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PAUL HOSFORD

A GArdA investigation is under way after thousands of copies of the Lucan Gazette were removed from stores last week.

The pictures above show Tommy Morris, parliamen-tary assistant to Fine Gael’s derek Keating Td, who was captured on CCTV, taking substantial numbers of Gazettes from different stores during last Thursday and Friday.

The paper’s distribution staff believe that over 3,000 copies were taken across Lucan, including the Village, Ballyowen, Hillcrest, dodsboro and Griffeen Valley.

This week Tom Curran, general secretary of Fine Gael, said: “[The party] condemns in the strongest possible terms the actions of Mr Tommy Morris, who is an employee of derek Keating Td, in removing copies of the Lucan Gazette from retail outlets. His actions have no place in politics. We are deeply disappointed by these events.”

Local residents, advertisers and distributors of the paper are angry at the actions. One reader of the pub-lication said: “I looked for the Lucan Gazette on sev-eral days in Marks and Spencer and I couldn’t find it there. This is censorship and it smacks of underhand-edness.

“They should let people read what they want. If I had advertised this week I would have been incensed.”

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sChools initiative for greater awareness

Collinstown Park Community College students Nickela Murphy, Casey Kelly, Aaron turner and Katie Louise Walsh with teacher Noel Kelly

and Rachel Collier, chief executive, Young Social Innovators

Young filmmakers put mental health in frameMORE than 300 teenag-ers will turn their talents to filmmaking over the coming months, with mental health as the focus.

The CAST film festi-val will see schools and community groups from Lucan, Clondalkin and Kilcullen make their own films, documentaries and art projects in a bid to raise awareness of posi-tive mental health.

The festival was started by transition year stu-dents in Collinstown Park Community College, under the stewardship of Noel Kelly, a teacher at the school.

Kelly says that the idea came from students who wanted to draw attention to the issue of health.

He says: “We will prob-ably have more than 500 people involved before the gala event in the

Clarion Liffey Valley, on November 21.

“It’s organised by stu-dents in the school, under my facilitatorship. The original idea for the fes-tival came from a group of students in the school who were concerned about the decrease in mental health awareness.

“There were also an awful lot of people that they could see had com-mitted suicide. The idea then came about to do something innovative and new to tackle the issue [ of positive mental health].

“They made one film in

their first year and showed it to people and then last year we had a festival,” he says.

Last year’s festival was such a success that more than 420 people packed a room at the Clarion Hotel in Liffey Valley to get a glimpse of the work put in by the teenage film makers.

Guest speakers on the evening included Rachel Collier, chief executive of Young Social Innova-tors (YSI); Joan Freeman, chief executive of Pieta House, and Nuala Smith from Headstrong.

Ronanstown Youth Service were awarded a Significant Impact award for their Five-A-Day film, which outlined the ways in which students can look after their mental health, using five easy steps.

Collier, of YSI, was

extremely impressed with the project.

Kelly says that there will be 14 schools and youth services involved this year, including St Kevin’s, Adamstown CS, Lucan CC and Kilcullen.

He says: “Something that was just contained in Neilstown has now just exploded beyond Clon-dalkin.

“The kids get so invest-ed in it because they can only become part of the advocate programme if they are socially aware to begin with.

“It’s extremely impor-tant that kids like this are as aware of this [mental health] issue as they are, especially when you con-sider that their access to counsellors and services has been cut.

“They can use these films to inform them-selves and inform their

peers on a large range of issues,” syas Kelly.

The launch was pre-sided over by four of this year’s CAST group from Collinstown Park Com-munity College, all of whom said that the proj-ect had been a highlight of their school year.

Aaron Turner said that the work was extremely rewarding, adding: “It’s a lot of work, but you only get out of it what you put in.”

Katie Louise Walsh says that the subject was a lot more interesting than maths or Irish: “We live for it every week.”

The group all agreed that mental health was the biggest issue facing peo-ple their age, with Casey Kane saying: “There’s a lot of people who feel like they can’t talk to anyone, and we want to let them know that they can.”

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showcase Innovative works at Rua Red

IRELAND’S only digital arts festival will return to South Dublin this month when Glitch makes its third appearance at Rua Red, the South Dublin arts centre, from May 25 to July 13.

Organisers say: “Glitch gives the public an oppor-

tunity to engage with new and exciting art forms in an innovative fashion.”

With a huge range of events, 2013’s festival is shaping up to be the big-gest one yet. As well as the usual exhibition for-mats, there will also be an innovative online exhibi-

tion, Economics and the Immaterial, that features 30 international artists, whose digital works can be viewed and inter-acted with on a specially designed website, as well as an accompanying gal-lery-based exhibition.

Karen Phillips, execu-

tive director, Rua Red, says: “We are delighted to be once again provid-ing this opportunity to host a platform for such an exciting and emerging art form.”

For further informa-tion, see www.ruared.ie/glitch.

Celebrate digital arts at Glitch festival

Taking of newspapers sparks Garda inquiry CoNtiNUed froM Cover

GAZETTE managing director Michael McGov-ern said: “We will take whatever steps are neces-sary to protect our brand, the people who read the paper and the people who spend money advertising with us.

“The Gazette is a group of eight papers, with a weekly print-run of more than 40,000 copies. We employ 22 people, as well as freelance and agency workers.

“That someone would attempt to jeopardise their livelihoods in these times is particularly

shocking.“We have sought legal

advice, and reported the matter to the Garda. We are determined to ensure that the person or persons responsible are made accountable,” he said.

Not respondedThe Gazette made

many attempts to contact Mr Morris, but he had not responded by the time of going to press.

Barry McCall, presi-dent, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), said it was “astonishing and bizarre behaviour by an individual being paid by the taxpayer”.

He added: “Respect for media freedom is a hallmark of a modern democracy.”

The Gazette NUJ chapel said: “As a local paper, we seek balance in our coverage of all sto-ries and give space to as many points of view as possible.

“We are shocked at the consequences of this course of conduct which, in effect, we believe is an attempt to censor our reporting.”

When asked if he would apologise, Deputy Keating said he had initi-ated an internal investi-gation.

Deputy Keating said: “Following legal advice, I am now initiating an internal investigation into these allegations. This internal investiga-tion may lead to discipli-nary procedures against Mr Morris.

“I wish to be unequivo-cal that, at no time, in this alleged incident, did Mr Morris act with my knowledge or consent.”

At the time of going to press, there has been no effort made, nor has any confirmation or under-taking been given, to return the papers to The Gazette and/or not to repeat such conduct.

ReacTIon: fG condemn acTIons of Tommy moRRIs

all revved up: at an openingAN tAoiSeACH, Enda Kenny, was revved up for the official opening of MicksGarage.com head-quarters in Park West recently, where he joined the company’s managing director Ciaran Crean and operations direc-tor Michael Crean. The opening of the 32,000sq ft warehouse and office facility for the car parts retailer was accompa-nied by the company’s announcement of a €2.3m investment to assist with an expansion of 65 new jobs over the next two years.


Groundbreaking deal is agreed for Kishogue pAUL hosford

REPRESENTATIVES of Educate Together and County Dublin VEC have formally signed a part-nership agreement for the management of Kishogue Community College.

The signing took place in the Department of

Education and Skills, and was hosted by the Minis-ter for Education, Ruairi Quinn.

The agreement is a groundbreaking devel-opment for both patron bodies and brings a new operational model to second-level education in Ireland.

Kishogue Community College, which is set to open in September 2014, will be a designated community college with County Dublin VEC as the patron, working in partnership with Educate Together.

Speaking at the signing of the agreement, Minis-

Joining the Minister for education, ruairi Quinn (centre), to sign a partnership agreement for the management of Kishogue Community

College were dr Marie Griffin, chief executive, County dublin VeC, and educate together chief executive paul rowe

schools Educate Together, co Dublin VEc partner up

ter Quinn said that the relationship between the two bodies signalled a new idea in education.

He said: “This agree-ment marks a new spirit of partnership between second-level patron bod-ies in Ireland. It is partic-ularly good news for the Lucan community, who stand to benefit from a new school that will deliver the latest innova-tive approaches to teach-ing and learning.

“I wish County Dub-lin VEC and Educate Together every success with Kishogue Commu-nity College.”

Dr Marie Griffin, chief executive, County Dub-lin VEC, said: “We are delighted to progress the development of Kishogue Community College under the patronage of County Dublin VEC in partnership with Educate Together.

“County Dublin VEC will bring its extensive experience in education and in meeting the chang-ing needs and require-ments of the community to bear in the develop-ment of the new college.

“Kishogue will, there-

fore, make an excellent contribution to the entire community of South Lucan, with the most modern facilities and the highest academic stand-ards.

“As an inclusive, co-educational and multi-denominational school, it will promote the for-mation of life skills which enable young people to meet their full potential in society,” she said.

Educate Together chief executive Paul Rowe said: “Educate Together has five primary schools in Lucan and there has been long-standing demand for a second-lev-el school with our ethos.

“I am delighted that this partnership with County Dublin VEC will give Lucan a state-of-the-art second-level school with the ethos of both organisations.”

Kishogue Commu-nity College will open its first phase next year and is currently accepting first ytear enrolments for then.

Further information on the school is available on both the Educate Togeth-er and VEC websites.

Annual 5k Tom Byrne runTHE annual 5k Tom Byrne memorial race will take place this Sunday, May 12.

The race is organised by Lucan Harriers Athletic Club, and starts from the Lucan Har-riers Club House on Newcastle Road. The run is open to both elite and casual runners.

Registration for the race costs €17. To reg-ister and for further information, see www.rundublin.ie.

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Clondalkin Drama FestivalTHE Clondalkin Youth Theatre is set to host its third annual Clondalkin Drama Festival this weekend.

The festival will take place at Aras Chronain Irish Cultural Centre from Friday to Sunday, May 10 to 12. There will be various drama workshops and performances taking place throughout the weekend.

For the full programme and for more infor-mation, see www.araschronain.ie.

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Catch Da at the Spa HotelLUCAN Dramatic Soci-ety will present their staging of Hugh Leon-ard’s classic play, Da, from May 14 – 18.

Directed by Lulu Rey-nolds, the play will show at 8.30pm each night in the Spa Hotel.

In conjunction with the hotel, the society is offering a pre-show meal, as well as reserved tiered seating for €25.

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can be made directly with the hotel at 01 628 0494, and tickets for the show only will be avail-able at the door.

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PEOPLE Personal experiences to the fore in work

Hospice nurse’s first book of poems has ‘saved her life’ PAUL HOSFORD

A C L O N DA L K I N woman has released a book of poetry which she says saved her life.

Julie O’Donoghue, who writes under the name of Siobhan Ni Dhonnchad-ha, was a hospice nurse in Harold’s Cross for a number of years before ill-health forced her to retire.

Left with time on her hands, Julie says that she initially found it dif-ficult to adjust, but soon rediscovered a passion for writing, which has brought about the book, The Rising of Ones Self,

which has already sold out of its first print and is available from Amazon.

She says: “I had been writing about my own life and personal experiences all the time I was work-ing in Harold’s Cross, but I put them aside and had never really thought much about it.

“Your life takes over

these things and you forget about them after a while. It was only after I’d retired that I started to think about it some more.”

The result is a book of deeply personal but remarkably honest poems about grief, loss and life which draw on all of Julie’s experiences.

“I feel like I’ve been very blessed with this book. If it’s the only book that I write, I feel blessed with it. And, as you can see, the poems are all from the heart,” she says.

The book is comple-mented with illustrations by artist Jacqui Kelly,

and already has seen the first print sell out, with Julie donating the funds to a charity that she has worked with for many years – Touch Ireland.

Touch Ireland is an Irish charity that works with some of the world’s poorest people, giving access to education to people in the developing world.

A second run is being planned for the coming months, with proceeds from those books due to go to Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross, where Julie worked for many years.

She says that the upturn

in her own health and her rediscovery of her writing are not a coincidence.

“It has helped me express myself. Eve-rybody goes through

these experiences and everybody deals with it differently, but it has helped me massively and brought my health back massively.”

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Catch Da at the Spa HotelLUCAN Dramatic Soci-ety will present their staging of Hugh Leon-ard’s classic play, Da, from May 14 – 18.

nolds, the play will show at 8.30pm each night in the Spa Hotel.

the hotel, the society is offering a pre-show meal, as well as reserved tiered seating for €25.

Bookings

can be made directly with the hotel at 01 628 0494, and tickets for the show only will be avail-able at the door.

and already has seen the first print sell out, with Julie donating the funds to a charity that she has worked with for many

Touch Ireland is an Irish charity that works with some of the world’s poorest people, giving access to education to people in the developing The cover of the book


As of April 30, 2013, following an amendment

to the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002, over 180 additional public bod-ies were brought within the remit of the Ombuds-man for Children’s Office. This is a positive develop-ment meaning the office can now investigate a far greater number of public bodies and organisations that provide services to or make decisions about children or their families on behalf of the state.

Established in 2004, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is the independent statutory body with responsibility for promoting and mon-itoring children’s rights in Ireland.

The role and functions of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office as set out in legislation, the Ombudsman for Chil-dren Act, 2002 are to provide an independent, impartial and free com-plaints handling service; to advise Ministers on policy and legislation; to consult with children directly on matters that affect them and to high-light their concerns.

After almost 10 years of investigating the actions of public bodies

within remit, it was clear to the office that the core principles of best inter-ests and respect for the views of the child were not always respected in Ireland.

When the office inves-tigates a complaint, our intervention has consistently provided opportunities to increase accountability, to pro-mote transparency and improve the quality of the decision-making that directly affects the lives of children and families.

Clearly ensuring that more bodies are sub-ject to our investigatory powers means that there will be opportunities to ensure that children and families are receiv-ing better services from the state.

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office first raised concerns about the number of public bodies excluded from the remit of the office in 2005. We continued to raise these concerns both at a domestic level with Government and at an international level, with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Under the Ombuds-man for Children Act, 2002 the Ombudsman for Children is obliged

Dr Niall Muldoon, director of Investigations, Ombudsman for Children’s Office

to monitor and review the operation of the Act and can make recom-mendations to the Min-ister and or the Oireach-tas for change.

In March 2012, the Ombudsman for Chil-dren’s Office submit-ted a formal review of the Act, setting out our concerns about the current legislation and making recommenda-tions to address these concerns. In July 2012, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office began direct engagement with Minister Brendan How-lin and his department, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

The result of this engagement is the Ombudsman for Chil-dren Amendment Act and we are pleased that the Oireachtas has addressed the main concerns and brought the 180 new bodies under the remit of the office. Accessibil-ity to a free, independent mechanism of redress for people who cannot avail of redress in the courts is fundamental to a well-functioning democracy.

The role of the office is even more important in providing a low cost, independent mechanism

180 additional public bodies under Ombudsman’s remit

opinion promoting and monitoring children’s rights

for parents and children through our complaints function.

By identifying and rec-ommending the resolu-tion of systemic problems and extending the remit of the office, this statuto-

ry function will continue to assist even more chil-dren into the future by going towards creating a culture where children are treated properly.

T h e r e a r e ove r 1,100,000 children and

young people in Ireland and, as a society, we have responsibility to them, to ensure that when decisions are made that will directly impact on these lives that the deci-sion makers really think

about what is best for young people.

Dr Niall Muldoon

Director of Investigations

Ombudsman for

Children’s Office


Welcome for €22.4m Microsoft land deal pAUL hosford

A €22.4 million invest-ment by Microsoft in Grange Castle Business Park has been roundly welcomed.

The US computer giant recently applied to purchase 7.26 acres, but will add a further 112.52 acres, which it is expect-ed will be used to build a data centre.

Microsoft had moved to buy the original acre-age in February, with South Dublin County Council then expected to pick up about €1.75 mil-lion from that sale.

The company will now come to the council and propose the purchase of 62.17 acres with an option

to purchase a further 50.35 acres to cater for the phenomenal growth in the data centre and cloud computing sector.

At €199,000 an acre, the council stands to make €22.4 million.

Cllr Trevor Gilligan (FF) said that funds should be ringfenced for use in local projects.

He said: “I fully sup-port this disposal and I am calling on the council to ringfence the funds for the local community.

“We have massive unemployment in this area. This money must go into local projects and local services, such as environment, roads, edu-cation and so on.

“I would ask that

Microsoft gives a guaran-tee that a portion of the jobs are sourced locally.

“Lucan and Clondalkin have many talented indi-viduals, who are highly-educated and trained in an ever-growing IT sec-tor.

“With so many cuts, this money must be used to further employment in the area. There are also many requests for traf-fic calming [measures] throughout the areas.

“Funding must be ring-fenced for these projects,” said Cllr Gilligan.

The investment adds to an original €375 million investment Microsoft has already made in the Green Castle data centre, which has been opera-

tional since July 2009.Minister for Children

Frances Fitzgerald (FG) added her welcome to the plan, saying that it was a seal of approval for the Government.

She said: “If approved, this will be yet another important investment and jobs boost for the Lucan and Clondalkin area.

“The Government’s Action Plan for jobs names attracting data centres as a key pillar of economic growth, and I am delighted that Grange Castle has been the ben-eficiary of a number of data centres.

“Microsoft is a leader in this growing industry, and it is a vote of confidence for our local economy,

Microsoft’s original plans (red edged) for a site at Grange Castle Business park

have now been expanded to include the green and blue sectors, too

business us tech giant moves on expanded data centre plan at Grange Castle

and our skilled workforce, that they have selected their site at Grange Castle for such massive-scaled expansion and invest-ment,” she said.

Her party colleague, Cllr William Lavelle, said that the proposal was “phenomenal”.

He said: “I commend South Dublin County

Council for this. That is the first thing I would like to say.

“The fact that Microsoft is making Grange Castle one of their leading data centre sites worldwide is testament to the foresight and vision of South Dub-lin County Council.

“It is a major boost for our local economy and

the national economy,” he said.

Cllr Lavelle added that he would like to see where the money will be spent.

“There is a significant inflow of money to the council from this deal, and I will be looking to see where the money will be spent.”

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the Football For all event was definitely a big hit for these players and coaches. Pictures: Cathy Weatherston

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Jack

Belle claude and alfie

Warren

lucy, Harry and Mia cheer on the players

good team work was celebrated on the day

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Team shows how they’re on the ballHERMITAGE Park played

host to the Football For All (FFA) festival recent-

ly, in conjunction with the FAI, which saw children with a range of special needs and

disabilities enjoying football. Esker players were on hand

to help with more than 70 children taking part, with the inclusive nature of football seeing the participants enjoy-

ing teamwork and the fun of having a kickabout with friends and other players. The initiative saw the day’s coach-es commending the enthusi-asm of all the players.

the players put their skills to the test

sport: FootBALL For ALL FEstIVAL At HErMItAGE pArK

Hayden, Warren and coach Mark Mccarthy

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coach Dermot Wells and angela cunningham

Phoenix and Kelly

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THE Gala Irish premiere of Byzantium was recently screened at the IFI in Dublin.

Byzantium is directed by Neil Jordan, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Jonny Lee Miller and Sam Riley. This gothic thriller was also shot on location in Ireland.

The film is based on a play by Moira Buffini, A Vampire Story, and it tells a mysterious story of a mother and daugh-ter with a dark secret who live in a coastal town.

Byzantium will be released in cinemas nationwide from May 31.

Sink your teeth into Byzantium premiere

Director neil Jordan at the premiere of his latest film Byzantium in Dublin.

Pictures: Patrick O’Leary

Juanita Wilson

lauren Fee and nicholas Marnitz

lorraine geoghegan and gemma Doorly

Michael and Jane collins

natasha Rocca Devine

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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

recruiting: organisation adds 10 new locations

More teachers needed as summer camp expandsThis year, Let’s Go summer Camps are tak-ing on 120 additional teachers to work in their 12 camps dotted around Dublin.

The camps will be set up in various locations throughout the capital including sandyford, Rathfarnham, Foxrock, Knocklyon, Terenure, Castleknock, Malahide, swords and others.

Organisers of the exer-cise focused camps are

currently recruiting pri-mary, secondary and PE teachers which will bring the total number of Let’s Go employees this sum-mer to 280 to service an expansion plan which includes 10 new loca-tions around Dublin.

The camps, which operate during the months of July and August are aimed at children aged between five to 13 years and have been running nationwide

for 20 years.Their multi-activity

programme offers a cur-riculum of events spe-cially designed by physi-cal education teachers.

Let’s Go co-founder Eileen sheehy said: “The camps are a great oppor-tunity for teachers to gain experience and learn activities that they can take back to their schools after the summer.”

The camps will run in Malahide and Portmar-

nock and sandyford July 1–5, in Rathfarnham July 8–12, in Foxrock and Knocklyon July 15–19, in Terenure and sutton July 22–26 and July 29– 2 and finally in swords and Castlenock August 6–10.

Primary, secondary and PE teachers who are motivated, energetic and have an interest in sports, are asked to visit www.letsgo.ie for more information.

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Marvelling at an incredible virtual iron Man experienceSuperheroeS, fans of the Marvel universe and Gazette reporters were excited to become one of The Avengers at the Dundrum Town Cen-tre last week when the Become Iron Man virtu-al reality booth arrived to coincide with the launch of Iron Man 3.

Speaking to Gazette Diary, chief technolo-gist Jared pepall from Marvel, who brought the experience to Ire-land said: “The software was written for Disney/Marvel especially for the movie and it’s so smooth, people think it’s a game.

“The technology is

effectively a highly-advanced version of the Kinect, and a much smoother experience. It renders amazingly and it’s stunning.

“people’s reaction is amazing when the suit goes on. It’s a real experience once you get in there. It tracks your

Gazette reporter Paul Hosford (right) fulfills a lifetime dream as he prepares to

transform into Ironman, courtesy of a Become Iron Man virtual reality booth at

Dundrum town Centre

entire body, and the soft-ware will map the suit to your exact measure-ments. Whatever you do, the suit will do on the screen in front of you.”

having been in the suit, we have to say: Be yourself. unless you can be Iron Man. Always be Iron Man.

CataloGue to ConCentrate on enerGy Costs hArvey Norman have launched a new Future home catalogue which focuses on the benefits of smarter and more effi-cient home appliance technology.

According to harvey Norman, the home fur-niture retail giant, con-sumers are more aware of their energy costs than ever before. homes are becoming smarter and more efficient with home appliance technology changing how we live, cook and entertain.

Following the launch of the new catalogue, a spokesperson for the store said: “A common question that we are asked in store is ‘how much will this appliance cost me to run?’

“In light of this we came up with our Future home concept, where we wanted to present a range of products that could save a household up to 40% on their ener-gy bills.”

The store hopes to advise customers about the money they can save with a new eco-friendly purchase.

For more information, and catalogue details, see www.harveynorman.ie/the-future-home.

sIGn uP for tHe fIrst fIt CIty run serIesAS thousands of run-ners lace up their shoes and take to the streets in preparation for a fast approaching summer, FIT Magazine, Ireland’s leading fitness magazine, is calling on all joggers, runners and walkers to sign up for the inaugural FIT City run Series.

The inaugural FIT Magazine event; FIT City Series is a 10k run which will take place in the phoenix park on Sunday May 12, with a prize fund of €3,000 up for grabs.

Suitable for runners of all levels it is the ideal way to shape up this summer - or get some fit-ness practice before the larger events of the run-ning season.

With a special entry

fee of just €25, including booking fee, (normally €31.50) is being offered by entering the code cit-yseries2013. visit www.fitmagazine.ie to regis-ter.

The event will also benefit Athletics Ireland Fit4youth programme which aims to foster an awareness of fitness and running among teenag-ers.

entrIes BeInG souGHt for fIlM festIvalFIlMMAKerS from across Dublin are being called on to enter this year’s Stranger Than Fic-tion documentary film festival at the IFI.

The festival, which was announced officially this week, will take place September 26 – 29 and is looking to include origi-

nal and exciting docu-mentary films from Irish and international film-makers.

If your film fits the bill, now is that time to pre-pare your entries as sub-missions have opened with a deadline of 6pm, June 14.

This year IFI Stranger Than Fiction plans once again to premiere some of the best documenta-ries from Ireland and around the world, fol-lowing on from 2012’s successful festival which included Dublin pre-mieres of The Imposter, 5 Broken Cameras, The Interrupters, one Mile Away and Detropia.

Details of the 2013 programme wil l be announced and go on sale in early August 2013. For more details, see www.ifi.ie/stf.

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Helping students to deal with exam pressuresAs always, English starts off the Leaving Cert this year on June 5 and by the end of the two weeks, culminating in the last exam, technology on June 21, 56,584 students nationwide will have sat the most important and therefore most pressu-rised of all state exams.

steve Gray, manag-ing director of Dun L a o g h a i r e ’ s Tu t o r Experts, a grind service with an online facility, gave his top tips to The Gazette for Leaving Certificate students fac-ing into the exams next month.

“I could say to parents – take the fuse out your child’s Xbox, but I tried that myself with my own

On June 21, 56,584 students nationwide will have sat the most important of all

State exams

son and he came home the same day announcing he’d learned how to fix a plug in physics. My advice to parents is: “Encourage the student to get some exercise breaks – impor-tant for stress relief. Watch out for consumption of sugary caffeinated drinks, they can cause mood swings and adversely affect concentration.

“Ask your kids to make a list of priorities for the next month. If Facebook is in there, say “put it away until after the exams – you have all summer for that.”

steve also had some tips from his project maths team.

“This advice is like finding gold as the projects maths is new and unfamiliar territory to teachers, parents and pupils.

“On the new project maths exams there is a choice on some of the papers, so make sure to read the paper very care-fully so you know which questions to do and so

you use your time effi-ciently.

“It is hard to predict questions on the new exams, so while students might be faced with dif-ficult / unfamiliar ques-tioning, don’t panic.

“The new course s t i l l awards marks for attempts but also encourages students to work towards the

answer using any logical approach so make sure to give all your selected questions a try.

“Also, most of the marks in a particular question are allocated for the first few parts of the question.

“That is, by the time you get to the more com-plicated parts (d) or (e) at the end of the question,

you have already picked up most of the marks for that question, so while completing that last sub-section will certainly pull up your grade, if you have got all the parts up to this correct, you have cer-tainly already passed the question.”

For more advice and tips go to www.tutorex-perts.ie.

Get involved with our schools pagesCALLING all students! We want all budding writers and photographers 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 Norman to present the Dublin Gazette Newspapers’ Cub Reporter and Cub Photog-rapher of the Year awards. For more details, contact [email protected] or telephone Rob Heigh at 01 601 0240.

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Owners urged to pick up after their dogsLocaL councils are coming together to pro-mote the Green Dog Walkers programme that aims to change attitudes towards cleaning up after pets.

The Green Dog Walk-ers programme was launched by South Dub-lin county council mayor cathal King (SF) in Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght, recently.

He was joined by mem-bers of the DSPca, The Kennel club, council dog wardens and local resi-dent dog owner Sharon Murphy.

The programme is regional involving SDcc,

and the councils of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Meath and Wick-low.

It is a non-confron-tational, friendly way to change attitudes about dog fouling in South Dub-lin county. Green Dog Walkers is a community-based scheme that volun-teers in the community can adopt in their own area and promote.

The mayor welcomed the initiative and said he was “delighted” to offi-cially launch the Green Dog Walkers programme in Sean Walsh.

“Dog fouling is a very serious health issue.

Young children are par-ticularly at risk. Dog own-ers should take responsi-bility for their dogs and make sure they clean up after the dog.

“The Green Dog Walkers programme is a great way to raise awareness of the way to look after your dog. I look forward to meeting lots of green dog walk-ers in the county.”

a spokesperson from Tallaght Hospital said: “We welcome the launch of the Green Dog Walk-ing Initiative. We support the objective to improve our local environment by the responsible man-

agement of dog foul-ing by dog owners. We believe this initiative will help enhance the well-being of our community by reducing the risk of infection posed by dog fouling.”

Tony Kavanagh from Rathfarnham Tidy Towns was also present at the launch and said: “Tidy Towns welcomes this programme as dog foul-ing is a real problem and a health risk.”

Volunteers wear a Green Dog Walkers armband which signi-fies that they have “taken the pledge” to always: clean up after their dog,

Mayor of South Dublin County Council Cathal King at the launch

wear the armband or put the Green Dog Walkers collar on their dog when walking, carry extra dog waste bags, be happy to be approached to “lend” a dog waste bag to those without, be a friendly reminder to other dog walkers to clean up after their dogs.

T h e g r e e n a r m band acts as a friendly reminder to pick up after your dog.

all dog owners have to do is sign a pledge form which can be got through www.social-credits.ie then a Green Dog Walker armband and a GDW bone dog

bag dispenser is posted out.

If anyone is interested in rolling out the cam-paign in their local neigh-bourhood or would like some more information on the programme, then call 01 4149000 or email [email protected] or see www.socialcredits.ie


More than a mere mortal BairBre Ni BhraoNaiN

Although his nationwide tour is winding down, people still have the chance to see Neil Delamere’s new show, DelaMere Mortal in Draiocht this month.

Neil spoke to the gazette about how the tour went and all about the inspira-tion behind his current show.

“My brother just said to me one day, ‘You know, you’ve lived as long in Dublin now as you have in offaly” and this got me all introspective about which version of me, the first 16-year part or the last 16-year me was the best. So, I went back and found some footage of myself at 16 when I appeared on Blackboard Jungle

with Ray D’Arcy in 1995.“I created the show for the Edinburgh

Fringe Festival, so I performed it there first and although they could under-stand the idea of Blackboard Jungle, it was much more craic doing it in Ireland where everyone was familiar with the show.

“I recreated the whole Blackboard Jungle show with my original team mem-bers, got Ray D’Arcy to host it and filmed it all again to see if we’d learned a small bit over the intervening time.”

Neil recently appeared in two televi-sion documentaries, one on St Patrick and the other on the Vikings.

“they were comedy documentaries with serious experts putting the facts

across and me doing sketches to deliver the material in bite-sized pieces so peo-ple could digest it better.

“It was a probiotic of history really, Ninja history where people don’t even realise they’ve learned anything until afterwards.

“It gave me the chance as well to get involved in something I was interested in and play with swords and ride chariots and things any 12-year-old boy would love to do.”

he has also appeared on a number of tV shows in Britain, chief of which was Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, a platform that has launched many an Irish comic’s career in Britain. Yet Neil has no plans to leave our shores for the

bigger British market.“You have to live over there to crack

Britain, or at least go over and do tV there every couple of weeks. You also need a combination of luck, talent and to be in the right place at the right time. the Panel here in Ireland was great for me and I do Edinburgh every year, which keeps me sharp because it’s the hardest comedy festival in the world.

“At the moment, though, I’ve no plans to move to Britain because I have a nice life here and I have work here. But then again, who knows what will happen? Never say never.”

DelaMere Mortal is on in Draiocht on May 23 and tickets, costing €20 are avail-able at the Box office on 01 885 2622.

Comedian Neil Delamere, who appears in his show at Draiocht this month

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caN you Give lovely Nala 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 Nala, a two-year-old female boxer. Nala came into Dogs Trust pregnant, and had six beautiful pups. All Nala’s babies have found homes, so now it’s time for her to find hers.

Nala loves her comfort and can’t wait to snuggle up on the couch for some well-earned TLC. She can be quite shy when meeting new people and other dogs, but once she gains your trust, she will love you forever.

She needs a home with someone there during the day, and wouldn’t mind sharing the rubs and cuddles with another dog. Nala would be suitable for a family with older children. If you think you are that special person then please contact Dogs Trust on 01-879 1000. 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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ALL things style and beautiful filled Blanchardstown Centre recently when they hosted the U-Style event, in conjunction with U Magazine.

The catwalk – which was filled with colour, floral, monochrome, holiday essentials and bold pieces – was the focal point for shoppers throughout the weekend.

Shoppers were also treated to beauty and style masterclasses, and there was a range of discounts across many of the retail stores.

Commenting on the event, Ciara Daley, marketing executive at Blanchardstown Centre, said: “U Style was a huge success, and a fabulous weekend of style, beauty and fun.

“Our spring/summer catwalk shows showcased the wide range of fantastic brands available at Blanchardstown Centre, with eve-

rything a girl could possibly need in her wardrobe to keep her on trend this season.

“All items featured in our shows are in store, and available to buy, now.

“Over the weekend, we had great discounts from BT2, A/wear, Die-sel, French Connection, MEXX, Debenhams, Boots and Specsav-ers, to name but a few.

“There were some seriously styl-ish ladies over the weekend who walked away with some amazing spot prizes, and, of course, our Covergirl winner, Anastasia Per-elighin [see inset].

“Anastasia won a €500 shop-ping spree in Blanchardstown Centre, a feature in U Magazine, an overnight stay plus dinner in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, a beauty hamper from Inglot, and a gift from McCabes Pharmacy.

“All that, plus complimentary beauty treatments! It was a great weekend all round. To check out all of our pics and videos, see www.facebook.com/blanchardstown-centre,” said Ciara.

This week, Gazette Style is showing readers just some of the highlights from the weekend.

Covergirl winner anastasia

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Competition winner Grace Murphy

The very best of beauty makeovers in Dublin 15

Fashionista Sean Munsanje and U Magazine editor,

Jen Stevens. Pictures: Paul Sherwood

Jules Fallon, First Option, presenting Sweet Jeans

U-Style delights for all

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The models showcased a wide range of fresh styles and colourful summer outfits from Blanchardstown Centre’s stores

Bright colours and bold designs helped set the tone for some of this summer’s hot new styles

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TheatretHe pavilioN tHeatRe 01 231 2929liam o’MaonlaiLIAM O’Maonlai is one of Ireland’s best-loved musicians and singers, both in rock and traditional music. Bono once described Liam as “The best white boy soul singer in the world” and he has been also been described as one of Ireland’s best sean nos singers.May 11, tickets €20/€18.

DRaiocHt 01 885 2622the Great GatsbyTHIS is a classic fable – of America, of the breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age, of enchantment and illusions, of a world where love and dreams are pursued and betrayed. Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. May 10 and 11, tickets €16/€14.

Mill tHeatRe DuNDRuM 01 296 9340the odd coupleClassic comedy opens as a group of guys assemble for cards in the apartment of Oscar Madison. If the mess is any indication, it is no wonder his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Ungar, fastidious, depressed and none too tense. Another Taney Drama Society production very deftly directed by Niall Jordan. From May 22-25 tickets €15/€12.

C OL I N FA R R E L L has had an interesting career.

Early om, it seemed that the Castleknock bad-boy would spend his career shackled with the label Castleknock bad-boy.

As well known at the outset for who he was sleeping with as his actual job, Farrell has nonetheless proven to be head and shoulders above many of his peers in terms of sheer talent.

From his blistering Hollywood debut in Tigerland, Farrell has turned in an impressive slate of performances.

Minor i t y Repor t , Phone Booth, The New World and In Bruges spring to mind, with his turn in Irish ensemble classic Intermission a personal favourite.

With Dead Man Down,

Farrell begins the first of four 2013 releases and, on a personal level, the

Going down hard

Dublin 15 native sets the bar pretty high.

Here, Farrell plays Victor, an efficiently brutal gangland enforc-er who has infiltrated the gang of demented crime-lord Alphonse (played with delirious glee by the always-excel-lent Terence Howard).

We as the audience, of course, know that Victor’s motivations have less to do with his love of the criminal lifestyle than they do with gaining revenge for the deaths of his family at the hands of Alphonse’s thugs some years before.

This being the first English-language work

of Niels Arden Oplev, the director of the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy, violence is often not too far away and every char-acter has an abundance of shades of grey.

The arrival on the scene of Oplev’s Lis-beth Salander, Noomi Rapace, sparks the film to life as her Beatrice draws Victor into a revenge plot of her own, casting a pall over Vic-tor’s own plans.

It’s here that the film slightly loses the run of itself as the script becomes more and more complex, with all

of the lead characters wrestling with moral dilemmas.

In truth, it feels like a modern day version of The Long Good Friday, with Howard’s Alphonse acting as a stand in for Bob Hoskins.

Strangely, the pres-ence of Rapace holds the film back some-what.

In her best English-speaking role yet, she delivers a solid per-formance, but the film’s tonal similarities with the Dragon Tattoo tril-ogy mean that all the while she is on screen, you’re expecting her to

be meaner, to show the demented streak of Lis-beth.

It is akin to casting Sylvester Stallone as a boxing agent. Sure, he could do it, but all the audience will see is Rocky.

It makes you wonder how good the film could have been had Rapace and Farrell’s characters switched places.

That’s not to take away from Farrell ’s performance, which is indeed a fine one.

He handles this kind of silent fury brilliant-ly and has seemingly found his comfort zone in mid-budget films, burned by the one-two of Alexander and Miami Vice.

Overall, the film is a decent calling card for Oplev and Rapace and a piece of excel-lent work from Farrell, Howard and the under rated Dominic Purcell.

Dominic Purcell and Colin Farrell try to out do each other in the poorly-dressed stakes

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Paul hosForDour VerDICt:WHEN it is good, it is very, very good. When it’s bad it is just plain confusing. The overly complex script hampers what could have been a top-quality revenge thriller. It features some excellent performances, an assured visual hand and a gratifying burst of violence in the denouement. It’s just a shame that it doesn’t really know what it’s about.

Director: Niels arden oplevstarring: Colin Farrell, Noomi rapace, Dominic Cooper, terrence howard

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I’M SO old, I remember the very first compact disc I ever saw, way back in 1980-cough-something.

My peers and I couldn’t have known then just how ubiquitous the CD would become, let alone how comparat ively quickly the format would become almost obsolete, as the music world moved on to valuable yet (argu-ably) intangible virtual products, such as MP3s.

The reason why I’m freewheelin’ down Mem-ory Lane like Grampa Simpson, is because we’re on the cusp of seeing another potential giant step forward in consum-er technology, via Google

Glass, which is likely to create a long-lasting memory, once sighted.

Well, perhaps. Tech watchers are hedging our/their bets a little at the moment, as Google Glass could indeed turn out to be the vanguard of

a bold new move in the convergence of technolo-gies, and could soon be as comparatively common-place all over the world.

Then again, that’s what soothsayers said about 3D televisions, too, and we all know how well they’re doing. (Just about as well as Remington typewrit-ers, by all accounts.)

So. Google Glass. What is it, and why mention it now, when only a few exist? First things first.

Continuing Google’s interesting progress as a company driving some innovative ideas forward, “Glass” is the company’s attempt to create a new product – and for many,

preview: a summary about new tech just around the corner

Look out for the Google Glass(es)

this model shows one of the current Google Glass models (close-up, below), which

look at first glance like a snazzy pair of glassses – perfect to saunter around

Manhattan with, as she’s doing – yet, at second glance, reveal a tiny camera and

slight lens overlay; with which to film and record data, or to watch and receive it

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augmented glasses that also function as a weara-ble computer seems like a natural fit. Pun intended.

Glass has a tiny cam-era that’s capable of taking photos as well as HD recording. as well as boasting data projection capabilities, courtesy of a discreet projector unit in front of one lens.

In other words, what feels like, in effect, a lit-tle monitor in front of the user can display informa-tion as needed.

Using specific com-mands, users can also take photos, start filming, call up certain types of data, and perform a number of other applications.

It’s an interesting move by the technology and data giant, as many companies have been tinkering with mobile, wearable computing for many years, but with no appreciable success, bar limited, simple sports-related tech.

However, if Glass takes off as expected, the tech could become a high-prestige product all over the world, with Glass’s abilities adapting and developing as time goes by, and other technolo-gies develop.

For example, who’s to say that the tech driving Glass couldn’t be adapt-ed in time to suit, say, presciption or contact lenses, specific industry needs, medical proce-dures, and so on?

But first, we have to

look at how well Glass performs. (Yes, yes, another pun.)

Right now, a limited number of Glass units are out in the field, undergo-ing extensive testing, as Google works to both work out early kinks and establish any issues to resolve, and raise aware-ness – certainly, it doesn’t need to raise interest, as a great deal of global atten-tion is already focused on the glasses.

While initial price points suggest the $1,500 (€1,150) mark, con-sumer prices (possibly for slightly stripped-back versions) are certain to be lower, but all has yet to be fully revealed by the company.

So – last pun, I promise – make sure to look out for Google Glass, soon ...

aliens taken to court in californiaclass action lawsuit based on game’s finished qualityWHILE lawsuits and legal problems are common enough within the gaming industry, as people fall out, deals fall through, or contracts are snapped over a knee like kindling, it’s rare enough for anyone in the industry to be sued by ordinary gamers.

This being so, the news that aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox Software and publisher Sega are facing a class action lawsuit has sparked widespread coverage across the media, with everyone from Forbes to Eurogamer picking up the story.

A lawsuit is under way in California, filed on behalf of gamers who bought the widely-criticised game, which saw a number of articles focusing on its graphics.

The class action lawsuit claims that gamers may have been misled by pre-release footage of the game that wasn’t matched by the game’s graphics in the final version, thus misleading them into buying the game.

Although pre-release footage is generally a work in progress, and not a guarantee of final quality, it’s still an interesting case to watch, as gamers regularly see adverts for games showing graphics, or footage, that bear no resemblance to the actual game (albeit generally presented with a caveat of “Not actual gameplay footage”, or somesuch, buried in tiny writing somewhere on the screen).

Regardless of the case succeeding or failing at the court, it could see those responsible for game advertising pause a little, and consider using more specific, actual footage of the finished title – less glossy cinematics, and more gritty, actual footage, which is certainly something that would be welcome.

space out your Gameplaytest your captaincy skills with star commandWITH the next Star Trek film almost upon us, and the (somewhat underwhelming) tie-in Star Trek game just released, this seems like the perfect time to mention star Command. Available for €2.69 for your IOS gadgets, Star Command very much has that Star Trek vibe as you captain your own starship, boldly go about the universe, meet aliens, put together a great crew –

And then watch everything fall apart, as your best-laid plans for starship management, crew rostering, damage control and alien diplomacy get sucked out the nearest airlock when the nearest bad-tempered aliens attack.

Presented with charming pixel graphics, the real-time sim-slash-space ’em up has had a colourful and extended development period on Kickstarter, but the final product was worth it, as Star Command has plenty of character that compensates for its slightly niggly controls.

potential pitfalls for GooGle Glasstech isn’t even out yet, but already some concerns are emergingWITHOUT wishing to go all Chicken Licken and start running around like a headless chi– well, you know, a number of concerns have already emerged about Google Glass, primarily focused on security and data privacy. For example, some analysts have questioned whether people’s privacy will be invaded, should Google Glass wearers record data without their knowledge, while others have questioned how susceptible Glass may be to hacking, or malicious spyware – as cool as the tech seems, its appeal would take a blow if there was, say, any issue of someone hacking into your Glass to, say, watch your bank PIN number being entered. Of course, without Glass being widespread – or even properly, publicly available, just yet – any such concerns or problems have yet to be seen ...

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THE recession has affect-ed us all in one way or another, but it seems that there has been no let-up in recent years in the numbers of young people flocking to the sun from Ireland.

Club 18-30 is gearing up for a similar wave this year and, for anyone hop-ing to let off some steam with a sun holiday com-bined with the very best in music and partying, May 31 appears to be the date to keep in mind.

It’s the day that Club 18-30 officially opens its summer parties, and starts the summer season with a particular focus on music and party mecca, Ibiza.

The number of Irish partygoers hitting their sunspots has continued to grow recently and, with the opening parties bringing events such as an open water party at Es

Paradis, and Jake Bugg performing at the Ibiza Rocks hotel, you can see why.

There’s a lot more going on in various music venues such as Amnesia, DC10, Eden, Pacha and Space, which help to give the popular island its well-deserved standing as Europe’s party capital.

If nightclubs aren’t your thing, you can choose instead from sunset cruis-es, foam parties and silent Sundays, or Full Moon celebrations and poolside parties.

There’s a huge amount of entertainment, as well as a great variety of water-based activities to enjoy, and the best part is that it all takes place in the beautiful settings of Ibiza, surrounded by temperatures floating around 25C.

Even when the sun goes down, you can chill out by the shores of the bay of Calo des Moro in

San Antonio, to the back-drop of the ambient and eclectic sounds of local DJs.

However, the rush to the sun doesn’t have to take you just to Ibiza, since Club 18-30 also offers a range of sun holi-day packages to other popular destinations, including their brand-new destination in Tenerife.

As the most popular of the Canary Islands, Ten-erife boasts the best in nightlife, having hosted DJs such as Tiesto and Judge Jules in the past.

And, during the day, the island has a huge range of beaches to bathe on and water sports to try.

Siam Park, Europe’s most spectacular water park with its 28m Tower of Power vertical drop, is also a must-see for holi-day-goers.

Two-sharing at the Parque Cattleya can enjoy a seven-night geta-way from just €529 per

club 18-30: europe’s party and music capital awaits younG irish visitors

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Wing it to a beautiful Turkey spa and resort natalie burke

THE new Palm Wings Beach Resort and Spa in Kusadasi, Turkey, is opening its doors for the very first time this month, offering its inaugural holiday-makers seven-night all-inclusive breaks from only €559 per person.

Located on Paradise beach, the hotel is just 80m away from the water’s edge, and is situated just minutes from a range of near-by cafes, markets bars and restaurants.

Ideal for families and couples alike, the hotel offers an all-in-clusive plus service, 24 hours a day. Travel on May 19 and stay at the four-star Palm Wings Beach Resort and Spa for seven nights on an all-inclusive plus basis from €559.

PriceThe price includes

return f lights from Dublin, seven nights’ accommodation as stated, return airport transfers and taxes.

Prices are per per-son and are based on two people sharing. An extra €3 govern-ment tax is required per person, and terms and conditions apply.

For further informa-tion, see www.wingsa-broad.ie, or telephone 01 871 9444.

Club together and visit Ibiza

person – with the addi-tional option of going all-inclusive with meals, local drinks and cock-tails and various activities included.

Club 18-30 Ireland is offering seven nights’ accomodation in the three-star Four Seasons in Crete on a self-catering basis, from €395 per per-son, departing from Dub-lin on June 7.

The price includes return flights from Dub-

lin, and all transfers.There are also options

for all-inclusive packages, with meals and drinks included for most Club 18-30 destinations, as well as special group deals.

Since music is always at the core of the Club 18-30 holiday, this year, party lovers need only look to the new Club Life hotels for endless beach BBQs, poolside DJs and pool parties that are exclusive to guests.

Examples include the Laura S’Atalaya in Ibiza, from €415PP; the Paloma Studios in Cyprus, from €589; and the Quayside Village, in Corfu, from €495PPS.

Prices are for seven nights, flights departing from Dublin.

For further details on prices, packages and des-tinations, call Club 18-30 in Dublin at 01 514 0318, or see www.facebook.com/club1830Ireland.

With so much variety and choice in ibiza, from beach types to nightclubs, it’s no wonder that so many young irish are happy to holiday there

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with Radio Nova’s Dee Woods

Happy Birthday, Bono! The Dublin rocker is ringing in his 53rd year

with the news the planned U2 Tower in the city’s Docklands will not be constructed, but what is building is fans’ hopes ahead of U2’s next album.

The working title for U2’s thirteenth studio album is 10 Reasons To Exist, and with the band in their 37th year together, it’s clear that making music is their raison d’etre.

However as a die-hard U2 fan, I’m always a little nervous ahead of a new album release. U2 are a band that have always maintained that their success is down to experimenting with different sounds and constant reinvention to keep their music alive, saying no album is released until they are good and ready.

Their last record No Line On The Horizon, from 2009, had a Moroccan influence and con-tained solid singles like Magnificent and I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight.

However, sales were disappointing and only five million copies shifted worldwide. The good news on the horizon for Bono and Co was the world tour that followed. U2 360° became the highest grossing tour in history, proving the quar-tet most certainly have still “got it”.

So what will their thirteenth album sound like? Word has it U2 have been working with producers will.i.am (of the Black Eyed peas) and Danger Mouse, indicating they could be going uber-contemporary with their next record. and if you’re to believe internet rumours, some of the album has already been leaked online.

In the last few months they’ve been recording here in Dublin as well as New york and the south of France, and the album is due out in Septem-ber. Will it be lucky 13 for the Dublin fab four? I’ll be buying it regardless.

Dee Woods presents Nova Nights on Radio Nova Mon-Fri 7pm-12am & Sundays 12-2pm. Follow her on Twitter @radeeoh

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New line on the horizon as U2 loom into view

ONE OF the greatest misconceptions the world ever experienced is that Dexys are a one-trick pony.

The infamy that came from “that song” has led to a generation thinking that the raggle-taggle, dungaree-donning 1982 vintage of the Midnight Runners is all they ever were.

However, DMR, or simply Dexys as they are now, have forever been one of the most inspired and inspiring acts on the planet. They are purveyors of soul, in its purest and most emotional sense.

This fundamental truth was borne out last week on the stage of the Olympia when Kevin Rowland and his trou-

badors returned to Ire-land for their first head-lining show since 2003.

That night in Vicar Street marked a hugely welcome return to the stage for Rowland after far too long off the radar, and led, eventu-ally, to the release of last year’s One Day I’m Going To Soar, Dexys first record since 1985’s classic Don’t Stand Me Down.

It is last year’s album the show is based around, and all of the

drama and theatricality of the record plays out live, with a stunningly fa i thful recreat ion, played in its entirety and in sequence. The core band — vocalists Row-land and pete Williams, together with Dexys legend “Big Jimmy” paterson — along with Lucy Morgan on vio-lin, Tim Cansfield, Sean Read, Dave Ruffy, andy Hobson and Mike Tim-othy nail every nuance throughout act 1 of a memorable night.

It is a theatrical event like no other rock show, a drama with vocalist Madeleine Hyland cast as Kevin’s romantic muse, and he does what he has throughout his career in music, asking questions of himself and

challenging the band and audience to come along.

It’s a challenge well worth accepting, as Dexys deliver an deep-ly emotional blend of vocals, brass and keys reminiscent of the Northern Soul greats who inf luenced the band since their incep-tion, with the Celtic presence of Morgan’s violin adding another level to the uniqueness of the sound.

One Day... was a mas-terpiece on record, it is a Van Gogh live.

The standing ovation that heralded the end of the One Day... section was utterly deserved, and kept on coming as the band delved into their back catalogue,

opening with The Waltz from Don’t Stand Me Down.

The eternal Officer and a Gent leman skit bookended Until I Believe In My Soul and Tell Me When My Light Turns Green, and the band again shone while per forming a latin-tinged version of Geno, a meltingly beau-tiful and faithful version of Old, before closing on an epic rendition of This Is What She’s Like, which saw Kevin take to the Olympia’s box seats to help the audi-ence acclaim the play-ers as he introduced the band.

all this and no Come On Eileen, despite the baying of the balcony. Long may they run.

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Soaring soul music ROB [email protected]

Kevin Rowland, Pete Williams and sax and keys man Sean Read express themselves onstage at the Olympia last week

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sport mash-up: a new blend of the world’s favourite Games comes to dublin

fore! fore! two! – golf and soccer come together Have you ever dreamed of being Lionel Messi and Rory McIlroy – at the same time?

That might just become a reality after Footee Ireland launched their new sporting venture at the old Dub-lin City Golf Club, Ballinascorney, last weekend.

Footee is a game that blends two of the world’s best and most popular sports – football and golf – which is described as “a competitive, skilful and addictive sports game that mixes the passion and strength of football with

the elegance and tradition of golf”. Footee is played on a 12-hole golf

course by teams or individuals but instead of swinging golf clubs and hit-ting golf balls, players kick footballs.

The game rules are identical to golf – each hole carries a par (3, 4 and 5) and the aim is to get the football into a (bigger) hole in as few shots as pos-sible.

The scores from each hole are accu-mulative and the player with the low-est score at the end of the round wins. The usual golfing lingo applies: bogeys,

birdies and eagles, with the exception of a hole in one which is now called a “goal in one”

Footee is the brainchild of Ronan Cunningham who had been toying with the idea for a few months last year before applying to study for a Postgraduate Certificate in Innova-tion, entrepreneurship and enterprise at university College Dublin last Sep-tember.

While there he met David Campbell and together they collaborated and developed the idea to bring footee to

Ireland as part of a course project in early 2013. They completed the course at the start of april and footee is now the culmination of that hard work and everything they have learned about developing business ideas and bring-ing them to market.

Footee will be announcing details of a series of League and Cup competi-tions that will take place throughout the summer.

For more information, contact Ronan Cunningham on [email protected] or see www.footee.ie

Sport fans are set to get a kick out of footee, a blend of golf and soccer, which has found a home at Ballinascorney

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SiMMoNS CALLS oN CriCketerS to ShiNe: IReLanD’S head cricketing coach Phil Simmons has chal-lenged every player in Ireland to use the RSa inter-provincial series as a route into the interna-tional team when the revamped tourna-ment gets under way.

Speaking at the series launch at Col-lege Park, Simmons said: “This is the perfect platform for all cricketers, young and old, to show the selectors exactly what they are capable of.

“We’re looking for qualities and technique that prove that guys have what it takes to perform at a higher level and in the international arena.”

Further details on fixtures in the RSa Inter-Provincial Series can be found at www.cricketire-land.ie

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A MAnchester Unit-ed Legends XI came to Dublin recently and did not disappoint the huge crowd who came out to support Diabetes Ire-land when the legends played a rosemount XI at stradbrook recently. A crowd of over 2,000 people enjoyed the match in bright sun-shine, and the game lit up the crowd, keeping all the spectators enter-tained.

United had brought a

strong side with them, captained by Bryan r o b s o n , w h o w a s flanked by the likes of ray Wilkins, Day May and Frank stapleton, to name but a few.

the match was organ-ised by tony Browne and Willie simpson to raise vital funds for Diabetes Ireland, a cause close to tony, as four of his children are diabetic.

Given Wil l ie and tony’s recent involve-ment with rosemount, it seemed ideal to pro-

pose they pull together local legends from the 70s, 80s and 90s to com-pete against the Man-chester United stars.

Managed by tommy hogan, the rosemount team incor pora ted junior internationals, league representatives and many league and cup winners from suc-cessful sides from down the years.

they arrived at teK’s grounds in fine spirits and set about trying to topple the United Giants. captained by David Daly, rosemount dominated the early exchanges and scored first through Alan Ben-nett, af ter a couple of chances fell to his brother, John, and the other rosemount strik-er, stephen Doyle.

Philly Gray was quiet in the rosemount goal, but when asked to spring into the action did so with ease.

e d d i e D o n e g a n spurned a great chance to double the host’s lead but, when the goal final-ly came, it was worth the wait with man of the match Daniel Murphy volleying home from 14 yards to give the under-dogs a 2-0 lead going in

at the break. United were a differ-

ent side in the second half, with robson and Andy ritchie becoming more influential as the game wore on. robson scored first, a down-ward header at the back post to put United back into the game.

the equaliser was contentious, but ritch-ie made no mistake and slotted home from inside the box to level the game.

the game continued to ebb and f low and chances at either end went untaken and the sides played out a good spirited 2-2 draw.

the game was fol-lowed by a gala dinner at the royal Marine hotel, where an auc-tion took place to raise funds.

Action from Stradbrook and the match between Rosemount Legends and

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eXcIteMent is building across the country with the news that a host of amateur cyclists and GAA stars past and present are lining up to cycle across Ireland from May 19 to 26.

this is for the third race the ras, a char-ity cycle in aid of the national Breast cancer research Institute (nBcrI).

Declan Darcy, ex-Leitrim and current Dub-lin inter-county footballer selector who is tak-ing part in the cycle, is asking for former GAA players and residents to take part in the charity initiative.

“We need as many people as possible to take part in the race as we want to build on last year’s success and reach our target of raising over €250,000.”

race the ras began in 2011 to raise much needed funds for charity by allowing sponsored amateur cyclists to ride the same route of the ras, on the same day as the ras itself, except the amateurs start a few hours ahead of the pro’s.

to register for the cycle, log on to racetheras.com/event-registration.

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.

If you wish to simply donate, you can do so by visiting www.racetheras.com/donate.

Pictured at the launch of the 2013 race the ras charity cycle at croke Park recently were Micheal O Muircheartagh, Mayo footballer Jason Doherty, Dublin ladies football vice cap-tain sinead Finnegan, Donegal footballer Mark Mchugh, Ireland International rules manager Paul earley and former Dublin footballer Paul clarke.

Call to cycle for NBCRI this year in Race The Ras

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the Rosemount Legends squad before the match


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Former Leinster minor medal winner and cur-rent senior inter-county star David Treacy was on hand last week to help to support the 2013 elec-tric Ireland GAA minor Championships, and to offer his insight into the experience of playing at minor level, and how it has influenced his career in the sport.

There were heavy defeats and ground-breaking victories but it is the long-lasting bonds created that David Treacy recalls most warmly from his two years as a Dublin minor hurler.

“It’s one of the fond-est memories I have,” he declares enthusiastically. “There’s nothing else you’d [rather] be doing.

“At that age, there is

so much going on with your Leaving Cert and everything. I have plenty of friends just because of that year. It’s the best two years of your GAA life nearly because of the amount of friendships that you make. It was a brilliant experience.”

Treacy played at minor level in 2006 and 2007, and had completely con-trasting experiences.

In the first year, a richie Hogan-inspired Kilkenny laid waste to the dreams of a Dublin unit looking to emulate their immedi-ate predecessors, who had annexed a Leinster title for the first time in 22 years.

“They beat us off the park but it was a brilliant experience. We were nearly starstruck playing against lads that we had been hearing word of growing up.”

It was very different in

2007 though, by which stage, people were talking about the gifted Treacy. The Dubs accounted for Wexford before gaining sweet revenge against Kilkenny in the Leinster final.

“We had never beaten them as a group all the way so it was brilliant. We didn’t really know what to expect. We were confident but we lost every single game from Tony Forrestal up to then. I don’t know what happened that day. everything just clicked.

“I can still remember the final whistle going and it was surreal. I remember Barry o’rorke’s speech on the steps of the Hogan. He did the whole thing as Gaeilge as he’s a gaelgeoir himself. I nearly remem-ber all the pieces of it. The 21s are a transition up to senior but I think minor is a very unique competi-

tion.”The apparently inevi-

table development of Treacy as one of hurling’s true stars has been stalled by injury but he is on the way back and hoping to have a significant impact on the summer.

“I’ve been unlucky after the cruciate, in that I had

a hamstring problem. but that’s all cleared up now and my fitness levels are getting somewhere close to where they used to be. I’m really looking forward to playing Wexford on June 8.

“As far as the league went, we were delighted. The aim at the start of the year was to get back to top-flight hurling and we did that. obviously it was disappointing against Tipp (in the semi-final) but now we’ve got a nice break to go back to the basics and concentrate on Wexford. We can’t wait for it.”

The number of sen-ior panellists that came through the Dublin minor teams of 2005-7 is double-figured, and when you add the most recent graduates to another period of suc-cess (the Sky Blues will be going for a Leinster three-in-a-row this term), it is clear that the county has recognised the value of the grade.

Minor star on the jump to major levelCuala player David Treacy is one of Dublin senior hurling’s tyros, and he spoke last week about how his experience at Minor level has made him the player he is today

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“even if you look at the past couple of years, they’ve been in All-Ire-land finals in football and hurling. It’s so important to get it right at underage level and it will translate onto the senior team.

“The coaches we had at minor were fantastic – Joe Fortune, eimear Duignan

and Dwayne Walsh. They were absolutely brilliant. I wouldn’t have been a very confident player growing up and they brought the best out of me.

“It’s an awkward stage for young lads, trying to find themselves let alone trying to find a position on the team, so I think it’s very important for the management to get it right and we were fortunate enough to have a man-agement that brought the best out of us.

“It was a life lesson for me when I played minor, a brilliant life experience.”

Elec t r i c I r e land ,

sponsors of the GAA Minor championships, are giving one lucky child (aged five to 11) from Leinster the oppor-tunity to be the official ball carrier at the Lein-ster Minor champion-ship provincial finals. To enter, see www.face-book/electricireland

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repuBLIC of Ireland goalkeeper David Forde and the Irish women’s Number 10, Denise o’Sullivan, were on hand last week to help to launch the 2013 eFlow FAI Summer Soccer Schools programme.

This year’s camps are priced at €65 (€55 for second children) and come with the same high standards of coaching and care delivered by Garda vetted FAI-qualified coaches, as well as full kit, a ball and school bag for all partici-pants.

The camps will be held in 290 venues nation-wide, and are open to boys and girls of all abili-ties from the ages of six to 14. Beginning on July 1, and running through to August 23, each week-long school is run by FAI development officers and delivered by Garda vetted FAI qualified coaches in a safe and professional environment.

early online bookers will receive up to €45 worth of parent and child tickets for the sen-ior international matches in Aviva Stadium against Georgia, the Faroe Islands or Kaza-khstan, making the real cost of the camps as low as just €20 per child.

Along with mainstream camps, specialised goalkeeping camps have also been discounted this year to €50.

FAI chief executive John Delaney said: “our summer soccer schools are a great way of get-ting children out of the house and into the fresh air to enjoy themselves. I would like to thank eFlow for their sponsorship of this won-derful programme.

“96% of parents rated the enjoyment level for their kids as ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ last year and we hope that with this year’s added discounts, more parents will be encouraged to send their children this summer.”

With some camps already booked to 50%, parents are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment. match tickets are available on a limited first-come-first-served basis.

Further information can be found at www.summersoccerschools.ie, or by calling 1890 653 653.

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sLieve Russell golf prodigy Leona Maguire received the Dermot Kelly Ltd (Ford Dealers) sponsored 2013 Hermit-age Scratch Cup from Hermitage Golf Club’s lady captain Geraldine Rodg-ers last week after her victory by three shots over Moate’s Amy Farrell and New Ross’s Mary Dowling. Also pictured are Peter Ennis, captain at Hermitage Golf Club, and James Kelly, managing direc-tor of Dermot Kelly Ltd. Picture: Pat Cashman

Leona claims Scratch Cup title at local club

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ESKER Boxing Club in Lucan’s successful youth programme again delivered results last week when four of the club’s girls reached the semi-finals of the National Champion-ships, with one, Charmaine Reilly, reaching the national final at the National Stadium last weekend.

In spite of great support and a brave per-formance, Charmaine missed out on what would have been the club’s first Irish title on a 10-5 score against Frenchpark’s Shannon Dowd.

Reilly had reached the final after impressive performances in her quarter and semi-finals, winning both bouts with a 9-3 score in each.

Of the other fighters who took part in the championships, Sarah Quinn was unlucky to come up short against opponent from Crumlin in a tight decider. Sarah’s sister, Lauren, was up next against a girl from Dunshaughlin who she had previously beaten, but alike her sister, she was unable to get the decisions in a tight encounter.

Taylor Brady was extremely unlucky to lose after the bout was scored evenly at 10-10, only for Taylor to lose on a countback.

The club also celebrated a fight night closer to home last week, which saw Irish, Leinster and Dublin champions take to the canvas at St Anne’s NS in Lucan.

Over 22 junior, intermediate and senior bouts took place, with honours being pre-sented to a number of Esker fighters. Pictured below are best home boxer Evan Walker, and best away boxer Chris Okimumbu from Crum-lin Boxing Club.

For more information on the club, contact Ed on 085 748 0207.

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Q U A R R Y VA L E ’ S Stephen Ormond over-came Laszlo Robert Balagh with the mini-mum of fuss to land the WBU lightweight title last Friday night in Carlton Hotel, Tyrrel-stown, and he hopes to use the result as a step-ping stone for greater things.

The Clondalkin man has been out of action since a hotly contested decision went against him a year ago against Paul Appleby.

But he wasted little time in dismissing his

Hungarian opponent, a late replacement for Istvan Kiss, as his power overwhelmed the visitor.

Ormond knocked him to canvas three times in the second round with referee Emile Tiedt calling an end to the contest with 1.06 minutes left to go before the bell.

It was a comfortable return to form and the belt will be appreciated though there are plenty of bigger fish to fry for Ormond as he seeks to emerge into the pub-lic consciousness and hopefully fighting more

regularly in front of a home crowd.

Speaking after his win in Dublin, Ormond told Irish-boxing.com: “It’s my first title and a good one to win. All the hard work has paid off – I’ve been training for months and months. Now it’s time to get the ball rolling and get more fights and more titles. It’s time to take them.

“I wasn’t really get-ting the fights. I was over in England with Frank Warren and that’s my first fight here in three or four years. Now I’m back and ready to

get the ball rolling,” he said.

Fellow Clondalkin man Bernard Dunne – who hails from nearby Neilstown – managed to galvanise huge local support and Ormond is hopeful of doing like-wise.

“Maybe I’ll get more fights now, people might want to fight me now because it’s been hard to get fights with the top names in England. We could have sold this place two times over with the demand, we had to turn people away. Bigger venues.

“Bernard Dunne had

his fans. I know that the interest is there in my area and it’s always been after Bernard.

“I’m hoping to be out again in eight to 10 weeks. Just keep on fighting every two months, keep it going!”

To that end, he could be set to face off against Oisin Fagan in City-west in the near future following the Portmar-nock native’s difficulty in pinning down the elusive Chris Goodwin. That potential date has been postponed three times already, leaving Fagan to look for alter-native options.

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stephen Ormond was in clinical form when he defeated Laszlo Robert Balagh at the Carlton Hotel, tyrrelstown, last week

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Well done to our U-14A footballers

on making the semi-final of the Divi-

sion 1 Feile na Peil at the weekend.

Our U-14 B team also gave a good

account of themselves in the group

stages.

Great performances by John

Bellew and eoghan O’Conghaille for

the Dublin minor hurlers beating

Offaly on Saturday.

The senior hurlers lost out in the

championship to O’Toole’s, while the

junior A hurlers had a good win over

Cuala in the championship.

The junior B hurlers also in cham-

pionship action beating Raheny.

The intermediate footballers play

Scoil Ui Chonaill in Balgriffin this Sat-

urday at 4.30pm.

This year’s street leagues will take

place on Tuesday, May 28 and Friday,

May 31 in the 12th lock.

The street leagues are open to

boys and girls born in 2004, 2005

and 2006. Registration forms will be

available in the coming week.

Our second golf society outing will

take place at Tulfarris on Saturday,

May 18 from 11am to 12.30pm. To book

a slot, text your name to Gerry at

086 056 0111 no later than Sunday,

May 12.

Plans are well under way for our

classic on June 21. We are asking all

team managers to get three golfers

to represent their team. The best

club team will earn a sports voucher

worth €250.

You can now register online for

our summer camps at www.lucan-

sarsfields.ie.

Christy Moore tribute singer liam

Byrne will be appearing in the club-

house bar this Saturday May 11. No

cover charge.

The closing date for entry to our

All-ireland forecast competition is

Friday, May 17. Tickets are available

from the bar. First prize €400, sec-

ond prize €100, third prize €50.

Our nurseries for boys and girls

born in 2006,2007 and 2008 continue

every Saturday at 1.30pm on our all

weather pitch at the 12th lock.

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luCaN sarsfields

IT WAS another good week on the

playing fields for the club last week,

with our ladies and intermediates

having good away victories.

The ladies got their championship

campaign off to a great start with

a nine-point success away to Ball-

inteer St John’s on a score of 3-11 to

1-8.

The intermediates continued their

winning run away to Man-O-War in

the Joy Cup, coming out on top in a

hard fought game by 2-12 to 0-8.

The coming week is a very busy one

with both intermediates and ladies

out in championship action and

juniors have two important league

encounters.

The opening round of the interme-

diate championship against St Jude’s

is down for O’Toole Park on Saturday,

May 11 at 4.30pm, and the ladies play

Raheny at home in Westmanstown.

The first of two junior league

games is at home to Ballyfermot De

la Salle, with an away encounter

with Ballymun Kickhams on Sunday,

May 12 at 11am.

The Gaels’ Nursery (five to seven

years) runs every Saturday from

10 to 11.30am. Ask for Geraldine Cul-

loty.

For the latest information, visit

www.westmanstowngaels.ie.

Westmanstown Gaels fields boys

and girls teams from U-8 to U-16.

New members welcome. Contact

club GPO Declan Jennings for more

information at 085 800 6101.

The clothes collection continues

with all proceeds going to purchase

equipment and kit for all of our

teams.

Three years after their first ever

Dublin Boys’ Feile appearance, West-

manstown Gaels U-14 boys are now

proud Divisional Champions, beating

Craobh Ciarain by 3-3 to 2-5.

led by Dublin starlet Aaron Vadopi,

the Gaels used the strong wind to

build up an eight-point half-time

lead.

Craobh Ciarain used the elements

to their advantage to bring the tie

back to a one point game with two

minutes to play but the Gaels’ supe-

rior footballing technique ensured

that they held on to win the day.

Congratulations to all involved. Well

done to Keith Corrigan, Seamus

Haran, Ger Bradley and club GPO

Declan Jennings on their input over

the weekend. The Gaels hosted the

round-robin series on Saturday in

Westmanstown Sports and Confer-

ence Centre, many thanks to Colm

McNichol and his team of helpers

who ran the day with great timing

and precision.

And as if this wasn’t enough, three

Gaels represented Dublin Boys U-15s

against Wicklow on Saturday.

All in all, it was indeed a very proud

weekend for our young club.

CamoGie: dubliN deNied divisioN 3 hoNours

Lucan Sarsfields’ emma Flanagan, left, in action against Joan Dollard of Laois. Picture: Caroline Quinn

local trio just miss out on junior titleNCL divisioN 3 fiNaLdublin 0-7

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LUCAN Sarsfields Emma Flanagan, Michelle Kelly and Emer Keenan were all denied national cam-ogie glory with the Dublin junior team as diminutive goalkeeper Laura Dunne was the toast of Laois after her two point-blank saves 10 minutes from time helped the Mid-landers eke out a 0-9 to 0-7 victory over Dublin.

The sides were dead-locked on 0-7 apiece when Dunne was faced with two one-on-one

situations but the St Brig-id’s netminder was equal to the task, first denying Roisin Collins before blocking Emma Flana-gan’s shot.

That spurred Laois on and points from Sile Burke and player of the match, Sarah Ann Fit-zgerald (from a 70m free) clinched the title for the second time in four sea-sons.

It was tough on Dub-lin, who won the Divi-sion 4 title last year and would almost certainly have gone on to make it back-to-back promotions but for the bravery and reflexes of Dunne.

They will probably look to their over-reliance on free-taker Georgina Kelly though, particularly when they had the wind helping them in the first half.

Having said that, both attacks struggled against strong defensive units, and if Fitzgerald was on song for the winners at centre-back, her counter-part Michelle Kelly was an equally impressive anchor on the other side.

Given the elements, Laois would have been delighted to have gone in at the break level on 0-5 apiece.

Georgina Kelly pro-vided all Dublin’s scores

from placed balls and while Laois had just the solitary scoring contribu-tor at that juncture as well, Louise Mahony did manage two points from play.

Burke and Elaine Mahony had points responded to by a Kelly 45 and Dublin’s only score from play was pro-vided by Emma Flanagan in the 44th minute.

That meant they were still deadlocked when Dunne staved off Col-lins and Flanagan. Those heroics clearly galvanised Laois girls, who found the extra pep to propel them-selves over the line.

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LUCAN Sarsfields GPO and Dublin senior hurl-ing captain Johnny McCaffrey praised the development of hurl-ing in the local area last week when he oversaw the Hugh McNally Cup for junior hurling prima-ry school teams at 12th Lock recently.

Approximately 150 eager hurlers from third and fourth classes from local schools took part in the blitz, which saw Arch-bishop Ryan, Gaelscoil Naobh Padraig, Gaels-coil Eiscir Riada and St Mary’s A contest the first group, and Scoil Aine, St Mary’s B, Lucan Educate Together National School (LETNS) and Scoil Mhu-

ire Woodview contested group two.

The cup final was con-tested between Scoil Aine and St Mary’s A team, with St Mary’s prevail-ing to retain the Hugh McNally cup and demon-strate why they are such a force in Dublin Cumann Na mBunscoil hurling.

The cup was presented to winning captain Oisin

Ryan by Liz McNally to scenes of great jubila-tion.

Speaking afterwards, McCaffrey said: “Thanks to the tremendous work being done at primary school level in Lucan, the future can only be bright for Lucan hurling. The skill and commitment of these children has to be seen to be believed.”

McCaffrey hails local hurling talent at blitz

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WESTMANSTOWN Gaels are toasting another landmark moment in their club’s fledgling history as their U-14 boys football-ers followed in their female counterparts footsteps by landing their first ever Feile title last weekend.

They edged out Craobh Chiarain 3-3 to 2-5 in Blakestown in the Division Nine title, an achievement that club PRO Stephen Byrne says is hugely significant in the ongo-ing growth of the club.

“To win a first Feile of any division is always a significant moment for a club,” he told GazetteSport. “The club is just eight

years old and these kids have all been with us since they were six years old. It’s a rite of passage for all young GAA players and everyone has smiles on their faces around the club and are chuffed to bits.

“It’s the first ever win by the boy’s section having only entered the Feile in 2011 for the first time so it is third time lucky.

“Other clubs may be wondering what we are getting so excited about but, next to Tyr-relstown, we are one of the youngest clubs in the Dublin GAA family and this is the biggest result for us. With three of our play-ers called into the Dublin U-15 panel for the first time as well, we are absolutely delighted this week.”

Having progressed through the group stag-

es with four wins from four, they advanced to the final to meet the Donnycarney side and duly amassed a 2-2 to 0-1 lead in the first half with a big wind.

Craobh fought back but the Gaels just held on to win by the narrowest of margins.

Wind assistance“The wind was a big factor but credit to

Craobh Chiarain, they made a great fist of a comeback in the second half and were unlucky,” Byrne added “There was a point in it with two minutes to go but Westmanstown got their hands on the ball and managed to keep it with some great passing football to hold on.”

Keith Corrigan managed the side as he

has done for each of the three football Feile sides to date and will hand over the mantle to his assistant Seamus Haran, the current U-13 manager.

Westmanstown do not compete in the regular Under-14 season and so this side was made up of eligible players from the Under-15 side along with a number of Under-13 players, meaning a large number will be able to play again in the 2014 edition of the competition.

The club was also indebted, meanwhile, to the work of Colm McNichol who oversaw the club’s hosting of the group stages of the competition last Saturday, enabling a series of round-robin games to be played at the local sports grounds.

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