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Pupils from Holy Family SNS, River Valley put on the musical, 'Annie Meets Oliver' at the school last week. Pictured atthe dress rehearsal last Friday are orphan boys, Ben Richardson, Daniel Guerrini, Sean Downey and Cian Nolan

The thorny issue of a fit-for-purpose transportsystem for Swords and the Airport, seems to befurther away than ever, with the announcementthat any project will take up to 10 years to deliver.This is an option that is truly not acceptable tocitizens of the North County, and Swords inparticular, who have listened to broken promise,after broken promise by successive governmentsfor far too long.This comes with the news that Transport Minister,Paschal Donohoe (FG) said, “There is a valuationprocess underway, in relation to a number oftransport options for Swords and the airport.” While Minister Donohoe is promising a new hard-rail network, a new redesigned metro, or a combi-nation of these, with the controversial BRT (bendybus), it will take up to 10 years to deliver.This news will come as a crushing blow to manylocal residents and business people, who arecrying out for a proper light rail transport systemfor the area. Many feel that the government islong-fingering this project, and that this is just acynical general election ploy, designed to garnervotes for his Fine Gael colleagues in the area.Attempting to fob off the hard pressed citizens ofthe North County, by using the preferred light rail

system as an electioneering ploy to win votes atthe next general election, is one that will bejudged harshly by the local electorate. Plans for a light rail system for the airport andSwords was first mooted around 20 years ago, sotaking a further 10 years to deliver this projectmeans that it will then have spanned around six

general election periodsin total. When theMinister stated that,“We don’t have thefoundations for the highcapacity public transportsystem our countryneeds,” residents andbusiness people alike inthe area, will believethat the government issimply kicking the candown the road, and hasno real desire to deliver

the light rail system that is so badly needed.The fear among most, is that we are going to besaddled with the BRT (bendy bus option), which is

fine as a complementary system to a light railsystem, but not as a stand alone system.Taking ten years to deliver what has beenpromised by successive governments, means thatan entire generation of people will have beenraised on the promise of a proper light rail systemfor the North County. In the meantime, thereseems to be an insatiable appetite for buildingLuas lines on the southside of the city, whichbeggars belief for manyContinued on page 16

The award winning North Countycompany, Keogh’s Crisps which isbased at Westpalstown, Oldtown aregetting ready for a bumper season,with the new seed potatoes beingplanted now.The County Leader paid a visit to thisprogressive local business and metwith Managing Director, Tom Keogh,who spoke about the company’s aspi-rations for the upcoming season. Hesaid, “We’re really looking forward tothe new season Generally just after StPatrick’s Day, we start planting the newpotatoes and with the good weather,we have been able to start planting atMiddleton, near Malahide. Last yearwas a very bad year for potatoes, but agood one for growth, with one of thebest summers on record. However, thatled to bumper yields, which droppedthe price considerably, well below the

cost of production. We’re hoping for agood growing season, but with betterprices for 2015,” he said.In farming, there has to be a little hard-ship before there’s any money and ifthere are problems in the planting,growing or harvesting seasons, this willlead to higher pricing, but fortunatelywe have not experienced that yet.”He also spoke about land used by thecompany at Middleton, Malahide forgrowing potatoes. He said, “We start asclose as possible to the coast. The mainreason is that there is lighter soil here,which can be cultivated earlier, as itdries out sooner. As it’s closer to thesea, you don’t have the same issueswith frost, as further inland. We canplant crops earlier, without a risk of theplants being damaged by frost whenthey emerge in May and we’re hopingfor a great season,” he concluded.

Bumper Season Ahead For Local Company

Managing Director of Keogh Crisps, Tom Keogh (right) is pictured with his brotherRoss, at the family farm at Westpalstown, Oldtown, as he displays the new seedpotatoes which are in the process of being planted for the upcoming season

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Dublin AirportAuthority (daa) hasunveiled an exhibitionwith a difference inTerminal 2. The uniqueinstallation features asigned jersey from all34 teams – Ireland’s32 counties, plus NewYork and London thatcompete in the GAAAll-Ireland football andhurling champi-onships.The collection ofjerseys by the county’sfootballers or hurlerswas the idea of Ian andGary Kinsella, who lost their brother,Jonathan to suicide in 2011.The 32 County Jersey campaign wasinitiated to increase awareness ofsuicide prevention and raise funds forPieta House. Dublin Airport purchased

the jerseys at a fundraising event and isdelighted to display them at the airport.Dublin Airport Head of Operations, GaryMcLean said he was particularlypleased to showcase such a uniquedisplay of GAA jerseys in T2. “This is a

fantastic collection ofjerseys with a verytouching story behindit. The exhibition is agreat welcome toIreland and we hope itwill be a talking pointand generate interestfor passengersarriving into T2.”Pieta House is closelyassociated with the3Ts suicide preven-tion charity, whichwas daa’s charitypartner in 2011. Staffraised €225,000 forsuicide preventionthrough a range offundraising initiativesthat year. “The

display of jerseys in T2 is supportedby the GAA who provided thecolourful backdrop to the exhibitioninstallation. The exhibition is locatedin T2 on the arriving journey justbefore the Garda Immigration area.

County Jersey Collection Display In T2

Dublin football star and Swords man, Paul Flynn is pictured with Tipperary hurler,Pádraig Maher at the launch of the 32 Jersey Campaign in T2, Dublin Airport

ment and IAG, and it isunderstood that IAGboss, Donabate man

Willie Walsh isprepared to offerincreased commit-ments in relation tothe main stumblingblock, namely thevaluable Heathrowslots. Walsh had previouslycommitted to a fiveyear commitment onthe slots, but thegovernment wereunhappy with this, anddemanded at least aten year commitment.

It is thought that IAGare prepared to extendthe it’s commitment to

seven years, oragree to tenyears, but withmore conditions

around the slots.If agreed, the takeovercould be agreed inApril, with momentumfrom all sidesfavouring the deal.Trade unions are now

edging towards anacceptance that thedeal will go ahead,despite their misgiv-ings about employeeterms and conditionsand likely job losses.If the deal receivescabinet backing, thegovernment will thenseek Dail approval forthe sale of it’s 25.1 percent stake in thecompany

Aer Lingus Deal Likely After Easter

Youth CafeIn Rush Rush Youth Cafe arelooking for Volunteerleaders (minimum age 18).The cafe opens everyFriday for members age 14to 18 and provides a funsafe place to meet. Canyou give your time for oneweek in the month? Ifinterested please contactMuriel 0862251312 oralternatively please dropin any Friday nightbetween 7.30 and 10pm toMartins Shop in Rush.

Easter FlowerShow In NaulNaul Gardening andFlower Club are holdingan Easter flower arrangingdemonstration by Chelseamedal winner, ChristopherWhite on Wednesday 1stApril at 8pm in the studioat Three Gates, Naul.

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Local Volunteers NeededFor RNLI MaydayThe RNLI, is issuing itsown call for help,appealing for local volun-teers and fundraisers toget involved with‘Mayday’, the organisa-tion’s forthcomingnational fundraising event which will take placefrom 1st to 4th May this year.Street collections and fundraising events will betaking place around the North County, and thecharity, which saves lives at sea, is calling onpeople to show their support – either by volun-teering to help with collections and events, or bytaking part in a fundraising activity in aid of theRNLI. Most of the events will have a ‘welly’ theme,in a nod to the yellow wellies – an essential piece ofkit – worn by the charity’s volunteer lifeboat crewmembers. Welly walks and welly-themed cake salesare just two examples of the events that will betaking place. All money raised through Maydayfundraising events will support the RNLI’s lifesavingwork – it could be used to fund crew training, buynew crew kit, or contribute towards the runningcosts of a lifeboat station.

The completion of thedeal on IAG’s takeoverof Aer Lingus, is likelyto be completedin the govern-ment’s firstcabinet meetingafter the Easter break.The momentum wasinterrupted due to therecent St Patrick’s Daycelebrations and thefact that so manyministers were out ofthe country.The €1.3 billion deal isexpected to includeconcessions andsweeteners from IAG inan effort to secure thesale. Talks continuedover the weekendbetween the govern-

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Group leader of Malahide Sea Scouts, ColinLynch bestowed a rare Honorary LifeMembership of the Group on Eileen Butterly, inrecognition of her and her family’s contributionto Scouting in Malahide over many years.Eileen was a cub leader in the group for 11 years,joining in 1975, andtaking over from AnneGreenwood as cubscout leader of theTuesday pack threeyears later. What sheprobably did not knowthen, was that she wasthe first of manymembers of her familyto share their skills andknowledge with thisgreat group. Eileen waspresented with twospecially embroideredneckerchiefs, one in apresentation frame andthe other to wear on

occasions when attending group functions. Allfive of her children have been involved in scoutsin Malahide. Her sons, Paul, Ciaran and John allserved as leaders over the years, as have herdaughters, Karen and Joanne, four of whom arestill active in the group today. Sixteen of her

grandchildren arecurrently members ofthe group and elevenof them were presenton the night to seetheir grandmotherreceive the award.Another family affairwas the prestigiousaward of A Gold MeritAward for leadershipof the most inspiringkind to long servingbeaver scout leader,Pat Moyne and a ChiefScouts Commendationfor services to scoutingto his daughter, Aoife.

A silver merit award for exceptional and notableservice was presented to Ivan Barrett for leadingthe kayaking team in the group.Bronze Merit awards were made to JohnButterly, Niall Rock, Paul McEvoy and JamesDoyle. Chief Scout’s Commendations werepresented to Aoife Moyne and Robert McKernan.Numerous service awards were presented byCounty Commissioner, Rosanne Whelan, themost outstanding of which was to GroupChairman, Kevin Rowan for 40 years service tothe Malahide group. Fifteen year service awardswere presented to Ivan Barrett, Elaine Dunneand Lo Klinkenbergh. Ten year service awards

were presented to beaver leader, Alice Geraghtyand Aideen Abbott.Five year service awards were presented tobeaver leaders, Edward O’Donnell and ColinLynch and cub leaders, John Butterly, Niall Rock,Greg Venner, Derek Ennis, Robert McKernan,Leigh Hazzard Joan Desmond and BlaithínMcCaffery. Scout Leaders John Kenny, StephenO’Reilly, Rob McGrath and Gerard Duffy.Also four cubs scouts, Claire McKernan, RyanButterly, Maia Kuzmin and Saoirse Lynch werepresented with their Chief Scouts awards,badge, certificate and special neckerchief with agold border.

Matriarch of Malahide ScoutingFamily Honoured

Eileen Butterly is pictured with her five children and eleven of her grandchildren, who were present to see her receiveHonorary Life Membership of Malahide Sea Scouts

Ivan Barrett is pictured receiving his Silver Merit awardfrom County Commissioner, Rosanne Whelan and GroupLeader, Colin Lynch at the awards ceremony forMalahide Sea Scouts

Students from SkerriesCommunity College were treatedto visits from two local authors onsuccessive days recently. First upwas Skerries man, Shane Hegarty,who is a former pupil of SkerriesCommunity College, and hethrilled the students with storiesabout how he went about writinghis latest novel, Darkmouth,which recently topped the mostpopular Children’s book category.He spoke about where his ideascome from and gave valuableinsights to being a successfulauthor.Next up was Balbriggan author,

Kevin McCarthy, who also held theattention of the students. He gavethem useful tips on how to goabout writing a novel, and alsosome very interesting statistics onthe most popular and most readbooks ever. Kevin also spokeabout his own two novels, called‘Irregulars’ and ‘Peeler’ which areset in Ireland in the 1920s.The students engaged eagerlywith both authors, and judging bythe quality of questions posed bystudents, it is quite likely thatSkerries Community College maywell produce another successfulnovelist in the future.

Local Authors Visit Skerries School

Skerries author, Shane Hegarty paid a visit to his old school, Skerries CommunityCollege last week. He is pictured here with teacher, Anne-Marie White and Junior Cyclestudents at the school during his visit

Pictured is Balbriggan author, Kevin McCarthy, with students from Skerries CommunityCollege and English teacher, Shane Nolan during his visit to the school recently

Expansion Of Local Credit Union The North CountyDublin based,Progressive CreditUnion opened a fifthbranch of its expandingbusiness in Glasnevin,following the CentralBank’s approval of themerger of the former

Victory Credit Union(Glasnevin) withProgressive CreditUnion.Progressive CreditUnion is itself theproduct of a series offour successfulmergers over the last

two years, comprisingthe credit unionsformerly known asBalbriggan, Skerries,Donabate andHowth/Sutton.The coming together ofVictory and Progressivecredit unions will createan entity withcombined assets inexcess of €90 million,servicing a membershipbase across the regionof some 40,000 people.Commenting on theannouncement, SeanStaunton, ChiefExecutive ofProgressive CreditUnion said; “Ourmembers and their

respective localcommunities are theultimate beneficiariesof this merger. They arenow part of a larger,more efficient andfinancially secure creditunion, which can

continue to provideloan and saving facili-ties across the localcatchment area but doit in a way thatcompetes effectivelywith the high streetbank.”The merger is expectedto enhance the services

currently provided byboth credit unions, withmembers being able touse five separatebranches, includingBalbriggan, Skerries,Donabate, Howth/Sutton and Glasnevin.Members will see nochange in the day today operations of thecredit union. Members’savings and loanaccounts will be unaf-fected by the transfer.The Boards of each ofthe two credit unionsapproved the mergerplan last month andinformation meetingsfor both membershipswere also held beforethe plan was finallyratified by the CentralBank last week.

Swords StudentsComplete InnovativeProgrammeRecently, the Gardai band performed at St. Finian’sCommunity College in Swords to mark the presentationof certificates to students who completed the TAG(Teenagers and Gardai) programme. The programme ran over six weeks and involved thefacilitation of discussions between teenagers andGardaí on topics selected by the young people prior tothe programme. Valerie Brennan was the co-ordinatorfor the programme. Garda Tom Murphy, the communityguard in Swords, facilitated the programme with GardaRebecca McGowan. Garda Brendan Twyford, is the newJunior Liaison Officer for Swords also attended the cere-mony. He is also a past pupil of St. Finian’s.The students involved in the programme found theprogramme extremely beneficial, it aims help fostergood relationships between our young people and AnGarda Síochána. The students showed their apprecia-tion on the last day of the programme by presentingthem with a custom made cake, baked by the students,with the Garda crest and cap. First, second and third years attended the celebrationand thoroughly enjoyed the music performed by theGarda band. The pieces ranged from traditional Irish toMichael Buble.

Daffodil Day CoffeeMorning In RushRush Daffodil Day committee are hosting a CoffeeMorning on Daffodil Day, next Friday 27th March in theMillbank Theatre, Rush from 9am to 2pm. All support iswelcomed for this fundraising initiative. Daffodilemblems and souvenirs will be on sale in the MillbankTheatre and all around the town.A Garden of Hope will be opened in Rush Library (justacross from the Theatre), from Monday 23rd March untilDaffodil Day and a donation box will be available besidethe garden. You can place a cardboard daffodil with amessage of a loved one on the back.Committee member, Michelle Herbert said, “Our annualSponsored Walk will be held on Sunday 29th March at3pm from Rush Sailing Club. This is the 16th year of theevent and all walkers are welcome. Refreshments and araffle will take place in the Sailing club on return fromthe walk. If you are around the Rush area on DaffodilDay please do pop in to see us,” she said.

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Marvin, Marcus, Zsuzsanna and Abbey Azeezenjoying St. Patrick's Day in Balbriggan

Julia Cassidy, Sarah O'Brien, Olivia O'Brien and Jamie Cassidyare pictured at the St Patrick's Day parade in Lusk

Pictured in Millfield Shopping Centre wereGarry and Shane McGuinness

Pictured enjoying the St Patrick's Day parade in Rush are Conor, Rory,Laoise and Aoife Billings

Carolina and Samuel Siska eagerlyawaiting the parade in Balbriggan

Pictured enjoying the St Patrick's Dayfestivities at the Pavilions ShoppingCentre, Swords are, Lisa Healy andAva Healy

Pictured enjoying the Swords parade are, Brian Finnegan, with hisson Brian Finnegan Jnr

Oliie Grimes with Mark, Christine and Conor Flanagan eagerly await the paradein Skerries

Pictured at the Lusk parade are, Maggie May Leigh, Beth Condron and AlexCondron

Pictured enjoying the St. Patrick's Day festivities in Millfield Shopping Centre, Balbrigganwere Mairead Kearney, Jackie Sheridan, Caroline Carey, Sharon Supple and Amanda Grace.

Pictured enjoying the StPatrick's Day festivities at thePavilions Shopping Centre,Swords are Charlie Whelan,Alex Whelan and Jack Whelan

Pictured enjoying the Rush parade are, Mary Goode, AoibheannCorcoran and Grainne Corcoran

Sinead, Ciara and Amy Hand with Louise, Max and Denny Carter and Ella Mulvey enjoy theSt. Patrick's Day festivities in Skerries

Pictured enjoying the Swords parade are, Mark Gardiner and his children,Adam and Kyla

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Donabate Tidy Towns hard at work: Front Row: Clara La Combre, Betty Ryan, CarolRankin, Brian Howard of Progressive Credit Union who funded the purchase of the plants.Back Row: Brian Poyntin, Valerie O'Connor, Michael McEnery and Hugh O'Leary, both ofVirgoe McEnery who sponsored landscaping and Stephen Owens, Chairperson DonabateTidy Towns

Local councillor Anthony Lavin (FG) hascalled for a full review of speed limitscurrently in place in the North County. Hemade his remarks following thelaunch of a new document entitled‘Guidelines for Setting andManaging Speed Limits’, which hasbeen produced by the Minister forTransport, Tourism and Sport,Paschal Donohoe TD.“This document provides advice

and guidance to those charged with respon-sibility for speed limits across the country,

including the local authorities,”Lavinexplained. “With this document forreference, now is an opportune timefor Local Authority Engineers to auditthe speed limits currently in opera-tion in the North County. It is likelythat some changes need to be made– either increasing the speed limit onquieter roads in good condition, or

reducing it on poorer quality roads. We needto ensure that greater consistency is applied

where speed limits are concerned. It is alsorecommended that speed reviews be carriedout every five years,” he said.“The guidelines address a number of areasand sees the introduction of new roadsignage to deal with speed limits in ruralareas on minor local roads and for the imple-mentation of new urban ‘Slow Zones’ in resi-dential areas to reduce the speed limit to 30km/h.” “A speed limit is the maximumspeed at which vehicles may legally travel ona section of road between speed limit signs.Nobody knows our area’s roads as well asthe County Engineer and I would urge thecommencement of a review at the soonestopportunity. That said, it is the responsibilityof a driver to obey speed limits at all times –and a speed limit should never be seen as atarget speed for drivers,” Lavin added.

Lavin Calls For Review Of LocalSpeed Limits

Cllr. Lavin

Busy AGM ForMalahideCommunityForumThe Malahide Community Forumrecently held their monthly AGM andspoke about a number of issues thatare important to the local residents. Firstly, an update was given on theAcquisition and Development of theCasino. When Michael Howard lastaddressed the Forum AGM in March2012, it had been agreed that the FryModel Railway would be acquiredby Bus Eireann. Since then, with thework of a committee and the good-will of Fingal County Council, thanksto the bequest of the late MrMichael Gaffney, the acquisition ofCasino and the land around it andThe Fry Model Railway wascompleted on 23rd December 2014.The collection will be housed assoon as is practical and the workson Casino house will be completed,according to the forum. “It is anticipated that the CountyCouncil will erect a plaque tohonour the contribution of MrGaffney,” said Howard. Thankswere given to everyone who gave

their time and energy to helpachieve the project.Next, there was an update by HeidiBedell from Malahide Tidy Towns.Malahide reclaimed its Gold Medalstatus this year. “A lot of paintinghas been necessary after a spate ofgraffiti,” she said. Extra flowershave been planted and she asked ifpeople growing seeds would giveany spare plants or pots of plants tothe Tidy Towns. She also suggestedthat residents might adopt a patchin certain areas of the village andweed and water there, and ifanyone has spare flower bulbscould they plant them in a publicplace. Other issues raised includedthe question of moving the bus stopfrom Killeen Terrace to alleviate thetraffic congestion when a bus stopsthere and pavement congestionfrom waiting passengers. A Mr. Sheedy said he had spokento Dublin Bus and met with CountyCouncil engineers, and they saidthey are giving it consideration. The chairman then thanked MarkHely Hutchinson on his retirementfrom the committee for his longcontribution and also Margaret Cureat the end of her seven year term asHonorary Secretary. A presentationin appreciation was then made toboth members.

Historical Talk In BalbrigganBalbriggan and DistrictHistorical Society’s Marchtalk is entitled ‘Ancientand Holy Wells of Dublin”and will be presented byGary Branigan. Gary hasbeen a local historian for

many years and he has akeen interest in thehistory and sociologicalpast of the County. He has been personallyinvolved in the identifica-tion and recording offorgotten history andhistorical sites and monu-ments hidden in the manynooks and cranniesaround the city, suburbsand county. He specialisesin the subject of HolyWells and associated sitesand is the Author of“Ancient and Holy Wells ofDublin.” The talk takesplace on Wednesday, 25thMarch at 8 p.m. in theTown Hall, Balbriggan. Allare welcome.

VolunteersAre NeededFor HolyWeekLocal volunteers areneeded for Holy Weekin Malahide. Volunteeradults are needed totrain as servers toenhance the liturgy ofthe Holy Week in theCarmelite Convent. Noexperience necessary.Contact Sr. Elizabethon 086-0646625.

Knitting Group In BalbrigganCalling all knitters (including complete beginners). The Balbriggan KnittingGroup meets in the library every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 8pm. Bringyour needles/hooks and wool, or you can get advice on what to buy. Alladults are welcome.

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Little Lily McGuire and Tilly Green were the winners of our St. Patrick’sDay Costume Competition, they are pictured here with their mammies

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This week we asked:“With Ireland winning the 6 Nations Trophy last Saturday, we askedshould Ireland havebeaten Wales and wonthe Grand Slam?”

Q:

No team ever deserve to win, they have to go andwin. There is a strange thing about Irish teams.When they’re favourite to win, they never play up totheir potential. We lost this match, but that is theway it goes. It is only a game.

Not really, the other team was definitely quicker andbetter than Ireland. They wanted to win. If they hadplayed at home, I had expected that they win. Butno, the better team won and that is fair enough.

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YOURVIEWWith reporter Eva Breitwieser

Yes, they played so well and deserved to win. Tengames in a row is a great record.

Damien Greene, Malahide

Probably not. I think we were a stronger team withBrian O’Driscoll

To be honest, I think Wales had a better defencethan Ireland. They played well, but I think there wastoo much pressure to win because it was the matchthat really counted. They should have done it better,but unfortunately they didn’t.

No. We weren’t good enough at all, to be honest.

It is a Irish team and I’m always happy when theywin, but not on his occasion

Frankie Monaghan, Swords

Thomas Fitzsimons, Swords

Liam Herron, Swords

In the first twenty minutes they were very poor andthey didn’t play that good after that time. SoWales deservedly won.

Ken McCarthy, Cork

David Spellman, Mayo

Shane McGuirk, Swords

Pauline Walsh, Swords

Dermot Donnelly, Swords

Adam Lennon, Swords

Well I thought they played very well!!! I thoughtthey deserved it.

Well, I think they should have won. I was verydisappointed with Ireland. But that is the way it isand you never bet against Wales.

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Pictured at National Learning Network’s Student National Conference in the AshlingHotel in Dublin are Jennifer Brady, Swords; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, Minister of State withresponsibility for Equality, New Communities and Culture; Paul Blessing, Swords andNicola Carter, Lusk.

Skerries ConnectionIn Middle EastBusiness DealAn Irish search enginecompany, whoseCommercial Director isa native of Skerries,has announced amajor new partner-ship, which will seetheir service expandinto the Middle East.SeeSearch is a librarysearch and discoverycompany which helpslibraries integratedifferent types ofdigital and printresources into theiroffering. CommercialDirector of thecompany, Skerriesman, DarrenO’Rodaigh is an expe-rienced internet andeducation entrepre-neur, whose rolesinclude businessdevelopment, salesand marketing.The company has nowannounced a major

partnership withEdutech in the MiddleEast, which will seeEdutech sellSeeSearch’s searchand discovery serviceto its network of educa-tion and librarycustomers. Edutech, a privatelyheld, learning companyheadquartered inDubai, UAE has officesacross the Middle East,India and USA. Minister James Reillyand Irish Ambassadorto the UAE, PatrickHennessy were at theannouncement at theSpecial LibrariesAssociation - Arab GulfChapter Conference2015 in Abu Dhabi,where SeeSearch CEO,Dr Hilary Kenna, whosaid the partnership isa major step forwardfor SeeSearch.

The long running airport pension dispute,which is close to resolution, excludes thecountry’s top airport police and fire chiefsfrom a €5 million sweetener to get the dealover the line. A total of approximately 30highly paid airport police and fire officersare excluded from the ‘transition retirementpackage’ designed for junior membersimpacted by changes to the retirement age.According to sources, the deal was part ofan overall package for members of the trou-bled IASS (Irish Aviation SuperannuationScheme) pension deal, where Dublin AirportAuthority and Shannon Airport Authorityagreed to pay bigger lump sums into a newdefined contribution scheme for more than850 lower paid and older staff members.Trade union, Siptu maintain that anupcoming ballot of all staff will be held onthe basis that the outcome is the best thatcan possibly be achieved in negotiations.Another stumbling block to the resolution ofthe pension dispute concerns anger amongpolice and fire workers over a new physicalfitness and medical policy. This seems tohave been resolved, when it was agreedthat officers found to be unfit for rescue andfirefighting duties can be redeployed withpay and allowances red circled.

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Photographic ExhibitionIn Balbriggan Balbriggan Creative Quarter are hostingtheir second photographic exhibition enti-tled Real Balbriggan in Balbriggan TouristOffice, Quay Street from now until 30thApril. The exhibition will be based on therecently published local book of the samename, which features people and places inBalbriggan and also shows a changing town.All are welcome to attend the exhibition.

Update On Aer Lingus SagaThe Minister for Transport, Tourism andSport, Paschal Donohoe TD recentlyconfirmed that the Government’s InterDepartmental Steering Group held ameeting with representat ives f romInternat ional Consol idated Air l inesGroup (IAG). This meeting was designedto give further consideration to the IAGproposal, the detai ls of which werediscussed. A further meeting is expectedto be scheduled.


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Balbriggan Students HonouredFor Dedication To Road SafetyStudents from 1stClass in St. Teresa’sPrimary School,Balbriggan, wererunners up in the‘Seatbelt Sheriff’competition for theirposter, ‘Don’t be aclown, buckle it down’at the Road SafetyAuthority’s Annual‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ and‘Hi Glo Silver’ Awards.The awards werepresented to first and

second class pupilsand recognise theoutstanding contribu-tion they are making tohelp keep Ireland’sroads safe. Liz O’Donnell,Chairperson of theRoad Safety Authority(RSA) and ChiefSuperintendent AidanReid, An GardaSíochána, presentedthe awards andcommended the

schoolchildren fortheir creativity andcommitment to roadsafety. Speaking at theawards ceremony, MsO’Donnell said:“Through the pupils’creativity and hardwork, they have shownjust what can beachieved when wemake road safety avital part of our behav-iour. I want to congrat-

ulate the Balbrigganstudents and allwinners on their excel-lent and imaginativeart projects thatdemonstrate the dedi-cation to road safety.”The competition isnow in its eleventhyear and encourageschildren to learn vitalroad safety skills suchas putting on theirseatbelt and wearinghigh visibility clothing.

Pictured here are students from 1st Class in St. Teresa’s Primary School, Balbriggan, who were runners up in the‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ competition for their poster, ‘Don’t be a clown, buckle it down’ at the Road Safety Authority’s Annual‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ and ‘Hi Glo Silver’ Awards.

Scoil Phadraig na Cailíní in Donabate held the opening night of their school musical FameJr at the school on Thursday last. The school hall was packed and the show was a greatsuccess. Pictured getting ready to take the stage are, Alison Branigan, Sara Hurley,Caoimhe Byrne, Jessica Holohan and Niamh Neville

Mulville WelcomesRedesigned CareUnit In PortranePaul Mulville, Independent coun-cillor for the Swords local elec-toral area, has welcomed confir-mation received from theChild and Family Agencythat the Crannóg Nuafacility, Portrane, hasbeen re-designated as a“Special Care Unit.”“I’ve received representa-tions from local resident’sas to plans for the futureuse of Crannóg Nua.Crannóg Nua was first built as asecure Special Care Unit, butafterwards its use was changed tothat of an open High SupportUnit,” Mulville said.

“The Child and Family Agency hasnow confirmed that Crannog Nuawas re designated to Special CareProvision in June 2014.Furthermore, I have been told thatto support this function, thecampus requires additionalconstruction and refurbishment

works and a CapitalBuilding Programme is atan advanced stage,” heexplained. “I understandfrom the Child and FamilyAgency that works are dueto commence in Summer2015 and that they will becomplete by late 2016. I amalso told that during this

period the residential componentwill remain closed, but that, theeducational component willcontinue to operate,” Mulvilleadded.

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Roberto, Alan, Alex and Aleksandra in BalbrigganPictured getting ready for the Lusk parade are, TraceyMurtagh, Ryan Murtagh and Adam Murtagh

Siobhan and Lana Farrell are picturedenjoying the St Patrick's Day festivities at thePavilions Shopping Centre, Swords

Edward Dunne and Heather Hand get in to the spirit of things inSkerries

Pictured at the Lusk parade are, Fiona O'Hara, Julie Cryan, Anne Casey andLauren O'RourkeAlan, Robyn and Terri McArdle enjoying all the fun of the day in Skerries

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Madisala, Jesse, Yasmine, Faith and Melise Mimbula enjoy thefestivities in Balbriggan

Dillon and Keane Ryan pictured enjoying St. Patrick's Dayin Balbriggan. Dillon was participating in the parade onthe day with Remember Us, Balbriggan.

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Pictured enjoying the entretainment in Millfield Shopping Centre wereAga, Maja and Marcin Makowscy

Madison Cawley, Hannah Ellis, Mia McMahon and Megan Quinn enjoy the parade inBalbriggan

Pictured at the St Patrick's Day festivities at the PavilionsShopping Centre, Swords are Fionán, Marcus, Riona and EannaO'Connell

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Virgoe McEnery Landscaping were the proud winners of the Best Float prize at theSkerries St. Patrick's Day Parade. Proprietor Michael McEnery (centre is pictured herewith Siobhan Lynch, Fingal Community College and Claire Ralph.

Kodaline ToPlay At StudentEnterprise Finals Kodaline, the local band who have had greatchart success over the past year, took time outof their busy schedule to help the Fingal LocalEnterprise Office (LEO) announce details for theStudent Enterprise Awards National Finals,which take place in Croke Park on April 22nd.Co-ordinated locally by the LEO, the competitionis the most successful student enterpriseprogramme of its kind and two members ofKodaline, the lead singer, Steve Garrigan, andlead guitarist, Mark Prendergast, set up theirown enterprise ten years ago selling musiclessons. Steve Garrigan (lead vocals) and MarkPrendergast (guitar) both went to CólaisteChoilm in Swords and Vinny May (drums) wentto Portmarnock Community School. Both schoolstake part in the Student Enterprise Awards

Programme every year.“Selling music classes at our secondary schooltaught us important lessons about the world ofbusiness at an early age. No matter what careeryou follow, a good understanding of how busi-ness works will definitely help you,” Garrigansaid.Thanking Kodaline for their support of studententrepreneurship, Oisin Geoghegan, Head ofEnterprise with the County Council, said: “Both

Coláiste Choilm in Swords and PortmarnockCommunity School have a very strong traditionof supporting student entrepreneurship in theclassroom and both schools have proudly repre-sented the Fingal region at the National Finals ofthe Student Enterprise Awards. As past pupils ofparticipating schools, we are very grateful toKodaline for helping us to promote entrepre-neurship to a whole new generation ofstudents.”

Pictured here is Lauren Tarpey from PortmarnockCommunity School with her enterprise Memento, at theFingal Student Enterprise Awards last week.

Pictured here are Kate O' Connor and Beth O' Dwyer fromSkerries Community College enjoying the moment withtheir enterprise Aoibh Aromatics at last week's FingalStudent Enterprise Awards.

The Bord Bia QualityAssurance Programmehas been instrumentalin raising standardswithin garden centresand landscape busi-nesses across Ireland.The awards seek torecognise thosewithin the programmewho have met thehighest industry stan-dards and that consis-tently strive for excel-lence. Commenting on thewinners, Carol Marks,Development andMarketing Specialist,Bord Bia added, “Ithas never been easierfor people to identifyIreland’s best gardenindustry providers.The Bord Bia awardserves as a visiblebadge of merit forconsumers to look outfor when visit ingthese award winninggarden centres, oravailing of landscapeservices,” sheconcluded.

The County Council have announcedthat applications for funding are nowbeing sought under the CommunityTourism Initiative for the Diaspora. Theinitiative, launched last year, builds onthe community involvement legacy ofThe Gathering 2013.Now in its second year, the schemeprovides a national fund of €1m tosupport local community-based eventsand festivals throughout the NorthCounty each year. Last year, a total of 18local events were supported in the localarea attracting visitors from overseas.The festivals funded last year included:Balbriggan Summerfest, SkerriesWaterfest and the Fingal County Show(Fingal Farmers). Administered locally by the CountyCouncil, the application process for2015 is now open and will close on

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TAG Awards CeremonyIn DonabateDonabate Community College were delighted towelcome the Garda Band to the school recently, wherethey presented certificates to the Transition Yearstudents who participated in the ‘TAG’ programme.TAG stands for ‘Teenagers and Garda Programme’,and it aims to promote positive engagement betweenteenagers and Gardai. Students who participated inthe programme spent six weeks working with Gardaidiscussing a variety of issues. Garda Kevin Turner spoke briefly on what the TAGProgramme was all about and how impressed he wasby the effort all the TY students put in and then intro-duced Garda Dong, who also gave a short speech onthe work that was done by the students and the impor-tance of open communication between young peopleand the Gardai. Students were then presented withtheir certificates and congratulated on all their work onthe programme.

Lettuce Prey!A man, who had over50,000 babylettuce plantsstolen, whenthieves brokeinto hiscompany’s yardat Lower ChannelRoad in Rush in the earlyhours of Friday morninglast, has appealed fortheir return.Rush man, BrianMcNamara launched anappeal for the return ofthe plants, which wereabout to be planted out,as he believes they willdie unless they arewatered and planed into

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The towns of Rush andLusk are located closeto Skerries and bothare linked by acommon railwaystation. Both townshave increased inpopulation in the pastfew years, yet theyhave managed toretain their ruraldelight and intrigue.Rush and Lusk havesimilar, yet verydifferent charms thatattract so many visi-tors every year.Rush has always beena popular holidaydestination forDubliners in the 50sand 60s, and is alovely place, with anaward winningcommunity spirit. Thischarming seaside townhas more to offer thanyou might guess. Rushis renowned as theheart of marketgardening in Irelandand many locals are

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doubt the town will dojust as well this year. As Rush is famous forits two beaches, whichare separated fromeach other by theharbour, kite surfinghas become verypopular during theyears. So, if you want tohave a day off at thebeach, feel free to do soat the North or SouthBeach. As it is just 26kilometres away fromDublin, you will get thefeeling of being in arural part of Ireland.When realising this fact,it’s difficult to realiseDublin city is little morethan 30 minutes away.The town of Lusk isabout three miles fromRush and is smallerthan it’s neighbour. Ithas a traditional feelthat makes for a trulywonderful atmospherearound the town. Lusk,though formally avillage, is now cate-gorised as a town, dueits its recent increase inpopulation. There is aperfect balance of bothhistorical and modernamenities in the town. Visitors will be instantlyaware that the towndoes not have an urbanfeel, but instead hasthat traditional feel.This will be evident asyou stroll around thislovely town, looking tofind different goodies inthe variety of shopsthey have. You are verylikely to be served bythe owner in the localshops here. The warmfriendly locals andtraders will be sure tomake your shoppingexperience one toremember and you cantake your pick from themix of modern andtraditional shops, whichwill display all sortsproducts that may takeyour fancy.Lusk can provide manyservices to locals andvisitors alike, fromalterations to beauty

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Local Festival ReceivesFunding BoostLocal Minister James Reilly has welcomed theannouncement that the local Flavours of Fingalfestival will receive funding of €3,000.“Flavours of Fingal festival generates significantincome for local businesses and attracts a largeamount of visitors. This funding will assist in thecontinued development of the festival whichadds to the many attractions that the NorthCounty offers,” Reilly told the County Leader. “This funding is building on a number of initia-tives being taken by Fine Gael to develop ourtourism industry,” he added. “As a cabinetminister, I have been a strong advocate of thereduced VAT rat of nine per cent on hospitalityservices to encourage growth and job creation inthe North County,” Reilly concluded.

Group Art ExhibitionIn BalbrigganThere will be a group art exhibition in theBracken Court Hotel Balbriggan on the 4th and5th of April from 3pm to 6pm (Saturday) andfrom 2pm to 6pm (Sunday). All are welcome tocome along to view or to purchase, and the group would also like to thank all the local business that have helped them to bring itall together. The ‘Mind & Heart Art’ group got together as aresult of other art groups and exhibitions. Itsmembers are all amateurs and they have all had different influences in their l ives. Through the art group, the members have hadthe opportunity to meet and get to know like-minded local artists.“Getting together and jointly exhibiting offersus a great opportunity to discuss work andmethods, exchange tips, glean ideas, whichhopefully will improve each individuals art.Jointly exhibiting is of course beneficial to theart buying public too, because it offers a greaterdiversity of styles and subject matter,” said aspokesperson for the group. “We invite people to take a journey through theeyes of someone else and enjoy the interpreta-tion of art through the different expressions ofart on display.”

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So the Greek financial crisis continues.Brussels stating that Greece is breakingtrust and some suggesting that AlexisTsipras (Greek PM) needs to change hisfinance minister. Tsipras is holding hisposition that his party will “not go backon what (was) promised” going on tocall on his fellow Eurozone members tostop taking “unilateral decisions.” AsFrank Carson used to say “it’s in theway you tell em” and so itappears that there is plentyof spin coming from bothcamps.Brian Hayes has extolledthe benefits of the 5+ axlevehicle ban from Dublincity centre seven days aweek between the hours of07.00-19.00. Speaking in theParliament last week, Brian toldof the success of this initiative imple-mented eight years ago. He told hisfellow members that 1,000 HGVs perday were removed from Dublin’s quaysalone. He said that the change in thequality of life in Dublin has beendramatic. He told the meeting that such

a ban can benefit other EuropeanCapitals.On a juicer note, it good to see that€1.2m is allocated for the School FruitScheme here in Ireland for 2015/16.This is 75 per cent funded by the EUwith the balance contributed by theIrish Government. This scheme has thepotential to reach 12 million childrenacross 25 countries. It is hoped thatthis intervention which has run since2009 will reverse the trend of decliningfruit and vegetable sales while encour-aging healthier eating habits amongstchildren. It’s success would provideadditional market opportunities forNorth County growers.An expenses scandal appears to be

breaking amongst MEPs with theUK’s UKIP MEP Janice

Atkinson been suspendedby her party after The Sunfilmed her chief of staffappearing to ask arestaurant manager to

issue an inflated invoiceto allow the party to claim

a larger amount from theparty’s EU-level foundation, the

Initiative for Direct Democracy inEurope, which is in turn financedthrough the budget of the EuropeanParliament. While serious question areasked in respect of how other MEPs areusing allowances provided for theemployment of parliamentary aids.

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ButlerPraisesCouncilLocal councillor DarraghButler (FF) has praised theCounty Council for organ-ising this year’s StPatrick’s Day parades inSwords. “I’d like tocongratulate the CountyCouncil, their Events Teamand everyone who helpedout or participated in theSt. Patrick’s Days paradelast week,” Butler told theCounty Leader. “TheSwords parade was excel-lent and I think the bestone yet since the paradereturned a few years ago.An estimated 25,000turned up to view theparade which is stag-gering and it was reallygreat to see SwordsCastle open to the publicfor the afternoon.”“They estimate that 3,000people took the opportu-nity to see inside theCastle grounds and insidethe refurbished chapel,”he added.

To enable the people of Lusk to give feed-back on the questions raised by Bishops atthe Synod on “Pastoral Challenges of theFamily in the Context of Evangelisation,”locals are invited to attend a facilitated‘listening’ in the Lusk Parish Centre (OldSchool) on Thursday, 26th March at8:00pm. Facilitators will ensure thateveryone, regardless of their opinion hasan equal opportunity to contribute, tolisten and to influence the process, is non-confrontational and that the feedback isfair and open. Attendees will be asked togive their views on three questions relatingto non-traditional unions, catholic marriageand the Christian lives Motherhood andFathehood as a vocation.

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AA MeetingsIn BalbrigganAA Balbriggan groupmeets at the FailteBuilding, Old StGeorge’s School onHampton Street in thetown every Tuesday andSunday at 8.30pm. Allare welcome to attend.

All the schools inMalahide are havingan Easter Parade nextFriday 27th March.This follows on fromthe great success theyhad during theirChristmas Parade.Many local businessare helping with givingout goodies to thechildren. The theme is‘Come Along With YourMost Outrageous Hator Wig.’

Easter ParadeIn Malahide

Rush Musical Societycontinue their run of “TheBest Little Whore Housein Texas” Until the 28thof March at 8pm nightly.

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Aer Lingus ‘In BreachOf Consumer Law’Aer Lingus are one of three airlines, that are facing legalaction in the UK over alleged breaches of consumer law,in regard to their handling of passengers hit by disrup-tions to flightsBritish Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) has announced ithas launched enforcement action against Aer Lingus andwill seek a court order, unless they comply. This comesafter BCAA carried out a six month review of airline poli-cies in relation to supporting passengers during disrup-tion, including heir approaches to paying flight delaycompensation, and providing information to passengersabout their rights.A spokesperson for Aer Lingus said, “Aer Lingus proceduresrelating to the provision of information to customersaffected by operational disruption, are fully compliant withall the relevant regulations. We have provided a number ofdocuments to the BCAA recently to emphasise this point.”


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So now, the plans havebeen drawn, the paint hasbeen bought, the kids areout and you’re armed withhammer and brush readyto go. But what to do withthe broken floor tiles, thedamaged furniture, oddcuts of wood, bricks andblocks of differing dimen-sions and the varyingother objects which can’tbe conveniently thrown onthe fire and the bin menaren’t around until nextweek, even though yourwheelie bin is overflowingalready. The solution is the humbleskip, being that skips arethe most environmentallyfriendly and tidiestmethod of waste disposalfor non hazardous mate-rials. You call the hiringcompany, their truckdrops the skip off, you fillit up, they pick the skipup, you wave your rubbishgoodbye, it’s that simple.Recycling companies thathire out skips are a greatway to ensure householdwaste can be reused, thusbeing friendlier to theenvironment andproviding a cleaner,convenient service. Skiphire companies will deliverthe empty skip, thenremove the full skip totheir depot to sort throughthe various bits andpieces to seek out andseparate what can appearas a useable commodity.It’s something to bear inmind if you’re thinking ofmoving house or having ageneral clean up.

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RTÉ’s smash hit show, The Voice ofIreland, is in full swing, and the fourcoaches sat in the spinning red chairslistening to the auditions of nearly 100singers - some of the best musical talentin the country. They have now picked theirdream teams, the contestants thenbattled against team mates and made itthrough to live shows. Have you everwanted to sit in the Red Chair, would youlike to get up close to some of this year’scontestants? Now is your chance. TheMüller Corner Red Chair Tour is travelling

to four locations around Ireland, and onSaturday, 28th March, the show comes tothe Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords.Here you will have an opportunity to seelive performances from John Bonham fromSwords, Emma Humber, PatrickDonoghue, Caoin Fitz and Ashley Loftus.Contestants are now all in the live showssinging each Sunday at 6.30pm on RTÉ 1.They are all singing to win a place in thegrand final and win a recording contractwith Universal to be crowned The Voice ofIreland.

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again dangle Metro North in front of usfor the 2015/16 election,” he said.“Under no circumstances can we allow asituation where light rail is deemed goodenough for the southside but in the north

county, we have to make do withbendy buses instead. We wantwork to start on a rail solutionsooner rather than later.Unfortunately for anyone in their40’s commuting into the citycentre daily at the moment, feelthat we will all have retired beforea rail solution is put in place at this

rate,” he said.“We should not accept BRT Swiftwaywith a vague promise of a rail link in thefuture. I fear that if BRT Swiftway is given

the go ahead then that’s it, Metro is goneforever no matter what they promise uswith an election on the horizon. Equallyimportant is that under no circumstancesshould we allow a DART spur fromClongriffin to Dublin Airport to proceed. “My real worry is that this Governmentwill fob us off with the Swiftway bendybuses and this awful Dart spur. Yetagain, it would be another great trans-port win for the southside of Dublin inthat they are now connected to theairport and a major defeat for the northcounty.” He concluded, “A rail link from Swords,taking in Dublin Airport and DCU toO’Connell Street, should be the onlysolution that we will accept and we needto make this clear to all parties whenthey come knocking on our doors for the2015/16 General Election. We should notallow ourselves to be conned with bendybuses and airport solutions that bettersuit the southside than the north county”he concluded.

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Busy Times AheadFor BalbrigganCommunity CouncilBalbriggan Community Council held their AGMrecently, with the new committee set to meeton a regular basis. The committee worked withAnna Quigley of Citywide to draw up a draftplan and have identified 10 priority areas.These included Main Street, Town Park,Harbour area, Theatre/Culture, Skate Park, BellClock, Martello Tower, Community Day, OpenDay for Organisations and play areas.Some of the successes achieved by the teamthroughout the course of the year includedpinking the town for the Giro D’Italia visit in

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Adam Tiernan Keegan made his Confirmation at Church of theAssumption, Garristown. He is pictured here with family members, AislingTiernan, Tim Keegan, John Keegan, Kathleen Tiernan and Trisha Bissett

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Fingal County CouncilApplication for Retention PlanningPermission for single storey garage toside of existing house at Hearse Road,Ballymadrough, Donabate, Co. DublinSigned Cait ShirranThis application may beinspected/purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of makinga copy between 9.30am-3.30pm,monday-friday, at the offices of Fingal Co.Co., County Hall, Main St., Swords, Co.Dublin. A submission or observation inrelation to the application may be madein writing on payment of the prescribedfee within the period of 5 weeks begin-ning on the date of receipt by FingalCo.Co. of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission for continuation ofuse is sought by Willowroe Ltd. (tradingas Crystal Clean) at Pavillions Shoppingcentre, Swords, Co. Dublin of a previ-ously approved (Reg. Ref. F10A/0335)car servicing and valet facility (295.50sq.m.) as follows: (i) 4 no. dual use valetspaces (72 sq.m.) and 2 no. set downspaces (22.5 sq.m.); (ii) 3 no. carservicing bays with max capacity 4 cars,2 no. 'zip pits' for car servicing and 1 no.general service bay with customerviewing platform (129 sq.m.); (iii) partsstore (17.8 sq.m.) and bunded oil store(11 sq.m.); (iv) reception area and wc (26sq.m.); (v) High pressure hydraulic hoseto external bunded manifold from oilstore for refilling; and all ancillary siteworks. The Planning Application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of makinga copy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during its public opening hoursand a submission or observation may bemade to the Planning Authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought to buildnew two storey, end of terrace dwellingon footprint of existing fire damagedhouse structure. Dwelling to comprise 5no. Bedrooms (total) with attic accom-modation & flat roof dormer to reartogether with single storey flat roofextension to rear. Application alsoincludes new pedestrian and vehicularentrance gates & pillars onto OldBarrack Road, with off street parking for2 no. cars & associated site works all at91 Lower Main Street, Rush, Co. Dublinfor Kidaco Ltd. The application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the Planning Authority duringits' public opening hours and a submis-sion or observation may be made to thePlanning Authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on the dateof receipt by the authority of the applica-tion.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought to buildnew single storey extension to rear/sideand also to build new dormer extension& window to side with attic conversion &2 no. velux rooflights to rear of existingend of terrace dwelling. Permission isalso sought to relocate existing sideentrance gate to rear of property onshared laneway at 31 Castleview Avenue,Swords, Co. Dublin for Catherine &Kieran Rafferty. The application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the Planning Authority duringits' public opening hours and a submis-sion or observation may be made to thePlanning Authority in writing on paymentof the prescribed fee within the period of5 weeks beginning on the date of receiptby the authority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilLeader Gymnastics Ltd is applying tothe above authority for permission forcontinuation of recreational use as achildren’s gymnasium at Unit 2C,Feltrim Industrial Estate, Drynam Road,Swords, Co. Dublin with amendedopening hours between 10am-8pmfrom Monday to Sunday. The planningapplication may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at theoffices of the Planning Authority duringits public opening hours and a submis-sion or observation may be made to thePlanning Authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County CouncilWe, the Board of Management of NaulNational School, intend to apply forpermission for a development at NaulNational School, Naul, Co. Dublin. Thedevelopment will consist of a singlestorey school extension containing 1no. classroom, 2 no. offices, canteenand amenities, to include all associatedsite works. The planning applicationmay be inspected or purchased, at a feenot exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of FingalCounty Council, Planning Authority,Fingal County Hall, Main Street,Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, during itspublic opening and a submission orobservation may be made to thePlanning Authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County CouncilLeader Gymnastics Ltd is applying tothe above authority for permission forcontinuation of recreational use as achildren’s gymnasium at Unit 2C,Feltrim Industrial Estate, Drynam Road,Swords, Co. Dublin with amendedopening hours between 10am-8pmfrom Monday to Sunday. The planningapplication may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy at the

offices of the Planning Authorityduring its public opening hoursand a submission or observationmay be made to the PlanningAuthority in writing on paymentof the prescribed fee within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by theauthority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilI Martina Kennedy intend toapply for planning permissionfor development consistingalterations of existing domesticresidence comprising of addi-tional floor area to beconstructed at first floor levelwithin existing roof space. Thedevelopment will provide anadditional 42m2 of floor spaceand two number dormerwindows to the front elevation atHollywood Great, Ballyboughal,Co. Dublin. This planning appli-cation may be inspected orpurchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy at the offices ofthe planning authority during itspublic opening hours and asubmission or observation maybe made to the planningauthority in writing on paymentof the prescribed fee €20 withinthe period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by theauthority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission isrequested for completion ofpartially constructed dwelling-house (previously permittedunder reg. ref. no. F05A/0821)along with associated siteworksincluding previously approvedbiocycle wastewater treatmentsystem @ Drummans,Tobersool, Co. Dublin. Signed:-Alan HanlonThis planning application may

be inspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of FingalCounty Council, County Hall, MainStreet, Swords, Co. Dublin between thehours of 9.30am – 16.30pm Monday-Friday. A submission or observation inrelation to the application may be madein writing to Fingal County Council onpayment of a fee of €20 within theperiod of five weeks beginning on thedate of receipt of the application byFingal County Council.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is requested for anew indoor training facility / 'Futsol'court' to be located to southeast ofexisting clubhouse along with all asso-ciated siteworks at : Martello Fields,Bath Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.signed:- The Executive Commitee ofBalbriggan Football ClubThis planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of FingalCounty Council, County Hall, MainStreet, Swords, Co. Dublin between thehours of 9.30am – 16.30pm Monday-Friday. A submission or observation inrelation to the application may be madein writing to Fingal County Council onpayment of a fee of €20 within theperiod of five weeks beginning on thedate of receipt of the application byFingal County Council.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is requested for anew bungalow (140sq/m) with propri-etary wastewater treatment system &percolation area along with all associ-ated siteworks including forming a newvehicular entrance onto roadway atDermotstown, Ring Commons,Naul, Co. Dublin. Signed :- Sarah Evers.This planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of FingalCounty Council, County Hall, MainStreet, Swords, Co. Dublin between thehours of 9.30am – 16.30pm Monday-Friday. A submission or observation inrelation to the application may be madein writing to Fingal County Council onpayment of a fee of €20 within theperiod of five weeks beginning on thedate of receipt of the application byFingal County Council.

Fingal County CouncilFurther InformationI, Conor Geraghty, Intend to apply forPlanning Permission for, A. ground floor extension to rear,B. roofing of entire ground floor areaC. attic conversion to entire (new &existing) incorporating dormer exten-sion to rear and balcony to sameD. single storey porch extension to frontE. 2 No. velux roof lights to front eleva-tionF. single storey garage/workshop tosideG. widening of existing vehicularentranceH. continuation of use as partial grannyflat at ground floor level and all associ-ated site works at Clareen, Dublin Road,Swords, Co. Dublin.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority, during publicopening hours. A submission or obser-vation in relation to the application maybe made in writing to the planningauthority on payment of a prescribedfee (20 euro) within a period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the applica-tion and such submissions or observa-tions will be considered by the planningauthority in making a decision on theapplication. The planning authority maygrant permission subject to or withoutconditions, or may refuse to grantpermission.

Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought to construct a newboundary wall with railings on top andancillary works surrounding an area tothe front of 76 Strand St, Skerries forSiobhain and Gerard BoylanThe planning application may be


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HAYES, Eugene - March 18th 2015 (Swords, formerlyDundrum and late of Aer Lingus) (peacefully) atBeaumont Hospital, dearly beloved husband ofPatricia and loving father of Sinead and Eoghan, verysadly missed by his loving family, brother John, sisterEithne, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles,nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. May he rest inpeace.

ELLIS, Noel Joseph (Skerries, Co. Dublin, lived iTorrance, USA) husband of the late Evelyn, sadlymissed by his loving family, sons, Marty and Tommy,daughters, Adrienne and Noleen, grandchildren,Joseph, Johnattan, Shannon, Kyle, Madison andEvelyn, relatives, extended family and friends. Rest inpeace.

SHARPE, George (Bath Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublinand formerly Drogheda St., Balbriggan) (Peacefully) inBeaumont Hospital. Sadly missed by his loving sistersImelda and Phylis, brother-in-law, nieces, nephews,grandnieces, grandnephews, extended family andfriends. May he rest in peace.

RUSSELL Gerard (Hampton Cove and formerlyCraoibhin Park, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin). The death hasoccurred of Gerard Russell peacefully at The MaterHospital. Predeceased by his parents Tom andElizabeth, sister Annette and brother Vincent. Sadlymissed by his loving sisters Nuala, Esther, Lillian,Pamela, Patricia, Bernadette and Irene, brother Tom,brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncle, cousins,nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, greatgrand-niece and a wide circle of friends. Rest in peace.

LESWARE, David (Dave) (Oldtown, Co. Dublin) peace-fully at St. Francis’ Hospice, Blanchardstown. Sadlymissed by Anne, his mother Ruth, daughter Emma,son Stephen, sister Shirley, brothers Ian and Daryl,Amy, Sarah, Neil and Joanne, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. At rest.

PIOTROWSKA GURDEK, Magda, (Skerries, Co. Dublinand late of Poland) Rest in peace.

FLYNN Michael (Chapel Gate, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin)Sadly missed by his loving family. Deeply regretted byhis daughters Lisa, Jennifer and Trudi, son Daniel,Sheila, grandchildren Adam, Alec and Lucy, brothersMatt, Paul and Brendan, sisters Mary, Eithna and Jean,sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, rela-tives and friends. May he rest in peace.

HANRATTY, Patricia, (née Heagney), (Malahide, Co.Dublin and formerly Skerries and Glasnevin Avenue)15th March 2015, peacefully in the care of thewonderful staff at Rush nursing home, Patricia, wife ofthe late Tom, sadly missed by her son, Alan, daughter,Triona (McQuaid), brother Liam, grandchildren Tom,Lee, Jack and Jill, daughter-in-law Jane, son-in-lawOliver, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

KEARNS Gerry (Naul, Co. Dublin) Peacefully. May herest in peace.

KENNEDY, Frederick J, (Malahide, Co. Dublin) March13th 2015. Died suddenly after an accident at home.Sadly missed by his loving Anne, sons Nick, Jon andSimon, brother Tom and their families. My he rest inpeace.

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Fingal County CouncilWe Cummins + Voortman Ltd (SustainableConservation Architects & Urban Designers -www.cvltd.ie) are applying on behalf of ourclient Paul Egan for Planning Permission fordevelopment for refurbishment, alteration andextension of existing two storey dwelling toinclude a two storey extension to east/side ofthe dwelling, single storey extension to rear ofthe dwelling, demolition of existing store andreconstruction of the store in new location andall associated works at 24 Inbhir Ide Close,Malahide, Co. Dublin.The Planning Application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its public openinghours and a submission or observation maybe made to the Planning Authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilRetention planning permission sought by NeilLennon for fenestration and dormer modifica-tions at 5B Hoar Rock, Skerries, Co. Dublin.The planning application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy at the offices of theplanning authority during its public openinghours and submission or observation may bemade to the authority in writing on payment ofthe prescribed fee (20Euros) within the period5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt bythe authority of this application.


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