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A GArdA investigation is under way after thousands of copies of the Lucan Gazette were removed from stores last week.

The pictures above show Tommy Morris, parliamen-tary assistant to Fine Gael’s derek Keating Td, who was captured on CCTV, taking substantial numbers of Gazettes from different stores during last Thursday and Friday.

The paper’s distribution staff believe that over 3,000 copies were taken across Lucan, including the Village, Ballyowen, Hillcrest, dodsboro and Griffeen Valley.

This week Tom Curran, general secretary of Fine Gael, said: “[The party] condemns in the strongest possible terms the actions of Mr Tommy Morris, who is an employee of derek Keating Td, in removing copies of the Lucan Gazette from retail outlets. His actions have no place in politics. We are deeply disappointed by these events.”

Local residents, advertisers and distributors of the paper are angry at the actions. One reader of the pub-lication said: “I looked for the Lucan Gazette on sev-eral days in Marks and Spencer and I couldn’t find it there. This is censorship and it smacks of underhand-edness.

“They should let people read what they want. If I had advertised this week I would have been incensed.”

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EduCATion parents welcome ‘good news’

Minister for education Ruairi Quinn

Minister verifies plans to build secondary schoolPLANS to build a new secondary-school in the Glencullen/Sandyford area have been verified by the Department of Education last week.

A spokesperson for the office of Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn (Lab) told The Gazette: “It is anticipated that further additional post-primary provision will also be required in this area to meet demograph-ic demands through the medium of English. The location of these new schools (which will be in the free scheme) is adja-cent to Glencullen and Sandyford.”

Local politicians and parents have been calling

for the construction of a new secondary school to meet the educational needs of a rapid popula-tion growth in the area.

According to Cllr Let-tie McCarthy (Lab) every year the parents of sixth class children experi-ence the same frustra-tion about which second level school to send their children to.

“I represent an area that has experienced

the greatest population growth of any of our neighbouring areas and it is very sad to see pri-mary school friendships severed every year due to the fact that we do not have a post-primary school that can cater for all children, regardless of their religion, gender or ability to pay fees – a school that will have up-to-date classroom equip-ment and proper sport facilities from day one.

“There is no obvious feeder school for this area and it is a very big concern to parents of young families.

“I am working closely with Minister Ruairi Quinn and I am delight-ed with the progress to date since he took office. The planning and building unit of the Department of Educa-tion and Skills (DES) are in regular dialogue with the planning authority in relation to the iden-tification of a suitable site for a post-primary school since June 2011,” she said.

John C Byrne, Fianna Fail local area represen-tative and chairperson of St Mary’s National School Board, said: “Over the next five years there will be over 700 students leaving the six English medium primary schools in the area with the majority having to go outside the area to avail of a secondary school.”

Local mother Catriona Cahill said: “I’ve three children in primary school at the moment and one in secondary.

Co-education“When we were look-

ing for a second level school for her we would have loved if there had been a local co-edu-cation one where they could all go. There is a distinct lack of non-fee paying secondary co-ed schools here.”

On hearing the inten-tion of the Department of Education to build new, non-fee paying sec-ondary schools in the Glencullen/Sandyford area, Catriona said: “It’s

really good news. There are schools in my area but the majority are fee paying and if parents can’t afford to pay, it’s a problem.

“Also, even the fee-paying schools are not within walking distance of the area. We were lucky in that we got our daughter into a Stillor-gan secondary and it’s close enough. There is a waiting list for it now.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Edu-cation added: “In June 2011, Minister Quinn announced that 20 new post-primary schools are to be established in the coming years across a number of locations to meet significantly increasing demograph-ics in those areas.

“This announcement included a proposal to establish a new post-pri-mary school in the gen-eral Ballinteer region. This new school will be a gaelcholaiste in the Dundrum area and is scheduled to commence in 2014.”

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Medical clinic has openedDU N DRU M Tow n Centre now has a new Tropical Medical Bureau (TMB) clinic.

The clinic is the 21st in Ireland and opened on May 7 on the fourth floor of the centre, offering travel vaccinations and post-exposure screening on return from tropical climes.

Andrew Lewis, chief executive of Tropical Medical Bureau, said: “We are delighted to be expanding into the Dun-drum area. We have a very strong client base, and are glad that we have an extra clinic to meet their needs.”

You can visit the Tropi-cal Medical Bureau on Facebook to avail of all special offers by going to www.facebook.com/TropicalMedicalBureau.

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Taking of newspapers sparks Garda inquiry coNtiNUeD fRoM coveR

GAZETTE managing director Michael McGov-ern said: “We will take whatever steps are neces-sary to protect our brand, the people who read the paper and the people who spend money advertising with us.

“The Gazette is a group of eight papers, with a weekly print-run of more than 40,000 copies. We employ 22 people, as well as freelance and agency workers.

“That someone would attempt to jeopardise their livelihoods in these times is particularly shocking.

“We have sought legal advice, and reported the matter to the Garda. We are determined to ensure that the person or persons

responsible are made accountable,” he said.

The Gazette made many attempts to contact Mr Morris, but he had not responded by the time of going to press.

Barry McCall, presi-dent, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), said it was “astonishing and bizarre behaviour by an individual being paid by the taxpayer”. He added: “Respect for media free-dom is a hallmark of a modern democracy.”

The Gazette NUJ chapel said: “As a local paper, we seek balance in our coverage of all stories and give space to as many points of view as possible.

“We are shocked at the consequences of this course of conduct which, in effect, we believe is an

attempt to censor our reporting.”

When asked if he would apologise, Deputy Keating said he had initiated an internal investigation.

Deputy Keating said: “Following legal advice, I am now initiating an internal investigation into these allegations. This internal investigation may lead to disciplinary proce-dures against Mr Morris.

“I wish to be unequivo-cal that, at no time, in this alleged incident, did Mr Morris act with my knowl-edge or consent.”

At the time of going to press, there has been no effort made, nor has any confirmation or undertak-ing been given, to return the papers to The Gazette and/or not to repeat such conduct.

say cheese: smiles as dairy project takes Loreto Beaufort girls to finalStUDeNtS from Loreto Beaufort were among the 20 teams of sec-ondary school students who made it through to the national finals of the 2013 National Dairy Council’s Milk It advertising awards recently. Students Ingrid Kelehan, Sinead Kirwan and Sorcha Gan-non joined their teachers, Mary Gil and Trisha Lawlor, to discuss their project with master of ceremonies Killian O’Sullivan at the ceremony. Their project, The Farmer’s Den, saw the Loreto students keep a campaign diary, host a survey/quiz on dairy consumption, print stickers and more – all designed to help raise awareness of the importance of a sufficient calcium intake for teenagers, and thus ensuring healthy bones throughout adulthood.

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THE Miss Ali Stage School in Dundrum has a lot to celebrate this month –not alone has owner Alison Vard Miller just completed a two-week run in the Gai-ety Theatre in the musical, Hello Dolly, with West End

performer Rebecca Storm, but she’s heading for Swe-den soon to sing back-up for Rylan Dolan in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

Alison said: “I am going over to Malmo in Swe-den next Monday for three weeks to sing with Ryan in this year’s Eurovision Song

Contest [on 14 May].”She appeared on The

Late Late Show last Friday with Rylan, singing the Irish entry, Only Love Survives.

Alison said: “I come from a very musical background. My mother is a singer – Cathy Vard, of The Vard Sis-ters.”

The Vard Sisters have been on the Irish music scene for 10 years, and their harmonic style is described as angelic, soft and classical.

DebutTheir debut album, Heav-

enly, went triple platinum and they have travelled the

world singing at formal occa-sions, including for presi-dents and heads of state.

Alison set up The Miss Ali Stage School – which is now based in Hamleys Toy Store, Dundrum – when she was 14 years old and, today, it has more than 200 students.

As well as singing, Alison

is also a dancer and chore-ographer. She runs hip-hop dance crew for teenagers, entitled MADC.

Besides her choreography and stage school work, she also sings as a soloist at wed-dings, and has toured as lead vocalist in the Irish show, Wilde Nights.

Alison’s ready to bring harmony to Malmopeople Dundrum local to sing back-up at this year’s eurovision in Sweden

5,000 thanks: Donation to charityDaVe Thomas, vice chairman, The Hospital Saturday Fund, was delighted to present a cheque for €5,000 to Michelle McGill, Mar-garet Webb and Mary McDaid recently, with the funds to be used to help the Dundrum-based charity, Raynaud’s & Scleroderma Ireland, with its work. The donation will help the charity to continue with its support for those with scleroderma – a chronic, persistent condition that affects the immune system, connective tissue and blood vessels – as well as those affected by Raynaud’s and related conditions.

Enterprise awards for local firms

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S E V E R A L D u n Laoghaire-Rathdown businesses won awards in this year’s County Enter-prise Awards, including a Monkstown chicken rotisserie business and a Sandyford-based digital marketing consultancy firm, which will now go on to represent the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown region in the national finals in November.

Si l iconCloud was founded by Patrick Mur-phy in 2009 and creates custom online sales and marketing strategies for clients in the US, South Africa and Ireland.

The company now employs six full-time staff at its offices in Sandyford Business Park.

Murphy said: “We’re honoured to be named winners of the DLR County Enterprise Fly Higher award.

“As a digital marketing consultancy we operate in an extremely competitive environment, especially within the Irish market. “With the County Enter-prise Board’s support, we were able to take advan-tage of this and prove that Irish SMEs can compete and succeed on an inter-national stage.”

The awards, held under the banner of Fly Higher: Celebrating and Inspiring Enterprise, were organised by Dun Laoghaire-Rath-down County Enterprise Board (DLRCEB), and held in the Royal Marine Hotel last week.

Winners included Cov-ali Group (Most Promis-ing Start-Up), Irish Tradi-tional Dance Theatre/Jig.ie (Innovation), Makers & Brothers (Online Busi-ness) and SiliconCloud (Business Growth) took category awards, while Poulet Bonne Femme and Vivien Walsh received merit awards for Food and Design, respectively.

Cllr Victor Boyhan (Ind) praised local Monk-stown business, Poulet Bonne Femme, and said of the awards: “Each year, the County Enterprise Board formally recog-nises the entrepreneurial talent of micro-enterprise. The quality, standard and enthusiasm shown by each of the finalist entre-preneurs was awesome.”

Michael Johnson, chief executive, DLRCEB, con-gratulated the winners, and said: “Our six micro-enterprise finalists are fine examples of the success stories that are emerging from Ireland’s small-busi-ness community.”

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Each unit is 640 sq ft (60 sq m) comprising mini office, bin store, staff toilets and changing area and is fin-ished to the highest standards meeting all the HACCP regulations for food production. The units each have ground floor access with ample car parking, 24/7 access and cctv and our state of the art meeting rooms are available for client meetings.

Nutgrove Enterprise Park (beside Nutgrove Shop-ping Centre) provides small enterprises with profes-sional incubation space at an affordable price. Within easy reach of the M50, Dundrum Town Centre and Dublin City Centre it is the perfect home for a grow-ing business. The Nutgrove Enterprise Park is home to 20 businesses from a range of sectors with the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board and FAS Local Employment Service as anchor tenants.

A small number of office units also available (from 222sq ft to 786sq/ft) are designed to meet contem-porary business needs. Tenants sign a flexible four year licence agreement which can be terminated with one month’s notice. The licence fee is based on the size of the unit and there are supplementary charges for rates, utilities, insurance and VAT. Tenants have access to state of the art conference rooms, together with reception facilities and a shared kitchen. Fully kitted out office share facilities are also available.

For more information, please visit our newly launched website www.nutgrove-enterprisepark.ie or to arrange a viewing, please call Lisa Brown on 01 4948400 or email [email protected].

New Food ProductioN uNits Now available to reNt iN rathFarNhamtwo high specification food produc-tion units have been developed at Nutgrove enterprise Park and are now ready for occupation.


Designer Claire O’Connor with model Yomiko, wearing one of her creations

Claire’s ready for a bite at Crispello BaiRBRe Ni BhRaONaiN

A YOUNG Clonskeagh fashion designer has been named as one of five designers who will take part in a competition to design creations inspired by the new Cadbury bar, Crispello, which was launched recently.

The competition was organised by Cadbury and TV3’s Xpose and, for the next 12 months Claire O’Connor will feature on the show, showing view-ers how she is progressing with her designs.

Of her challenge, Claire

said: “I felt a bit like a cos-tume designer employed by the great Hollywood studios in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

“Though they hired the best designers, their main intention was not to influ-ence fashion but, rather, to interpret the character in the film, such as Rita Hayworth in Gilda, or Grace Kelly in High Soci-ety.

“Crispello was my char-acter! Chocolate is luxury, so I wanted to reflect this using silk, and heavy embellishment. It is very much a red-carpet design

for a star to wear, and, of course, a star is what the Crispello is,”she said.

Claire, who is a former Dunnes Stores Taispean-tas Young Designer of the Year, made her entry into fashion after graduating from the Grafton Acad-emy.

She went on to spend several years working with some heavy hitters in the fashion world, includ-ing bag designer Pauric Sweeney.

Some of the celebri-ties who wear Claire’s designs include Enya, Victoria Smurfit, Síle and

style Designer tasked with being inspired by a new chocolate bar

Grainne Seoige and the newly-crowned VIP Best Dressed Woman, Kathryn Thomas.

Fashion bible, ELLE Canada named Claire among such designing luminaries as Philip Trea-

cy and John Rocha as Ire-land’s best in fashion.

She also represented the Irish fashion industry in a catwalk show entitled The Best of Irish during Vancouver Fashion Week for spring/summer 2012.

These days, Claire trav-els regularly to New York, where she has worked with some of the city’s leading fashion photogra-phers and has collaborat-ed with the Miss Universe organisation.

Louis Copeland outlet opens MASTER tailor Louis Copeland has opened a new store in Dun-drum Town Centre.

The store carries some of the world’s leading men’s fashion labels, including Armani and Barbour.

An additional service available at the Louis Copeland and Sons store is a made-to-measure facility, which involves the choice of fabric, linings and style.

The opening of the latest Dundrum store now brings the number of Louis Copeland stores across Ireland to seven.

As well as the new Dundrum Town Centre outlet, oth-ers include those at Wicklow Street, Pem-broke Street, Louis Copeland CHQ Store, Louis Copeland Gal-way Store and GANT Store in Dundrum.

Local had all the write stuffA STUDENT from Foxrock has won third place in the Irish National Teach-ers’ Organisation (INTO) and the ESB’s national handwriting competition.

Laura Gallagher, from St Patrick’s GNS, Foxrock, came third in the contest, which has been run-ning for 21 years.

There were 21 prizes awarded at the award ceremony held at Haughton House, Dublin Zoo, while the work of the competi-tion finalists was also displayed at the cer-emony for guests and participants to view.

This competition attracts entries from more than 100,000 children each year. Entries are judged on style, flair, neat-ness and layout of the handwriting.

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As of April 30, 2013, following an amendment

to the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002, over 180 additional public bod-ies were brought within the remit of the Ombuds-man for Children’s Office. This is a positive develop-ment meaning the office

can now investigate a far greater number of public bodies and organisations that provide services to or make decisions about children or their families on behalf of the state.

Established in 2004, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is the independent statutory

Dr Niall Muldoon, director of Investigations, Ombudsman for Children’s Office

body with responsibility for promoting and moni-toring children’s rights in Ireland.

The role and functions of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office as set out in legislation, the Ombudsman for Chil-dren Act, 2002 are to provide an independent, impartial and free com-plaints handling service; to advise Ministers on policy and legislation; to consult with children directly on matters that affect them and to high-light their concerns.

After almost 10 years of investigating the actions of public bodies within remit, it was clear to the office that the core principles of best inter-ests and respect for the views of the child were not always respected in Ireland.

When the office inves-tigates a complaint, our intervention has consist-ently provided oppor-tunities to increase accountability, to pro-mote transparency and improve the quality of the decision-making that directly affects the lives of children and families.

Clearly ensuring that more bodies are sub-ject to our investigatory powers means that there will be opportunities to ensure that children and families are receiving better services from the state.

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office first raised concerns about the number of public bodies excluded from the remit of the office in 2005. We continued to raise these concerns both at a domestic level with

180 additional public bodies under Ombudsman’s remit

opinion promoting and monitoring children’s rights

Government and at an international level, with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Under the Ombuds-man for Children Act, 2002 the Ombudsman for Children is obliged to monitor and review the operation of the Act and can make recommen-dations to the Minister and or the Oireachtas for change.

In March 2012, the Ombudsman for Chil-dren’s Office submitted a formal review of the Act, setting out our concerns about the current legisla-tion and making recom-

mendations to address these concerns. In July 2012, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office began direct engagement with Minister Brendan Howlin and his depart-ment, and the Depart-ment of Children and Youth Affairs.

The result of this engagement i s the Ombudsman for Chil-dren Amendment Act and we are pleased that the Oireachtas has addressed the main con-cerns and brought the 180 new bodies under the remit of the office. Accessibility to a free,

independent mechanism of redress for people who cannot avail of redress in the courts is fundamen-tal to a well-functioning democracy.

The role of the office is even more important in providing a low cost, independent mechanism for parents and children through our complaints function.

By identifying and rec-ommending the resolu-tion of systemic problems and extending the remit of the office, this statuto-ry function will continue to assist even more chil-dren into the future by

going towards creating a culture where children are treated properly.

T h e r e a r e ove r 1,100,000 children and young people in Ireland and, as a society, we have responsibility to them, to ensure that when decisions are made that will directly impact on these lives that the deci-sion makers really think about what is best for young people.

Dr Niall Muldoon

Director of Investigations

Ombudsman for

Children’s Office

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FOOTBALL fans turned out in force at the Sal-lynoggin Inn recently,

where a host of Manchester United legends had come to town for a special fundrais-ing match. The Manchester United XI Legends vs Rose-mount Legends saw Bryan

Robson, Ray Wilkins, Andy Richie, Frank Stapleton, Liam Martin, Arthur Albis-ton, David May, Neil Webb, Russel Birdmore and Sammy Mcllroy jet into town to play against the local team at TEK Utd, Stradbrook, Deans-grange, with everyone proving

very much on the ball to help support Diabetes Ireland and Isabella Vilena.

The Man U legends were happy to meet fans and sign autographs before the great fundraising match, which saw a 2-2 draw.See Match Report on Page 28

Man U Legends pitch in for a charity match

sport: rosEMoUNt sQUArE Up to opposItIoN

Man U’s Sammy McIIroy

meets (from above, left)

Wayne Carty, Martin

Carolan and June Murray

John Farrell with his grandson David Farrell Junior, and son, David

Bryan Robson (centre) meets Marcus Oliver and Stephen McConnell

Shane Keating with his

father, Paul, who came

out of hospital to attend


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Stephen McConnell was happy to get his jersey signed

Joe Fitzpatrick with the Manchester United legends, top, who took on the Rosemount Legends, above. Pictures: Geraldine WoodsRoss O’Neill meets Bryan Robson and David May

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THE Gala Irish premiere of Byzantium was recently screened at the IFI in Dublin.

Byzantium is directed by Neil Jordan, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Jonny Lee Miller and Sam Riley. This gothic thriller was also shot on location in Ireland.

The film is based on a play by Moira Buffini, A Vam-pire Story, and it tells a mysterious story of a mother and daughter with a dark secret who live in a coastal town.

Byzantium will be released in cinemas nationwide from May 31.

Sink your teeth into Byzantium premiere

director neil Jordan at the premiere of his latest film Byzantium in dublin. Pictures: Patrick O’Leary

Juanita Wilson Billy thorne, dashiel Jordan and Ben donohoe natasha rocca devine Lauren Fee and nicholas marnitz

Lorraine geoghegan and gemma doorly

michael and Jane Collins

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dublinlifelet dublin Gazette newspapers take you on a tour of the news and events taking place across the city and county this week, as well as the latest from our schools

recruiting: organisation adds 10 new locations

More teachers needed as summer camp expandsThis year, Let’s Go summer Camps are tak-ing on 120 additional teachers to work in their 12 camps dotted around Dublin.

The camps will be set up in various locations throughout the capital including sandyford, Rathfarnham, Foxrock, Knocklyon, Terenure, Castleknock, Malahide, swords and others.

Organisers of the exer-cise focused camps are

currently recruiting pri-mary, secondary and PE teachers which will bring the total number of Let’s Go employees this sum-mer to 280 to service an expansion plan which includes 10 new loca-tions around Dublin.

The camps, which operate during the months of July and August are aimed at children aged between five to 13 years and have been running nationwide

for 20 years.Their multi-activity

programme offers a cur-riculum of events spe-cially designed by physi-cal education teachers.

Let’s Go co-founder Eileen sheehy said: “The camps are a great oppor-tunity for teachers to gain experience and learn activities that they can take back to their schools after the summer.”

The camps will run in Malahide and Portmar-

nock and sandyford July 1–5, in Rathfarnham July 8–12, in Foxrock and Knocklyon July 15–19, in Terenure and sutton July 22–26 and July 29– 2 and finally in swords and Castlenock August 6–10.

Primary, secondary and PE teachers who are motivated, energetic and have an interest in sports, are asked to visit www.letsgo.ie for more information.

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Marvelling at an incredible virtual iron Man experienceSuperheroeS, fans of the Marvel universe and Gazette reporters were excited to become one of The Avengers at the Dundrum Town Cen-tre last week when the Become Iron Man virtu-al reality booth arrived to coincide with the launch of Iron Man 3.

Speaking to Gazette Diary, chief technolo-gist Jared pepall from Marvel, who brought the experience to Ire-land said: “The software was written for Disney/Marvel especially for the movie and it’s so smooth, people think it’s a game.

“The technology is

effectively a highly-advanced version of the Kinect, and a much smoother experience. It renders amazingly and it’s stunning.

“people’s reaction is amazing when the suit goes on. It’s a real experience once you get in there. It tracks your

Gazette reporter Paul Hosford (right) fulfills a lifetime dream as he prepares to

transform into Ironman, courtesy of a Become Iron Man virtual reality booth at

Dundrum town Centre

entire body, and the soft-ware will map the suit to your exact measure-ments. Whatever you do, the suit will do on the screen in front of you.”

having been in the suit, we have to say: Be yourself. unless you can be Iron Man. Always be Iron Man.

CataloGue to ConCentrate on enerGy Costs hArvey Norman have launched a new Future home catalogue which focuses on the benefits of smarter and more effi-cient home appliance technology.

According to harvey Norman, the home fur-niture retail giant, con-sumers are more aware of their energy costs than ever before. homes are becoming smarter and more efficient with home appliance technology changing how we live, cook and entertain.

Following the launch of the new catalogue, a spokesperson for the store said: “A common question that we are asked in store is ‘how much will this appliance cost me to run?’

“In light of this we came up with our Future home concept, where we wanted to present a range of products that could save a household up to 40% on their ener-gy bills.”

The store hopes to advise customers about the money they can save with a new eco-friendly purchase.

For more information, and catalogue details, see www.harveynorman.ie/the-future-home.

sIGn uP for tHe fIrst fIt CIty run serIesAS thousands of run-ners lace up their shoes and take to the streets in preparation for a fast approaching summer, FIT Magazine, Ireland’s leading fitness magazine, is calling on all joggers, runners and walkers to sign up for the inaugural FIT City run Series.

The inaugural FIT Magazine event; FIT City Series is a 10k run which will take place in the phoenix park on Sunday May 12, with a prize fund of €3,000 up for grabs.

Suitable for runners of all levels it is the ideal way to shape up this summer - or get some fit-ness practice before the larger events of the run-ning season.

With a special entry

fee of just €25, including booking fee, (normally €31.50) is being offered by entering the code cit-yseries2013. visit www.fitmagazine.ie to regis-ter.

The event will also benefit Athletics Ireland Fit4youth programme which aims to foster an awareness of fitness and running among teenag-ers.

entrIes BeInG souGHt for fIlM festIvalFIlMMAKerS from across Dublin are being called on to enter this year’s Stranger Than Fic-tion documentary film festival at the IFI.

The festival, which was announced officially this week, will take place September 26 – 29 and is looking to include origi-

nal and exciting docu-mentary films from Irish and international film-makers.

If your film fits the bill, now is that time to pre-pare your entries as sub-missions have opened with a deadline of 6pm, June 14.

This year IFI Stranger Than Fiction plans once again to premiere some of the best documenta-ries from Ireland and around the world, fol-lowing on from 2012’s successful festival which included Dublin pre-mieres of The Imposter, 5 Broken Cameras, The Interrupters, one Mile Away and Detropia.

Details of the 2013 programme wil l be announced and go on sale in early August 2013. For more details, see www.ifi.ie/stf.

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Helping students to deal with exam pressuresAs always, English starts off the Leaving Cert this year on June 5 and by the end of the two weeks, culminating in the last exam, technology on June 21, 56,584 students nationwide will have sat the most important and therefore most pressu-rised of all state exams.

steve Gray, manag-ing director of Dun L a o g h a i r e ’ s Tu t o r Experts, a grind service with an online facility, gave his top tips to The Gazette for Leaving Certificate students fac-ing into the exams next month.

“I could say to parents – take the fuse out your child’s Xbox, but I tried that myself with my own

On June 21, 56,584 students nationwide will have sat the most important of all

State exams

son and he came home the same day announcing he’d learned how to fix a plug in physics. My advice to parents is: “Encourage the student to get some exercise breaks – impor-tant for stress relief. Watch out for consumption of sugary caffeinated drinks, they can cause mood swings and adversely affect concentration.

“Ask your kids to make a list of priorities for the next month. If Facebook is in there, say “put it away until after the exams – you have all summer for that.”

steve also had some tips from his project maths team.

“This advice is like finding gold as the projects maths is new and unfamiliar territory to teachers, parents and pupils.

“On the new project maths exams there is a choice on some of the papers, so make sure to read the paper very care-fully so you know which questions to do and so

you use your time effi-ciently.

“It is hard to predict questions on the new exams, so while students might be faced with dif-ficult / unfamiliar ques-tioning, don’t panic.

“The new course s t i l l awards marks for attempts but also encourages students to work towards the

answer using any logical approach so make sure to give all your selected questions a try.

“Also, most of the marks in a particular question are allocated for the first few parts of the question.

“That is, by the time you get to the more com-plicated parts (d) or (e) at the end of the question,

you have already picked up most of the marks for that question, so while completing that last sub-section will certainly pull up your grade, if you have got all the parts up to this correct, you have cer-tainly already passed the question.”

For more advice and tips go to www.tutorex-perts.ie.

Get involved with our schools pagesCALLING all students! We want all budding writers and photographers from all of our schools to help fill the pages and, in order to encourage the next generation of journalists and snappers to get involved, we are partnering with Harvey Norman to present the Dublin Gazette Newspapers’ Cub Reporter and Cub Photog-rapher of the Year awards. For more details, contact [email protected] or telephone Rob Heigh at 01 601 0240.

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Owners urged to pick up after their dogsLocaL councils are coming together to pro-mote the Green Dog Walkers programme that aims to change attitudes towards cleaning up after pets.

The Green Dog Walk-ers programme was launched by South Dub-lin county council mayor cathal King (SF) in Sean Walsh Park, Tallaght, recently.

He was joined by mem-bers of the DSPca, The Kennel club, council dog wardens and local resi-dent dog owner Sharon Murphy.

The programme is regional involving SDcc,

and the councils of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Meath and Wick-low.

It is a non-confron-tational, friendly way to change attitudes about dog fouling in South Dub-lin county. Green Dog Walkers is a community-based scheme that volun-teers in the community can adopt in their own area and promote.

The mayor welcomed the initiative and said he was “delighted” to offi-cially launch the Green Dog Walkers programme in Sean Walsh.

“Dog fouling is a very serious health issue.

Young children are par-ticularly at risk. Dog own-ers should take responsi-bility for their dogs and make sure they clean up after the dog.

“The Green Dog Walkers programme is a great way to raise awareness of the way to look after your dog. I look forward to meeting lots of green dog walk-ers in the county.”

a spokesperson from Tallaght Hospital said: “We welcome the launch of the Green Dog Walk-ing Initiative. We support the objective to improve our local environment by the responsible man-

agement of dog foul-ing by dog owners. We believe this initiative will help enhance the well-being of our community by reducing the risk of infection posed by dog fouling.”

Tony Kavanagh from Rathfarnham Tidy Towns was also present at the launch and said: “Tidy Towns welcomes this programme as dog foul-ing is a real problem and a health risk.”

Volunteers wear a Green Dog Walkers armband which signi-fies that they have “taken the pledge” to always: clean up after their dog,

Mayor of South Dublin County Council Cathal King at the launch

wear the armband or put the Green Dog Walkers collar on their dog when walking, carry extra dog waste bags, be happy to be approached to “lend” a dog waste bag to those without, be a friendly reminder to other dog walkers to clean up after their dogs.

T h e g r e e n a r m band acts as a friendly reminder to pick up after your dog.

all dog owners have to do is sign a pledge form which can be got through www.social-credits.ie then a Green Dog Walker armband and a GDW bone dog

bag dispenser is posted out.

If anyone is interested in rolling out the cam-paign in their local neigh-bourhood or would like some more information on the programme, then call 01 4149000 or email [email protected] or see www.socialcredits.ie


More than a mere mortal BairBre Ni BhraoNaiN

Although his nationwide tour is winding down, people still have the chance to see Neil Delamere’s new show, DelaMere Mortal in Draiocht this month.

Neil spoke to the gazette about how the tour went and all about the inspira-tion behind his current show.

“My brother just said to me one day, ‘You know, you’ve lived as long in Dublin now as you have in offaly” and this got me all introspective about which version of me, the first 16-year part or the last 16-year me was the best. So, I went back and found some footage of myself at 16 when I appeared on Blackboard Jungle

with Ray D’Arcy in 1995.“I created the show for the Edinburgh

Fringe Festival, so I performed it there first and although they could under-stand the idea of Blackboard Jungle, it was much more craic doing it in Ireland where everyone was familiar with the show.

“I recreated the whole Blackboard Jungle show with my original team mem-bers, got Ray D’Arcy to host it and filmed it all again to see if we’d learned a small bit over the intervening time.”

Neil recently appeared in two televi-sion documentaries, one on St Patrick and the other on the Vikings.

“they were comedy documentaries with serious experts putting the facts

across and me doing sketches to deliver the material in bite-sized pieces so peo-ple could digest it better.

“It was a probiotic of history really, Ninja history where people don’t even realise they’ve learned anything until afterwards.

“It gave me the chance as well to get involved in something I was interested in and play with swords and ride chariots and things any 12-year-old boy would love to do.”

he has also appeared on a number of tV shows in Britain, chief of which was Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, a platform that has launched many an Irish comic’s career in Britain. Yet Neil has no plans to leave our shores for the

bigger British market.“You have to live over there to crack

Britain, or at least go over and do tV there every couple of weeks. You also need a combination of luck, talent and to be in the right place at the right time. the Panel here in Ireland was great for me and I do Edinburgh every year, which keeps me sharp because it’s the hardest comedy festival in the world.

“At the moment, though, I’ve no plans to move to Britain because I have a nice life here and I have work here. But then again, who knows what will happen? Never say never.”

DelaMere Mortal is on in Draiocht on May 23 and tickets, costing €20 are avail-able at the Box office on 01 885 2622.

Comedian Neil Delamere, who appears in his show at Draiocht this month

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caN you Give lovely Nala a New home?The Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs.

Our Dog of the Week is Nala, a two-year-old female boxer. Nala came into Dogs Trust pregnant, and had six beautiful pups. All Nala’s babies have found homes, so now it’s time for her to find hers.

Nala loves her comfort and can’t wait to snuggle up on the couch for some well-earned TLC. She can be quite shy when meeting new people and other dogs, but once she gains your trust, she will love you forever.

She needs a home with someone there during the day, and wouldn’t mind sharing the rubs and cuddles with another dog. Nala would be suitable for a family with older children. If you think you are that special person then please contact Dogs Trust on 01-879 1000. Map and directions can be found on their website www.dogstrust.ie. You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/dogstrustireland or Twitter @DogsTrust_Ie.

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ALL things style and beautiful filled Blanchardstown Centre recently when they hosted the U-Style event, in conjunction with U Magazine.

The catwalk – which was filled with colour, floral, monochrome, holiday essentials and bold pieces – was the focal point for shoppers throughout the weekend.

Shoppers were also treated to beauty and style masterclasses, and there was a range of discounts across many of the retail stores.

Commenting on the event, Ciara Daley, marketing executive at Blanchardstown Centre, said: “U Style was a huge success, and a fabulous weekend of style, beauty and fun.

“Our spring/summer catwalk shows showcased the wide range of fantastic brands available at Blanchardstown Centre, with eve-

rything a girl could possibly need in her wardrobe to keep her on trend this season.

“All items featured in our shows are in store, and available to buy, now.

“Over the weekend, we had great discounts from BT2, A/wear, Die-sel, French Connection, MEXX, Debenhams, Boots and Specsav-ers, to name but a few.

“There were some seriously styl-ish ladies over the weekend who walked away with some amazing spot prizes, and, of course, our Covergirl winner, Anastasia Per-elighin [see inset].

“Anastasia won a €500 shop-ping spree in Blanchardstown Centre, a feature in U Magazine, an overnight stay plus dinner in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, a beauty hamper from Inglot, and a gift from McCabes Pharmacy.

“All that, plus complimentary beauty treatments! It was a great weekend all round. To check out all of our pics and videos, see www.facebook.com/blanchardstown-centre,” said Ciara.

This week, Gazette Style is showing readers just some of the highlights from the weekend.

Covergirl winner anastasia

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Competition winner Grace Murphy

The very best of beauty makeovers in Dublin 15

Fashionista Sean Munsanje and U Magazine editor,

Jen Stevens. Pictures: Paul Sherwood

Jules Fallon, First Option, presenting Sweet Jeans

U-Style delights for all

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The models showcased a wide range of fresh styles and colourful summer outfits from Blanchardstown Centre’s stores

Bright colours and bold designs helped set the tone for some of this summer’s hot new styles

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TheatretHe pavilioN tHeatRe 01 231 2929liam o’MaonlaiLIAM O’Maonlai is one of Ireland’s best-loved musicians and singers, both in rock and traditional music. Bono once described Liam as “The best white boy soul singer in the world” and he has been also been described as one of Ireland’s best sean nos singers.May 11, tickets €20/€18.

DRaiocHt 01 885 2622the Great GatsbyTHIS is a classic fable – of America, of the breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age, of enchantment and illusions, of a world where love and dreams are pursued and betrayed. Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. May 10 and 11, tickets €16/€14.

Mill tHeatRe DuNDRuM 01 296 9340the odd coupleClassic comedy opens as a group of guys assemble for cards in the apartment of Oscar Madison. If the mess is any indication, it is no wonder his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Ungar, fastidious, depressed and none too tense. Another Taney Drama Society production very deftly directed by Niall Jordan. From May 22-25 tickets €15/€12.

C OL I N FA R R E L L has had an interesting career.

Early om, it seemed that the Castleknock bad-boy would spend his career shackled with the label Castleknock bad-boy.

As well known at the outset for who he was sleeping with as his actual job, Farrell has nonetheless proven to be head and shoulders above many of his peers in terms of sheer talent.

From his blistering Hollywood debut in Tigerland, Farrell has turned in an impressive slate of performances.

Minor i t y Repor t , Phone Booth, The New World and In Bruges spring to mind, with his turn in Irish ensemble classic Intermission a personal favourite.

With Dead Man Down,

Farrell begins the first of four 2013 releases and, on a personal level, the

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Dublin 15 native sets the bar pretty high.

Here, Farrell plays Victor, an efficiently brutal gangland enforc-er who has infiltrated the gang of demented crime-lord Alphonse (played with delirious glee by the always-excel-lent Terence Howard).

We as the audience, of course, know that Victor’s motivations have less to do with his love of the criminal lifestyle than they do with gaining revenge for the deaths of his family at the hands of Alphonse’s thugs some years before.

This being the first English-language work

of Niels Arden Oplev, the director of the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy, violence is often not too far away and every char-acter has an abundance of shades of grey.

The arrival on the scene of Oplev’s Lis-beth Salander, Noomi Rapace, sparks the film to life as her Beatrice draws Victor into a revenge plot of her own, casting a pall over Vic-tor’s own plans.

It’s here that the film slightly loses the run of itself as the script becomes more and more complex, with all

of the lead characters wrestling with moral dilemmas.

In truth, it feels like a modern day version of The Long Good Friday, with Howard’s Alphonse acting as a stand in for Bob Hoskins.

Strangely, the pres-ence of Rapace holds the film back some-what.

In her best English-speaking role yet, she delivers a solid per-formance, but the film’s tonal similarities with the Dragon Tattoo tril-ogy mean that all the while she is on screen, you’re expecting her to

be meaner, to show the demented streak of Lis-beth.

It is akin to casting Sylvester Stallone as a boxing agent. Sure, he could do it, but all the audience will see is Rocky.

It makes you wonder how good the film could have been had Rapace and Farrell’s characters switched places.

That’s not to take away from Farrell ’s performance, which is indeed a fine one.

He handles this kind of silent fury brilliant-ly and has seemingly found his comfort zone in mid-budget films, burned by the one-two of Alexander and Miami Vice.

Overall, the film is a decent calling card for Oplev and Rapace and a piece of excel-lent work from Farrell, Howard and the under rated Dominic Purcell.

Dominic Purcell and Colin Farrell try to out do each other in the poorly-dressed stakes

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Paul hosForDour VerDICt:WHEN it is good, it is very, very good. When it’s bad it is just plain confusing. The overly complex script hampers what could have been a top-quality revenge thriller. It features some excellent performances, an assured visual hand and a gratifying burst of violence in the denouement. It’s just a shame that it doesn’t really know what it’s about.

Director: Niels arden oplevstarring: Colin Farrell, Noomi rapace, Dominic Cooper, terrence howard

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I’M SO old, I remember the very first compact disc I ever saw, way back in 1980-cough-something.

My peers and I couldn’t have known then just how ubiquitous the CD would become, let alone how comparat ively quickly the format would become almost obsolete, as the music world moved on to valuable yet (argu-ably) intangible virtual products, such as MP3s.

The reason why I’m freewheelin’ down Mem-ory Lane like Grampa Simpson, is because we’re on the cusp of seeing another potential giant step forward in consum-er technology, via Google

Glass, which is likely to create a long-lasting memory, once sighted.

Well, perhaps. Tech watchers are hedging our/their bets a little at the moment, as Google Glass could indeed turn out to be the vanguard of

a bold new move in the convergence of technolo-gies, and could soon be as comparatively common-place all over the world.

Then again, that’s what soothsayers said about 3D televisions, too, and we all know how well they’re doing. (Just about as well as Remington typewrit-ers, by all accounts.)

So. Google Glass. What is it, and why mention it now, when only a few exist? First things first.

Continuing Google’s interesting progress as a company driving some innovative ideas forward, “Glass” is the company’s attempt to create a new product – and for many,

preview: a summary about new tech just around the corner

Look out for the Google Glass(es)

this model shows one of the current Google Glass models (close-up, below), which

look at first glance like a snazzy pair of glassses – perfect to saunter around

Manhattan with, as she’s doing – yet, at second glance, reveal a tiny camera and

slight lens overlay; with which to film and record data, or to watch and receive it

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augmented glasses that also function as a weara-ble computer seems like a natural fit. Pun intended.

Glass has a tiny cam-era that’s capable of taking photos as well as HD recording. as well as boasting data projection capabilities, courtesy of a discreet projector unit in front of one lens.

In other words, what feels like, in effect, a lit-tle monitor in front of the user can display informa-tion as needed.

Using specific com-mands, users can also take photos, start filming, call up certain types of data, and perform a number of other applications.

It’s an interesting move by the technology and data giant, as many companies have been tinkering with mobile, wearable computing for many years, but with no appreciable success, bar limited, simple sports-related tech.

However, if Glass takes off as expected, the tech could become a high-prestige product all over the world, with Glass’s abilities adapting and developing as time goes by, and other technolo-gies develop.

For example, who’s to say that the tech driving Glass couldn’t be adapt-ed in time to suit, say, presciption or contact lenses, specific industry needs, medical proce-dures, and so on?

But first, we have to

look at how well Glass performs. (Yes, yes, another pun.)

Right now, a limited number of Glass units are out in the field, undergo-ing extensive testing, as Google works to both work out early kinks and establish any issues to resolve, and raise aware-ness – certainly, it doesn’t need to raise interest, as a great deal of global atten-tion is already focused on the glasses.

While initial price points suggest the $1,500 (€1,150) mark, con-sumer prices (possibly for slightly stripped-back versions) are certain to be lower, but all has yet to be fully revealed by the company.

So – last pun, I promise – make sure to look out for Google Glass, soon ...

aliens taken to court in californiaclass action lawsuit based on game’s finished qualityWHILE lawsuits and legal problems are common enough within the gaming industry, as people fall out, deals fall through, or contracts are snapped over a knee like kindling, it’s rare enough for anyone in the industry to be sued by ordinary gamers.

This being so, the news that aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox Software and publisher Sega are facing a class action lawsuit has sparked widespread coverage across the media, with everyone from Forbes to Eurogamer picking up the story.

A lawsuit is under way in California, filed on behalf of gamers who bought the widely-criticised game, which saw a number of articles focusing on its graphics.

The class action lawsuit claims that gamers may have been misled by pre-release footage of the game that wasn’t matched by the game’s graphics in the final version, thus misleading them into buying the game.

Although pre-release footage is generally a work in progress, and not a guarantee of final quality, it’s still an interesting case to watch, as gamers regularly see adverts for games showing graphics, or footage, that bear no resemblance to the actual game (albeit generally presented with a caveat of “Not actual gameplay footage”, or somesuch, buried in tiny writing somewhere on the screen).

Regardless of the case succeeding or failing at the court, it could see those responsible for game advertising pause a little, and consider using more specific, actual footage of the finished title – less glossy cinematics, and more gritty, actual footage, which is certainly something that would be welcome.

space out your Gameplaytest your captaincy skills with star commandWITH the next Star Trek film almost upon us, and the (somewhat underwhelming) tie-in Star Trek game just released, this seems like the perfect time to mention star Command. Available for €2.69 for your IOS gadgets, Star Command very much has that Star Trek vibe as you captain your own starship, boldly go about the universe, meet aliens, put together a great crew –

And then watch everything fall apart, as your best-laid plans for starship management, crew rostering, damage control and alien diplomacy get sucked out the nearest airlock when the nearest bad-tempered aliens attack.

Presented with charming pixel graphics, the real-time sim-slash-space ’em up has had a colourful and extended development period on Kickstarter, but the final product was worth it, as Star Command has plenty of character that compensates for its slightly niggly controls.

potential pitfalls for GooGle Glasstech isn’t even out yet, but already some concerns are emergingWITHOUT wishing to go all Chicken Licken and start running around like a headless chi– well, you know, a number of concerns have already emerged about Google Glass, primarily focused on security and data privacy. For example, some analysts have questioned whether people’s privacy will be invaded, should Google Glass wearers record data without their knowledge, while others have questioned how susceptible Glass may be to hacking, or malicious spyware – as cool as the tech seems, its appeal would take a blow if there was, say, any issue of someone hacking into your Glass to, say, watch your bank PIN number being entered. Of course, without Glass being widespread – or even properly, publicly available, just yet – any such concerns or problems have yet to be seen ...

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THE recession has affect-ed us all in one way or another, but it seems that there has been no let-up in recent years in the numbers of young people flocking to the sun from Ireland.

Club 18-30 is gearing up for a similar wave this year and, for anyone hop-ing to let off some steam with a sun holiday com-bined with the very best in music and partying, May 31 appears to be the date to keep in mind.

It’s the day that Club 18-30 officially opens its summer parties, and starts the summer season with a particular focus on music and party mecca, Ibiza.

The number of Irish partygoers hitting their sunspots has continued to grow recently and, with the opening parties bringing events such as an open water party at Es

Paradis, and Jake Bugg performing at the Ibiza Rocks hotel, you can see why.

There’s a lot more going on in various music venues such as Amnesia, DC10, Eden, Pacha and Space, which help to give the popular island its well-deserved standing as Europe’s party capital.

If nightclubs aren’t your thing, you can choose instead from sunset cruis-es, foam parties and silent Sundays, or Full Moon celebrations and poolside parties.

There’s a huge amount of entertainment, as well as a great variety of water-based activities to enjoy, and the best part is that it all takes place in the beautiful settings of Ibiza, surrounded by temperatures floating around 25C.

Even when the sun goes down, you can chill out by the shores of the bay of Calo des Moro in

San Antonio, to the back-drop of the ambient and eclectic sounds of local DJs.

However, the rush to the sun doesn’t have to take you just to Ibiza, since Club 18-30 also offers a range of sun holi-day packages to other popular destinations, including their brand-new destination in Tenerife.

As the most popular of the Canary Islands, Ten-erife boasts the best in nightlife, having hosted DJs such as Tiesto and Judge Jules in the past.

And, during the day, the island has a huge range of beaches to bathe on and water sports to try.

Siam Park, Europe’s most spectacular water park with its 28m Tower of Power vertical drop, is also a must-see for holi-day-goers.

Two-sharing at the Parque Cattleya can enjoy a seven-night geta-way from just €529 per

club 18-30: europe’s party and music capital awaits younG irish visitors

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Wing it to a beautiful Turkey spa and resort natalie burke

THE new Palm Wings Beach Resort and Spa in Kusadasi, Turkey, is opening its doors for the very first time this month, offering its inaugural holiday-makers seven-night all-inclusive breaks from only €559 per person.

Located on Paradise beach, the hotel is just 80m away from the water’s edge, and is situated just minutes from a range of near-by cafes, markets bars and restaurants.

Ideal for families and couples alike, the hotel offers an all-in-clusive plus service, 24 hours a day. Travel on May 19 and stay at the four-star Palm Wings Beach Resort and Spa for seven nights on an all-inclusive plus basis from €559.

PriceThe price includes

return f lights from Dublin, seven nights’ accommodation as stated, return airport transfers and taxes.

Prices are per per-son and are based on two people sharing. An extra €3 govern-ment tax is required per person, and terms and conditions apply.

For further informa-tion, see www.wingsa-broad.ie, or telephone 01 871 9444.

Club together and visit Ibiza

person – with the addi-tional option of going all-inclusive with meals, local drinks and cock-tails and various activities included.

Club 18-30 Ireland is offering seven nights’ accomodation in the three-star Four Seasons in Crete on a self-catering basis, from €395 per per-son, departing from Dub-lin on June 7.

The price includes return flights from Dub-

lin, and all transfers.There are also options

for all-inclusive packages, with meals and drinks included for most Club 18-30 destinations, as well as special group deals.

Since music is always at the core of the Club 18-30 holiday, this year, party lovers need only look to the new Club Life hotels for endless beach BBQs, poolside DJs and pool parties that are exclusive to guests.

Examples include the Laura S’Atalaya in Ibiza, from €415PP; the Paloma Studios in Cyprus, from €589; and the Quayside Village, in Corfu, from €495PPS.

Prices are for seven nights, flights departing from Dublin.

For further details on prices, packages and des-tinations, call Club 18-30 in Dublin at 01 514 0318, or see www.facebook.com/club1830Ireland.

With so much variety and choice in ibiza, from beach types to nightclubs, it’s no wonder that so many young irish are happy to holiday there

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Happy Birthday, Bono! The Dublin rocker is ringing in his 53rd year

with the news the planned U2 Tower in the city’s Docklands will not be constructed, but what is building is fans’ hopes ahead of U2’s next album.

The working title for U2’s thirteenth studio album is 10 Reasons To Exist, and with the band in their 37th year together, it’s clear that making music is their raison d’etre.

However as a die-hard U2 fan, I’m always a little nervous ahead of a new album release. U2 are a band that have always maintained that their success is down to experimenting with different sounds and constant reinvention to keep their music alive, saying no album is released until they are good and ready.

Their last record No Line On The Horizon, from 2009, had a Moroccan influence and con-tained solid singles like Magnificent and I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight.

However, sales were disappointing and only five million copies shifted worldwide. The good news on the horizon for Bono and Co was the world tour that followed. U2 360° became the highest grossing tour in history, proving the quar-tet most certainly have still “got it”.

So what will their thirteenth album sound like? Word has it U2 have been working with producers will.i.am (of the Black Eyed peas) and Danger Mouse, indicating they could be going uber-contemporary with their next record. and if you’re to believe internet rumours, some of the album has already been leaked online.

In the last few months they’ve been recording here in Dublin as well as New york and the south of France, and the album is due out in Septem-ber. Will it be lucky 13 for the Dublin fab four? I’ll be buying it regardless.

Dee Woods presents Nova Nights on Radio Nova Mon-Fri 7pm-12am & Sundays 12-2pm. Follow her on Twitter @radeeoh

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New line on the horizon as U2 loom into view

ONE OF the greatest misconceptions the world ever experienced is that Dexys are a one-trick pony.

The infamy that came from “that song” has led to a generation thinking that the raggle-taggle, dungaree-donning 1982 vintage of the Midnight Runners is all they ever were.

However, DMR, or simply Dexys as they are now, have forever been one of the most inspired and inspiring acts on the planet. They are purveyors of soul, in its purest and most emotional sense.

This fundamental truth was borne out last week on the stage of the Olympia when Kevin Rowland and his trou-

badors returned to Ire-land for their first head-lining show since 2003.

That night in Vicar Street marked a hugely welcome return to the stage for Rowland after far too long off the radar, and led, eventu-ally, to the release of last year’s One Day I’m Going To Soar, Dexys first record since 1985’s classic Don’t Stand Me Down.

It is last year’s album the show is based around, and all of the

drama and theatricality of the record plays out live, with a stunningly fa i thful recreat ion, played in its entirety and in sequence. The core band — vocalists Row-land and pete Williams, together with Dexys legend “Big Jimmy” paterson — along with Lucy Morgan on vio-lin, Tim Cansfield, Sean Read, Dave Ruffy, andy Hobson and Mike Tim-othy nail every nuance throughout act 1 of a memorable night.

It is a theatrical event like no other rock show, a drama with vocalist Madeleine Hyland cast as Kevin’s romantic muse, and he does what he has throughout his career in music, asking questions of himself and

challenging the band and audience to come along.

It’s a challenge well worth accepting, as Dexys deliver an deep-ly emotional blend of vocals, brass and keys reminiscent of the Northern Soul greats who inf luenced the band since their incep-tion, with the Celtic presence of Morgan’s violin adding another level to the uniqueness of the sound.

One Day... was a mas-terpiece on record, it is a Van Gogh live.

The standing ovation that heralded the end of the One Day... section was utterly deserved, and kept on coming as the band delved into their back catalogue,

opening with The Waltz from Don’t Stand Me Down.

The eternal Officer and a Gent leman skit bookended Until I Believe In My Soul and Tell Me When My Light Turns Green, and the band again shone while per forming a latin-tinged version of Geno, a meltingly beau-tiful and faithful version of Old, before closing on an epic rendition of This Is What She’s Like, which saw Kevin take to the Olympia’s box seats to help the audi-ence acclaim the play-ers as he introduced the band.

all this and no Come On Eileen, despite the baying of the balcony. Long may they run.

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Kevin Rowland, Pete Williams and sax and keys man Sean Read express themselves onstage at the Olympia last week

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sport mash-up: a new blend of the world’s favourite Games comes to dublin

fore! fore! two! – golf and soccer come together Have you ever dreamed of being Lionel Messi and Rory McIlroy – at the same time?

That might just become a reality after Footee Ireland launched their new sporting venture at the old Dub-lin City Golf Club, Ballinascorney, last weekend.

Footee is a game that blends two of the world’s best and most popular sports – football and golf – which is described as “a competitive, skilful and addictive sports game that mixes the passion and strength of football with

the elegance and tradition of golf”. Footee is played on a 12-hole golf

course by teams or individuals but instead of swinging golf clubs and hit-ting golf balls, players kick footballs.

The game rules are identical to golf – each hole carries a par (3, 4 and 5) and the aim is to get the football into a (bigger) hole in as few shots as pos-sible.

The scores from each hole are accu-mulative and the player with the low-est score at the end of the round wins. The usual golfing lingo applies: bogeys,

birdies and eagles, with the exception of a hole in one which is now called a “goal in one”

Footee is the brainchild of Ronan Cunningham who had been toying with the idea for a few months last year before applying to study for a Postgraduate Certificate in Innova-tion, entrepreneurship and enterprise at university College Dublin last Sep-tember.

While there he met David Campbell and together they collaborated and developed the idea to bring footee to

Ireland as part of a course project in early 2013. They completed the course at the start of april and footee is now the culmination of that hard work and everything they have learned about developing business ideas and bring-ing them to market.

Footee will be announcing details of a series of League and Cup competi-tions that will take place throughout the summer.

For more information, contact Ronan Cunningham on [email protected] or see www.footee.ie

Sport fans are set to get a kick out of footee, a blend of golf and soccer, which has found a home at Ballinascorney

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SiMMoNS callS oN cRicketeRS to ShiNe: IReLanD’S head cricketing coach Phil Simmons has chal-lenged every player in Ireland to use the RSa inter-provincial series as a route into the interna-tional team when the revamped tourna-ment gets under way.

Speaking at the series launch at Col-lege Park, Simmons said: “This is the perfect platform for all cricketers, young and old, to show the selectors exactly what they are capable of.

“We’re looking for qualities and technique that prove that guys have what it takes to perform at a higher level and in the international arena.”

Further details on fixtures in the RSa Inter-Provincial Series can be found at www.cricketire-land.ie

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Local stars take on United

soccer: Legends of the game come to sUpport charity

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A MAnchester Unit-ed Legends XI came to Dublin recently and did not disappoint the huge crowd who came out to support Diabetes Ire-land when the legends played a rosemount XI at stradbrook recently. A crowd of over 2,000 people enjoyed the match in bright sun-shine, and the game lit up the crowd, keeping all the spectators enter-tained.

United had brought a

strong side with them, captained by Bryan r o b s o n , w h o w a s flanked by the likes of ray Wilkins, Day May and Frank stapleton, to name but a few.

the match was organ-ised by tony Browne and Willie simpson to raise vital funds for Diabetes Ireland, a cause close to tony, as four of his children are diabetic.

Given Wil l ie and tony’s recent involve-ment with rosemount, it seemed ideal to pro-

pose they pull together local legends from the 70s, 80s and 90s to com-pete against the Man-chester United stars.

Managed by tommy hogan, the rosemount team incor pora ted junior internationals, league representatives and many league and cup winners from suc-cessful sides from down the years.

they arrived at teK’s grounds in fine spirits and set about trying to topple the United Giants. captained by David Daly, rosemount dominated the early exchanges and scored first through Alan Ben-nett, af ter a couple of chances fell to his brother, John, and the other rosemount strik-er, stephen Doyle.

Philly Gray was quiet in the rosemount goal, but when asked to spring into the action did so with ease.

e d d i e D o n e g a n spurned a great chance to double the host’s lead but, when the goal final-ly came, it was worth the wait with man of the match Daniel Murphy volleying home from 14 yards to give the under-dogs a 2-0 lead going in

at the break. United were a differ-

ent side in the second half, with robson and Andy ritchie becoming more influential as the game wore on. robson scored first, a down-ward header at the back post to put United back into the game.

the equaliser was contentious, but ritch-ie made no mistake and slotted home from inside the box to level the game.

the game continued to ebb and f low and chances at either end went untaken and the sides played out a good spirited 2-2 draw.

the game was fol-lowed by a gala dinner at the royal Marine hotel, where an auc-tion took place to raise funds.

action from Stradbrook and the match between Rosemount Legends and

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eXcIteMent is building across the country with the news that a host of amateur cyclists and GAA stars past and present are lining up to cycle across Ireland from May 19 to 26.

this is for the third race the ras, a char-ity cycle in aid of the national Breast cancer research Institute (nBcrI).

Declan Darcy, ex-Leitrim and current Dub-lin inter-county footballer selector who is tak-ing part in the cycle, is asking for former GAA players and residents to take part in the charity initiative.

“We need as many people as possible to take part in the race as we want to build on last year’s success and reach our target of raising over €250,000.”

race the ras began in 2011 to raise much needed funds for charity by allowing sponsored amateur cyclists to ride the same route of the ras, on the same day as the ras itself, except the amateurs start a few hours ahead of the pro’s.

to register for the cycle, log on to racetheras.com/event-registration.

With eight stages to choose from, cyclists can opt to do all eight stages, a single stage or opt for a combination of two or three stages.

If you wish to simply donate, you can do so by visiting www.racetheras.com/donate.

Pictured at the launch of the 2013 race the ras charity cycle at croke Park recently were Micheal O Muircheartagh, Mayo footballer Jason Doherty, Dublin ladies football vice cap-tain sinead Finnegan, Donegal footballer Mark Mchugh, Ireland International rules manager Paul earley and former Dublin footballer Paul clarke.

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the Rosemount Legends squad before the match


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Former Leinster minor medal winner and cur-rent senior inter-county star David Treacy was on hand last week to help to support the 2013 elec-tric Ireland GAA minor Championships, and to offer his insight into the experience of playing at minor level, and how it has influenced his career in the sport.

There were heavy defeats and ground-breaking victories but it is the long-lasting bonds created that David Treacy recalls most warmly from his two years as a Dublin minor hurler.

“It’s one of the fond-est memories I have,” he declares enthusiastically. “There’s nothing else you’d [rather] be doing.

“At that age, there is

so much going on with your Leaving Cert and everything. I have plenty of friends just because of that year. It’s the best two years of your GAA life nearly because of the amount of friendships that you make. It was a brilliant experience.”

Treacy played at minor level in 2006 and 2007, and had completely con-trasting experiences.

In the first year, a richie Hogan-inspired Kilkenny laid waste to the dreams of a Dublin unit looking to emulate their immedi-ate predecessors, who had annexed a Leinster title for the first time in 22 years.

“They beat us off the park but it was a brilliant experience. We were nearly starstruck playing against lads that we had been hearing word of growing up.”

It was very different in

2007 though, by which stage, people were talking about the gifted Treacy. The Dubs accounted for Wexford before gaining sweet revenge against Kilkenny in the Leinster final.

“We had never beaten them as a group all the way so it was brilliant. We didn’t really know what to expect. We were confident but we lost every single game from Tony Forrestal up to then. I don’t know what happened that day. everything just clicked.

“I can still remember the final whistle going and it was surreal. I remember Barry o’rorke’s speech on the steps of the Hogan. He did the whole thing as Gaeilge as he’s a gaelgeoir himself. I nearly remem-ber all the pieces of it. The 21s are a transition up to senior but I think minor is a very unique competi-

tion.”The apparently inevi-

table development of Treacy as one of hurling’s true stars has been stalled by injury but he is on the way back and hoping to have a significant impact on the summer.

“I’ve been unlucky after the cruciate, in that I had

a hamstring problem. but that’s all cleared up now and my fitness levels are getting somewhere close to where they used to be. I’m really looking forward to playing Wexford on June 8.

“As far as the league went, we were delighted. The aim at the start of the year was to get back to top-flight hurling and we did that. obviously it was disappointing against Tipp (in the semi-final) but now we’ve got a nice break to go back to the basics and concentrate on Wexford. We can’t wait for it.”

The number of sen-ior panellists that came through the Dublin minor teams of 2005-7 is double-figured, and when you add the most recent graduates to another period of suc-cess (the Sky Blues will be going for a Leinster three-in-a-row this term), it is clear that the county has recognised the value of the grade.

Minor star on the jump to major levelCuala player David Treacy is one of Dublin senior hurling’s tyros, and he spoke last week about how his experience at Minor level has made him the player he is today

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“even if you look at the past couple of years, they’ve been in All-Ire-land finals in football and hurling. It’s so important to get it right at underage level and it will translate onto the senior team.

“The coaches we had at minor were fantastic – Joe Fortune, eimear Duignan

and Dwayne Walsh. They were absolutely brilliant. I wouldn’t have been a very confident player growing up and they brought the best out of me.

“It’s an awkward stage for young lads, trying to find themselves let alone trying to find a position on the team, so I think it’s very important for the management to get it right and we were fortunate enough to have a man-agement that brought the best out of us.

“It was a life lesson for me when I played minor, a brilliant life experience.”

Elec t r i c I r e land ,

sponsors of the GAA Minor championships, are giving one lucky child (aged five to 11) from Leinster the oppor-tunity to be the official ball carrier at the Lein-ster Minor champion-ship provincial finals. To enter, see www.face-book/electricireland

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repuBLIC of Ireland goalkeeper David Forde and the Irish women’s Number 10, Denise o’Sullivan, were on hand last week to help to launch the 2013 eFlow FAI Summer Soccer Schools programme.

This year’s camps are priced at €65 (€55 for second children) and come with the same high standards of coaching and care delivered by Garda vetted FAI-qualified coaches, as well as full kit, a ball and school bag for all partici-pants.

The camps will be held in 290 venues nation-wide, and are open to boys and girls of all abili-ties from the ages of six to 14. Beginning on July 1, and running through to August 23, each week-long school is run by FAI development officers and delivered by Garda vetted FAI qualified coaches in a safe and professional environment.

early online bookers will receive up to €45 worth of parent and child tickets for the sen-ior international matches in Aviva Stadium against Georgia, the Faroe Islands or Kaza-khstan, making the real cost of the camps as low as just €20 per child.

Along with mainstream camps, specialised goalkeeping camps have also been discounted this year to €50.

FAI chief executive John Delaney said: “our summer soccer schools are a great way of get-ting children out of the house and into the fresh air to enjoy themselves. I would like to thank eFlow for their sponsorship of this won-derful programme.

“96% of parents rated the enjoyment level for their kids as ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ last year and we hope that with this year’s added discounts, more parents will be encouraged to send their children this summer.”

With some camps already booked to 50%, parents are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment. match tickets are available on a limited first-come-first-served basis.

Further information can be found at www.summersoccerschools.ie, or by calling 1890 653 653.

A super summer of FAI soccer schools arrives for students of the game

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playeRs from Mount Anville School gave themselves a taste of the big time recently when they held aloft the Women’s RBS 6 Nations trophy alongside Ireland’s Nora Stapleton at the Clondalkin Girls’ Tag Blitz, which saw some nine schools, 20 teams and over 250 girls participating on the day at Clondalkin RFC.

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Locals shine in minor Leinster title successBALLYBODEN St Enda’s Doireann Mullany, Aoife O’Brien, Maria McGrath and Katie Mur-phy and Ballinteer St John’s Niamh Leahy and all played their part in the Dublin ladies footballers squad when they claimed Leinster minor champi-onship final victory last Sunday, getting the better of Meath in rampant fashion, with the scoreline 2-14 to 0-4.

Michelle Davoren’s goal settled some early nerves after an initially shaky start to the tie as they struggled out of the blocks.

But from there, they pulled away with plenty to spare, moving 1-9 to 0-2 ahead by the half-time break.

Leah Mullins added the second goal in the sec-ond half, swivelling nicely onto her left foot to fire home and extend the advantage, with Meath never really threatening a comeback.

Thomas Davis tyro Ciara McGuigan was to the fore throughout as Dublin completed an emphatic season, winning each game in the competition by at least double figures.

They opened up with a 3-17 to 2-6 victory over Kildare in the first game before running up a 4-30 to single point scoreline against Wicklow.

Wexford were next to be dismissed in the quar-ter-final when they ran up a 7-20 to 1-5 win and Laois did not fare much better as they were elimi-nated 5-11 to 1-7.

Likewise, Meath had an unbeaten record in Leinster up to this point and had the advantage of an extra tussle with Kildare in the Leinster semi final that went to a replay, with the Royals holding on to claim a one point victory.

And the tie was expected to be closer as, in 2012, the two counties also clashed in the provincial decider with Fintan O’Curry’s chargers holding out for a dramatic one point extra time win. Dublin went on to collect the All-Ireland crown following a thrilling final against Tyrone.

But this time around, the Jackies were way too strong, giving them confidence in making a name for themselves on the All-Ireland stage with a semi-final date against the Ulster champions to come.

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FOR a second successive year, Loreto were undone by Railway Union in the women’s Electric Ireland Irish Hockey League final as Julia O’Halloran again proved the match winner.

After extra time ended 3-3, she held her nerve to drift past Jessie Elliott in the one-on-one shootout and finally land the title in the seventh round of penalties.

It meant Railway retained the title, claim-

ing the national double for the first time in their history following March’s Irish Senior Cup suc-cess, sending them off to Europe in a fortnight’s time with a flourish.

For Loreto, it was final heartbreak once more, but they played their part in a classic.

The Beaufort side had led 2-1 after the first quarter, winning the pen-alty corner battle. Rail-way, though, got the first when a switch left to Julia O’Halloran was miscued, but Irish international skipper Alex Speers mopped up, volleying home from close range.

That came in the fourth

minute, but the response was quick with Cathy McKean ramping Han-nah Matthews’ swept shot over Grace O’Flanagan.

Railway were stung by the loss of skipper Emer Lucey, forcing further rejigging of their defence.

Loreto took the lead from another innovative move.

The second quarter was tighter though the chances kept flowing, with O’Flanagan some-how denying Nikki Keegan, while Jessie Elli-ott’s strong boot denied a volley of Railway attacks.

Sinead Dooley levelled early in the second half and Kate Lloyd’s virtuoso

solo effort had Railway in front for a second time in the 49th minute.

Symmons, though, sent the game to extra time when she cracked home her second corner.

Ireland’s most capped international almost won it in normal time only for Kate McKenna to brilliantly save off the line, modestly stat-ing afterwards she knew little about it though it owed much to her cricket reflexes to bat to safety.

It meant extra time, a ten-minute spell which Loreto largely controlled, winning a pair of penalty corners but they were unable to convert, lead-

ing to penalties.Elliott got Loreto off to

a flyer when she blocked Smyth’s first effort – ini-tially awarded a pen-alty goal before being ruled out on an umpire’s referral – but Grace O’Flanagan denied Niamh Small in round two to level things up.

Symmons kept her side’s hopes alive with a nerveless finish to send the tie to sudden death at 3-3. Smyth and Keegan progressed the score to 4-4 but when McKean shot wide, O’Halloran stepped up to be the gamebreaker once again for Railway Union, and heartbreaker for Loreto.

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loreto’s goalminder, Jessie elliott, after she was beaten by Julia O’Halloran in the penalty shootout at three Rock Rovers last weekend

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Following last week’s fine victory for

the senior hurlers, this Thursday it is

the turn of the footballers to compete

in senior championship! Jude’s take

on St Anne’s in o’Toole park with a 7pm

throw in and all support is appreci-

ated.

well done to the Feile Boys who made

it to the semi-final of the Division 1

Dublin Feile. The team and mentors

would like to thank all those who sup-

ported them in any way throughout

the year and the boys would like to

thank the mentors for all their hard

work and commitment.

well done to the Dublin Minors who

defeated offaly in the championship

and hard luck to the ladies junior cam-

ogie team who lost out in the league

final v laois.

The juvenile meeting scheduled

for tonight has been postponed until

Tuesday, May 14, at 9.15 in the back

lounge.

we have been contacted by a club

member about a job vacancy for a

first year electicial apprentice anyone

interested should please contact: 087

6327683.

if anybody has knowledge of any

job vacancies do not hesitate to let us

know and we will include them in our

notes. Mail [email protected]

The club are organising a Family

Fun Day on June 23 in the clubhouse so

save the date - it’s sure to be a great

day!

This week’s lotto Jackpot is €12,700,

simply pick three numbers and it could

be you. lotto numbers drawn were

6,19,20 and 29; nobody matched four,

and Kevin Kelly, nicholas Canny and

Sean Breheny jnr matched three. The

jackpot remains €12,700.

st jude’s

ballybodeN st eNda’sThere was one winner of the lotto

draw. Pearse Curran won the jack-

pot of €3,000, which means that

this week’s lotto has returned to

€1,000. Match First Three winners

are Tommy Browne from woods-

town Vale and Doloras Farrell from

Marian Park. Conrad Murphy from

Ballyroan Cresent won the Sub-

scriber’s Draw

Congratulations to the Under 14

Feile team who overcame na Fianna

in the finals on Sunday with a score-

line of 0-7 to 0-2. Congratulations

to all involved. A big thank you to

everyone who took part in the Bal-

lyboden St enda’s family open day. it

was a great turnout.

Fundraising three-ball scramble

for the senior citizen party will take

place in Craddockstown golf Club.

Timesheet is behind the bar. For

more information, contact Tommy

Clinton.

Date for your diary - Boden Active

retired Association, Thursday, May

9, in the hall from 7.30 to 9.30pm. The

show features the Tallaght Musical

and Song writers group, with Tony

Bardon, and lots of club talent. All

are welcome. So why not blow the

dust off your old harmonica or tin

whistle or sing a song to make it a

grand evening. Admission is free.

For any Ballyboden news or infor-

mation, check out www.bodengaa.

ie or follow us on Facebook and on

twitter @Bodeng

Cualawell done the senior hurlers who

got the championship under way on

Saturday afternoon with a good win

against Craobh Chiarain.

The action comes thick and fast

at this time of year and the football-

ers are back in the big time. The first

round of the Senior Football Champi-

onship pitches us against St Vincent’s,

only recently winners of the All-ireland

Championship

it’s a local game for Vincent’s so all

support for the lads will be warmly

welcomed.

Congratulations to our crew of

minor hurlers who played for Dublin in

beating offaly at the weekend.

well done to our Feile team on a fab-

ulous performance over the weekend.

Three wins on Saturday set up a semi-

final at Thomastown against Scoil Ui

Cohnnail which was comfortably won.

There was a great crowd at Par-

nell Park then on Sunday but it was

not to be as the lads found naomh

Mearnog just too strong in the final.

A great effort all round and one that

will doubtless help establish this as

another team with a great future in

the club.

well done to our three players on

the Dublin South U15 Development

Squad who won well against wicklow

on Saturday.

Congratulations to all our young

members who were in action for their

schools at Croke Park last week at the

Cumann na mBunscoil Finals. Magic

memories and a special well done to

the sixth class girls of Scoil lorcain.

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DESPITE getting off to a flyer, Ballinteer St John’s fell to defeat in the opening round of group matches in the Dublin senior hurling championship, falling to Crumlin in Parnell

Park last Saturday.Aodan Clabby got

them off to a great start with a goal in the sec-ond minute while Joe Maher added a classy point.

But Crumlin have been pushing close to the final phases of the competition in recent years and reeled in the margin via Colm Hen-

nebry’s goal while Adam McGreal helped them move ahead 1-7 to 1-6 at the break.

And Ballinteer added just four scores in the second half – albeit with goals from Jack Gilli-gan and a final minute effort from Ciaran Lane – while Crumlin pushed on.

Ben Quinn’s goal and

another major from Conor Murphy sand-wiched Gilligan’s effort while McGreal’s heavy scoring, ending with seven points in total, left Ballinteer chasing the game. Next on the agenda is a crucial bat-tle with Faughs as they bid to breach the top two slots in the group and advance.

Ballinteer overtaken by Crumlin in opener

hurliNG: kilmaCud let slip five-poiNt lead

Kilmacud Crokes were unable to capitalise on a fine first half start against St Brigid’s

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FOURTEEN-man St Brigid’s stunned reign-ing Dublin SHC champi-ons Kilmacud Crokes as Daire Plunkett inspired them to recover a five-point deficit inside the closing seven minutes.

The midfielder capped a brilliant display with a rasping strike to start the comeback before laying off the ideal pass from which Pat Rohan skimmed the top of the bar and over for the equalising point.

It was the final act in a tie that lacked fluid-ity for the most part as Kilmacud never built on first half goals from Oisin O’Rorke and Brian Han-amy’s booted effort.

They put Kilmacud seven points up in the 24th minute as they had the greater accuracy and, with Rory O’Carroll cleaning up at the back and brother Ross and Ryan O’Dwyer shading the midfield breaks.

But, on the half hour, Plunkett wriggled out of a couple of tackles down the left and hand-passed to Paul Winters who cracked home behind

the back of a defender that left Matt Collins lit-tle time to react.

It gave Brigid’s – who were without Laois cap-tain John O’Loughlin – a reasonable lifeline at the break, 2-5 to 1-5. Those hopes were a little more distant, though, when David Smith picked up two yellow cards within 12 second-half minutes for ugly swipes, leading to his early departure with over a quarter of the tie to play.

Brigid’s were mak-ing most of the play at this stage but Collins was picking off plenty of short dropping ball

while Niall Corcoran also played an important role as 18 minutes passed with just a point apiece added.

Barry O’Rorke broke the monotony with a cracking score and duly latched onto O’Dwyer’s artful diagonal pass to push Crokes 2-8 to 1-6 up.

Then came the come-back as Plunkett popped up on the right-edge of the square to thrash home despite Collins’ best efforts.

Paddy McAvinue’s free made it a one-point game before Rohan levelled in injury time.

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Ballyboden st enda’s celebrate after claiming the feile peil title at parnell park last weekend

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BallyBoden St enda’s annexed the divi-sion 1 Feile Peil title last weekend after an assured team performance saw them over the line against na Fianna at Parnell Park.

The Under-14 boys side had progressed from their group with a series of impressive victories against St Vincent’s and Ballymun Kickhams, and an early and close encounter against their eventual final opponents that saw Boden take the early bragging rights with a four-point win, 1-8 to na Fianna’s 1-4.

Clearly the table toppers with three wins from three and a 33 point difference, Ballyboden then faced off against St Jude’s in the semi-final, an

encounter that saw them claim their place in the decider with a 17-point win over the second placed side in Feile Peil Group a.

With na Fianna also claiming an impressive win in their semi-final against lucan Sarsfields, it was game on again between the two Group B challengers.

an intense but low-scoring opening half was followed again by a tight second period, with na Fianna finally wilting as Boden’s superior pass-ing ability in windy conditions saw them con-trol the closing minutes of the final to claim the dublin title by 0-7 to 0-2.

Speaking to Gazette Sport after the final, manager Kevin Walsh was delighted with his side’s achievement.

“It was a great team performance over the

weekend. all the games were tough in their own right. The first game against na Fianna was an important one; the win against them in the group stages was a huge confidence boost.

“To guarantee qualification, we had to win the last game. nothing was taken for granted over the three games. each of the games was like a final in its own right.”

Speaking about the final, Walsh was equally full of praise for their opponents.

“They are a very good side, very well drilled and well coached, as all na Fianna teams are.

“They were a much-improved team in the final than they were on the Saturday. They kept us scoreless until the 18th minute. But once our lads found their feet in the final, they settled in to the match in the second half, making our supe-

riority tell. “We finished strongly, and after the massive

workrate they had in the first half, they could not keep up with us for the full game.”

Walsh was keen to point out that Ballyboden’s success was not down to individual players, but the panel’s ability and talent.

“It was a team performance, that cannot be understated. It was down to all of the players. The fact we kept na Fianna to two points in 40 minutes in the final was a huge achievement. It was a disciplined performance from our backs and our midfield, and the workrate from all the players was exemplary.

“Hopefully, this will set us up for the all-Ire-land competition in derry at the end of June,” said Walsh.

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