A registered newspaper at the G.P.O. We deliver We Deliver The ONLY Local Newspaper with the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Certification Your Quality Local Newspaper The Biggest Circulation Of ANY North County Newspaper 6th March 2012 • Volume 19, Issue 08 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • ISDN 8139966 • Tel: 8•400•200 An Indie Spice Company Delivery Area - Swords - Malahide - Portmarnock - Rush - Lusk - Donabate - Portrane Restaurant Quality Indian & Thai Food To Your Door TELEPHONE: 8084006 / 8084007 / 8904706 Unit 3, North Street, Business Park, Swords OPEN MON - SAT: 5.00PM - 11.30PM • SUN: 4.00PM - 11.00PM L eading County Council official, Pat Keane has retired after serving in the local council since its inception in 1994. Keane headed up the Finance section and was a particularly popular member of staff. A retirement party was held for him in County Hall last Tuesday evening, 28th February and was attended by a large gathering of his friends and colleagues in the local authority. Originally from Listowel in Co Kerry, and now domiciled in Ashbourne, he is an avid Kerry GAA supporter and goes to see them at every opportunity. “I have seen some great players wear the green and gold over the years, but Jack O’Shea was the greatest of them all,” he said. At the last full Council meeting last month, trib- utes flowed from all sections of the Chamber and everyone was full of praise for the budgets and other work presented by Pat in the course of his work. He was also renowned for his dry sense of humour and County Mayor, Gerry McGuire recalled the visit of All Ireland cham- pions, Dublin to County Hall, with the Sam Maguire Cup at the end of last year. “The place was festooned in blue and navy, but a Kerry flag mysteriously made it’s way into the famed cup. All eyes turned to Pat, who had a mischievous look on his face,” he said. He started work with Kerry County Council and four years later moved to Dublin, where he took up a similar position with Dublin County Council. He remained with them until the forma- tion of Fingal County Council in 1994. He has always been involved in finance and his motto is simplicity itself - “You can’t spend what you haven’t got.” Pat is a keen golfer and is a member of Elm Green Golf Club and is now in an ideal position to reduce his handicap. In his time at the local authority, he served under four County Managers, Davie Byrne, Willie Soffe, John Tierney and David O’Connor. His attention to detail and keen wit will be sorely missed by all. Top Man Pat Retires From Council Pat Keane, who has retired as Finance Director at Fingal County Council is pictured at his retirement party in County Hall Swords with his wife, Margaret and daughter, Orla. By Patrick Finnegan Pictured at his retirement do is Sergeant Pat Thornton with CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber, Tony Lambert. See story on page 3 Local Chambers Get Ready For Year Ahead The five local Chambers of Commerce in the North County are in the process of getting themselves ready for what many analysts believe will be a challenging year ahead for many of their members. Working closely with it’s members, the Chambers are constantly reviewing and updating policies to promote, lobby and influence the decision-makers on all matters of concern to local business. They are always active in encouraging and nurturing new and established businnesses in their areas. Fingal Dublin Chamber and Balbriggan Chamber held their annual AGM’s last Thursday, 1st March and vowed to continue the great work of the previous chambers. CEO, Tony Lambert said, “The year ahead promises to be both exciting and challenging for our chamber, with a new structure and a council of 30 members to guide the chamber. We will be building a stronger, more sustainable structure to represent busi- nesses.” Lambert continued, “For many businesses, the chamber is an essential part of their companies. We provide many unique networking opportuni- ties for business men and women in the North County area,” he concluded. The Balbriggan and District Chamber AGM was well attended by members wishing to hear about the Chamber’s perfor- mance in 2011 A new Executive Council was the community for the benefit of community activity. We are fully supportive of commu- nity events, as we know that any contri- bution we can make will come back to the benefit of all,” he said. The Malahide AGM will be held at the end of March in conjunction with the Business Awards, and this year, they are looking for a new President as Al Ryan’s term ends in March. He had one final rallying call for all chamber members when he said, “We need to remind ourselves that not all is bad out there and there are strong posi- tive things happening. The hard times can sometimes bring out the best in people and we need to look after each other,” he concluded. Likewise, Skerries Chamber will hold their AGM at the end of this month and President Martin Scully was very upbeat about the prospects for the year. “We are planning our St Patrick’s Day parade and thereafter, we have great plans for a community garden in the town which will benefit everyone. It will be a trying year Contd. on page 9 elected along with Executive Officers. Joe English the outgoing President was succeeded by Kevin Tolan who said, “I am looking forward to working with the newly elected Executive Committee. We have much hard work to do to combat the difficult economic climate, but I believe Balbriggan Chamber has a pivotal role in achieving continued success for Balbriggan.’ Malahide Chamber have announced a new arrival in the form of their redesigned Chamber website which is now on-line. President Al Ryan told the County Leader : “We try to play our part. The Chamber is a place to represent business with one voice and to help us co- ordinate business in Outgoing President, Joe English hands over the Chain of Office to new President, Kevin Tolan. Pic: Tony Healy A Fond Farewell For Swords Sergeant
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L eading County Council official, PatKeane has retired after serving in thelocal council since its inception
in 1994. Keane headed up the Financesection and was a particularly popularmember of staff.
A retirement party was held for him in CountyHall last Tuesday evening, 28th February andwas attended by a large gathering of his friendsand colleagues in the local authority. Originallyfrom Listowel in Co Kerry, and now domiciled inAshbourne, he is an avid Kerry GAA supporterand goes to see them at every opportunity. “Ihave seen some great players wear the greenand gold over the years, but Jack O’Shea wasthe greatest of them all,” he said.At the last full Council meeting last month, trib-utes flowed from all sections of the Chamberand everyone was full of praise for the budgetsand other work presented by Pat in the courseof his work. He was also renowned for his dry
sense of humour and County Mayor, GerryMcGuire recalled the visit of All Ireland cham-pions, Dublin to County Hall, with the SamMaguire Cup at the end of last year. “The placewas festooned in blue and navy, but a Kerry flagmysteriously made it’s way into the famed cup.All eyes turned to Pat, who had a mischievouslook on his face,” he said.He started work with Kerry County Council andfour years later moved to Dublin, where he tookup a similar position with Dublin CountyCouncil. He remained with them until the forma-tion of Fingal County Council in 1994. He hasalways been involved in finance and his motto issimplicity itself - “You can’t spend what youhaven’t got.” Pat is a keen golfer and is a member of ElmGreen Golf Club and is now in an ideal positionto reduce his handicap. In his time at the localauthority, he served under four CountyManagers, Davie Byrne, Willie Soffe, JohnTierney and David O’Connor. His attention todetail and keen wit will be sorely missed by all.
Top Man Pat Retires From Council
Pat Keane, who has retired as Finance Director at Fingal County Council is pictured at his retirement party inCounty Hall Swords with his wife, Margaret and daughter, Orla.
By Patrick Finnegan
Pictured at his retirement do is Sergeant Pat Thornton with CEO Fingal DublinChamber, Tony Lambert. See story on page 3
Local Chambers Get Ready For Year AheadThe five localChambers ofCommerce in theNorth County are inthe process ofgetting themselvesready for what manyanalysts believe willbe a challenging yearahead for many oftheir members.Working closely withit’s members, theChambers areconstantly reviewingand updating policiesto promote, lobbyand influence thedecision-makers onall matters of concernto local business.They are alwaysactive in encouragingand nurturing newand establishedbusinnesses in theirareas.Fingal DublinChamber andBalbriggan Chamberheld their annualAGM’s last Thursday,
1st March and vowedto continue the greatwork of the previouschambers. CEO, TonyLambert said, “Theyear ahead promisesto be both exciting andchallenging for ourchamber, with a newstructure and a councilof 30 members toguide the chamber. Wewill be building astronger, moresustainable structureto represent busi-nesses.” Lambertcontinued, “For manybusinesses, the
chamber is
an essential part oftheir companies. Weprovide many uniquenetworking opportuni-ties for business menand women in theNorth County area,” heconcluded.The Balbriggan andDistrict Chamber AGMwas well attended bymembers wishing tohear about theChamber’s perfor-mance in 2011 A newExecutive Council was
the community for thebenefit of communityactivity. We are fullysupportive of commu-nity events, as weknow that any contri-bution we can makewill come back to thebenefit of all,” hesaid. The Malahide AGMwill be held at theend of March inconjunction with theBusiness Awards, andthis year, they arelooking for a newPresident as AlRyan’s term ends inMarch. He had onefinal rallying call forall chamber memberswhen he said, “Weneed to remindourselves that not allis bad out there andthere are strong posi-tive thingshappening. The hardtimes can sometimesbring out the best inpeople and we need
to look after eachother,” he concluded.Likewise, SkerriesChamber will hold theirAGM at the end of thismonth and President
Martin Scully was veryupbeat about theprospects for the year.“We are planning ourSt Patrick’s Day paradeand thereafter, we
have great plans for acommunity garden inthe town which willbenefit everyone. Itwill be a trying yearContd. on page 9
elected along withExecutive Officers. JoeEnglish the outgoingPresident wassucceeded by KevinTolan who said, “I amlooking forward toworking with the newlyelected ExecutiveCommittee. We havemuch hard work to doto combat the difficulteconomic climate, but Ibelieve BalbrigganChamber has a pivotalrole in achievingcontinued success forBalbriggan.’ Malahide Chamberhave announced a newarrival in the form oftheir redesignedChamber websitewhich is now on-line.President Al Ryan toldthe County Leader:“We try to play ourpart. The Chamber is a
place to representbusiness with onevoice and to help us co-ordinate business in
Outgoing President, Joe English hands over the Chain ofOffice to new President, Kevin Tolan. Pic: Tony Healy
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Great Win For Fingallians GirlsOn Saturday 25thFebruary last, FingalliansGAA club participated forthe first time in the GAA’sCultural talent show“Scór na bPáistí”. Theypitted their talents
against different clubsfrom all around Dublin.First up for Fins wasAnna Sheehan with astirring rendition of “MoGhile Mear” in the solosinging section.
Following Anna was LólaGillespie (low whistle)and Leagh McGuirk (tinwhistle) in the instru-mental section playing“Off to California”. Thethird act for Fingallians
was Emer Keeling(singing) and LeaghMcGuirk (tin whistle) inthe ballad group sectiondoing “Oró, ‘sé dobheath abhaile”. Leagh,Lóla and Emer then tookpart in the challenging“Tráth na gCeist” Tablequiz. The standards fromeach club on the daywere exceptionally high.Fingallians came awaywith a gold in the solosinging section, throughAnna Sheehan. Anna isnow the 2012 Scór nabPáistí Átha Cliathchampion. This was theclub’s first outing in thisprestigious competitionand will be the start of anongoing participation.“Scór na nÓg” will becommencing inSeptember andFingallians will belooking for Under 17s torepresent the club.
Balbriggan Community Policing Forumheld its first public meeting for 2012recently in the Town Hall in Balbriggan.
Police Forum Meeting In Balbriggan
Inside the issue>
Night For Missing Persons In Swords
See page 5 >
See story on page 6 >
Local TD, Alan Farrell (FG) has congratulatedseven schools from the North County whohave been offered government grants toreplace existing prefabricated units withpermanent accommodation.
Local deputy, Brendan Ryan (Lab), has urgedMinister for the Environment, Community andLocal Government, Phil Hogan to include thepost office as a payment option for theHousehold Charge.
Post Office Payment Urged
See story on page 9 >
Good News For Seven Local Schools
Pictured with their medals after participating for the first time in the GAA's Cultural talentshow “Scór na bPáistí” are Fingallians clubmates, Emer Keeling, Leagh McGuirk, AnnaSheehan and Lóla Gillespie.
‘Mad’ Tea Party At Malahide SchoolThe hall of StSylvester’s NS inMalahide was packedrecently as it playedhost to a Mad Hatter’sTea Party, with allproceeds goingtowards the school.Parents and childrenalike were invited to
the school to enjoymany scrumptiousthings such as cakes,breads, scones,biscuits and lots ofbuns. They were urgedto arrive in style,wearing the maddestof hats. Some weremade from recycled
goods and others werejust classic favourites.A lucky student fromeach class won a prizeon the day for havingthe maddest hat. StSylvester’s cake salewas especiallyappealing to childrenas they had a sweet
deal of ‘goody cakebags’ on sale for €1,these bags consistedof five pieces of cake.Also on the day therewas a guessingcompetition which wasa great hit.Participants paid €1 forfive guesses or 20 centper guess.With all on offer theschool made afantastic €2,140. Theparents associationand all involved saidthey plan to invest thisback into the school.The cake sale has beena successful annualevent at St Sylvester’sover the past fewyears. Only in the lastfour years howeverhas it become knownas the ‘Mad HattersTea Party’.
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Missing persons were remembered onFriday 24th February last at an event in theLord Mayor’s in Swords.
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Luke Is PortmarnockScout of the Year
Pictured here is Portmarnock Scout Group Leader PeterO’Kelly as he presents awards to Luke Doran (right) whowas Scout of the Year and Nick O’Brien (left) who wasRunner Up.
T h e r e a r e o t h e rconsiderat ions too,f o r i n s t a n c e t h ee n t h u s i a s m a n dsense of fun that indi-v i d u a l s b r i n g , t h ec a r e o f o t h e r s a n dmatur i ty to take onl e a d e r s h i p a n dresponsibility. “It is never an easytask,” Group LeaderPeter O'Kelly told theC o u n t y L e a d e r .“There are always ag r o u p o f w e l ldeserving individuals,and in addition to thea b o v e , t h e l e a d e r ss p e n d a l o t o f t i m egoing over the atten-d a n c e s a t g r o u p
m e e t i n g s , h i k e s ,community act iv i ty ,camps and so on.” “It
was our great plea-sure to present theScout of the Year 2011t o L u k e D o r a n , a n dr u n n e r - u p t o N i c kO ' B r i e n . W e l o o kf o r w a r d t o m a k i n gnext year's presenta-tion in our brand newden, the building ofwhich will begin in afew weeks time,” heconcluded.
The tradition of 'Scout of the Year' has beenoperating in Portmarnock Scout Group formany years. This year’s winner was Luke
Doran. The competition is judged on a variety ofaspects of scout craft and of personal growth.The aim of Scouting is to encourage the physical,intellectual, emotional, social, character andspiritual development of young people, so thatthey may achieve their full potential and asresponsible citizens, to improve society.
Man Calls 999 ForStuck Wedding RingA man called 999 forhelp getting his weddingring off his finger - so hecould throw it at his wifeduring a row.Paramedics also took999 calls asking for liftshome, because of apopped spot and assis-tance finding a lost TVremote. The AmbulanceService have askedpeople to think beforecalling for emergencyhelp.
ENGLANDWacky World
Swords came out in force to wish SergeantPat Thornton all the best on his retire-ment from An Garda Síochána. A native of
Foxford Co. Mayo, Pat joined the force almost39 years ago after spending time in London.
You could even say that there is blue blood inhis veins, as his uncle Jim Thornton servedfrom 1944 until 1988. Prior to serving the last17 years in Swords, Pat served in Donegal,Clones and Rathfarnham.On his retirement, Pat says he will “miss thecraic” and most of all “winding people up.”Indeed Pat's good humour was evident allnight in the many stories he told and in thelight-hearted stories that near and dear friendsrelayed also. The atmosphere at the Star inSwords was very friendly, as people came from
far and wide to greet Pat with gifts and greatwarmth. There were representatives from theseveral Garda stat ions across the NorthCounty, members of the legal and businesscommunity as well as locals who had becomegood friends. One of these good friends was ahusband and wife, who themselves had beenvictims of a most awful criminal assault. Theycame across the city to wish him well and tosay a very special thank you for the support hegave them through their personal trauma.Even though he is in retirement, Pat says hewill “find it hard to keep still”. He says that hemay even spend more time with, his now localGAA club, Clann Mhuire in the Naul.We wish Pat all the best in his retirement andwe are sure that he wi l l be st i l l making his presence felt in the North County again very soon.
The state-of-the-art, DonabateCommunity Col lege has beenawarded ‘Best EducationalBuilding’ at the recent LocalAuthority Members Association(LAMA) Awards at the CrownePlaza Hotel , Santry. The newschool won the award in the ‘BestEducational Building’ category.Donabate Community Collegemeets the needs of both youngpeople and the community atlarge who had campaigned for asecondary school in the area for20 years. Previously secondaryschool students had to attendschools in nearby areas, such asMalahide, Swords andPortmarnock. The 1000 pupilCommunity College opened itsnew state-of-the-art building inSeptember 2011. The col legewas up against four other educa-tional buildings in the category,
inc luding Beam Serv icesTraining Centre in Carlow, FinnValley College in Donegal, TheArt House Studios & L ibrary in Laois and GMIT Castlebar Innovation in BusinessCentre in Mayo.Hosted by broadcaster MiriamO’Callaghan, The LAMA Awardsrecognise significant projectsthroughout the country, whichare nominated by a local coun-cillor or council in order to beshort l is ted with the winnerschosen by an esteemed panel ofjudges. The ceremonycommends individuals, initia-t ives, private companies andpeople for their outstandingcontributions and projects ofbenef i t to the community . A l l winners are presented with a bespoke, engraved crystal trophy.
Following the announcement that Rush GardaStation is to be closed in the near future, the policeforce would like to emphasise to the communitythat the current policing service will not beaffected.Currently, the Gardai at Lusk and Rush operate ona complementary basis. This means that if RushStation is closed, Lusk Station will provide coverfor the Rush sub-district and vice versa. Themembers attached to both stations are thoroughlyfamiliar with both sub-districts.The number of Garda personnel currently allocatedto the Rush and Lusk sub-districts will not bereduced, nor will the resources currently availablebetween the two stations. The Gardai, who arefamiliar with the two areas will continue to providethe policing service to the community of Rush andLusk. This service is augmented by a 24 hourresponse available from Skerries and BalbrigganGarda Stations. A public meeting will be held at8.30pm on Tuesday, 13th March at St. Maur’s GAAClub in Rush to discuss this issue and all arewelcome to attend.
By Peter Kearney
A Fond Farewell For Swords Sergeant
Donabate School WinsPrestigious Award
Rush Policing ServiceWill Be Unaffected Malahide Cricket
Club Needs YouYour Cricket Club NeedsYou! This year MalahideCricket Club are fieldinga total of 13 under ageteams. They urgentlyrequire volunteers tohelp in any waypossible, particularlythey need parents totake on the manage-ment of some of theseteams - no cricket experi-ence necessary. Theycannot field these teamswithout your help andsupport. So please getinvolved and contact thenew Chair of YouthCricket - Robbie Condronon 085 1455402 [email protected]
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Cyril Daly's 70th birthday party was held in the Harp Bar in Swords recently.Pictured are Ciara Doherty, Cyril and Annette Daly and Gillian Hand. PK
Geraldine Tobin held her 50th birthday party in the Carnegie Court Hotel inSwords recently. Pictured at the event are Lorraine Goulding, Denise Mahon,Anne Bray, Geraldine Tobin, Bernie Sutton and Lorraine Clarke. PK
Pictured having a Polish night at the Old Boroin Swords are Monica Janiszewka, JoannaMarchewka and Agnieszka Maziec. PK
Pictured are good friends JenniferMcShane, Lisa Molloy and Orla McCauleyat Wright's in Malahide recently. PK
It was Liam Murphy's 27th birthday party in Fowler's inMalahide recently. Pictured at the celebrations are VinnyBrereton, Liam Murphy and Keith Moffatt. PK
Sarah Harrington (3rd from right) celebrated her 21stbirthday at the Harp Bar in Swords recently. Picturedwith Sarah are James Carpenter, Adrian Dunne,
Anthony Digan, Esther and John Harrington. PK
Having a Lads Night Out at the Old Boro in Swordsrecently are Miro Weiner, Damian Janiszewski andBartek Marchewka. PK
Gary McCormack held his 21st birthday party atthe Old School House in Swords. Pictured withGary are Pat and Grace McCormack. PK
Shauna Keogh held her 21st birthday party in the Carnegie CourtHotel in Swords. Pictured enjoying themselves are Barry Sweeney,Jenny Doyle, Shauna Keogh and Nichole Harris. PK
Pictured enjoying a Girls Night Out in Kettle's CountryHouse Hotel, Rolestown recently are Caroline Wall,Deborah Carrick and Sindy Fitzpatrick. PK
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Night For MissingPersons In SwordsMissing persons wereremembered on Friday24th February last atan event in the LordMayor’s in Swords. The night was organ-ised by locals, LeanneJackson and LauraWatson in conjunctionwith www.missingper-sons. ie. Missingpersons is a non-profit
organisation whichprovides resourcesand support to fami-l ies and fr iends ofmissing persons. Theycreate public aware-ness of missingpersons though avariety of educationalactivities. The event in
the Lord Mayor’s wasone such event toraise awareness andsupport for families.Much needed fundswere raised on thenight through a €5entrance, a raffle anddonations given on thenight.Missing persons arevery grateful to all the
local businesses whocontr ibuted to thenight. A great numberof Swords businessesprovided prizes for theraff le. Leanne andLaura, as well asCiaran Casey andDermot Connaughtonfrom Missing Persons,would l ike to thanklocal businesses fortheir support . Theywould also l ike tothank DJ Andy Byrneand Joe Savage who gave up their timefor free.
Pictured at the Missing Persons Charity Night at the Lord Mayor's in Swords are Ciaran Casey, Leanne Jackson, DermotConnaughton and Laura Watson.
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, paid a visit to SiemensDiagnostics Plant in Swords as part of Engineers Week. Students from Fingal CommunityCollege in Swords were invited to attend. Pictured with the Minister and John Power, onright from Engineers Ireland are students, Jasson Tuang, Nikita Baranovs, EdineIbrahimovic and Paul Reddin.
Balbriggan CommunityPolicing Forum held itsfirst public meeting for2012 recently in theTown Hall in Balbriggan.Four times a year, thissystem allows the public to converse withthe local authorities onany safety issues theymay have.The public meeting wasattended by InspectorDeclan Yeats, MichaelWalsh and SarahPrendergast fromBalbriggan GardaStation, Brian Murrayfrom Balbriggan Town
Council, Noreen Colganfrom Fingal LeaderPartnership and chairedby Louise Butler from
Balbriggan CommunityPolicing Forum. One ofthe issues that hasconstantly come up for
discussion is burglariesand Inspector DeclanYeats advised people totake precautions byusing alarm systems andsimple measures such asinforming neighbours oftheir absence.Graffiti is another issueraised constantly andsome residentspresented photos takenof graffiti-stained areasaround Balbriggan. “A10-11 year old doing graf-fiti or other similar thingsis not antisocial behav-iour, it is just badparenting. There is a lotthat parents can do toreduce this,” said DeclanYeats. “Graffiti is aserious problem for thecommunity and it is acriminal offence to dothis.” Residents wereadvised to establishneighbourhood watchgroups, plant ivy that willobscure targeted wallsover time and parentswere also asked todiscuss this with theirchildren. All the issuesthat were brought up willbe investigated and feed-back will be given at thenext meeting.
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Pictured here are L-R: Louise Butler from Balbriggan Community Policing Forum,Margaret Haugh(Rosepark) and Sarah Prendergast and Michael Walsh fromBalbriggan Garda Station at the recent Police Forum Meeting in Balbriggan.
New AthleticsClub InPortmarnockMembers and volun-teers are sought for anew athletics club inPortmarnock. The clubhas been set up in asso-ciation with AthleticsIreland and will initallyhold its trainingsessions for 7-12 yearolds on Sundays from3pm-4pm at thePortmarnock Sports andLeisure Centre, meetingby the bottle bank. Ifinterested please phoneBenny on 086-8504572.
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Local Groups ToJoin Swords ParadeLocal groups, clubs and organisations have been invited to take part in the 2012 Swords StPatrick’s Day Parade with another feast of celebra-tions lined up.With less than two weeks to the big day, finalarrangements for the parade are being madefollowing its successful return to Swords last yearafter more than a decade.Organised once more by Swords Le Chéile, theparade will begin at 12pm on Saturday, 17th March.Street performers, stilt walkers and balloonmodellers have all been lined up this year, alongwith Viking warriors and Special Forces, who will bejoining dozens of local groups and clubs.The theme of the parade will be ‘Youth’ and SwordsYouth Service will be providing a grand marshal toaccompany County Mayor, Cllr Gerry McGuire, in anopen-top vintage car. “The parade is a very special day to celebrate allthat is best in Ireland – the food, the music, thepeople, the fun and craic. We want to grow thetradition in Swords by giving the many sporting andcommunity organisations in the area the opportu-nity to participate in the parade,’ said the organisa-tion’s chairman, Joe Harford. Local businesses havebeen asked to make a special effort to createpromotions and activities around St Patrick’s Dayand a carnival atmosphere is expected once more.
BallyboughalPitch And PuttCompetitionThe Bart le McDonnell ShieldCompetition, the first club majorof the year, was held atBallyboughal Pitch and Putt clubrecently and it proved to be agreat boost for the club. This year the proceeds will be
going to Temple St ICU, via localman Peter Donegan’s forthcominghalf marathon run on Inis Mor inMarch. The winner of the BartleMaxwell Shield by the closest ofmargins of one stroke was JimmyBrowne with a net 45. while therunner up on net 46 was JohnFitzpatrick . Nearest the pin on theday was Vince Walker.Congratulations to Jimmy Browne,having first won this competitionback in 1992.
Good News For Seven Local SchoolsLocal TD, Alan Farrell (FG) hascongratulated seven schools fromthe North County who have beenoffered government grants toreplace existing prefabricatedunits with permanent accommo-dat ion, as part of anat ional in i t iat iveundertaken by theMinister forEducat ion, Ruair iQuinn TD. Speaking to theCounty Leader, Farrellsaid: “ I t is my v iewthat the pract ice ofrenting prefabricatedbui ldings has beenone of the biggest fail-ures of our educationsystem over the past ten years.Prefab units should have been ashort term solution, not a longone for expanding schools.” “Parents and teachers have neverbeen comfortable sending chil-dren to school in prefab units,particularly those with issues ofdamp and temperature regulation
problems. I have visited schoolsaround the North County and metteachers and parents who havebeen campaigning for a resolu-t ion to these sub standardprefabs.” He continued: “It is for
this reason that Iunderstand the impor-tance of thisannouncement tothese schools, NaulNational School, ScoilPhadraic in Donabate,Realt Na Mara inSkerries, St. Peter andPaul ’s Nat ionalSchool , and StTeresa’s inBalbr iggan, and St .Colmcille’s and Holy
Family, River Valley in Swords, allof whom I am certain will take fulladvantage of this investment fortheir students gain. This invest-ment in young people is aremarkable achievement for theDepartment of Education and willbe of enormous benefit to chil-dren across the county.”
Alan Farrell TD
Pictured at the 73rd Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis at the R.D.S. were Michael Kennedy, MargaretRichardson, Brendan and Ann Leonard and Councillor Darragh Butler.
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Students Celebrate Enterprise At FinalStudent enterprise willbe celebrated by eigh-teen secondaryschools and nineprimary schools at theFingal StudentEnterprise Awards onFriday, March 16th.
The Fingal CountyEnterprise Board haveconfirmed that arecord number offinalist companies,sixty in total, will becompeting for a shareof the €10,000 prize
fund at the eleventhannual final.“This year’s FingalStudent EnterpriseAwards will showcaseour largest number ofstudent entrepreneursyet, highlighting agrowing interest inenterprise amongstyoung people,” saidOisin Geoghegan, CEOof Fingal CountyEnterprise Board. “Thekey objective of theFingal StudentEnterprise programmeis to encouragestudents to learnabout the world of
business so that theycan discover theexcitement anddynamism of runningan enterprise,” headded.Involving nearly 2,000
primary and secondaryschool students, thebudding entrepre-neurs get an opportu-nity to research andset-up their own busi-nesses from
September to March,with support frombusiness mentors fromthe local EnterpriseBoard. The “EnterprisingSchool Spirit” Award
winner at primary andsecondary level willreceive a laptopcomputer from CountyDublin V.E.C., which isalso sponsoring the“County Dublin V.E.C.Enterprise Award.” Aprize draw forstudents and teacherswill also take place onMarch 16th. TheCounty Mayor, Cllr.Gerry McGuire, will be
presenting the seniorcategory prizes thisyear, which includesan educational trip toBarcelona for thewinning students andtheir teacher. Thesecondary schoolwinners will be invitedto represent Fingal atthe National StudentEnterprise Awards inCroke Park onWednesday, April 18th.
Pictured at the Fingal County Enterprise Board offices in Swords launching the Fingal StudentEnterprise Programme are: Wesleigh O’Hagan, Teacher, Martin MacEntee, Youth Officer;County Major Cllr. Gerry McGuire, Oisin Geoghegan and Jennifer O’Dwyer, Teacher, withstudents from Luttrellstown Community College and Donabate Community College.
Electrical RecycleDays In Rush AndBalbrigganThe EuropeanRecycling Platform, in
association with theCounty Council will beholding two OpenDays where house-holders will be enti-tled to bring Batteriesand Waste Electricaland ElectronicEquipment (WEEE)free of charge for recy-cling. You can recycleitems such as fridges,washing machines,fluorescent tubes,microwaves, stereosand TVs. Rush CommunityCouncil are supportingthis initiative as ameans to raise extraawareness on theavailabil ity of freerecycling of allbatteries and house-hold electrical / elec-tronic appliances.The collections willtake place on Friday,9th March at TescoCar Park, WhitestownRoad in Rush and alsoon Saturday 10thMarch at Millf ield
Shopping Centre CarPark in Balbrigganfrom 10am to 4pm.This day will aim tocollect the same typeof electrical appliancesthat can be brought toour recycling centresbut its advertising willaim at making morepeople aware of thefree recycling of WEEE.Anyone not going tothe days in questioncan avail as usual ofCoolmine and Estuaryrecycling centreswhere WEEE andbatteries from house-holds are acceptedfree of charge.
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Local deputy, Brendan Ryan (Lab), has urgedMinister for the Environment, Community andLocal Government, Phil Hogan to include thepost off ice as a payment option for theHousehold Charge. Ryan said: “If this is a problem for North CountyDublin, then it must be an even greater problemin rural Ireland where the distances to localauthority offices are even greater. In response to a Parliamentary Question tabledby Ryan, Minister Hogan said he was satisfiedthat there is a “comprehensive suite ofpayment options” available to persons with aliability to pay the household charge. However,Ryan has received a large number of enquiriesfrom older people and those who live in ruralNorth County Dublin who either do not haveInternet access nor is it convenient for them totravel to their local authority office, upwards of
20 miles away. Ryan went on to say: “I agreethat the payment options online are very conve-nient for those with internet access. However, alarge number of older people and those wholive in rural areas are frustrated at the lack of‘bricks and mortar’ options available for themto pay the charge. “I am disappointed the Minister did not seek toinclude the post office as a payment option asit would have been very convenient for a greatmany people. Also, I am sure it would haveresulted in a higher number of registrationsand payments at this point. I will be writing tothe Minister this week asking him to revisit hisanswer to my Parliamentary Question with aview to bringing the post office “within thecomprehensive suite of payment options”.
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Pictured are the new 2012 Executive Committee for Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce. Back row L-R, Nicky Carvin, LukeMoriarty, Roy Keogh, Peter Carey, Joe English, John McKeown and Sean Crosson. Front row L-R, Andrew Ford, ZoeNelson, new President Kevin Tolan, Donogh McGowan and Niall Keady. Pic: Tony Healy
Pictured at the Fingal Dublin Chamber AGM at the Clarion Hotel Dublin Airport onThursday, 1st March are, Siobhan Kinsella, Siobhan Moore (Chamber President) andChamber CEO Tony Lambert.
Local Chambers GetReady For Year Ahead
Continued from page 1ahead, but the spiritof the businesssector of the townwill see us through,”he said.Rush Chamber havealso been busy andthey held their AGMat the end of lastyear, when a newcommittee waselected. Newlyappointed PRO, JasonDoherty told theCounty Leader aboutthe changes andhopes for the yearahead. “Our newchairperson isMairead Sweetmanand our aim this yearis to expand the
membership list to allpeople of Rush. Newideas are welcome topromote our beau-tiful coastal town forpeople to come andvisit. It’s a very tougheconomic environ-ment we are living inat present and it’s soimportant that thecommunity of Rushsupport our localbusinesses as theyall have great offerson all year round. Theannual HarbourFestival wil l alsoprovide a highlight.This is always asuperb weekend ofentertainment andone for the calendar,”
he said. The localchambers play apivotal role inhelping local busi-nesses to survive.Their expertise isneeded now, morethan ever andsurvival is of theutmost importance.Chambers ofCommerce provideinvaluable mentoringto individual compa-nies and theirnetworking eventsare always wellattended. Theseevents provide anopportunity to meetother businesspeople who havesomething in
common, or to forgebusiness links withpeople you would nototherwise have achance of meeting.Indeed, many prof-itable business rela-tionships have beenforged at localnetworking events.
A Fine Folk ClubIn BallyboughalFolk music fans and performers have beeninvited to discover one of the county’s hiddengems. Since 2010, Fingal Folk Club has beenrunning every Friday night at St Patrick’s Hall inBallyboughal, between September and April,attracting a wide range of performers.The club was established to promote the talentsof songwriters, musicians, singers and story
tellers across all ages, genders and nationalitiesin the North County and beyond and has provedremarkably popular. Renowned local act,Morning Dew, host the sessions and extend anopen invitation to musicians and singers to jointhem in the performances. A feast of Irish folkand ballad songs and tunes are on offer eachweek, complemented by a crossover of allmusical styles, in an intimate, acoustic setting.Guest performers can also take their place on thestage, with a weekly feature spot allowinggroups, singers, songwriters or storytellers fromthe North County area the chance to performtheir favourite work.
It was Kerrie Gunning's birthday party in Fowler's of Malahide recently. Pictured areMichelle Askew, Suzette Clancy and Kerrie Gunning.
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AQUARIUS Jan 20 - Feb 18It’s easy to say that letting go of the past is aprelude to a wonderful future. But relinquishingelements of your life that are as reassuring asthey’re familiar is quite another matter. Signsindicate not to do anything drastic.
PISCES Feb 19 - Mar 20A rewarding week when dealing with personalrelationships, when intriguing developmentsforce you into action. In fact, you’ll enjoy dealingwith these issues so much that you wonder whyyou delayed for so long.
ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 20Once you begin to discuss problems openly yourealise how willing others are to help youresolve them. In fact, this is what helps you thisweek to tackle dilemmas that you thought you’djust have to live with.
TAURUS Apr 21 - May 20The troubles you had last week, especially in theworkplace, are about to be completely reversed,as those who thought they’d got away with theirmisdemeanours discover that they’ll have to paythe piper after all.
Gemini May 21 - Jun 20With work-related matters things are about toplay into your hands. This so improves yourposition - and your spirits - that you can wellafford to wait until next week, when thosearound you will finally see things your way.
Cancer Jun 21 - Jul 22This is a week when you begin to revitaliseelements of your life that you’d given up on everbeing exciting. And, better yet, you realise howunimportant difficult and interfering people arein the scheme of things.
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Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22Having laboured over decisions involving work,you’re in no mood for change. However, indica-tions are that these decisions are out of yourhands - but, the disruption may not be as bad asyou first thought.
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Scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 22This is a week when you should be philosophicalabout downturns - and keep your own counsel.With next week’s far more salubrious planetaryactivity, you’ll be glad you didn’t say everythingyou were thinking.
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beyond her years as shesits down to tell us a bitabout herself ahead ofthe upcoming selectionnights. Marjika’s namemeans Mary in Dutch, herown mother Mary wanteda unique name for herdaughter and she’scertainly succeeded, hername is very intriguingand a great conversationstarter. Marijka lives at
home with her parents,three sisters andbrother and her dog,Sally. She is extremelyclose to her familyand considers her
siblings to be amongher best friends.Marjika is being spon-
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passionate about workingwith people who sufferfrom Alzheimers. She hasdone volunteer work forthe society in the past andher mother Mary is a DayCentre manager there.The Alzheimer Society ofIreland are celebratingtheir 30th anniversary thisyear. Marijka attendedRush National School andfollowing that attendedSkerries CommunityCollege. She is currentlystudying to be a school-teacher and is in themiddle of her teachingpractice, which she isdoing at Rush NationalSchool. She plans to goabroad for a year aftershe completes her degreeand teach in a third worldcountry. "I'm so lucky tohave been given manyopportunities, thanks tomy education as so manyhaven't got those oppor-tunities. I feel it's mychance to give somethingback," Marjika said.Before Marjika decided to
go down the teachingroute, she had the actingbug. She did a lot ofacting when she wasyounger and was involvedin Rush Dramatic Societywhen she was in school.Clearly displaying a talentfor the craft, she wasspotted by an an agentfrom London who got heran audition for a filmcalled ‘The BlackwaterLightship,’ which wasbased on a novel by ColmToibin. This auditionresulted in her getting alead role in the produc-tion. Quite an achieve-ment for an 11 year old! “Itwas a 'Once in a Lifetime'opportunity and afantastic experience,” shesaid. “Afterwards, Istarted attendingSecondary School andknew I couldn’t do both asyou can be away workingon a film for weeks onend. I knew that myeducation had to comefirst. I still kept the actingup in school though.”Clearly an all rounderwhen it came to school,she not only excelled inher studies and acting,but was also involved invarious sports such asbadminton and basketballand won medals in someof the school competi-tions. She is also fond ofdance and won first placein a competition when shewas 10. Marjika was alsoactively involved in doingsome fundraising work atRush Nursing Home. "Iused to love going downto help out, the place wasso full of interestingpeople and everyone hadgreat stories to tell." Her whole family arethrilled that she isinvolved with the Roseand Marjika says hernomination was acomplete surprise. “Thefirst I heard of it was whenI got a phone call!,” shesays, laughing. “But I’mdelighted to be involvedin it all nonetheless andI'm so looking forward toit. I think it's a terrificcontest to be a part of.”She finishes off by sayingthat it would mean the
The lovely Marijka Bardinfrom Skerries, is our firstgirl to be featured inNorth County Leader whois hoping to be the DublinRose of Tralee this year.Bubbly, bright andoutgoing, the talented 19year old appears wise
world to her if she werecrowned as the Rose OfTralee. "My motto in lifeis: it's not what happens
to you, it's how you dealwith it." We wish Marjikathe best of luck in thecompetition.
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A Guiding LightFor Young Girls
International Women’s Day took the theme of“Connecting Girls” for 2012 and that idea has beenthe cornerstone of girls’ organisations for genera-tions. The County Leader spoke to Captain CaronNeale of the Girls' Brigade about her company inSwords.All of the established organisations, such as theCatholic Girl Guides, the various Scout troops and theGirls’ Brigade, have been enjoying a resurgence ofpopularity with kids and their parents.Depending on where you would like your little lotusto blossom, you may like to steer her into an all-girlsoutfit to balance time spent in a mixed-gender schoolor vice versa. Perhaps your shy princess can only becoaxed out of her comfort zone when she has anolder brother or sister in the same club. Or maybeyou’re looking for after-school activities that bolstertheir faith while they make friends and have fun,which is what the Girls' Brigade is all about.“We’re active for most of the school year and duringthat time, take the same holidays as schools do,”explains Caron. “That’s because during the breaksyou might have only half the group and, especiallywhen you’re doing team work, it’s not worth holdingmeetings to teach four when there should be eight.”The Girls Brigade’s aim is to: “help girls becomefollowers of Jesus Christ; our motto is ‘seek, serveand follow Christ’.“We meet on Wednesdayevenings from 5.30pm and it’snon-stop till 9.30pm. We start thesessions with the tiny tots underfives; then at 5 o’clock they canjoin the explorers, become ajunior at nine years old and thena senior. A brigadier is usuallyfrom 14 years, but then you canbecome an associate once you’reover 18 and that can go on aslong as you want.”Caron has been in the organisa-tion since she was three yearsold, starting in the company inDrumcondra where she remaineduntil a need was identified in Swords and she estab-lished the 45th company.“Three of us moved, myself, Karen and Meriel,” shesmiles, and as another of the associates pops intothe interview room, adds “and then we roped inSonya, Sharon, Liz, Tara and Jill.“Somebody has to be captain, but really we all do it,we started out with 60-65 girls in the company andit’s great. We’re expanding all the time and next yearwe’ll be celebrating 10 years in Swords.Typically, the companies are attached to a particularchurch – the 45th is attached to St Columba’s Churchof Ireland church across the road from the Parish Hall– but you don’t have to be a member of that specificchurch to send your daughter to any of the local Girls’Brigade companies. The officers have undergonevarious types of formal leadership training on top ofthe practises they’ve been taught as brigadiers, andlike all youth groups’ organisers now, are Gardavetted every five years.Most of the stuff fondly remembered by women theworld over is still reiterated at every meeting. The
girls work towards badges to denote skills learned,there are crafts, scripture and physical education,they go to camp and there are inter-company compe-titions where they can meet other girls from aroundIreland.“It’s about having fun and we find that if you drillthem too much for competitions it takes the fun outof it,” adds Caron. “It takes an awful lot of dedicationfrom the parents every week to bring their kids notjust here, but to underpin their achievements withtheir own time.”This company of Girls Brigade isn’t the only onewhose ranks have been swelled with ‘new Irish’ ornon-nationals who are delighted to sign their girls upfor scripture lessons along with the arts and crafts’badges. “Some of the companies are huge now,”says Caron. “I suppose one of the lesser-knownbenefits of their being in the brigade is that they havefriends across different strands of their lives. Some ofthe under-fives we have will go to ‘big school’together, or some of our girls who attend primaryschool here will have readymade friends when theymove on to secondary school.”As a proud parent herself, she knows how much ofparents’ time is precious. “My own five kids rangefrom 21 down to seven years old, we’ve four girls andone boy in the middle, so I know that they’re trying tojuggle all their kids’ clubs and do what they have to
do at home as well.“We used to split the Girls Brigadehere between a weeknight andSaturday mornings, but it meantthat it was two days gone, whichfor the parents who have boys andfootball as well, made it a bitmanic.“This is our second year runningall the groups on Wednesdaynight and it’s going brilliantly. Notevery company does things thesame way, and we even wouldn’thave exactly the same activitiesevery year – some years theremight be a weekend away for one
age group and the following year for another one –but the show at the end of the year is a huge high-light for us all.”Some of the girls may have been working on musicaltheatre, and whatever other activities the girls havedone during the year is included in the year-enddisplay. “There’s great excitement, the hall is packedwith the girls’ families, they all come and watch theyounger ones do singing games or skipping, theirparents see them skipping and there’s the flash ofthe cameras and the squeals of their parents whentheir own child performs, it’s a great show and we’reas proud of them as their parents. It’s also when weget to thank our husbands and our own families forthe support they’ve given us during the year. Wewouldn’t do it if we didn’t love it.”On this International Women’s Day, Captain Caronand her team are heading into the home stretch forthis year.“It finishes at the end of April, and we can all enjoythe whole break for the summer and start all overagain, come mid-September.”
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Great to be back againin Tomangoes and the seaside venue washopping. A big shout out to Orla Convery on her20th and Mary-Kate Kavanagh on her 19thBirthday. The DJ made sure everyone was ingreat form and on the floor early. Can’t wait tobe back again for more excellent tunes andgreat people – see you then.
Jimmy Rogan, Louise Hannon, RebeccaO’ Leary & Raeann Flanagan
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Mother’s Day is a veryspecial day to mothersof all ages across theNorth County. Being amother is a great giftand something that agirl dreams about all herlife. However, if you’re amother having thatspecial day to yourself isjust so nice. Or maybeyour children havegrown up and you mightwant to make it a bigoccasion and go out fora beautiful day withthem. No matter whatyou do, make sure youenjoy your day as it’sonly once a year.If you’re one of the luckymums who will gettreated to a present,there are so manydifferent things tochoose from, providingyou’re asked in advance,or if not, now might be agood chance to drop ahint or two! She’s yourmum, so you’ll mostlikely have a fairly good
idea what she likes. It’salways a thoughtful ideato get her somethingthat she will spend onherself, a spa treatmentor mini weekend away isan ideal gift. It’s thethought that counts soeven if you may not havethe budget to go andsplash out, a person-alised token will godown a treat. Just makesure you mark it in somesmall way as yourmammy more thandeserves it and she’llmake you pay for theforgetfulness next year!The traditional flowersand chocolates arealways there too, ifyou’re really stuck forideas.
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Mum’s spend theirwhole life pamperingtheir children so now it’stime for ‘Mum Time’. Ifyou’re thinking about
what you can get foryour mother thisMother’s Day, the NorthCounty offers everythinga woman could want.From pampering in oneof the many beautifulbeauticians or hair
salons, to dinner at oneof the great NorthCounty restaurants. Notto mention all the greatshops were you can pickyour brilliant mum up afabulous present thatwill have all her friends
feeling very enviousindeed. Don’t be afraidto spoil her rotten forthe day. Most of allmammies, enjoy yourday and make themost of it, you areworth it.
Adverts must be supplied by email [email protected] by visiting:www.northcountyleader.ie/planningyou can also post your advert on a disk toNorth County Leader, Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin
Fingal County CouncilWe, Darragh and Lisa Englishintend to apply for permission for afirst floor extension to the rear andto convert existing attic space intodomestic space with dormer exten-sion on side and installation of 3rooflights to side at 34 Somerton,Donabate, Co. Dublin. The applica-tion may be inspected or purchasedat a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy at theoffices of the Planning Authorityduring its public opening hours anda submission or observation maybe made to the Planning Authorityin writing on payment of theprescribed fee within the period of5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of thisapplication.
Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought forvehicular entrance to serve existingdwelling at Innishmann, ChannelRoad, Rush, Co. Dublin for O.M.Byrne. This planning applicationmay be inspected or purchased at afee not exceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy at the officesof the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and a submis-sion or observation may be made tothe authority in writing on paymentof the prescribed fee 20 euro withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authorityof this application.
Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission sought for theconstruction of a new attic conver-sion and an extended single storeyextension to the rear of the existinghouse. Works will consist of raisingthe existing ridge line, 2 new veluxroof lights to the front slope ofexisting roof, 2 New Bedrooms, aStudy and WC to the attic spaceplus extension to existing sun roomat ground floor level. Plus all asso-ciated works.All at 47 Cherry Park, Swords, Co.Dublin.Signed Mr. & Mrs. D. Swanbow.
This planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of theplanning authority during its publicopening hours and a submission orobservation may be made to theauthority in writing on payment ofthe prescribed fee (20Euros) withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authorityof this application.
Fingal County CouncilPermission to demolish existing 2no. dwellings and for constructionof 1 no. part 2-storey, part single-storey dwelling in lieu and all asso-ciated siteworks at ‘Beechcrest’,Tower Street, Rush, Co. Dublin.Signed F. Kelly. This applicationcan be inspected or purchased at afee not exceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy at the officesof Fingal County Council, CountyHall, Main Street, Swords, Co.Dublin. Mon.-Fri. between 9.30-15.30 (Through Lunch) and asubmission or observation in rela-tion to the application may bemade in writing to Fingal CountyCouncil on payment of theprescribed fee within the period of5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of theapplication.
Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought for:construction of new dwellinghouse, waste water treatmentplant,and associated site works atLeas Hayestown, Rush, Co. Dublin.signed Patrick & Anne Carrick Theplanning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of theplanning authority during its publicopening hours and a submission orobservation may be made to theauthority in writing on payment ofthe prescribed fee (20Euros) withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authorityof this application.
[email protected]@northcountyleader.iePlease submit your planning notices to:
before 5.30pm every Thursday, in order for the application toappear in the following issue of North County Leader.A receipt will be issued when your planning notice is received.Please retain this receipt as proof of submission.
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Last Weeks published deathsfrom the North County
ARMSTRONG (neeJones) (Rush, co. Dublin)– Elizabeth (Elma), lovingwife of the late Mike-Joe;sadly missed by herloving sons, daughters,sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren,great-grandson, sisters,brothers, sister-in-law,nephews, nieces,extended family andfriends.
BARRY (Malahide) –Joseph, belovedhusband of Freda:deeply regretted by hisloving wife, son David,daughters Bernadetteand Susan, daughter-in-law Leonora, sons-in-lawKieron and Nicholas,grandchildren Stephen,Richard, Donna,Christopher, David,Dawson, Brandon andJack, cousins, relativesand friends.
JONES (Portmarnock) –Desmond (late ofHolroyd and Jones Ltd);sadly missed by hisloving sons Roger,Simon, Nick andMichael, their partners,grandchildren, sistersand friends.
MACKEN, Willie (Naul,Co. Dublin) – sadly missedby his loving wife Betty,daughter Miriam, sonBrendan, son-in-law,daughter-in-law, grand-daughter, grandsons,sisters, brothers andextended family andfriends.
O’BRIEN (nee Quinn)(formerly of Station Lane,Lusk and Rush, Co.Dublin) – Rosella (Rose),loving wife of the late Joe;sadly missed by her lovingson Frankie, daughtersMargaret, Evelyn,Bernadette, Rosaleen andPatricia, sons-in-law,grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisterAgnes, brother-in-law,nephews, nieces, relativesand a wide circle offriends.
MANSON (Malahide andformely of Skerries) –Nicholas; deeply regrettedby his loving wife Marie,daughters Philomena,Angela and Barbara, sonNicholas, sister Gaye,sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, rela-tives and friends.
Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you formany favours. This time, I ask you for a very specialone. Take it Dear Heart of Jesus and place it withinyour broken heart, where your father sees it. Thenin his merciful eyes it will become your favour and
not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for 3 days. Promisepublication and favour will be granted no matter
how impossible. Never known to fail.P.B
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Family Notices
MARY GOUGH(11th Anniversary)
You always had a smile to shareTime to give and time to care.
A loving nature, kind and true,Is the way we'll remember you.
Dave, Ashley, Aaron and Ciaran
Mary, it doesn’t take a special day to bringyou to my mind, a day without a thought
of you is impossible to find.
Never forgotten, your friends Sinead, Pat and family
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