SPECIAL TO LOCAL NEWS by Jenny Courtney & Paul Kelly Delivering to: Ballyfermot l Lucan l Leixlip l Celbridge l Clondalkin l Palmerstown l Kilcock l Maynooth news WEST EDITION 17th August 2018 FREE THE Phone: 087 252 4064 • Email: [email protected] • www.localnews.ie continued on page 2 “The only experience I had was watching the big races on television!” Fortunately, he proved a natural and soon had a place- ment with the Irish trainer Michael Grassick Jr. He also trained at RACE, a specialist school for apprentice jockeys attached to the Curragh Race- course. A fellow trainee at RACE had connections with the Karl Burke yard in North York- shire. Through him, Jordan was able to secure a formal jockey’s apprenticeship, tak- ing out an amateur licence in the UK. This enabled him to get a couple of real-life race rides with the Burke stable, including a creditable 6th aboard Baron Run in a 7-fur- long race in Leicester last Oc- tober. Another big break followed when John Hyde’s famous op- eration in the United Arab Emirates beckoned just a few A GRADUATE of a new pro- gramme for early school leavers has started a successful career as jockey and trainer, breaking in horses for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum in Dubai. Jordan Cummins, now 19, left school before the Leaving Cert but, fortunately, found his way into the Cherry Orchard Community Training Centre (COCTC). There, youngsters with non- conventional skills are taken away from the usual classroom setting and taught a variety of skills. Students can go on to achieve full Level 4 QQI Award (recognised by Quality and Qualifications Ireland). Stu- dents may also acquire FETAC awards in a variety of disci- plines, go on placements, and start apprenticeships. Fortunately, one of the spe- cialist skills on offer at this par- ticular CTC was equestrianism, thanks to the famous Cherry Orchard Equine Centre. Jordan’s course, combining horse training and formal study, is offered through Youthreach, a programme run by the City of Dublin Educa- tion and Training Board (CDETB). “In fact, I never sat on a horse before,” young Jordan recalls now. The Round Tower, Clondalkin is shortlisted for Heritage and Built Environment in Local Government awards The 7th Century Round Tower, at the heart of Clondalkin Village, is among the best preserved Round Towers in Ireland. The Visitor Centre was conceived by South Dublin County Council in collaboration with the Office of Public Works and the local community to celebrate the Tower and to respond to the history of the site. The centre comprises the con- servation and refurbishment of five derelict 19th Century Mill Cottages with a modern extension to the rear, new gardens to the front and rear and with a new civic plaza to re-engage the site with its historic core. Good luck in the awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 22nd November in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood Park, and will also feature 5 other South County initiatives in line for awards. Photo- Ben Ryan Left school at 16 – on way to being top jockey NO MORE TV BILLS EVER SPECIAL OFFER €250 fUllY inSTalled IRISH COMPANY EXCELLENT AFTERCARE SERVICE Tel: 083 3133133 HoUSe PainTing inTeRnal & eXTeRnal Special Rates for Senior Citizens all areas covered for all areas in Dublin City Council Standard Notice €95+ email: [email protected]LOCAL NEWS 331 South Circular Road, Dublin 8. PLANNING APPLICATION NOTICES LOCAL
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SPECIAL TOLOCAL NEWS
by Jenny Courtney& Paul Kelly
Delivering to: Ballyfermot l Lucan l Leixlip l Celbridge l Clondalkin l Palmerstown l Kilcock l Maynooth
“The only experience I hadwas watching the big races ontelevision!”Fortunately, he proved a
natural and soon had a place-ment with the Irish trainerMichael Grassick Jr. He alsotrained at RACE, a specialistschool for apprentice jockeysattached to the Curragh Race-
course.A fellow trainee at RACE
had connections with theKarl Burke yard in North York-shire. Through him, Jordanwas able to secure a formaljockey’s apprenticeship, tak-ing out an amateur licence inthe UK. This enabled him toget a couple of real-life race
rides with the Burke stable,including a creditable 6thaboard Baron Run in a 7-fur-long race in Leicester last Oc-tober.Another big break followed
when John Hyde’s famous op-eration in the United ArabEmirates beckoned just a few
A GRADUATE of a new pro-gramme for early schoolleavers has started a successfulcareer as jockey and trainer,breaking in horses for SheikhHamdan Al Maktoum in Dubai.Jordan Cummins, now 19,
left school before the LeavingCert but, fortunately, found hisway into the Cherry OrchardCommunity Training Centre(COCTC).There, youngsters with non-
conventional skills are takenaway from the usual classroomsetting and taught a variety ofskills.Students can go on to
achieve full Level 4 QQI Award(recognised by Quality andQualifications Ireland). Stu-dents may also acquire FETACawards in a variety of disci-plines, go on placements, andstart apprenticeships.Fortunately, one of the spe-
cialist skills on offer at this par-ticular CTC was equestrianism,thanks to the famous CherryOrchard Equine Centre.Jordan’s course, combining
horse training and formalstudy, is offered throughYouthreach, a programme runby the City of Dublin Educa-tion and Training Board(CDETB).“In fact, I never sat on a horse
before,” young Jordan recallsnow.
The Round Tower, Clondalkin is shortlisted for Heritage and Built Environment in Local Government awards
The 7th Century Round Tower, at the heart of Clondalkin Village, is among the best preserved Round Towers in Ireland.The Visitor Centre was conceived by South Dublin County Council in collaboration with the Office of Public Works andthe local community to celebrate the Tower and to respond to the history of the site. The centre comprises the con-servation and refurbishment of five derelict 19th Century Mill Cottages with a modern extension to the rear, newgardens to the front and rear and with a new civic plaza to re-engage the site with its historic core. Good luck in theawards. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 22nd November in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, NorthwoodPark, and will also feature 5 other South County initiatives in line for awards. Photo- Ben Ryan
Left school at 16 – onway to being top jockey NO MORE TV BILLS EVER
months ago. MrHyde’s stables inDubai breaks in andtrains young horsesfor Sheikh Hamdanbin Mohammed binRashid Al Maktoum,scion of the famousracing and breedingfamily.A Local News re-
porter sat down withthe young lad to askhim about his begin-nings in his beloved“Ballyer”, his intro-duction to horses,and his hopes for thefuture.LOCAL NEWS:
What are your firstmemories of racing?JORDAN CUM-
MINS: Probably likeanyone else’s, watch-ing the Grand Na-tional. That wasabout as muchknowledge as I hadgoing into the game!LN: How did you
get into racing?JC: I left school at
the age of 16. I wentto a training centrefor early schoolleavers called theCherry OrchardEquine Centre [affili-ated to Cherry Or-chard CTC] .I wasstudying my Fetaclevels, and the extrasubject was horse-
MY TURN NOW: Jordan Cummins in action
HAVANA GREY: young Jordan Cummins led himinto the winner’s enclosure
riding and stablecare.I passed all exams
there and my twohorse-riding instruc-tors said I’d be a goodcandidate for RACE [aspecialist trainingprogramme in TheCurragh] so they ap-plied for me. I wenton a week’s trial, hav-ing never sat on arace horse before.It was a shock to me
if I’m honest!I got accepted into
the program. I com-pleted the 10-monthcourse in RACE andmy work placementwas with [trainer]
Michael Grassick Jr. Ilearned a lot fromRACE and Mr Gras-sick. The staff therewere very good to meand had a lot of timefor me.LN: Can you tell us
a bit about yourselffamily background?JC: I’m Irish, I’m 19,
from Ballyfermot inDublin. I’m from afamily of one sisterand four brothers,who are very support-ive. I wouldn’t saythat I come from awealthy family but wealways had enough toget by.My Ma and Da al-
ways made sure wehad everything grow-ing up, they workedfor the family andthat’s what makes meambitious to do wellin life.I was involved with
boxing from the ageof seven to 16. I wona few titles.I was lucky enough
to do some Irish ex-hibitions and I lovedthe sport, but Iwound it down forhorse racing: Ithought I might needa change in careerand I haven’t lookedback since.The love I have for
boxing is second tonone, but where Icome from in Dublinit’s a lot to offer a 19-year-old to moveaway from home [towork with horses], tosee some parts of theworld and do okay forhimself.After all, my area
would get a badname, but as anyonefrom Ballyfermotknows it’s a greatplace and we’re allproud to be from“Ballyer” as we call it.LN: You ride now in
the UK, how did thatcome about?JC: I had a friend I
met at the RACE inIreland who had beenworking for KarlBurke. I learned a lotfrom Karl, his familyand all the staff. Ithen took the ama-teur license out andhave had a few ridesfor Karl and someoutside rides too.Karl was very good
to me and he had alot of time for me. Igot some great daysracing and experi-enced a great seasonthere. He had someGroup winners, listedrace winners andnice handicap en-tries. I really enjoyedmyself there.LN: How did you
wind up in Dubai?JC: After a year with
Mr Burke I came toDubai to ride out forJohn Hyde, who pre-trains and startsbreaking in younghorses for SheikhHamdan Al Mak-toum. Once again I’vegained a lot of knowl-edge on how thegame works in differ-ent countries and it’sbeen a great lifestyleand experience for alad like me fromDublin.LN: Is the aim to
become a profes-sional Jockey?JC: Yes, as it should
be for anyone who
wants to race-ride.But, baby steps, oneat a time! Hopefully Ican be successful.I’m hungry and am-bitious to do well.LN: Do you set any
targets?JC: My targets
would be to do wellin life and never for-get where you comefrom, and to lookafter myself and,most important, myfamily.LN: Can you give
us a couple of horsesto follow for the sea-son?JC: Laurens would
be a 3-year-old ofKarl’s. I’m sure every-one had heard of thisfilly. Hopefully shecan train on fromlast season, as shewas a lovely horse.[Laurens won five ofher last seven races,progressing from 7 to10 furlongs. — Ed.]Havana Grey
would be another. Iwas lucky enough tolead him up when hebroke his maiden atAyr and he went onto be a Group horsefor Karl. He’s a greathorse and I’m surehe will make a better3-year-old out ofhim. [Havana Greywon five 5-furlongsprints in the lastyear, most recently atthe Curragh.— Ed.]LN: Jordan, thank
you for your time.We have the dis-
tinct impression thatyoung Jordan Cum-mins will be a greatsuccess. He certainlyhas the drive and de-termination to suc-ceed. Local Newswishes him well.• To learn more
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Insiders say spend inthe gift shop there aver-ages more than €80,suggesting a turnover ofsome €100 million plus.
Even half that suc-cess would make TheVaults, estimated tocost €4 to 5 million, ablockbuster — and Ire-land’s biggest employerof acting and backstagetalent.
However, in the lastfew days, the Blanch-field/Heffernan com-pany, FrontierEntertainment, has hitwhat accountant Cor-mac Mohan calls a“speedbump”. OLD SCHOOL: the emphasis will be on live scares, not giant screens
LOCAL HERO: Dublin’s most famous Count will join Molly Malone
JUDGEJust as The Vaults
was about to cross thefinishing line, Frontierwas put into examiner-ship. Local News under-stands that this movewas ratified a few daysago by Judge JacquelineLinane.
“We have everyhope that the attractionwill open, and soon. Webelieve the prospectsfor the venture are verygood,” Mr Mohan toldLocal News.
“This is an account-ing exercise, but TheVaults is primarily anartistic venture. Weneed it to work, finan-cially and artistically.”
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It is believed thatjust €½ million is allthat is needed to “fi-nesse” the project,which is already largelybuilt and decorated.
Recent investorBarry Kenny, who re-sponded to thefounders’ appeal forfunds with a €1.2 mil-lion investment, had al-leged in legalproceedings that ashareholders’ agree-ment had beenbreached. Blanchfieldand Heffernan denythis.
However, with anamicable settlement MrKenny and the foundersshould all retain a sub-stantial share.
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Miami Show Band – still seeking answersFORTY three yearsago last week, localman Tony Geraghtyof Stanaway Rd inCrumlin, was mur-dered in the MiamiShowband Massacre.The anniversary wasmarked by a wreathlaying ceremony inSundrive Park fol-lowed by a publicmeeting in theStoneboat Pub.
The events wereorganised in con-junction with theTruth and Reconcilia-tion Platform (TaRP)founded by StephenTravers, survivingmember of theMiami Band, and hisfriend EugeneReavey.
My involvementin these events cameabout because I hadchallenged in theDáil the appointmentof Drew Harris of thePSNI as our newGarda Commis-sioner. Harris has arecord of obstructingthe efforts of victimsof atrocities in theNorth, to get thetruth of events that
claimed the lives oftheir loved ones. Suchwas the case with theMiami ShowbandMassacre.
Following my in-tervention in the DáilI was asked by theTaRP to introduce thepublic meeting theywere planning. I wasproud to do so.
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The first speakerwas Alan McBride,husband of ShankhillRd bomb victimSharon McBride. It isTaRP practice alwaysto have speakers fromboth sides of the di-vide to prevent theiraccounts of atrocitiesbeing used for sectar-ian purposes.
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Next cameStephen Travers whowas a member of theMiami Showband,friend of Tony Ger-aghty, and survivor –by the skin of histeeth – of the 1975massacre.
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the Miamis, a youngshowband with no in-volvement at all in theconflict were drivingback from a gig inBanbridge in the earlyhours of 31 July, 1975.
On the road to Newrythey were pulled overby what appeared tobe UDR men. They gotout and were standingby the roadside whensuddenly the van ex-
ploded – instantlykilling the two ‘sol-diers’ ostensibly‘searching ‘ it.
One of the bandmembers, Des, wasblown into a ditch andout of sight. The ‘sol-diers’ then opened fireon the remaining four,seeking to eliminatewitnesses. They im-mediately killed three– Brian McCoy wasshot four times; FranO’Toole was hit by 20bullets mostly in thehead and had no faceleft; Tony Geraghtywas shot five times inthe back and twice inthe back of his skull.
Stephen received adum-dum bullet in hisback but miraculouslysurvived by playingdead.
Later it emergedthat the ‘soldiers’ weremembers of the UVFwith links to the noto-rious sectarian killers ,the Glenanne Gang.They were plantingthe bomb in the vanwhen it exploded pre-maturely – the plan
was for it explode onthe road, simultane-ously killing the bandand smearing them astransporting bombsfor the IRA.
Along with the hor-ror of their stories andtheir lack of bitterness, Alan and Stephen areunited in their beliefthat hidden behindboth atrocities wasBritish secret servicecollusion. For decadesthey and others havebeen blocked fromdiscovering the truthabout what happened.
This brings us backto Drew Harris. Whydid he help block theirsearch for the truth, ifnot to cover up collu-sion with State forcesin the killings?
And that in turnbegs the question:why, after all the prob-lems with successiveCommissioners andthe Garda Siochana asa whole , would any-one want to appointsuch an unsuitableperson as the newGarda Commissioner?
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Cigarette site to see 1200 houses A VAST South CircularRoad site, stretchingbacking onto St Teresa’sGardens in The Liber-ties, may finally be de-veloped after lying idlefor nearly two decades.
The total site com-prises:
• the old John Playercigarette factory, closedin 2004
• the adjacent BaileyGibson print and pack-aging company
• the now semi-derelict St Teresa’s Gar-dens council estate offCork Street.
The land totalssome four hectares (tenacres), the largest hous-ing-approved tract ofland in the inner city. Itis, potentially, one ofthe most valuable tractsin the country, withroom for 1200 housesand apartments.
The company thatbought the John Playerland immediately afterthe factory closedfound itself in receiver-ship. A number of falsestarts have occurredsince then, with theproperty eventually
transferred to NAMA.Now, however, NAMA isbelieved to be workingwith one of its listed“preferred partners” todevelop the site.
The most likely can-didate, Glenveagh Prop-erties, is chaired by
former NAMA executiveJohn Mulcahy.
The Player site alonehas been previously val-ued at €22m, with Bai-ley Gibson worth a littleover half that amount.
However, if the totalsite is developed, the
value of the houses,apartments, shops andother facilities on thesite could reach justunder half a billion. Be-cause of the involve-ment of Dublin CityCouncil — owners ofthe St Teresa’s Gardens
RED FOR GO: building on the SCR site, outlined, could start this year
BIG SCHEME: 1200houses and flat are en-visaged
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estate — a substantialportion of the final de-velopment would in-clude social andaffordable housing.
Local News askedGlenveagh if they couldoffer any news as to thestatus of their planningapplication, if any, forthe site, but they de-clined to comment.
Should planningpermission be granted,building could start be-fore Christmas, with thefirst units available latein 2019.
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Be yourown lifecoach!Clinical Hypnotherapist KIERAN FITZPATRICKadvises in his regular column onhow to achieve your goals.
In recent articles I have talked about Depression.I stress again that if you are feeling overwhelmedwith feelings of Depression, Anxiety, acute lowmood, despair or even suicidal thoughts, as withany health condition, go to your doctor and tellthem. They can quickly begin to treat these feel-ings to relieve them. And when they do, talk tothem about some form of talk therapy to help youget to the root of these feelings and remove them.
I previously noted how, luckily, most forms of De-pression although chronic are relatively mild andcan be greatly relieved by monitoring ourthoughts, ideas and beliefs and changing them.Even more acute forms of Depression can behelped in this way. And their roots can be traced,with help.
I talked about how we don’t generally keep trackof our thoughts. And what thoughts should we belooking out for?!
Well, psychologists in recent years have found themost depressing combination of thoughts. If youhave let your thoughts drift into this pattern it isvery likely to be major contributor to your prob-lems. But, the good news is, that you can changethese. And when you do, your mood changes forthe better. And all of us can benefit from watchingout for and changing this pattern in our thinking.
So what we are watching out for are “The ThreeP’s”! “Permanent”, “Personal” and “Pervasive”. Sowhat do I mean?
If you have a negative thought in your head andyou believe this problem or situation is somethingthat is Permanent. Then that is going to be a prettydepressing thought. “It’s ALWAYS wrong” or “It’llNEVER be okay”, for example.
If you believe the problem is specific to you be-cause of who you are, then this is Personal. Againit’s going to be pretty depressing to think some-thing is the way it is just because you are you. “Ifail.” or “It won’t work out for ME”.
If you believe that something applies to every-thing and everywhere, then it is Pervasive. And thethought that no matter where you go or who youare with it will be the same, is again a pretty de-pressing thought!
Now, they have found that a lot of people sufferingwith Depression have all of these Three P’s activeat once in their thinking, which moves things notalone from positive to pretty depressing, but toabsolute despair! How can you ever see hope in anegative situation that you see as Permanent, Per-sonal AND Pervasive?!
The classic example would be “Nothing (Perva-sive), ever (Permanent) works out for me (Per-sonal)! What a depressing thought!
The great thing about these absolutes is that theyare very hard to prove right! And if we can beginto (a) realise that we are thinking this way and (b)throw doubt on those beliefs, we can change ourthinking and thus our mood.
Let’s take the classic example above. Everybodycan think of a time when something worked outfor them, however small. So “nothing” isn’t trueanymore. And neither is “ever” (or “never”). Andif anything ever worked out for them, then thepersonal element isn’t true either!
Get looking for the 3P’s in your thoughts and seeif they’re actually true!
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And, like manypublic representa-tives, she was angry atthe “summer mad-ness” timing of thePublic Consultationprocess.
She also noted thatthe times and venuesdid not suit many whomight wish to have asay:
“The public infor-mation display is onlyavailable for thiswhole area and Lucan
in Liffey Valley Shop-ping Centre on Friday17 August next from2:00 pm to 8:00 pm,”she told Local News.
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“This is wrong.”Ironically, the
Councillor pointedout, Liffey Valley ishard to get to for many
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bus users.“And of course Au-
gust is in the middle ofthe holiday season.”
While welcomingnew, more frequentbus routes to the CityCentre from Clon-dalkin (and bus/Luaslink-ups along the RedLine), she was con-cerned about a loss ofservice elsewhere.
WORSE SERVICEShe cites drastic
changes in routesaround Woodford/Monksfield, Rath-coole, Saggart andNewcastle:
“There will beworse service in thoseareas,” she told LocalNews.
Meanwhile herLabour colleagueDavid Eaton has calledfor a feeder bus link tothe Clondalkin/Fonthill railway sta-tion.
Mr Eaton ex-plained that a link withthat station couldbring passengers di-rectly into the CityCentre via the PhoenixPark Tunnel.
“For some peoplethis is by far the fastestway to access the CityCentre.”
Mr Eaton will berunning for election inthe newly-adjustedPalmerstown/FonthillLocal Electoral Area(LEA) of the SouthDublin County Coun-cil.Local News urges
our readers to go to theremaining meetings.There follows a list ofup-and-coming PublicConsultations for thesouthside. (For readerswith northside rela-tives, those meetingsare listed also.)• All meetings are
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Residents challenge Disc Parking storyRESIDENTS KieranStenson and Alan O’-Cleirígh sat downwith Local News tomake a point-by-point case rebuttingour story on DiscParking in the Ri-alto/Herberton Area(Local News South,July 19).Their most power-
ful argument camebacked by an officialplan for the limitedyellow-lining of Her-berton Park.The map we show
here, based on Coun-cil sketches, showsthat it’s not a matterof marking off one
side of the road.Instead, the pro-
posed DiscParking/No Parking
areas will be staggered— with good reason,as Mr Stenson ex-plained:“One of the argu-
ments made for aparking free-for-all isthat on-street carshave a natural traffic-calming effect,” henoted.“This, as you can
see from the plans, isnot accurate.”Local News had pre-
viously understoodthat Disc Parkingwould effectivelywiden the street andcause rat-run traffic.As we argued:“With one side car-
free, reckless com-muters would speedthrough quiet, resi-dential roads — assome are alreadydoing.”However, by stag-
gering the Parking/NoParking stretches inthe way suggested bythe Council, impa-tient commuters arerobbed of theirthrough-run speed-way.
LINE OF SIGHTIn our report, we
also ignored the line-of-sight hazards cre-ated by the currentparking free-for-all.Now, children jump
out between cars ontothe open road. Visibil-ity could be much im-
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by PAUL KELLY proved by designat-ing large tracts of theroad as No Parking(Yellow) Zones.What about cost?
Residents get theirown all-day-every-day permits, whichwe priced at €80. Weshould have made itclear that is thecharge per 2 years(with the option ofpaying for one year at€50). Both Mr O’Cleirígh
and Mr Stenson alsodealt with the notionof a “natural right topark” — and indeedthe need to park onthe street in somecases.However, they
pointed out that thedesign of the estate inquestion is crucial.As Mr O’Cleirígh
pointed out, most ifnot all of HerbertonPark houses haveparking spaces intheir front gardens.This contrasts with,
for example, thenearby Maryland es-tate where few if anyof the tiny front gar-dens could accom-modate a car. Thoughit should be remem-bered it is front gar-den and wasdesigned as leisurespace not a parkingspace.
NEW USERSAnother point
raised by the two res-idents, and by others,is that there are al-ready a wide varietyof users of the Her-berton Park and Roadon-street spaces.These include:• residents• visitors to StJames’s
• builders on StJames’s• builders on othersites
• medical staff in StJames’s
• local workersusing the road as“park and work”• city workers using
it as “park and ride”.All this will con-
tinue, but otherusers/abusers will beadded:• visitors to the newChildren’s Hospi-tal (NCH)
• medical staff inthe NCH
• again, more work-ers playing “parkand work”.
These new “parkand work” employeeswill include, for exam-ple, those employedby the soon-to-be-opened Medical Cen-tre nearby on SouthCircular Road; andthose working in thenew OAP centre(marked with a red
square on our map: itactually extends farbeyond that area).That means that a fi-nite number of on-street spaces will beused by a greater andgreater number ofpeople.This makes the case
for controlled use allthe more compelling.
OAPsOne final issue,
which Messrs Stensonand O’Cleirígh arguemay be the crucialone: mobility, espe-cially for the aged andinfirm.OAPs living in the
new centre will have
access to Rialto andSCR via HerbertonPark. Clearly, if thesepaths are currentlyblocked — as they arenearly every day —the issue will becomeworse as more work-ers arrive.Those with walkers
and mobility scooterswill simply be forcedout onto the road.Some locals, includ-
ing Paddy Lyne con-tinue to say that“most” Herberton res-idents are against thescheme.However, there are
two sides to the story.We have done ourbest to present both ofthem.
PARKING PROPOSAL: OAPs who take the route shown (red arrow) from the newly-built centre to the shops will be unable to get past cars parked half-up on the pave-ment. Disc Parking will discourage this practise
WALKING NIGHTMARE: only a very thin pedestrian could negotiate a this kind of gap!
BOTH SIDES NOW: how we reported the story in our July edition
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CRUMLIN BE PROUD - The Community cleanup of the beautiful village of Crumlin, by Crumlin/ Walkinstown Local Forum and the amazing people of Crumlin/Walkinstown who on a fine summer's evening came and cleaned their village. Photo: Martin O Brien
Bluebell United FootballClub past players ando35s took on a seniorGlasgow Celtic team attheir home grounds re-cently. A slow start be-fore the goals rolled infor both sides and itwas ‘;competitive’ tillthe final whistle. Celticincluded legends BrianMc Clair, Clayton Black-more, Tommy BoydBobby Petta, StalinPetrov, Jackie Mcna-mara, Shaun Maloney,Tommy Johnson, PierreVan Hooljdonk and JohHarrison managed theside.
Brian McElroy of Brian McElroy Funerals in Crum-lin Village has been honoured this year with theDrimnagh Person of the year award. He was pre-sented with the award by Peter Burke on behalfof the Drimnagh Resident’s Association. Theaward is know as the Tony Ward CommemorationAward after the founder of the association backin 1936. On the association’s 50th birthday it wasdecided to present this award every year to aperson who over a number of years had con-tributed to the community and Brian has cer-tainly done that over the years he has been inbusiness. In recent times he has helped theMother McAuley Centre, Drimnagh Ladies Club,Our Lady’s Hall Club, the Drimnagh Residents As-sociation and many more including local clubs.In accepting the award Brian said ‘that he wasboth honoured and humbled by being presentedwith this award’ and said that ‘People in Drim-nagh and Crumlin have supported me in my 14years and I am happy to continue to supportthem.’
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Starting September 2018
I N TRODUC INGLiberties brothersSean (9) and Aaron(17) on set of newRTÉ Crime Dramaseries fromLove/Hate creative
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middle income workersFIANNA FÁIL Leader of the Seanad and Spokesper-son for Social Protection has called on the Ministerfor Housing to address inconsistencies in the qual-ifying criteria for social housing and the RebuildingIreland mortgage scheme.
The Working Family Payment is currently clas-sified as income for the purposes of assessing eligi-bility for social housing. However, families in receiptof this payment are unable to apply for the Rebuild-ing Ireland Home Loan Scheme as it is not availableto those in receipt of social welfare payments.
Senator Ardagh said, “Excluding those who arein receipt of social welfare payments of all kind ismanifestly unfair and goes against the goal of the“rebuilding Ireland” program. The rebuilding Ire-land Loan Scheme was presented to us as a panaceato help those in middle Ireland who are unable toget finance on the private market”
“The rate of approval and uptake of the loanscheme is evidence that it is simply not working.This leaves many families in no mans land; they arejust outside the qualifying criteria for social housingand yet they still cannot apply to the Rebuilding Ire-land Home Loan Scheme. The Minister needs toaddress this anomaly as the current situation is notfair on families who fall between the two schemes,”concluded Senator Ardagh.
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K.C.R. HouseKIMMAGE ROAD LOWER, DUBLIN 6
Enjoy all the big Sports events in our Lounge or Bar with the many screens Parties catered for in our lounge by arrangement Phone: 01 490-2530
Friday 17th: Will PowerSaturday 18th: Third AvenueSunday 19th: John Collis
Friday 24th: TrudySaturday 25th: The Beatty Bros
Sunday 26th: Live Music (see in lounge for details)Friday 31st: Live music
Saturday 1st: Smack the MonkeySunday 2nd: Tony Jones
Enjoying a great night out at the K.C.R. House
THIS YEARafter a few years away the Summer Festivalcame back to its original home in the KCR House .Thefestival kicked off with Rock and Roll Bingo with PaulRedmond on Wednesday followed on Thursday bymusic by The Legends..Friday saw the return of TonySwaines Charity Auction (he will get arrested sometime) with music by Adam Ryan, it never ceases toamaze me how generous people can be buyin, thoughin fairness there were a couple of real bargains asusual..Saturday brought us Dixer Day and friendlygrudge game of Pitch and Putt between the BlackHorse boys and the KCR gentlemen.Saturday nightbrought the Talent Contest with Mick McAvinue, an-other great night with some weird and wonderfullsingers, with Karl Morris victorious... The Festivalqueen was a very interesting event with some verystrang speeches by the contestants. The winner wasJennifer Gurley and big commiserations to Joe Faywho finished 8th of the 6 contestants.
Sunday was another packed night with Taffle andmusic by Tony Jones..All in all it was a great week lotsof craic and people giving money for a great cause; theHospice in Harold’s Crtoss.There was also a sponseredweight loss so a big thanks to Marto O Neill, Linda McDonnell and Tony Swaine, also to Joe Fay for his raffleon Sunday.Fair play to Tony and Noreen getting the
spot prizes and so much more and to John and Joanand all the staff of the KCR House and all the enter-tainers and especially to you the customers of the KCRfor your genorosity through out the week.Congrats toCarol McAvinue who celebrated 5 years cancer freeduring the festival.And finally a mention for KayByrne. Kay was involved with festival week for manyyears but unfortunatly Kay passed away this year andshe was sadly missed..Thanks again to everyone andhers to next year.Time to put the liver back in the box.
One sad note to finish, Anto Gurleys new little dogwent missing (presumed stolen) during the festival..Anto is very upset and not been able to sleep since...So if you have any information about his dog pleaselet him know.
People who contributed items and who helpedduring the week.
Leo Mc Grane , Stephen Lennon , Anto Gurley,Paddy Balfe , The Depot in Harolds Cross,AileenGoode Pharmacy, Flemings Florist, Botherna BreenaFuel Depot, Traceys Walk around (super value) TheRose Bud, Mary Skinner, Jim and Joan Boyne, DavidJordan Pharmacy, Jess Fay, John and Joan Sweeny (KCRHouse ) Driminagh Gym ( Robbie Davis), Martin ONeill , Linda Mc Donnell,Paddy Power, Boyle Sports .
KCR HouseFestival Week 2018
Money RaisedAuction €815 - Raffle €475 - Joe Fay €91 - linda Mc Donnell €250
Tony swaine €220 - Martin O Neill €100 - Pitch and Putt €75Bucket Collection €556 - John & Joan sweeny KCR House €200
total € 2,782
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New Sports Pitch forCommunity in Firhouse ON SATURDAY 25th August akick-off event with live enter-tainment, free BBQ for allguests, a football tournamentand family fun day will takeplace at the Church of Scien-tology & Community Centre inFirhouse, starting at 10:30amto inaugurate their newly re-stored football pitch. The Firhouse Centre opened
last October and has alreadyhosted over 100 communityevents and nearly 20,000guests, but the pitch could notbe used so far as the newly re-stored grass surface had to beallowed to grow and settle.The Church and CommunityCentre has now received thegreen light from its landscap-
ing professionals confirmingthat the pitch can be put backto use at the end of August.A number of local sports
clubs have already submittedrequests to use the pitch,many more unfortunatelythan the facilities can accom-modate. Preference is beinggiven to non-profit groupswhich contribute the most tothe local community.“Sports and general wellbe-
ing are paramount in today’slife style especially in a worldwhere drug consumption anddrug related crime seem to in-crease day by day. The pitchon our grounds gives us a wayto contribute to the commu-nity encouraging physical ac-
tivity, good habits and excite-ment” said Diana Stahl, Direc-tor of Public Affairs at theScientology Community Cen-tre.The Church has taken good
care of the pitch grounds sinceits acquisition of the premisesin Firhouse in 2017, in prepa-ration for this opening. Thepitch which measures 50x90mwas refurbished completelyincluding having a newdrainage system installed toallow its use throughout theyear so it can accommodateGaelic football, hurling, rugbyand soccer local clubs in mostweather conditions.
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