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Summer came early last week for thousands of school-goers who were given the perfect opportunity to enjoy the exceptional weather during their Easter holidays. Pictured is Ben Clarkin, from Swords, taking flight at High Rock in Portmarnock, with his friends looking on. PHOTO: DARREN KINSELLA

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high JumPing at high RockPyrite schemedelay is criticisedPat O’Rourke

the government has been urged to expedite work on repairing thousands of homes affected by pyrite.

Last week it was revealed that only five homes have been fixed under the Pyrite Remediation Scheme announced more than a year ago.

However, the Department of the Environment insists that progress is being made on a

number of projects that are cur-rently going through various stages of the process.

Through a Parliamentary Question, Fianna Fáil had asked the Department how many homes were remediated under the scheme in 2014 and so far in 2015.

MInister for Housing Paudie Coffey confirmed that 630 house-holds applied under the sheme since the beginning of last year.

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Minister Coffey said that since the scheme was established in February 2014 the Pyrite Resolu-tion Board (PRB) have received:

•630 completed applications.•485 applications have been

validated and forwarded to the Housing Agency for the verifica-tion stage.

•300 of those have now been approved by the PRB for inclusion in the scheme and applicants have been notified, and

•Applications for dwellings not yet included in the scheme are being processed as quickly as pos-sible.

Minister Coffey said design pro-fessionals have been appointed to 12 projects involving some 255 dwellings.

“A pilot project involving the remediation of five dwellings was completed in the latter half of 2014,” he stated.

“I understand that a works con-tract for 20 houses has recently been awarded and works com-menced last week, while a number of procurements in relation to a further four developments involv-ing some 74 dwellings are nearing contract stage.”

Senator Darragh O’Brien (FF), who will contest the general elec-tion in the Dublin Fingal constitu-ency, was critical of the response.

“It is crazy that we are now in the second year of the remedia-tion scheme and you can count on

one hand the number of homes that have been remediated,” he said.

“This means that many families whose homes are literally fall-ing apart with pyrite have yet to receive any support whatsoever from the State.

“They are being expected to live indefinitely in totally inadequate and hazardous conditions.

“These people have waited far too long for help from the State.

“And now they are finding that the remediation scheme that was supposed to address their prob-lems is totally inadequate.”

Senator O’Brien said he raised concerns all along that the scheme “is far too limited”.

“It only addresses the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the extent of the pyrite problems in thousands of homes across the east coast,” he argued.

“The Pyrite Remediation Board has its hands tied by extremely limited legislation and resources. Despite the hard work and best efforts of staff, they are powerless to offer the kind of support that is needed to the homes affected.”

Pyrite, a naturally occurring mineral, can potentially cause significant structural damage to homes if used in the infill below floor slabs.

Thousands of homes across the Northside and other counties, in-cluding Meath and Kildare, have been badly affected by the pyrite issue.

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Airport passenger numberssoaringMORE than 4.7 million pas-sengers travelled through Dublin Airport in the first three months of the year, representing a 17 per cent increase, or an extra 678,000 passengers, com-pared to the same period last year.

The number of passengers that travelled through Dub-lin Airport in March alone showed a 19 per cent increase (more than 1.8 million passen-gers) over the same period in 2014.

Passenger volumes to and from continental Europe grew by 21 per cent with almost 858,000 passengers travel-ling to European destinations.

UK traffic rose by 17 per cent with just over 760,000 passengers travelling to and from the UK in March.

The number of passengers on domestic routes increased by 52 per cent, with more than 6,000 passengers travelling this route sector last month.

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A NORTHSIDE boy enjoyed the experience of a lifetime when he accompanied Robbie Keane on to the Aviva Stadium for the Republic of Ireland’s European qualifier against Poland.

Conor Dolan (10), from Kill-ester, was afforded the honour, thanks to Three, primary sponsor of the Irish football team.

Conor was selected by Three as a mascot to walk out with the Ireland captain in front of a sold out crowd of just over 50,000.

The stadium erupted when Shane Long scored late on to secure a 1-1 draw, but the noise was just as deafening when the players emerged from the tunnel before the game.

It wasn’t just Shane Long’s strike that brought a smile to Conor’s face though, as he met his heroes Wes Hoolahan, Shay Given, and of course, captain Robbie, who made him feel very special on his big day.

Conor’s father, Niall, had a pitchside view of his son’s big

moment, and said that it was an incredible experience for the whole family.

“It was a great thrill seeing Conor walk out alongside Rob-bie Keane in front of such a huge crowd,” said Niall.

“We can’t thank Three enough.

It’s something that we’ll never forget.”

There was an added bonus for Conor, as he was introduced to another dignitary before kick-off.

“We knew Conor would meet all of the Irish squad, but when President Higgins shook his hand and had a quick word, we were all over the moon,” said Niall. “It really was a once in a lifetime op-portunity.”

Conor, who attends Scoil Mhu-ire National School in Marino, had one more chance to meet his heroes in the players’ lounge af-ter the final whistle, which was a great way to end the day.

“The players were all a little bit more relaxed, and incredibly nice to Conor,” added Niall.

“He got his new Ireland jersey signed by the whole team, and plenty of photos.

“It’s just a shame that it was the beginning of the Easter break, as he was ready to show all of his school friends his new jersey!”

Conor is pictured with the Republic of Ireland players as they stand for the national anthem. PHOTO: RAMSEY CARDY/SPORTSFILE ▪

MAGIC MOMENT: Conor Dolan walks out at the Aviva Stadium with Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane. PHOTO: DAVID MAHER/SPORTSFILE ▪

Experience of a lifetime for Conor

We knew Conor would meet all

of the Irish squad, but when President Higgins shook his hand and had a quick word, we were all over the moon,” said Niall. “It really was a once in a lifetime opportunity.”


RUN RABBITTE RUN? A youthful Pat Rabbitte. FILE PHOTO▪

Rabbitte is not a happy bunnyTony McCullagh

HELL hath no fury like a Rabbitte scorned – or so it appears.

The former Communications Min-ister is keeping everyone guessing as to whether or not he’ll do Labour the honour of contesting the next general election in Dublin South West. Since being dropped from Cabinet by Joan Burton last year, Pat Rabbitte has refused to confirm his intentions but says he’ll make up his mind in the coming months.

While Joe Public isn’t too bothered by Rabbitte’s dithering, it must be a source of some irritation within his own party.

A TD since 1989, the one-time Labour leader was part of the old guard – along with Eamon Gilmore and Ruairi Quinn – to be swept out of Cabinet when Joan Burton got a hold of that new broom last year.

Keen to set out her stall early, Burton was fully entitled to freshen up her front bench on taking over the Labour leadership at such a tumultu-ous time for the party.

Rabbitte didn’t exactly accept the decision with good grace, opining that a combination of “age and chemistry” was a factor in his sacking.

He certainly has good reason to take stock of his electoral prospects.

Rabbitte does, after all, represent a largely working class constituency. Following their stint in Government since 2011, Labour is perceived as being about as proletariat as the Progressive Democrats.

The anti-water charges campaign has been particularly vocal in Tal-laght, as Joan Burton discovered to her cost when she ended up trapped in her car in Jobstown last November. If voters decide to exact their revenge

on Labour – as the polls suggest – there could be high profile casual-ties in left leaning constituencies like Dublin South West (Rabbitte) and Dublin West (Burton).

Pat Rabbitte seems to be feeling the pressure, which might explain his recent tirade against RTÉ when he described the national broadcaster as “recruiting sergeants” for the far left.

RTÉ (somewhat graciously, if you ask me) then allowed Rabbitte a prime slot on ‘The Saturday Night Show’ where he took credit for Joan Burton’s political elevation; some-thing along the lines that it was good for the Labour Party’s image to have women in senior positions.

It may have been a well-aimed dig at his new boss but it landed Rabbitte in hot water with the National Wom-en’s Council of Ireland.

To me, Pat Rabbitte sounds like a wounded political animal with noth-ing left to lose. My guess is that we won’t be seeing his name on the bal-lot paper in the next election.

Post politics, what does the future hold for a man of Rabbitte’s consider-able talents? Don’t be too surprised if he reinvents himself as a loquacious, opinionated media commentator on the airwaves.

And maybe if he’s a bit nicer to RTÉ, they might even offer him his own show.

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Keen to set out her stall early, Burton was fully

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Baldoyle warms up for ‘Some Like It Hot’THE musical version of ‘Some Like it Hot’ is this year’s offer-ing from the ever-popular Bal-doyle Musical Society.

The Northside group’s latest performance of one of Marilyn Monroe’s best and funniest mov-ies - also known as ‘Sugar’ - will be staged at St Mary’s School, Baldoyle, from April 21-25.

Also featuring memorable performances from Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon as Josephine and Daphne, the movie is fondly remembered and oft repeated on various movie channels.

Its appeal is enduring and the charm and comedic value are carried over into the stage show.

The story tells of the trials and tribulations of two down-on-their-luck musicians in depression-era America who accidentally witness the St Val-entine’s Day Massacre carried out by ‘Spats Palazzo’ and go on the run disguised as female mu-sicians.

Chairman of Baldoyle Musi-cal Society Richie Smith said the show has been great fun to rehearse.

“It will undoubtedly delight and entertain our audiences,” he said.

“Some shows are remem-bered for the music or the cho-reography or even the sparkling dialogue but ‘Some Like It Hot’ will be remembered for the two guys in drag and memories of Marilyn Monroe, still one of the most iconic stars in the Holly-wood firmament.”

Director and member Paul Fay is also excited ahead of the show.

“The cast have been working really hard and I’m delighted with the results,” said Mr Fay.

“The farcical elements and myriads of misunderstandings have been very difficult to re-hearse and comic timing has to be razor sharp but I have no doubt that we have it spot on and this will be a side-splitting evening for patrons.

“Of course it’s not all about the ‘Marilyn’ factor or the guys in drag.

“There is also a swinging score, great support cast and a big chorus of singers and danc-ers.”

Nicola Pollard takes on the unenviable task of Marilyn’s role of Sugar but without a doubt has the personality, and figure, to carry it off!

Anthony Ennis trades in his Panto-baddie wig for Jose-phine’s (Joe) one and Karl Hoff-man makes up the comic trio as Daphne (Jerry).

Regulars Kathryn Gibbons, Mark Smith, Pat Forde and James O’Keeffe fill the other main roles with a host of cameos and a large enthusiastic chorus making up the ensemble.

Choreographer and member Catherine McCourt had her work cut out moving so many people but has relished the challenge.

“It’s been really hard work with such a huge cast but we’ve all had great fun and I think that will come across to our audi-ences when the curtain goes back and the band strikes up,” she said.

Tickets cost only €15 and €12, and patrons are promised a great night’s entertainment

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RIGHT: Baldoyle Musical Society is staging ‘Some Like It Hot’.

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DART service frequency boost for commuters

THERE was some good news for Northside commuters last week when it was announced that there will be an increase in frequency to the DART service.

Rush hour DART trains will run every 10 minutes from

2016 to allow for the rise in the number of passengers, which has soared by 6 per cent already this year.

The service currently operates every 15 minutes during the busi-est periods of the day.

Local TD Terence Flanagan

BOOST: The DART service is to increase in frequency at peak periods from next year. FILE PHOTO ▪

ROARING SUCCESS: Pictured are members of Team Evolution from Swords. ▪

Loreto Swords students have formula for success STUDENTS at a Northside school are gearing up for the national finals of a competition this month which involves de-signing and racing a miniature Formula One car.

Team Evolution, from Loreto College, Swords, were delighted to see their hard work in re-search and preparation for their project plan pay off when they got through to the final of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge.

The national finals will take place on April 29 in Dublin Cas-tle.

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Obikoya were thrilled not only to get through the national finals but also to be announced Best Website at the event.

The international competition, which is run in Ireland, challeng-es secondary school students to design, build and race model For-mula 1™ cars powered by com-pressed air canisters.

Team Evolution will go head-to-head with teams throughout Ireland, testing the speed and engineering quality of the F1™ model car, which they have been working on since September.

Using Computer-Aided De-sign (CAD) software to model the car design specification, the team then collaborated

with Blancherdstown IT F1™ in Schools Make Centre on its con-struction.

Team Evolution learned from technician Bernard Gaffney how to use specialised manufacturing equipment to convert the team’s 3D designs into a real model car.

Team Manager Patrycja Krze-mien said the team has thor-oughly enjoyed taking part in the challenge so far and is hopeful of a strong performance in the na-tional finals.

If successful, the team will progress to the world finals in September in Singapore.

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said he was delighted to hear that passengers would not have to wait longer than 10 minutes for a train during peak times.

“Constituents have highlighted their frustration with me that they often have to wait a long time for a train to arrive, particularly during the evening commute,” he said. “It is good news that passenger numbers on the DART service have increased this year, in spite of con-tinued increases in ticket prices. “I have been campaigning for a number of years on behalf of my constituents regarding improve-ments that need to be made to the DART service.

“I hope that Irish Rail exam-ines a number of other issues with a view to making improve-ments, especially the problem of shorter trains being used at peak times, causing cramped and overcrowded conditions during the morning and evening com-mute.”

Deputy Flanagan said the an-nouncement was positive news for commuters.

“However, I am concerned that Irish Rail customers will have to wait until next year for the addi-tional services to come into op-eration,” he added.

“Passengers should not have to wait a year for this basic im-provement to be made.”

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MINISTER for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bru-ton opened a healthcare clinic in Clontarf last Friday which is creating 10 new jobs.

BodyMed, a specialised new multi-disciplinary clinic, is based at the Seapoint Building on Clon-tarf Road.

Owner and chartered physi-otherapist, Kathy Kavanagh, started a solo practice two years ago. Opening the new business is the fulfilment of her ambition to offer patients modern and com-plementary medical treatments under one roof.

“I am really excited with this new venture,” said Ms Kavanagh.

“I have received huge support for the business and I’m delight-ed to create 10 new jobs.

“It is a positive step in terms of job creation and a new health service for the area.

“We have some of the top medical and allied health experts in the country working here.”

Ms Kavanagh added: “This en-sures that all factors contribut-ing to a patient’s symptoms are addressed through our in-house

care plan.”Minister Bruton congratulated

Ms Kavanagh and her team, and said it was great news for Clon-tarf.

“BodyMed are deeply embed-

ded in the local community and work with many local clubs as well as working with top Irish athletes from around the coun-try,” he said.

Ms Kavanagh has a strong

background working with both national and international ath-letes such as the Irish Hockey teams and top rugby players. One of her team is Irish 400-metre athlete, Ciara McCallion.

Pictured at the opening of BodyMed were (from l-r): Dublin footballer Noelle Healy, owner of the new clinic Kathy Kavanagh, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton and vice captain of the Irish Women’s Rugby team Sophie Spence. PHOTO: TOMMY CLANCY

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Healthcare clinic creates 10 new jobs

Free GP care for under sixes is welcomedNEWS that children up to the age of six are to receive free GP care has been welcomed.

It follows on from the recent announcement that all those over 70 will also be entitled to free GP care.

Dublin Central TD Joe Costello (Lab) described the announce-ment as a major step forward, and said it would give peace of mind to parents of young chil-dren, and also to senior citizens.

“It will deliver huge savings for families and pensioners, and help promote health and wellbe-ing,” said Deputy Costello.

“Confirmation that an agree-ment has been reached by all sides is a major breakthrough which will make a massive differ-ence to the lives of the youngest and the oldest in our community.

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Dr James Reilly also wel-comed the news that an agree-ment has been reached between the Department of Health, the HSE and the Irish Medical Organi-sation (IMO).

“This is a concrete step to-wards improving the health and wellbeing of all our children, so that they have better outcomes and brighter futures,” he said.

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The group started off as Bel-mayne P5 Residents’ Associa-tion with the aim of trying to get

more community facilities into the area.

It comprises five local parents - Michelle McGoldrick, Amanda Sloan, Louise Farrell, Anthony Kane and Sharon Kelly.

The group organised an Easter Fun Day which included bouncy castles, face painting, egg and spoon races and an Easter egg hunt.

The Easter Bunny paid a visit too, much to the delight of the large number of children and their parents who supported the event.

Local mother and Belmayne Youth and Community Club chair-person, Michelle McGoldrick, said it was their biggest event yet, with hundreds of people from the community attending.

“We have had a couple of events at Halloween and Christ-mas but we had to have them in Balgriffin Hall as we have no com-munity premises in Belmayne,” she said.

“So having the Easter event

right in the middle of Belmayne in the park was great.

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BELMAYNE Youth and Community Club held a successful event in their area over Easter.

The Easter Bunny pictured with local boys at the event in Belmayne.▪

Local children had a great time at the Easter Fun Day in Belmayne.▪

They recently changed their name to Belmayne Youth and Community Club to better reflect their focus.

The group has been active in working with Dublin City Coun-cil’s local office to enhance com-munity facilities and supports in the area.

Local councillor Alison Gillil-and (Lab) has been working with them.

“Most families living in Bel-mayne have no back gardens,” said Cllr Gilliland.

“Therefore, there is huge need for local green play spaces and community facilities and prem-ises.

“I am actively working with the Belmayne Youth and Community Club and our local area of-fice on this issue.”

Cllr Gilliland and Belmayne Youth and Commu-nity Club are hopeful that a street play area will be set up in the near future.

“This will provide a safe space for children to run about with-in sight of their homes,” added Cllr Gilliland.

Ms McGoldrick added:

“Such a space will allow our club to plan more local activities for the many children living in Bel-mayne.

“We intend running a summer project during the school holi-days and are currently working with Crosscare with the aim of getting training and support to do this.”

The Belmayne estate was built during the Celtic Tiger boom in the area known as the Northern Fringe.

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Volunteers are needed for RNLI’s Mayday eventLOCALS are being urged to get involved in a major fundraising event for the RNLI.

‘Mayday’, the charity’s annuak national fundraiser, will take place from May 1-4.

Street collections and fundrais-ing events will be taking place in Dublin and members of the pub-lic are being asked to show their support either by volunteering to help with collections and events, or by taking part in a fundraising activity, in aid of the RNLI.

Most of the events will have a ‘welly’ theme, in a nod to the yel-low wellies – an essential piece of kit worn by the charity’s volun-teer lifeboat crewmembers.

Welly walks and welly themed cake sales are just two of the events that will be taking place.

Last year, RNLI lifeboat crews in Ireland launched 1,089 times bringing 1,414 people to safety. They are on-call 24/7 every day of the year and ready to respond to emergencies at sea.

Pauline McGann, RNLI Com-munity Fundraising Manager for Leinster, said the dedicated volunteer lifeboat crews are always ready to respond to May-day calls of those in distress at sea.

“We’re now hoping people will respond to our call, by volunteer-ing a bit of their time to help with some of the collections and events we have planned for the four days spanning the May Day bank holiday weekend, or by tak-ing part in a fundraising activity,” said Ms McGann.

“RNLI lifeboat crews are volun-

teers who are willing to give up their time and put their own lives at risk to rescue those in danger around our coastline.

“We hope people will get behind us and show their sup-port. We have some fun events planned, so hopefully people will enjoy themselves while also do-ing their bit to support this life-saving charity.”

All money raised through ‘Mayday’ will support the RNLI’s lifesaving work. It could be used to fund crew training, buy new crew kit, or contribute towards the running costs of a lifeboat station.”

Anyone interested in getting involved can sign up at www.rnli.org/Mayday, or contact Pauline McGann, email [email protected]

BOOT-IFUL FUNDRAISER: The RNLI’s ‘Mayday’ event will take place over the bank holiday weekend, May 1-4▪

Youngsters from the Portmarnock, Swords and Malahide areas cool down at High Rock, Portmarnock, during last week’s spell of hot weather. PHOTO: DARREN KINSELLA ▪

LIFE’S A BEACH Have your say on Development PlanFINGAL County Council, in consultation with the community and other stakeholders, is making a new Development Plan that will shape the future growth of the county over the next six years (2017-2023).

The first in a series of public consultation evenings will start this Tuesday (April 14) at 7pm in the Marine Hotel, Sutton (cover-ing Portmarnock/Malahide/Howth and East Fingal).

The purpose of this meeting is to invite residents to ask ques-tions and put forward ideas relating to the new plan.

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Teens produce a myth-busting filmA NATIONWIDE support group for young people who have or have had cancer, and for their broth-ers, sisters and friends, recently launched a short film/documen-tary to bust myths about their illness.

CanTeen, based at the Carmichael Centre in North Brunswick Street, made a film titled ‘Busting myths about young people and cancer’.

David Rawle and India Mullen, who star in ‘Moone Boy’ and ‘Red Rock’ respectively, attended the launch at the Irish Film Institute (IFI).

CanTeen members, in collabora-tion with Helium Arts & Children, produced the film.

Each year it is estimated that 200 children and teenagers are diag-nosed with cancer. The aim of the short film/documentary is to show how the right support can make a world of difference to a teenager who might be feeling upset and alone.

CanTeen, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, currently has over 260 members, ranging in age from 12 to 25 years.

Throughout the year, it organises

weekends away to various activity centres all over Ireland as well as trips to the UK to meet other young people with cancer.

It was founded in 1990 by a dedi-cated group of volunteers and has grown considerably over the years. It has no core funding and depends entirely on voluntary contributions.

Helium Arts is an arts and health organisation fostering a culture of

creativity within Irish healthcare for children and young people through the development of participatory arts programmes in community, pri-mary, and acute healthcare environ-ments.

Its aim is to create positive experi-ences of hospital and healthcare set-tings for young people, to support a child-centred model of healthcare through the arts, and to innovate

models of arts practice which give a creative voice to young people living with illness.

Since Helium Arts was founded in 2009, over 3,500 young people and their families have participated in its programmes.

To donate to CanTeen, text Can-Teen to 50300 and for further infor-mation, visit www.canteen.ie or join CanTeen on Facebook

OFF TO THE FLICKS: India Mullen (front, centre) and David Rawle (front, right) pictured with members of CanTeen at the launch of the new film/documentary. PHOTO: EVA POWER PHOTOGRAPHY ▪

Charity highlights support servicesA CHARITY that offers cancer support services free of charge is encouraging people to visit one of its drop-in centres to chat with trained volunteers or staff mem-bers.

ARC has two cancer support centres, both situated near centres of excellence for cancer care in Dublin.

It offers support for people affected by cancer and those who care for them, regardless of where they are based in Ireland.

Its Northside centre is based in Dublin 7 near the Mater Hospital, and the Southside centre is located in Dublin 8 close to St James’s Hospital.

The centres offer a holistic approach to the treatment of cancer that complements traditional medicine by as-sisting with people’s emotional and psychological wellbe-ing, as well as their physical battle with cancer.

Deirdre Grant, manager of ARC Cancer Support Centres, said: “We encourage people to call in to one of our drop-in centres and have a chat with our trained volunteers or staff members who will discuss the services available.

“They can also discuss any concerns and fears in confidence or meet others in similar circumstances and benefit from mutual support.

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John Wick burns out quicklyYOU don’t want to make an enemy of John Wick. You don’t want to steal his car and you definitely don’t want to hurt his dog.

The film opens at night with a man, bloodied and bruised, fall-ing out of a crashed jeep onto the cold, wet parking lot dirt.

As he lies there alone and dy-ing, he pulls out his phone to play a video of his loving wife one last time.

We then flash back some days earlier to see the events leading up to that fateful night where we learn that the wife is in fact dead, and that the man in question is none other than famed and feared hitman, John Wick.

Wick, played by Keanu Reeves, has retreated from the world and laid down his weapons following the death of his spouse, but when members of a Russian mob take a liking to his car and a dislike to him, they pick a fight with the

Joanne celebrates union election JOANNA Siewierska, from Coolock, has been elected as Deputy President to the Irish Second-level Students’ Union (ISSU).

The ISSU represents students on a national level on a range of issues from education reform to being allowed to vote at the age of 16.

Joanna (18), a student at St Mary’s Holy Faith, Killester, has been involved with the union for a year as education officer.

Over 100 students from around the country attended the ISSU agm, where they voted for the

new National Student Executive (NSE) and engaged in discussions about education reform and the future of the union.

“For the past year, the union has engaged a lot in the debate around the Junior Cycle Student Award (JCSA) reforms,” said Joanna. “As education officer I would have led that campaign for the union, and we also worked on an LGBT equality campaign and promoted voting at 16.

“This year, we’re hoping to work on membership drive, Leaving Cert reform and revers-ing the cuts to guidance coun-seling.”

Joanna Siewierska (Deputy President) pictured with the new President of the ISSU, Rob O’Donnell. ▪

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wrong guy and force Wick out of retirement.

If you’re a fan of the ‘Bourne’ and ‘Taken’ franchises, you’ll be entertained by ‘John Wick’, al-though it does lack the subtlety of those films. The kill count is enormous to the extent that even Charlton Heston and the NRA would be shocked.

In fact the only time Wick miss-

es a target is when he’s aiming at the one guy he’s actually hunt-ing down, conveniently so as the film would have ended halfway through had he been successful. There’s other silliness too like the fact that the Russian mob chief has a Swedish accent, colour sub-titles appear in the middle of the screen, and there’s a scene where Wick checks into what appears to

be a hotel exclusively for hitmen. Overall, however, it’s pretty good fun with a lot of tongue-in-cheek dialogue which is a welcome break from the full-on violence.

The sequel is already in the works so ‘John Wick’ looks set to be around for some time to come and we score this first instalment, 3 out 5 stars. Paul O’Rourke


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Something to Crowe aboutFresh from his recent visit to Dublin, Keeley Bolger talks to actor Russell Crowe about his directorial debut, ‘The Water Diviner’, out in cinemas now

RUSSELL Crowe couldn’t give a monkey’s what others think of him.

In the age of selfies, and the very real possibil-ity for A-Listers to have their mugs surreptitiously snapped and then splashed across social media, many actors would feel the need to preen for their public, both physically and in what they say.

Russell Crowe is not that man. With a full day of interviews to discuss his directorial debut ‘The Water Diviner’, in which he also stars, he is relaxed and prepared for battle in his slouchy black hoodie and jeans - a pack of cigarettes closely at hand for a crafty drag.

“I know so many actors who would freak out about going on a television show with all these grey hairs poking out,” says the 50-year-old, shrugging, “I haven’t had my eyes done or whatever. I am who I am. I’m totally comfortable in my own skin.”

Comfortable - and defiant. Earlier this year, Crowe sparked controversy when he spoke out about how growing older has changed the roles he considers, and suggest-ed his female counter-parts who find it hard to get cast shouldn’t look to play the “ingenue” forever.

He went on to name check Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep (even finding an ally in ‘The Iron Lady’ star) as shining examples of actors who have continued their success well into their 60s.

“The benefit of being an actor, one of the ben-efits, is there are always roles to play, whatever age you are,” explains Crowe, who was born in New Zealand but grew up in Australia.

“But it never gets less competitive. I think that’s where some people have a fundamental problem. If they’ve achieved a level of success, then [they think] that level of success should remain for the rest of their lives, but that’s not reality.”

He had a firm but fair approach to directing on set, insisting on giving his cast and crew proper time off to see their families, and allowing the odd pint or play on one of the Space Invaders or pinball machines he hired for them, in return for giving “their absolute best work” while they were on set.

“Success needs to be constantly nurtured, otherwise it’s a memory of success, if success is important to you,” he adds. “I’m a very ambitious b*stard and I want to be working at the highest levels of the business, and if you’re going to do that, that takes effort.”

A firm believer in graft, he clearly enjoys throw-ing his all into a project.

“Nobody hands you a damned thing in this world,” he continues. “It’s only the fact that you apply energy and effort that will give you that [success]. For me, to say what I said [about ageing], I was just turning it back onto myself, and saying it would be embarrassing pretending that I’m still some young buck.”

Granted then, Crowe, who has two sons with his estranged wife Danielle Spencer, isn’t one to

Russell Crowe, star and director of ‘The Water Diviner’. PHOTO: ABRAHAM CARO MARIN/PA PHOTOS

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Success needs to be constantly nurtured,

otherwise it’s a memory of success, if success is important to you,” he adds. “I’m a very ambitious b*stard and I want to be working at the highest levels of the business, and if you’re going to do that, that takes effort.

Nobody hands you a damned thing in this world,” he continues.

“It’s only the fact that you apply energy and effort that will

give you that success. For me, to say what I said

about ageing, I was just turning it back onto myself, and saying it would be embarrassing pretending that I’m still some young buck.

rest on his laurels. After a hugely successful career, finding glo-bal acclaim in his 30s for

his Academy Award-win-ning role in ‘Gladiator’ and Bafta win for ‘A Beautiful Mind’, he has stepped up to

direct ‘The Water Diviner’.Also starring Bond actress

Olga Kurylenko, the film is based on the true story of a

grieving Australian father who goes to Gallipoli to find out what’s

happened to his three sons, who’ve been reported missing in action in the First World War battle.

“When I’m looking for scripts as an actor, I’m looking for one that I have a visceral con-nection to; goosebumps, churning stomach, sweating brow, making notes immediately on behalf of the character, correcting dialogue,” he says with a gradual smile.

“And that was happening when I was reading the script [for ‘The Water Diviner’]. But the oth-er thing that was happening, which I’m totally unused to and has never happened before, was where I had a fundamental belief that I was the only person in the entire universe that could tell this story the way it was meant to be told.

“I wanted to be responsible for the story, and I wanted to make sure the story came across to people in the way I was reading it.”

While others might wrangle with the notion of being both director and leading man, Crowe relished the chance to get stuck in.

Working on films, he says, “you learn the things you definitely want to do; other times you learn sh*t that you don’t want to do”.

“I learned very clearly that film is a relentless pursuit, and you have to match the task with an equally relentless energy.”

And just like his well-docu-mented

passion for Leeds United and Rugby League, Crowe approaches his fame with an equal level of energy. It’s just that rather than gloat about his lot, he’s fully committed to popping the celebrity bubble.

“Twitter has got nothing to do with egotism; it’s actually got to do with simply communi-cating,” says the actor, who admits the social network is very useful in putting out his truth if he feels he’s been misquoted.

“If you’re afraid of your audience and of people, or you don’t like talking to people, that’s another thing, but I don’t have any of those fears.

“I think it’s healthy to de-glamorise what I do. I’ve always been that person that says, ‘You put me on a pedestal and I’ll find a way to torch that pedestal immediately’.”

‘The Water Diviner’ is out in cinemas now.

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who I am. I’m totally comfortable in

Comfortable - and defiant.

He went on to name check Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep (even finding an ally in ‘The Iron Lady’ star) as shining examples of actors

rest on his laurels. After a hugely successful career, finding global acclaim in his 30s for

ning role in ‘Gladiator’ and Bafta win for ‘A Beautiful Mind’, he has stepped up to

direct ‘The Water Diviner’.Also starring Bond actress

Olga Kurylenko, the film is based on the true story of a

grieving Australian father who goes to Gallipoli to find out what’s

happened to his three sons, who’ve been

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Film about Rising a big hit with schoolsWITH the centenary celebra-tions of the 1916 Rising just one year away, a film documenting the events leading up to the re-bellion is proving hugely popu-lar with schools.

‘Ireland: Birth of a Nation’, produced by Gerard McCarthy, tells the story of how Ireland went from being part of the Brit-ish Empire to becoming an inde-pendent state.

The film is narrated by Irish actor Gary Murphy and includes very rare black and white footage of the events leading up to the

Easter Rising, the rebellion itself, as well as the War of Independ-ence and Irish Civil War.

Gerard has been showing his film to primary and secondary schools since November and plans to continue doing so until the end of June.

He says the response from students and teachers has been excellent. As well as showing the 30-minute film, Gerard includes a questions and answers session after each showing.

“Many students have been recounting stories of the part played by their relatives in the

conflict,” Gerard reveals. “One had a relation who fought in the GPO; another had a relation killed by the Black and Tans.”

The film itself is highly visual, entertaining, educational and brings this important period of Irish history back to life.

It is also being translated into Irish which will be of interest to Gaelscoileanna pupils.

Teachers interested in having the film viewed by their students can get in touch with Gerard Mc-Carthy via the contact details on his website (www.irelandbirth-ofanation.com).

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Ahead of Chic’s eagerly anticipated visit to Dublin this summer, Andy Welch talks to legendary producer and musician Nile Rodgers

as there’s a new song. People don’t have the bandwidth to dis-cover something new. They’re fiddling with their phones, and then they might look up if you play something they know.”

As a result, Rodgers and Chic are locked into playing hits like ‘Good Times’, ‘Le Freak’, ‘Everybody Dance’ and ‘Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)’.

Most bands would kill for a song half as good as any of those - but it’s understandable that Rodgers might be getting slightly bored, 40 years after they were written.

“We love the fact that eve-ryone loves to hear Chic stuff and don’t tire of it, don’t get me wrong,” he says. “But we have to play an extended set now be-cause I’m getting tired of them. We have so many songs in our arsenal, but we can’t play them because we only have so much time on stage.”

If you do go to see Rodgers and Chic in Dublin this summer - and you really should if you can - you’ll hear a medley of hits by other artists, as well as Chic songs. Those hits may have been recorded by other artists, but Rodgers wrote them. He’ll often play David’s Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’; ‘He’s the Greatest Dancer’, ‘Lost in Music’ and ‘We Are Family’ by Sister Sledge; Carly Simon’s ‘Why’; or a handful of Madonna songs. All at least co-written and produced by Rodgers.

Nile Rodgers and Chic play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on July 9.

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LESS than two years since it was released, it’s already dif-ficult to imagine pop music if Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ hadn’t been released.

The song signalled the French duo’s return to music after a few years away, but as much as they - and co-writer Pharrell Williams – are present on the track, it re-ally does sound like Nile Rodgers’ baby.

His unmistakable guitar-play-ing, sitting on top of a tight

bass groove, was the foun-dation of almost all of

Chic’s recordings - in fact, it wouldn’t be outrageous to

think, had he kept the band together a bit

longer, they might’ve got around to

writ-ing ‘Get Lucky’ them-selves.

The modern dis-co song has since

spawned a string of imitators and tracks that

nod to a similar vibe. Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ would

likely not have been such a global hit without ‘Get Lucky’ paving the way; indeed, Ronson’s guitar part on that track is often mistaken for Rodgers.

Nile Rodgers has been an ac-tive musician since 1970 and was part of the biggest band

of the disco era, so the atten-tion isn’t a new thing.

“The coolest thing about ‘Get Lucky’ is that it’s given us another song to play,” says the New York-born musician who plays Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens this summer.

When we meet at his hotel room, he’s watch-ing ‘The Bourne Legacy’ on his laptop between interviews, ignoring the

Dublin bound: the legendary Nile Rodgers. PHOTO: PA Photo/Handout

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Daft Punk had a massive hit with ‘Get Lucky’ thanks to the magic touch of Nile Rodgers.

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41,000-odd unread emails in his inbox.

“What can I say, I’ve got my priorities right,” he jokes, having been caught out.

“I’ve worked with Avicii and Tensnake recently, and they have been huge records. For Tensnake, it was the first time they had been in the charts, so that was great. But if I played it [the song, ‘Love Sublime’] at a Chic show, next to ‘I’m Coming Out’, then it’s not going to stand up,” he says, re-ferring to the 1980 single he co-wrote and produced with former bandmate Bernard Edwards for Diana Ross.

“I can play ‘Get Lucky’ because that was as big a hit, like No 1 in 97 counties or something. That song really meant something all over the world.”

For 62-year-old Rodgers, choosing a set list for

his live shows is a difficult, often frus-

trating task. He says it’s hard to play much new material because audiences don’t

really go to con-certs to hear new music; they want to hear songs they love.

“When I was a kid, the defini-tion of a concert was that you went to hear music that you didn’t know, with some hits sparkled in,” he notes. “We were in the age of discovery back then; we went to a show to hear someone trying stuff out, or play their new album before it was released.

“Now, go to a show of anyone popular – and bang! The people are off to the bathroom as soon

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Remembering Elizabeth O’Farrell

Elizabeth O’Farrell was born on November 5 1883, at Number 42 City Quay, on the banks of the River Liffey. Elizabeth’s father died while she was still young, and she was forced to find employment to support her family. Her first job was working at Armstrong’s print works on Aimen’s Street.

Elizabeth was determined to play a role in the fight for Ire-land’s Freedom. In 1906, she joined Inghindhe na h-Éireann, the daughters of Ireland. She took her republican activism very seriously.

At the time Indghindhe were leading a campaign to encourage citizens to ‘Buy Irish Goods’.

Elizabeth led by example and was well known for wearing Irish tweed and for refusing to wear clothes that were not made in Ireland.

Through her involvement with Inghindhe, Elizabeth met her life-long friend Julia Grenan and the two women became inseparable.

In 1914, on the formation of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth, Ju-lia and their comrades from In-dghindhe merged with the new organisation.

Elizabeth, who had always wanted to be a nurse, began to train in first aid under Dr Kath-leen Lynn.

However, she refused to con-fine her service to Ireland to the role of a nurse and she also trained in the use of arms under Countess Markievicz.

In the lead up to the 1916 Ris-ing, Elizabeth was appointed as a dispatch carrier by the Military Council. With the Rising post-poned for 24 hours, the republi-can leadership sent Elizabeth to

Athenry, County Galway, where Liam Mellows was in command, to ensure his forces were in-formed of the change of date.

Once back in Dublin, Elizabeth was attached to the Irish Citizen Army and served in the GPO.

One of Elizabeth’s first duties was to bring ‘War News’, an im-portant newssheet drafted by Pádraig Pearse, to the printers.

Later in the week, Elizabeth and Julia volunteered to bring much need ammunition to the rebel force in the College of Sur-geons.

Volunteering for this danger-ous mission won Elizabeth and Julia the respect of their com-rades.

On Easter Thursday, the Re-publican position in the GPO be-gan to become untenable.

Pádraig Pearse ordered the women in the garrison to go home. Three women refused to comply with the order, Elizabeth O’Farrell, Julia Grenan and Wini-fred Carney.

On Friday evening, Elizabeth, Julia and Winifred, along with Pearse and Connolly, were the

last to leave the GPO.Elizabeth took part in the last

stand of the republican Govern-ment in Moore Street, where she tended to the injured James Con-nolly.

Like her fellow rebels Elizabeth hoped the Garrision would be able to escape to the Four Courts to continue the fight. However, that wasn’t to be.

Having witnessed an innocent family being cut down by the British, Pearse gave the order to surrender. Someone now needed to approach the British lines. Re-membering Elizabeth’s bravery throughout the week, Pearse im-mediately appointed her to the task.

Carrying a white flag, Elizabeth left Moore Terrace and walked to-wards the British barricades.

The British fired on her, but she continued to walk towards them. At the barricade Elizabeth defiantly told the British officers that the President of the Irish Republic would like to treat for terms.

The Rising was effectively over. In its aftermath, a photograph of

Pearse’s surrender emerged as an iconic image of the Rising. Elizabeth O’Farrell is standing by his side.

Over the years, Elizabeth’s feet have been airbrushed out of the picture, masking the revolution-

ary role played by women in the Rising.

As we approach the centenary of the 1916 Rising it is important that women such as Elizabeth O’Farrell and her comrades are celebrated with pride.

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Polish community in referendum callREPRESENTATIVES of the Polish community have pub-lished an open letter to the people of Ireland asking them to vote YES in the marriage referendum on May 22.

The letter was formally an-nounced at the Dail in the pres-ence of Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and local Senator Averil Power (FF).

Minister Ó Ríordáin said May 22 will be a truly historic day for Ireland.

“I hope that the Irish people will extend to same-sex couples the human right to marry the person they love,” he said.

“I am also very happy to see the Polish community being ac-tive in supporting equality.

“It is great that they want to take part in a discussion about the future of our country.”

Piotr Gawlik, chair of Dialogue & Diversity, and an initiator in publishing the letter, believes a Yes vote in the referendum will create a more equal and fair so-ciety in Ireland.

“It will also send a powerful message of hope to countries where LGBT rights are neglect-ed,” said Mr Gawlik. “This refer-endum will also decide about fu-ture and civil right of Polish gays and lesbians who made Ireland their home.

“As the biggest national mi-nority group we can’t stay silent. This is a matter of basic equality and human rights.”

According to the last census,

Senator Averil Power (FF) and Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (centre), pictured with members of the Polish community outside the Dail with the letter. PHOTO: WLODZIMIERZ ZAWORSKI

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Tidy Towns group thanks local workerTIDY TOWNS Malahide has thanked one of its stalwarts, Janette Cooney, who is leaving for pastures new.

Janette, from Darndale, spent four years with the Malahide team as a ‘Community Employ-ment’ worker.

Gerry Rafferty, chairman of Tidy Towns Malahide, praised Janette for her hard work and dedication.

“Many people will recognise Janette from working in Mala-

hide village where for the past four years she has been paint-ing, planting and litter picking,” he said.

“There was no job Janette wouldn’t tackle and the results are visible all around Malahide.

“She will be leaving Tidy Town’s Malahide in mid April and will be missed.”

Mr Rafferty added: “We would like to take this opportunity to thank Janette for all her hard work and wish her all the best for the future.”

PRAISE: Janette Cooney played a big part in the Tidy Towns Malahide success. ▪

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The innovative maths initia-tive has seen 12,000 students throughout Ireland clocking over three million minutes competing and learning maths on the free online learning platform, the Khan Academy.

The Leinster provincial final promises to be intense as students, some of whom have spent over 5,000 minutes competing online since the challenge opened in January, vie for a place in the National Final in DCU on May 2.

Over €20,000 in prizes and the title of MATHletes Chal-lenge All-Ireland Champion will be up for grabs.

Supported by the Depart-ment of Education, the MATH-letes Challenge is a free online and in-person maths tourna-ment for students in Ireland from 4th Class to 5th Year.

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“We celebrate our achieve-ments and successes, share hap-piness and find friendship and love here.”

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You may qualify for the VTOS scheme if you are aged 21-years or over and you are:

• Getting Jobseeker’s Benefit or Job-seeker’s Allowance or signing for credits for at least six months or

• Getting One-Parent Family Payment, Disability Allowance, One-Parent Family Payment, Disability Allowance, Illness Benefit, or Invalidity Pension for at least six months or

• Getting Blind Pension, Deserted

Wife’s Allowance/Benefit, Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Non-Contributory Pension or Prison-er’s Wife’s Allowance for at least six months (conditions may apply in the case of these payments) or

• A dependent spouse, civil partner or cohabitant of an eligible person. Periods spent on FÁS training courses, Community Employment Schemes, Job Initiative, Youthreach programmes and time in prison can count towards the qualifying period.If you are claiming Illness Benefit, you

should contact your local social welfare office about exemption/entitlement to continuation of your Illness Benefit pay-ment.

How to apply:You can participate in the VTOS

scheme in one of the following ways. You can be either:

• A core VTOS student attending a VTOS centre or adult education centre or

• A dispersed VTOS student, usually

attending a Post-Leaving Certificate course in a further education college.

•Northside Citizens’ Information Service, which provides a free and confidential service to the public,

compiles the Know Your Rights col-umn. The centre is based at Bunratty Road, Coolock. Phone 0761 07 8190. Information is also available online at citizensinformation.ie and National Helpline @ 0761 07 4000.

VTOS gives participants opportunities to improve their general level of education, develop their skills and prepare for employment. ▪

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ARTANESHOW: John Fagan is appearing in the Ardlea Inn on Thursday, April 23 at 8.30pm. ‘A Trip Down Memory Lane’ will feature the songs of Dean Martin, Perry Como and Frank Sinatra. The event is being held in aid of the St Francis Parish Centre building fund in Priorswood. Admission is €5 on the night. All are welcome.

CHOIR: A church choir, based at St John Vianney, Ardlea Road, Artane, requires new members, both male and female. Contact Martin on 01-8316168 for more information.

EAST WALLTHEATRE: Dry Ice Theatre presents RAW Part II, a festival of new writing by the final year Colaiste Dhulaigh Perform-ing Arts students. The festival takes place at the Sean O’Casey Theatre, East Wall, from April 13-18 at 7.30pm. Tickets cost €10 (€8 concession). A great night of theatre is promised.

BALDOYLECOUNTRY MUSIC: Baldoyle Community Hall is hosting a country music and line dancing night, in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland, on Sunday, April 19 from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Colm Donnelly is pro-viding the music. Fancy dress is optional with a prize for the best. Tickets cost €10 and a FREE glass of wine is included. Raffle tickets cost €2 or five for €5. For more information, contact James McFadden on

085-7487852 or Baldoyle Com-munity Hall on 01-8395338.

SOME LIKE IT HOT: Baldoyle Musical Society is staging the musical comedy ‘Sugar’, based on the classic movie ‘Some Like It Hot’ from April 21-25 at 8pm in St Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle. Tickets are priced at €15 for adults and €12 for chil-dren and OAPs. Group discounts are available. To book, please call 085 1378329 or visit www.baldoylemusicalsociety.ie.

GOLF: Elphin Men’s Golf Society, Baldoyle, is open for membership, all levels wel-come. For details call Freddy on 086-8799221 or Tom on 087-2861015.

CLONTARF TALK: Clontarf Gardening Society will host a talk and practical demonstration, ‘Planting Con-tainers’, by Jackie Flood, in the community centre to the rear of St John The Baptist Church, Seafield Road, on Thursday April 30 at 8pm. Admission for mem-bers is €3 and €5 for non-mem-bers. Refreshments included. All are welcome.

DRUMCONDRA QUIZ NIGHT: Ierne Pitch & Putt Club is holding a quiz night on Friday, April 17, starting at 8.30pm in their clubhouse at Gracepark Road, Drumcondra (Tolka Park end). Entry is €10 per person, tables of four. All are welcome.

RAHENYTABLE QUIZ: The Parents’ Asso-ciation at Manor House School, Raheny, is holding a table quiz on Thursday, April 23 at 8pm in Raheny GAA Club to raise funds to renovate and update the school library. The cost is €10 per person. Maximum of six peo-ple per table. Great raffle prizes on the night.

VOLUNTEERS: Foróige is cur-rently recruiting volunteers to get involved in a new youth initiative for young people in the Raheny area. Volunteers should be aged 18 and over and have an interest in work-ing with young people and helping them develop their skills and talents. Contact Bryan Gavin 086-8519639 or [email protected] for more details.

SUTTONPUBLIC MEETING: Fine Gael local

area representative Stephanie Regan is chairing a meeting on ‘Childcare’ at the Marine Hotel, Sutton, on Wednesday, April 15 at 7.30pm. The speakers will be Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD and Camille Loftus, special advisor to Minister for Children & Youth Af-fairs. At this meeting the ration-ale and basis for various policy proposals will be presented and discussed.

KILLESTERTALK: The Irish Fuchsia & Pel-argonium Society is holding a talk entitled ‘A Secret Seaside Garden – A Labour of Love’ by John Terry on Thursday, April 16 at 8pm in St Brigid’s Resource Centre, Howth Road, Killester. Admission is €3 and everyone is welcome.

PLAY: Riverside Drama Circle presents ‘After Easter’ - written by Anne Devlin and directed by Kevin Jones – at St Brigid’s Boys’ National School, Killester, on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri-day, April 15, 16 and 17, at 8pm. Admission is €10 and €8 each for a group of 10 or more. Contact Nellie on 01-8476807, or email [email protected]. Also, check out Facebook: Riverside-Drama-Circle or visit www.riversidedramacircle

COOLOCKQUIZ NIGHT: DCU Mercy Bas-ketball Club is holding a quiz night on Saturday, April 16 at 8pm in Parnell’s GAA Club, Coolock. The cost is €10 per person.

SWORDSPARENT EVENING: Anam Cara, an organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding its monthly Parent Evening on Wednesday, April 15 from 7.30pm to 9pm at Applewood Community Centre, Castleview Lawn/Bunbury Gate Road,

Swords. Anam Cara Services are available free of charge to all bereaved parents. For further information, phone 01-4045378, visit www.anamcara.ie or email [email protected]

AWARE MEETINGS: Aware’s North Dublin support group for individuals with experi-ence of depression meets every Wednesday at 7.30pm in Dominican College, Griffith Avenue. Support groups also meet in Swords and Lower Abbey Street. Aware support groups are free of charge, and can help attendees to learn more about their condition as well as coping skills to help minimise its impact on their life. For more information call Katy on 087-6462079 or visit www.aware.ie

DONAGHMEDENEW MEMBERS: St Benedict’s Photographic Club is seeking new members, male and female. Age profile: 50 plus. The club is based in TARGET, St Kevin’s School, Donaghmede, and meet Mondays and Fridays from 10am to 3.30pm. Improve your Photography and Photoshop skills. For further information, please contact Paddy Cruise at 087-6780889 or 01-8325599.

COUNSELLING: TARGET Coun-selling Service, based at Holy Trinity School Donaghmede, offers confidential one-to-one non-directive counselling. Appointments are avail-able from Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 1.30pm and 5pm to 9pm. Phone 01-8670279 for more information. Childcare is available for Monday to Friday mornings. Appointment only by arrangement with recep-tionist.

CITYWIDERELATIVES of 1916: Do you have

a relative or know someone who has a relative who took part in the events surrounding 1916. If so, you are asked to contact ‘The 1916 Relatives’ Association’. This non-political group repre-sents families whose relations fought in the 1916 uprising and includes the signatories of the Proclamation. Email 1916 [email protected] for more information.

MINI MARATHON: The Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) is hoping to have its largest team ever taking part in the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon this June. It is appealing to women to register for the 10k event and select IWA as their charity of choice for 2015. Contact the IWA Angel team on 01-8186469 or email [email protected] for further information.

PORTMARNOCKSCHOOL REUNION: Did you grad-uate in 1985 from Portmarnock Community School? The Class of 1985 Reunion will take place at the Oasis Bar, White Sands Hotel, on Saturday, June 27 at 8pm. Join the Facebook group: Portamrnock cs 1985 reunion.

SANTRYWOODTURNING: The East Central Chapter of the Irish Woodturners’ Guild extends a welcome to anyone interested in finding out more about this popular craft. The group meet monthly at a venue on Lorcan Avenue, Santry, where demon-strations of woodturning are given by noted turners. If you would like to know more about the group’s activities, you can attend one of its meetings as a visitor, free of charge. For more information, phone Chris Hayes on 01-8422525 or visit www.eastcentralchapter.com

AIB, sponsors of the GAA and Camogie Club Championships (‘The toughest of them all’), recently presented training equipment to representatives from the 2014 AIB Dublin club Junior Hurling, camogie and Football champions. Pictured (from l-r) were Robert Stokes, Junior Football representative, Clontarf, Kate Fitzsimons of Thomas Davis, John Cotter, branch manager AIB, Capel Street, and Alan Moore, St Vincent’s.

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Hilton Ireland recently invited its 2014 charity partner, Heart Children Ireland (HCI), to Conrad Dublin and presented them with a cheque for €21,663.17. The money will help towards supporting children with congenital heart defects. Pictured at the cheque presentation were (from l-r): Margaret Rogers, chief executive of HCI; Chris Douglas, general manager, Hilton Dublin Airport; Martin Mangan, general manager, Conrad Dublin; Emma Monahan, senior HR officer, Hilton Ireland; David Monks, general manager, Doubletree; Anne-Marie Burns, deputy manager, Hilton Dublin, Charlemont Place; Yvonne Brady, area HR director, Hilton Ireland; and Brenda Mohan, HCI.

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Hypnotherapy gets very positive results STEPHEN Travers has person-ally trained and worked with Paul McKenna so you can be as-sured you are getting the best treatments that are available in the field of hypnotherapy.

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Bowel cancer most viewed on websiteBOWEL Cancer is the most vis-ited area on the Irish Cancer Society’s website (www.cancer.ie).

According to the ICS, in 2014 there were almost 80,000 visits to the bowel cancer information pages, second only to the homep-age and accounting for almost eight per cent of the traffic to the website last year.

Visitor numbers to the main bowel cancer signs and symp-toms page were significantly higher than similar pages for other cancers.

The total number of visitors to the signs and symptoms page

for bowel cancer was over three times the number of visitors to the prostate cancer pages (25,000) and four times the number of visitors to the breast cancer pages (20,000) in the same time period. Top key words included bowel cancer, colon cancer, bowel cancer signs, colon cancer symptoms, bowel move-ment and bleeding anus.

Each year approximately 2,400 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in Ireland.

It is the second most com-mon cause of cancer death and approximately 1,000 people die from it.

Raise some dough for Temple Steet HospitalTESCO is calling on customers across North Dublin to support the Great Irish Bake in their lo-cal store on April 17 and help raise much needed dough for Temple Street Children’s Hos-pital

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Establishing a good doggie relationshipWE ALL enjoy spending time with our dogs, but problems can arise if they become too dependent on human atten-tion and get it ‘on tap’ when they’re with us.

You can spend as much time as you like interacting with your dog, but if you want a well be-haved and calm pet there are a few simple rules that need to be followed.

Start all interactions. You decide when you want to talk, pet or play– remember you are rewarding whatever your dog is doing at the time.

Unless you want a dog that jumps up or nudges your elbow, ignore these behaviours. Instead teach your dog that sitting qui-etly is the best way to get your attention!

Initiate interactions whenever you like, except for when your dog is demanding attention.

Don’t talk, pet, play or even look at your dog if he or she

demands attention from you. But don’t just ignore your dog – remember that it is just as im-portant to teach him or her what does work to get your attention.

You also need to show that it’s you who finishes all interactions. You decide when you want to stop talking, petting or playing.

Give a signal that you wish to stop: say a word such as ‘fin-ish’ or ‘enough’, and then ignore them until they settle down. Al-ways use the same word so your dog learns its meaning.

When you come home, only say hello if your dog is quiet. If your dog is excited or greets you

over enthusiastically, ignore him or her until he or she settles and then say hello.

If your dog is worried about something and you always re-spond by giving attention, they may become anxious when left alone. Not giving your dog atten-tion ‘on tap’ whenever they ask for it will help ensure that your dog is confident on their own when you are not ‘available’ to give reassurance.

Train your dog from an early age to behave well using re-wards. Training using rewards will help them learn to behave appropriately and make them

easier to control. Good training can enhance a dog’s quality of life and your relationship with them.

Never shout at or punish your dog. Your dog is very unlikely to understand and can become more nervous or scared. If your dog’s behaviour becomes an ongoing problem, seek expert advice.

By following these guidelines you can make sure all interac-tions with your dog are positive and consistent. At the same time this helps ensure that your dog doesn’t become too dependent on you.

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ISPCA seeks runners for mini marathonTHE Irish Society for the Pre-vention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is asking women who love animals to join ISPCA inspectors Karen Lyons and Elaine Whyte on their 10k marathon challenge, taking place on June Bank Holiday Monday.

The women of Ireland are be-ing urged dust off their runners and join Team ISPCA to walk, run, jog or crawl to help give animals a voice and a second chance of a happy home.

“With over 21,000 calls for help made to the ISPCA Nation-al Animal Cruelty Helpline last year, we have been busier than ever helping so many vulnerable animals,” said Elaine Whyte.

Animal neglect is one of the biggest problems ISPCA inspec-tors encounter so support is

vital to enable the inspectors to continue their work rescuing animals.

“We understand times are fi-nancially very difficult and we are very grateful for the efforts people go to in raising funds for the ISPCA,” added Karen Lyons.

“Even a small amount of fun-draising makes a big difference to the work we do and so many animals in our care will benefit from supporting events like the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon”.

Team ISPCA will be out in force for the mini marathon on Monday, June 1. You can register for a race number online at vhi-womensminimarathon.ie/ and then order an ISPCA marathon pack on www.ispca.ie.

The closing date for registra-tion is Friday, April 17, or when the maximum number of 40,000 entries has been received.

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Dogs Trust is based in Finglas, just off Exit 5 on the M50. Map and directions can be found on their website at www.dogstrust.ie. You can also pop up for a visit. Dogs Trust is open six days a week from 12-4pm. The centre is closed all day Tuesday. You can also find Dogs Trust on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dogstrustireland or Twitter @DogsTrust_IE.

Dublin People Newspaper Group has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs.

The Dog of the Week is Tighe, a five-year-old male crossbreed. What a handsome young man Tighe is!

Sadly, he is really struggling living in a kennel environment so Dogs Trust hopes to find him his forever home really soon. He would love his adopters to be active and to have a real interest in developing his basic training and socialisation skills.

All his Dogs Trust carers think he will make a perfect house pet for the right family. For more information call Dogs Trust on 01-8791000 or pop into the centre.

Dogs Trust is a registered charity entirely dependent on volun-tary donations to carry out their important work. A visit to their rehoming centre in Finglas will give you a good overview of what they do. It’s also a great opportunity to meet all the lovely dogs seeking loving, caring homes.

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How to crate trainWe advise our customers to use the following guidelines when crate training your puppy or dog. When followed correctly a puppy or older dog can learn to love and feel secure in their crate.

What you need:Correct size crate, treats, dog chew toys, a lead, lots of time and patience for successful crate training.

Guidelines:The crate is never to be used in a negative manner! This simply means that the crate is never used when punishing the dog for an unwanted behaviour, nor is it to be used as a place to put a dog that maybe in the way of its owner or getting on its owners nerves.Make the crate a fun place to be (positive association). Start by assembling the crate in a room where the family spend most of their time such as the kitchen or living room. Place a warm bed inside the crate. Place some of the dog’s or puppy’s toys within the crate.

Please Remember:Crate training may take one day or one week, every dog is different, it is important not to rush the process.

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Clodagh Bury leads the way with Slim 4 Life

“ I have been to every slim-ming organisation and Slim 4 Life is by far the best. The per-sonal touch that Clodagh gives is amazing. She is always there for her members and I feel special at my group as I’m not just another number.” Patricia, Coolock club

MY name is Clodagh. I have been involved in the Slimming Business for 12 years.

I always felt it was expensive to join slimming organisations and I also felt they were very im-personal and I was just another number.

My vision was to be part of a 100 per cent Irish company owned and run as my own. With my experience and that of fellow directors, I decided to open my own company and called it Slim 4 Life. I wanted to be personally involved with each member and to have the hands-on approach, and I wanted a no gimmick pro-gramme for men and women that our clients could use on a ongoing basis so I chose the Food Pyramid from the HSE.

It brings our eating habits back to healthy eating, discover-ing foods and tastes that are very satisifying.

At our clubs we weigh once a week and measure once a month. Each member receives a copy of the new Food Pyramid with start-er pack which is for adults and children over five-years –of-age.

We also have a 20-minute mo-tivational talk on a different topic every week. We send a motiva-tional text to our members each

week and also two FREE recipes. It is only €6 per week, €6 joining fee and no missed week fee. All are welcome.

What our members say:“Slim 4 Life is a no nonsense approach to losing weight.” DM, Artane group

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Good news about implants for nervous dental patientsMANY people would like to have implants but are apprehensive about the surgical procedure involved.

This is a shame because it is definitely the ultimate procedure available for not only replacing missing teeth but for also retain-

ing the jawbone and therefore, the shape of one’s face.

They are, of course, through the various clip-on systems, in-valuable for securely retaining dentures and make loose lower dentures a thing of the past.

The good news for those ap-prehensive patients who may be

Fitness guru Karl Henry pictured with some members of Team Irish Cancer Society, Liz Brohoon, Gemma Connolly, Orla Stafford, Maebh Hanratty, Caitriona Munn, Georgina Ryan and Gillian Neary as he pushes them to their limits ahead of the VHI Mini Marathon. PHOTO: ANDRES POVEDA

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Irish Cancer Society seeks Mini Marathon participants AS the countdown continues for the VHI Mini Marathon, the Irish Cancer Society is calling on Northside women to join its team and help provide vital cancer services.

The event, which takes place on Monday, June 1, will see over 40,000 women walk, jog and run the 10-kilometre route across Dublin city.

Those joining Team Irish Can-cer Society for the marathon will be supporting the ICS’s services including the National Cancer Helpline.

The Helpline (Freefone 1800 200 700) responded to 30,531 in-teractions last year from people concerned about cancer.

They received 3,999 calls from people in Dublin looking for sup-port.

The Helpline is staffed by spe-cialised cancer nurses who are on hand to offer calls or respond on-line to anyone concerned about cancer.

They support cancer patients looking for information and sup-port, family members of those di-agnosed, members of the public concerned about cancer as well as those bereaved by cancer.

The Helpline is a key compo-nent of the Society’s fight against cancer and is accredited by the Helpline Standard UK which is an internationally recognised ‘stamp of approval’, ensures all calls are dealt with by adequately and appropriately trained staff, op-erating under strict policies and procedures which are measured and monitored by an external ob-jective body.

With over 33,000 people diag-nosed with cancer in Ireland each year, the services of the Irish Cancer Society are in demand.

The Society is the National Cancer Charity providing cancer information, support and nursing care to cancer patients and their families. Aside from supporting patients at every stage of their journey, the Society is also the

leading voluntary funder of can-cer research in Ireland, working to find better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer.

Kate O’Reilly, National Cam-paigns Officer at the Irish Cancer Society, said: “The VHI Mini Mar-athon is always a fantastic day out and it’s amazing to see all our runners and walkers in yellow t-shirts joining with us in the fight against cancer.

“We will have a fantastic day lined up for our supporters with refreshments on offer near the finish line and a party to cel-ebrate their wonderful achieve-ment.”

The Irish Cancer Society’s Get Active programme also includes other events which may be of in-terest to other adventure seekers including treks, fun runs, mara-thons and adventure runs.

To join team Irish Cancer Soci-ety and Get Active in 2015: Call-Save: 1850 60 60 60, Email: [email protected] or Visit: www.cancer.ie/getactive .

Pictured at the recent open day to mark Lymphoedema Awareness Month (March), in the Ashling Hotel, were Tara Byrne, from Portrane, and Jean McCracken from Banbridge, who live with Lymphoedema and are members of the Plurabelle Paddlers Dragonboat Club based in Grand Canal Dock. Lymphoedema Ireland is calling on the HSE to publish a report, initiated two years ago, on lack of services available for the 15,000 suffers of Lymphoedema in Ireland. Lymphoedema is a swelling that develops as a result of an impaired lymphatic system. Visit www.lymphireland.com for more information. PHOTO: MARC O’SULLIVAN

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a little squeamish about the sur-gery involved is that a new mo-dality for the Memory Invasive Implantation Insertion (MIMI) is available with the Champion Implant System from Germany (www.mimi-info.com).

Using this technique, the scal-pel stays in the drawer and no su-tures are required. Obviously the implant is still inserted into the bone but unlike teeth there are very few nerves in it, and there-fore, the procedure will be totally comfortable and easy.

For further expert information, contact dental surgeon Liam O Droma, who is based on Harbour Road, Howth.

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BOOK OF THE WEEK: ‘Arnhem on the Horizon’ by David Pasley‘ARNHEM on the Horizon’ is the true story of Johnny Weth-erall, a WWII veteran from Oxford who later settled in Deansgrange, Co Dublin.

Johnny enlisted in the army at the end of 1942, just before his 18th birth-day, and began his training as an infantryman in early 1943. Later that year he spotted a notice calling for volunteers for the Glider Pilot Regiment.

This was a unique and elite unit of army pilots who would be expected to fly unpow-ered aircraft and lift troops and equipment behind enemy lines to engage with German forces.

After making it through stringent selec-tion procedures and some of the toughest training the forces had to offer, he was posted to F Squadron of the Glider Pilot Regiment.

Following D-Day in 1944, Johnny and his squadron prepared for numerous opera-tions, only to have them cancelled at the last minute as ground forces quickly progressed across France and Belgium.

But in September 1944, Johnny would have his chance to see action for the first time as part of ‘Operation Market Garden’. This was an ambitious operation made famous by the book and film ‘A Bridge Too Far’ and, if successful, could bring the war to an end by Christmas of 1944. However, it was not to be.

After landing his glider a few miles from the Dutch town of Arnhem, Johnny became involved in heavy fighting against German forces which were much stronger than anticipated by Allied intelligence.

After four days of fighting he was

wounded and taken as a pris-oner of war.

Following the battle he

was inter-rogated and

spent the next few months being

moved around prison camps throughout Europe. It was not until the end of April 1945 that Johnny had the opportunity to make his escape from his captors. Using a stolen German Army vehicle he made his way across Southern Germany and fol-lowing a chance meeting with a US Air Force general, secured a flight back to England.

The book recalls this journey which saw Johnny travel over 2,500 miles through the Netherlands, Germany, present day Poland, Czechoslova-kia, Austria and Belgium. It has been pieced together using letters and accounts from Johnny and fellow pilots from his squadron, and is combined with an overview of wider events of the time to tell the real story of

what these men went through.Arnhem on the Horizon is currently avail-

able on Amazon UK in hard cover and Kindle editions and is also available in selected bookshops.

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DAVID Pasley is the grandson of Johnny Wetherall and he has been involved in research about ‘Operation Market Gar-den’ and the Glider Pilot Regiment for a number of years. He is currently an administrator and contributor to the Bridges to Arnhem Research Group. ‘Arnhem on the Horizon’ is his first book and is part of a wider project to record the per-sonal stories of Market Garden veterans.

Author continues Henrietta’s journey‘HENRIETTA the Singing Hen: Part 2’ follows one bird’s ad-ventures as she tries to escape her enemy’s clutches.

Author Bernadette Sampson once owned a snow white hen which disappeared in the night. She and her mother believed that the fox ate her. Drawing in-spiration from this, she weaves a captivating story about Hen-rietta the hen. In ‘Henrietta the Singing Hen: Part 2’, she contin-ues the adventures of her ador-able character.

This book reveals the sec-ond part of Henrietta’s journey where she is kindly taken in by a lovely housewife, after having injured her leg while trying to fly away from Nashers the fox.

However, this is about to change when the housewife’s husband comes home and finds Henrietta enjoying the luxuries of their country house. He throws her into the chicken coop.

There she meets Freda the hen who starts to bully her.

Luckily for Henrietta, she meets like-minded hens who are also into music and they start a band. But then Nashers and his gang catch up with Henrietta and he is determined that this time she will be his main course. He will not let her sing for her supper either. How will Henrietta get away from danger and keep the other hens safe?

In her world where bullying is prevalent and survival is a ne-cessity, Henrietta is determined to achieve her ambition of form-ing a band regardless of who believes in her. This fascinating character teaches young readers about the importance of courage and perseverance.

“It will appeal to children from four to six years of age,” Sampson says. “The illustrations are really good and colorful and the story will appeal to read-ers because it is humorous and has a theme running through it — that Henrietta can conquer her dreams if she believes in herself.”

New book offers an insight into a tragic problemLIBERTIES Press have just pub-lished a new non-fiction title, ‘Suicide: A Modern Obsession’, written by Dr Patrick Devitt, a consultant psychiatrist and Derek Beattie, a social re-searcher.

This fascinating and thought-provoking book furnishes the reader with a significant glimpse into the phenomenon of suicide, both internationally and in Ire-land.

The authors delve into the is-sue of suicide as

an ‘obses-sion’, sug-gesting that our Govern-ment needs to adopt a calm approach to the occurance of suicide, fo-cusing instead on the prob-lems that lead to suicide and practical solu-tions to combat these.

Querying the concern of re-cent heightened media coverage on suicide, the authors present the evidence of a direct co-re-lation between increased media

coverage on suicide and a raised national suicide rate, specifically in regards to instances of ‘copy-cat’ suicides.

They also discuss the issue of alcohol and suicide, particularily within males: suicide is leading cause of death in males in ireland between the ages of 15-24, with these figures heavily connected to the level of alcohol intake.

The WHO reports that 22 per cent of suicides wouldn’t happen without alcohol.

In 2012, Ireland’s then Minis-ter for Health, Dr James Reilly, described suicide as “a tragedy that we are constantly working to prevent”. Ireland has a national suicide prevention strategy, but does the evidence support its initiatives? ‘Suicide: A Modern Obsession’ examines some of the more controversial questions surrounding suicide internation-ally and in Ireland.

‘Suicide: A Modern Obsession’ offers a wide-ranging review and analysis of historical and scientif-ic research on the topic of suicide. The authors Derek Beattie and Dr Patrick Devitt take an unflinching and often chillingly, rational look at the questions above and many

others.Derek Beattie is a social re-

searcher based in Dublin. He has worked in a variety of research, policy and regulatory agencies in the mental health and disability sectors.

Dr Patrick Devitt is a consult-ant psychiatrist in Dublin. His main interests are in community psychiatry, occupational psychia-try and psychiatric ethics. In his professional career, he has dealt with the misery and hardship of suicide from the viewpoints of suicidal patients and their fami-lies, as well as professional staff.

When launching the book, Derek Beattie said: “It’s appropri-ate that we look on the issue of suicide with compassion, but that we don’t abandon our critical thinking skills. The vast majority of suicides are irrational acts.

“In this book we’ve tried to cor-rect a lot of people’s perceptions, while getting a positive message across. Hopefully we’ve started a debate.”

Contributions to ‘Suicide: A Modern Obsession’ include those by Joan Freeman, CEO of Pieta House, the Suicide and Self-Harm Crisis Centre.

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AFTER months of hemming and haw-ing you’ve finally decided to go for it and embark on your first solo trip.

Exciting times ahead, but whether it’s for a weekend or a year, travelling solo takes courage and you need to be as pre-pared as possible.

These tips for solo travellers from Tropical Medical Bureau (TMB) will get you ready for your adventure and help you feel at ease.

PlAn youR TRiP:While you may want to adjust your

itinerary slightly depending on who you meet or where takes your fancy, it is al-ways advisable to think ahead.

This will leave you with plenty of time to focus on the important stuff when your trip kicks off - meeting new people,

embracing the local culture and making everyone at home mad with jealousy. So how do you do this?

MEET oThER TRAvEllERs:Make an effort to meet like-minded

people while you travel and you’ll be too busy having fun to think about what everyone is up to back home. Staying in hostels is a sure-fire way to meet fellow solo travellers.

DiscovER nEw hobbiEs:Travelling solo gives you the oppor-

tunity to relinquish old interests and discover new ones. Outside of the 9-5 routine you’ll have plenty of time to fo-cus on yourself and the things that make you happy. Signing up to group activities is effectively killing two birds with one stone - you meet fellow travellers while also focusing on your favourite pastime.

Focus on ThE PRAcTicAliTiEs:Make sure you have all of the vac-

cinations you require for your destina-tion of choice. Nasty illnesses such as diphtheria, rabies and typhoid are more commonplace than you’d think and your chances of catching these are much, much higher if you don’t get your vacci-nations. While you’re at it, get yourself decent travel insurance that covers all of the length of your trip, countries you will be visiting and any specific activities you might end up doing.

sTAy connEcTED:These days it’s easy to stay connected

with friends and family all around the globe.

Record your trip on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so loved ones at home can have a real insight into your every-day life on the road.

hElP is AT hAnD:Wherever your travels take you, you

can rest assured that help is always at hand with the TMB 24/7 hotline. All TMB clients can contact a member of staff at any time of the day or night, wherever in the world they may be, ensuring that you are always protected.

Whether you’re heading for the tropi-cal islands of Thailand or interrailing your way across Europe, these useful tips will help to take the edge off your solo adventure. As clichéd as it sounds, travelling on your own will work wonders for your self-confidence.

For further information on vaccina-tions or to book an appointment, contact the Tropical Medical Bureau on 1850-487674 or visit www.tmb.ie

Let’s Split for a weekend of Croatian culture and funBy Kate Hopcraft

i’ve never visited croatia but hear great things from sev-eral friends. i’m considering a trip with my wife this sum-mer. where exactly would

you recommend we visit. i hear that split is pretty good.

Croatia is a spectacular coun-try with sweeping mountain ranges, white beaches on the shimmering Adriatic Sea and

bustling traditional cities.Split – Croatia’s second biggest city – is

a great destination and is the largest on the Adriatic coast. It offers everything that epitomises the best of Croatian cul-ture and history and is a fantastic city that beautifully contrasts the old and new.

Split is steeped in Roman history and visitors must see the Roman Emperor Di-ocletian’s Palace. It’s a truly spectacular piece of architecture that is best viewed from the Peristyle – the open space in the middle surrounded by a colonnade of six large columns either side of a beauti-

ful arch. Another great site from the same era

is the Cathedral of St Domnius, which is a noticeable feature of the Split skyline. Originally built as a mausoleum for Em-peror Diocletian, it was converted into a Cathedral in the early seventh century. These really are great spots for anyone interested in the Roman history of the Mediterranean.

You can’t miss the large and flamboy-ant statue of Gregory Nin, built by Ivan

Mestrovic and featuring Grgur Ninski, a famous Croatian religious leader in the 10th century.

The big toe of the statue is shiny gold from the volumes of people who have rubbed it, as doing so is said to bring good luck.

If you are looking for complete immer-sion in Croatian culture, there are many markets, stalls and piers that you must experience. The Fish Market is a great spot in the heart of the city and is af-fectionately named the ‘Belly Button’ of Marmont Street.

Its white stone and traditional iron frames seem to add significant value to the fish available. The marketplace in Split is a real gem for visitors who enjoy its pandemonium of natural colours and vibrant sounds. It is perfectly located between the eastern wall of Diocletian’s Palace and the Church of St Dominic, making it an excellent stop off during your historical site visits.

Split is a great city for dining as most restaurants strictly stick to what they know and do best; that’s rustic, tradi-tional Croatian cuisine of grilled fresh fish, stewed meat, homemade pasta and

fluffy pizzas that are sure to leave you salivating.

The pick of the restaurants are Nos-tromo, which specialises in fish and sea-food, Buffet Fife, which will fill you with its hearty, unpretentious delights, or the self-explanatory Pizzeria Galija.

whERE To sTAy:The following hotels can be booked on

Hotels.com.

hoTEl Globo - sPliT (****)This is a great, modern hotel within

10 minutes’ walking distance of the Em-peror’s palace, and the statue of Gre-gory. It conveniently offers complimen-tary breakfast services. The hotel also uniquely has its own taxi company for all guests so you will never be left hailing a cab in the street.

hoTEl luxE - sPliT (****)This funky, modern hotel is well priced

and it boasts great relaxing and spa fa-cilities. Hotel Luxe offers a spa tub and sauna, as well as on-site bar/lounge and restaurant services. Guests are offered a complimentary breakfast at reception

and its great main road location leaves you in a perfect place to access all the that city has to offer.

For more information and travel tips visit www.hotels.com or call 1800-553338.

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The GAA National Club Draw assists clubs in their drive to fundraise up to €20,000, retaining all the proceeds from the tickets sold by their club. Lorraine Heffernan won an All-Ireland Football Final Day package after purchasing a ticket from Naomh Mearnog. Lorraine is pictured with her family, officers of the Dublin County Board and GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail. PHOTO: PIARAS O MIDHEACH/SPORTSFILE

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Event Ambassador and Olympian Catherina McKiernan recently launched the Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenges 2015 which includes two new locations: the National Sports Campus in Fingal on Wednesday, May 13 and South Mall, Cork City, on Tuesday, June 30. The flagship event will take place in the Dublin Docklands on Tuesday, September 1. Pictured at the launch at the National Aquatic Centre (NAC), Abbotstown, were, from left, Dave Conway, chief executive at the National Sports Campus; John Foley, chief executive of Athletics Ireland; Olympian Catherina McKiernan; Paul McCann, managing partner at Grant Thornton; and Paul Reid, chief executive of Fingal County Council. PHOTO: PAT MURPHY/SPORTSFILE

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Around 250 children attended the Easter Camps at Na Fianna GAA Club in Glasnevin. Gulliver’s Retail Park sponsored the event. Dublin hurler Shane Barrett and Na Fianna’s Games Development Officer Mark McManus are pictured with some of the children at the camp. PHOTO: MAURICE GREHAN PHOTOGRAPHY

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FIFTY local children took part in the Maxol-sponsored Parks Tennis finals Easter tournament at St Anne’s Park, Raheny. The participants (some of them pictured) enjoyed the event on the new all-weather tennis courts. All of the participants received an Easter egg and a Parks Tennis t-shirt from Maxol. The next Maxol Parks Tennis programme begins from May 5 and full details on this and the main summer coaching programme can be found at www.parkstennis.com.

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Swords basketball club ran a very successful skills camp recently for young players. The camp was run by the club’s premier league team Swords Thunder whose players taught the kids basketball skills over three days. Swords Basketball Club is always happy to accept new players and more information is available at www.swordsbasketball.com PHOTO: KEVIN McFEELY

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Finn Daly-Dolan (12), from Malahide, pictured at a cricket camp held at Malahide Cricket Club over the Easter holidays. PHOTO: CONOR O MEARAIN

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Leinster supporters, from left, Sam Owens, from Clontarf, Josh Tilly, from Artane and Stephen Ryan, from Killester, pictured during the European Rugby Champions Cup quarter-final between Leinster and Bath at the Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road. Leinster won the tie to advance to the semi-final. PHOTO: BRENDAN MORAN/SPORTSFILE

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primary school players display their football talentIRISHTOWN recently played host to the Dublin Finals Day of the SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Programme.

School teams from all over Dublin impressed with a fine ar-ray of talent on display, all bid-ding for county glory.

Over the four days there were 568 participants representing 71 primary schools that entered to play in the event.

The schools were catego-rised into sections based on the number of students on the school register in 4th, 5th and 6th classes.

Our Lady of the Wayside emerged as winners of the Boys’ ‘A’ Cup while Gaelscoil Cholm-cille, Coolock, emerged as win-ners of the Girls’ ‘A’ group.

St Oliver Plunkett’s, Mala-hide, won the Girls’ ‘B’ Cup and earned their place in the Lein-ster finals, while Gaelscoil Chl-uain Dolcain won the Boys’ ‘B’ Cup.

Ballyroan Boys’ National School emerged victorious in the Boys’ ‘C’ Cup.

The winners will now progress to the Leinster Finals on April 30 at the Meath and District League (MDL) Grounds in Navan.

The National Finals will be held on Thursday, May 14 at the Aviva Stadium.

Gaelscoil Colmcille, Coolcock, won the Girls’ ‘A’ final at the Dublin finals day. PHOTO: INPHO/JAMES CROMBIE▪

Bracken Educate Together National School in Balbriggan (pictured) were among the schools who took part in the event. Also pictured were Keith Crawford, Spar Retail Operations Advisor and Arnas Kesylis, Spar Express Rathfarnham Store Manager. PHOTO: ©INPHO/JAMES CROMBIE

▪Holy Family National School, Swords (left), in action against

Devine Mercy Senior National School (SNS), Balgaddy, Lucan during one of the matches in the SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Programme. PHOTO: ©INPHO/JAMES CROMBIE

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Pictured at the launch of this year’s Dublin Bus Community Spirit Initiative were former Republic of Ireland international and Sunderland chairman, Niall Quinn, with members of Bay City Boxing Club, Kilbarrack, Sean Mavrodin, Luke Fitzpatrick, (back) John Paul Fitzpatrick and Sean Mavrodin. PHOTO: COLM MAHADY/FENNELLS

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AIB, sponsors of the GAA and Camogie Club Championships (‘The toughest of them all’), recently presented training equipment to representatives from the 2014 AIB Dublin club Intermediate football champions Castleknock. Pictured (from l-r) were John Cotter, Branch manager AIB Capel Street, Tom Quinn and Enda Murphy, and Liam Troy, Business manager AIB.

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David and Terry Boyle pictured at the opening of John McColgan’s photo exhibition, ‘Howth Horizons’, which runs until April 20 at The House restaurant in Howth. All proceeds from the sale of the photographs will go to Howth RNLI. PHOTO: TARA MURPHY ▪

Gay Byrne speaking at the opening of John McColgan’s photo exhibition ‘Howth Horizons’, which runs until April 20 at The House restaurant in Howth. All proceeds from the sale of the photographs will go to Howth RNLI. PHOTO: TARA MURPHY

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Matt Cullen, from Swords, pictured with Dr James Reilly, Minister of Children and Youth Affairs, at the opening of Mr Cullen’s first solo art exhibition - entitled ‘Turning Full Circle’ - at Filmbase, Temple Bar. Mr Cullen kindly donated 20 per cent of proceeds to the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association.

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Irish star from Game of Thrones, Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton), pictured at Sky Atlantic’s Irish premiere of Game of Thrones season 5 at the IFI in Dublin. Season 5 begins this week. PHOTO: LEON FARRELL/PHOTOCALL IRELAND

▪Irish star from Game of Thrones, Liam Cunningham, pictured at Sky Atlantic’s Irish premiere of Game of Thrones season 5 at the IFI in Dublin. Season 5 of the epic fantasy drama began on Sky Atlantic on April 13. PHOTO: LEON FARRELL/PHOTOCALL IRELAND

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Over 60 innovative businesswomen, including Fingal based entrepreneurs, gathered at the recent Going for Growth National Forum held at Barberstown Castle, County Kildare. The support initiative, designed specifically for female entrepreneurs, launched its latest cycle in January following a competitive process. Pictured is Bernice Moran of The Be Sweet Company, based in Swords, who was among the businesswomen in attendance.

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Sharon Murphy of Design Printworks, based in Swords, pictured at the recent Going for Growth National Forum held at Barberstown Castle, County Kildare.

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Pictured at the launch of CoderDojo Coolest Projects was Alice Cosgrove (12), with Leo (8) and Niamh (12) Scanlon, from Glasnevin. Whatever the weather, Ireland can expect a serious amount of cool in its capital this summer. On June 13, young coders from Ireland and around the world will fly in to the biggest Coolest Projects Awards yet at the RDS to showcase their IT skills. Coolest Projects 2015 offers coders aged 7-17 the chance to submit individual or group projects using their creativity and skills with computer languages and hardware to build cool apps, games, websites and robots. PHOTO: CONOR McCABE PHOTOGRAPHY

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Marie Caren and Maria O’Neill pictured at the 2015 Miss Buck’s competition at Buck’s Bar and Beer Garden. PHOTO: PATRICK O’LEARY

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Pictured at the premiere of award-winning Irish feature film I Used To Live Here at IMC Cinemas, The Square, Tallaght, was cast member Jordanne Jones with Johnny Ward (Love/Hate). PHOTO: CONOR McCABE PHOTOGRAPHY

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Pictured at the premiere of award-winning Irish feature film ‘I Used To Live Here’, at IMC Cinemas, The Square, Tallaght, was co producer Donna Eperon and film director Frank Berry. PHOTO: CONOR McCABE PHOTOGRAPHY

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Pictured at the official launch party at the opening of ‘Barbiere’, a new Barber Shop in Camden Street, were Damian Penco, Enny Buono and Freddy Penco. PHOTO: RICHIE STOKES▪

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Littlewoods Ireland have you cov-ered this Spring/Summer season. This gorgeous Jewel neck piece from the Myleene Klass collec-tion will make sure you look both stylish and sophisticated for every occasion. Pair with white trousers or a white skirt for a summer look or pair with this beautiful textured pencil skirt for a colourful spring outfit. Myleene’s Littlewoods Ireland collection is always a huge hit and you will find everything you need this season available at the click of a mouse with free delivery and returns at www.littlewoodsire-land.ie

April is National Autism Awareness Month. Stella & Dot, a global social-selling fashion accessories brand, has announced the re-launch of the Visionary Bracelet, a signature accessory dedi-cated to support National Autism Awareness Month in April. For every Visionary Bracelet purchased during the month, net proceeds will benefit the Irish Autism Action, an organisation dedicated to providing compassionate care to those living with autism and their families. This is the first year Stella & Dot has partnered with this foun-dation and together they hope to shed a light on Autism. The Visionary Bracelet can be ordered on www.stelladot.ie or through one of the 250 independent Stella & Dot stylists nationwide for €39.

Elizabeth Arden moisture-rich lip glosses are inspired by the trend for sheer, beautifully conditioned lips this season. Maxi-Lip helps support natural collagen for plumper, fuller looking lips. Super Sterol Esters help soften and moisturise lips and the Mango & Shea Butters contain natural emollients that help lock in moisture to protect and soothe lips. The Soft Palette in the lip gloss trio is in line with SS2015’s trend for subtle colour, three gently tinted hues – Pink Pearl, Coral Pearl, Berry Pearl. For extra dimension layer gloss on top of a similar lipstick to give it a deeper punch of colour and dimension that makes the lips look fuller. Available nationwide now.

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The Stunning are back!BACK by popular demand, The Stunning are set to perform at this year’s Bulmers Live At Leopardstown on Thursday, Au-gust 6.

In the seven years that The Stunning were initially together, they toured relentlessly, building up a following that would make them one of the most successful Irish bands ever.

In 1990 their debut album ‘Par-adise in The Picturehouse’ spent five weeks at number one and be-came one of the most-loved Irish albums of all time.

Two years later, the follow up ‘Once around the World’ also hit

the No 1 spot and the band went on to sell over 100,000 albums in Ireland alone.

‘Brewing up a Storm’ has be-come a true iconic anthem and is to be heard everywhere from foot-ball stadiums to clubs around the country where it is still a guaran-teed floor filler.

Nominated in the Best Medium Festival category at the Irish Fes-tival Awards 2014, Bulmers Live at Leopardstown will deliver another fantastic line up this summer, fea-turing The Hot Sprockets (June 18), Delorentos (June 25), Hermit-age Green (July 9), The High Kings (July 16), Damien Dempsey (July 23) and The Stunning (August 6),

with two more special announcement to com-plete the popular series.

After seven years of at-tracting some of the biggest names of Irish and international talent, Bulmers Live at Leopard-stown again delivers on its repu-tation for being a fantastic night out for individuals, groups and friends, with a huge variety of on-site entertainment - and all for the amazing ticket price of only €15.

As always, the performances will be preceded by a top class card of horse racing; a wide selection of hospitality options, from the Sum-mer Feast to the premium Pavilion Party, with packages to suit both

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groups.Leopardstown Racecourse is

only 20 minutes from Dublin City Centre on the Luas Green line, with dedicated shuttle buses running from the Sandyford stop. Leop-ardstown is located off Exit 14 or Exit 15 on the M50 southbound or Exit 15, M50 Northbound. Ample free parking is available onsite.

For more information visit www.bulmersliveatleopards-town.com

THE symphonic sounds of the city will reverber-ate in a celebration of the capital’s music and music-makers next week as the inaugural 10-day MusicTown festival takes place from April 10-19.

Tapping into our lyrical, musical and storytelling cul-ture, its eclectic programme, brought to you by Dublin City Council, will host over 50 musical events for all ages and all tastes. This will be a diverse, entertaining and compelling production inspired by the capital’s musical heritage and vibrant music scene

Some events are free while others have a nominal charge (for tickets and additional information log onto www.musictown.ie). Everything from ‘Handel’s Messiah’ to Public Enemy’s ‘Hank Shocklee’ - and all the genres in between - will fea-ture in a packed programme that makes the music of Dublin accessible to all.

The festival aims to de-velop a greater appreciation and understanding of Dub-lin’s music and ‘music-mak-ers’ through concerts, talks, workshops and walks.

There will be something for everyone to enjoy with this special festival.

Follow @musictowndublin and www.facebook.com/Mu-sicTownDublin for updates.

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Celeb Spy Xtrawith Rebecca Lee

I was very surprised to hear that a travel ban has been slapped on Zayn Malik.

The former One Direction star has been told by record bosses that he’s not allowed to accompany his wife-to-be, Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards, on tour.

Little Mix are busy promoting their new music across the globe.

That’s what you get for wanting to be a ‘normal’ 22-year-old!

Rebecca Ferguson’s six-month-old daughter finally approves of her mum’s music.

Rebecca’s third child, Arabella, wasn’t so sure about the Liverpudlian’s songs when she was born.

Having just hit the half year mark, Rebecca says her daughter’s now smiling and giggling when she hears her mum’s music. How cute!

Megastar Taylor Swift has been voted the most powerful person in pop.

A study by 4 Music has revealed that the star is tops when it comes to critical recognition, airplay and social media fan bases.

The country turned pop singer is now estimated to be worth a whopping €177 million. Any chance of a loan, Taylor?

Ella Henderson has been writing songs with Take That’s Mark Owen.

And she’s getting ready to support the group on their UK stadium tour next month.

Ella says there’s no plans to do anything with the music she’s written with Mark so far and that writing with him is just for kicks at the moment.

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And finally, Louis Walsh’s latest creation, Hometown, are set to support Olly Murs at his gig in the 3Arena.

The six-piece super group will perform the opening track on his final Irish show.


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VW Passat is a solid choice

the dash is tilted ever so slightly towards the driver. The car is lighter than the previous model and you get a full-size spare wheel underneath what is a very spacious boot.

Since the Irish launch in Febru-ary, the Passat was named Euro-pean Car of the Year last month, with the Mondeo well down in the voting in fourth place.

The changes may be discreet, but the Passat is now a really

classy looking car and one that you would be proud of if parked in your driveway. Last week I drove a silver 2.0-litre version with lots of extras like heated front seats.

The Mondeo is the Passat’s big-gest rival, but VW are also hoping to tempt some Opel Insignia and Mazda 6 owners. With such com-petitive pricing the car might also appeal to BMW 3 Series and Mer-cedes Benz C-Class owners.

Seán Creedon

AT THE launch of their new Pas-sat in Powerscourt earlier this year, VW showed the media a nostalgic video where Irish people expressed their love for the brand.

One pensioner summed up the general feeling when he said of VW: “You won’t beat them”.

I suppose the only one who can beat them in this category is Ford with their new Mondeo and there is fierce competition for sales between the Passat and the Ford Mondeo right now.

The Passat was launched in 1973 and has been a great seller in Ireland and the rest of the world for VW. The official figure is 22 million units sold worldwide in the past 42 years. And it was the best selling car in its segment in Ireland last year with 12 per cent of the market.

The eighth generation of the Passat is more evolution than revolution and you would need to be wearing your anorak to no-tice all the subtle changes. But no doubt there have been improve-

ments and externally the car now looks really attractive.

The car now has a new shoul-der line and generally a more ag-gressive look to it. The side mir-rors have been altered slightly and there are a lot more connect-ing lines in the exterior design. You need to look closely, but the lines seamlessly extend from the lights at the back and front.

Inside there is more head room and the infotainment screen on

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DUBLIN is leading the way as a major centre for candidates who will fill many of the 15,500 job vacancies that could be-come available in the freight transport sector over the next five years.

A Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in Transport Management is a compulsory re-quirement for any individual who wishes to fill one of the vacancies that are due to come on stream and CPC.ie is enrolling for cours-es in Dublin.

The courses lead to an interna-tionally recognised qualification for life from the Chartered Insti-tute of Logistics and Transport in Ireland.

Director of CPC.ie, Tony Hynes, said: “Road freight is the most common means of transporting freight in Ireland.

“An estimated 48,800 persons are currently employed in core Freight Transport, Distribution and Logistics Sector (FTDL) occu-pations. These roles are spread across a range of sectors within the economy including trans-portation and storage, manufac-turing and retail and wholesale trade.

“Due to expansion and re-placement demand for those employed in these occupations, some 13,500 to 15,500 job vacan-cies could become available up to 2020.

“There is no reason why Dubliners should not take the steps to achieve the CPC in Transport Management to en-sure that they are job-ready to fill any upcoming vacancies.”

CPC.ie has a 99 per cent pass rate and all course participants will receive a strong grounding in Financial & HR Management, Health & Safety, Employment & Contract Law, Marketing and oth-

More than 15,000 job vacancies could become available in the freight transport sector over the next five years.▪

er key areas that are crucial for achieving success in the trans-port sector.

The Dublin CPC Transport Manager Course will commence on Saturday, April 18, at the

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For full details of the Trans-port Manager CPC course dates, fees and exam times, visit www.CPC.ie, email [email protected] or call CPC.ie on 1890-374837 (1890-DRIVER).



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educationDublin institutes in university rankingsA NUMBER of Dublin Higher Education Institutes (HEI) are among 13 included in the 2015 U-Multirank university rank-ing.

The rankings are based on scores across five different di-mensions; Teaching and Learn-ing, Research, Knowledge Trans-fer, International Orientation and Regional Engagement.

Dublin HEIs in the rankings include Trinity College, DIT, UCD, DCU and the Institute of Technol-ogy, Tallaght.

This is the second U-Multi-rank report since its launch last year. It’s designed as a useful tool for comparing university performance internationally and it presents information on more than 1,200 higher education in-stitutions, up from 850 just one year ago.

The universities come from 83 countries, with more than 1,800 faculties and 7,500 study pro-grammes in seven fields of study. U-Multirank is the largest glo-bal university ranking - and the most comprehensive information system on universities - in the world.

U-Multirank is supported by the European Commission and receives €4 million in funding from the European Union Eras-mus+ programme for the years 2013-2017.

The future goal is for an in-dependent, non-profit organisa-tion to manage the ranking as an open source for international comparisons thereafter, serving the needs of various stakeholder groups in higher education.

Welcoming the new results, Tibor Navracsics, European Com-missioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, said U-Multi-rank has proven its added value.

“High-performing universities are crucial for Europe’s return to economic growth, for educating young people to face the future with confidence and for injecting knowledge and innovation into our societies,” he stated.

“I am very pleased that with the seed funding for U-Multirank from the Erasmus+ programme, the EU is helping to bring new transparency to how universities perform so students can make well-informed study choices and universities can build on their strengths.”

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A STRONG CV is a crucial step in securing a new job. How-ever, it’s only the first step in the selection process. A good CV opens doors, but interviews are about proving you have what it takes to be invited in out of the cold.

With the right strategy the process is not as difficult as it seems, and while every interview

and every interviewer will differ in style, the advice outlined be-low can be employed uniformly to help ensure you put yourself in pole position for a job offer.

Do your homework – Don’t go into an interview without researching the company and the people interviewing you. By preparing properly, you remove uncertainty and you allow your-self to engineer answers in a way that portrays you not just as a good candidate, but as the right

candidate for the organisation in question.

Study the company’s website, read about them in the news, and look up your interviewer’s Linke-dIn profiles. If your employer went to the same school, or likes Morris dancing too, it may be a conversation piece to break the ice and lead to a more relaxed at-mosphere. Information is power.

Work smarter – Knowing your CV and being able to recount your work history in a coherent way is a must, but too often people fo-cus their energy on their work experience in its totality rather than focusing on the areas that are relevant specifically to the job they are interviewing for.

Read the job spec carefully and consider the business model of the company. What they do? Who are their clients? By knowing ex-actly what your interviewer wants you can customise your answers and show that you are clued in to the needs of the business.

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off your CV and getting your suit dry cleaned only to attend inter-view and waste the time by not outlining why you, above all oth-ers, are the person for the job?

Nobody should be on bended knee to an employer – they need good candidates just as much as candidates want good jobs – but what is clear is that employers look for motivation as well as experience when making a deci-sion.

When choosing between two people with similar backgrounds, they will plump for the one they feel actually wants to do well in the role and who gives the im-pression that this isn’t simply a stop-gap until they find some-thing better. Don’t be afraid to tell an employer outright: “I want this job”

Miscellaneous – While some interviewers have pet peeves which are impossible to antici-pate, there are some hard and fast rules which should be fol-lowed when it comes to inter-views. Candidates should turn up on time smartly dressed. They should avoid wearing nose, tongue or eyebrow rings - it can be off putting to some and it’s not worth ruining your chances if it can be easily removed.

Get the lay of the land and see if it’s okay to wear that jew-elry after you land the job. Don’t smoke before interview.

You may think you need it to calm down, but in the confines of an interview room it can really catch people’s noses and throats and can colour opinions.

Finally, do not bring coffee into an interview, unless you have one for the group! It irks interviewers to sit opposite someone drinking a take away Mocha Frappuccino.

Following these tips means you will greatly increase your chances of passing the interview stage with flying colours and get straight to talking turkey!

•Cormac Spencer is a Re-cruitment Consultant/ Direc-tor at Link Personnel Services. Visit www.linkpersonnel.ie or call 01-8456312.

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Rachel Allen range at Right Price TilesCELEBRITY chef Rachel Allen knows a thing or two about keeping a kitchen clean, stylish and functional - so it’s no sur-prise that she’s now launched a new range of tiles at Right Price Tiles.

Introduced just last week, the ‘Rachel Allen Range’ includes a variety of wall and floor tiles and they’re available in-store now.

“As a working mum, chef, and someone who likes to entertain, the kitchen is the heart of my home, so I need practical, fresh and stylish tiles,” Rachel says.

“I was delighted to work on a new range for Right Price Tiles and I hope everybody enjoys them as much as I do.”

Marketing manager of Right Price, Mark Dineen, explains why the company selected Rachel to come up with the new range.

“She epitomises tradition and home values, which is at the heart of everything we do here at The new ‘Rachel Allen Range’ was introduced at Right Price Tiles last week.▪

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Grow it Yourself: tips for the garden peas

It was simply glorious to be out working with the sun on my back (and in a t-shirt to boot) – all felt right with the world.

Though it’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that cold weather could return, for now it’s

definitely spring and I’m loving it. The sap is rising in every living thing, including this GIYer.

This week I got the peas and onions/shallots sown, which are two of the major springtime outdoor sowings. Harvested in

August or so and hung in braids, onions will keep right through the winter months up until this time next year - so it’s an impor-tant sowing.

To get a nine-month supply, one would need to grow about 250 onions (assuming you need one a day, which most families do).

While this might sound like a lot of work, I grow mine from sets (baby onions) so the job of sow-ing them involves nothing more

Peas can be sown in 1m lengths of guttering. ▪

than sticking the set in the soil so that the tip is just about pop-ping out (having first raked the bed flat).

While there is generally just a single sowing with onions, I sow peas twice a year – once in early April and then again at the end of May. The second crop will be ap-preciated later in the summer.

Podding peas can be somewhat of a palaver – fun and romantic at first but rather tiresome after a fashion. So this year, to reduce the amount of podding required, I am growing more sugarsnap peas (which are eaten whole, pod and all, and have a wonder-ful sweet crunch) and mangetout (which are similar).

I sow peas direct in the soil, as they are pretty reliable – see the tip below – but I have also sown them in 1m lengths of guttering as you can see in the picture.

This is a very handy way to sow smaller quantities in the control-led environment of the potting shed. Once the little plants are ready for planting out you sim-ply dig a small trench and slide the soil and plants out into the trench.

Things To do This week – sow Peas

Peas can be sown in module trays (or even old lengths of gut-ter) for later transplanting, but for the last few years I have sown them direct with good success.

I make a shallow (4cm) trench about 15cm wide with a hoe and place the peas in a zigzag line along the row, spacing them about 5cm apart.

Simply rake the soil back over the peas and then firm the soil in with the back of the rake.

Pea plants are tall and wil-lowy and will need support when growing – a length of chicken wire between two posts works well or you can buy rolls of pea support netting in your local gar-den centre.

It’s a good idea to put your sup-port in place at sowing time, as it can be more difficult to do when the plants start to grow. You can enjoy fresh peas from May to Oc-tober if you succession sow (I do at least two sowings – early April and late May – approx 2m rows of peas each time).

TiP of The week – whaTis PoTTing comPosT?

Potting compost is the medium that is used to sow seeds in, and shouldn’t be confused with gar-den compost which is a nutrient

rich material made from rotted garden and kitchen waste used to improve soil fertility.

Seeds do not need to be sown in a medium that is rich in nutri-ents since they already have all the nutrients they need for ger-mination.

So, potting compost is very low in nutrients and ideal for starting seeds off. It is also a sterile me-dium, which means you know there are no weed seeds in it and it retains moisture very ef-fectively which is important for your seeds.

If you intend to grow a plant to maturity in a pot, it will need to be transplanted in to a medium that has more nutrients in it (eg. a mix of regular compost and soil etc). Potting compost generally only has enough nutrients in it to last about four-six weeks.

Michael Kelly is a freelance journalist, author of ‘Grow, Cook, Eat’ and founder of GIY.

By Michael Kelly of Grow it Yourself (GIY) Ireland

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work in frames can create a so-phisticated or fun look. Posters and prints can be purchased at most retail stores and your child will let you know what’s hip and what’s not.

Maybe you could suggest a personal touch to your child. Use his or her artwork or family pho-tographs.

You could even get your child to create their own artwork by purchasing a disposable or lend-ing a digital camera so they can take their own pictures.

Utilise home imaging soft-ware on your home computer to enhance and add special effects your child will love. Another ben-efit of framed art is it can easily be changed to create a new look.

A less permanent solution to decorating your child’s walls is using wall stickers. Designs can be found to fit most themes, from castles to cartoon characters. Take some advice from the shop as you don’t want stickers that will pull away half the wall when it’s time to remove them.

Some sticker products need water when removing but most available today are peel-and-stick.

Not only do shelves spice up a wall by adding a third dimension, they also create a storage solu-tion for your child’s gadgets and gizmos. There is a great variety of shelving options available on the market today.

Bulletin boards are another fun idea for kids’ bedrooms. These days they come in all sorts of sizes, shapes, and materials.

Your child can pin up pictures of friends, homework reminders and more.

If you’re feeling adventurous you could make your own bulle-tin board with your child by using cardboard and fabric.

Spending time with your child decorating a room can be fun. It’s a chance to explore each other’s creative side and further cement the parent-child bond.

When you’re finished, throw a bedroom makeover party for your child and his or her friends.

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Decorating really is just child’s playIT’S time to decorate your child’s bedroom and you find yourself staring at a blank wall. Don’t worry, blank walls are the perfect canvas for crea-tivity and children are the most imaginative artists.

Kids need their own space sometimes (some not often enough!) and most love to spend time in their bedrooms. It’s a place all of their own - a place where they can not only sleep, but dream.

What better way to help your child’s dreams come true then by surrounding them with their favourite things. Decorating your child’s bedroom can be both a fun and rewarding experience for both of you.

The most important factor is to hear your child’s ideas - after all, it is their room you are decorat-ing.

Sit them down and get them to make a list of her favourite things from toys to TV programmes.

Would they like to have a themed bedroom? Or would he or she like to utilise their favour-ite colours as a canvas for a pot-pourri of decor?

Bear in mind that like the sea-sons change, so does your child’s likes and dislikes. As a parent you may already have a ‘feel’ for this so take it in account when deco-rating.

Also, ask yourself if your child will still love the hand painted mural of the fairy’s garden a few months from now? Will he or she love the pink carpet as a teen-ager?

Explore less permanent op-tions such as floor rugs, wall stickers and framed art which we’ll go through later in the ar-ticle.

Make use of what is already in place. You’ll be amazed at how you can turn items already in your child’s bedroom into some-thing new.

If there’s a dresser with an at-

tached mirror, remove it from the dresser base and place a new mir-ror directly to the wall. Change dresser knobs and handles.

Flip posters around and let your child draw his or her own masterpiece. Paint bedroom doors for a new bold look. A new duvet cover can be used for a quick bedding change.

You can make a dramatic change by just adding splashes of colour and texture. Add cush-ions and throws to bedding. Hang throws and tapestry from the wall. Change the curtains or blinds. Throw down floor rugs for quick impact.

Using paint in creative ways can create a dramatic effect on the walls in a child’s room. Whether you are choosing subtle pastels or bold colours it’s important to have fun with your design.

Kids have more imagination than adults and can tolerate schemes that would have grown-ups in a spin. Paint each wall with a different colour, experiment with stripes and other geometric shapes.

Visit your local DIY or craft store where you will find a great variety of stencils and faux finish kits.

Placing posters and other art-

Involve your children in decorating decisions for their bedroom

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Five top tips: choosing your paint coloursJulia Gray

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Colour can be a minefield if you aren’t confident about using it, but there are ways to make choosing the right shade easier – and bring your home to life.

1. It’s not advisable to use a paint colour you don’t know without trying it first - don’t rely on printed colour cards, colours on compu-ter screens, the colour on the tin or the colour of the wet paint, as these can be misleading. Occasionally, colour cards are painted and these are, of course, more reliable than printed ones.

2. The only way to get a really accurate idea of what a particular colour will look like in a particular room is to paint a little on the wall, preferably all the walls, and let it dry. Then live with it for at least a few days so you can see it in different lights and at different times of the day. A colour can look different in natural light and arti-ficial light, and even in different types of artificial light.

3. Be careful when buying white emulsions, as some pure brilliant whites are more cream than white. Again, it’s advisable to try a little first because there’s no way of knowing which pure brilliant whites aren’t very white, unless you’re familiar with them. If a paint is just called ‘white’, it’s probably cream, but this isn’t always the case.

4. You may want to take account of the way a room faces when choosing paint colours. North-facing rooms can be a challenge be-cause the light is cold - steer clear of colours with a grey or green base and consider yellows and creamy neutrals for a lighter, cheer-ier feel. Sunny south-facing rooms are much easier, as most colours work well. Rooms that face west are also easy to decorate - whites work particularly well - whereas east-facing rooms suit blues and greens best.

5. Other things can affect your choice of wall colour, such as the colour of the flooring, window treat-ments, furniture and accessories, if you predominantly use the room at a certain time of day, and whether you want to create a dark and moody or light and airy feel, or something in between. Feature walls are a good way to enjoy a limited amount of colour in a room and aren’t difficult to repaint if you change your mind.

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Fingal County CouncilUna Donnelly intends to applyfor planning permission fordevelopment to an existingsingle-storey bungalow atOberstown, Lusk, CountyDublin. The developmentconsists of a new roof to theexisting single-storey bungalowwith a higher ridge level toincorporate new atticaccommodation, dormerwindows and rooflights,together with new single-storeyextensions at each gable andto the rear, alterations towindows and associated sitedevelopments. The applicationmay be inspected or purchasedat a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of theplanning authority during itspublic opening hours and asubmission or observation maybe made to the planningauthority in writing on paymentof the prescribed fee (20Euros) within the period of 5weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of thisapplication

Dublin City CouncilJohn and Anna Richardson areapplying for Permission fordevelopment at 11, KilbarrackRoad, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5consisting of the construction ofa new rear dormer extension atfirst floor level providingbedroom and bathroomaccommodation includingchanges to rear and side roofprofile, 2 No. rooflights, internalalterations and windows at firstfloor level to rear. The planningapplication may be inspectedor purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the officesof Dublin City Council, PlanningDepartment during its publicopening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to theplanning authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed feewithin the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receiptby the authority of theapplication.

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Dublin City CouncilI, Colm Bennett, intend to applyfor Retention Permission andPlanning Permission atBriarfield House, Kilbarrack Rd,Dublin 5. For retentionpermission for the followingworks: A two storey extensionon the south western side, asingle storey extension on thenorth eastern side and works tothe entrance gateway. Also forplanning permission foradditional windows on the northeastern side, a new gardenshed and replacement of anexisting septic tank with a newconnection to the public wastewater drainage system. Theplanning application may beinspected or purchased at a feenot exceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy, at theoffices of Dublin City Council,Planning Department, Block 4,Ground Floor, Civic Offices,Wood Quay, Dublin 8 during itspublic opening hours (9.00a.m.- 4.30p.m.). A submission orobservation in relation to theapplication may be made inwriting to the planning authorityon payment of the prescribedfee (€20.00) within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authorityof the application, and suchsubmissions or observationswill be considered by theplanning authority in making adecision on the application.The planning authority maygrant permission subject to orwithout conditions, or mayrefuse to grant permission.

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Dublin City CouncilI, Noel Hogan, am applying toDublin City Council forRetention Permission at No. 7Wade's Avenue, Raheny,Dublin 5 to retain and completea shed under construction atthe rear of the existing dwellingcomprising 37.8sq.m with a flatroof including all associatedsite and drainage works, alongwith retention to alterationsfrom previously permittedextension WEB1248/14 to thedwelling house consisting of; 2new windows to the gable, 2altered window sizes and 1velux window in the roof. Theplanning application may beinspected, or purchased at afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of DublinCity Council during its publicopening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made to the authority inwriting on payment of theprescribed fee within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authorityof the application.

Dublin City CouncilPlanning permission is soughtby Rose Moore for Conversionof attic to storage including adormer window to the side atroof level, to her residence atNo 274 Charlemont, GriffithAvenue, Dublin 9. The planningapplication may be inspected,or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the officesof Dublin City Council during itspublic opening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made to the authority inwriting on payment of theprescribed fee within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authorityof the application.

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PLANNINGDUBLINDublin City CouncilPlanning permission is soughtby Gerard & Niamh Creighton,for Conversion of attic tostorage including a dormerwindow to the side, a dormerwindow to the rear, removal ofan existing chimney all at rooflevel and changing existingfront garage door to a windowto their residence at No 43, TheStiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3.The planning application maybe inspected, or purchased at afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of DublinCity Council during its publicopening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made to the authority inwriting on payment of theprescribed fee within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authorityof the application.

Dublin City CouncilRetention Permission is beingsought for cottage tiled hippedroofed canopy, with 3 numbersupport pilasters to front of twostorey semi-detached dwellinghouse, canopy coveringexisting bay window to front ofhouse, at 27 Shanowen Park,Santry, Dublin 9, for MartinRabbitte. The planningapplication may be inspectedor purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the officesof the Planning Authority duringits public opening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made to the Authority inwriting on the payment of theprescribed fee within the periodof five weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the Authorityof the application.

Dublin City CouncilI, Vanessa Kilcullen, intend toapply for permission fordevelopment at 15, GrangePark Crescent, Raheny, Dublin5. The development will consistof the construction of a dormerwindow to rear of existinghouse, conversion of atticspace and associated works.The planning application maybe inspected, or purchased at afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of DublinCity Council during its publicopening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made to the authority inwriting on payment of theprescribed fee within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authorityof the application.

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Dublin City CouncilPlanning Permission is soughtby Tony Conor Milroy of 20Spencer Street North, NorthStrand, Dublin 3 for:Construction of new storey tofront of existing single storeyproperty and construction ofnew first floor toilet to existingflat roof single storey extensionto rear, and all associatedworks. The planning applicationmay be inspected or purchasedat a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority during itspublic opening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made to the Authority inwriting on the payment of theprescribed fee within the periodof five weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the Authorityof the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is soughtby Kay & John Farrell foralterations and additions to theexisting semi-detached houseat 17 Castle Avenue, Swords,Co. Dublin comprising ofdemolition of existing sidegarage, front porch, rearconservatory and sheds, andconstruction of a newtwo-storey side extension,construction of a new singlestorey rear extension,construction of a new frontporch, reconfiguration/ additionof windows to elevations,external insulation of walls andprovision of 3no. newroof-lights. The Planningapplication may be inspected,or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the officesof the Planning Authority duringit's public opening hours and asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made to the authority inwriting on payment of theprescribed fee within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authorityof the application.

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From the ArchivesArchives

We take a look back at extracts from old newspapers to see what was in the news this

month from years gone by

Irish Press 5th April 1965▪Freeman’s Journal 10th April 1828▪

Sunday Independent 22nd April 1934▪

Sunday Independent 12th April 1936▪

Photo and caption from ‘Images of Ireland’, North Dublin, by Derek Stanley. Published by Gill & Macmillan/The History Press▪

Photo and caption from ‘Images of Ireland’, South Dublin, by Derek Stanley. Published by Gill & Macmillan/The History Press▪

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Northside People (East) April 15th 2015

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