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After the much reported incidenton North Beach, Rush last week,when an elderly swimmer almostdrowned, due to the absence of alifeguard, the local authorityhas been heavily criticisedfor scrimping on costs.The lady, Daphne Lee got intodifficulties whilst swimmingat North Beach, and only forthe lightning quick actions ofa man, who was swimmingnearby saved her l i fe . Thef a c t t h a t t h e r e w a s a l i f e -guard hut there, without thepresence of a lifeguard hasbrought a st inging rebukefrom the swimmer’s cousin. Daphne’s cousin and Rushresident, Valer ie Sheridanspoke to the County Leaderabout her anger at the localauthority for failing to have a

lifeguard on duty at the busy beachduring one of the warmest spells ofthe year. She said, “I would like to

know why the County Council insiston having a lifeguard hut in place,but nobody to man it. It makes nosense at all.”

“It seems ironic that this inci-dent comes at a time when resi-dents have paid their propertytax, which is supposed to payf o r l o c a l s e r v i c e s , l i k e l i f e -guards. I went down to RushSouth Shore shortly afterwardsand there were two lifeguardson duty there, with a defibril-lator. Why was one of them notassigned to the North Beach.?F i n g a l C o u n t y C o u n c i l h a v esquandered money on manyuseless projects and i t ’s nothanks to them that my cousinis still alive,” she said angrily. The Council response is that,“Every year, the Council haslimited resources to provide

li feguards at our 13 designatedbathing beaches, and we makeevery effort to to focus lifeguardcover at the busiest times and atthe busiest beaches,” If lack of resources is the problem,then the question of why councilofficials undertake expensive, fullypaid trips to far flung places likeChina, when the Department ofT r a d e a n d I n d u s t r y i s t h e r e t oundertake these journeys to bringb u s i n e s s t o t h e c o u n t r y . I t i sunderstood that one council offi-

cial has been to China on at leastfive occasions, all paid for from thecoffers of the local authority. Howmany lifeguards could have beenfunded by these council junkets.? This great spell of weather wasflagged well in advance, so manylocals question why the beach wasstill open without a lifeguard? Lastweek alone, there were five tragicdrownings of young people aroundthe country, so the need for life-guards has never been greater. Continued on page 18

Last Sunday was a very special day in the life of youngSwords boy, Jack McGuirk. The brave nine year old, whosuffers from leukaemia, was chosen to be the mascot for theDublin football team in their Leinster final clash with Meath.Jack, who lives in Carlton Court, is a pupil at St Colmcille’s BoysNational School in Swords, was chosen by Barrettstown Castleto be Dublin’s mascot on the big day. Jack, who is seriously ill,is a regular attender at Crumlin Children’s Hospital, since hewas diagnosed with the disease, three and a half years ago.His parents, Declan and Catherine are rightly very proud of Jackand his get up and go philosophy is a lesson for us all.Catherine told the County Leader, “Jack had a bone marrowoperation three weeks ago and the news of the operation isencouraging, which gives us great hope. We have to monitorhis bloods and look out for infection at all times. A local doctor,Tony Margiotta from Boroimhe Medical Centre has beenabsolutely marvellous to Jack. He is involved with the Make AWish Foundation and organised for us to visit Clearwater inUSA for six days, and then on to Kissimmee in Florida, topartake in the ‘Give the Kids the World’ project for a furthereight days. We were only the second family from Dublin to beinvited there and it did Jack a power of good. He was muchimproved upon his return and I’m sure that this is down to thekindness of Dr Margiotta,” said Catherine. She went on to

explain how Jack was chosen to be the mascot. “When Jackfirst attended Crumlin Hospital and was diagnosed, he wassent to Barrettstown. His doctor and consultant are involvedwith the Hole In The Wall project at Barrettstown, which is amagical place for healing. They then rang me last week to know if Jack would be the mascot for the Dublin team.Of course, he jumped at the chance and enjoyed every minute of it.” “He has met the Dublin players previously and they have beenvery good to him, through fundraising and sponsorships.“Dublin are my favourite team and I’ delighted they won.Everyone was really excited,” said a thrilled Jack.“Jack has previously met Ronan O’Gara and Katie Taylor, andthey were really nice to him. Katie Taylor is lovely and she lethim wear her Olympic Gold Medal, which was amazing andmeant so much to Jack,” said Catherine. “Everyone has beenreally generous towards Jack.”Jack plays for local team River Valley Rangers football teamand is the goalie. “I sometimes play in the defence, but I likebeing goalie. That’s why I love Stephen Cluxton, said theplucky youngster, who also lists Manchester City goalie, JoeHart as another favourite of his.Jack certainly brought good luck to the Dublin team on Sundayand he described the atmosphere of the occasion. “We weretreated really well. The Dublin players were all really nice tome,and I got to meet Stephen Cluxton and I think he’s bril-liant,” said a delighted Jack.

Brave Young Jack Brings Dubs Home Safely

Rush resident, Valerie Sheridan is pictured here with herdaughter, also Valerie, who played a significant role inrescuing Daphne Lee from drowning on North Beach, Rush.

By Patrick Finnegan

Jack McGuirk from Swords, is pictured at Croke Park last Sunday, with Bernie Agnew, assis-tant camp director, and Dee Ahern, CEO of Barretstown, at the Leinster Senior Football Final,where Jack acted as mascot for the victorious Dublin team.


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Funding ToImprove LocalChildcareServicesLocal TD Alan Farrell (FG), haswelcomed the announcement offunding totalling€65,000 for childcareservices in the NorthCounty. The allocationcomes as part of thesecond round ofChildcare CapitalGrants awarded since2008. Farrell told the CountyLeader: “It is vitallyimportant to invest inchildren in their early years andlocal service providers will directlybenefit from this funding. The allo-

cation of €65,000 to the NorthCounty is a welcome investmentthat will help to ensure that wecontinue to improve the quality ofearly childhood care and educationin our area.”“This investment is being targetedto have high impact on thesuccessful childcare providersinvolved. Funding will go towardsproviding safe outdoor play spaces

in childcare services,improving buildingsand supportingservices to ensure thatchildren with disabili-ties have better experi-ences.” “Government fundingof the pre-school sectorcan help to supportparents’ participationin the workforce, and

provide children with the bestpossible start to their education,”he concluded.

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New FlightsFor Aer Lingus Dublin Airport Authority (DAA)welcomes the recent announce-ment from Aer Lingus that it willlaunch new direct routes fromDublin to San Francisco andToronto from next April.Aer Lingus will flyfive times perweek to SanFrancisco and isalso launching a new daily serviceto Toronto, which will offer passen-gers additional choice and flexi-bility on this popular route.“The resumption of flights to thewest coast of the United Statesmeans Dublin will have directservices to 12 cities in NorthAmerica next year,” DAA ChiefExecutive, Kevin Toland told theCounty Leader. “Three of those

cities will be served by more thanone carrier, with three airlinesoperating routes to New York’s JKFAirport and to Toronto, and twoairlines offering Dublin-Chicagoservices,” Mr Toland added.The launch of the new Aer Lingusservices comes at a time of signifi-cant growth in transatlantic trafficat Dublin Airport. Passengernumbers on transatlantic services

to and from Dublinare up more than10 per cent so farthis year.

“The Gathering, which is beingsupported by DAA, has generatedsignificant interest in Ireland as atourist destination and the benefitsof this activity should continue toflow into 2014,” he added. Thissummer, Dublin Airport will have224 flights to and from Dublin andNorth America per week, which ismore than either Gatwick orManchester airports.

Pictured having fun at the Donabate Portrane Youth Cafe Open night at the CommunityCentre in Donabate for teenagers are, Feilim MacArtain, Conor McMahon, NicholasCulligan, Emma Lyster, leader Des Culleton, James Kirwan and Jack Roche all fromDonabate. The Youth Cafe, which is for post primary school and secondary schoolstudents, takes place every Friday night from 7.30pm until 9pm at the Community Centre.

Horticultural Show In SwordsThe annual FingalHorticultural Show willtake place on theAugust Bank Holiday,Monday August 5th inSt. Columba’s ParishCentre (Old Borough

National School) onChurch Road inSwords. The showincludes over 150competition classes,including for hangingbaskets, cut flowers,pot plants, flowerarranging, fruit,vegetables, baking,jam making, eggs,homemade wine,photography, hand-crafts, paintings andspecial children’sclasses.Over 600 exhibits areexpected this year fromover 70 exhibitors

across the NorthCounty and furtherafield. This year, theshow is an officialevent for The GatheringIreland 2013 and twonew gathering themedclasses have beenadded to the billing.The show will be opento the public from 2pmto 5pm., with presenta-tion of trophies at 5pm.Anyone can enter theshow, and more infor-mation, including a fullcatalogue of classes isavailable on theirwebsite.

Befriending ServiceComing To Local TownsCrosscare/CareLocal is the social care agencyand offers a range of programmes aimed atcombating social isolation, loneliness and otherissues regarding the elderly. They are currentlylooking to expand our befriending service intothe North County in of Rush, Lusk, Skerries andBalbriggan. This service pairs a trained, Garda vetted, volun-teer with an elderly person (both local people) inthe community, with visits starting at one hour aweek. This simple gift of time and companymakes a huge difference to an older personexperiencing loneliness and isolation. To expandtheir befriending service successfully. We needto recruit volunteers for training and get referralsfor those people who may be in need of theirservices. If you know anyone who is in need ofour service or if you would like to volunteer to bepart of this work, please contact RobertO’Donoghue, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Crosscareat 087-7945244.

SkerriesWater SafetyWeek Skerries Outdoor WaterSafety Week is takingplace from the 4th to the10th August. There will beswimming (from ages fourto 11) and lifesaving (forages 12 and over) classes.The classes will bestarting on Monday, 5thAugust. Registration formsfor both classes are inSkerries Library andSkerries CommunityCentre. Completed formsand payment must bereturned by 19th July.

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Imelda Macken and her husband, Paddy are pictured with their nine children, Claire Fitzgerald, Bernadette Dwyer, AnneMacken, Triona McGregor, Imelda Ryan, Patricia O'Neill, Patrick Macken, Jack Macken and Ashling Meaney, at theCarnegie Court Hotel in Swords to celebrate Imelda's 80th birthday.

Sprightly Imelda Celebrates 80th Birthday

On Saturday, 6th July last, Imelda Macken cele-brated her 80th birthday in the Carnegie CourtHotel, Swords. Imelda, originally from Duleek inCo. Meath, along with her husband Paddy, aged83 from Naul and their children attended theevent. Imelda and Paddy have a wonderfulfamily of nine children, 22 grandchildren andthree great-grandchildren, with the fourth onthe way. In the early years of their marriage, Imelda andPaddy lived at Seapoint in Balbriggan, wherePaddy worked in his brother’s garage. Thefamily later moved to Santry, as Paddy thenworked with Aer Tours as an aircraft mechanic.Paddy and Imelda had an active involvement intheir own community, where they organisedSales of Work and helped out in their localchurch where Paddy played the organ. Imelda and Paddy met at a dance when she was

just 16 years of age and she said she had ‘nointerest in the beginning. She wanted tobecome a nurse and travel to India to tend tothe sick, poverty stricken children of the slums.However those plans quickly changed, as shedecided to marry Paddy and the couple are nowmarried for 57 years. When asked how life has changed since her day,she responded, “It’s unrecognisable, It hasn’tchanged for the worse nor the better. Advancesin technology are terrific but the art of conversa-tion is lost, people don’t communicate anymore,or write letters to each other.” Imelda has ahigh appreciation for the artistic things in lifeand mentioned her passion for painting andwriting. Throughout her l ife, Imelda kept diaries detailing various experiences andmemorable moments. When asked the secrets of a long and healthylife, Imelda replied, “Plenty of work, wholesomefood and music.”

By Eva Watson

North Fingal Rural TransportInitiative (Nifti) launched it’s newBeaumont Hospital bus serviceat Skerries Community Centre onFriday, 12th July last.The official launch wasperformed by Minister for Health,Dr James Reilly and was attendedby many people from the localcommunity. Last year, Niftiapplied to the Department ofHealth Lottery Fund for a new

fully accessible bus to replenishtheir fleet. They were successfulin obtaining funds for a new bus,specifically linked to theBeaumont Hospital service. Thenew service, which has beenoperational for the past whilehas been a resounding success.It provides Drogheda, Balbrigganand Swords with a bus connec-tion to Beaumont Hospital. EricBentley, Nifti General Managertold the County Leader, “We arevery grateful to Minister forHealth, Dr James Reilly for theaward from the 2012 Departmentof Health Lottery fund. Withcontinuous funding cuts andincreasing demand for our

services, this new bus directlyallows us to continue to delivervital services in the greater NorthCounty area. It is our intention tomaximise the use of the bus inthe rural area and thereforemaximise the return on publicfunds,” he said. Minister Reillywas full of praise for the role thatNifti plays in the rural NorthCounty area. He said, “I’mdelighted to support this initia-tive. We cannot work in isolationand I want to commend thefantastic community spirit thatunderpins this initiative. I willcertainly support any fundingrequests that may arise in thefuture,” he said.

Pictured at the official launch of the Nifti bus service to Beaumont Hospital, which tookplace at Skerries Community Centre on Friday, 12th July last are, Eric Bentley (GeneralManager, Nifti), Brendan Ryan TD, Cllr Tom O'Leary, Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly,County Mayor Kieran Dennison and Senator Darragh O'Brien.

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Local PupilsContinue ToProtestLibrary Cuts

Following the recentannouncement by theCounty Council that theywould be slashing theopening hours of Rushand Balbriggan library,local schoolchildren andresidents are keepingthe pressure on theCouncil, determined tosee that hours don’t getcut. Protesters arebecoming a permanentfixture outside theCouncil offices, thisbeing the third protestover the last number ofweeks. A number of

school children in Rushand Balbriggan sentletters and e-mails totheir local Councillorsexplaining how andwhen they use thelibrary service and whatit means to them, in aneffort to request thereversal of these cuts to

library hours. Thoughthe majority ofCouncillors votedagainst the cuts, and theCouncil said they were“encouraged” that somereduced hours could berestored in the schoolterm, locals still fear thatthe cuts (which will

remain in place over thesummer months) willcontinue indefinitely. Agroup of children andparents met on Monday,8th July (the date of thefinal County meetingbefore the summerbreak up), and handedin their personal lettersto the County Manager.

By Jennifer McShane

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Eavan Kelly and her children, Brianna, Carla and Avril arepictured on their way to Skerries beach to soak up the sun.

Pictured enjoying the fabulous weather at Skerries beach last week are, JackDoran, Jessica Wilson, Bernie McDonnell, Jamie Murray, Ryan Griffiths, AoifeGriffiths, James McDonnell and Zack McAuley.

Adam Heron, Caroline Kehoe, Rebecca Heron, Padraic Kehoe, Jane Kehoe andDaragh Kehoe are pictured at Balbriggan beach.

Brian Cabraley, Daniel Kershaw and Jordan McEvoy arepictured enjoying themselves on Balbriggan beach last week.

Marie McTernan and her grandchildren,Lucy and Calun White are pictured onSouth Strand, Rush.

Ann Sweetman and her niece, Emily Delaney enjoy the sunat Rush South Strand.

Erica Byrne and Stephen Munson are pictured atBalbriggan beach last week.

Pictured atS k e r r i e sbeach areJohn andEileen Brady,with theirc h i l d r e nMaria, Seanand Caoimhe.

Shay O'Neill takes a dip at Rush South Strand, with his grandchildren, Hollie, Alex,Amber, Ellie and Calum O'Neill.

Pictured are Callum Corbally, Erin Corbally, Caoimhe Cullen and Ellie Webster, all fromBalrothery, as they soak up the sun on Skerries beach last week.

Pictured soaking up the sun at Balbriggan beach last week are locals, AnnaLewandowska, Anthony Guildea-Newman, Rob Thunder, Pawel Porzega, PiotrekLewandowski and Patryk Potzega.

Andy Egan chills out on Skerries beach last week, with his children Sophie, Cian and Robyn.Pictured enjoying the sunshine at Rush South Strand areJohn and Eileen Haines.

Pictured enjoying themselves at Balbriggan beach are, Aaron Slye, JamesRichardson, Clodagh Lynham, Faye Russell-Hughes, Lauren McGuinness, OrlaithGriffin, Nathan Kelly and Lauren McGinley.

Nicolae and Maria Petrut enjoy the sun at Rush South Strand,with their son Andrei.

Sinead Murray, Julie Ormsby and Saoirse Fitzpatrick enjoy the wonderful weather atSkerries beach last week.


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Kinsealy School Raises VitalFunds For Temple Street

Children and parents from Scoil an Duinnínighin Kinsealy recently raised an amazing €3,000for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Theschool was hard at work, fundraisingthroughout the year to raise as much funds aspossible for the children’s hospital, which theynominated as the recipient beforehand.The €3,000 was raised for the hospital fromvarious events throughout the school year, suchas their Christmas Carol Service, ‘readathon’and a generous donation from the Board of

Management. The children in Rang 2 also organ-ised a ‘skipathon’ as part of the preparation fortheir First Holy Communion and asked parentsand friends to sponsor them.A representative from The Children’s Hospital,Yvonne O’Reilly (whose son, Caoimhín is in Rang4), came to Scoil an Duinnínigh to receive thecheque. The money raised will be used to print aparents’ information booklet for the IntensiveCare Unit. The clinical nurse manager, EmerAldridge emphasised how important it is toparents of critically ill children to have a bookletoffering them information and advice, so theyare fully informed about their child’s illness. Theinformation booklet will include a thank you tothe children and parents of Scoil an Duinnínighon the inside cover.

By Jennifer McShane

Pictured here are Bríd Mhic Gearailt (An Príomh Oide) and the children from Scoil an Duinnínigh: Darragh Ó Cuirtín,Laoise Ní Ghéaráin, Aoibheann Ní Bhrádaigh and Alex an tSneachta. presenting the cheque to Yvonne O’Reilly fromTemple Street Children's Hospitial.

Loughshinny PollutionBeing InvestigatedThe County Council areworking to discover thesource of a pollutionincident at twoLoughshinny streamsrecently, but haveassured locals thatLoughshinny Beach hasnot been affected. Local

councillor DarraghButler (FF), also got intouch with the CountyLeader to confirm thatthe popular beach wasnot affected. “I havebeen assured by theCounty Council that thecauses of the pollution

are being seriouslylooked into, and thatLoughshinny beach hasnot been affected,” hesaid. This will come as awelcome relief to localresidents and visitors,who will have flocked tothe beach with therecent spell of beautifulweather we’ve hadthroughout the NorthCounty over the past

week. The CountyCouncil OperationsDepartment andPrincipal EnvironmentalHealth Officer confirmedthe pollution incident attwo streams inLoughshinny, whichenter the sea atLoughshinny beach. Atthis stage, the source of the pollution isnot known. Water

quality samples takenconfirmed the poorquality of water in thestreams, and all effortsare currently beingmade to locate thesource and restore thewater quality to theproper standard asquickly as possible. The

Council have put upsigns in the areawarning people not toenter the streams. Astatement released fromthe Council on the issue

confirmed that thebathing water quality onLoughshinny beach wasnot affected, thanks tothe appropriate teststaken. “Council staff will

be continuing theirinvestigations, and willadvise members of the public of anychange,” a Councilspokesperson said.

Green Party representative for theBalbriggan Ward, Joe O’Brien, recentlydelivered a bag of refuse to the office ofNAMA. He collected the refuse at a play-ground in the Moylaragh estate inBalbriggan, after the County Council origi-nally had claimed to have cleaned up thelitter. The estate is in the control of NAMA,so the Council then claimed that they werenot responsible for the maintenance of the

estate until they could take it in charge. “Itis simply not acceptable that any play-ground in any part of the North County isknowingly left in such a state by theCouncil,” he told the County Leader angrily.“Regardless of the legal wrangling of whoexactly has legal responsibility to clean upthe playground, I believe the Council has amoral responsibility to clean it up, there arecertainly not going to be any legal objec-tions to that.” “Rather than wait for the powers that be tosort out the legalities, I felt it was importantto take away the most hazardous rubbish

which is likely to attract vermin to the play-ground,” he continued. “So I gatheredsome of the rubbish myself. I delivered therubbish to the CEO of Nama, BrendanMcDonagh at their offices with a demand torelease funds for the maintenance of theplayground.” “The welfare of children is notbeing considered, and this action is areminder of their moral duty to look afterthose who use the facilities in the proper-ties in their charge. This is not a legal issue,it is a human issue and a health issue, andit’s our young citizens who are being put atrisk,” O’Brien concluded.

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Calling All CurvyFashionistasSimply Be.ie Ireland’s online fashionhouse for curvy ladies, is starting itsnationwide search to find the new covergirl for the Simply Be Spring/ Summer2014 catalogue. The competition, in itsseventh year is looking for curvy ladiesfrom around the North County, who aresize 14 plus and proud of their curves toenter into the competition. This yearSimply Be will team up with TV3’s Xposeto produce a two day boot camp, with ahost of experts from the Irish fashionindustry to identify the company’s 2014cover girl.This year twenty curvy ladies will beselected from the regional heats to attenda two day boot camp in Dublin in Autumnwhere they will be put through theirpaces by a panel of fashion experts. Toenter the competition simply log ontowww.simplybe.ie and follow the instruc-tions. The deadline for entries is Friday,16th August with regional heats plannedfor early September.

Busy TimesAhead ForSwords GroupThe hard working Swords NeedsPlaygrounds group, are as busy asever, continuing to fundraise in thecoming weeks in order to get thefunds for two much needed play-grounds in the area. On Sunday, July21st at 8pm in St Colmcille’s GAAHall, the group are hosting a Bingonight with some fantastic prizes, alldonated by the local businesses. Thecost per person is €10, and bar andrefreshments available on the night.To date they have raised €10,000which is fantastic. Group member

Marica Killi told the County Leader:“The amazing amount we’ve raisedreally shows what a community cando when they put their mind to it fora great project. We have also put inour application to Leader for themain part of the funding and hope tohear about this in the coming weeks.In the meantime, we have a fewmore fundraisers in the pipelineincluding: a night out with bandsand a BBQ on August 24th with araffle, and also hoping to hold a funAqua swim for families on anotherdate.”“If any local business can help mymaking a donation or offering spotprizes we would love to hear fromthem, so please contact 087 6892902,” she concluded.

Community Festival In MalahideThe Malahide Chamber of Commerce and other local groups have beenhard at work preparing for the 2013 Malahide Community Festival, whichwill take place from the 26th to the 28th July.The festival will feature family oriented activities on The Green and variousentertainment on New Street, and throughout the Village. Malahide hashad a string of successful summer festivals over the years, and this one issure to be no different with a host of exciting, fun-filled activities onthroughout the two days. There will also be many other activities running with the festival, and a fullprogramme of events will be announced in the coming weeks.

Strictly ExperienceComes To DonabateThe “Strictly Come DancingExperience” is on its way to thecommunity of Donabate, whereDonabate/Portrane CommunityCentre have teamed up withPortrane Hockey Club in whatpromises to be a night toremember.Fifteen couples are currentlyundergoing an intensive six weekstraining programme and their styleof dance was announced at thelaunch night in Keeling’s Pub in

Donabate recently. This event,which has been enjoyed by manypeople throughout the NorthCounty in recent times, is regardedas an excellent fundraiser, whichcaptivated the local community. It is hoped that it will generatemuch needed funds for both theCommunity Centre and the Hockeyclub. The main event will takeplace on 26th July at the CrownePlaza Hotel, Santry and a largecrowd from Donabate andPortrane are expected to attend.Tickets are priced at €20 and canbe bought at the communitycentre.

Pictured at the Strictly Come Dancing launch at Keeling'spub in Donabate are, Ellen Fitzpatrick, Pascal Hency,Sandra Mattews, Sean Greensit and Leanne Downey.

FundraisingDay In SwordsThe Alan Leetch Memorial Fundcommittee are holding afundraising day on the 14th ofSeptember in a id of suic ideawareness and prevention inIreland. The event will take placeat Fingallians GAA grounds inLawless park in Swords. Theinaugural event last year was amassive success raising €40,000that was donated direct ly tosupport four local and nationalcharities; Pieta House, Console,

Irish Men’s Group and the FingalSuicide Bereavement SupportService. The Alan LeetchMemorial Fund was formed by agroup of Alan’s close friends andfamily in the wake of his death in2012, with the aim of raisingmuch needed funds for local andnational charities which work toprevent suic ide and createawareness of this growingproblem in Ireland. Coincidingwith National Suicide Awarenessweek, the committee will host acommunity family fun dayfol lowed by a fundrais ingevening consisting of a raffle,auction and race night.

Local Children Aid MalahidePublic Realm InitiativeHundreds of schoolchildren have taken part in uniqueconsultation process which allowed them the chanceto create and shape their town. As part of theMalahide Public Realm initiative, which will provide anoverall vision for the future development of the town,pupils from local schools were given the chance to getinvolved in the consultation process.Some 600 children aged between eight and 15 yearsof age took part, giving all children, irrespective of ageor academic ability an equal voice, and is a multi-disci-plinary and fully participatory public consultationprocess allowing the students to shape their town.As part of the celebrations, over 40 primary school-children from Malahide National Schools werepresented with certificates recently at the County Hallin Swords as a recognition of the extraordinary worksubmitted as part of this consultation and civic partici-pation process.Six projects were presented directly by the children,highlighting some of the most well thought-out andcreative ideas and representative of the ideas of thebroader student population.Project architect Celine O’Rourke told the CountyLeader: “This is the first time that children have beengiven a real voice and input into the planning anddevelopment of their area – as we ensured that wegave them the skills, time, forum and format to input.”“For the kids this is the first time that they feel thatthey have been really listened to by adults (other thanparents and teachers) and we have awoken thedesigner, innovator, engineer, planner and architect inour kids, and the process has also allowed us to seechildren’s contributions in a positive and beneficiallight,” she concluded.

‘Tell A Tale’ Day In SwordsSwords Historical Society will be holding a ‘Tell A Tale’ day at the end ofAugust in association with Heritage Week. If anyone has a tale to tellabout Swords in the bygone days, this is the ideal chance for you to spillthose secrets! So if you have any stories, big or small to tell and anyphotos you would like to donate, Swords Historical Society would love tohear from you. All stories will be published by the Historical Society in theupcoming edition of the Swords Voices series.


North County Livingby Jennifer McShane

All About The Kids

Trina Gilchriest is chairperson of the North DublinChernobyl Children International group and hasbeen working with the group for for the past fouryears. In this time, she says her work with thegroup has become an intricate part of her life thatshe would find very hard to give up. Trina satdown with the County Leader to talk about herinvolvement with the group, a little about herself,and why she loves being a part of community life. “I just got involved like anyone else would really,”she said. “I had always been very much aware ofChernobyl and how they were still feeling theeffects of the radiation today, and wanted to domy bit to help, so I got involved, and I’m still herefour years later. Seeing the difference that all theefforts make is really life changing. It had aprofound affect on me once I was involved thevery first year, and I just wanted to keep makingthat little bit of difference to the children’s lives. ”North Dublin Chernobyl Children International arean outreach group, associated with Adi Roche’sChernobyl Children, and it was set up in 2009 as arest and recuperation group for children affectedby the Chernobyl Disaster, which took place onthe 26th April 1986. “The very first rest and recu-peration group was set up in 1991 and our NorthDublin group first came over in 2009, so childrencome from the three majorareas affected by the disaster:Belarus, Russia and NorthernUkraine to stay with host fami-lies from all around the NorthCounty for a month in eitherJuly or August every year,”Trina explains. “We also try and get a few chil-dren over at Christmas time aswell. So my role in the groupmeans that, as well as hostingchildren each year, I also workwith the other members andlocal community to fundraise toget as much funds together aspossible for when the childrenarrive over. All the funds go on taking the kids outon day trips, ensuring they get lots of fresh fruitand food and so on, getting them some clothesand taking them to the doctors for check ups andall that, so we start fundraising right at the startof the year up to the very end to try and get every-thing organised.”Trina, who lives in Oldtown, says that none of thiswould be possible without all the incrediblesupport that the group receives from all thecommunities around the North County. “Everyonehas given us so much amazing support that it’soverwhelming. Irish people have the biggesthearts in the world, there’s no doubt about it.Every year, despite the hard times people havegone through, they have just been indescribablygenerous, it’s difficult to explain how thankful weare.” The first group of 16 children for this year, arrivedvery recently and are currently staying with theirlocal host families and enjoying plenty of fun and

games, fresh air and beautiful weather. “Webrought 16 children over just a couple of weeksago and they’re having the time of their lives sofar,” Trina says, smiling. “Once you see the chil-dren’s faces light up, it makes everything worth it.They get such joy out of the simplest things, andwe do feel thrilled to be involved in that. It’s alsoamazing to watch their health improve over thecourse of the four weeks. They might be quitepale and so on when they arrive, but after amonth in the fresh air and taking in fruit, waterand healthy food, the difference is incredible andwe’ve been told that there is a 30 to 50 per centreduction in their radiation levels after their timehere. It’s fantastic to see what can be achieved bya team effort, because that’s what it is. So muchis down to the host families and all the time, careand love they give the children, integrating theminto their family and making them feel so comfort-able.” Trina says that her work and involvement with thegroup has become a part of her life that she justcouldn’t imagine being without it. “The childrenthat come to me every year are a part of the familynow (and their host families here are like secondhomes to them), and after bringing so much totheir lives (and they to ours), I just couldn’t

imagine walking away,” shecontinued. She says going overto the children’s orphanage inBelarus in particular, really gaveher a first hand insight into thedifference that the entire localcommunity makes to the chil-dren so affected by the radiationlevels. “A group of us go overevery year with Adi to make surethe children are getting as muchcare as they possibly can, andthat really does put things intoperspective for all of us. Itmakes it all the more movingwhen the children arrive and areso happy in their surroundings.

It’s truly wonderful to be a part of.” She encour-ages anyone who would like to contribute to thecause to get in touch. “No matter what you wantto contribute, big or small, we’re always sograteful for the support.” In the little spare timeshe has, Trina enjoys the simple things in life, andspending time with her family, who she says havebeen a wonderful support to her. “I enjoy thingslike spending time with friends and family, andsocialising and things like that, but most of thetime, I’m happy to be involved with Chernobyl, Ijust love working with everyone and bringingsome joy to the children. My family and friendshave been amazing as well, and without them andthe support and generosity of the communitiesaround the North County, none of this would bepossible, so I just want to say a massive thankyou to them,” she concluded. If you want to getinvolved with the North Dublin Chernobyl ChildrenInternational group, you can contact Trina on0879969864.

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Balbriggan EyesoreMust Be MaintainedThe failure to main-tain the steep grassbank between therailway line and thebeach in Balbriggan,has come in for sharpcriticism at a recentmonthly town councilmeeting.Local councillors hitout at the CountyCouncil for lack ofregular cutting on thebank, stating that itwas no longer accept-able that such anattraction wasbecoming blightedwith rodents. Theywere informed that,

although the land isowned by IarnródEireann, the localauthority recently cutpart of thearea in ques-tion, and thatthe HSE isr e s p o n s i b l efor rodentprevention.Speaking atthe monthlym e e t i n g ,Council lor GráinneMaguire (NP), saidthat she received anemail from councilofficials on the issue.She was told that the

area was inac-cessible formachines andthat it hadtaken four mena full day toachieve a basiclevel of t idi-ness. This she

said, was justnot acceptable.She told theCounty Leader:“While I appre-ciate the workthat has beendone, it is notacceptable thatthe area

should be left untidyand unfinished. Iknow it’s a difficultarea to cut, but i fthey’ve done a littlebit, why can the work

not befinished? Thearea shouldnot be leftunfinished.” C o u n c i l l o rM o n i c aHarford (Lab),also said she

was not wil l ing toaccept that it was adifficult area to main-tain in this day andage. “We’ve opened atourist office and hereis a tourist attractionand we are told itcan’t be maintained. Ifi t can’t be main-tained, i t is not anattraction, i t ’s aneyesore. A way has tobe found to maintainit without excuses,”she concluded.

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Greater DublinDrainage Open EveningThe Greater Dublin Drainage Project will holdan open evening on Tuesday, 16th July 2013from 3pm to 8pm in the Hilton Dublin AirportHotel, where locals from around the NorthCounty and beyond, can come along to meetthe project team and have their queriesanswered. They can also provide feedback onissues to be considered in the EnvironmentalImpact Statement (EIS) that will be preparedfor the project relating to potential effects onthe environment that may occur as a result ofthe project. Human beings, landscape, visual impact,traffic management and access, effects on airand water quality are examples of relevanttopics that people may have specific informa-tion or views on that should be considered. It

is intended to submit the application for plan-ning approval for the project to An BordPleanála in early 2014.“We have held three successful open days inCounty Hall in Swords in recent weeks and inresponse to local people’s requests we areholding another event, to meet more people,outline the facts of the project and reassurethem about what is being proposed becausethere is a lot of misinformation out there thatwe need to clarify,” Peter O’Reilly, ProjectEngineer, told the County Leader. “The Greater Dublin Drainage Project isneeded to faci l i tate employment, socialprogress and economic growth for the NorthCounty and all of Dublin, while improving andprotecting the environment for all. It is at theearly planning stages and we hope to make anapplication for planning approval to An BordPleanála in early 2014 for their consideration,”he continued.All are welcome to attend the meeting.

Summer Badminton Club In SkerriesThe Skerries Badminton Summer Club starts onWednesday 17th July, in Skerries CommunityCentre. Newcomers are welcome, also beginnersor advanced. Participants can “Pay as you go” for€5 per night or pay €25 up front on 17th July to getall seven Wednesday night sessions for the price offive lessons. If you’re interested or want furtherinformation, contact 0868569485.

The Meals on Wheels group in Portmarnock arelooking for volunteers. Any time you have tospare would be greatly appreciated and a hugehelp to the group, who provide an invaluableservice to the community. For more informationplease contact: 0868578207.

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Clubbers paid a very welcome visit to one of our favourite night spots,Rouge in Swords last week. The sweltering hot conditions brought thecrowds out in force and everybody wasin holiday mode. The atmosphere wasterrific and the DJ played all the righttunes and had everyone up on the floor.It was a super night. Can’t wait to returnto this great venue.

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The Heart Of Shopping In BalbrigganMillfield Shopping Centre in Balbriggan,which opened in April 2011 has had adramatic effect on retail shopping, notonly in Balbriggan, but in the widerNorth County area and beyond. Thisimpressive new 80,000 sq. metres shop-ping centre is ideally situated on theNaul Road, close to junction 6 on the M1Motorway, and with it’s ease of access,it is perfectly placed to attract shop-pers using the motorway in both direc-tions.Millfield was described by Centre ManagerPeter Carey, as a ‘Retail Destination.’ Itemployed 350 people in it’s constructionphase and currently employs a total of 450

workers. It consists of 27 tenants in veryattractive retail units, with a 24 hour drivethrough McDonald’s restaurant. The fact thatthere are 952 free customer car parkingspaces is very appealing and is certain tohave been a factor in the success of the shop-ping centre. Parking here is a pleasure.Imagine not having to run out to feed aparking machine in the middle of shopping.

This has been a great success in attractingshoppers here. Millfield now boasts one ofthe best retail choice venues anywhere in theNorth County including the largest Tesco inDublin.Anybody who has been to Millfield ShoppingCentre for the first time, will be impressed bythe spaciousness and natural light that poursinto the centre, which is located on twodifferent floors. One gets the immediate

feeling of being able to shop in comfort,whilst having some of the finest shops,selling a diversity of products at your finger-tips. The smell of baking and freshly brewedcoffee just adds to the atmosphere of theplace.Balbriggan is the fastest growing town in the

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macy, opticians, discount stores, food court and much more isexceptional.Millfield Shopping Centre has been responsible for providingmuch needed employment locally. It has quickly become a focalpoint for local residents, where they can meet and can enjoy acup of coffee. The management of the centre have placed thelocal community at the forefront of activities there. Sinceopening just over two years ago, Millfield Shopping Centre hasbeen at the heart of innovation and has managed to fuse thecommunity and retailers into a cohesive unit. Now there areregular family days for all to enjoy, with fun filled activities, co-ordinated by imaginative Centre Manager, Peter Carey. They havealso proven themselves to be very generous in their support forlocally based clubs and charities. Another community focused initiative by the management of

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Future OfDonabateHockey FacilityStill In DoubtThe future of the state-of-the-arthockey facility in Donabate is stillin doubt after countless months ofdebate on the issue.There seems no imme-diate end in sight for thisdebacle, that has seenthis wonderful facilityclosed down for the last20 months while theVEC, County Council andinsurers argue over whois responsible for rein-stating the pitch.Before a game wasplayed at the facility, afreak weather event flooded it,causing huge damage, and sincethen, the various parties involvedhave been in constant discussionover whose responsibility it is to

put it right, with nothing beingdone to solve the issue.The ball is currently in the court ofthe VEC and that organisation iscurrently commissioning twodetailed reports into the damagedone to the playing field and howto put it right.Local councillor, Darragh Butler(FF), recently asked for a progressreport on the issue, but there waslittle comfort for those waiting to

use the facility in thereply given by the localauthority, who said thatvarious meetings had taken place and now reports were being inthe process of beingdrawn up. This positive news wastempered however, whenthe Council told Butlerthat the issue was“extremely complex and

would be costly, for anyone, toresolve. There is no obvious easy orquick resolution to this.”A further report will be broughtforward as soon as possible.

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The 2nd annual Lusk Road Race took place on Sunday, 7th July in scorching sunshine.The runners were hot and the atmosphere electric. Over a fast course, competitorscommented they liked the course and enjoyed the race. However, Hazel Mealy, GabiHayes and Maria Jenkinson, pictured, had other ideas on such a hot day and decided totake it easy in the 4km walk.

Balbriggan AuthorFeatured On TVFollowing on from our recent story that localman, Kevin Curran from Balbriggan has justlaunched his first novel ‘‘Beatsploitation,’ theCounty Leader has learned that Kevin’s bookhas now been selected as the TV3 ‘Ireland AM’/ Bord Gais Energy Book Club book of themonth for July. This means they will review/discuss and interview the author about thebook on their Tuesday slot on TV3’s ‘IrelandAM’ for the entire month. ‘Beatsploitation’ is abitingly relevant and provocative examinationof suburban Dublin life, exposing themes suchas state-sanctioned racism, economic failureand skewered education systems. Kevin grew up in Balbriggan and currently livesin Skerries with his wife and son. He has aMasters Degree in Anglo-Irish Literature fromUniversity College Dublin. ‘Beatsploitation’ ishis first novel and it was selected as one of the20 winners of the Irish Writers’ Centre NovelFair competition. It was inspired by Kevin’s owninvolvement as a teacher in the fight against thedeportation of one of his students, BolaAdeniran, who was originally from Nigeria. Bolahad been living in Balbriggan for six years withhis family, and was regarded as a star student.Bola was due to sit his Leaving Certificate justbefore his family were refused asylum. Hisfather was immediately deported while the restof the family went on the run.

Pictured here are the class of 2013 graduating at Skerries Educate Together National School on 25th June last.

O’Leary WelcomesEnhanced SafetySchemeLocal Councillor, TomO’Leary (FG)welcomed the recentannouncement of anew enhanced SafetyEquipment Grant AidScheme, which wil lupgrade safety equip-ment in the NorthCounty’s f ishingfleets, and cut downon tragic accidents atsea. He said that he particularlywelcomes the grantsfor safety equipment,locator beacons andHi Tech radio and autopilot alars.Skerries based coun-cillor O’Leary, said thescheme would be of

great benefit toSkerries in particular.He told the CountyLeader: “In Skerrieswe have had ourshare of tragedieswith a long l ist ofpersons lost at sea.This will be markedofficially in Septemberthis year, when theReinstatement of theTotem Pole ‘Sea Pole’at Red Island, and willcommemorate manySkerries people lostat sea.”As reported in lastweek’s edition of theCounty Leader, over200 names wil l belisted on plaques

when this lookoutpole is restored atRed Island. “The Skerries commu-nity have come out intheir thousands tosupport the local lostat sea project andCouncil officials willcome on aboard nowto supply the balanceof funding tocomplete the projectand complete theengineering works atRed Island to erectthe sea pole,” hecontinued.“We have had toomany fr iends inSkerries lost at sea(and indeed aroundIreland), and I hopethat this Governmentplan will dramaticallyreduce the r isk ofsuch terribletragedies happeningin the future.”

Singers Wanted ForPortmarnock ChoirHave you ever wanted to join the choir? Well now youcan! The Portmarnock Singers Mixed Choir meets in StAnne’s Parish Centre on Monday evenings from 7.50pmto 8.50pm, and they are looking for new members. Whynot come and join in? Singing in a choir offers theopportunity to make new friends and you will get thechance to enjoy annual social trips too. All are welcome.

CouncillorWants Free WiFiIn MalahideFree public WiFi, even on arestricted basis, should be madeavailable in Malahide to assisttourists and visitors to the town,according to a local councillor.Anthony Lavin (FG), said he wouldbe in favour of allowing touristswho arrive at the railway station,being able to access WiFi. He toldthe County Leader: “We are tryingto get tourists in to the town, sothe introduction of free publicWiFi, even If there has to berestrictions on it, would be verybeneficial to the thriving area.”

A Council official responded toLavin’s question at a recent areacommittee meeting, and said thatthe local authority had to take intoaccount the number of local busi-nesses that provide WiFi servicesto their customers already, butsaid that they would consider alloptions so that they might moveforward with the motion. The local authority referred to anew initiative in Dublin city whereWiFi had been provided, with thepublic restricted to getting half amegabyte free, and said that theywould be “examining the best wayto move forward.”Lavin welcomed the fact that theCouncil were considering it andwould enquire about an update inthe coming weeks.

Balbriggan Meals OnWheels Fun DayBalbriggan Meals On Wheels are holding a FamilyFun Day and Sale of Work, in order to raise vitalfunds for this crucial community service. It willtake place on Saturday, 27th July at the Order ofMalta Hall in Balbriggan from 2.00pm to 6.00pm.There will be free admission, hot food andrefreshments available, and raffle tickets will be€2. All are welcome and your support for thisvery worthy cause is most appreciated.


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DAA is delighted to join DeltaAirlines in celebrating 25 years offlying between Dublin and theUnited States.Congratulating Delta on 25 years ofservice, Dublin Airport Authority’sDirector of Strategy, VincentHarrison told the County Leader:“Delta has been a much valuedand successful partner for DublinAirport throughout a quarter of acentury of doing business at theairport.”Delta’s maiden flight to Dublin inJune 1988 was via Shannon fromAtlanta’s Hartsfield-JacksonInternational Airport and was oper-ated by a Lockheed L-1011-500wide body aircraft. The serviceinitially started as five timesweekly with a 12.05pm departurefrom Dublin, and a journey time of10 hours. Today, Delta’s dailyDublin-Atlanta route is non-stopand serviced by an Airbus A330-200 with a journey time of 8h29mins.

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Balbriggan Senior Citizens Balbriggan Senior Citizens group weekly bingo sessions take placeon Tuesdays in the Senior Citizens Hall at 8.30pm. You do not have tobe a senior citizen to attend the bingo. The group also invite all seniorcitizens over the age of 60 to call into the Senior Citizens Hall anyweekday morning from 10am-12pm to enjoy the activities takingplace at the centre.

Skerries RegattaSkerries Rowing Club is holding its firstannual home regatta on Sunday, July21st from 12 noon to 5pm at SkerriesHarbour. It promises to be a fantasticday, and all are welcome to drop by andsupport this event.

Swords Youths Take PartIn Activity CampA group of teenagers from the Swords Youth Servicetook part in an outdoor activities camp in Wexfordrecently. The annual event was hosted by the SAFEproject in Rosslare, and twelve Garda Youth DiversionProjects were selected to attend.Members from the J.E.T.S project (Justice EducationTraining Swords) were selected to travel to the sunnysouth east, where physical activity and lots of fun wereon the menu. After getting stuck into outdoor adventuresports, beach races and sea swims, the groups relaxedeach evening with a barbecue by a bonfire and on thefinal night they were treated to a spectacular firework

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Swords girl, Sinead Finnegan from Fingallians, who is a regular on the Dublin Ladiesfootball team, recently teamed up with former Dublin football legend Barney Rock, asAmbassadors for Irish patient-led charity, Fighting Blindness. Sinead and Barney arepictured at Croke Park to launch the charity’s full programme of activity as one of the fiveselected official GAA charities for 2013.

Local SchoolsRecycleThousands OfBatteriesThe EuropeanRecycling Programme(ERP) ‘Go Recycle andWin’ primary schoolbattery recyclingcampaign hascollected the equiva-lent of 176,000 AAbatteries overall. Thecampaign aims toeducate andencourage young recy-clers to get into thehabit of collectingused batteries andbringing them intoschool for recycling. The top two schools inthe North County areSwords EducateTogether NationalSchool and OldtownNational School, eachcollecting the highestnumber of batteriesper student. Thewinning schools won aSony digital reader.Speaking about thesuccess of thecampaign MartinTobin, CEO, ERP, said,“The campaign, now inits third year, hasachieved huge supportfrom all the schoolsinvolved and has gonea long way towardseducating a youngeraudience on the impor-tance of recycling usedbatteries. One of thekey objectives of ERPis to drive awarenessand promote positivebehavioural changeand this campaign hasshown students thatbatteries can be recy-cled and theirresources put to betteruse.”

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integrating all real-time arrival informa-tion services for BusEireann, Dublin Bus,Irish Rail, DART andLuas in one place,will add a new dimen-sion to gett ing thelatest information onState bus and rai lservices. Transportusers now have al lthe real time travelinformation availablein Ireland literally atthe touch of a button.The Real Time IrelandApp allows people toset alerts to informthem when their busis 10, 20 or 30

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Balbriggan retail business, Notionzbased in Millfield Shopping Centrewas selected to take part in anecommerce initiative, whicheducates retail business owners onhow to set up and manage theirown online shops. Notionz wasamong 20 other retailers chosenfrom over 150 applicants country-wide to participate in theprogramme. The five weekprogramme was a government/ EUbacked initiative run and partici-pants were fully trained in website

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Bethany Support GroupIn Swords Swords Bethany Bereavement Support Group isa voluntary services for the bereaved people ofthe North County.The support group meets on the second and lastMonday of every month in the Parish Office at42 North Street from 8.30 pm to 9.30pm.Anyone suffering the pain of loss throughbereavement is most welcome to attend thesemeetings. Group discussion or support on aone-to one basis is available. This is a free andconfidential service. Home visits can bearranged in certain circumstances.The group is affiliated to the national network ofBethany Bereavement Support Groups. Theirmembers are trained to listen and help peopleto understand and come to terms with theirloss. For more information about Bethanybranches nationwide, google BethanyBereavement Support.

Swords Historical Society CompetitionsEntries are now beingtake for the short storyand poetry competi-tions run in associationwith Swords HeritageWeek. Entrants areasked to submit about1500 words on fact,fantasy, fiction orhistory. There are cash

prizes to be won andvaluable trophies to beawarded. Entriesannounced duringHeritage Week (firstweek in September).Entries close August10th 2013. For an entryform and further details,phone 8400080.

Construction JobsCreated At AirsideRyanair has announced it had appointed John PaulConstruction as its chosen contractors to fit out itsnew Dublin office building in Airside Business Parkin Swords. The 100,000 sq ft building will house allof it’s Irish operations, including its commercial,customer service, finance, IT, legal and marketingdepartments. Works on the building commenced inlate June, sustaining 140 construction and engi-neering jobs during the envisaged 20-week fit-out.and Ryanair remains on course to move all of its Irishoffice operations and approximately 400 staff fromits current offices at Dublin Airport to Airside beforethe end of the year. The company will continue tomaintain some facilities at Dublin Airport for itspilots and cabin crew.

Swords Historical SocietyCompetitionsEntries are now being take for the short story and poetrycompetitions run in association with Swords HeritageWeek. Entrants are asked to submit about 1500 wordson fact, fantasy, fiction or history. There are cash prizesto be won and valuable trophies to be awarded. Entriesannounced during Heritage Week (first week inSeptember). Entries close August 10th 2013. For anentry form and further details, phone 8400080


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Care Needed InDirect SunshineWith the brilliant summer weather here and, hopefullyto stay for a while, there are a number of precautionsthat need to be taken in relation to the burning sun.Temperatures have been in the high 20s for the pasttwo weeks, which can lead to sunburn and sunstroke.Dr Bernadette Carr, Medical Director, Vhi Healthcaretold the County Leader, “We are calling on everyone to

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Pictured here is Captain Ted Corcoran with this yearswinner of the Captain’s Prize in Forrest Little Golf Club,Michael Timmons. Interestingly, this is the fifth time amember of the Timmons family has won a Captains Prize:in 2002 and 2003 Michael’s wife, Adrienne Timmonswon the Lady Captain’s Prize, and in 2010 & 2012, theirson, Andrew won the Captain’s Prize.

Local TD Brendan Ryan (Lab),recently raised a Dáil debate onbehalf of the women excludedfrom the Lourdes HospitalRedress Scheme, based on agegrounds. He told the CountyLeader:“Both myself, and my colleagues

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Recent published deathsfrom the North County

BOYLAN , Brendan Vincent (3 Quay Street,Skerries, Co. Dublin) – July 7, 2013, (peacefully),at St. Vincent’s Private Hospital; sadly missed byhis family, Harry, Ronnie, Mary, Jimmy, Anne andhis many nieces, nephews, fr iends andcolleagues. Rest in peace.

DIXON (nee Foy) (Swords and formerly ofMalahide) – July 6, 2013, (peacefully), at homeafter Elaine; deeply regretted by her lovinghusband Stephen, daughter Amy, motherMargaret, father Dermot, sisters Avri l andAmanda, mother-in-law, father-in-law, nephews,and niece, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

LEAHY (Malahide) – July 7, 2013, (peacefully), athome, Joseph ; deeply regretted by his loving wifeMary, daughters Karen and Jill, son Barry, sons-in-law Derek and Joe, daughter-in-law Debbie,grandchildren, relatives and friends. Rest inpeace.

ADAMS, Margaret (nee Nolan) (Dublin, Belfast) –July 4, 2013, (peacefully), beloved wife of the lateDominic, deeply regretted by her loving childrenMairead, Maura, Dominic and Brid, grandchildren,great grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, extended family and friends. Rest in peace.

HICKEY, Joseph (Joe) (Malahide) – July 6, 2013,(suddenly), beloved husband and best friend toVera Hatch, adored father of Wendy, Cindy, Rubyand Jody and cherished grandfather of Conor andAmy; deeply regretted by his loving family, sons-in-law, sisters-in-law, brother-in-law, nephew,niece, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

DEMPSEY (Rush, Co.Dublin and late of Donabate,Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford) – July 4, 2013,(suddenly), Paddy, loving husband of Vera ; sadlymissed by his loving wife, children Michael,Owen, Heidi, Patrick, Mary and Bridget, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, brothers,sisters, extended family and friends. Rest inpeace.

MANNING , Donal Joseph – July 6, 2013, inMelbourne, (late of Skerries, Co. Dublin), deeplyregretted by Noel, Breda, Linda and Edel, his wifeAnnabel, relatives and friends in Ireland andAustralia. Rest in peace.

HOARE, Noeleen (nee Coleman) – July 7, 2013(peacefully) at the Mater Hospital, surrounded byher loving family, Noeleen, wife of the late Ivan,sadly missed by her loving son David, motherTheresa, brothers, Johnny, Eric and Joseph, sisterKathleen, nieces, nephews, relatives and largecircle of friends. Rest in peace.

CAUGHEY (nee Wallis) (Swords and formerly ofholiday square N.C.R) – July 9, 2013, (peacefully)at Beaumount Hospital, Odette ; deeply regrettedby her loving husband Harold, daughter Siobhan,brother George, and all the Caughey family. Restin peace.

TIERNEY (nee O’Dwyer) (Fairhaven, Malahide, Co.Dublin) – July 7, 2013, Maureen (peacefully) atUniversity Hospital Galway; sadly missed by hersister-in-law Mary (Waterford); deeply regrettedby her nieces, nephews, extended family, rela-tives and friends. Rest in peace.

KELLY, Michael J (Seapark, Malahide, Co. Dublinand formerly of An Post) – July 10, 2013, (peace-fully), in the wonderful care of the staff in KilbrewNursing home, Ashbourne. Beloved husband ofthe late Teresa; deeply regretted by his lovingsons Alan and Ronan, daughters Barbara, Lindaand Jacinta, grandchildren Robert, Ian, Aidan,Conor, Ana, Matthew, Jason, Stephen and Patrick,daughter-in-law Carole, sons-in-law Kevin andDanny, and many relatives,friends and neigh-bours. May he rest in peace.

MAGENNIS (nee Caulfield)(Connolly Avenue,Kinsealy, Co. Dublin) Peacefully at The GeneralHospital Mullingar, wife of the late William andmother of the late Paul. Deeply regretted by herloving daughter Janet, brother Paddy, sistersKathleen, Teresa, Ai leen, Clare and Joan.Grandchildren Danika and Alannah, son-in-lawPaul, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, extendedfamily and friends. Rest in peace.

Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked youfor many favours. This time I ask you for a very

special one (mention request). Take it dear Jesusand place it in your broken Heart where your

father sees it and then in his merciful eyes it willbecome your favour and not mine. Amen. Say thisprayer for 3 days, promise publication and favours

will be granted. Never known to fail. Thank you.(LB)

Miracle Prayer

Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the past I haveasked for many favors. This time I ask for a very

special one. (Here mention your request.) Take it,dear Jesus, and place it within your own broken

heart, where your Father sees it. Then, in hismerciful eyes it will become your favor and not

mine. Amen.Say for three days and promise to publish.

(Kit)

Miracle Prayer

Continued from page 1The local authority have playeda leading role in attracting visi-tors to the North County for TheG a t h e r i n g , w h i c h t h e y h a v epromoted since the beginning ofthe year. Surely it is the logicalthing to make sure that theirsafety is a priority, before weinvite them to our area. Manypeople that this journalist spoketo were of the view this as ashocking oversight by the localauthority.Worried residents of the NorthCounty are aghast as to why abusy beach, in the height of theholiday season, does not have alifeguard on duty.

T h e N o r t h C o u n t y i s a l s o a na r e a , w h e r e t r a d i t i o n a l l y ,foreign students come to learnE n g l i s h . I n t i m e s o f g o o dweather, they gather at beachesto have fun and play. They areused to beaches where there areblue flags and lifeguards, whichthey regard as normal practice.How can we put our own peopleand our visitors in such risk,w h i l e m o n e y s e e m s t o g o abegging.O n a h a p p i e r f r o n t , V a l e r i ec o n f i r m e d t h a t D a p h n e i smaking satisfactory progress inhospital, having been in inten-sive care, and it is expected thatshe will make a full recovery.

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Skerries Groups BenefitFrom Generous DonationTwo Skerries groups areto benefit from a newCommunity ProjectSupport Fund, funded byan anonymous bene-factor and administeredby Skerries CommunityAssociation (SCA).Martin Russell, SCAchairperson, announced

that the groups to benefitfrom the fund this yearwould be Circle of Friendsand Skerries ForóigeYouth Club.He told the CountyLeader: “The SCA wasapproached by a philan-thropist who offered to

try to continue tosupport the wonderfulcommunity spirit of ourtown. A request went outfor applications for thisnew Community ProjectSupport Fund, and ulti-mately, it was decided tohave two beneficiaries.”Circle of Friends are alocal support group forchildren who haveAsperger’s Syndromeand/or Dyspraxia andtheir parents. The groupis run by parents withthe support of twoSpecial NeedsAssistants. The moneyfrom the fund will gotowards providing activi-ties and the purchase ofequipment.As Skerries ForóigeYouth Club is a new clubin Skerries, they have avery limited cashflowwith which to get theirstart up materials. Themoney will be used toprovide an active socialspace for the youth ofSkerries. It will be usedto purchase materialsand equipment in orderto run various activitieswithin the club, and toprovide a stimulatingplace for the teenagers.“I am sure I speak for thewhole community ofSkerries when I expressour sincere gratitude tothe anonymous donorwho has contributed sogenerously to makingSkerries an even betterplace to live in,” heconcluded.


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Fingal County CouncilWe, Paul Sweeney & Michaela Blott, intendto apply for permission for developmentwhich consists of the construction of asingle storey extension to the side of theexisting dwelling, the conversion of theexisting attic space to provide non habitableaccommodation and associated site worksat 4 The Mews, Robswall, Malahide, Co.Dublin. The planning application may beinspected, or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of the planning authorityduring its public opening hours, and asubmission or observation in relation to theapplication may be made to the authority inwriting on payment of the prescribed fee(20 Euros) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilWe, ANNRO developments are applying forfull planning permission for 5 no. storey andhalf dwellings complete with individualproprietary waste water treatment systemsand percolation areas. The applicationincludes for a new access road, all associ-ated services and works on and atOberstown, Lusk, County Dublin.A submission or observation in relation tothe application may be made in writing tothe planning authority on a payment of a feeof €20, within 5 weeks, beginning of date ofreceipt by final county council of the appli-cation, and such submissions or observa-tions will be considered by the planningauthority in making a decision on the appli-cation. The planning authority may grantpermission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought by S. Pricefor the construction of a new 3 bedroomstorey and a half house, extended accessroad and all associated site developmentworks on a site on the Channel Road, Rush,Co. Dublin.The planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the Planning Authority during itspublic opening hours. A submission orobservation in relation to the applicationmay be made in writing to the PlanningAuthority on payment of the prescribed feeof €20 within the period of 5 weeks begin-ning on the date of receipt by the authorityof the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is requested for areplacement entrance / vehicular access toexisting dwellinghouse along with associ-ated siteworks which will include re-align-

ment of driveway. at :- Rowanslittle, Lusk,Co. Dublin.. Signed:- Larry Hagan.This planning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy, at theoffices of Fingal County Council, CountyHall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublinbetween the hours of 9.30am – 16.30pmMonday-Friday. A submission or observa-tion in relation to the application may bemade in writing to Fingal County Council onpayment of a fee of €20 within the period offive weeks beginning on the date of receiptof the application by Fingal County Council.

Fingal County CouncilI, Philip Brunkard intend to apply for permis-sion at Hill House, Channel Road, Rush, Co.Dublin. The development will consist /consists of the demolition of the existingdetached garage and the construction of a4-bedroom detached dormer bungalow withoff-street parking to the rear accessed fromthe laneway to the west of the site, pedes-trian access onto Channel Road, new vehic-ular entrance to the existing dwelling ontoChannel Road, new boundary wall to thenorth and west of the site and all ancillarysiteworks. The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the planning authorityduring its public opening hours and asubmission or observation may be made tothe authority in writing on payment of theprescribed fee (20Euros) within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on the date of receiptby the authority of this application.

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