young woman, Eliza-beth, and spirit her back to the world below.

However, Columbia – a stone, steel and glass marvel that celebrates art, science and progress – is far from the happy utopia that it at first appears.

In fact, Columbia is a society sharply defined by ultra nationalism and isolationist policies; it’s a city that’s only meant for “proper” folk (basically, American, caucasian, God-fearing and rich).

The f loating city’s endless posters and propaganda rail against the menace of “foreign hordes” and the corrupt-ed world below, with all of the “normal” standards of its prim and proper 1912 setting.

It’s also a place where the rich cavort gaily in the sunshine on the sur-face, while the poor toil and languish in the city’s underbelly, below – and it’s all ruled over ruthless-

BIOSHOCK INFINITE: FLOATING CITY MAKES A MEMORABLE SETTING

Elevates a genre to new heights

In Bioshock Infinite’s strikingly realised portrayal of the floating city of Columbia

in 1912, it’s difficult not to see many design echoes of the truly spectacular 1893

World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago (below); two worlds – one real, one

fictional – both seeking to encapsulate the brash confidence of their times

BYTES&PIECES

SQUARE ENIX PRESIDENT RESIGNSWada steps down as losses loom in quarterly reportIT’S barely been a couple of weeks since Lara Croft’s great, if gory reboot saw her turning into a mud-spattered cross between Rambo, Chuck Norris and Kate Middleton on a remote Japanese island, but despite the game’s sales racking up about 3.4 million units, so far, Tomb Raider seems to have been deemed a retail flop.

That’s bad news for its publisher, Square Enix, which has been putting out critically well-enough received and reviewed titles such as Sleeping Dogs, and Hitman: Absolution in the past year or so, yet which has consistenty seen such titles return underwhelming numbers – and profits – in stores.

Okay-ish sales in Europe haven’t been matched in the US, with Square Enix sales facing the same weak sales slump in the States that almost all publishers have been hit with in the past 18 months or so, in particular.

Tomb Raider’s weak sales there have now added to Square Enix’s list of decent – or even great – titles that have somewhat inexplicably failed to make much of a dent at market and, while the company still has substantial assets and a rather big cash pile, to face such commercially uninspiring returns must undoubtely affect its future projects.

Such sales were accounted for in a recent company statement that said it expected “to incur extraordinary loss in the settlement of the accounts for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2013”.

While Square Enix has a number of interesting games and projects in the pipeline, seeing such key titles failing to meet company targets, and the related impact on their expected profits, both for individual returns and for collective quarterly results, have seen company president Yoichi Wada (above) resign.

This marks an interesting – and unfortunate – development underlining the growing air of uncertainty surrounding even top-notch titles and franchises. When even these fail to meet their targets, and when acclaimed companies start to feel the effects of this gaming lull, it begs the question of what (unwelcome) changes are now hitting the gaming industry, in general.

With several skilled developers under its wing, and a number of interesting titles on the way, here’s hoping that Square Enix has just hit one of the bumps in the road that all publishers, and developers, have been hitting lately ...

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ly by Father Comstock.Somehow, Elizabeth –

an isolated young woman who has seen almost nothing of Columbia, let alone of the world below – is key to the city’s future, and possibly a great deal more, besides.

The only problem is, how on earth can Booker and Elizabeth be expect-ed to escape a city that’s on the edge of a social revolution, when all of Father Comstock’s forces are determined to stop them, and to keep Eliza-beth there?

Like I said, Infinite is anything but a stand-ard FPS, which have too often descended in recent years into noisy, chaotic and rather forgettable set-pieces.

By wandering through Columbia, using a range of upgradeable “Vigours” (basically, near magic powers) alongside con-ventional weapons of the era, Booker and Elizabeth run into some terrific set-pieces, all presented with

great design throughout.Elizabeth deserves

particular praise, as fears of the game being little more than an extended escort mission are soon set aside, due to her help.

With such a particu-larly accomplished world setting – even if it’s a deliberately provocative one, at that – great graph-ics, interesting characters and a singularly memo-rable setting, the long-

delayed title deserves to be the smash hit that its chart sales suggest it is.

Bioshock Infinite is available now on PC, XBox 360 and P l a y S t a -tion 3; as always, l o o k a r o u n d for the best price.

An interesting cross between

a damsel in distress, guide,

innocent abroad, travelling

companion and rebellious

protaganist, Elizabeth makes quite

an impression as a strong character

‘250,000,000 GAMERS’ ON FACEBOOKMilestone figure announced by social media giantIF I could distract you a moment from Facebook, I’d

like to mention that it has just announced that more than 250 million users play games through the site

on a monthly basis, and that it also plans to add a dedicated gaming section to its Timeline.

Personally, while I’m about as much a fan of games on Facebook as I am of Eastenders’ Christmas episodes, obviously 250,000,000 of you are very happy to tend your farms or match

jewels or whatever, there. Watch this space for news of 500,000,000 Facebook gamers to appear ...

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the lights are on and the studio is ready for the launch of 8radio.com, the brainchild of Simon Maher, right

ROB HeIGH

As every avid music fan knows, the variety of music available on Irish radio is, erm... limited. Niche stations, like Radio Nova, break the mould by catering to a specific style of music and find there are huge audiences dis-enfranchised by playlist-driven broadcasting that clutters the dial.

Rock has its saviour in Nova, but what about our taste? That scattershot love of everything on the spectrum, from Adam and the Ants to Yeah Yeah Yeahs and back again?

It looks like our saviour has risen in the form of 8radio.com, a new sta-tion set to light up Dublin every weekend on 94.3FM until July, as well as online every day and on its Apple and Android apps.

Their eclectic mix has been putting a big smile on faces in this office and everywhere else it has been heard across the city, and Gazette Music caught up with its creator, Simon Maher, and asked where the idea for the sta-tion came from.

“I was general manager and one of the presenters on Phantom when it was

taken over, and when I left, I was thinking about what I wanted to do next.

“As my day job, I teach media at Ballyfermot Col-lege, and I was asking stu-dents about what they lis-ten to now, they said they tend to put on iTunes and hit shuffle. I asked them to hit shuffle and tell me the first five tracks that came up, and they were a really eclectic mix. I realised people are able to cope with an unexpected mix of music, so why don’t we create a radio station that does exactly that?”

The audience that 8 are looking to capture are a

unique group, something that Simon’s experi-ence in broadcasting has taught him is possible to achieve.

“When we went to the BII to get the temporary licence, they asked if we would be taking people away from the established radio stations, and the fact was that we wouldn’t. A lot of the people who would listen to 8 would have been lost to tradi-tional radio, and we knew that would be our target audience. It’s a different kind of radio.

“The majority will always listen to traditional

radio or watch traditional TV, but it’s the other peo-ple who we are after.”

Simon is keen to spread the word, and hopes that this fledgling period for 8 will lead to a more per-manent place, whether that be online or on the airwaves.

“We would hope by July that we would have around 2,000 to 3,000 listeners a week logging on to the web version of the station. The 15 weeks of the temporary licence will be used to drive peo-ple toward that. If people trust us musically, we will see where we go next.”

FASTtunes

with Radio Nova’s Dee Woods

FoRGeT about God saving the Queen, it’s a revamped arena spectacular that’s keeping the band’s music alive on stage these days. We Will Rock You has been doing just that to 12 million Queen fans for the past decade, and the musical is in town this week ahead of a worldwide arena tour.

Directed by writer/comedian Ben elton with Queen guitarist Brian May and Queen drummer Roger Taylor as the musical supervisors, We Will Rock You delivers 24 Queen songs to your ears through the magic of rock theatre.

The show is celebrating its 10th anniversary with this arena tour which features a bigger and better design than previous performances. And Brian May says you won’t be disappointed, prom-ising audiences will have “a big night out” with this big show.

We Will Rock You rocks The o2 for four per-formances from this Thursday, April 4 to Saturday, April 6th with tickets from €40, including book-ing fee.

or, if you like your Queen shows to feature the real thing, here’s something really special. Brian May will be turning off the lights at Dublin’s olympia Theatre this summer for one night only as part of The Born Free Tour.

The man behind Queen anthems such as We Will Rock You, I Want It All and Fat Bottomed Girls is playing an acoustic show, by candlelight alongside vocalist Kerry ellis, who’ll be singing songs that have been hand-picked and rearranged by May. It promises to be a show with a difference. Brian May and Kerry ellis play the olympia The-atre on Sunday, June 30 and tickets are €36.50, including booking fee. God save us a seat!

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NICK Cave and The Bad Seeds and John Lydon’s Public Image Limited are among the headline names in the first batch of acts to be confirmed as appearing at Body & Soul 2013, the boutique festival which takes place again this year at Ballinlough Castle in Co Westmeath from June 21 to 23. With more acts to be announced, this is already gearing up to be one of the most magical and unique events of the summer. For more information, see www.facebook.com/Bod-yandSoulIreland and www.bodyandsoul.ie.

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More efficient and better equippedn CorMAC CurtIs

I recently took the 1.4tSI Act Highline spec Golf with 140bhp for a week-long road test.

the test model I drove may have had enough poke to leave me with a grin as wide as O’connell Bridge, but its fuel effi-ciency betrayed its boy-racer appeal.

this is thanks to VW’s active cylinder technol-ogy, or Act.

this helps to create an extremely efficient engine capable of 4.7 l/100km (combined cycle) and 109 g/km thanks to the ability to deactivate the central two cylinders under light loads. this makes it 23% more efficient than the equivalent engine in the previous version of the Golf.

the petrol engine range available for the new Golf starts with a four-cylinder 1.2-litre tSI unit produc-ing 85 bhp, rising via a 1.2-litre tSI 105 bhp up to the all-new 1.4-litre tSI 140 bhp engine with the active cylinder technology mentioned above.

the two diesel engines at launch are a 1.6-litre tDI 105 bhp and a new 2.0-litre tDI 150 bhp unit. Both feature the latest common rail diesel tech-nology for maximum effi-ciency. All new Golf mod-els – both diesel and petrol – come with a Stop/Start system as standard, along with battery regeneration. A 90bhp diesel will follow in Q2 of 2013.

On trendline models, the standard composition colour system includes a five-inch colour touch-screen, FM/AM radio as well as eight speakers (front and rear) and a cD drive (MP3 compatible). the cD drive is located in the glovebox along with the SD card slot.

It’s the host of other features that sometimes makes road testing a car that bit more difficult – in this case, I find myself thinking of the features that I could do without to bring down the price a bit (I’ll get to the price later), but, at the same time I know that it is often the sum of the parts that make this particular model so

the golf is a stunningly well built and beautifully designed car

volkswaGen: the new Golf 1.4 aCt tsI hIGhlIne 140bhp

Ford launches the new Fiesta ST tHe new Ford Fiesta St is Ford’s fastest and most dynamic small production performance car ever, employing a precision-tuned and driver-focused powertrain and chassis to deliver the ultimate Fiesta driving experience.

Developed by Ford team rS, the european arm of Ford Motor company’s Global Performance Vehicle group, the new Fiesta St is equipped with a 1.6-litre ecoboost petrol engine to achieve 0-100 km/h in 6.9 seconds and offer 182 PS and 240 nm of torque. top speed is 220 km/h.

Ford team rS tuned the powertrain, suspension, steering and brakes for optimised driving dynamics; and introduced features only previously found in larger performance cars – including enhanced torque vectoring control (etVc) and three-mode electronic stability control (eSc), six-speed manual transmission and rear disc brakes.

everyday practicality is underlined by fuel efficiency of 5.9 l/100 km and 138 g/km cO2 – a 20 per cent emissions reduction compared with the previous generation Fiesta St, though it produces almost 20 per cent more power than the first-generation model’s 2.0-litre engine.

the new Fiesta St features a large trapezoidal grille with a unique honeycomb construction and dramatic rear diffuser element.

the refined high-contrast interior is equipped with recaro seats, and a new sound symposer channels the engine note to the cabin to ensure the distinctive engine roar is integral to the driving experience.

electronically-optimised enhanced chassis etVc applies brake force to the inside front wheel of the Fiesta St when cornering to improve road holding and reduce understeer without affecting speed. new software controls the Fiesta St’s balance in response to steering inputs under acceleration and braking – and eSc offers full system intervention; wide-slip mode with limited intervention; and full eSc deactivation.

electronic power assisted steering offers a sharper steering ratio of 13.69:1 and a shorter steering arm for a more direct response.

the Fiesta St debuts rear disc brakes on the Fiesta platform and introduces a larger tandem brake master cylinder that boosts braking performance.

NOISEroad

the Fiesta st

thoroughly enjoyable.let’s start with what’s

included in the highline spec. there is the impres-sive 5.8” composition media radio with tFt display and Bluetooth connectivity; climatic air conditioning; electric windows front and rear; electronic parking brake with autohold function; cruise control; sport seats with lumbar support, front; front fog lamps including static cornering lamp; fatigue detection;

eSP (electronic stabil-ity programme) including multiple impact braking.

Phew!I would say that for

such a generous supply of kit, the highline spec Golf is definitely good value for money.

But the model I was driving had even more tasty treats, such as the sport pack that included 17” “Madrid” alloy wheels and 65% light absorbing tinted rear windows; it had a winter pack, a Dis-

cover pro’ navigation sys-tem, park assist including park distance control, pre-mium multi-function dis-play, adaptive cruise con-trol with front assist, lane assist including dynamic light assist, xenon head-lamps with leD daytime running lights.

But these options alone came to an extra €6,336.

Which would make the beautiful Golf that I drove cost a whopping €33,081.

the moral of the story is – do your homework.

Denning’s Cars win the coveted bodyshop of the Year award

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There’s Norway better to holiday in

P&O cruises are offering a chance to explore Norway aboard the new Azura, this May.

Departing Southampton on May 24, take in beautiful Bergen (above), the Briksdal glacier near Olden, and Stavanger from €719 per person. The Azura features 11 restaurants, five shopping boutiques, four swimming pools, two lounges and an open air cinema.

From Southampton, enjoy a Norwegian summer on the classic Oriana, which includes the Gary Rhodes-inspired Oriana Rhodes restaurant. First stop is the world’s most northerly capital, Reykjavik, famous for its nightlife and views. After taking in the fishing port of Isafjordur and the city of Akureyri, it’s on to the spectacular Faroe Islands. The holiday departs July 7, priced from €789 per person.

Prices are per person sharing for these seven night cruises, unless stated, and do not include gratuities. To book, call the Thomas Cook Cruise team (exclusive agents for P&O) in Dublin at 01 514 0336, or see www.thomascookcruise.ie.

the golf is a stunningly well built and beautifully designed car

Getaway: from the bahamas to vietnam, dream cruises await couples

Romantic breaks you’ll love nAtALIE burkE

IT ISN’T hard to imagine a romantic break on the high seas and this year, Thomas Cook have a range of roman-tic cruise destinations perfect for Irish couples hoping to savour some of the magic of

the sea this summer, from just €1,399 per person sharing.

Couples can discover the beauty of the Caribbean this summer aboard the Freedom of the Seas, with the serene beaches of the Bahamas and stops at the idyllic islands of St Maarten and St Tho-

mas providing the ultimate release.

Couples can relax in the adults-only solarium, with two cantilevered whirlpools extending 12ft from the side of the ship. This seven-day voyage starts at just €1,399 per adult, including flights.

If a trip to the exotic is called for, South East Asia provides a spectacular back-drop for a couple’s paradise.

Operated by the world’s only authentic boutique cruise line, a five-star luxury voyage through the timeless wonders of Vietnam, Cambo-

dia and the Mekong River is available from €3,348 for 16 days, cruise only, taking in the oriental beauty of the Nokor Bachey Temple and the Ang-kor archaeological area.

To book, call Thomas Cook Cruise at 01 514 0336, or see www.thomascookcruise.ie.

nAtALIE burkE

WITH the month of March finishing up with showers of snow, the idea of finally availing of some much-needed sunshine has been a thought play-ing on all our minds.

Perhaps setting sail on a sunshine cruise could be just what you need to help brighten your mood!

Whether it’s a tropical cruise through the Car-ibbean or a more adven-turous exploration of

Canada you have in mind, American Holidays is offering some great cruis-ing rates for the month of April, and their staff are even offering to tailor an option to suit you.

Start your holiday by spending three nights at the three-star Stay Hotel in Miami, Florida, before hopping aboard a 14-night cruise on the Norwegian Pearl, and spend another three nights at the four-star Stay Hotel in Los Angeles, California, from

€2,035 per person.Price includes return

f lights from Dublin, accommodation as stat-ed, taxes and charges. The option to upgrade to an ocean-view room is available from €235 per person, travelling on April 18.

Why not spend five nights at the three-star Hotel Orlando in Florida before taking a seven-night cruise on an all-inclusive basis aboard the Freedom of the Seas from

€1,199 per person?Travel on September 10,

with a price that includes return flights from Dublin, accommodation as stated, taxes and charges. An option is also available to upgrade to an ocean view from €129 per person.

For a chance to see the Big Apple and the sights of Canada, spend three nights at a three-star New York hotel before set-ting sail on a seven-night cruise aboard the Norwe-gian Gem, from €1,435

Let The Americas lift your spiritschoice Galore: continent has so much on offer for Great holidays

the delights of nhatrang beach, Vietnam, could await you on a thomas Cook five-star luxury cruise

per person when you trav-el on September 18.

The price includes return flights from Dublin, taxes and charges, while upgrades are available for €55 per person.

For further dates and prices, call American Hol-idays at 01 673 3804, call into their office at 18-19 Duke Street, Dublin 2, or see www.americanholi-days.com.

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JuDE’s HopE to rAIsE tHE bAr: NEXT Saturday, April 6 is the deadline to vote for Dublin rep-resentatives St Jude’s in Etihad’s Raise The Bar competition with the winning club announced.

Voters are asked to decide which of the final four clubs are most deserving of a year’s sponsorship package with the Abu Dhabi-based airline.

Jude’s are up against Limerick’s Na Piar-saigh, Cork’s Black-rock and Wexford’s Kilanerin

This vote, along with the views of a panel of judges consisting of Nicky English, Des Cahill and Micheal O’Muircheartaigh, will decide which club comes away with the ultimate sponsorship package. For more information, go to eti-hadgaa.ie.

ryan and finnegan in croker to launch charity cycle eventA HOST of top sports stars past and present joined forces with top world track cyclist Caroline Ryan in Croke Park last week to officially launch the Race the Ras charity cycle.

Entering its third year, the charity race will see almost 150 amateur cyclists, accompanied by a host of current and former GAA stars – among them Fin-gallians and Dublin ladies football star Sinead Finnegan – lining up to bike across Ireland from May 19 to May 26.

All money raised will go to the Nation-al Breast Cancer Research Institute.

The charity cycle is linked with the An Post Ras, Ireland’s most prominent cycling event. The cyclists will start three hours ahead of the professionals and will travel through 13 different counties.

Stage finishes will be in the towns of Longford, Nenagh, Listowel, Glengarriff, Mitchelstown, Carlow, Naas, and Sker-ries on the final day.

EnduranceCurrent Dublin Senior Football selec-

tor Declan Darcy spoke of the endur-ance needed to undertake the cycle:

“This is a serious undertaking. Each of the eight stages averages 146kms in length - 1,260kms in total - and will take over five and a half hours to complete, so the eight-day cyclists will be on the bike for almost 50 hours in total.

“Most families in Ireland have been affected in some way by cancer and this is just a small way former GAA players can help raise much needed money.

“We are also delighted that more women will be taking part this year and Dublin vice captain Sinead Finnegan was here to show support.”

Broadcasting legend Micheal O’Muircheartaigh was also on hand to launch the charity race and said: “Race the Ras has been a huge success raising €260,000 to date since it began in 2011.

“I would ask people to donate no mat-ter how small as it will make a huge dif-ference to the National Breast Cancer Research Institute.”

To register for the cycle, log on to http://racetheras.com. With eight stages to choose from, cyclists can opt to do all eight stages, a single stage or opt for a combination of two or three stages.

Garda cycling club’s Caroline ryan, left, and Fingallians’ sinead Finnegan launched the race the ras charity cycle in Croke park last week

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WITH 15 years separat-ing Oisin “Gael Force” Fagan from his Friday night opponent Chris Goodwin, the Portmar-nock scrapper says the gulf in experience gives him plenty of reasons for belief ahead of their date in the Grays Civic Hall in Essex.

After an initial date in Cork fell through, 39-year-old Fagan is looking forward to get-ting back in the ring for the first time since January 2011 against the current World Boxing Federation lightweight champion despite being pitted as the underdog.

“Obviously, I’ve been out of the ring for a cou-ple of years but I keep in tip-top shape all the time,” he told Gazette-Sport. “I can count on two hands and two feet the amount of days I have taken off in the past 20 years; I just keep fit anyway, waiting for the call to come.

“Obviously, the odds will be stacked against me but I’m mad for it. He’s 24, I’m 39 and the Irishman in England never goes down too well.”

The relocation of the bout to Goodwin’s home turf from Ireland is a glitch for Fagan but he says that it does not overly bother him. During his career, he has made a habit of putting it up to some of the world’s best, facing

down a packed house of screaming Mexicans in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas against Cesar Chavez Junior while also encountering a hostile crowd against the Pitts-burgh kid Paul Spada-fora in Pennsylvania.

Both times he went the distance against the soon-to-be world cham-pions while he also tus-sled with Amir Khan whom Fagan tussled with in London, showing little fear of travelling.

Such a situation came of a necessity for the Dubliner who arrived to the professional game late by chance, seek-ing only to earn enough money to fly home from the US.

“I was never well pro-moted in the States and was always the man brought to places and putting it up to the home-town boy. In one way, it’s not great for your record but I’ve only really lost to world champions.

“I had to start [fighting professionally] because I was in a tough place in my life and needed a few quid to get home from America. I’ve always thought in the back of my mind, if I started as a kid,

I might have been able to box a bit cleverer.

“I was never experi-enced as an amateur, only having three fights, before I was pushed into being a pro. But it did work for me because I’m afraid of nothing and I don’t have any fear going to Essex.”

Fagan made his debut a little over 10 years ago and says the lack of ama-teur training has left him with a unique, all-action style, something he says Goodwin is unlikely to have seen before.

That style is the antith-esis of the work he is currently doing with the IABA and Dublin coun-ty council, working as a community development officer to help develop the sport.

“I wouldn’t teach kids

to box like me because I don’t box, all I do is fight! I know there are 12-year-olds out there who are better boxers than me but it would be hard to find a better fighter. I know my strengths and weaknesses and I know I’m a world class fighter.

“Nobody really has a style like mine. I don’t say that to brag but I get bored by boxing and I like when people say ‘he’s a good scrapper’, that I’m exciting and never take my foot off

Age just a number for evergreen FaganPortmarnock man Oisin Fagan’s colourful career brings him to Essex on Friday as he looks to put a check on Chris Goodwin’s world title ambitions with his unique style

Oisin Fagan, right, says his experience will help him see off Chris Goodwin

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SHANE Byrne was among the sporting lumi-naries who turned out to support the launch of a new multimedia campaign, Get In The Game, ahead of the final of the Heineken Cup being played at the Aviva stadium on May 18.

The campaign was launched to a packed house of rugby fans, players and legends in Dub-lin last week, with Byrne, Frankie Sheehan, Alan Quinlan, Bryn Cunningham and pundit Brent Pope on hand to take part in the digital event.

Designed to bring the Heineken Cup experi-ence from the pitch onto fans’ mobiles, comput-ers and into pubs and homes across the country, Get in the Game offers a range of opportunities between now and the date of the final to get involved and be part of the ultimate rugby spec-tacle.

Fans can get involved with Get in the Game via www.heineken.ie/game, or by stepping up to challenges featured in pubs throughout Ire-land. Arcade-style games such as Conversion Challenge and Catch will be available to online players who will also have their Heineken Cup knowledge tested with quizzes. It is all linked in a single contest where the overall winner will receive a once-in-a-lifetime VIP experience at the final.

Karl Donnelly, Heineken’s sponsorship brand manager, said: “Sports fans are increasingly looking for new and engaging ways to enrich the Heineken Cup experience. We have developed an innovative and multifaceted approach that lives on mobile devices, computers and in pubs. Wherever you are, you can Get In The Game with the aim of scoring points and winning prizes.”

Donnelly, said: “Today, so much of the con-versation around sports events takes place across social media. Heineken recognises how important this space is. We are utilising this rich conversation and harnessing it with visual ani-mations and projections over the weekend of the Heineken Cup final. A custom built structure for this visual display will also provide an interac-tive virtual kicking game; fans can literally kick conversions which will, in turn, send tweets in support of various teams. A social sentiment project like this has never been seen before in Ireland.’

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the pedal.”And he reckons this

method could be key to landing another couple of decent fights in the future.

“I’ll be his tough-est to date. On the flip side, I’ve had about 10 opponents who were

on a better level than this guy. You can’t really take that too much into account but I’m quietly confident. I like going in as the underdog and I’m happy enough to take on that role.”

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Whitechurch Boxing club were celebrat-ing recently when their six entrants into the Dublin championships returned with two gold and two silver medals.

Sean McGuirk and Seamus Maughan picked up their first championship medals for the club, with McGuirk beating a current irish champion on his way to silver, while Sean Mari and Megan Felton progress to the All-ireland championships as county champions.

the youngest member of the team, Seamus Maughan, met a great opponent in Michael McDonagh from Darndale Bc in his final but can be proud of his performance over the three rounds.

the club’s first ever national champion, Megan Felton, continued her winning ways by pipping an excellent Niamh Kelly from Baldoyle Bc by 12 points to 8 in a high-tempo final.

reigning irish champion and irish interna-tional boxer Sean Mari claimed his county title this year by virtue of a walk over, and is now focused on defending his national title this month.

the two other members of the team, Dylan Fox-reynolds and Paddy Maughan, both showed great improvement in their boxing over the course of the championships.

Four medals for Whitechurch at Dublin championships

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MONtHmonkstown hcmonkstown hockey club ended their 99-year wait for irish senior cup glory, finally breaking their hoodoo in the competition in the most thrilling of finals as andy ewington, for the second time in a week, netted a silver goal winner.

fiona coGhlanlucan teacher coghlan has been the leader of the pack with ireland’s women’s rugby team, captaining the national team to their historic set of achievements in the 2013 6 nations championship run, only the third cap-tain ever to claim the Grand slam.

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De LA Salle Palmerston hosted their fifth annual under-12 festival of rugby last week in the new surround of Bally-corus road.

Over 25 teams took part, with the guests of honour being the Lon-don irish rFc squad whose visit was part of the Gathering event.

Most of the partici-pating clubs were from within the Metro area which covers Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare but DLSP were also delighted to wel-

come Wicklow, Naas, NuiM Barnhall, cool-mine and terenure for the first time.

the club were par-ticularly indebted to the likes of Vivian har-rington, John connolly and Michael Nugent for organising an event of this magnitude while they also were thankful for the support provided by Old Wesley rFc.

they stepped in to provide their impressive Ballycorus road facility as a venue, after Kirwan Park had been declared unplayable due to water-logged pitches.

Local teams line out in U-12 contest

Fantastic Fins win in Athlone FiNGALLiANS Ac were in flying form last week at the national championships in Athlone, with fine performances from the travelling panel.

Marie torsney won the under-17 girls’ national indoor shot putt title with a per-sonal best of 13.54m, and Fiona tuite won the under-18 title in the same event, with another personal best,

14.54m, which was also a new national record.

Meanwhile, in the boys’ under-18 1,500m Sam Martin placed third, as did ciaran McManus in the boys’ under-13 60m race.

torsney, tuite and Martin were all award winners in Fingallians’ 2012 athletic awards.

Notable perform-ances were also recorded by Bronwyn Keogh, rachel Mur-ray, Brian Markey, Stephen O’connor and conaill tuite.

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D u BL i N G a z e t t e Newspapers is delight-ed to announce that we have teamed up again this year with the SPAr Great ireland run to recognise runners in each of our papers’ local areas.

the Gazette will rec-ognise the fastest man and woman from each paper’s circulation area with a specially designed plaque as well as prizes

of sports gear. After the run, we will also be pub-lishing a results list of the top local male and female finishers.

the SPAr Great ire-land run 2013 will take place in the Phoenix Park on Sunday, April 14, at 1 pm.

this year’s run will more than ever be about enjoying a full family running day as a mini run for five- to eight-year-olds over a one mile lap has been added to

the programme along-side a junior run for nine to 15-year-olds over 2.5km. the mini-run and junior run will pre-cede the main event and an adult can run or walk alongside each child in the mini-run.

up to 12,000 entries are expected and every adult entrant will receive an exclusive technical t shirt as well as a medal and a generous goody bag after completing the run.

Participants are being encouraged to raise funds for good causes and the event’s nomi-nated charities are the Jack & Jill children’s Foundation and SPAr’s charity partner, the 3ts – turn the tide of Suicide. the Baby Max Wings of Love Fund is the nominated charity for the junior run and mini run.

entries can be made online at www.greatire-landrun.org.

Get set for the Great Ireland Run

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Hutchinson at the launch

of the Great Ireland Run

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malahide RFC’s Albert O’Connell Cup second round date with Coolmine’s J2 side has been refixed for next Saturday at 3pm in Estuary Road.

The initial tie was meant to be played last Thursday, March 27, but was post-poned amid the inclement weather that has blighted the local sports scene in recent weeks.

Malahide just missed out on promotion in the Division 1B/2A play-offs in their last league tie, falling 14-13 to Ashbourne.

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AER LINGUS swimming club enjoyed a superb gala at the Leinster long course championships at the National Aquatic Centre last week.

Olympian Barry Mur-phy claimed four gold medals as he swept to the 100m breaststroke title with three seconds to spare over Darragh Greene, with club mate Cian Cunningham fin-ishing eighth. Murphy also showed his sprinting prowess when he landed the 50m butterfly in a time of 24.97 seconds,

the 50m freestyle in 23.62 ahead of Atlantis’ Botonde Solymossy and the 50m breaststroke, three sec-onds clear of the pack.

Andrew Meegan was involved in seven finals, picking up first in the 400m freestyle, silver in the 200m freestyle ahead of clubmate Conor Turner in third, while Meegan also took bronze in the 200m butterfly.

In tandem with Ben Doyle, Ben Griffin and Turner, the club claimed the 4x200m freestyle relay silver.

Their women’s team went one better in the female equivalent as the

team of Catriona Finlay, Orla Walsh, Rachel Nev-ins and Danika Sugrue swept home.

Indeed, there was plen-ty more success on the relay front, with silver in the women’s 400m med-ley, Orla Walsh, Caitriona Finlay, Aisling Byrne and Rachel Nevins pipped by Kilkenny to the title.

The men’s team of Doyle, Conor Turner, Ben Griffin and Sean O’Brien were first in the male equivalent event.

On the 400m freestyle relay front, Caitriona Fin-lay, Orla Walsh, Rachel Nevins and Ali Berry won gold while it was the

men’s turn to take silver via the quartet of Conor Turner, Andrew Meegan, Benjamin Doyle and Jonathan McGee.

Doyle’s gala stepped up another gear with a 2.13.29 swim in the 200m backstroke claiming another gold for the club.

Sixteen-year-old Ben Griffin won the men’s A final in the 200m individ-ual medley with a 2.11.55 holding off club mates Doyle and Sean O’Brien as they claimed a clean sweep of the medals. For good measure, Nathan Turner reached the B final, claiming 17th place overall.

Griffin claimed the 200m breaststroke title, too, with a time of 2.32.22 to complete a superb gala from a personal perspec-tive.

Paralympian Ellen Keane claimed ninth place in the A final of the 200m individual medley in a time 2.46.7.

There was a double in the 400m individual med-ley with Conor Turner in second and Ben Doyle taking bronze.

On the women’s side, Rachel Nevins showed her speed with finals appearances in both the 100m butterfly and 200m freestyle.

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Celtic back on track with Hyde Park matchAFTER weeks of inactivity, Swords Celtic will reignite their charge at the LSL Sunday Major league with a North County derby against mid-table Hyde Park of Balbriggan.

Larry Clair’s men have been in fantas-tic form this year and are unbeaten in the league, with 10 wins and two draws from 12 games, but due to the terrible conditions their momentum has been broken as their Bal-heary ground recovers from the snowfall.

Clair revealed that he is under no illusions as to how important this weekend’s clash is and although he believes that a win could get the side right back on track, he is all too aware of the threats that the local opposition possess.

“Hyde Park are a very good side,” said Clair. “They have won promotion three times back to back and the lads on that team are a very strong, resilient unit. They might not be challenging for the title this year, but what they’ve done to get into the division speaks for itself.

“We’ve obviously been out for awhile and you never want a break when you’ve got some good momentum behind you. But, all of the teams are in the same boat and we’ve kept the lads as fit as possible without getting a match in.”

Now with 10 games to go and only one team ahead of them in the league, Dublin University who lead by four points and have played three more games than Celtic, Clair is reluctant to claim his side will win the league, but remains quite confident.

“With 10 games to go it would be very silly for me to say we will win the league. I would’ve been a lot more confident had it not been for the break, but we’ll take it one game at a time and hopefully we’ll get over the line.

“We still have to play Dublin University in Balheary and if we can get three points out of them we’ll be in very good shape,” he said.

aer lingus swimmer andrew meegan was involved in seven finals at the leinster long course championships at the naC last week

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Allianz Hurling League Div 3A: Don-

egal 1-9, Fingal 2-11.

All six of our players took part in

Fingal’s victory over Donegal today

with five of them starting. Hilary

Murray Hession, Graham and Alan

Morris, Andrew Richardson and Cil-

lian O’Flynn all started with Kevin

O’Flynn coming in off the bench

before half time and all six playing

really well. The win puts Fingal into

the league final against Donegal on

Sunday, April 14, with the venue to

be confirmed.

The intermediate hurlers lost

out to a last-minute goal by St Vin-

cent’s in the Conlon Cup. The score

was 1-10 to 2-9 for St Vincent’s.

There is a full programme of fix-

tures next weekend.

Saturday, April 8:

AHL3 - Broomfield, 6pm - St Syl-

vester’s v St Vincent’s.

Vincent de Paul Cup - Broomfield,

6pm - St Sylvester’s v Parnell’s.

Loving Cup - Broomfield, 6pm - St

Sylvester’s v St Monica’s.

Sunday, April 7.

MHL2 - Broomfield, 11am - St Syl-

vester’s v Ballyboden St Enda’s.

AHL6 - Islandbridge, 11am - Civil

Service Hurling v St Sylvester’s.

AHL8 - St Anne’s Park, 3pm - Clon-

tarf v St Sylvester’s.

Stacy Cup - Broomfield, 11am - St

Sylvester’s v St Vincent’s.

Sheridan Cup - Chanel, 3pm -

Parnell’s v St Sylvester’s.

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250 boys and girls braved the very

cold weather this week and partici-

pated in the club’s annual Easter

camp, sponsored by the Pavilion

Shopping Centre.

This year’s camp was a com-

bined camp of hurling and foot-

ball. Despite the snow, the children

who attended demonstrated some

excellent skills and are definitely

ones to watch as future Dublin

stars.

A special thank-you to all the

parents who supported the camp,

the hard working coaches, and to

Noel Delaney, our official photog-

rapher.

The nursery will resume next Sat-

urday, April 6 at 10am for boys and

girls aged four to seven years. New

members are always welcome.

A big thank-you to all who sup-

ported the Junior ladies raffle. The

ladies teams season starts this

week, so good luck to all the play-

ers for 2013.

Our U-12 girls entertained the

crowd at half time during the Dublin

game at the weekend.

The club have been invited by

Conradh na Gaeilge to participate

in their annual congress seven-a-

side tournament in Newry on Sat-

urday, April 6.

Any interested male and female

adult players, le cupla focail, should

contact Liam on 086 381 4422.

Athletic: Great performances

were recorded by Anne Marie

Torsney, Fiona Tuite, Sam Mar-

tin, Ciaran McManus, Bronwyn

Keogh, Rachel Murray, Brian Mar-

key, Stephen O’Connor and Conaill

Tuite.

The GAA museum has undergone

extensive refurbishments over the

past few months, and from April 1

visitors will be able to enjoy the new

interactive activities and exhibits.

To find out more, contact 01 819 2323

or [email protected]

Etihad Skyline Tours are running

extra tours at Croke Park until

April 7: 10.30, 11.30, 12.30, 13.30 and

14.30.

Book your tour here: www.skyli-

necrokepark.ie

Fingallians extends deepest sym-

pathy to the Power family. Ar dheis

Dé go raibh a anam dilís.

THE adult hurling leagues begin at the

weekend. On Saturday evening, our

seniors play Whitehall at 6pm. On Sun-

day morning, our juniors are away to

Skerries. Good luck to both squads and

we ask all club members to come along

and support the lads.

The club is proud to announce that

Cliodhna O’Connor has joined the

management group for the senior

hurlers.

Well done to Brian McCarthy and

Niall Feeney who continue to star for

the Fingal hurling team. Fingal are cur-

rently top of their league.

Details of our summer camps are

now available on our website.

All membership fees are overdue

and must be paid immediately.

Our newly refurbished bar is prov-

ing to be very popular with our mem-

bers and friends. So why not come

along anytime and relax in beautiful

surroundings.

Naomh Mearnog’s Denise Masterson in action for Dublin against Monaghan at Lawless Park last weekend

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THE ABSENCE of Sinead Aherne, Niamh McEvoy, Aimee Hazley and Cliodhna O’Connor was keenly felt at Lawless Memorial Park as unbeat-en Monaghan waltzed to victory past the Dublin ladies footballers with plenty to spare.

The local quartet were all ruled out of the tie with only Naomh Mearnog’s Denise Masterson avail-able for the tie and while she put in a tireless stint in midfield, the upwardly

mobile visitors were in rude health and contin-ued their unbeaten run to date.

Denise McKenna, would later come off the bench to net Dublin’s only score of the second half but it was a tough outing all round.

Amy McGuinness start-ed strongly, kicking four of Dublin’s first half points, including one fortuitous effort after her initial free rebounded straight back into her grasp.

But the goals conceded at the far end cost them dearly. Monaghan raised the green flag on four occasions in the opening

half whilst playing against the breeze. Therese McNally and Caoimhe Mohan got a goal apiece, while full forward Ciara McAnespie hit Dublin on the double, resulting in Monaghan taking a 12 point lead in the dressing room at half time.

It was rough on the Jack-ies who were vastly under-strength without the likes of Sinead Goldrick (ham-string), Sinead Aherne (illness), goalkeeper Cli-odhna O’Connor, Niamh McEvoy (knee), Orlagh Egan (shoulder) and Kim Flood (broken foot), while Aimee Hazley and Emma Merrigan were also una-

vailable.Despite the best efforts

of Dublin’s Siobhan McGrath, Finnegan, Den-ise Masterson and Lynd-sey Davey, Monaghan were just too strong in all sectors of the field.

McKenna’s goal provid-ed scant solace in the face of 10 more Monaghan second half points as they kept their unbeaten run in the league going.

Next Sunday, Dublin welcome Mayo to the capital with both sides in need of a win to secure a place in the semi final. This fixture is pencilled in for a 2pm throw in time in Portmarnock.

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FIRST-half goals from Brian McCarthy and Peter Daly helped Fin-gal to a 2-11 to 1-9 vic-tory over Donegal in a dress rehearsal for the Allianz Hurling League Division 3A final in a fortnight.

An understrength Donegal s ide went

into the encounter at O’Donnell Park, Let-terkenny unbeaten, but were outplayed in the final 20 minutes when the north Dubliners scored seven points in succession.

The visitors led by 2-3 to 0-7 at the break, but found themselves behind within a minute of the restart when

Paddy Hannigan scored the goal for Donegal and put them back in contention.

But the home side — who hit nine wides in the first half and also missed a penalty — could only add two more points to their tally as Fingal took control with Fingalli-ans men John Matthew

Sheridan and Peter Daly leading their final quarter scoring charge.

I t saw the nor th Dublin region finish the opening half of the campaign unbeaten with four wins from five outings, the only blem-ish being a 0-15 to 1-12 draw with Louth in the first round of the com-petition.

Fingal fire to league victory over Donegal

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colin o’Brien, pictured right, with James cluskey, is keen to show his restored capability after his absence from competitive action due to a wrist injury

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MALAHIDE LTC’s Colin O’Brien admits there were points at which he did not think he would be back in the Davis Cup arena after nearly two years away from top level tennis.

O’Brien returned to the game just before the turn of the year and made an instant impact, winning the Irish national indoor champion-ships. He followed up with a final appearance at a doubles event in Preston, working with Sam Barry, to earn a place in the Irish team for the Davis Cup first round tie against Estonia.

He was unused in that nail-biter but, after three more tournaments in Portugal and two final appearances, his confidence is sky-high and feels ready to line out against Finland in

Castleknock this weekend.It’s a far cry from his thoughts just six months

ago when he was not sure if such a call-up would be possible. Previously a top 600 player in the world, his inactivity saw him drop back to out-side the 1,500 mark but he’s rapidly regaining ground.

“I must admit I wasn’t sure if I would get back to competitive tennis again,” he told Gazette Sport. “It was a matter of building up from last September but I really did not know what to expect when I got back in action. But I’m really pleased with how it’s all going.

“It’s definitely a possibility that I could play in the doubles with Sam or in the singles. Obvi-ously, our captain, Gary Cahill, keeps his cards very close to his chest and we have to see how the training week goes. Sam [Barry] has played

the last three ties with James McGee but there is definitely a chance.”

Regarding his injury, he says that initial diag-nosis suggested the wrist injury was not espe-cially serious but, with pain continuing, it took until March 2012 to get a correct assessment in place.

“I had tried everything, seeing specialists and physios. But Aidan Woods found out what was up and produced a plan for the whole of my left arm, improving flexibility and strengthening all parts. It turns out I had two stress fractures in the wrist.”

He is now looking forward to potentially pit-ting his wits against Jarkko Nieminen, the mar-quee name at 49 in the world. He is backed up by Harri Heloiovarra along with Micke and Henri Kontinen, all of whom could cause problems.

“It’s great to have someone of Nieminen’s calibre playing here and they have some other very good players. They have all had injury prob-lems in the last year so their ranking is a bit lower than where they should be so they will be very strong.”

Nonetheless, Ireland go into the tie in confi-dent form, with James McGee at a career high ranking and the home side providing the moti-vation.

“It’s a whole different feeling playing for a team and your country in the Davis Cup than as an individual on the tour. It’s always a great honour and hopefully the crowd will turn out in force at Castleknock to cheer us on.”

Action starts on Friday with a pair of doubles matches before doubles on Saturday and the return singles on Sunday.

O’Brien back on boardMalahide ace returns to international competition and Ireland’s Davis Cup team following a two-year absence from the game from injury

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