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INSIDE Volume 7 Issue 4
April 28th/May 28th 2005
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Choices
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€300millon Ballymun shopping centre begins.
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Hollywood and President come to Ballymun
O’Dea’s over 30 years serving the Ballymun community.
See page 2 for unused medicine free disposal.
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Carboni’s, Unit 8, Ballymun Town Shopping Centre Tel: 01-8425288.
• Freshly cooked sit in meals • Freshly made sandwiches
and Specially grounded coffee to go.
• Home made cakes. OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY 8AM TO 6PM.
Aslan say it for Ballymun
Goodbye Bill
Joseph O’ Dea’s meets Ballymun’s Needs
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE - FORUM ELECTIONS Forum elections are being held on Friday May 20th 2005 for the 5 Forum areas in Ballymun
i.e. Balcurris/Balbutcher, Coultry, Shangan, Silloge/Sandyhill and Poppintree.
This is an opportunity for new people with new ideas to come forward to represent the residents in the area on estate management and regeneration issues.
If you’re not in a position to go forward for election, make sure you vote on the 20th May for your choice of representative for your area.
There will be a polling station in a central location in each of the 5 Forum areas.If so, contact Siobhan at 8832154 or Tom on 8832164 for fur
ther information and for a Nomination Form.
Ring now as your Nomination Form must be in by 5pm on Friday 6th May 2005
YOUR VOTE COUNTSContact 8832154 for further information
Will you be one of these new people?Will you be one of these new people?
YOUR VOTE COUNTS
by Ballymun Gardai and National Garda Units Ballymun Concrete News exclusive by Fiachra O’ Cionnaith.
€1.5Million Drugs Seized The scourge of drug abuse in the greater Ballymun and adjoining area is rapidly being wiped out as local Gardai and National Garda Units over the past four months, cracked down on illegal drug dealing and seized €1.5m in deadly drugs including lethal firearms.
A colossal €1million worth of cannabis was discovered in Santry Avenue by the Gardai of the H District (Santry, Whitehall and Ballymun), assisted by other National Units, and the remaining half million mixed bag of drugs in Ballymun area.
These included different type of drugs, which was made up of, heroin cocaine and ecstasy being seized in different parts of
Ballymun and also a lethal firearm.
Having seized the massive €1.5 million worth of cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and cannabis in these areas since Christmas, Gardai are crashing down hard in the fight against the dealers in death.
"There's been some great work done in Ballymun since the start of the year, both by the drugs unit and
Continued on Page 2...Sample of drugs seized.
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Continued from Page 1 €1.5million Drugs seized
Ballymun Town Centre Tel 8421647 Fax 8422952
Waste Medicine Bin
Free Service to people of Ballymun.
Joseph O’ Dea’s meets Ballymun’s Needs
If you want to know if your medicine is still all right or
you want advice on taking any medicine call into see Edward and his staff. Or Tel: 8421647.
Old medicines are often useless and can be dangerous.
Nowadays with concern for the environment it can be difficult to dispose of these unwanted products.
Here at Joseph O’ Dea’s (located next to Health Centre) Edward and staff will take in these for you and dispose of them properly at no cost.
In May O’Dea’s Pharmacy Ballymun will provide a Waste Medicine Bin located in the shop.
Now its time to clean out those old unused medicines hidden away, which may not have been used for a long period and may be out of date.
They can be dangerous to children and need to be disposed of in a professional manner.
national units as well. We're very happy with the progress that's being made in the detection of drugs and enforcement of drugs legislation," said Sergeant Martin Halpin, head of the Garda Drugs Unit in Santry,
“With the help of national units we also found €1million worth of cannabis in Santry Avenue. They are significant hauls and give you some indication of the extent of abuse not just in Ballymun but throughout Dublin in general."
Sgt Halpin is also convinced that the major finds highlight a massive change in the community's approach to drug dealing:
"There certainly have been big
changes. We've gone on from people marching on the streets protesting about drugs to having paid professionals working against drugs and having the likes of the Ballymun Local Drugs Task Force. We work in tandem with Ballymun drugs task force and other groups in the area.
“We naturally also work with the local community and community representatives in the different areas, and a lot of our information comes from within the community. We couldn't function without that information.
“It's about people on the ground being concerned that drugs are being made available in their area. It's not a tip-off it's just local con
cerns. There's no doubt that Ballymun is not the Ballymun that we knew of years ago."
However, Sgt Halpin advised the public that drugs is still seen by some young people as a popular thing to do.
"That's why we go into local schools to give presentations. We get good reaction from the schools and I think young people like to see us coming in and explain to them about drugs. “Teachers are far more aware now about drugs and the implications of it in society.
We're sending out a message to the community that there is work being done and that if young people are
prepared to take the risk of holding drugs for other people, they're going to get caught and they will suffer the consequences, and more than likely end up serving a prison sentence.”
In related news, local Garda Inspector Joe McKeown (right), is to be promoted to rank of Superintendent, for the trojan work he’s carried out in the H-district area of Ballymun Santry, and Whitehall
Garda Inspector in charge of Ballymun Karl Heller, described Inspector McKeown as a friendly and approachable public servant who fully deserves the recognition for his outstanding achievements:
Garda Inspector in charge of Ballymun Karl Heller.
"Joe has been an Assistant Superintendent here for the last five years, and he certainly deserves his promotion. He's a kind of people-person, someone who understands what people are going through and sees the human side of things. He's a very sensible guy and the one thing everybody would say about him is that he will always go the extra mile to help someone.
"That's is the Ballymun Gardai approach. We have an excellent relationship with the community here and we always endeavour to do our best to help,” said Inspector Heller.
Garda Inspector Joe McKeown
Sergeant Martin Halpin head of Drugs Unit Santry.
Aine Deignan who recently left the Ballymun
Partnership to work with children with special needs,
being presented with a timepiece clock from Joe
Barlows BADIG ( Ballymun Active Disability Group) .
Aine was given a tremendous send off
tribute in the Ballymun Partnership offices, from
her many friends, colleagues and representa
tive groups in Ballymun
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President MacAleese and Hollywood Actor launch Ballymun axis Programme Report by Seamus Kelly. Exclusive photos by Eamonn Elliott and Seamus Kelly
Axis Ballymun went Hollywood style last week as film actor Clark Middleton from American box office recent success Sin City joined President Mary MacAleese in paying tribute to Ballymun as the President launched axis Spring Programme 2005 and ‘axis all areas’. in the 200 seat axis theatre.
Axis all areas is a special pro-gramme, which provides opportunities for professional and community artists to get involved in the arts in Ballymun.
Clark Middleton, of Kill Bill 2 and Sin City, who is an Arthritis sufferer, launched the axis’ Arts and Disability programme, which highlights and gives a special place at axis to the work being done in the area of the ‘exceptional arts’.
President MacAleese was warmly welcomed by The Ballymun Gospel Choir, Axis Art Centre Director Ray Yeates, Ciaran Murray, BRL. She and also met with representatives of the local community and arts groups connected with the arts in axis pupils from St. Michaels House, and visited the newly installed axis recording studio.
"President MacAleese's visit comes at the end of a remarkable
year, crowned by winning "Best New Play" at the Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards for Dermot Bolger's "From These Green Heights", said Ray Yeates, Arts Centre Director, axis and close friend of Clark Middleton..
"Our programmes are the result of a conversation with artists, community members, the Ballymun areas, the city and the imagination. The clearest expression of this is our participative programme "axis
all areas" where you can literally participate in and dream up "your" events in axis."
axis' Spring programme includes the return of Ballymun play "From These Green Heights" which runs from 18th -21st May.
Anyone interested in finding out more about axis arts and community resource centre programmes should contact axis on 01 8832100.
Ballymun Gospel Choir greet the president in true gospel style.
President enjoys the singing of the Ballymun Gospel choir.
President with Axis Director on her arrival to axis.
President with pupils from St.Michaels House at event.
Holding copy of Ballymun
Concrete News, Film star Clark Middleton with
local man Derek Fitzpatrick.
Aslan’s Tony McGuinness, speaking exclusively to the Ballymun Concrete News about the colourful Poster competition and other events Aslan attended in Ballymun said, “Its brilliant, any time we’ve came up and done anything for Ballymun, it’s always been a great buzz. and when I saw the pictures it just reminds you of the thirty years ye spent here, it’s an awful lot to take in.
“To see the kids getting the type of
education they’re getting nowadays is great. I think the drug awareness is the most important thing now in Ballymun.
“If they’re educated through recreational things or educational they’re’ always going to benefit. Things like this event, people will walk away from doing that and they’ll be really proud.. Something as simple as this can spark off a future for them,” said Tony.
“I’m from Shangan Avenue, I was in there yesterday having a look there’s only two flats left. Couple of bits of graffiti left outside my flat with my name on it, it wasn’t me and I won’t do it again,” Tony joked.
He also commented about the new changes in Ballymun, “I think it’s absolutely brilliant it’s coming on leaps and bounds, “ he said.
Winners of the poster competition
their parents, teachers and classes were treated to an exciting performance from the boy-band ZOO at the axis colourful event The posters were designed by the students with the help of a community artist to reflect how they see their future in Ballymun under the five categories of work of the Ballymun Partnership which includes: Community Development, Education, Childcare, Employment and Enterprise.
Aslan say’s it for Ballymun With over 200 children looking on,Aslan, Lifetime Achievement award-winners, recently judged a Ballymun schools poster competition in axis Ballymun and presented awards to 17 winning students from eight local schools.
Exclusive interview with Tony McGuinness
and photo by Seamus Kelly.
Billy and Tony McGuinness (Aslan) pictured with Stephanie Uzele,Teresa McCormick and Leanne Purdy, Ballymun Comprehensive award winners.
John Duffy, local artist who introduced the President to a preview of
his exhibition "One for Joy"
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Construction Set to Begin on
Ballymun’s
€300 Million Shopping Facelift
Ballymun’s future shopping dream is set to become a reality, with construction set to begin on the €300 million Ballymun Town Centre in June. The centre will be built in a number of phases and will be fully complete within three years.
The new facility will replace the current 40-year old Centre and is part of the overall Ballymun Regeneration Plan. It has been designed to become a focal point for the local community, while dramatically enhancing the range of services currently available to residents. It will include:
- increased shopping choices with over 80 units from the 36 currently available - flagship supermarket and department store units - top brand-name shopping - 9 screen multiplex cinema - improved dining in restaurants, pubs and foodcourt - leisureplex facilities including bowling
Car parking will also be dramatically improved with 2,000 spaces available in multi-storey and basement facilities compared with the 200 spaces currently available on the surface.
“We are incredibly excited about starting construction on the new Centre. This will allow Ballymun residents access to the services they deserve and not before time”, said Murray Adair, Senior Development Manager with Treasury Holdings, the owners of the shopping centre. “Much is changing in Ballymun at present and we are making sure the shopping centre moves with the times to put the Ballymun area firmly on the map once and for all”.
It’s not all just about shopping however, and the new Town Centre will include important community facilities like a new Municipal Library, creche facilities, medical centre and offices for local professional firms. There are also plans for 550 residential units within the new centre.
Though the Centre will take three years to construct, services to residents will be maintained throughout. In fact, the first phase of construction will see new permanent homes built for many of the local vital services including chemist, takeaway, restaurant, betting office, butchers, hairdressers, taxi office, bank, newsagent and video stores. This block will also house some of the Local Authority Services including Ballymun Housing Task Force and a variety of Training and Care services.
€300million shopping centre first phase begins in June
Exclusive report by Seamus Kelly
The first phase - Phase 1A, of a €300million shopping center for Ballymun, will begin this June with the building of a number of units on Silloge Road facing Supervalu.
Murray Adair of Treasury Holdings new owners of the shopping centre, made a presentation of their plans for the new centre to the Dublin North West Area Committee last week, which received approval from the committee.
Speaking to the Ballymun Concrete News Murray Adair said, “Treasury are very excited to get underway with this flagship
Irish retailing.”
It is expected that over 1,000 jobs will go to local people during construction and on completion. John Sisk is contracted to carry out the major building of the new centre.
It was also revealed that Tesco, will be one of two major anchor stores in the new shopping centre when it is completed in three years. Phase 1A of the building is expected to be
these sites and also some of the service providers. AIB will have a unit facing Supervalu store outside the Garda Station. A temporary home is to be provided for the Garda until the new Garda station is built.
According to Treasury, no date has been given for the demolishment of the Ballymun shopping centre, but it is believed to be around Jan/Feb of 2006.
project for both our company and for Ballymun. I would hope that my experience to date in developing world class shopping centres combined with the ambitions of people of Ballymun will put this
completed by March next year. Discussions are still ongoing with the various leaseholders in the current shopping centre as to who will be located in the new units. But it is expected that a number of the cur-
First phase IA site for new units and AIB. Photo by Seamus Kelly.
When Tesco closes its doors in Ballymun, they will provide a bus shuttle service for customers to their store in the Omni Centre. For further details on the plans see advertisement this page.
project firmly at the pinnacles of an rent retailers will be moved to
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ed the industry. E.g. publicans, builders, taxis etc. � Information received from
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domly for a tax audit.
Enclosing a letter of explanation detailing the reasons why your details are unusual can be very helpful in avoiding a tax audit
If you have a visitor who is a non-EU resident, they may claim VAT on goods bought at a retail level in Ireland and exported by them in their personal luggage.
Please remember before acting on anything in this article that you should always take professional advice.
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Technicians examinations.
Business Column By Terence Kavanagh ACMA
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Debby Helm says a final farewell to her husband Bill at the site where he was tragically killed on February 19th while working at Sean McDermott Tower weeks before the fifteen storey high riseGoodbye Bill tower block was imploded. Mother of six children Debby travelled from her home in Liverpool to say goodbye to her husband at the spot where the accident took place.
Ballymun Gardai escorted Debby and her close friend Susan McCluskie, to the demolished site to lay the flowers and other floral and card messages from family and friends near the spot where the accident occurred. Site Engineer Michael Hessnan provided a safe area on the site to lay the tributes.
Debby said she wanted to thank the Ballymun community for their kindness to her and in contributing to the costs of the removal of Bills remains to his home in Liverpool.
“They done a collection and everything. Thank you for everything they’ve done, they’ve been fantastic and all the people in the pubs, they’ve been so nice. They made us feel
so welcome,” said Debby.
Bill Helm was well known to his colleagues both in Dublin and Liverpool for his Elvis impersonations (Known as Billy Elvis) and singing talent. While working in Dublin he performed also in the Cat & Cage Dorset St.
“We were in there last night and all the locals were talking about him saying he got up singing, he had his work clothes on and when he was dancing the dust was flying off him,” said Debby.
Bill leaves behind from his marriage to Debby six children, Megan, Tiffany, Nikita, Garron,
Ashyer and Ebony aged between eight and 18 years. Bill also leaves five other children from previous marriages in total 11 children.
Debby who knows nothing about how the tragedy occurred and said she needs to know some answers for her own peace of mind.
Debby Helm
Debby being comforted by her close friend Susan McCluskie
Planning Permission
When making plans so its probably good to look at planning permission, which is usually needed if you are going to start building.
Building invariably costs money and to spend wisely its best in the first instance to spend the extra Euro and employ an architect after all they are the experts rather than having to get them to rescue the job at a later stage.
Also before investing, Local Authorities are happy to discuss with people what they have in mind so that you are not wasting your time and money planning a structure that is not going to get permission!
Permission
To get planning permission, there are application forms to be completed and helpful explanatory leaflets to be gone through.A fee to be paid currently 65 Euro for a house. Six copies of plans and maps to be submitted and copies of the public notices on the site and from the newspaper.
There is an Outline Permission you could get at the preliminary stage if you want the authority to indicate their position without committing
themselves and before lumbering you with the cost of detailed plans
Commenting on planning application
If you want to comment on someone else’s planning application you have five weeks to do so after the planning authority has received it and on payment of the fee.
Documentation in relation to the application can be inspected in the planning authority’s office.
Though objections can only be considered which relate to proper planning and sustainable development.
Appeal to An Bord Pleanala
If you are refused permission, you have 4 weeks to appeal to An Bord Pleanala. Likewise objectors, who commented on the original planning application, have 4 weeks to appeal if permission is granted.
Judicial Review
It is not an appeal, but the expensive remedy of judicial review allows you to seek to review the manner in which the decision was made in the
High Court. However be sure and take legal advice before you do.
Building Regulations
In addition to planning permission, it is also necessary to comply with the Building Regulations, which are the legal requirements for the design and construction of new buildings, extensions and some building alterations/changes.
Planning Tribunal
Hopefully exercising due care and attention and taking the appropriate expert advice you will not end up being summoned to the Mahon (formerly Flood) Tribunal investigating certain planning matters since 1997!
In the next column we will look further at house purchase so if you have any particular queries or if you have any other legal question you want answered or any particular aspect of the law you would like to have examined in this column please drop a line to
Ballymun Concrete News It’s the Law Ballymun Concrete News 66 Joseph Plunkett Tower, Ballymun, Dublin 11
It’s the
Legal Advice column by Community Law Solicitor Frank Murphy
Law Solicitor Frank Murphy Ballymun Law Centre
Mary Lou pictured with Tina Mullen and Aine Rooney, Ballymun Welfare Rights. Photo by Seamus Kelly.
Sinn Fein MEP Mary Lou McDonald paid a recent visit to Ballymun where she met with various groups in the area including a visit to axis and the Ballymun Partnership offices.
Mary Lou was accompanied by Sinn Fein councillors Ray Corcoran and Dessie Ellis.
As the MEP was under pressure for time, she only had moments to comment to the Ballymun Concrete News about childcare, the new Ballymun and community working together. She also said, that this is a time of big opportunities and big challenges for Ballymun with the regeneration opening up a new chapter in the life of this community.
“There’s a huge amount of really fantastic work being done in the community, but there are still issues, that we need to tackle.
“I think we have to increase the levels of funding and groups have to start to work together to look to the bigger picture.”
“In Ireland at a government level, she said, we still haven’t got our thinking straight in terms of childhood development and care for our children particularly pre school children.”
If you have any other legal question you want answered or any particular aspect of the law you would like to have examined in this column please drop a line to BCN Law Column, Ballymun Concrete News, 66 Joseph
Plunkett Tower, Ballymun, Dublin 11.
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Business Columnist: Terence Kavanagh
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Ballymun Area Office deals with queries regarding all housing issues including: � Rent Assessment � Rent Arrears � Allocations �Transfers � Maintenance � Loans and Grants
including Shared Ownership Scheme
� Housing Welfare issues � Anti- social behaviour
Community Development Service: The Community Development team are available to offer support, advice and assistance to community groups operating in the Ballymun, Santry and Whitehall areas. Tel: 222 5717
222 5718
The office opening hours are: Monday – Friday: 9.30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Housing Welfare Clinic:Tuesdays: 10 a.m. – 12 noon.
Useful telephone numbers: Allocations: Tel: 222 5702 Rent Arrears: Tel: 222 5691 Rent Assessment: Tel: 222 5683 After hours emergency service (from 5 p.m.):Tel: 679 6186
Recycling facilities Local recycling facilities are located at: � Dublin City Council Depot,
Collins Avenue (opposite DCU)
� Poppintree Community Centre
�Whitehall Colmcille GAA Club
� Omni Shopping Centre Compost bins are available from Dublin City Council:Tel: 222 2222 For other suggestions on dealing with waste log on to www.dublinwaste.ie
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL Ballymun Area Office Ballymun Civic Centre Main Street Ballymun www.dublincity.ie
Your career Choices Report and photos by Seamus Kelly
Tony Killeen, Minister for Labour Affairs, launched a Ballymun Job Centre new programme last week in Dublin City Council Offices, Main Street, Ballymun titled CHOICES aimed at
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giving people more choices in the ICT job seekers area. Choices is specifically designed to facilitate the guidance, assessment and development needs of disadvantaged job seekers in the area of ICT.
CHOICES is a pilot project funded by the European Union Community Programme Leonardo da Vinci. The aim of the project is to pioneer the development of a new Assessment Centre/battery of assessment tools specifically for disadvantaged job seekers wishing to access ICT training opportunities. The CHOICES products will enable the individual to recognise their own potential and to access services relevant to their career progression.
The Leonardo da Vinci pro-gramme uses a transitional approach to the development of pilot projects.
Nuala Whelan, co-ordinator of the CHOICES project said, “We are delighted to be launching the CHOICES products. This has been a very exciting project to
work on in terms of its innova- taged job seekers both nationally tiveness and its outcomes. and across the CHOICES partner“We anticipate that guidance ship will use these tools to assist practitioners and other profes- with career planning.” sionals working with disadvan-
Mick Creedon, manager Ballymun Job Centre presenting Minister Tony Kileen T.D. with
CHOICES 2005 programme.
The CHOICES Partnership consisted of Ballymun Job Centre (co-ordinating partner), FIT Ltd. (Dublin), The County of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre (Belfast), p.Metrics (UK), Fundacion Tomillo (Spain) and SCAS (Bulgaria).
Ballymun Job Centre was established in 1986 and is a successful and respected community based organisation, which responds to the needs of job-seekers and changers in the Ballymun area. Since its establishment, over 10,000 people have registered with the Ballymun Job Centre and in this year alone 549 clients have been placed into employment.
Other speakers at the launch include John McCarthy (Director, International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, Brussels), Dr Pat Nolan (Chair of the Board of Management for Ballymun Job Centre) and Peter Davit (CEO, FIT Ltd.).
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(above) Pictured with €10,700 cheque the Ballymun Comprehensive
School raised for Tsumani Fund is Deputy Lord Mayor Andrew
Motague, Stacey Harper, Michael Lennon and Garrath Monerawela
Irish Sri Lanka Fund in the Ballymun Comprehensive Junior Boys School. (below) Ballymun Comprehensive
students look on at the presentation in the Ballymun Junior
Comprehensive school. Photos by Seamus Kelly.
Children and staff of the axis creche who had a Pyjama Day in aid of the “Make a Wish Foundation” they hope to raise
over €1,000. Photos by Seamus
Kelly.
€10,700 for Sri Lankan Fund axis is pleased to announce the launch of its spring 2005 arts programme.
For your copy contact: axis arts & community resource centre, main street, ballymun, dublin 9 tel: 01 8832100 fax: 8832101 email:[email protected]
Also check out ‘axis all areas’ for information on classes, initiatives, ideas and events planned for axis.
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