Your Quality Local Newspaper The Newspaper with the BIGGEST circulation in the North County We Deliver A registered newspaper at the G.P.O. 19th May 2015 • Volume 22, Issue 17 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • Tel: 8•400•200 • [email protected]Skerries couple Owen McGonagle and Sinead Gibbons were married at a ceremony in Smock Alley Theatre in Temple Bar with a reception afterwards at Eden Bar and Grill in the city on Friday last. Pictured after the ceremony are Sinead’s parents; Sean and Eileen Gibbons, the happy couple; Owen and Sinead Mc Gonagle and Owen’s parents; Amanda and Raymond Mc Gonagle. O’Brien And Farrell In Furious Exchange Fianna Fail senator, Darragh O’Brien has slammed local Fine Gael TD, Alan Farrell for his ‘outrageous dishonesty’ regarding the construction of the National Forensic Hospital in Portrane. This has resulted in deputy Farrell issuing a stinging rebuke to his fellow Malahide man. O’Brien has accused Farrell of talking out of both sides of his mouth, after he suddenly claimed to share the concerns of the community, despite failing to make a single submission to An Bord Pleanála about the controversial plans. O’Brien said, “Alan Farrell and his Fine Gael colleagues in the North County have spent months completely ignoring the mounting community concerns about the chaos that will be caused during the construction of this facility. An Bord Pleanála invited submissions to allow local residents, groups or public representatives to submit alternative proposals on the controversial development. Not a single submission was made by Alan Farrell or anyone in Fine Gael. “In contrast, Fianna Fáil made several submissions, which included concrete proposals that would remove the safety risks associated with the project and dramatically reduce the traffic chaos during the construction phase. Along with councillors Adrian Henchy, Brian Dennehy and Darragh Butler, I wrote to An Bord Pleanála outlining the enormous impact that the construction plans will have on residents, schools, local clubs and local facilities. We sent detailed proposals for a separate haul road to the site that would minimise the disruption. “It is extremely insincere of Alan Farrell to now stand on the sidelines and suddenly feign concern for the community, having done absolutely nothing to influence these controversial plans. If Deputy Farrell thinks that raising this issue once, and promising that his colleague, the Minister for Health will ‘take it on board’ is enough, he is mistaken. It is time that Deputy Farrell started sincerely standing up for the community that elected him. Residents who will be directly affected by the chaos and risks caused during this development need more than empty plati- tudes. They need real solutions that will address their real concerns. “Now that Deputy Farrell has suddenly realised the importance of this issue, I am calling on him to back Fianna Fáil proposals for a separate haul road that would cater for the heavy machinery to and from the construction site and leave the existing access route clear for community traffic,” concluded O’Brien. In response, a furious Farrell blasted O’Brien when he said, “The Senator’s response is both predictable and disingenuous. Neither he nor the Fianna Fail party have a monopoly on representation of the people of Donabate or Portrane.” Continued on page 6 INDIAN SPIRIT IN THE HEART OF SWORDS Feel The Heat Burgandy House, Forster Way, Swords Tel: 807 7999 or 807 7998 WIN DINNER FOR TWO Simply like and share our facebook page to be in with a chance of winning a free dinner for two By Patrick Finnegan Alan Farrell TD Senator Darragh O’Brien An exceptionally talented young Lusk girl has her sights firmly set on a career as a writer and is deter- mined to achieve her dream. Sadhbh Cushen is an eight year old girl, who attends Lusk National School and has always been into books, her mother, Audrey told the County Leader. “It all started when she was about three years old, when she took a keen interest in books and storytelling, and she loved hearing stories.” Sadhbh was a really creative little girl and loved making up her own stories, and was really interested in the old days when I was a young girl,” said Audrey. It was then that we got her into a creative writing course in Skerries, which is run by Megan Wynne. Sadhbh has been attending these classes for a while now and last year the class wrote a book called ‘What’s the Story’ for Focus Ireland charity and Sadhbh wrote an 800 word story for that,” said Audrey. It was then that her writing teacher suggested that Sadhbh should enter the famed Listowel Writers Week, where she came second in her age category (7-9 years). She wrote a story called “Can a Bear Get a Passport’. Audrey explained that Sadhbh was obsessed with bears since she was about four year of age and was always fearful of them. The story is a dialogue about the conversations we had about bears,” she said. “We are travelling to Listowel at the end of this month for a presentation, where Sadhbh will speak to pupils at a local school there, so she’s very excited about that.” Sadhbh has won other competitions and has received many awards in her short career. She told the County Leader that she intends to pursue a career as a writer. “I would love to be a writer and an architect where I can design houses, as I love both English and Maths. I read about two novels a week, but they are running out,” she said. I’m a member of Skerries library, but I’ve read most of the books already, so I hope to get a kindle from my Holy Communion money,” said a charming Sadhbh, who cites Enid Blyton as her favourite author. Sadhbh Cushen Lusk Girl Dreams Of Writing Career One of the most readily identifiable businesses in Swords has been put up for sale. M.R. Taylors, better known as ‘The Star’ on Swords Main Street is up for sale on the instructions of the Taylor family, who have traded successfully from the premises for over 100 years. This is one of the longest establishes licensed premises in Swords, which also includes a night club. People from Swords and afar will have fond memories of times spent socialising with friends and family in this iconic pub. The building is a two storey over basement prop- erty extending to 1,196 sq.metres occupying a very prominent location in the town. 100 Year Old Swords Pub Up For Sale The Star pub, Swords
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Skerries couple Owen McGonagle and Sinead Gibbons were married at a ceremony in Smock AlleyTheatre in Temple Bar with a reception afterwards at Eden Bar and Grill in the city on Friday last.Pictured after the ceremony are Sinead’s parents; Sean and Eileen Gibbons, the happy couple; Owenand Sinead Mc Gonagle and Owen’s parents; Amanda and Raymond Mc Gonagle.
O’Brien And FarrellIn Furious Exchange Fianna Fail senator, Darragh O’Brien has slammed local Fine Gael TD,Alan Farrell for his ‘outrageous dishonesty’ regarding the constructionof the National Forensic Hospital in Portrane. This has resulted indeputy Farrell issuing a stinging rebuke to his fellow Malahide man.
O’Brien has accused Farrell of talking out of bothsides of his mouth, after he suddenly claimed toshare the concerns of the community, despitefailing to make a single submission to An BordPleanála about the controversial plans.O’Brien said, “Alan Farrell and his Fine Gaelcolleagues in the North County have spent months
completely ignoring the mounting communityconcerns about the chaos that will be caused during
the construction of this facility. An BordPleanála invited submissions to allow local
residents, groups or public representativesto submit alternative proposals on the
controversial development. Not a singlesubmission was made by Alan Farrell or
anyone in Fine Gael.“In contrast, Fianna Fáil made several
submissions, which included concreteproposals that would remove thesafety risks associated with the projectand dramatically reduce the trafficchaos during the construction phase.Along with councillors Adrian Henchy,Brian Dennehy and Darragh Butler, Iwrote to An Bord Pleanála outlining the
enormous impact that the construction plans will have on residents,schools, local clubs and local facilities. We sent detailed proposals for aseparate haul road to the site that would minimise the disruption. “It is extremely insincere of Alan Farrell to now stand on the sidelinesand suddenly feign concern for the community, having doneabsolutely nothing to influence these controversialplans. If Deputy Farrell thinks that raising thisissue once, and promising that his colleague, theMinister for Health will ‘take it on board’ isenough, he is mistaken. It is time that DeputyFarrell started sincerely standing up for thecommunity that elected him. Residents who will bedirectly affected by the chaos and risks causedduring this development need more than empty plati-tudes. They need real solutions that will addresstheir real concerns. “Now that Deputy Farrell hassuddenly realised the importance of thisissue, I am calling on him to back Fianna Fáilproposals for a separate haul road thatwould cater for the heavy machinery to andfrom the construction site and leave theexisting access route clear for communitytraffic,” concluded O’Brien.In response, a furious Farrell blastedO’Brien when he said, “The Senator’sresponse is both predictable and disingenuous. Neither he nor the Fianna Fail party have a monopoly onrepresentation of the people ofDonabate or Portrane.”Continued on page 6
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An exceptionally talented youngLusk girl has her sights firmly seton a career as a writer and is deter-mined to achieve her dream.Sadhbh Cushen is an eight yearold girl, who attends Lusk NationalSchool and has always been intobooks, her mother, Audrey told theCounty Leader. “It all started whenshe was about three years old,when she took a keen interest inbooks and storytelling, and sheloved hearing stories.”Sadhbh was a really creative littlegirl and loved making up her ownstories, and was really interestedin the old days when I was a younggirl,” said Audrey. It was then that
we got her into a creativewriting course inSkerries, which is run byMegan Wynne. Sadhbhhas been attending theseclasses for a while nowand last year the classwrote a book called‘What’s the Story’ forFocus Ireland charity andSadhbh wrote an 800word story for that,” saidAudrey.It was then that herwriting teachersuggested that Sadhbh shouldenter the famed Listowel WritersWeek, where she came second in
her age category (7-9years). She wrote a storycalled “Can a Bear Get aPassport’. Audreyexplained that Sadhbhwas obsessed with bearssince she was about fouryear of age and wasalways fearful of them.The story is a dialogueabout the conversationswe had about bears,”she said.“We are travelling toListowel at the end of
this month for a presentation,where Sadhbh will speak to pupilsat a local school there, so she’s
very excited about that.” Sadhbhhas won other competitions andhas received many awards in hershort career. She told the CountyLeader that she intends to pursuea career as a writer. “I would loveto be a writer and an architectwhere I can design houses, as Ilove both English and Maths. Iread about two novels a week, butthey are running out,” she said.I’m a member of Skerries library,but I’ve read most of the booksalready, so I hope to get a kindlefrom my Holy Communion money,”said a charming Sadhbh, who citesEnid Blyton as her favouriteauthor.
Sadhbh Cushen
Lusk Girl Dreams Of Writing Career
One of the most readily identifiable businessesin Swords has been put up for sale. M.R. Taylors,better known as ‘The Star’ on Swords MainStreet is up for sale on the instructions of theTaylor family, who have traded successfully fromthe premises for over 100 years. This is one of the longest establishes licensedpremises in Swords, which also includes a nightclub. People from Swords and afar will have fondmemories of times spent socialising with friendsand family in this iconic pub.The building is a two storey over basement prop-erty extending to 1,196 sq.metres occupying avery prominent location in the town.
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Aer Lingus Launches New Services To WashingtonDublin Airport isdelighted to welcomethe launch of AerLingus’ new directroute to Washington.
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additional capacity ona number of transat-lantic routes, willdeliver an 18 per centincrease in services toNorth America thissummer, which isequivalent to 300,000extra seats. Duringthe peak summermonths ten airlineswill operate 328 flights
each week to 15 NorthAmerican destinations.Welcoming the newroute, Dublin AirportManaging Director,Vincent Harrison saidhe was particularlypleased to see AerLingus operating aWashington serviceonce again. “We aredelighted that Aer
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Dublin Airport meansthat passengers havea much smootherentry into the Statesmaking onwardconnections and traveleasier,” he added.The four times weeklyservice is the airline’sninth transatlanticroute from DublinAirport which willoperate from May untilOctober. Aer Lingus’new service toWashington brings to11 the overall numberof destinations fromDublin Airport to theUS this summer.
Ryanair AttacksDecision On ItsAer Lingus StakeRyanair chief executive, Michael O’Leary haslaunched a scathing attack on the UK’s Competitionand Markets Authority (CMA) for its attempt to forcethe airline to sell most of its stake in Aer Lingus.He has described the CMA decision as “manifestlyabsurd” and insisted the determination is “irrational,hopelessly wrong and contrary to the real worldevidence”.Aer Lingus lawyers havetold the CMA that atrustee, who will beappointed to sellRyanair’s Aer Lingus shares can now, if necessary,“play its part in facilitating IAG’s pending bidapproach to Aer Lingus”.Last month, the CMA said it has provisionally uphelda 2013 ruling it made ordering Ryanair to cut itsstake in Aer Lingus to no more than 5 per cent.In February, the UK Court of Appeal upheld the CMAdecision, but last month Ryanair asked the competi-tion authority to reassess its 2013 order because, theairline claimed, there had been a material change incircumstances, in that IAG had made a takeoverapproach for Aer Lingus.Ryanair has claimed the fact IAG has made anapproach to buy Aer Lingus negates a core plank ofthe CMA reasoning for forcing Ryanair to reduce itsstake in its smaller rival.O’Leary said, “The CMA’s original invented claimthat Ryanair’s shareholding continues to preventpotential airline partners from approaching AerLingus, is now proven to be false and irrational inlight of IAG’s proposed takeover bid for Aer Lingus,”he said. While Ryanair has said that it will pursue anappeal of the Court of Appeal decision made earlierthis month, lawyers for Aer Lingus have told the CMAthat a decision by the UK’s Supreme Court onwhether or not that appeal will be allowed might notbe made until late June or even July.The Aer Lingus lawyers said, “The fundamental flawin Ryanair’s arguments remains unchanged. Itrefuses to engage with the inconvenient fact thatIAG’s interest in Aer Lingus is conditional onRyanair’s exit.”
Summer Concert In SkerriesSkerries Community Choir (with guests) will be holdinga concert called ‘Summertime’ in Holmpatrick Church inSkerries on Friday, May 22nd at 8pm. Admission is €10.Tickets are available from The Skerries Book Shop andat the door.
BallyboughalPitch And PuttSunday pairs winners of Ballyboughal Pitch andPutt were John Fitzpatrick and Mary Kennedy(Net42), while the runners up were JimmyBrowne and Patricia Delaney (Net 44). TheWednesday scramble winners were TommyMcCann, Mary Kennedy & Bridget Ing (G47),and the runners up Ronnie Delaney, NickSavage and Patricia Delaney (G48). The nextclub major is the Charlie Mulvany Cup whichtakes place on Saturday, 23rd May at 4pm. Newmembers are also welcome to join ‘Coaching forAdult beginners and Improvers’ on Tuesdayevenings at 7pm.
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The Rotary Club of Dublin Fingal and Indie Spice,Swords have come together to raise funds for theNepal earthquake disaster, which has claimedabout 8,000 lives. On Tuesday, 9th June there will be a meal at IndieSpice and people are invited to come along. Thecost is €50 per head. Indie Spice managementare giving over the restaurant forthe night free of charge andproviding the food at pure costprice and the staff of the restau-rant are working for free. Allmonies raised will go to Rotary inNepal, as well as providingshelter boxes, which contain atent for an entire family, withsanitary toilets. They also includecooking utensils and bedding -everything you need right downto colouring books for the kids.Rotary has a long tradition of providing shelterboxes and they will be shipping them directly tothe affected areas. Each shelter box will providesheltered accommodation for one family. People
wishing to attend to support this very worthycause can get tickets at the office of the NorthCounty Leader, North Street Swords, or at IndieSpice, Burgundy House, Forster Way Swords at acost of €50 each.The three course meal will be served at 7.30pm.Andrea Molloy, President of the Rotary Club of
Fingal Dublin thanked themanagement of Indie Spice formaking the restaurant availableand for providing the food. Shealso thanked the staff forproviding their services for free.Restaurant manager at IndieSpice, Narayan Tiwari and chef,Manish Kumar Sharma, who areboth Nepalese are delighted thatRotary is involved in helping theirnative country. So, if you areseeking a way to help those who
were made homeless by his disaster, why notcome along and enjoy a nice evening, whilemaking a very real difference to the lives of thesedevastated people.
Pictured are Dave Murray of Rotary Club of Dublin Fingal, Andrea Molloy, President Rotary Club Of Dublin Fingal,Narayan Tiwari, Manager Indie Spice and Manish Kumar Sharma, Chef at Indie Spice at the announcement of thefundraising initiative by Rotary Club of Dublin Fingal and Indie Spice Restaurant in Swords.
Swords StudentsParticipate In GreatBake-Off Some Swords students have reached great bakingheights in their latest competition. After experiencingsuccess in this competition last year, the students fromLoreto Swords took to the kitchen once again tocompete in this year’s Great Loreto Bake-Off. Theschool hosted three rounds before selecting one juniorand one senior finalist to take part in the final round,which took place in Loreto Community School, MillfordCo. Donegal recently.Similar to the popular format in the Great Irish Bake-Off, the eager bakers started with their The SignatureBake. Junior and senior students each entered and
baked a cake of their choice. The four judges then hadthe difficult task of reducing the entries down to ten forround two.The Technical Challenge followed. Each student wasasked to make a dish of her choice using choux pastry.From the array of éclairs, profiteroles, choux buns andswans that were presented, the judges selected justeight students to progress to round three. The final eight students then baked a ‘show stopper’cake of their choice for the last round. Just two studentswere chosen to compete in Donegal.Lucy Daly (3rd year) and Aoife Higgins (6th year) werechosen as the finalists to represent the school at theBake-Off final. Lucy won a framed certificate, a luxurybaking hamper, a cash prize of 200 euro, an engraved“The Loreto Bake Off” rolling pin and a hand craftedweighing scales style clock. Aoife was a runner up and received an engraved “The Great Loreto Bake Off!” commemorative rolling pin and a certificate ofparticipation.
Fingal Counselling Service hasserved the community ofSwords and the greater NorthCounty area on a voluntarybasis for 20 years. Thislandmark anniversarywas celebrated at anevent on Friday 8th Maylast at the PortmarnockHotel and Golf Links. Theevent was wellsupported, with guestsincluded past andcurrent counsellors,tutors, supervisors andstaff. Since its foundation in1995, the service hasbecome a lifeline topeople when they aremost vulnerable. Alltheir counsellors havecompleted an I.A.C.P. accreditedcourse in Humanistic coun-selling. Fingal CounsellingService is now deliveringapproximately 4,000 hours ofcounselling per year to thepeople of North County Dublin.Counselling is provided in theareas of bereavement, maritaland relationship difficulties,depression, stress and anxietyas well as suicide preventionand suicide bereavement.Fingal Counselling Service was
set up by Brackenstown Sceneof Adult Education (BASE) in1995 in response to an increasein the number of suicides in the
Swords area. As a voluntarycommunity group, the servicehas the capacity to know itscommunity and adapt tochanging needs. They haveresponded to those needs by
training counsellors to deal withspecific issues, such as suicideand domestic abuse. All coun-sellors provide a minimum of 60hours each year on a voluntarybasis. Fingal CounsellingService is a non-profit organisa-tion currently funded throughdonations and grants.
Since its foundation, a total of66 students have successfullygraduated with Diplomas inHumanistic Counselling. Themost recent group of graduatesqualified in February last.
Fingal Counselling ServiceCelebrates 20 Years
Fingal Counselling Service at BASE Brackenstown, Swords celebrated their 20th anniver-sary with a dinner party at the Portmarnock Golf Hotel on Friday, 8th May last. A largecrowd turned up to mark the event. Pictured at the celebrations are former chairpersonsof BASE Counselling, Mary Forde, Trish Curtis, Therese Dormer, Dionne Madden (currentchairperson), Mairead Marron and Mary Kenneally
Water Safety Week In SkerriesSkerries Water Safety Week takes place from the 2nd to 8th August.Registration takes place at Skerries Sailing Club on Saturday, 20th June at10:00am to 4:00pm. You only need to attend one registration day.Registration forms are available at Skerries Library and SkerriesCommunity Centre. Please bring the registration form, already completedto the Sailing Club on one of the registration days.
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David Croft (middle front row) made his First Holy Communion at St Finian's Church, RiverValley. He is pictured with Josh Croft, Sean Croft, Paul Croft, Kim Croft, Patricia Croft andZoe Croft
Pictured after making his First Holy Communion at St Finian's Church, River Valleyis Hugo McGlynn, who is pictured with Eamon McGlynn, Brigid McGlynn, HeikeMcGlynn, Barry McGlynn and Werner Brinkmann
Pictured are Ava Donnelly, Sharleen Adriell and Ella Jordanafter making their First Holy Communion at St Finian'sChurch, River Valley
Pictured after making his First HolyCommunion at St Finian's Church,River Valley is Jack O'Toole, withMartin Harmon and Ciara O'Toole
Pictured after making her First Holy Communion at St Finian's Church, RiverValley is Sara Kavanagh, with her mother Ali, grandmother Joan, father Brian andgrandad Tom
Pictured after making his First Holy Communion at St Finian'sChurch, River Valley is Liam Reilly, who is pictured with PaulStephens and Suzanne Reilly
Pictured after making her First Holy Communion at St Finian's Church,River Valley is Emily Gannon, with Tony and Ann Gannon
Ciara Gorman made her First Holy Communion at St Finian's Church, River Valley.She is pictured here with Anna Gorman, Suzanne Gorman, Liam Gorman and PeterGorman
Pictured after making her First HolyCommunion at St Finian's Church, RiverValley is Rebecca Kenny with her littlesister, Sophia
Sharleene Adriell and Sean Keogh made their First Holy Communions at StFinian's Church, River Valley. They are pictured with John and Geraldine Keogh
Pictured after making his First Holy Communionat St Finian's Church, River Valley is AlexMcDonnell. Also pictured are his parents, Alanand Clare McDonnell and sister Robyn
Pictured after making her First Holy Communion at St Finian's Church, River Valley isElla Jordan. Also pictured are Sharon Jordan, Geraldine Ayistis, Keith Jordan andChris Ayistis
Julia Niemczak made her First Holy Communion at St Finian'sChurch, River Valley. She is pictured here with her sister Maja,her mother Marlena and her father Rafal Niemczak
Aleena Shijo made her First Holy Communion at StFinian's Church, River Valley. She is pictured withLissymol Thomas, Shijo Jacob and Anton Shijo
Luke Itodo made his First Holy Communion at StFinian's Church, River Valley. He is pictured herewith his mother, Trudi
Twins Sophie and Luke Norton made their Holy Communion at St Finian's Church,River Valley. They are pictured with Ciara Norton and John Markey
Reanna Egan, Mia-Faye McGough and Libby Cromwell all made their FirstHoly Communions at St Finian's Church, River Valley. Also pictured are SophiaEgan and Liam Clarke
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Donabate Pitch Ready For UseAfter years of being outof action, the All-Weather Pitch inDonabate is operational
at long last. On Sundaylast, the PortraneHockey Club were thefirst group to get use of
the much sought afterpitch as their hockeyseason draws to a close.According to local coun-cillor, Adrian Henchy(FF), the all-weatherpitch is now open to thepublic, where bookingscan be made throughthe Donabate PortraneCommunity Centre.“There will be a properofficial opening of thefacility later in the year,”Henchy explained. “It isproposed to allocate adesignated slot, mostlikely a Friday eveningfor our teenagers to usethe pitch and this will bereviewed on an ongoingbasis.” The local coun-cillor stressed that thecommunity had to worktogether to ensure thepitch was maintained. “I want to ask thecommunity again towork with us in helpingthe pitch to get off to apositive start,” he main-tained. “From Mondayto Friday 8am to 5pmthe pitch will be oper-ated by Donabate
Community College withdesignated hours allo-cated to our three localprimary schools. FromMonday to Friday 5pmto 10pm and bothSaturday and Sundaysthe pitch will be oper-ated by the CommunityCentre. The facility willoperate with both staffsupervision and CCTVsystems, so anyoneentering the pitchwithout a booking orpermission will bepolitely asked to leave.The ongoing mainte-nance and upkeep of thepitch is a significant costto the community centreand the board is fullycommitted to caring forthe facility to thehighest standards soour local schools, clubsand groups get manyyears of sporting enjoy-ment.”“I want to again pay totribute to everyoneinvolved in finallygetting this pitch up andrunning and to acknowl-edge and thank ourcommunity for theirextraordinary patienceover the last four yearsas the facility has beenout of commission andespecially our localschools and indeed ourlocal clubs, who havebeen unable to use thismuch needed pitch,” headded.
Seven units of the Dublin Fire Brigade fought to put out a fire that broke out on the firstfloor of Nautilus Restaurant in Malahide on Thursday last. Speaking to the CountyLeader, Fire Chief John McNally from the B Unit of the Swords Fire Brigade said:“Thankfully nobody was hurt when staff and customers evacuated the premises quickly.However it was important to prevent the fire which had swiftly spread to the attic of therestaurant from spreading to adjacent premises including a family home.” Five of the Fire Brigade Units who participated in getting the fire under control (Swords,Phibsboro, Skerries, North Strand and Kilbarrack) each held 400 gallons of water.Another unit from Tara Street had a 100ft turntable which was used by firemen to accessthe attic of the restaurant and successfully prevented the fire from spreading causingfurther damage. Pic: Derry Ann Morgan.
Local CharityNeed YouWhat about giving achild the gift ofreading? Barnardosis looking for adultsaged 55 and over fora volunteer readingprogramme inprimary schoolsaround the locality.For more informationor to register pleasecontact SuzanneConnolly on 017080431.
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We asked:“Should wehave a generalelection nowand why?”
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No, because there is nobody worth voting for that isany better.
I don’t think so, because there are too many peopleon the dole. There is not enough work for people.That’s why.
No, it's too early. I think the country is runningsmoothly at the moment. There is no need for change.
Peter Cantwell, Swords
I'm not sure about an election now, but I think wewill have one in the next six months. The reason is that the two parties don’t seem towork together. I think some matter will come up in the next four orfive months, starting to make it impossible for thetwo parties to work together. So I believe it won’thappen now, but it will happen in the next sixmonths.
Yes, we should because I think a lot of people don'thave faith in the government. The longer they stayaround, the less we're getting.
Yes we should because the country is in a mess.
I don't think so. The government is not bad. It is agood one.
Colin Weston, Donabate
Owen O’Connor, Swords
David Murphy, Swords
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Continued from page 1“Several public meetings were attended by bothmyself and members of Fine Gael, in variouscapacities over the last number of months with aview to fully understand what the HSE wereoffering to the community and their intendedapproach to the construction process.”He continued, “I have made no secret whatso-ever of my praise for the joint approach of bothlocal public representatives, councillors Mulvilleand Henchy in their community, before politicsapproach to this matter, an approach which Ihave been replicating for my 11 years of publicservice to the North County.” “If Senator O’Brien wishes to turn a communitymatter into a political or personal one, I amhappy to speak on his record of contributingtoward the destruction of our economy, hiscontribution to adding over 250,000 people tounemployment lines, or even his politicalappointment to Seanad Eireann, just six daysafter his rejection by the people of our commu-nity, by a Taoiseach without an office, or amandate to do so. If the Senator wishes to speakabout insincerity and dishonesty, I suggest helook a little closer to home,” he blasted.“It will not serve the people of Donabate andPortrane to attempt to throw mud at one another,it would be far more preferential to work withpeople rather than attempting to score politicalpoints. Should Senator O’Brien have paid atten-tion to my discussion with Minister Varadkar inDail Eireann, he would have seen that Isuggested to the Minister that the only logicaloption was the construction of an alternativeroute around the village of Donabate. As SenatorO’Brien has not done this, he is clearly illus-trating his singular focus on political pointscoring rather than providing my constituentswith the assistance they so richly require.”Farrell concluded by saying, “I will continue touse my office in Dail Eireann to properly repre-sent the people of Donabate, Portrane and theNorth County. Subject to the decision of AnBord Pleanala, I have taken this issue to thehighest level of Government and will continue toengage with Minister Varadkar to ensure that theHSE finally allow these concern to inform theirplanning decisions.”
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AnotherPlaygroundDue For SwordsIt looks like Swords will be getting anotherplayground at some stage this year. Localcouncillor, Darragh Butler (FF), recentlyasked the County Council to confirm whatworks are planned for the RathinglePlayground, in the Road and Special WorksProgramme for 2015.This follows on from the successful imple-mentation of two playgrounds in Swords; onein Thornleigh and another in Brackenstown.Both have proved to be extremely popularsince their opening last year. However, according to the local authority,while provision has been made to installplayground equipment for younger childrenin the Special Works Programme for 2015, aframework for the procurement of play-grounds and playground equipment iscurrently under development. “Once complete, the Rathingle playgroundwill be put out on a mini-tender. This is esti-mated to be towards the end of the summer2015,” said the County Council. While thebuild of the playground could be some timeaway, it is at least positive that some initialplanning has been started.
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Malahide Lions RoarFor Remember UsIt was standing room only at Malahide RugbyClub on Thursday night last, when the MalahideLions Club hosted ‘An Evening with The GardaBand.’ The night was supported by the choir fromSt. Oliver Plunkett’s School in Malahide, and itwas all in aid of Remember Us Special NeedsGroup. Members of theBalbriggan basedRemember Us rockedthe dance floor as theband played tunes fromAmy Winehouse toGlenn Miller. The choirfrom St. OliverPlunkett’s delighted thecrowd with a variety ofsongs which includedsome ABBA favouritesand finished their actwith some Irish Dancing. Nora Roban fromRemember Us thankedthe president of theMalahide Lions Club,Donal O’Meara withparticular thanks goingto Jacinta Harley, forhosting the night in aid
of the group. “The proceeds from the night willsee us hitting the €300k which is half the targetneeded to secure a base for our group. Thesupport from the community is fantastic,” Norasaid. “Our next fundraiser is a Charity Cycle onSaturday 23rd May starting at P.J.s Playcentre,Balbriggan with 70km and 40km options avail-able. Registration starts at 8.30am. Your supportwill make a very real difference to some veryspecial people!” she added.
Pictured at the Malahide Lions Club fundraiser for Remember Us charity, which was heldat Malahide Rugby Club on Thursday last, are Jean Fitzpatrick (Remember Us), DonalO'Meara (President of Malahide Lions) and Nora Roban (Remember Us)
O’Brien Wants Permanent SolutionTo Beaumont Overcrowding CrisisFianna Fáilspokesperson, SenatorDarragh O’Brien hascalled on the Ministerfor Health to immedi-ately establish acomprehensive plan totackle the state of emer-gency at BeaumontHospital. The localsenator has warned theGovernment againstrelying solely on theexpensive quick-fix ofoutsourcing patients toprivate health providersto reduce waiting lists. “Beaumont Hospital has
been in a state of emer-gency for some weeksnow. The situation hasgot so horrendous thatthe hospital is on thebrink of closure to newadmissions andmanagement feelthey’ve no choice but tooutsource patients toprivate institutions. Insome cases, patientswill have to be sentabroad to get the carethey need within anacceptable timeframe inIreland. This isextremely worrying,” he
said. “The dismantlingof the NationalTreatment PurchaseFund (NTPF) was a hugemistake and has madethe situation immeasur-ably worse.”“The alarming surge inhospital waiting listsover the past two yearsand the deepening crisisat EmergencyDepartments exposesthe Government’s sham-bolic health policies,” headded. “MinisterVaradkar may be anexpert at PR, but the
reality is that he hasdone absolutely nothingto tackle the completemess left by his prede-cessor James Reilly.Standing on the sidelinesand commenting fromafar about the situationin the health service willachieve nothing forpatients. MinisterVaradkar needs to roll uphis sleeves, get stuck inand start taking decisiveaction to address theovercrowding crisis atBeaumont and otheracute hospitals,” O’Briencontinued. “I am urging the Ministerto re-activate the NTPFwithout delay. I am alsoproposing that heconvene a special task-force that would ensurethat all scheduled daycase and in-patient careis delivered within theinternationally acceptedtarget of six months,” hesaid.
Table Quiz InBalbrigganBalbriggan ICA will behosting a table quiz inaid of the SeniorCitizens ClubBalbriggan onThursday, May 21st at8pm in Glebe NorthClubhouse. A table offour will cost €20.There will also be araffle and spot prizeson the night.
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Increased Interest In Retail Units In SwordsThe commercial propertymarket in Swords iscertainly on the up. TheCounty Leader spokewith Michael Greene,who is a CharteredAccountant and RentArbitrator with RedmondProperty Consultants inSwords.He has handled themajority of the recenttransactions and his port-folio of retail units to letis seen as a driver ofeconomic growth, partic-ularly on Swords MainStreet. Many believe andhope that the units hehas rented in the last fewmonths, will be a catalystfor the regeneration ofSwords Main Street andenvirons, with new busi-nesses setting up in thearea.“Ten retail units have been left to new businesses. Atthe moment we have around four or five retail unitsleft for rent, but we have done a good few deals in thelast few months,” he said.Greene has done a deal with a new tenant for a phar-macy in the Plaza Shopping Centre and Axa Insuranceare completing their fit out and have doubled the sizeof their unit at the Plaza. “We are also in talks withanother retailer about taking a shop there also.Things are definitely on the up.”“We’ve just let a restaurant at the end of Main Streetnear the Castle and we had 20 solid offers for it, suchwas the level of demand for it. Swords is a great townwhere there’s a lot of zoned land for sale. Once weget a proper transport system like light rail, it willmake a tremendous difference.”“The commercial property market is very vibrant, and
office rents rose by 40 per cent in the city. It meansbusinesses are now looking to locate to suburbanareas like Swords,” he said.In congratulating Michael, Fingal Dublin ChamberPresident, Siobhan Kinsella said, “Michael Greene’spositive assessment of the growth in briskness andstrength in the commercial property market in theNorth County is indicative of the increased activity theChamber is witnessing in business activity generally.”“The regeneration of Main Street and North Streetcan only be achieved by businesses with a sustain-able future, this being seen by Michael and the teamin the quality of business plans they have seenrecently. This activity bodes very well for the futureof Swords and is helped in no small way by theCounty Council’s investment of €3m over the nextthree years.”
President of Fingal Dublin Chamber, Siobhan Kinsella congratulates Michael Greene ofRedmond Property Consultants on the number of commercial properties he has let onMain Street, Swords, leading to increased footfall in the area. Also pictured is TonyLambert, CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber.
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news for the NorthCounty. “The new tenantpurchase scheme willoperate along the linesof the incrementalpurchase model, andwill involve discountsfor purchasers linkedto household income.This is an importantpart of theGovernment’s SocialHousing strategy2020,” Reillyexplained. “The scheme willprovide security forparticipants, which willin turn benefit thelocal economy andcontinuity of properservices, it is good forthe development ofcommunities, enablingpeople to establishand maintain strongroots in their localarea. This providessecurity for familiesand allows children tobe brought up in astable environment,”Reilly concluded.
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Maguire Wants To See PublicRealm Committee In BalbrigganLocal councillor, GráinneMaguire (NP), is keen tosee Balbriggan have its
own Public RealmCommittee. At a recentarea meeting, she askedthe local authority for anupdate on the positionof such a committee, toensure that all present
and futureprojects in thearea can beachieved. TheC o u n c i lresponded bysaying thatsuch a realmcommittee “is notcurrently constituted,”but they admitted that agroup would be good forthe area, adding that
one had oper-ated loosely inthe town,comprised ofmembers fromthe previousTown Council.M a g u i r e
agreed that a RealmCommittee should beofficially set up andencouraged in the town.“A public realm group ismade up of greatpeople, who are allcommitted to shapingBalbriggan for thebetter,” she told theCounty Leader. “Thewhole idea of having acommittee would be sowe can put our projectson the table and worktowards them. Then weas a group, can pick outthe most importantitems and highlightthese to the Council -things such as a propermuseum that we feelshould be highlightedfirst,” she continued. The County Counciladded that a“Balbriggan CommunityLiaison Committeecould be an appropriateforum to raise matterspertaining to BalbrigganPublic Realm.”
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Successful Quiz NightFor Swords SchoolThere was a fantastic quiz night heldrecently in the Ploughman’s Pub inKinsealy in Swords. The first of a fewevents to be run by the parents associa-tion of Kinsealy NS (St Nicholas of Myra)by way of a fundraiser for the schooland their charity partner Temple St.Children’s Hospital. “We were reallypleased with the turn out for the firstquiz night. We’re hoping it gets evenbetter for the next after the success ofthis one,” Event co-ordinator ElaineForan told the County Leader. She went
on to explain why they chose Temple Stas their charity partner “We all have aconnections with Temple St. I thinkmost families around the North Countyhave had a child or children in TempleSt at one stage or another so it was anobvious choice for us.” The school alsohave over 30 ladies due to participate inthe the mini marathon this year on the1st June, and the Ploughman has gener-ously sponsored a coach to bring theladies to and from the event and arekindly offering a free dinner on theirreturn to the pub. All sponsorshipmoney will be split 50/50 between theschool and Temple St.
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Garda Youth DiversionProject To Be EstablishedIn BalbrigganLocal TD Alan Farrell (FG), has said that the fact thatBalbriggan is to receive a new Garda Youth DiversionProject will greatly benefit the local community.“I am pleased that the Minister for Justice, FrancesFitzgerald TD, has announced that Balbriggan is toreceive a new Garda Youth Diversion Project, whichwill see a greater allocation of resources to An GardaSíochána in Balbriggan. Garda Youth DiversionProjects undertake valuable work in local communitiesthroughout the country in deterring young people frombecoming involved in criminal activity and tacklingexisting levels of youth crime,” Farrell told the CountyLeader. “The allocation of a Garda Youth Diversion Project toBalbriggan will support Gardaí in their proactive effortto work with young people and ensure they do notbecome involved in crime. €2.8 million is beinginvested to facilitate the expansion of these servicesthroughout the country, and Balbriggan is one of 10new locations to receive funding for the establishmentof these services in the area,” he explained.
“Having recently met with Chief SuperintendentFinbarr O’Brien and local Garda Station Inspectors, Ihave discussed with them, in great detail, the pressingneed for additional resources within our community. Iwill continue to actively engage with MinisterFitzgerald, and the Department of Justice and Equality,to ensure that further resources are allocated to theNorth County,” Farrell concluded.
Pictured here is local TD Alan Farrell (FG), outsideBalbriggan Garda Station.
Local Minister James Reilly has welcomed MinisterHeather Humphreys’ announcement of the allocationunder the structures at risk fund for Kilbush House inRush. This funding allows conservation work to becarried out on heritage structures in both private andpublic ownership which are deemed to be at significantrisk of deterioration and which are protected under theplanning and development act. Locally, the old KilbushHouse in Rush will be receiving €30,000 of funding inorder to help preserve and maintain it. “Our heritagebuildings are one of the many reasons that peopledecide to come and visit the North County and the restof the country. They provide revenue and local employ-ment, but also they are important as historical struc-tures that are worth preserving for their beauty andsignificance,” said Reilly. “This is good news for thepeople of Rush and for local businesses,” he added.
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The first impression when visiting this club isone of warmth and friendliness and a willing-ness to assist you. This is evident all the wayfrom the friendly pro shop, to the member-ship, as well as the very helpful bar andrestaurant staff.
The club exudes a very positive charm, witha ‘can do’ attitude. They cherish their younggolfers, both boys and girls, with the resultthat they have 150 junior members, a suresign that the future is secure.The club was extended to 27 holes in 2000,and Honorary Secretary, Frank Barryexplained the benefits of having nine extraholes. He said, “The 27 hole lay-out is verywalkable, with very good drainage and isplayable all year round. It also allows us toaccept society golf at the weekends, thusproviding a vital income stream for the club.”“We have no winter greens policy here, sofull greens are used throughout the year.” Anindication of the club’s desire to furtherimprove the course is the purchase of somenew course machinery which will help tokeep the course in tip top condition at alltimes. Indeed the 191 metres 7th hole on theblue course is regarded as one of the finestgolf holes in Ireland.
Another exciting development is the forma-tion of Donabate/Portrane Tennis Club,which will be located at the golf club. Theyhave approval to build six all-weathercourts. “We’ll come to an arrangement withthem to lease part of our practice ground
and the members will bewelcome to use our clubfacilities here, which is awonderful two storeybuilding, with all facilitiesavailable and the hope isthat dual membership willbe available in the future,”said Frank.Donabate Golf Club has anexcellent membership dealat present, which isextremely competitive and
Club President, Pat McNeill spoke aboutthis special offer. “Last year we introduced amembership deal at €599 all in, which isproving to be very successful and we’revery pleased with the uptake,” he said.He continued, “Likeall golf clubs, wehave come through anumber of toughyears lately, andthese new membersare a very welcomeaddition to the club.For membershipenquiries contact theoffice on 018436346.However, we cannever forget the hardwork and dedicationof our loyal memberswho stuck with usthrough thick andthin, and our hope isthat in the next few
years, we can givesomething back inrecognition of thesecornerstones of theclub,” said Pat.Both Pat and Frankwere full of praise forthe great work thathas been undertakenby the excellentcourse staff underthe guidance of LiamBridgette, Course
Chairman and Alan O’Shaughnessy, whohas been greenkeeper and course superin-tendent for many years. His attention todetail is remarkable and “he has had todeal with a reduced staffing level, but still
came up trumps,” they said. The fact thatthere are no winter greens and that allgreens are playable all year round is testa-ment to the great efforts of the green-keeping staff. They also praised the hardwork of the office staff, who keep thingsmoving smoothly giving a friendly and effi-cient service to all.The pro shop is very well appointed, with awide variety of equipment for sale. EdMartin is the club professional and he isjoined by two assistant professionals,namely Danny Sheehan and Rhys Walton,son of local Ryder Cup hero, Philip Walton.All three provide lessons for members andthey are great ambassadors for the club.Danny in fact, has organised a bus to takemembers up to Royal County Down for the
upcoming Irish Open,such is his dedicationto the club and themembership.Donabate Golf Clubhas produced it’s fairshare of internationalgolfers, who haverepresented Ireland intournaments over theyears. These includeBrighid Brown,Vivienne Singleton,Mary McKenna,Jimmy O’Neil l ,Therese Moran, PatDoran and mostrecently, GavinMoynihan.
Donabate Golf ClubDonabate Golf Club is celebrating a special landmark anniversary this year,as it is now 90 years in existence. It was founded in 1925 at a time whenIreland was a much different place than it is today.Donabate Golf Club is an oasis of beauty in a stunning setting of maturetrees and some of the finest golfing terrain anywhere. The beautifully manicured fairways and superb greens mark it out as an exceptional golfcourse, which provides a stern, but fair test for golfers of all abilities.
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However it is the achievements of MaryMcKenna that stand out, as one of the mostsignificant Irish golfers of all time. Her recordspeaks for itself having played in 10 Curtis Cupmatches for Great Britain and Ireland againstthe United States, and eventually captainingthe side. Another accolade that Mary achievedwas in being elected as President of the ILGUfor a three year term and in being awarded anMBE in 2012. President Pat explained herdedication to the club. “Mary plays mostweeks here and her contribution to the ladiesand junior girls is outstanding. You just couldn’tbuy that dedication and she gives of her timefreely,” he said.“Another stalwart is our senior lady interna-tional Pat Doran, who represented Ireland in
the ladies internationals, andwho also does trojan work withour Juniors and Ladiessections”. The man of themoment in Irish amateur golf isGavin Moynihan, who won theIrish Amateur Championship atRoyal Dublin last week. Gavin isa Walker Cup star who started his golfingcareer at Donabate Golf Club under the guid-ance of Hugh Jackson, a former professionalat the club.The Club has a very vibrant men's and ladies’section with approximately 750 membersunder this year’s two very popular captains,Brendan Fetherston and Evelyn Galvin. Theladies section at the club have a Swing Into
Golf initiative which is very successful, withVivienne O’Daly playing a prominent part in thisinitiative. “It was an initiative by the Irish LadiesGolfing Union (ILGU) and they asked us topartner the ILGU and we were one of theselected clubs and it is ongoing,” said Pat.The club also has a very active Junior Clubcatering for about 150 boys and girls up to theage of twenty under the expert guidance ofLady Vice Captain, Deirdre Reid. Coachingtakes place on weekends and the Juniors canbook tee times online for exclusive Thursdaycompetitions. Junior teams also compete ininter-club events and open competitions. Theclub also competes in men’s competitionsfrom Senior Cup, to Best Cup. A Husband andWife open will take place on Bank HolidayMonday, 1st of June which is kindly sponsoredby Linders Motors.The club is anxious to promote it’s excellentclubhouse for use as a venue for parties andother functions within the local community.The dining room is superbly laid out and iscapable of hosting parties of all sizes, wherethe friendly catering and bar staff will always
make you feel welcome. The cateringis done by Sunshine Catering and
they can cater for christenings,anniversaries, birthdays,communions, confirmations,retirements, weddings, andChristmas parties and havemenus to suit every occasion.The Bar and Restaurant offers
quality food and drink in adelightful setting, withpanoramic views over thecourse. The friendly staff cancater for all types of functions
and welcome group bookings for small andlarge groups.The annual fundraising day is on the 10th ofJuly. A team of four costs €240, which will include golf, dinner, prizes and greatentertainment.A special 90th anniversary programme ofevents is planned to take place during the year,with the highlight being the special Gala Open
Week which runs from 31st July until 10thAugust. There will be open events each day,with social evenings at the end of the day.Junior, Intermediate and Minor Scratch Cupevents will be held on 3rd August, with a fourperson open team event in the afternoon.Wednesday, 5th August will see a PeninsulaGolf event, where officers from all the clubs onthe Donabate peninsula will be invited to play.A packed week will conclude with a ladies andgents competition, as well as a four person
team event, followed by a barbecue and social, with dancing and partying well intothe night.With golf enjoying such popularity amongyoung people, buoyed by the success of RoryMcIlroy and the likes, Donabate Golf Club isideally situated to exploit this upsurge in thegame. There is no doubt that the committeehave done a wonderful job in presenting acourse that is in pristine condition and that thislittle piece of golfing heaven, is one that willstand the test of time and continue to providethe finest golf test for at least another 90 yearsto come.
Celebrating 90 Years
Club President, Pat McNeill (right) is pictured with club captain, Brendan Fetherston andLady captain, Evelyn Galvin
Club President, Pat McNeill is pictured with HonorarySecretary, Frank Barry
Club professional, Ed Martinis pictured in the pro shop
The state-of-the-art modern clubhouse
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On 22nd May you are being asked to vote Yes or No in the Marriage Equality Referendum. In this, the last of our twoissues on the Referendum, we invited local TDs, Alan Farrell and Clare Daly to present their submissions supporting a YESvote, while Associate Professor Emeritus at TCD, Anthony Coughlan and Dr Tom Finegan from the Advisory CommitteeMothers and Fathers Matter will support a NO vote
Voters feel they are being pressurised into voting Yesin order to do the decent thing by their homosexualfellow citizens. They are told they should feel guilty bynot voting for “equality”. But all Irish citizens arealready equal before the law. The constitutional articlethey are being asked to change is not the one onequality, but Article 41 on The Family. What we are being asked to do on Friday is to changethe Constitution so that henceforth in Ireland familiesbased on so-called “marriage” betweentwo men or two women - who are inca-pable as couples of producing children -constitute ”the natural primary and funda-mental unit group of society, the neces-sary basis of social order and as indis-pensable to the welfare of the Nation andthe State.” This is truly an absurd proposal. If itpasses, Ireland will be an internationallaughing stock for being the first countryin the world to put same-sex marriage intoits Constitution. There are 198 states inthe world. Only 17 allow same-sexmarriage - all of them by Act of Parliamentor Court order. Changing one’s Constitution is perma-nent, irreversible and full of unforeseen and unin-tended consequences. There is a far more effective way of being fair to the 1-2per cent of the population who are gay and lesbianwithout redefining marriage for the 98-99 per cent whoare not. That is to put civil partnership, which alreadyexists in law, into the Constitution and give relationsbetween same-sex couples, whether homosexual,platonic or sibling, constitutional recognition, whileleaving marriage as it has always been.
But people must vote No to same-sex marriage first.The most important reason for voting No is that if wechange the Constitution, two men or two women willbe endowed with exactly the same constitutional rightto “found” a family and have children as opposite-sexcouples. However homosexual couples can only found a familyand exercise their new constitutional right to"procreate" by the use of eggs or sperm donated by
others and the use of surrogate mothers,who are willing to “rent out” their wombsfor nine months at a time. They may tryto adopt, but children available for adop-tion are now few, so surrogacy is likely tobecome the norm as a constitutionalright.This means more children will be rearedwithout links to their genetic mothers. Itmeans greater profits for the powerfulAmerican pharmaceutical companies thatmake up the donor-assisted humanreproduction industry and the lucrativesurrogacy business, with its attendantexploitation of poor women in poor coun-
tries. One unconsidered consequence of same-sexmarriage is how it would change the legal-politicaleffect of Ireland’s Lisbon Treaty Protocol, which theGovernment negotiated to persuade the Irish peopleto ratify the Lisbon Treaty, the EU’s Constitution in2009, having rejected it the year before. At present this Protocol is an insurmountable legalbarrier to same-sex marriage for all 28 Member Statesbeing introduced by EU law. If we vote to redefinemarriage and the family in the Constitution, it will openthe way to EU law in this area in time.
NO Anthony CoughlanAssociate Professor Emeritus in Social PolicyTRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
Despite what the Government want you to believe,this referendum is about children. How could it notbe? We are being asked to amend Article 41 of theConstitution which is entitled “The Family”.Obviously children are implicated in this proposal.If we redefine marriage we will be changing ourConstitution to require that some children bedeliberately left either motherless or fatherless.This would redefine marriage from achild-centred institution to an institu-tion that denies that children have aright to a mother and a father, wherepossible.A child’s right to a mother and a fathermeans this: where possible and all elsebeing equal, the State should not delib-erately deprive a child of either amother or a father. It is unjust for theState to deliberately leave some chil-dren either motherless or fatherless byoperation of the law, simply in order toadvance equality of adult choice. Forceof circumstance is one thing, Statedesign is something else entirely.The Yes side’s denial of a child’s right to a motherand a father is not based on a belief in children’sequality. It is based on a belief in the freedom ofpractically any combination of adults to createchildren via practically any means. These meanscould include using an egg from one woman andthe womb of another woman in order to create achild who, though having a biological mother anda birth mother, will have no social or legal mother.
That child may even grow up without knowinganything about her biological mother.If the referendum passes, it will in all likelihood,be impossible for the Oireachtas to ever again tryto vindicate a child’s right to a mother and afather, in laws relating to adoption, surrogacy anddonor assisted human reproduction. If theOireachtas did attempt this it would be violating
the constitutional guarantee ofequality: it would be giving prefer-ence to male-female marriages oversame-sex marriages.If the referendum passes if wouldalso mean that same-sex coupleshave a constitutional right toprocreate. The courts would be putunder considerable pressure to inter-pret this as including a constitutionalright to use gamete donation andsurrogacy.Same-sex couples already have virtu-ally all the legal rights marriedcouples have. They have this thanks
to civil partnerships legislation. If we vote Yes wewill not be granting any new statutory rights tosame-sex couples. And since same-sex marriageis not a human right, if we vote No we won’t bedenying gay people their human rights.It is therefore possible to Vote No whilerespecting gay people’s human rights. And a Novote is the only way to respect a child’s right to amother and a father.A No vote strikes the right balance.
NO Dr Tom FineganAdvisory Committee MOTHERS AND FATHERS MATTER
The Referendum on 22nd May is about promoting,protecting and cherishing the institution of marriageand ensuring that everyone has the right to marry theperson they love.I do not believe that we can continue to excludeloving couples from marrying on the basis of theirsexual orientation. I know many people who are gay. Iam not prepared to look them in the eye and tell themthat they are second class citizens. I also know manypeople who have gay family members orfriends. Who am I to say that their son ordaughter should be denied the right tomarry the person they love?In recent years, with the prospect of thisreferendum on my mind, I began my ownjourney in understanding the need ofsociety to welcome marriage equality. Iwas not in favour of the referendum atthat time.Despite years of religious teachings,mass-going and my own research intointernational examples, I could not iden-tify why I held a prejudice toward the ideaof extending the right to marry to samesex couples. I was taught to “love my neighbour”; itwasn’t qualified with, “except for gay people.” Intime, I began to understand the fundamental differ-ences between civil marriage and the religious sacra-ment of marriage and, to me, it became clear that reli-gious marriage would not be affected by allowinglesbian and gay couples access to civil marriage. Myjourney was a personal one, not influenced by mypolitics but ultimately shaped by the ideal containedwithin our constitution, written the same year myfather was born. “All citizens shall, as human
persons, be held equal before the law.” Bunreacht NahÉireann, Article 40. While civil partnership providesfor a societal recognition of the love between twolesbian or gay people, it can be revoked by an act ofthe Oireachtas, however unlikely that may seem. In2015, I believe the rights of same sex couples tomarry should be enshrined in our constitution so thattheir relationships have an equal constitutionalprotection to that of opposite sex married couples.
Throughout history people have beendenied the right to marry the personthey love based on their race, religion orsexuality.The Penal Laws prevented an IrishCatholic and an Irish Protestant fromgetting married. A white person couldnot marry a black person in parts ofAmerica less than fifty years ago.Various arguments were made againstchanging these laws.Yet here we are in 2015, where count-less Catholics marry Protestants; whitepeople marry black people and societyis all the better for it. Marriage Equality
will not affect existing marriages or the institution ofmarriage. The referendum will have no impact what-soever on children. It solely relates to the right of twopeople of the same sex to marry. The Constitution ofour Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty,equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens.It couldn’t be clearer. A Yes vote on 22nd May willensure these rights are vindicated. I believe that, byvoting Yes, we will be voting for a stronger and moreinclusive society for all.
YES Alan Farrell TDFINE GAEL
I'll be voting YES because I am opposed to discrimi-nation and believe in equal rights for all. Whyshould gay and lesbian people not have the samechance to get married as everybody else, if that iswhat they want? It won't change anybody else'smarriage, it's about an equal opportunity. That's allthere is too it. It seems a bit mad that we have tovote on something that is a matter between twopeople who love each other, but so be it. If that'swhat it takes, let's do it. It was madthat generations before us had to voteto decide whether women could vote,or people could join trade unions.Thankfully society moves on. This referendum isn't just aboutmarriage. It's also about the kind ofsociety we want to live in; the kind ofsociety we want to build.An open, fair, just and tolerant societythat says YES to equality, that says weshould live and let live? Or a societybased in fear, distrust, and intolerance?There has been a lot of talk aboutissues that have nothing to do with thisreferendum, with claims that it willdestroy the family, that it will change everythingabout our adoption laws, that it will have a nega-tive impact on children.This referendum has nothing to do with adoption orsurrogacy. In many ways it has nothing to do withchildren. Children are brought up in many differenttypes of families, some with one mother, some withone father, some with a mother, father, stepfatherand stepmother, some with two mothers, somewith two fathers, some married, some not. Thisreferendum won't affect any of those children,
except positively, by sending a message- Alldifferent, all equal. In this way it is about making children's lives betterby voting YES. Of course, it's also a referendumabout telling the gay and lesbian people around us,in our lives, in our families, our friends, that wesupport them and love them for themselves, thattheir sexual orientation does not make them alesser citizen. But dress it up any way you like, a
NO vote says the opposite. It says toyour son, daughter, friend, sister,brother should be denied the sameopportunity as everybody else, justbecause they are gay. Who wants tolike in a country like that?A YES vote in this referendum will helpto break down the last remnants ofthose walls of fear and distrust,allowing people to live as themselves,confident and happy in talking aboutwho they are.It breaks my heart to think that somepeople feel they have to hide who theyare, and it's about time that we said,decisively, as a society, that it's just
fine to be 'you', and to be accepted and loved forthat. It's just fine to aspire to the same things aseverybody else; to want to get married; to live a lifein security and happiness with the person you love.So vote YES, so everybody can have that chance.Important votes that can shape a generation, comealong once in a lifetime. We are privileged to havethe chance to partake in a little piece of history,delivering on the goals of cherishing all children ofthe nation equally. Play your part. Vote YES tomake Ireland a brighter, inclusive place.
YES Clare Daly TDINDEPENDENT
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Pictured at the recent Fashion Show at the PavilionsShopping Centre, Swords are Deirdre King (MarketingManager, Pavilions) and leading model and Swords girl,Carina Grant
Portmarnock MusicalSociety Swings IntoSummerAfter the huge success ofPortmarnock Musical and DramaticSociety’s “Las Vegas Spectacular”last November, it is taking to thestage once again to entertain anddelight. Portmarnock Sports andLeisure Centre will once again betransformed into a Cabaret-stylesetting with a full programme ofmusic and live entertainment.With summer fast approaching, theMusical Society has put together a“Sizzlin Hot Summer Cabaret”, trav-elling back to a time gone by, fromElla Fitzgerald and the wonderfulclassic “Summertime” to FrankSinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett,“Volaire”, “That’s Amore” and “Ileft my Heart in San Francisco andalso visiting the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
The show takes place on Friday,29th May and you can sing yourway to sunshine with the cast of“Swing into Summer”. This wonderful “Summer Cabaret”is suitable for an audience of allages as it represents a variety ofmusical styles. With a fresh, bright,sunny stage setting, you will betransported to the beaches ofAcapulco and the boardwalk in SanFrancisco, complete with flowingdresses and flowers in their hair.Portmarnock Musical and DramaticSociety has been established sincethe late 1980s and meets weekly inSt. Helen’s National School. Withever increasing dedication tomusical theatre, the Society isdelighted to announce that in early2016, it will present the award-winning musical “Evita”. Tickets forthe musical are priced at €15 andgroup discounts are available forclubs and organisations.
St Finian's GAA Club are delighted to announce thelaunch of their Bingo night in Peacock's Steakhouse onFriday nights which started last Friday. At the launch,Club Treasurer Pat Farrell said "St. Finian's GAA Club arereally pleased to be able to offer a regular fun night out,to all those who love their bingo, in the comfort of thefunction room in Peacock's Steakhouse, with a chance towin €1,500 in prizes each night." Pictured are ClubTreasurer, Pat Farrell and Event Co-ordinator, CarolineSavage at the Launch Event for the St Finian's GAA ClubBingo Night.
Swords StudentsPraised ForAnti-Litter EffortsStudents from Fingal CommunityCollege in Swords recently receivedtop marks for their participation in anAnti-Litter waste programme.The local students were recognised forachievements in making their schooland communities more environmen-tally friendly places, at the annual AnTaisce Neat Streets Awards Ceremony.An Taisce presented the Neat StreetsAwards to schools that reducedstudent littering, reduced waste andincreased recycling levels over theacademic year, through the student ledprogramme.The programme supported thestudents and teachers in encouragingpositive behaviour at school and in thecommunity and organised events suchas, litter and waste workshops, compe-titions, action days, community litter-picks for participants.The school really embraced the
programme and students designed avariety of events and activities for theirclassmates and school friends to raiseawareness of waste and litter issuesand create behaviour change amongsttheir peers.The programme is about studentsdeveloping and delivering the messagein a way they feel will be effective andincluded; organising green actiondays, setting up recycling initiatives,carrying out litter monitoring surveys,running social media campaigns,organising competitions and creatinglinks with their wider communities. The efforts of the local students willadd to the great work of the SwordsTidy Towns groups, who work tire-lessly to ensure the streets of ourtowns are litter free. Special guest at the event, climatechange expert Professor JohnSweeney, Maynooth University,complimented students on theirachievements and highlighted theimportance of their collective actions inaddressing the effects of climatechange and improving their local envi-ronments.
Recently, theEuropean Cup,which Celtic FC wonin the 1966-67season, visited LuskUnited AFC tolaunch this year’sPaddy SandfordMemorial 5-A-Side."I want to say amassive to thanksto all at Lusk United,The Sandfordfamily, Iain Wardand Celtic FC them-selves for makingthis happen," saidCiaran Russell, PROof Lusk United. Thetournament willcommence onAugust 4th this yearand will run acrossthree days finishingon Saturday 8thAugust. Picturedhere are somemembers of LuskUnited happilyholding the cup.
Knitting For CharityIn BalbrigganA talented group of ladies from Balscadden andBalbriggan recently put their knitting needlestogether in the name of charity recently, as theyknitted jumpers for children affected by AIDS inAfrica. Local woman, Betty Flynn brought thegroup of knitters together, drawing volunteersfrom The Herring Club in Balscadden as well asthe Balbriggan Knitting Club and the BalbrigganICA, as well as a number of other kind individ-uals who pitched in to help the project.The project was inspired by a Stamullen woman,Margaret White whose enthusiasm for thecharity encouraged Betty to get the group oflocal women together and get knitting.There was a huge response to the charity appealand the jumpers knitted by the group will join aconsignment of clothes leaving Ireland for Africa,later this year.
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Proposed 30kphSpeed SchemeUnderway At last week’s Balbriggan/Swords Area meeting,the County Council have confirmed certain areasaround the North County for the reduced 30kphreduced pilot speed limit. These proposals willnow go out on public display, and according tolocal councillor, Darragh Butler (FF), will comeback to the councillors later this year, at theSeptember Area meeting. “I would like to support the inclusion ofRidgewood, Boroimhe and St. Cronan’s Avenue inSwords, for the 2015 pilot scheme and it is hopedto expand this further in future. Four to six areashave been chosen in each local election area for
the pilot scheme,” Butler explained. “The nextphase will involve putting proposals on publicdisplay for statutory consultation followingagreement from the area committees as to whichpilot schemes progress,” he said. The followingestates are suggested as suitable for considera-tion in the Balbriggan/Swords Area as pilot areasfor the 30 kph reduced speed limit: Boroimhe,Ridgewood and St Cronan’s Ave in Swords, theChantries in Balrothery, Tayleur’s Point in Rushand Dun Emer in Lusk. “Where possible, limited funding will be put inplace to provide speed reduction measures inestates which were recommended as suitable forthe pilot scheme, but which have insufficienttraffic calming. It is recommended that approvalis granted by the members for four to six of therecommended estates to be put on public displayas part of the statutory consultation process for30kph speed limits,” Butler concluded.
Local CommutersUrged To MakeBikes SafeCycling is an increasingly popularoption for local commuters aroundthe North County, but more bikesmeans there are greater opportuni-ties for theft. That’s why counteringcycle theft is set to become a priorityissue for Dublin City Council’s SouthEast Area’s Joint Policing Committee(JPC).Figures from the 2014 Canal CordonCount, which was jointly published bythe NTA and Dublin City Councilrecently, show that the number ofpeople commuting to the city by bikeincreased by approximately 114 percent between 2006 and 2014, with anincrease of around 14 per cent lastyear alone. They also announced on23rd April that 10 million journeyshave been taken on the Coca-Cola
Zero dublinbikes scheme since itlaunched in 2009.However Gardaí have warnedmembers of the public to beconcerned about the security of theirbikes following an increase in bikethefts. The warning came at ameeting of the South East Area’s JPC,a forum made up of representativesfrom senior Garda management, localauthority officials and communityrepresentatives. The meeting heardthat cycle theft in the South East Areahad increased by 45 per cent in thefirst three months of 2015, with 177bikes reported stolen as against 122in the same period last year.“In the vast number of cases wherebicycles are reported as being stolen,the victim cannot provide Gardaí withthe serial number of their bicycle sowe are appealing to cyclists to take amoment to record the details of theirbicycles and keep it in a safe place,”said Sergeant Kelvin Courtney fromthe National Crime Prevention Unit.
Help OthersIn BalbrigganAre you over 50? Do youenjoy physical activityand exercise? Wouldyou like to help otherpeople get active? Go forLife FitLine is a free tele-phone service, and itsorganisers are lookingfor volunteer mentorswho will be based inBalbriggan Library andwill provide friendly tele-phone support and moti-vation to get olderpeople more active. Ifyou are interested intraining as a mentor orfor more informationplease call Caitriona inFingal SportsPartnership on: 8906247.
Quinn Welcomes PassingOf ‘Epipen’ Motion Sinn Féin councillor, Malachy Quinn hasexpressed his delight at the passing of hismotion calling on the Minister for Health to easethe restrictions on the availability ofEpinephrine auto injectors, commonlyknown as Epipens, around the locality atthe May Council meeting.An Epinephrine auto injector is a medicaldevice used for injecting a measureddose of epinephrine (adrenaline) if say,for example, you happen to suffer anallergic reaction or experience intoler-ance from a food product. Quinnexplained why one might need access tothese injectors: “Since December 14th 2014,there has been a requirement for food busi-nesses to display the ingredients of productsthat may contain the 14 allergens which cancause intolerance, allergic reactions or in
extreme cases anaphylactic shock. If leftuntreated anaphylactic shock can in some casesresult in death, so in order to treat this intoler-ance you would need access to the Epipens,” heexplained. “The case of Emma Sloan inDecember 2013 highlighted the requirement toease restrictions on availability of Epipens andthe need for education on the administration of
the treatment. The young girl suffered afatal anaphylactic shock when shecouldn’t get Epinephrine administeredquickly enough,” he continued. “Withonly two paediatric allergy specialists inthe state and waiting times of up to 14months for a routine appointment in OurLady’s Hospital, Crumlin or CorkUniversity Hospital, it is important thatpost diagnosis, people around the
locality can rely on better understanding andavailability of Epipens.” “The passing of thismotion adds the North County’s voice to thecampaign to improve availability and educationon this issue,” Quinn concluded.
Cllr. Quinn
Julie McCarthy fromForrest Little Golf Club inSwords (pictured here)added a 72 to her opening79 to edge out home hopeCiara Casey by a stroke forthe 44th Hermitage LadiesScratch Cup. This was hersecond big win in thespace of a week. It was asecond success in thespace of a few days forJulie, who won the girls'title in the Faldo SeriesIreland Championship atLough Erne last week. Shehad a four shot lead afterday one and went on towin the championship byseven strokes fromAustrian Florentina Hagerin inclement weather atthe Faldo DesignEnniskillen Resort.
Pilgrim Walk InDroghedaResidents of the North County may beinterested in participating in theInaugural St. Oliver’s Pilgrim Walk ofDrogheda, which takes place on 29thand 30th May. The walk will take inseven churches in the town of Droghedafinishing off in St Peter’s Church, WestStreet, where the National Shrine of StOliver is located.The walk is 3.2 km (two miles) and canbe done within any time limit, or indeedover the two days. It is geared for allages, from schoolchildren to the retiredand schools and parishes are encour-aged to take part as groups.The walks will start at the LourdesChurch from 10am onwards each dayand the church will close at 4pm. St.Peter’s will close at 5.30pm on each day.There are no rules. You can take as long
as you want, stop when you want be itfor refreshments or to take in some ofDrogheda’s rich heritage.Confessions will be available at varioustimes in the churches on the route. Therewill be a mix of town and urban walkingas well, as time to appreciate the historyand religious architecture of the variouschurches involved.There will be a nominal fee charged forparticipation which will cover the cost ofthe Camino souvenir passport, given atthe start of the walk containing details ofthe route and general history of eachchurch to be visited. This passport willbe stamped with the official stamp foreach church and provides pilgrims with arecord of where they visited.A certificate of accomplishment will begiven to each pilgrim on completing theway. Schools and other groups arerequested to register each pupil beforethe walk so as these certificates can beready.
Pictured here is Gary Branigan,author of Ancient and HolyWells of Dublin with BrianHowley, President ofBalbriggan Historical Societyat Gary's excellent talk on HolyWells in Town Hall Balbrigganrecently. Gary has completed aproject identifying andrecording all original sites ofHoly Wells in County Dublin,many of these forgotten andnever photographed previ-ously. An interesting one isChink Well located in a seacave near Tower Bay inPortrane, where the rocksaround the well sheen purpleand red by torchlight, or thelovingly restored StWerburgh's well in AirsideSwords which most people aretotally unaware of as they visitthe retail park.
With the Marriage EqualityReferendum just around thecorner, there was no relief forthe hard pressed voters ofPark Avenue and the WardValley side of BrackenstownRoad/Village.Despite having beenreinstated back into theDublin Northconstituency last year,voters here wil l st i l lhave to travel to RiverValley to cast theirvotes. At a meeting onThursday last of theBalbriggan/Swords AreaCommittee meeting, a ques-tion from local council lor,Darragh Butler (FF) asked if anextra polling desk could beput in place at
the Brackenstown St.Cronan’s School Poll ingStation, so that residents ofBrackenstown Vil lage andPark Avenue could vote thereinstead of travelling to RiverValley.
The reply to Butler’squestion wasemphatic. Butler said,“Unfortunately ParkAvenue and the WardValley side ofBrackenstown Road /Village remain part ofthe Dublin West
constituency and once againwill have to travel to HolyFamily, River Valley to vote,instead of simply walkingacross the road.Unfortunately we do not
become Dublin Fingal untilthe end of the current Dáiland the next General Election,so referendums remain underDublin West until then.” He continued, “Although wewon the battle to move yourside of the BrackenstownRoad back into theConstituency of Dublin North(now Dublin Fingal), unfortu-nately this does not come intofull effect unti l the nextGeneral Election. For anyreferendums and bye-elec-tions before the next GeneralElection, unfortunately thesewill involve voting in RiverValley. The new Dublin Fingalconstituency kicks in from thenext General Electiononwards.
No Joy For Brackenstown Voters
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your house a wholenew, fresh look.Perhaps you just wantto add another coat tothe current colour, or gofor a new look andchange it completely.Now that the summer’shere, it’s all about thelight colours. Maybe anice versatile colour forall seasons would suit,like pastel colours. For the bathroom,replace the bath matsand towels with lightercolours. A light scentedcandle always lookscalming and relaxingwhen lit. Try a fresh
scented one, similar tovanilla or sea breeze,these light scentsalways add to the tone.Perhaps now is the timeto try some new bath-room products. Now it’ssummer, everythingcomes to life, includingscents, embrace this byopting for a differentbody wash, perhaps ascented one. Get your gardensummer friendly.Freshen the look of yourgarden, just by simplypulling out a few weedsfrom the paving andflower beds.Unfortunately, in thesummer, the lawn canbecomes high mainte-nance, with it needing atrim every two weeks.However, it is a goodexcuse to spend sometime out in the sun.Sprinkle some grassseeds onto the lawn,this will layer it with afresh coat, making thelawn look a whole lothealthier. Take this timeto decide if your lawnrequires levelling, andfor other big gardenprojects, you may needsome professional ,local landscapers. Ifthere are only smallareas that need level-ling, you may be able tojust use sand, and allowthe lawn time to growthrough. It’s not too late to startplanting some flowerbulbs. The North Countyhas lovely gardencentres where theworkers will be morethan happy to share
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10. Belonging exclusively (8).12. One who governs (5).13. Expire set to have skilful knowledge (9).14. Burn on the surface (5).15. Covered passage with shops (6).20. One who sells (6).21. Shout of approval (5).24. Pertaining to government (9).27. Eastern country displayed in dresser (5).28. Ale and bread could be easy to interpret(8).29. Expedition for hunting (6).30. Drink in these illegally (8).31. Place of confinement (6).
Down1. Place heavily protected (8).2. Let sting be subsiding (8).3. Occur between points of time (9).5. Reckoned of small value (5).6. More straight (5).7. Draw forth (6).8. Examine in detail (6).
11. Announce a newspaper title (6).16. Sour and thicken (6).17. Seat for the beach (9).18. Public performances of music (8).19. Arc I note to produce a garment (8).22. Games and pastimes (6).23. Make happy a politeness (6).25. Date back an indication left (5).26. Break in a sentence (5).
Pictured at the recent meeting of Swords Main Street traders at the Cock Tavern, Swordsare Alan Redmond (Shane Redmond Group), Neal Morrison (McInerney Saunders) andAvril Kelly Carter (Empire Bar)
Pictured at the recent meeting of Swords Main Street traders at the Cock Tavern, Swordsare Tom Hanley, Keith Doyle and Bobby Savage
Pictured at the recent meeting of Swords Main Streettraders at the Cock Tavern, Swords are John Hennessy(Hennessy Perrozzi Solicitors) and Martin O'Donnell(Hugh O'Donnell Solicitors)
Pictured at the recent meeting of Swords Main Streettraders at the Cock Tavern, Swords are Noel Smyth (CockTavern) and Joe Savage (The Well)
Swords BusinessAlliance held ameeting in the CockTavern, Swords onMonday, 11th Maylast. A good gath-ering of Swords busi-ness owners turnedup for the meeting,which was chaired byNeal Morrison ofMcInerney SaundersAccountancy firm.This newly formedgroup of retailersspoke about theirconcernssurrounding commer-cial activity in thetown and ways theycan improve busi-ness and attractmore footfall to thearea. There weresome very positiveideas exchanged andthe group are confi-dent that a fresh lookat business in thetown, may have apositive outcome forSwords.
Local Schools Take Part In Walk To School WeekSchools across theNorth County recentlytook part in theNational Walk toSchool Week, held allthroughout last week. The An Taisce Green-Schools’ National Walkto School Week is acountry-wide initiative
which will result inthousands of pupils,their parents andteachers walking toand from school, tocelebrate the environ-mental, health, socialand financial benefitsof active travel on theschool journey. This is
the seventh yearGreen-Schools has runNational Walk toSchool Week, whichwill be promoted toover 1500 participatingschools. Schools across thelocality in Swords,Lusk and Skerriesorganised events tocelebrate the weekand to encouragewalking in theirschools, including‘Funky Feet’ days andfancy dress events.Last year 41,000students, in schoolsregistered with Green-Schools, walked all orpart of the way toschool: the highestfigure recorded to
date. National Walk toSchool Week is theonly one of its kind inIreland whichpromotes active andsustainable travel onthe journey to school.Green-Schools acrossthe locality andbeyond took up thewalking challenge intheir own unique wayswith schools organ-ising events such asWalk on Wednesdaydays, Feet FirstFridays, walkingcompetitions andfancy dress walks toschool, to encourageeveryone to get ontheir feet for theschool journey.
Holy LandPilgrimage ReminderPlaces still remain for a trip to the Holy Land,June 8th -18th. Follow the footsteps of Jesusfrom the Sea of Galilee to the River Jordan andon to the final days in Jerusalem. The groupleader is Mícheál de Barra, and the SpiritualDirector is Fr. John Newman. For information andbooking, please call: 086-8337681.
RNLI Say ThanksThe RNLI want to thank the public so much fortheir generous support for the RNLI Maydaycampaign recently. Despite downpours overthe weekend, the lifeboat volunteers, and allinvolved had a very successful fundraisingcampaign, according to the group.
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Pluses AndMinuses In TTIP Last week I attended a PressSeminar in Brussels hosted by theEU Parliament on the TTIP Treatybetween the EU and the US. The
Commission commenced negotia-tion in 2013 and currently aremaking their position available toMEPs with access confined toreading rooms and subject towritten undertakings not todiscuss the detail in public. Some Members refuse to givesuch a binding undertaking.One Green MEP says he iselected to speak saying“Parlay” as in Parliament isabout speaking. The Trade Commissionersuggests that the negotiations arehalf way complete and that it ishoped to have the agreement rati-fied during the Obama term. For theEU to confirm TTIP there must beunanimous agreement by theCouncil of Ministers. Parliamentmust by majority agree and eachnational parliament must ratify it. MEPs are working throughParliament’s committee system totry to make the treaty more accept-able yet some express doubts thatthey will be prepared to vote for
acceptance. Some see the Treaty assimply a trade deal with no valuefor the consumer, others point outthat if business prospers there willbe knock on benefits for the citizen. When our own Marian Harkin wasspeaking, she made the point thatthere would be winners and losersacross section. I asked her couldshe quantify the potential agricul-ture job losses in Ireland. She toldus that as Ireland was the 4thlargest beef exporter in the worldthat if the US acquires open access,that the suckler herd farmer wouldface challenges. She stated that
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tion and making it easier toproduce common goods which fitacross markets. The EU is involvedin other Treaty negotiations acrossthe world but TTIP is the onedrawing the attention. The InvestorState Dispute Resolution is seen bymany as weighted in the investors’favour while others fear for environ-mental standards. Parliament willin the coming weeks consider theCommittee’s recommendationsbefore passing their guidance tothe negotiators.
By Cathal Boland
North County Leader’s European Politics Columnist, Cathal Boland (right) with FineGael MEP, Brian Hayes at the TTIP conference in Brussels last week.
Launch Of Tidy TownsDiversity AwardThe Tidy Towns Diversity Award was officially launched last week by AlanKelly, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and LocalGovernment. On launching this award, Minister Kelly said: “This diversityaward recognises the benefits that embracing diversity and workingacross the generations brings to communities. It rewards the intergenera-tional and intercultural aspects of Tidy Towns committees around theNorth County and beyond.” He continued “Strong communities worktogether to gain the most from what all members of their community haveto offer, regardless of age, ethnicity or ability. As our communitiesbecome more diverse, the need to understand and appreciate othercultures becomes increasingly important. This award is to recognise allthat Tidy Towns committees do to encourage involvement from allmembers of their community.” He also referred to another new initiative inthe SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition this year. “The SuperValu YouthAward aims to celebrate the contribution of young people to Tidy Townsactivities and to encourage greater youth involvement with Tidy Townsgroups. The award is specifically for young people under 18 years of agewho have had substantial input into projects, working together with theirlocal Tidy Towns group, to deliver benefits to their local community. It willcelebrate how the youth in communities use their interest, enthusiasmand curiosity to carry out innovative and exciting projects.
Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission sought by Graham Architecture tobuild a 77 m2 (GEA) two storey extension includingmodifications to an existing front entrance and demoli-tion of an existing sunroom and porch, at 41 TurveyDrive, Donabate, Co Dublin for Aidan and AnneMcGoey.The Planning Application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable costof making a copy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during its public opening hours and asubmission or observation may be made to thePlanning Authority in writing on payment of theprescribed fee (20 Euros) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by the authority ofthis application
Fingal County CouncilRetention planning permission sought by Neil Lennonfor fenestration and dormer modifications at 5B HoarRock, Skerries, Co. Dublin. The planning applicationmay be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceedingthe reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices ofthe planning authority during its public opening hoursand submission or observation may be made to theauthority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) within the period 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of this application.
Fingal County CouncilFull Planning Permission sought by Gerard andAishling Kiernan -- For two storey extension to rearof existing dwelling to include roof light and newwindow at ground floor to South West side --together with minor alterations to internal layout, at13- Boroimhe Rowan, Swords, Co-Dublin."The planning application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee-- not exceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy at the office of the planningauthority during its public opening hours and asubmission or observation may be made to theauthority in writing on payment of the prescribedfee (20 euro) within the period of 5 weeks begin-ning on the date of receipt by the authority of thisapplication.
Fingal County CouncilWe Gareth & Claire Priestley intend to apply for plan-ning permission for development at 84 Bunbury GateAvenue, Swords, County DublinThe development will consist of the construction of afront porch and an attic conversion compromising of adormer window to the side.The Planning Application may be inspected or
purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable costof making a copy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during the public opening hours of 9.30 -16.30 Monday – Friday at:Fingal County Council, Fingal County Hall, Main Street,Swords, Fingal, Co. DublinA submission or observation in relation to theApplication may be made in writing to the PlanningAuthority on payment of a fee of €20, within the periodof 5 weeks, beginning on the date of receipt by FingalCounty Council of the Application, and such submis-sions or observations will be considered by thePlanning Authority in making a decision on the applica-tion. The Planning Authority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grantpermission.
Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought by the DonabatePortrane Tennis Club Limited at Donabate Golf Club,Balcarrick, Donabate, Co. Dublin for 6 no. tennis courtsand associated timber shelter/structure. The develop-ment is to be constructed in two phases as follows:Phase one - 4 no. courts, Phase two – 2 no. courts.Planning permission is also sought for chainlink meshfencing, floodlights, landscaping and all ancillaryworks necessary to facilitate the development. Theplanning application may be inspected or purchased ata fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the planning authority during itspublic opening hours and a submission or observationmay be made to the authority in writing on payment ofthe prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by the authority ofthis application.
Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought by Rhonellen PropertiesLtd., on lands at and adjoining The Parochial House(Protected Structure Ref. 358) Seatown Road, Swords,Co. Dublin for a proposed community development.Permission is sought for 1 no. Men Shed structure withmezzanine floor for use by the Irish MenshedsAssociation, associated car parking, landscaping andall ancillary site and engineering works necessary tofacilitate the development. The planning applicationmay be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceedingthe reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices ofthe planning authority during its public opening hoursand a submission or observation may be made to theauthority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee(€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of this application.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus,in the past I have askedyou for many favours.
This time I ask for avery special one
(mention it). Take itdear Heart of Jesus
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BRENNAN, Cora (Nee Tallon) Bayside, Sutton, Dublin,13th May 2015 (peacefully) at home. Cora will be verysadly missed by her loving husband Patrick, childrenDeborah, Alan, Wendy, Geoffrey, Sinead, Ciarán (inAustralia), her mother Eileen, sisters Esther and Maura,grandchildren, sons-in-law Paul and Philip, nieces andnephews, extended family and friends. Rest in PeaceCAMPBELL, Walter (Burrow Road, Portrane) - May 14,2015 (peacefully), after a short illness at the BonSecours Hospital, late Nursing Staff of St. Ita's Hospital,father of the late Eamon; deeply regretted by his lovingwife Marie, children Linda, Karen and Sandra, grandchil-dren Colin, Danielle, Stephen, Brian and Saoirse, son-in-law, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews,extended family and friends. Rest in PeaceDOOLAN (Malahide) 13th. May 2015, unexpectedly,Laurence (Larry), beloved husband of Joan. He will besadly missed by Joan and his loving daughters Linda,Deirdre, Laura and Niamh, sons-in-law Brendan, Tim,Mark and Val, his nine adoring grandchildren, nieces,nephews, extended family and his many friends andneighbours. Rest in PeaceDUNNE, Edward (Ned)(Malahide and Portarlington) -May 14, 2015, (suddenly) at Beaumont Hospital, (LatePublican); deeply regretted by his loving wife Patricia,daughters Olive and Sylvia, son Oisín, grandchildrenSean, Conor, Kevin, Aisling and Cian, son-in-law John,sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, extended family andfriends. Rest in PeaceHANNON, Margaret, The death has occured peacefullyof Margaret Veronica (Ronnie) Hannon, late of St. Paul'sTerrace, Dublin St., Balbriggan & formerly Collinstown,Co. Westmeath. Peacefully at Beaumont Hospital. Sisterof the late Omrah Hannon. Deeply regretted by her rela-tives, neighbours and friends.REID, Philip (formerly of Swords and late of Mornington,A.R.T./OPPS/Catering Dublin Airport and Balcarrick GolfClub) - May 14, 2015 (peacefully) at home; deeplyregretted by his loving wife Rosaleen, daughters Alisonand Janice, son Trevor, sons-in-law Alan and Colm,daughter-in-law Ruth, grandchildren Kelly, Zoe, Craig,Sean, Niamh, Niall, Kate and Daragh, sisters Francesand Jean, brother John, nieces, nephews, relatives andfriends. Rest in PeaceBRETT (née Treanor) Maura (Swords) - May 12, 2015,(peacefully) after a short illness at the Bon SecoursHospital; deeply regretted by her loving husbandJarleth, children Fergal, Michéal, Gavin and Jenny,daughters-in-law, partners, grandchildren, brother,sisters, relatives and friends. Rest in PeaceBYRNE (Rush, Co. Dublin) May 12, 2015 (peacefully) athome Gary; sadly missed by his loving wife Emer,daughters Lisa and Emma, Son Neal, brother, sisters,brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, rela-tives and a large circle of friends. May Gary Rest InPeace.EGAN (née Jones), Mary (retired S.R.N) (Feltrim,Malahide) - May 12, 2015 (peacefully), in the loving careof the staff at the Bon Secours Hospital, beloved wife ofthe late Pat; deeply regretted by her loving sonPadhraic, daughter Dearbhla, son-in-law Cormac,daughter-in-law Patricia, grandchildren Conor, Matthew,Eoghan, Éanna, Muireann and Méabh, brothers, sisters-in-law, relatives, neighbours and friends. Rest In Peace.SKELTON, Betty (née Moorhouse) Elizabeth Sophia(Sutton) – May 11th 2015 at Beaumont Hospital after anillness borne with grace and dignity. Devoted and caringwife of Dick and loving mother of Mark, Laura, Terri andRichard. Will be deeply missed by her family, daughters-in-law, Lynn and Audrey and sons-in-law Nick andMartin, her grandchildren, Rachel, Emma, Alex, Howard,Beth, Holly, Robert, Eve, Anna and Sebastian. Also sadlymissed by her brother Norman, sisters Daphne andValerie and extended family.SMYTH (née Kirwan), Marie - May 11, 2015 (Swords)(peacefully), at Beaumont Hospital, beloved wife of thelate Eddie; deeply regretted by her loving sons Gary andEdward, daughter Annmarie, daughters-in-law, grand-children, brother, sisters, relatives and friends. Rest inPeaceLAMB, David (Balbriggan) Peacefully in Our Lady ofLourdes Hospital, Drogheda, surrounded by his family.Sadly missed by his loving wife Margaret, son Wayne,mother Margaret, brother Howard, sister Margaret,brother-in-law David, sister-in-law Frances, nieces,nephews, relatives and friends.MCGOVERN, Joan - May. 10, 2015, (Swords and late ofAer Lingus) (Peacefully), in the wonderful care of thestaff of Bon Secours Hospital, surrounded by her lovingfamily, sadly missed by her sister Annette, brotherBuddy, nieces, nephews, relatives and her many friends.HOOLAN Maeve (Sutton, Co Dublin, formerly of IonaRoad and late of Ferndene Nursing Home) - May 8th,2015, at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin,daughter of the late Colonel Liam Hoolan and MrsChristine Hoolan and sister of the late Noreen Allen.Much loved and deeply missed by her cousins PeterCox, Liz Edwards and Hilary Kennedy, by Terry, Carlie,and Rachel Edwards, Gerry, Alex, Judy-Meg, Clare andHugo Kennedy, and by her wide circle of relatives in theHoolan, Stevens, Cahill and O’Riordan families and herfriends.
Recent published deathsfrom the North County
Family Notices
GAFFNEYBridget
Late of Clonard Court,Balbriggan
First AnniversaryDied 22nd May 2014
Happy memories we hold foreverOf days when we were all togetherNothing on earth can ever replace
The sound of your voice or thesmile on your face
Each of us in our own way havespecial thoughts of you today
Sadly missed by your lovinghusband Paddy, daughter
Lorraine, son Barry, son-in-law,daughter-in-law and
grandchildren
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Fingal County CouncilI Mr. Robin Hayder Tipu intend to applyfor Planning Permission at No. 4 MainSt. Swords, Co. Dublin. For change ofuse of the existing unit from a shop unitto a Coffee Shop, alterations to the frontelevation and signage and associatedsite works. This planning applicationmay be inspected or purchased at a feenot exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of FingalCounty Council, County Hall, Main St.Swords Co. Dublin during the publicopening hours 9-30am 15-30pm Mondayto Friday and a submission or observa-tion in relation to the application maybe made to the planning authority inwriting on payment of a fee of €20.00within the period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by Fingal CountyCouncil of the application.
Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought by FKeenan for domest ic garage atKnocknagin Lane, Knocknagin,Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. This planningappl icat ion may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority duringits public opening hours and a submis-sion or observation may be made to theauthority in writing on payment of theprescribed fee 20 euro within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of this applica-tion.
Fingal County CouncilRetention is sought for storage shed, tostore materials incidental to the use oflands for keeping horses @ Belgee,Naul, Co. Dublin for Ken O’ Carroll. Theplanning application may be inspectedor purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority duringthe public opening hours and a submis-sion or observation in relation to theapplication may be made in writing tothe planning authority on payment ofthe prescribed fee (20 euros), within theperiod of 5 weeks, beginning on thedate of receipt by Fingal County Councilof the application.
Fingal County CouncilRetention is sought for the replacementtimber cabin providing accommodationincidental to the use of lands forkeeping horses @ Belgee, Naul, Co.Dublin for Ken O’ Carroll. The planningappl icat ion may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the planning authority duringthe public opening hours and a submis-sion or observation in relation to theapplication may be made in writing tothe planning authority on payment ofthe prescribed fee (20 euros), within theperiod of 5 weeks, beginning on thedate of receipt by Fingal County Councilof the application.
