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THROWING HIS HAT IN THE RING: Mick dons gloves for charity See Page 3

Model behaviour: At a gala dinner for Laura Brennan TrustMISS Ireland, Holly Carpenter, pic-tured with Jane and Karl Carpenter, was on hand to host a recent gala dinner in the Grand Hotel Mala-hide in aid of The Laura Brennan Trust. The model worked tirelessly

all evening, posing for photographs with guests, modelling items for the auction and meeting all the young dancers who performed for those who attended.Full Gallery on Page 8

All-new Central Mental Hospital on way � MIMI MURRAY

THE building of a new Cen-tral Mental Hospital, includ-ing Intellectual Disability and Child and Adolescent Foren-sic Mental Health Units, has been confirmed for Portrane by Dr James Reilly, Minister for Health.

In a statement the Minister said: “Funding is included in the HSE Capital Plan to provide for planned infrastruc-tural developments for the

National Forensic Mental Health Service.”

These include the develop-ment of a new, 120-bed hos-pital to replace the Central Mental Hospital, the develop-ment of a 10-bed Intellectual Disability Forensic Mental Health Unit, a 10-bed Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Unit, and four regional Intensive Care Reha-bilitation Units (ICRUs).

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A LARGE number of que-ries about the payment of the household charge have come from elderly people living in the north Dublin area.

Brendan Ryan, Labour Party TD for Dublin North, has urged the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, to include the post

office as a payment option for the controversial charge so groups such as the elderly can pay it more easily.

In response to a Parliamen-tary Question tabled by Dep-uty Ryan, Minister Hogan said he was satisfied that there is a “comprehensive suite of pay-ment options” available to persons with a liability to pay

the household charge. However, Deputy Ryan has

received a large number of enquiries from older people and those who live in rural north County Dublin who either do not have internet access nor is it convenient for them to travel to their local authority office, upwards of 20 miles away.

“If this is a problem for north County Dublin then it must be an even greater prob-lem in rural Ireland where the distances to local authority offices are even greater,” said Mr Ryan.

“I agree that the payment options online are very con-venient for those with inter-net access. However, a large

number of older people and those who live in rural areas are frustrated at the lack of ‘bricks and mortar’ options available for them to pay the charge.

“Many people have phoned my office frustrated at their inability to be able to pay their household charge in their local post office, where they pay the

rest of their household bills. “I am disappointed the Min-

ister did not seek to include the post office as a payment option as it would have been very convenient for a great many people. Also, I am sure it would have resulted in a higher number of registrations and payments at this point,” he said.

A K U WA I T I w h o attempted to evade excise duty on a large cargo of flavoured tobac-co, has been sentenced to two and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Adel Eid (30), import-ed by air freight Shisha molasses which had an estimated market value of €411,611 when cus-toms duties, VAT and excise duties were added.

The freight was import-ed through a company called Pure Asia Lim-ited.

The potential loss of revenue to the State was estimated at €364,000.

Eid, of Twyford Court, Twyford Avenue in Lon-don, pleaded guilty to evasion of excise on tobacco products on Jan-uary 27, 2009 at Clogh-ran in Swords. He also pleaded guilty to evading

VAT and custom duty on the products.

Custom and Excise officer, Ursula O’Neill told prosecuting coun-sel, Colm O’Brian BL, a freight package arrived from Dubai to Dublin airport.

Suspicions arose as the labelling on the package detailed tobacco, molas-ses and glycerine.

“It appeared to be a water-type tobacco, or

Shisha, which is smoked through a water pipe,” explained Ms O’Neill. “This product is not ille-gal.”

Ms O’Neill said the Shisha contained 48-61% tobacco and under regu-lations was classed as a tobacco product, liable to excise duty and VAT.

Eid picked up the consignment from the airport and loaded it onto a lorry. A driver

was ordered to deliver the goods to commer-cial premises in nearby Cloghran.

Cus toms o f f i cers questioned Eid, who has no previous convic-tions, and he denied that the goods were tobacco products. He accepted he had not paid excise and duty on the prod-ucts.

D e a n K e l l y BL , defending, said Eid,

who worked as a deliv-ery driver in London up until his apprehension in 2011, made a catastroph-ic decision by evading duty.

Judge Martin Nolan commented “there was a substantial amount of tobacco products involved and there must be some level of deter-rence for other parties attempting to smuggle products into Ireland”.

Elderly concerned over the payment of chargesCHARGE Minister says he is satisfied with payment options

Man is found guilty of tax dodge on over €411k of tobacco

COURTS: POTENTIAL LOSS OF REVENUE TO STATE WAS ESTIMATED AT €364,000

Donation: Flying high DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) staff raised a staggering €225,000 for their charity of the year, 3Ts – Turning the Tide of Suicide during 2011.

The donation to the 3Ts, is the single biggest sum ever raised by DAA staff; over the past five years, DAA staff have raised more than €830,000 for five dif-ferent worthy causes.

“I am very proud of my col-leagues who have shown such an enormous amount of moti-vation, enthusiasm and energy to raise such a huge amount of money for this excellent cause,” said DAA deputy chief executive, Oliver Cussen.

Over €10m in chargesTHE Household Charge office has confirmed that over €10 million has been paid by nearly 110,000 households across the country since the intro-duction of the €100 Household Charge on January 1.

Eighty percent of those who registered and paid the charge so far have paid online either in full or signed up to pay in four direct debit instal-ments of €25 using www.householdcharge.ie.

The remainder have paid at their local council cash office or by posting payment directly to the Household Charge office. Householders have until March 31 to pay the €100 charge before penalties apply.

“The rate of compli-ance with this charge is broadly in line with what happened three years ago when the Non Principal Private Resi-dence (NPPR) charge was introduced,” said David O’Connor, Fingal County Manager.

For further informa-tion, FAQs and payment options for payment of the household charge log on to www.household-charge.ie or www.fingal-coco.ie.

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PEOPLE Raising some funds for Irish charities

Owner and director of Event and Music Management Company, ArenaLynx, Mick Lynham

Mick to don his gloves in name of charity� MIMI MURRAY

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A WHITE collar box-ing event in the Wright Venue Swords, will see Mick Lynham, owner and director of Event and Music Management Company, ArenaLynx, don his gloves for charity this month.

Mick got involved in the event after a friend suggested they try to raise some funds for Irish charities.

“One day over the summer, one of my best mates, John Ennis, who is general manager of The Grafton Lounge, and I were having a chat about organising a football tournament, where all the venues/bars in Dub-lin City could put a team forward and play in a pub league.

“We had an idea of bringing some corporate sponsors on board to try to raise some vital funds for some of the Irish charities.

“At that stage I was training five days a week for a boxing fight I had coming up in Octo-ber last. So after some brain-storming sessions we decided to run with a White Collar boxing tournament for charity.

“John is a very good boxer and has won many fights in Ireland and in Asia.

“I have been boxing full-time for the last year and a half, and come from a very martial arts background and have also won Irish and Euro-pean titles in Taekwondo, where I was part of the World Taekwondo Fed-

eration for many years, so it was a natural fit for us.

“We named the event, The Dublin Pub Box. The event features man-agers, celebrities, barmen, DJs and promoters from all of Dublin’s top pubs and clubs, including Lil-lies, The Grafton Lounge, Porterhouse and The Church.

“I find boxing a great way to release the stresses out of the day. I go over to the club and work on the bags for an hour and then spar in the ring for a further hour. There is no training like boxing train-ing,” Mick laughs.

“Training is going well. I have put a lot of work in at training to build up my fitness.

“We all work on con-ditioning where we con-dition our bodies to take punches to the body and face and then there is a big element of training that goes on schooling where we focus on key punches, combinations, footwork, defence.

“I have put myself on a strict protein diet and have cut out alcohol since New Year’s Eve. All the fighters have put in such a great effort for this val-uable cause so we really are pushing ourselves to be in the best shape pos-sible for fight night.

“I train six days a week. I take Friday off to rest, as it is important that rest is part of your training schedule. I spend three days in my club in Don-aghmeda where I share a ring with Irish Singer Songwriter, Damien Dempsey.

“Getting hit by some-one like Damien really

is great preparation for conditioning your body to take punches from strong individuals.

“I also do a further three days in our train-ing camp in Drimnagh with Irish professional boxer Noel O’Brian and head coach Steven O’Rourke, who was one of the coache’s to former WBA Champion, Ricky Hatton.

“At the minute, I am unsure who I will be up against.

“One thing I do know is it will be someone of the same height, weight and skillset as me. To be honest, I am not worried who I will be fighting and that’s not confidence or cockiness.

“The main thing is to stay focused and have a rough plan of what you want to do in the ring.

No matter who you are put up against in the ring, you still have to do your job so it really lies with you on the night.

“I personally would rather not know who I am fighting, as its best to expect the unexpected for a fight in my opinion.”

After training Mick says he likes to relax by listening to music. I do like to read a lot also and I enjoy going out for din-ner. I do like going out around Dublin to gigs.

“I would encourage anyone free on Thurs-day, March 29, 2012 to come down to the Wright Venue Swords to support the ISPCC and Child-Line.”

Tickets are €20 and will be available on the door on the night or via The Grafton Lounge Dublin. Doors are 8pm.

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Deals for

Mother’s DayEMBODY in Swords is offering some great deals for Mother’s Day. A two-hour spa package with cham-pagne and choco-lates costs just €49. For mother and daughter it costs €95. To purchase vouchers call Anna 01 8079765.

Planning

grantedPLANNING permission has been granted to The Epilepsy Care Foundation for the development of allotments at Mountgorry, Swords Road, Malahide.The development will consist of 300, 100 sq m allotments, an upgrade to the entrance, entrance road and gate; a 12m x 3.6m portacabin type structure for clubhouse, disabled toilets and storage.

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Top: Tom and Breege O’Neill with Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind staff. Above left: Delta. Above right: Guide Dogs, Sarge and Unice

Irish Guide Dogs for Blind seek volunteers� MIMI MURRAY

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IRISH Guide Dogs for the Blind are calling peo-ple from North County Dublin and surrounding areas to “Get Going for Guide Dogs” and volun-teer in 2012.

The Balbriggan North County Dublin Branch of Guide Dogs are host-ing a Volunteer Informa-tion-Cheese and Wine evening in the Martello Room, Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan, from 8pm to 10pm on Friday March 2, which is spon-sored by Supervalu Bal-briggan, to highlight the many ways volunteers can get involved in support of

their work locally. Guide dog owners, Tom

and Breege O’Neill from Balbriggan, have sup-ported Irish Guide Dogs for over 30 years already. They know first-hand the life-changing impact a guide dog makes and have worked tirelessly for many years to help fund-raise so that more people can avail of the organisa-tion’s services.

“Without fundraising volunteers, Breege and I would not have the mobil-ity and freedom we cur-rently enjoy through our guide dogs. In the last few years, Irish Guide Dogs has needed to do more with fewer resources. Fundraising in particular

is an area needing addi-tional support. We’re hop-ing that the information evenings will highlight the value of the organi-sation’s work and inspire more people to support,” Tom said.

Nick Palmer, director of Kingston Technology International, has been an active fundraiser for guide dogs for over ten years, part of which was in Eng-land with UK Guide Dogs. He says it’s his love of dogs that got him involved ini-tially. An active volunteer for the charity’s Balbrig-gan North County Dublin Branch, Nick says: “I like to describe Irish Guide Dogs as a ‘feel good’ char-ity because you get to see

the positive outcomes of your efforts as a volun-teer. I can’t help but feel good when I see a guide dog in action. Knowing that I have helped another person enjoy an improved quality of life is extremely rewarding and inspires

me to keep doing more.”Irish Guide Dogs are

on a national drive to find volunteers willing and able to help.

Over 80% of the organ-isation’s income is raised through voluntary dona-tions and all services for people living with sight loss or autism are offered free of charge.

Call 085 766 3107, or email [email protected], to discuss volunteering opportunities with you. The evening is open to individuals, clubs or businesses interested in supporting Guide Dogs. There will also be a free raffle for everyone in attendance.

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Curves weighs in over food aid

CHARITY: HEALTH CLUBS FOR WOMEN IN ANNUAL SUPPORT INITIATIVE

CURVES’ clubs in north County Dublin are encouraging women in the area to show their philanthropic strength by participating in the 13th annual Curves’ Food Drive.

In addition to the rewarding opportunity for community engage-ment, the club is offering compelling incentives for both existing and poten-tial members who partici-pate.

From March 1 to 18, Curves of Malahide, Bald-oyle, Artane and Fairview will collect non-perisha-ble items and monetary donations for St Vincent de Paul.

The goal, according to Carmel, of Curves in Malahide, is for the com-munity to come together to help people in need.

“At the core of our business is the message that women are stronger when they rally together, and that is the point we hope to bring home with our food drive,” she said.

“We want to show our community just how pow-erful the generosity of our members can be.”

According to Carmel, members who donate a bag of groceries, or make a donation during the month of March, can join Curves for free. Curves

will waive the cost to join – a saving of up to €229.

Each year, Curves’ clubs collectively donate mil-lions of pounds of food to feed the hungry. Over the past five years, a total of nearly 54 million kg of food has been collected and distributed to local communities all over the world through the Curves Food Drive.

Last year, Curves’ clubs donated an average 1,400 pounds of food, per club.

Carmel added: “We hope women in north County Dublin will come together and participate in this initiative.

“Even if you’re not thinking about joining a gym, you can still drop off your donations. There are so many people here in our own community who need our help right now.”

For further information about Curves, contact Curves on 1800 932 800, or see www.curves.ie.

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FOR any lad who has fancied following in the footsteps of Robbie Keane, Shay Given and Aidan McGeady, or who would love to play for legendary football club, Celtic FC, then listen up now!

Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, and his coach-ing team are coming to Ireland this month to hand-pick 10 talented, and very lucky, young footballers, from thou-sands of Irish hopefuls, to take part in the new RTE Young Peoples’ TV show, Football’s Next Star.

The programme, which will air on RTE Two this autumn, will feature 10 young footballers, who will battle it out for one coveted place at Celtic’s prestigious Youth Acad-emy.

The trials are open to 16- and 17-year-old boys born on or between the dates of January 1, 1995 and March 3, 1996, and participants have to reg-ister in advance to take part.

The final 10 will trav-el to Glasgow, where they will face a month of intensive training at one of Europe’s biggest clubs.

They will eat, sleep and breathe football, and get a real taste of what it is like to be a professional footballer – but only one can win a place at the Celtic Youth Academy.

Football’s Next Star is currently looking for interested contest-ants, so, for anyone who thinks they have what it takes to be Football’s Next Star, make sure to book a place at one of the upcoming football trials taking place.

They will be held in the

AUL Centre, Clonshaugh, north County Dublin on Saturday, March 3, and Sunday, March 4.

The trials will be over-seen by coaching staff from the Celtic Youth Academy, and partici-pants will be required to arrive with their kit and boots, ready to undertake a series of football tests.

Football’s Next Star is already a hit around the world, and has fea-tured some of the biggest names in world football, including Jose Mourhino and Jamie Redknapp in the British version.

A stellar team is cur-rently being lined up for the Irish production, which will be produced by Tyrone Productions for RTE Young Peoples’ Programmes, and broad-cast this autumn.

Noleen Golding, who will produce the show for Tyrone Productions, is very excited about the show, which is for boys

Celtic FC’s manager, Neil Lennon (above)

could soon be cheering on the young winner of the new television show, Football’s Next Star

only.She says: “There are

so many football-mad young boys in Ireland who dream of life-chang-ing opportunities such as Football’s Next Star.

“We are really looking forward to the roadshows and seeing what kind of

talent will come forward to become the next big Irish football star.

“Throughout the series, viewers will see the young footballers really develop their skills and start what is, hopefully, the begin-ning of a superstar career at Celtic FC.”

Between 40 and 50 contestants will be short-listed from the trials and they will go on to partici-pate in the next stage of the competition, which will be held at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, where Celtic’s manager, Neil Lennon, will make the

final selection of ten tal-ented young players.

These ten lads will live together and, over a four-week period, be chal-lenged physically and emotionally, both on and off the pitch.

In each episode, Celt-ic’s top coaches will make

Football’s Next Star is searching for you!

SPORT A place at Celtic FC’s Youth Academy is up for grabs

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A new RTE youth show is looking for talented football-mad lads for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, writes MIMI MURRAY

the tough but necessary decision to end one boy’s Celtic dream, as they cut a young player from the team, ultimately leaving only three contestants to battle it out in the final episode.

Throughout the com-petition, the boys will have the opportunity to win spot prizes, includ-ing master classes with some of football’s biggest stars, and a trip abroad to play top foreign teams, as our youngsters get a real taste of what the life of a real professional must be like.

To register, email [email protected], or call 01 889 4970. It’s also very important to check out www.rte.ie/trte for full terms and conditions.

Celtic FC’s manager, Neil Lennon (above)

could soon be cheering on the young winner of the new television show, Football’s Next Star

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THE BUILDING of a new Central Mental Hos-pital, the Intellectual Dis-ability and Child and Ado-lescent Forensic Mental Health Units at Portrane has been confirmed by Dr James Reilly, Minister for Health this week.

In a statement, the Minister said: “Funding is included in the HSE Capital Plan to provide for planned infrastructur-al developments for the

National Forensic Men-tal Health Service.”

These include the development of a new 120-bed hospital to replace the Central Men-tal Hospital (CMH), the development of a 10-bed Intellectual Disability Forensic Mental Health Unit, a 10-bed Child and Adolescent Foren-sic Mental Health Unit, as well as four regional Intensive Care Rehabili-tation Units (ICRUs).

The HSE has sought

expressions of inter-est for the design team for this project and it is hoped that work on the design will commence in the coming months. Minister Reilly welcomed the planned project and stated that he was pleased to advise that: “It is envis-aged that construction will start in 2014 and the facility will be completed and operational by 2016.”

This week, Fianna Fail Senator Darragh O’Brien welcomed the commit-

ment the Minister has given to the hospital.

“This is extremely good news for Portrane and is an extension of the com-mitment given by the pre-vious government.

“Portrane has a long and distinguished record of caring for people with intellectual disabilities and I am very glad to see that that will continue.

“I previously worked with Minister John Molo-ney on engaging closely with the community in

Portrane and Donabate. I think there has been some slippage with this com-munity contact over the past year and I would like to see a renewed commit-ment from the Minister and the Government to listen to the views of the community in advance of these projects being con-structed.

“The community was very clear in recent years that these developments will be supported but there is a very strong feel-

ing that there is a need for a permanent Garda pres-ence and Garda station for Donabate/Portrane and better transport, including more buses and improved road infrastruc-ture.

“I hope the Minister and the Department of Health will engage with residents on these and other issues. It is extremely important that the community is on board and listened to as these important projects progress,” he said.

New Central Mental Hospital is confirmed by Minister

PROJECT: NEW 120-BED HOSPITAL TO REPLACE OLD CENTRAL MENTAL HOSPITAL

TRIBUTES have been flooding in for Belfast-born comedian Frank Carson, who passed away last week. What many people don’t know is that the raucous Northern Irishman spent two terms as Mayor of Balbriggan.

Brendan Ryan, Labour Party TD for Dublin North, paid tribute to Carson who died after a battle with illness. Frank Carson was famous for his infectious humour and catchphrase: “It’s the way I tell ‘em”.

Carson held a strong affection for Balbriggan and after spending his honeymoon there, he moved to the town in 1950 and served as the town’s Lord Mayor on two occa-sions. In an interview conducted a couple of years ago Frank said of Balbriggan: “I would love the roundabout to be called Carson’s Round-about. Or I would even like a Carson’s Square there - that would be my life complete.”

Deputy Ryan said: “I had the pleasure of spending time with

Frank Carson in Balbriggan and experiencing his wonderful wit and mastery of joke telling. He will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace.”

Balbriggan Town Council opened a Book of Condolence for Carson, with the Cathaoirleach, Grainne Maguire, first to sign it followed by Cllrs Monica Harford, Frank Snowe and May McKeon.

BBC Northern Ireland was also there to do a live link at 6.30pm on the Newsline programme.

Tributes are paid to former Mayor of BalbrigganPEOPLE Comedian Frank Carson passes away after illness

Bieber Fever: Local snapper honoured at award showTHIS stunning picture of Justin Bieber emerging on stage at the O2 has won local man and staff photographer at The Irish Independent, Steve Humphreys, third prize in the Press Photographers Association of Ireland arts and entertainment section.

Jail for drug smugglerA SOUTH African who smuggled €70,000 worth of cocaine through Dub-lin Airport has been sen-tenced to five years.

Paolo Ferreria Gomes De Lacerda (33) of Moles-worth Mews, Cookstown in Tyrone, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Crimi-nal Court to possession of 932 grams of cocaine at Dublin Airport on July 7, 2011.

He told gardai he was desperate for money as he had been laid off from his job as a meat packer and was being offered €2,000 to take the drugs from Spain through Dublin Airport.

Garda Karen McCoy told prosecution coun-sel, Colm O’Briain BL, De Lacerda arrived on a flight from Madrid and was stopped by customs officers.

Two packages wrapped in white material and cling film were discovered in his luggage and De Larceda admitted some-one in Madrid packed the cocaine for him to trans-port to another person in Belfast.

He said he was not a drug user and had worked in Northern Ireland for three years. Six months prior to the offence he had lost his job and was approached by a person in Belfast who asked him to bring the drugs to Dub-lin Airport.

Judge Martin Nolan noted that De Lacerda had “no proprietary inter-est in the drugs and des-peration led him to try and transport drugs into the country”.

There’s a wee spot in

Ireland

It’s right by the sea

They call it Balbriggan

But it’s heaven to me.

The locals are friendly

They’re helpful and kind

You may leave Balbriggan

But your heart stays

behind

Chorus: Oh Balbriggan

lovely Balbriggan

Jewel by the sea

Though I’ve done some

roaming

I’d rather be home in

Balbriggan by the sea.

Now I want you to go

there

It won’t prove me wrong

Just a few miles from

Dublin

It doesn’t take long

It’s a journey believe me

That you won’t take in

vain

Once you’re been to

Balbriggan

You’ll go back again

There’s an 18-hole golf

course

And a beautiful strand

Where you see courting

couples there

Stroll hand in hand

If you feel like a rest

And partake of a jar

There’s McCormack’s

John D’s

And the old Harbour Bar.

OH BALBRIGGAN, BY FRANK CARSON


Full-house for fundraiserM

ISS Ireland, Holly Carpenter, was on hand to host a recent gala dinner in the Grand Hotel Malahide in aid of The Laura Brennan Trust.

The event was a huge success, attracting a full-house. Entertainment on the night was provided by two Champion Dance Crews from Backstreet Dance Stu-dios, Genesis and Li’l Swagger, who brought the house

down. A hilarious game of Heads and Tails featuring all

200-plus guests had everyone in stitches and the music provided by Eclipse had the room hopping until the early hours. The evening raised in total €15,000, which will go a long way to ensuring the fund is available to those who may be in need of support

Host Miss Ireland, Holly Carpenter, with Nuala and Paul Brennan. Picture: Una Williams

Darlene Wigham, Marie Hurley and Noreen Chambers

Denise Brennan and Derek Alford

Maria Conway and Majella McCarthy

Ann and Shane Brennan

Claire Canning and Deirdre Guiden

Jenny McGrath, Lauren Grennell and Sarah Murphy

EVENT Enjoying a gala dinner in the Grand Hotel Malahide


Murder mysteryA Murder is Announced, a novel

by the mother of crime fiction, Agatha Christie, will be staged

by St Andrew’s Players this March.In this classic thriller, everyone

falls under suspicion and the full skills of Miss Marple and Inspector Craddock are needed to reach the final denouement.

St Andrew’s Players’ production takes place from March 1 to 3 in the Portmarnock Sports and Lei-

sure Centre, at 8pm each evening. The Players are currently rehears-ing intensively, to make sure the show is up to their usual high standard. The cast includes Ger Memery as Inspector Craddock and Betty Reddy as Miss Marples.

Tickets for the show are €12, or €10 for concessions. Groups of six people or more can get a group rate of €8. They are available at 086 816 4846.

The play will feature a collection of other eccentric characters

Betty Reddy as Miss Marple

THEATRE Players present classic Christie tale

Ger Memery as Inspector Craddock

N OV E L I S T P a t r i -cia Scanlon will be in Manor books this Fri-day to sign copies of her latest offering, Love and Marriage.

FansShe will be in the

store on Church Road from 11am on March 2 and is sure to attract a huge crowd of avid fans.

Patricia Scanlan was born in Dublin, and lives here still.

During the time when she worked as a librar-ian, she started to write, and is now a full-time author and one of Ire-land’s best-selling writ-ers.

Novelist to sign copies of latest offering

SIGNING: PATRICIA SCANLON

Boosting business


Joelene Devine, Tom Lynch and Nicola McArthur

Jeud Ennis and Gayle Gregan

Joanne Moody

TAKE TWO After 6 Networking at the Crowne Plaza Hotel

Myles Flood, Eugene Haines, Avril Donnelly and Cormac Sarsfield

Don Early

Niall Butterly, Jacynta Mullen and Marc Lynch

Vincent O’Neill, Siobhan Moore and Colin Moore

THIS week we take another look at the Chamber’s first Business After 6 Networking Evening of 2012. Cham-ber President, Siobhan Moore, welcomed the many

members and their guests to the event which was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry. Over 70 business men and women attended. The event was a great opportunity to Meet – Learn – Connect – Network with like-minded business people to increase business contacts and receive

referrals to grow and improve business. In the coming year, the Chamber will be organising

monthly Business After 6 Networking Evenings as well as a monthly Business Breakfast which started with Dermot O’Leary, chief economist with Goodbody Stockbrokers on Tuesday, February 28 in the Radisson Blu Hotel Dub-lin Airport. Other speakers are set to include the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar TD.

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A HOST of colourful characters were on hand in Dublin this week to launch St Patrick’s Festi-val 2012, which will take place from March 16 to 19.

Drawing inspiration from Dublin’s status as The City of Science, the Festival parade and ever-popular city Treas-ure Hunt are this year inspired by the how, what and why of science.

Celebrating the very best in Irish and interna-tional talent, Dublin will come alive with pageant-ry, culture, carnivals and free entertainment.

With an audience of over one million, Ire-land’s leading pageant companies will animate a selection of science questions posed by children, such as “How is a rainbow formed?, What makes the weather change?, How is electric-ity made?’’ and each will present their imaginative, colourful, remarkable and thought-provoking creations on the streets of the capital during the festival parade.

Minister for Trans-port, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar said: “St. Patrick’s Festival is a fantastic showcase for Ireland and for Irish tour-ism, and a centre piece of our tourism calendar.

“This festival makes the most of the unique international profile of St Patrick’s Day.

“There’s a great sched-ule of free events taking place over the four days of the festival with the very best of Irish and international talent.

“It will reinforce Ire-land’s reputation as a friendly and fun destina-tion for visitors.”

Susan Kirby, CEO of St Patrick’s Festival, feels the 2012 programme of events will have some-thing for everyone: “Our St Patrick’s Festival is one of the largest artis-tic presentations of its

kind in the world and the atmosphere in the city is always electric.

“This year, we will be hosting some of the best events that the capital has ever seen, with something for all ages, nationalities and tastes and the major-ity are free!

“The collaboration with Dublin City of Sci-ence 2012 also links us to a year-long celebra-tion and will open up the city in a whole new way for many people, with the parade in particular answering everyday ques-tions in a colourful way.

“Above all, this is a national celebration and a chance for everyone to come along and enjoy all of the fun of the festival.”

In preparation for the big day, primary school children from across the country have also joined the fun, with discussions based around science questions in the class-room.

Responding with draw-ings, stories and video, a selection of their inter-pretations will be availa-ble to view on the festival website.

Everyone can take part by downloading the resource pack from the festival website, www.stpatricksfestival.ie, from March 1.

The How? What? and Why? resource pack explores child-centred answers to the questions being animated by the pageant companies.

Professor Patrick Cun-ningham, chief scientific adviser to the Govern-ment, feels the theme to the parade and treasure hunt is an exciting plat-form for science.

“What better way to demonstrate the reach of science into our eve-ryday lives and culture than through Ireland’s national festival.

“We are delighted to be working with St Patrick’s Festival, combining sci-ence and creativity in a

Pictured are Emily Parkes, aged 5 (left), and Mia Parkes (right), aged 7 from Dunboyne, Co Meath and Jake Murron (centre), aged 3, with

characters from the Artastic street troupe who will be appearing in this year’s parade, Moe Coakley (far left) and Emily Archer (far right)

joined by Leo Varadkar, Minister of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Susan Kirby, CEO of St Patrick’s Festival

Artists, performers and collectives, such as Donal Dineen, Dublin Laptop Orchestra, UNESCO City of Literature and many more, will perform on March 16 and 17.

I Love My City head-line events will take place in The National Gallery, The National Museum, the RHA, The Nation-al Concert Hall, The National Library and Leinster House, while city-wide, cultural institu-tions and venues will also be offering a variety of activities and interesting events that are a must-see at Festival time.

The programme will also see an eclectic Trad

Stage in Meeting House Square, a busy outdoor music and street per-formance schedule and an Irish Craft Beer and Artisan Food Market in Custom House Quay.

On March 16, Dublin’s Creative Quarter (from Georges Arcade via Pow-erscourt Townhouse to South William Street) will be bustling with activity and the best of Irish design and making will be on show.

The full I Love My City programme will be launched on March 6, headline events are free but reserve spaces early to avoid disappointment, check www.stpatricksfes-

tival.ie for updates.Other Festival favour-

ites, such as the St Patrick’s Festival Ceili are back in the line-up for 2012.

Kicking off the festival in style on March 16, visi-tors will be immersed in Irish culture and craic at this outdoor celebration of traditional Irish danc-ing.

This popular event offers a unique and fun-filled way to spend an afternoon dancing on the streets of Dublin.

Expert callers will lead the crowd through danc-es such as the Siege of Ennis, the Walls of Lim-erick and lots more.

Exploring science of fun EVENT City gets ready for pageantry, culture, carnivals and

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This year’s jam-packed St Patrick’s Festival line-up aims to cement the world-class reputation of the Irish national holiday with four days and nights of celebration and enter-tainment, for young and old.

New initiatives have been added to this year’s festival, such as I Love

My City, a distinct cel-ebration of Irish culture during the festival.

This special pro-gramme of unique, free Irish cultural events takes place in the beauti-ful surroundings of some of Ireland’s prestigious cultural institutions, venues and spaces in the Georgian Quarter from Merrion Square to Kil-dare Street.


Emily, Jake

and Mia take a

closer look at

what’s coming

up at this year’s

festival

Characters from the Artastic street troupe help to launch St Patrick’s Day Festival

for St Patrick’s Festival free entertainment to run from March 16 to 19

GazetteBEAUTYBEAUTY by

Laura Webb

Kiehl’s Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution

THE Kiehl’s brand has been on the market since 1851 and is renowned

for its skincare prod-ucts that give men and women healthier-look-ing skin.

Taking care of the skin is probably the most important daily routine a person should try to keep on top of, and with the


extensive skin care range at Kiehl’s, everything a person needs to keep skin healthy and revital-ised is supplied under the one roof.

The brand’s latest product, Clearly Correc-tive Dark Spot Solution, is Kiehl’s first serum that promotes youthful clar-ity, while reducing the appearance of dark spots, discolourations, post-ac-ne marks and hyper-pig-mentation. It also helps to prevent the formation of new discolourations. The product can be used all year round, and the good thing about it is, it’s suitable for all skin types, including those with sen-sitive skin.

Key ingredients in the product include white birch extract. This is a sugar derived ingredi-ent known to reduce the signs of photo-damage, while restoring hydra-tion. Activated C, anoth-er key ingredient, works with white birch extract

to support and facilitate the appearance of dis-coloration correction. Activated C also helps to prevent new forms of discolouration from appearing.

Youthful

Enhanced skin clar-ity, to even out skin tone and give a more youthful appearance, is provided by peony extract. This is a traditional Chinese medicinal antioxidant that also helps to protect against damage to the skin.

It’s recommended to use the product for at least eight weeks to see visible results. The use-up rate of this product is 30-45 days.

Kiehl’s found that 87% of women clinically dem-onstrated more even skin tone, while 89% clinically demonstrated a reduction in dark spots. The recom-mended retail price for Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution is €41.

The original family-run Kiehl’s pharmacy was located in New York City in 1851. Using natu-ral ingredients, its prod-ucts are formulated to assure the highest quality of skin care for custom-ers all over the world.

The extensive range of Kiehl’s products can be found at their dedicated stores in Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 and at Dun-drum Town Centre.

To view their products online, log onto www.kiehls.co.uk.

Brushing up on those make-up skillsBRUSHING up on DIY make-up is something many of us can raise our hands high and admit we need some help, and, thankfully, it is out there.

LA Creative Academy is Ire-land’s leading training institu-tion for make-up, fashion, beauty,

designing and photography.

Art studio

Based in Dublin’s Chatham Street, it is now running Sunday classes in make-up, fashion and beauty in their state-of-the-art studio.

Participants will learn the latest tips from international catwalks, and could be the next big catwalk or bridal make-up artist.

For further information on the Sunday course, call LA Creative Academy on 6751999 or visit www.lamakeupacademy.com

Kiehl’s keeps skin healthy and youthful

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FastBeautyIron warning: Look out for signs of deficiency A RECENT study by the Department of Health and Children has found that Irish women were twice as likely as men to have an iron intake below recommended levels.

The latest figures show that as many as 91% of women aged 16-64 do not get their recommended daily allowance of iron in their diets.

Staff at Lucan Village Pharmacy advise that iron is used to make haemoglobin, which carries energy around the body, and that symptoms of iron deficiency can include tiredness, poor con-centration and dark circles under the eyes. If you require further information regarding iron sup-plements, consult your local pharmacy or doctor.

Chic event: At BT’s storeBROWN Thomas’s French beauty experience, Vive la Beaute, is running until Sunday, March 4, celebrating Parisian beauty and style.

Exclusive product launches, bespoke themed events and fabulous gifts with purchases are adding to the stylish celebrations. For further information, see www.brownthomas.com.


GazetteMUSICMUSIC

Pink Floyd’s The Wall in concert

Songwriter Club united in creativity

Members of the Songwriter Club gather at the last meeting of the collective

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LOCAL supporters of the Dublin music scene, radio presenter Keith McLoughlin and singer Sinead McNally, are set to host the next session of the The Songwrit-er Club on Saturday, March 10 at the Teach-ers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square West.

The idea for The Songwriter Club came about in late 2011 when Sinead and Keith spoke to each other about set-ting up a meet-up group for people involved in the music industry to bring them together to chat about all aspects of the industry, including songwriting, gigging, recording and promot-ing their music.

Sinead said: “The idea for the Songwriter Club came about in late 2011. I wanted to be able to meet with people in the industry to chat infor-mally about all things related to my work as a singer/songwriter.

“Although it’s so easy to connect and network with people across the internet and at gigs, I thought that a meet-up group for us to meet face to face every cou-

ple of months would be very beneficial.

“The first-ever meet-ing was held at The Vil-lage on Wexford Street. The club is now set up so that songwriters, musicians and profes-sions connected to the industry can meet face to face to share infor-mation and advice and to discuss topics and issues of importance to us.”

After the success of the previous meetings,

LOCAL TALENT: A GATHERING OF TALENT MAKING THEIR MARK

the club has had to move to bigger premis-es for this next meeting to allow the number of people interested in attending a place in the conversation.

“There has been a lot of interest expressed from songwriters in Cork and Ga lway regarding a similar club being set up in those cities.

“It is hoped that over the next 12 months, there will be at least two

other locations in Ire-land where The Song-writer Club will exist so that people who want to be part of the club don’t always have to travel to Dublin.

“There has also been a lot of interest expressed at the meetings that Songwriter Club gigs should be considered in which members of the club come together to perform at a suit-able venue occasionally throughout the year.

“As you can see, there are lots of topics and issues to be addressed and we hope to cover as much as possible in the coming months,” said Sinead.

All musicians, and people involved in the music industr y are welcome to attend, and the Songwriter Club posts its news its own Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Songwriter-Club/228119757249977

DUNDRUM band, Cry Monster Cry, were certainly not drying their eyes last weekend when they were asked to play the Hot Press 2FM stage at the RDS Music Show.

The band, who are set to release their debut EP, The Fallen, in May, were one of the top ten acts out of 600 who took part in a Hot Press competition to get a showcase spot at the RDS.

You can keep up with the band on Facebook and Myspace.

Monsters of rock: Local band take stage at RDS show


THE ANNUAL guilt-fest that is Lent has kicked off, and seeing as you’re supposed to give up something that’s hard to do, I think I’ll give up paying for stuff. Actually, it’s easier than it sounds — if you look for free entertainment, you can find it.

One great example is Hard Rock Rising, which is taking place every Thursday until March 8 at The Hard Rock Cafe, Temple Bar.

There is no cover charge so it’s basically a free gig as you’ll witness bands battling it out for the chance to perform at The Hard Rock Calling Festival in London’s Hyde Park.

The Saturday night at Hard Rock Calling will be headlined by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and is set to be a great platform for the successful band to share the stage with one of the best in the business.

And they’ve made it this far, so you can be guaranteed decent music from the likes of Johnny and the Beep Beeps and Eazy Tiger.

For more information, log on to www.hardrock.com and search for the Dublin loca-tion.

The Australian Pink Floyd played three shows at The Olympia last week, and they didn’t disap-point. Okay, you didn’t think you were looking at David Gilmour or Roger Waters but they sure did a good impression of sounding like them. They may have been singing someone else’s songs but they sure were playing like they wrote them.

If you missed Australian Pink Floyd, then be sure to catch the splinter group, Brit Floyd, at The O2 on May 4. They played a blinder at The Grand Canal Theatre last year and return to the bigger venue, apparently with the infamous Floyd inflatables. I’ve High Hopes!

Listen to Dee Woods from Radio Nova every weeknight from 7pm to 12am on 100.3FM

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GazettePETSPETSBrought to you by Miriam Kerins of

the DSPCA

THE FACTS: MICRO PIGS HAVE VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO CARE

This little piggy is not going to marketTHEY’RE mini-pigs with a massive price tag, and, although these gorgeous little porkers are not going to market, I’m concerned for their welfare. You see, now that the designer “handbag dog” phenom-enon is soooo last month, these adorable, pint-sized creatures look set to become the latest fad.

Therefore, following a number of calls to the shelter, some of which I’ve taken personally from people asking such questions as: “Eh, do you know where I can get my hands on a micro-pig for my mate’s 18th birthday?” to: “Can I bring my micro-pig out in my handbag?” My answer to both ques-tions by the way is “No” and, er “Absolutely not.”

If you read on, you’ll

understand why. I’m going to outline a

few guidelines, which I hope prospective micro-pig parents will take into account before they decide to purchase one of these animals and then find out, when it’s too late, that they are unable to provide for their well-

being and very specific requirements.

What is a micro-pig?It is quite simply a pig

that, over generations, has been bred to be smaller in adulthood than other spe-cies of pigs. They are usu-ally described as being “knee-height” when fully

grown. However, as not every human is the same height, this is obviously difficult to judge.

Can anyone own a micro-pig?

No. A pig is a farm animal. This means in accordance with the legal requirements; before you purchase your pig, the Depart of Agriculture Food and the Marine will need to be contacted in order that the local Dis-trict Veterinary Office, (DVO), can arrange an inspection of the owner’s premises to establish suitability. You will then need to be registered as a “herd owner”. A herd owner is someone who has just one pig or several pigs. According to the Department’s guidelines,

A micro-pig has been bred over generations to be

smaller than other species of pigs

“Only persons registered with the Department and issued with valid pig herd numbers are allowed to own or trade in pigs. This provision applies to any-one who wishes to own pigs, however few.”

Can I bring my pig out with me when I’m social-ising?

No. You will need to contact the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine, and fill in a dis-patch document to notify them of a pig movement. So, if your pig becomes ill, how do you take him to see a vet if you don’t have a legal permit stating you’re a herd owner or a dispatch document giving you permission to move him? The vet will need to visit you, so do take into

account expensive, out-of-hours, house calls.

This brings me to vet-erinary care.

Will my local vet be able to provide care for my pig?

Unlikely. Local vets are highly equipped and trained to deal with domestic pets like cats, dogs, rabbits, etc., When it comes to dealing with pigs, however, you will likely need a more spe-cialised professional.

What is the average life span of the micro-pig?

Approximately 10 years, although some live until they are 25 to 30 years, and that’s a lot longer than a cat or a dog.

So, you see, pigs are wonderful, intelligent ani-

mals, but, sadly, they are often purchased by peo-ple who are not equipped with the proper knowl-edge or facilities required to care for them. Owning a pig takes skill, a proper budget, land and a good deal of time and under-standing.

Also, as social animals, pigs require the company of other pigs and that means if you only pur-chase one, he is likely to become depressed.

Where can I obtain more information?

Check out www.agri-culture.gov.ie and I would advise reading their Pig Welfare Requirements Booklet.

For more info log onto www.dspca.ie or email [email protected]


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EXPECTATIONS have a way of real-ly messing with your perspective.

I can’t tell you how many nights I was dragged kicking and screaming to some party or other, swearing blind that I was going to have a miserable night. Then, lo and behold, the night turns out to be a real humdinger – the kind against which you meas-ure all other nights.

The question then remains, was it that good in the first place? Or did it simply surpass some pretty low expectations?

Well, I must admit that, for me, the Mazda5 was kind of like one of those nights.

On paper, there is not a whole lot to get excited about – family car, seven-seater, 1.6-litre diesel engine. Yawn.

This car was first released to the public

back in 2005, and Mazda gave it its very own clas-sification – Compact Multi-Activity Vehicle, or C-MAV for short.

Don’t get me wrong, this car has been a suc-cess for Mazda, with over half a million sold world-wide, 175,000 of those here in Europe.

It has picked up no less than 37 automotive awards, and has consist-ently been voted one of Europe’s most reliable and safe vans.

Which begs the ques-tion, how come I wouldn’t recognise one if it jumped

up and waved its motor-ing awards in my face?

Well, even as a father who needs to ferry around my kids, their friends, and bags of toys, bikes and sports gear, I wouldn’t really be too bothered about the look or image of the family car – I’m just interested, quite rightly, in the prac-ticalities.

Which means I am also left feeling a little resent-ful when I am forced to buy a car I need instead of a car I want.

This is all a very drawn out way of saying that the latest incarnation of the Mazda5, well, surprised me.

I took a moment to consider the looks of the car, and, to be honest, I had to nod in approval – I may have even grinned a little.

Even in the original Mazda5, the designers went to some lengths to keep the sliding rear doors look as non-com-mercial as possible, by

keeping the rail they move on nicely hidden.

In the new model, Mazda’s award-wining Nagare-flow design ele-ments have given the pro-file an attractive, sculpted “wind and wave” feel.

The model I tested boasted the Sport spec. Among other features, it included attractive 17” alloys, air con, very efficient bluetooth con-nectivity (it hooked up to my iPhone a good deal more easily than a few premium saloons I have tested), cruise control, power rear sliding doors, rear spoiler, side skirts and front fog lights.

All this, and a very fuel efficient 1.6 litre die-sel engine delivering a claimed 5.2L/100 miles, or 54mpg in old money. Either way, that’s attrac-tive fuel economy by any standards.

So, it sounds like the whole package, but I still wasn’t looking forward to driving it (those pesky expectations still hanging

around).I was wrong to be so

negative.This fairly big tank had

no problem moving when asked, and the six-speed gearbox was very well matched to the 1.6-litre diesel motor.

You’re never going to take any quick corners in this car (which begs the question, why do they call it the Sport model?), but it drives a hell of a lot better than I was expect-ing.

Add to this the leath-er trim, with very eye-catching red piping, well laid-out dash, strong air con with air vents that you can point anywhere, heated seats, arm rests, big rear view mirrors and even a reverse parking sensor – you really begin to see what all the fuss is about.

Mazda could have given the old model a nip, a tuck, and a few botox injections and jacked up the price – they did, after all, already have a winning

formula on their hands.But in fairness, this

car was rebuilt from the ground up, and you can feel it.

Of course the real lit-mus test is what my kids say.

My six-year-old said: “Papa, this is a very handy car.” Her younger sibling, after some thought came out with: “I love these doors,” and I’m forced to agree with both of them.

This is a terrific family car. It leaves you want-ing nothing (apart from, perhaps, automatic trans-mission), but it has class-leading extras, and acres of carry space, with the option of folding all the seats in case you ever need to move half of IKEA’s store room.

The electric sliding doors made me smile – and they really are useful, but I felt the boot should have a hatch option so you can just open the glass section; that would have made it that little bit more complete.

Changing expectations

Mazda have rebuilt

their award-winning

Mazda5 from the

ground up. The Sport

version of the car

comes with incredibly

useful powered

rear sliding doors,

and an incredibly

comfortable leather

interior. Folding seats

offer plenty of load

capacity when needed

MERCEDES-BENZ LET THEIR STARS SHINE: MERCEDES-BENZ have said that “all the stars will be out” this weekend, when members of their main dealer network are set to host a used car sale.

Recognising that March can be the best time for cus-tomers to source a top-quality used car, every Mercedes-Benz dealer in Ireland is remaining open from 9.00am until 6.00pm on each of the four days of the event, (12.00 noon – 4.00pm on Sunday).

All cars presented for sale will be cov-ered by Mercedes-Benz’s own Star Select Approved used car warranty.

It is estimated that some 500 cars will be offered for sale over the four days of the event, from Thursday, March 1, until Sun-day, March 4.

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Plug in to the appeal of electric vehiclesE

LECTRIC vehicles are becoming a more regular sight on Dublin roads,

and now you now can test-drive the Renault Fluence ZE saloon and Kangoo ZE mini van at Bill Cullen Liffey Valley to see if “electric” is up your street.

Robert Dunne is the Electric Vehicle (EV) ambassador for the South Dublin region, and is based at Bill Cullen Liffey Valley, where he is dedicated to the Renault range of electric vehicles.

His role is to help build awareness and assist customers in making informed choices about owning an EV.

He says: “Renault has made EV attainable and affordable for everyone. The first 2,000 customers who purchase an EV will have a free home wall box installed at their home or business, providing them with their own fuel sta-tion.

“Home charging is the preferred method of charging an electric car or van, and an overnight charge of six to eight hours will cost around €2, based on night rates.

“Renault believes that EVs should be affordable to all and, with the SEAI offering grants of up to €5,000 to purchase an EV, people are very inter-ested in learning more,”

“We are currently offering free extended test drives of the Kangoo ZE van and Fluence ZE, and I would definitely recommend that people who believe an EV vehi-cle may suit their lifestyle should drop in and have a drive.

“It’s an incredibly smooth driving experi-

ence, and we can advise on costs and savings to be made by owning an EV, and also how to finance your EV,” says Dunne.

He has a long history with Renault, and started off his career at 12, wash-ing and cleaning out cars as they arrived into the country. He joined City-Gate Renault in 2006 as a sales consultant, before taking a year out in 2007 to travel the world.

In 2008, he returned and took up a position in Bill Cullen Motors Liffey Valley, before becoming an EV ambassador in 2011.

Dunne has taken part in a charity white-collar boxing fundraiser in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital, with Crumlin Boxing Gym, and, from this, he has developed a passion for the sport.

BenefitsAs an EV ambassador,

he is faced with the chal-lenge of informing cus-tomers on the benefits of the EV range, determining whether EV is the right fit for them, and demonstrat-ing the vehicles.

A personal highlight for him was his trip to the Seville Motor Show last October, where he drove the full Renault ZE range for the first time.

The range is to be expanded later in 2012, when Renault will launch the Twizy – an urban two-seater quadricycle, and the ZOE – a stylish com-pact hatch.

Renault is the only manufacturer to intro-duce a range of electric vehicles from light com-mercial vans to passenger cars, and aims to be the leader in the field of elec-tric vehicles.

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BABY Body Fit was started in Decem-ber, 2010, by Stephanie Sinnott, after she spent three years working in the fit-ness industry.

This week, Stephanie spoke to the Gazette about how she started her busi-ness. “I gave birth to my daughter in March, 2008, and while trying to lose that weight, I decided to learn more about fitness, and retrained as a fitness instructor and personal trainer.

“I quickly found my niche within the fitness industry. I decided to turn my passion for fitness and pregnancy into a career, and conceived Baby Body Fit.

“Noticing the trend for pregnancy yoga and pilates, I saw a gap in the market, as there was a lack of a mater-nity exercise programmes available. I wanted to provide women with a safe and effective exercise routine for during and after their pregnancies,” she says.

Stephanie was keen to develop a wide-ranging and beneficial pro-gramme for her clients.

“In Baby Body Fit’s prenatal, Prepare classes, we combine light cardio work with strength and toning exercises. We

work on strengthening legs, arms, upper and lower back, along with core mus-cles and posture. The classes help to control excessive weight gain through light strength training,

“In our post-natal, Regain classes, we use a mix of interval and circuit train-ing, brisk walking and light jogging, and body-toning exercises to give you a fun, full body work-out. The beauty of this is that you can bring your little one in their buggy, saving you getting a babysit-ter! This has become a great social time for the mums, with lots of coffees had afterwards.

“We have also launched our ‘Main-tain’ classes, which are held on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings. Main-tain classes are open for females of all ages and all classes are suitable for all fitness levels.”

Baby Body Fit have classes running, or starting soon, in Dun Laoghaire, Cabinteely, Stepaside, Sandymount, Firhouse, Lucan, Phoenix Park and Swords.

To find out more, visit www.baby-bodyfit.ie.

Interview: Stephanie Sinnott, owner of Baby Body Fit

Q&A

Finding her niche in the fitness industry

Stephanie Sinnott, owner of Baby Body Fit

Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be?A: Actress.

Q: What was your first job?A: Lounge girl in local pub.

Q: And your first pay cheque?A: It was £12 for a seven-hour

shift! I thought I was loaded!

Q: When did you start your present job?A: I started the business in

April, 2011, and quit my job to

build it in July, 2011.

Q: What is the best thing about your job?A: Working for myself and

teaching the classes.

Q: What part of your working day do you ‘delegate’?A: Although I love teaching the

classes, I am slowly handing

over most of mine to the other

instructors.

Q: What sport do you follow?

A: I live with a soccer fanatic so

there’s no escaping that!

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� CORMAC CURTIS

MI D - T E R M breaks take a little getting used to. They

seem to just creep up on you, and they shouldn’t. Especially, if like me, you already have two kids in school.

I really should have a clearer idea of when the holidays are – but I don’t.

The idea of taking two days off half-way through February just doesn’t have a very “mid-term” feel to me. In late January we’re still talking about the Christmas break we just enjoyed!

On top of all that, at this time of year, I like to

Take a ‘Oui’ holiday to DisneylandDISNEYLAND Paris is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is offering some great deals, with free children’s places for the celebration party, starting from Sunday, April 1.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Disney-land Paris, Abbey Travel is delighted to offer up to 40% off Disneyland Paris hotel and park passes – plus, children under seven stay and play free.

Abbey Travel is offering family stopover pack-ages starting from €85 per adult per night. The price is based on two adults and two children under seven staying for four nights in Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne, and five-day park tickets, for arrivals on selected dates from March 29 to November 7, with the sale ending on April 30.

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Family fun at the lodges in Fota Island Resort

lessly clean double oven, microwave, fridge-freez-er, dishwasher, washing machine, en-suites off each bedroom, down-stairs toilet, heated towel rails all over – this place had everything, and taste-fully decorated to boot.

Not only that - but guests can use the hotel’s fitness centre, including the all-important swim-ming pool.

The houses are tucked away, just off the long,

tree-lined drive that runs up to the main hotel.

It was a joy to settle in to such a warm and com-fortable environment and plan our activities for the coming days – not forget-ting an appointment in the hotel’s luxurious spa for a certain wife of mine.

Usually we would have a pretty good idea of the kind of facilities and activities available at a hotel like this, long before we get there. But,

this time we hadn’t got around to it. The result of this lack of planning was that we were pleasantly surprised to find one of the houses in among the holiday homes was spe-cifically for a supervised Kids’ Camp.

Even after our first day of swimming, walking, and even a visit to a local jungle gym-style activity centre called Go Safari – our two little adventur-ers were only too keen to meet up with other kids for some arts and crafts and a movie at the free kids’ camp.

Once the movie was over, we strolled around to pick up the girls, who fell fast asleep as soon

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live in denial. I especially like to pre-

tend that there is nothing on the horizon that will actually cost me anything, as I desperately do what I can to balance the over-draft/credit union/credit card bill from the festive season.

But a mid-term is a mid-term, so, at the beginning of February, along with every other family in the country, we tried to think of something fun to do with the kids for a couple of days.

The answer, as it so often does with my lot, involved a trip to Cork.

We tend to grab any opportunity to spend a lit-tle time in Cork with both hands – but one thing we hadn’t tried in Ireland’s “real capital” before was self-catering.

The Fota Island Resort was our destination for three nights in an incred-ibly well-appointed three-bed holiday home.

I’m sorry… that’s an unfair understatement.

The self-catering hous-es at Fota Island Resort are stunning.

Ours looked like a show-home that was kit-ted out in the very best fixtures and fittings.

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Celebrate St Patrick’s day in style – in lovely MaltaJET off to Malta to cele-brate St Patrick’s Day this year – with direct flights from Dublin and just over three hours away, Malta is a great destination for a weekend break, especial-ly around Paddy’s Day.

Spring has a lovely mild climate in Malta, and getting around the island is easy.

Malta will celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Irish style, which will see Irishmen and “honorary Irishmen” flock to their local Irish pubs to drink Guinness and listen to traditional Irish music.

Prices for accommodation only with Belleair are as low as €41 pppn in the 5-star Radisson Blu, St George’s Bay, B&B based on two people sharing.

Mercury Direct offers a stay in the 3-star Porto Azzurro, St Paul’s Bay, in a studio on B&B basis for three nights for €315.71 per person, including flights, transfers and luggage.

Concorde Travel offers excellent packages of direct flights plus a three-night stay in the 4-star Hotel Cavalieri, St Julian’s, based on two sharing standard room, B&B for €469 pp, including all taxes and charges.

There’s lots of information, and you can book accommodation to suit all tastes and pockets, on www.visitmalta.com, or visit your travel agent.

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as they got back to the house.

This was the end of a pretty perfect family day.

Ordinarily, I would have been happier if I could have squeezed in some time at the hotel’s driving range – but seeing my better half practically float out of the beautiful spa following her Com-fort Zone facial, I couldn’t complain.

It would be difficult not to feel relaxed at Fota Island Resort, such is the attention to detail and thought they put into a

family’s requirements, but the spa really is the icing on the cake for a little de-stressing.

It features a full fitness suite, an indoor heated swimming pool and a superb hydrotherapy suite, home to Ireland’s only “walking river”, which is apparently renowned for assisting in healing sports and fatigue-related injuries. The spa is home to 18 spacious treatment rooms and offers over 60 treatments.

I know I said that this was a self-catering holi-

as they got back to the family’s requirements butday, and we did have most of our meals in the house, but one morning we couldn’t resist pop-ping in to the clubhouse to have breakfast served to us.

Receiving such charm and warmth from the staff, even when you arrive at a golf club with two excited little girls, really is a treat.

But we needn’t have worried, as there was a table with a few very excited Corkonians, one of whom had hit a hole-in-one on his morning round, and they were only too happy to share

the good news with eve-rybody!

Families visiting the Fota Island Resort should make certain to visit the nearby Fota Island Wild-life Park – it is the kind of place that kids simply adore.

The only reason we didn’t pay a visit this time around, is because we had been lucky enough to spend time there late last year – and our two girls were having far too much fun with the other kids at the resort to even consider going anywhere else.

Becky and Sarah Curtis prepare for their visit to

the Kids Camp and the Teddy Bear’s Picnic, left,

as the all-important swimming pool awaits the

arrival of a horde of fun-loving families


Assorted servingsDaniel Radcliffe tries to magic up a break away from Harry Potter as he stars in The Lady In Black; Natalie Portman returns in the re-released

Star Wars: Episode 1, which has gained an extra dimension for its 3D release; and Liam Neeson wolfs down another tough-guy role in The Grey

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This week, a look at some of the films on general release that may – or may not – deserve your consideration ...� KATE CROWLEY

FACED with a not-exactly-thrilling rota of titles for your considera-tion, this week, I’m sore-ly tempted to crack open the emergency bottle of Mother’s Ruin – AKA gin – that clinks every so often at the back of my drawer where it hides behind unwanted Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston DVDs – any of which make excellent coffee coasters, I can exclusively confirm.

However, given that pouring oneself a stiff drink at the workplace is A) only permissible if one is a master whiskey maker, and B) perfectly routine if starring in TV’s Mad Men, I’m faced with the sobering fact that there’s nothing new of worth to urge you all to trot off with your reces-sionist roubles to catch at the cinema, this week.

Instead, here’s anoth-er one of my irregular

round-ups where I cock a snoop at some of the currently showing films, which I haven’t previ-ously covered.

First up, and it’s Harry Pott–errr, I mean, Daniel Radcliffe, starring in The Woman In Black (��, 15A, 95 mins). Oh, and this time around, he ain’t the titular character, folks.

Sent to one of those creepy old mansions that only the rich and insane could afford to build and live in, outside a grim lit-tle town, the young solic-itor is soon in no doubt as to why the locals fear the house by the marsh.

After all – and, as I

love saying, “the clue’s in the title!” – the film’s titu-lar character is not only haunting the crumbling old place, but proving quite capable at killing the locals’ children in her supernatural quest for vengeance, of sorts.

And, Blimey O’Reilly, Radcliffe’s character only has a child of his own, hasn’t he? Err, yes, he does. It’s time for the mutton-chopped young man to face up to this spooky lady, before she strikes again ...

Based on the critically-acclaimed 1980s book, which has also enjoyed an equally well-received play, the film fails to

complete the set, with Radcliffe proving partic-ularly miscast in the role of Earnest Young Ghost-buster Solicitor Dad.

Magic, it ain’t, but at least it’s not particularly awful ...

...which neatly leads me on to Star Wars: Episode 1: 3D (��, PG, 136 mins), which has returned like Obi-Wan to our screens. In 3D.

This, of course, means that the film has finally gained an extra dimen-sion, which is pretty neat, considering how utterly two-dimensional it was without this gimmicky extra bunged on top.

Star Wars fans will lap this up, and of course the 3D polishing adds an oooh-shiny layer of gloss to the impressive visuals.

However, as one of those old-fashioned peo-ple that like films with elements such as “plot” and “characterisation” – not to mention being

one of the six billion-or so people that hated Jar Jar Binks, first time around – I sense a great disturbance in The Force regarding this one.

As with the previous film, Liam Neeson stars in The Grey (��, 15A, 117 mins). Oskar Schindler seems ever further behind him, as he coasts through a pretty daft film of Man Versus Wolf!

Here, the ever-decreas-ing numbers of survivors of a plane crash in a freezing, hostile land-scape get picked off for lunch by some hirsute hunters – wolves – while Neeson tries to get them all back to safety, which is as daft, yet deftly-made, as I’ve probably just made it sound.

Finally, Adam San-dler’s latest – oh no, I’ve run out of space. Sorry, Adam. It was going to be a � review for you, any-way. But then, aren’t they always? That’s all, folks!

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OUR VERDICT:WHILE Adam Sandler’s latest offering lurks at cinemas, rubbing shoulders with Nic Cage’s latest, here, instead, are a number of marginally better films to consider viewing, as cinemas and film distributors sink into their annual early-spring slump.

Directors: VariousStarring: Harry Potter, Darth Vader, Oskar Schindlier – or, at least, the actors well-known for these cinematic characters

�PAVILION 01 231 2929Macbeth

ONE of Shakespeare’s bloodiest plays will be brought to vivid life by the Icarus Theatre Collective, as the noble’s progressive lust for power gradually escalates in his bid to usurp the kingdom ... The award-winning British theatre company will bring their considerable skills to bear in an eclectic production, bringing the original verse to life in a number of imaginative ways. See Macbeth at 7.30pm on Monday, March 5 or at 10.30am on Tuesday, March 6, with tickets priced €12/€16.

MILL THEATRE 01 296 9340 Paddy Laughs - Heat 2

THE craic will be mighty – with a little luck and skill – thanks to the finalists taking part in Heat 2 of the Paddy Laughs comedy competition. It’s the next stage in the four-step contest, seeking to find and crown the best local comedian, with would-be comics, aged 18 and over, invited to come along and break a leg – or, better, some funny bones – with their very best (and worst) gags! Come along and enjoy Heat 2 at 8.05pm on Saturday, March 3, with admission priced at €5.

CIVIC THEATRE 01 885 2622A Murder of Crows

HANSEL and Gretel get in a flap with an exciting production for children aged eight and over. Based on the classic tale, actors/musicians will weave a gothic tale of two lost (but ultimately resourceful) children – but seen from the perspective of a chorus of raucous and rowdy crows, whose antics will delight children as they flap about. Wing your way over to the Civic Theatre for this lively play on Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2, with shows at 10am and 12.30pm. Admission costs €7.50, group rate.

DRAIOCHT 01 885 2622David O’Doherty

THE shy and retiring founding member of Destiny’s Child, little-known inventor of the iPad, instantly recognisable star of 2Fast 2Furious, and 1990 East Leinster Under-14 triple jump bronze medallist, David Doherty takes time out from his remarkable global achievements to star at Draiocht with little more than his wit, a keyboard, anecdotes, and lots of experience from performing at comedy festivals around the world. Catch David at 8pm in Draiocht on Friday, March 2, with admission costing €16.

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YOU’LL understand that I have a certain symapthy for writers. While I wait for Hollywood to discov-er what a literary genius I am, I’ll have to settle for getting my literary kicks in the gaming world with Alan Wake, the unlikely hero, of sorts, of the hit XBox 360 title of the same name.

Actually, at the time of writing, I note that the recently-released port of Alan Wake to PC, via the digital distribution chan-nel, Steam, recouped its PC development and marketing costs in just 48 hours.

It just goes to show that a great game needn’t be format-exclusive, and Alan’s bizarre adventures in a sleepy lumberjack town that’s anything but, could be a hit with any gamer interested in some-thing a little different.

I’ve previously praised the XBox 360 version of

the title, as I really liked its graphics, coupled with the imaginative setting (coming on like a cross between Twin Peaks, The X-Files, The Twilight Zone and a vintage Stephen King tale), creating a title that took an awful long time to get made – five years – but which exceed-ed expectations.

Now, once again, Wake returns to the XBox with the next chapter in his tale – Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, presented as part of XBox 360’s “House Party” of downloadable titles.

Here, the unlucky pro-tagonist has swapped the surprisingly violent setting of rural Bright Falls for a new tale in an unfamiliar new landscape.

While its parent title had a broad, wide-rang-ing plot with some liter-ary pretensions – only to be expected from dealing with a character whose twisted words seemed to be coming to horrible life

around him – its sequel of sorts has swapped the highbrow appeal for pop-corn shlock, reimagin-ing Wake’s world as seen by, say, a collaboration between David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino.

The result is a game that’s familiar for Wake veterans, yet reimagined with a healthy dose of menace and threat, cre-ating plenty of schlock-horror moments that will feel instantly familiar to any Alan Wake veteran or newbie alike.

Here, Wake has left the forests and lakes of Bright Falls far behind for the dusty plains of Ari-zona, as he finds himself once again out under a dark night sky, with lit-tle more than a torch for company.

It’s not long before Wake’s running for his life to the “safety” of a near-by motel, with a nearby diner also providing a thin slice of bright, wel-coming safety from the

dark landscape, where oil derricks tirelessly bob up and down, and The Taken – mysterious, homicidal people swathed in swirl-ing, oily smoke – lurk in the helpful darkness, ready to put Wake to sleep. Permanently.

Wake knows that Mr Scratch, his evil doppel-ganger (occasionally seen on TV sets in live footage, using the same actor for the Alan Wake model) is behind the nefarious goings on around him, and that, following his adventures in Bright Falls, his ability as a writer to manipulate reality with his words makes him the only person able to thwart such plans.

Now, all Alan has to do is find Mr Scratch – and to survive the darkness that’s all around ...

A sequel that’s not a direct sequel, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is a highly enjoyable piece of action-horror-hokum.

Not for children (with

scenes of implied violence, murders, and more), my description of some-thing that’s Lynchian and Tarantinoish seems pretty apt for this slice of paranormal Americana.

Still, although the game has its faults – Alan again controls like a tank, suf-fers from a “roadie-run” posture when he moves, and fights the camera almost as much as The Taken – it’s good fun, with a number of blackly amusing moments, too.

Its presentation, too, is notable, with the series’ Twilight Zone homage, “Night Springs”, fram-ing much of the action in style, with a narrator’s distinctly dulcet tones occasionally describing Wake’s latest decisions.

Although not exactly the depeest or longest adventure in the world, this is an enjoyable return for Wake, while its occa-sional bursts of action certainly won’t send gam-ers to sleep ...

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Once again, Alan Wake’s most useful defence comes from his trusty torch, as another unlikely, bizarre adventure begins to unravel around him.

However, the torch isn’t the only source of light relief in this downloadable sequel to his earlier title, with several fun moments, too.

The last word on The Last Story?NINTENDO’S Wii troubles continue, as the con-sole continues languishing at retail. It’s a pity as, although its successor is on the way, the Wii never quite hit the stride that it should have; not helped, perhaps, both by a few too many simplistic titles hitting the market, as well as not always being supported with any great enthusiasm by retailers, as a cursory walk into any games’ retailer around Dublin shows, with small Wii sections .

It’s unfortunate, then, that a richly imaginative title with much to appeal to gamers looking for a bit more “oomph” for their Wii, The Last Story – a highly-imaginative and beautifully-presented action-RPG – has been dropped by GAME, removed from the retailer’s website, and won’t be available to buy in the chain’s Irish stores, as I confirmed with a number of outlets by telephone.

While the retailer’s well-publicised trading difficulties continue, its seems counter-intuitive that key, flagship and console-specific titles would not be stocked by the chain. This would be akin to, say, going to your supermarket and being told that, no, sorry, they don’t sell milk. Not a critical problem, but not very helpful, at the same time.

Of course, The Last Story is available from other outlets, and is well worth seeking out and paying the asking price for a challenging, fun and frequently beautiful, Wii title.

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BRIAN O’ROURKE’S tireless efforts for Crick-et Ireland have earned him the prestigious ICC Europe Coach Award ‘Outstanding Contribu-tion to Cricket Coaching’ for 2012.

The 41-year-old Lein-ster Development Man-ager has played a pivotal role in the promotion of cricket in the country for the past 17 years - devel-oping talents such as Eoin Morgan, the O’Brien brothers, John Mooney, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling and George Dockrell.

It was under O’Rourke’s influence that Dockrell switched from a medium pace bowler to spin, a move which has turned him into one of the most highly rated youngsters in world cricket.

Clearly delighted that his hard work has been acknowledged by the ICC, O’Rourke said: “It’s a fantastic honour not just for me personally but also Irish cricket. There’s a real buzz in the country about cricket at the moment, and the game is clearly on the rise.

“The numbers of coaches and participants are growing significantly, and there’s still a lot of talent out there to be unearthed. There are a lot of opportunities now for young cricketers and I’m confident that Ire-land will continue to be a major player on the world circuit for generations to come.”

O’Rourke has fulfilled a variety of roles since 1995, coaching Ireland teams from Under-15 through to Under-19 level, taking charge of Under-19

World Cup campaigns in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

During that time he has also been heavily involved at inter-provincial level, leading Leinster Under 15s at every tournament since 1997.

O’Rourke has also instigated a comprehen-sive tour programme for Leinster youth sides, giv-ing them opportunities against quality repre-sentative sides from the UK - to date 50 such tours have taken place for Lein-ster teams aged 11 to 19, with notable wins against county opposition, includ-ing Gloucestershire, York-shire and Derbyshire.

The Pembroke club man has gained experi-ence by working in Aus-tralia and South Africa, forging valuable pioneer-ing partnerships between those countries and Irish

cricket – indeed no fewer than 20 youngsters have been placed in South Afri-can schools since 2003.

He has also organised training camps in India and Spain, helping future Irish cricketers obtain valuable overseas playing experience.

Brian O’Rourke has been involved in the estab-lishment of many new clubs over the past two years, including Adam-stown, Dundalk, Swords, Tyrrelstown, Cabinteely, Carlow, Clonee and Grey-stones.

O’Rourke’s innovative work in school’s cricket has seen thousands of children introduced to the game, and the emer-gence of the Leprechaun Cup has seen the game at the crucial Under-11 level go from strength to strength.

Indeed such has been

the popularity of the pri-mary school competition that it has been necessary to introduce an additional Super League element for schools in the Dublin and Wicklow regions..

National Development Manager, Tim Simmonite, knows just how important O’Rourke is to Cricket Ireland.

He said: “Brían con-tinues to play a key role in the creation of future coaches as part of a much greater workforce. He is a proud and passionate man, and Ireland would simply not be where it is on the world cricket stage without him.

“ B r i a n ’s r e c o r d , achievements and abili-ties speak for themselves and I’m delighted that he has achieved recognition through this prestigious award - he fully deserves this accolade.”

O’Rourke honoured

CRICKET: LOCAL INFLUENCE BRINGS INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Euro Under-19 player Paul Stirling with Brian O’Rourke, who received the Outstanding Contribution to Coaching award recently

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Ronan and son set for Great Ireland RunRONAN Keating and his son, Jack, were on hand last week to help to launch the 2012 SPAR Great Ireland Run, and to show their support for the run’s nominated charities, the Marie Keating Foundation and the Jack & Jill Children’s Foun-dation.

The SPAR Great Ireland Run 2012 will take place in the Phoenix Park on Sunday, April 15, at 1 pm, with up to 12,000 entries expected.

Every entrant will receive an exclusive techni-cal T shirt before the event as well as a generous goody bag after completing the run.

Dublin Gazette Newspapers is delighted to announce that, once again, we have teamed up again this year with the SPAR Great Ireland Run to recognise the top runners in each of our news-papers’ local areas.

This year, the Gazette will recognise the fastest man and woman from each paper’s circulation area with a specially designed plaque, as well as prizes of sports gear. After the Run, we will also be publishing a results list of the top local male and female finishers.

The 2012 Run will once again incorporate the Irish 10k road championships and will feature most of Ireland’s top distance runners. To further incentivise elite Irish athletes and raise the stand-ard of 10k running, a prize fund is being put in place for the first ten Irish men and women.

A star-studded field of international and national distance runners will compete on the day. Last year’s winners were Jesus Espana of Spain and Charlotte Purdue of Great Britain in 29:26 and 32:42 respectively.

Entries can be made online at www.greatire-landrun.org. More details and up-to-date news on the event is on Facebook and Twitter.

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�STARof the

MONTHSHANE DAGG

THE Malahide exile was

a crucial part of British

Columbia’s victory in the Las

Vegas Rugby Sevens’ cham-

pionship, scoring in both the

semi-final and the final.

LESLEY O’HALLORAN

DUN LAOGHAIRE tennis star

O’Halloran came back with

four medals, including

gold, from the ITF Senior

World Championships in

San Diego last month.

REBECCA MCDONNELL

REBECCA from

Westmanstown Gaels

became the first repre-

sentative from the club

to be picked for a Dublin

team this month.

�TEAMof the

MONTH

2012 DUBLIN SPORTS AWARDS - FEBRUARY NOMINEES

THREE ROCK ROVERS

THE Rathfarnham hockey

club proved their met-

tle and resilience in the

EuroHockey indoor cham-

pionships in Turkey, claim-

ing promotion.

CLONDALKIN GYM

THE Precision Display

Squad made history by

becoming the first club

to claim back-to-back

titles at the City of Leeds

Gymfest.

BALLYBODEN U-21S

THE St Enda’s side claimed

their fourth title at this

level in five years in an

epic final against Kilmacud

Crokes in which they pre-

vailed in by a point.

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

FastSport

IRISH World Superbike star Eugene Laverty is the latest big name from the world of motorsport to confirm their participation at Bavaria Dublin City Racing extravaganza that comes to the city in June.

The 25-year-old from Antrim finished fourth in the World Superbike Championship in 2011 and has since teamed up with the Max Biaggi at the Aprilia team to push for the top spot.

Laverty will ride his Aprilia Superbike along the Bavaria City Racing city track, which starts at the Convention Centre, continues along Customs’ House Quay before crossing Butt Bridge, chicanes at D’Olier Street, zips past College Green and the Central Bank on Dame Street before reaching the chequered flag on O’Connell Bridge.

The Aprilia team joins an ever-growing line-up of international and domestic motorsport talent that includes the Vodafone McClaren F1 team and the Breezemount Motorsport GP2 team at the event.

Bavaria City Racing Dublin will take place on Sunday, June 3, and is a free public event and over 150,000 people are expected to line the streets to enjoy the best the world of motorsport has to offer.

For those who want to get closer to the action, there are three ticketed premium performance zones on the track at Customs House Quay, O’Connell Bridge and at the Main Paddock on North Wall Quay. Tickets for these areas are priced from €75.90 and are available from Tick-etmaster.

Superbike superstar added to Bavaria line-up


Lining out for Calcutta: Charity race’s 14th runningIRELAND rugby stars Conor Murray, Peter O’Mahony and Donnacha Ryan lined out last week to launch the Calcutta Run which takes place on Saturday, May 26.

The 14th running of the race will see funds being raised for the Peter McVerry Trust and GOAL’s work with homeless young people in Dublin and Calcutta. The 2011 race raised €160,000. For more information, see www.calcuttarun.com

Ireland three

for three in

T20 seriesIRELAND’S crick-eters finished their tour of Kenya with a whitewash in the Twenty20 series against the host nation in Mombasa last weekend.

The third match proved a close-run encounter, that Ire-land came out of vic-

torious by only two runs.

Ed Joyce and Gary Wilson were the main scorers for the visitors in their innings, that saw them run up a total of 107 for 9.

Kenya ran the match close, end-ing on 105 for 7, with wickets being claimed by Alex White, Boyd Rankin and George Dock-erell proving the dif-ference between the sides.

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Global sponsors: Swords Celtic get local firm’s backingMICHAEL Daly, of DSV Air & Sea Ireland, Ltd and Neale Fenn, Swords Celtic’s first-team manager, were on hand recently to help to announce DSV’s sponsorship of the 2012 senior team.

DSV Air & Sea are a global end-to-end freight forwarder, with over 21,000 employees in 110 countries.

Swords Celtic would like to thank DSV for their sponsorship and commitment towards the senior section for the coming season.


FOLLOWING the offi-cial launch by Ireland senior team manager, Giovanni Trapattoni, of the community Road to Poland grassroots pro-gramme, the FAI are delighted to announce further developments in the north county region.

On the back of suc-cessful Road to Poland schools coaching pro-grammes in Balbriggan, similar programmes are being rolled out in Swords primary schools, namely Holy Family NS, Kinsealy NS and Apple-wood Gaelscoil NS.

With the backing of

Swords Pavilions and, in line with their com-munity support pro-gramme, additional pro-grammes, including a Tiny Tots programme for three to five-year-olds is now up and running in Rivervalley Community Centre in Swords every Tuesday morning, and a forthcoming 4v4 Road to Poland programme in Swords will take place.

The grassroots initia-tive has been a huge suc-cess to date, with three after-school coaching programmes set up in Balbriggan, and there are four more planned for Swords, together with an unique Road to Poland

4v4 tournament play competition coming up in the weeks ahead.

One lucky winner from this competition will have the honour of being a mascot at the Aviva sta-dium for the last Republic of Ireland home friendly against Bosnia on May 26, before the team sets off for Poland and Euro 2012.

Under the guidance of FAI/Fingal County Council development officers, Paul Keogh and Michael Pender, the partnership with Swords Pavilions has meant close to 500 boys and girls in primary schools in the region will have

Euro 2012 brought a lit-tle closer to them.

Speaking of the suc-cess to date of the Road to Poland programmes, FAI/Fingal County Council Development officer, Paul Keogh, said: “We are delighted with the response to date to all the programmes we have rolled out. Increasing participation is impor-tant for the association, it has been fantastic to see so many girls getting involved.

“With the backing of Fingal County Council and Swords Pavilions more is planned as the excitement of Poland and Ireland’s first tournament

in ten years approaches.”Marion Brown, Princi-

pal Sports Development Officer, Fingal County Council, said; “Fingal County Council’s Sports Office and the FAI have a fantastic relationship and this programme is another example of how both organisations, working together, are affecting young people in a positive way at grass-roots level.”

For more informa-tion on any of the pro-grammes being run in Swords, please contact FAI/Fingal County Council Development officer, Michael Pender 087-1273258.

Boot camps begin in Fingal

SOCCER: INITIATIVE GROWS AS ROAD TO POLAND GETS CLOSE

FAI coaches Conor Cullen and Liam Fennell at the Road to Poland schools coaching programme in Bracken Educate Together NS, Balbriggan

FastSport

Fingal face UCD to try to salvage seasonFINGAL face a huge battle in their bid to beat the drop from Leinster hockey’s division one as they welcome UCD to ALSAA on Sat-urday afternoon at 1.30pm.

The northside team fell to a 6-2 loss to Railway Union last weekend and, with the students picking up a draw, Fingal were pegged back into a share of ninth place with UCD in the division, with Clontarf still able to leap-frog both teams.

They were 3-0 down at half-time against Railway before rallying with goals from Ken Treacy and Luke Hayden but they never got in range to affect the result as Eoin MacArthur scored twice and Rob Abbott, Peter English, Jeremy Duncan and Mark English countered.

Fingal also play next Tuesday night in the league against Three Rock Rovers coming to the airport at 8.15pm.

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CLUB NOTICEBOARD

OUR adult footballers kicked off

their seasons over the weekend with

a league draw against Erin’s Isle for

the seniors, the first junior team

were defeated and the 2nd team

won.

Well done to DCU and Paul Flynn

when they captured the Sigerson Cup

on Saturday afternoon.

Fingal hurlers defeated Louth with

the back bone of the team coming

from Fins, including top scorer JM

Sheridan, Dermot Vaughan, Peter

Daly and Paul Quinn.

In response to members’ requests

for more time to allow fullest partici-

pation in the club car draw to aid the

coaching development, the club has

decided to extend the closing date for

the purchase of tickets to March 31.

The draw which will now take place in

the clubhouse on March 31 at 10pm.

The club is now employing three new

coaches, Dublin hurler Simon Lam-

bert, and full-time student coaches

Michael O’Sullivan (Tipperary foot-

baller) and Aine Shannon ( Wexford

camogie player), who have begun to

rollout the coaching programme with

various teams.

Seachtain na Gaeilgeis on from

March 5 to 17. We encourage every-

body to make a special effort and try

and speak some of the Irish they have.

FINGAL RAVENSCLUB membership for 2012 is now

due. Please get your membership

forms from any committee mem-

ber or team mentor, or they can be

downloaded from our website. All

membership must be paid by March.

As agreed at the club AGM, non-paid

up members (adult and juvenile)

will not be permitted to play after

March.

Next Sunday, the Junior A team

play O’Dwyer at 11am in Balbriggan

in the cup; minor team play Craobh

Chiarain in Clonshaugh at 11am in

the league; junior B team play Round

Towers at 2.30pm in Lusk in the cup.

Anyone looking for a DVD of the box-

ing must text their order to Declan

on 086 858 7231.

Anyone looking to order tickets for

Dublin v Armagh (football) and Dub-

lin v Cork (hurling) in Croke Park on

Sunday, March 11, please text your

order to Desy on 087 995 7429 by 8pm

next Thursday, March 1. Stand €14,

Child €6, all Hill tickets €14.

FINGALLIANS

ST COLMCILLE’SLeague campaign commenced on

Sunday afternoon with a home

game vs St Margaret’s. After a slow

start, the team rallied in the sec-

ond half to turn around a six-point

deficit to secure a hard-earned

draw. A good team performance in

the second half.

Turn out for training was disap-

pointing last week and an improve-

ment is required for this week, with

adult training on Tuesdays and

Thursdays at 7.30pm. A full turn-

out from the squad is required to

allow for maximum benefit from the

trainer and the sessions.

Next weekend is cup action with

an away fixture to the Naul, with

throw-in at 2pm. Meeting in the

club at 12.45pm sharp.

Club lotto is at €9,000 and the

draw is held every Monday night at

10pm. Envelopes cost €2 per line or

€5 for three lines.

The club are seeking support to

help kick start the juvenile section

- any help welcome - if interested

please let Adam know.

ST FINIAN’S

A very busy weekend of fixtures

brought the club a lot of success

with wins for our intermediate

footballers, junior footballers and

our minor hurlers. All the pre-sea-

son training certainly paid off this

weekend. For all adult and juvenile

results and fixtures, please see our

website, www.stfinians.com.

We are hosting an Under-10 indoor

camogie tournament next Saturday,

March 3, from 12 noon to 3pm.

Well done to our Under-10 camogie

team on a couple of great results

at the Gormanston Indoor tourna-

ment.

The Executive Committee are

also delighted to report that we

have taken possession from Fingal

County Council of some new pitches

in Ridgewood. The pitches consist of

full-sized and juvenile pitches and

they will help us greatly with the fix-

ture congestion at the weekends.

The Sam Maguire trophy will be

visiting the Club next Saturday from

3 to 6pm. All the teams have been

allocated a slot for a team photo.

SIGERSON CUP FINALDCU 2-17

NUI Maynooth 0-7


FINGALLIANS’ Paul Flynn put in a power-ful display to inspire DCU to Sigerson Cup final glory against NUI Maynooth last Saturday afternoon.

He was central to D C U ’s i m p r e s s i ve showing, and his goal early in the second half set his side on the road to victory.

Flynn, who scored 1-3 in total, timed his run and jump perfectly to redirect a curling free from Dean Rock into the net in the 34th minute, and, as a result, establish a 1-8 to 0-4 advantage for DCU.

Ballymun Kickhams’ clubman, Rock, also had a good day in front of the posts, scoring three points from play and one free.

A third Dub in the DCU attack, Eoghan

O’Gara, had an excel-lent game at full-for-ward and, as well as from winning a constant supply of possession, he also slotted four points from play.

Dub l in Under-21 player, Gary Sweeney, gave Dublin U-21 man-ager Jim Gavin a wel-come boost ahead of this Wednesday night’s C a d b u r y L e i n s t e r U-21FC clash in Belle-field, Enniscorthy, by coming off the bench to slot a late point.

The St Sylvester ’s man also featured off the bench in DCU’s semi-final victory on Friday, returning to action after being side-lined in recent weeks due to a hamstring injury.

Sigerson Cup vic-tory followed up the college’s success in the O’Byrne Cup to make it a memorable month for the Glasnevin acad-emy.

Elsewhere, Fingal-

lians’ John Matthew Sheridan top-scored once again for Fingal when they picked off a 1-13 to 0-12 victory over Louth in their open-ing National Hurling League encounter.

A free-scoring start to the second half saw them push on after they had trailed 0-6 to 0-5 at the break, but points from Richardson, Colm Foley and Sheridan nosed Fingal in front.

T h e y k e p t t h e momentum going when Sheridan found the net and, despite Louth closing the gap to four points on two occasions in the final quarter, Fin-gal always found the scores to maintain their advantage.

The corner forward struck four frees in his final tally of 1-6, and was joined in the side by clubmate Dermot Vaughan.

Sunday morning , meanwhile, saw the opening round of the

league football season, with several local sides in action.

Fingal Ravens, for whom Warren Finnegan has returned to St Brig-id’s, saw their defence breached four times by newly-promoted O’Toole’s in Division One in Rolestown, fall-ing 4-5 to 0-12.

Fingallians, mean-while, started their cam-paign with a 1-10 apiece draw with Finglas side, Erin’s Isle, in their bid to get back into the play-offs following their near-miss on promotion in 2011.

FOOTBALL: DUBLIN STAR LINES OUT FOR COLLEGE

Fingallians’ Paul Flynn was on hand for DCU to propel them to Sigerson Cup vistory against NUI Maynooth last week

Flynn powers DCU to Sigerson Cup success

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SWORDS Celtic’s U-12s will play one of their biggest games this season this Sunday when they take on Templemore in Balheary Reservoir (1pm) in the last 16 of the SFAI Norton Cup.

The competition initially saw over 300 clubs enter the competition but Swords have already come through five rounds to be one of just a few NDSL sides still standing in the All-Ireland competitions.

It is a run that has seen them overcome sides from Balbriggan, Kilbarrack, Maynooth and Clontarf in the North Leinster regional rounds – running up 24 goals in the process.

They subsequently made it past Dungloe Town in the final 32, in a game described by manager Eddie Darcy as one of the toughest games his team ever played.

The Celts battled fiercely against the Donegal opposition, falling behind early as the long jour-ney took a while to be shaken from their legs.

The atmosphere was electric with the game very well supported on the sideline. Every ball was battled for in a fair and honest manner as Swords – captained by Conor Murtagh – forged their way into the game with goals from Aaron Duffy and Karl Stanley to push them through to the last 16 phase.

Templemore have had a slightly shorter route to this phase as two 3-2 wins in the South West region put them into the national stage where, again, the same scoreline was enough to dismiss Killinardish Coachford.

Such ties are often journeys into the unknown but Swords go into the tie off the back of a great season to date, which has seen them rise to the top of the NDSL Premier league with eight wins and a draw from nine games – four clear of their nearest rivals with five games to go.

They are one of a couple of Fingal clubs on course in the national competitions as Mala-hide United have also been blazing a trail.

Three of their schoolboy sides have made it

through to the quarter-finals of the SFAI cups in an unprecedented show of force from the Gannon Park club.

In doing so, they outdid all other DDSL clubs with an incredible set of cup runs. The U-15 side, one step away from emulating their semi-final run of a year ago, got the better of Evergreen in Cork after extra time, prevailing 2-1, to set up a quarter-final date with Temple-ogue United.

At U-14 level, Templeogue – winners in 2010 at U-12 level – halted Malahide’s run in a clas-sic 6-4 contest but Michael Dowling’s U-13 selection produced an outstanding comeback against Dublin rivals, Mountview Boys.

They trailed 3-1 but came back to claim the tie in enthralling fashion, taking the laurels on a 4-3 scoreline.

Finally, Lorcan Mooney’s U-11 side won through in a Dublin derby against Belvedere, winning on penalties after normal time ended 1-1.

Celts tackle Tipp’s Celts tackle Tipp’s finest in SFAI Cupfinest in SFAI CupSwords’ young tyros line up another big date on the national stage as they take on Templemore on Sunday

Swords Celtic’s U-12s, following their success in Dungloe, will be hoping to push on to yet another round in the SFAI Cup this weekend

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