Northside People (West) July 1st

THE Cabra bridge named after Busby Babe and Irish soccer legend, Liam Whelan, is being permanently replaced over the coming weeks as part of the Luas Cross City project.

The railway bridge near Dalymount Park was renamed after Whelan in 2006. He died in the 1958 Munich air disas-ter along with more than 20 other players, flight crew and passengers.

A new bridge currently be-ing built on the site will replace the original and will retain the name.

“The Liam Whelan plaque will be removed and kept in storage,” a spokesperson for the Luas project said. “It will then be reinstated when the new bridge goes in.

“We have been in contact with Liam Whelan’s family who

still have links in the area and they are aware of this.”

The Liam Whelan plaque was unveiled at a ceremony held in Decem-

ber 2006 attended by Manches-ter United and England striker, Bob-by Charlton.

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Stop the lights!

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a Road traffic accident researcher has claimed a new automated red light cam-era system launched in a blaze of pub-licity last month is flawed and will lead to drivers incorrectly receiving manda-tory penalty points.

The new system at the junction of Black-hall Place and the Luas Red Line in Dublin

7 was launched by Minister for Transport, Paschal Donohoe, and it’s directly linked to An Garda Siochána’s computerised PULSE system.

That means the process of issuing fixed charge notices will now be fully automated, so drivers who break the lights will incur a €120 fine as well as three penalty points - and the only witness will be a camera.

However, a former Garda, Frank Cul-linane, says the amber light time of three

seconds combined with the 50km/h speed limit makes it almost impossible to keep within the law.

“The speed limit and the amber light time are both incorrect so I’m asking Min-ister Donohoe to rectify this,” he said.

“A time of five seconds, or a distance of 35 metres, is required to brake to a stop normally from 50 km/h.”

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Photo by Darren Kinsella▪

Busby Babe bridge swap

Local legend Liam Whelan▪

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Bobby Charlton and members of the Whelan family pictured at the unveiling of the plaque in 2006. ▪

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Charlton, who often chal-lenged Liam for his midfield position, survived the crash and stood alongside members of the Whelan family while then Lord Mayor, Vincent Jackson, unveiled the commemorative plaque.

Last year locals and soccer supporters responded honour-ably when the plaque was de-faced by vandals by decking out the bridge in jerseys from Irish and British clubs.

The graffiti was quickly painted over by Bohemians supporters and the Phibsboro club was later officially thanked by Manchester United.

Replacing the famous bridge will see a number of road clo-sures in the area beginning this week from July 3 until July 26. Fassaugh Road will be closed to vehicular traffic between the junctions of Connaught Street and Shandon Crescent.

The Fassaugh Road junctions at Fassaugh Avenue, St Attracta

Road and Dowth Avenue will also be closed to traffic over the same period. Pedestrian access will be maintained at all times.

Access to Mount Bernard Park from Connaught Street will be temporarily restricted during the bridge works but access to the lo-cal park from Shandon Crescent will remain unaffected.

Several diversions will be put in place while the bridge is re-placed, details of which can be found on Luas Cross City project website at www.luascrosscity.ie.

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Cullinane, who now works as a driving instructor, says Rules of the Road braking distances are still based on an outdated and incorrect formula created de-cades ago.

“That’s the root cause of set-ting amber light times that aren’t long enough,” he said.

The safety campaigner also believes some of the traffic lights at Blackhall Place are placed too high at some eight metres, mak-ing them harder to see the closer drivers get to them, and the view is also often blocked by buses in the bus lane.

During a recent research visit to the new system, Cullinane captured on video a Luas break-ing a red light and a car narrowly missing a tram as the motorist appears not to see the red light.

Cullinane is not alone in his findings as amber light timings are a source of controversy in other countries. In North Caro-lina in the USA, research found that the timing for lights was designed for cars simply driving straight through and didn’t leave enough time for those turning at junctions.

“The rules on braking, amber light time and speed limits are incorrect worldwide,” Cullinane said.

Cullinane believes new rules should be based on VBOX, a sat-

ellite controlled, calibrated time and distance measuring device that’s accurate to within 3cm.

“I was watching ‘Top Gear’ one night and I saw this particular machine and it’s absolutely bril-liant - it leaves no hiding place for drivers,” he said.

Using VBOX Cullinane was able to work out precise stopping dis-tances from 1km/h to 100km/h and he realised the official for-mula currently used was wrong.

“The Highway Code Stopping Distances formula that is used by all the authorities has been around since 1946 and that’s re-ally the root cause of the prob-lem, but nobody will accept it,” he said.

Cullinane has also researched the traffic lights at the centre of Ballymun Town, which are a source of frustration for many local drivers.

“The stop line there is 42 me-tres back from the junction,” he stated.

“In the Rules of the Road brak-ing distance is 15 metres from 50km/h.

“If you stop from 50km/h in 15 metres you’ll put your passen-gers out through the windscreen. You cannot stop at that junction in Ballymun safely.

“The lights are badly de-signed and the timing isn’t long enough.”

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Ballymun priest gets recognised for human rights workBALLYMUN priest, Fr Peter McVerry, was presented with the French Human Rights Prize last week in recognition of his work to alleviate poverty and fight homelessness in Ireland.

Fr McVerry received the award from French Ambassador to Ire-land, Jean-Pierre Thébault.

“For his commitment in help-ing those most in need, Peter McVerry embodies the values of equality, fraternity and social jus-tice defended in the 1789 French Declaration of Human Rights and the Citizen,” said Ambassador Thébault.

Fr McVerry said he saw the award as more than just recogni-tion of himself.

“I see it really as an award to acknowledge the growing issue of homelessness in Ireland,” he explained.

“At a time when so many peo-ple are on the verge of home-lessness it’s important that we continue to recognise their needs and their rights.

Pat Doyle, who is CEO of Peter McVerry Trust, paid tribute to the tireless campaigner who con-tinues to inspire the work of the charity which the priest founded in 1983.

“Peter is a very worthy recipi-ent of this award,” he said.

Fr Peter McVerry with the award he recieved from French Ambassador to Ireland, Jean-Pierre Thébault.▪

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Green light sought for Grangegorman quadsJack Gleeson

PLANNING applications have been lodged with Dublin City Council for two major develop-ments in the Grangegorman campus.

The Grangegorman Develop-ment Agency (GDA) is seeking permission for two major Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) aca-demic buildings in the latest stage of the massive Northside develop-ment.

Separate applications have been submitted to the council for the Central and East Quads of the project, which is transforming the Dublin 7 area into a unified cam-pus for DIT and a new urban quar-ter for the city.

The applications will be consid-ered under the site’s designation as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), which effectively fast-tracks major planning projects.

When the two quads are com-pleted there will be a total of

11,000 students and members of staff based on the campus. The timing of the applications is de-signed so completion of the quads will coincide with the opening of the Luas Cross City line, which will serve the campus.

The Central Quad incorporates cutting edge facilities for a total of ten DIT schools from the Colleges of Science, Health, Arts & Tourism, and Engineering.

It will also have an element of public and industry engagement with space for the delivery of con-ferences with a particular empha-sis on the sciences.

The Central Quad will be located in the west of the Grangegorman campus, adjacent to what will become the Academic Hub of the new Urban Quarter and close to the North Circular Road entrance.

The East Quad will be a centre of excellence for: Creative Arts; Media; the Conservatory of Music and Drama; and Social Sciences, Languages and Law.

It will also form part of the vi-

sion for a wider ‘Social and Cultur-al Heart’ of the DIT Grangegorman campus, alongside the Student Hub.

The East Quad will be located close to the LUAS stop at Broad-stone and will provide opportu-nities for exhibitions, music and drama performances.

The GDA’s vision is to create a space that will showcase the tal-ent of students and staff at DIT and invite the public to engage with the new Urban Quarter.

The GDA, in collaboration with DIT and the National Develop-ment Finance Agency (NDFA), has worked over the last two years to define detailed specifications of both quads.

The construction of the two quads is expected to take two years to complete once permis-sion gets the go-ahead.

During this time up to 1,000 new jobs will be created in addi-tion to further investment in the urban regeneration of the Grange-gorman area.

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An impression of the East Quad view from Broadstone gate▪


LAST Friday marked the 19th anniversary of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, callously shot dead in her car while stopped at traffic lights on the Naas Road on June 26, 1996.

It may be stretching it to describe it as a ‘JFK moment’ but for those in my profession it was nothing less than that.

I was with a group of journalists in Dublin Airport, en route to Brussels on a press trip, when news of Veronica’s death broke. Some of them had

known her personally and were understandably devastated to learn of the brutal murder of a colleague.

Much has been written about the impact of Veronica Guerin’s killing in the intervening two decades. There have been countless articles, numerous books and no less than two big screen movie versions of the fearless reporter’s life and death.

In the face of widespread public revulsion, politicians were forced to up their game in the State’s war against criminality, using new tools like the Criminal Assets Bureau to bring the gangster underworld to heel – with some notable results.

The despised criminal John Gilligan, who was linked to her killing but acquitted in court, must now know something of the fear that Veronica felt in those final moments, having himself been at the receiving end of an assassination attempt.

Not that Veronica would have taken any joy in this – the attack on Gilligan only served to prove that the threat posed to society by drug gangs was as prevalent

as ever.Today, feuding between rival

criminals still results in violence and death – sometimes at the expense of innocent victims. It continues to present the authorities with their biggest challenge since ‘The Troubles’.

Journalism remains a high-risk profession, both at home and abroad. But since Veronica’s death, there is less complacency within the profession.

In this country, many threats to press freedom exist, with media outlets regularly forced to run the gauntlet of career-shattering libel actions. But no threat is greater than that faced by Veronica Guerin on that sunny June afternoon in 1996.

We are still haunted by it.

Tony McCullagh Dublin People group editor

opinion >>

HEARTBREAKING: Veronica Guerin’s husband, Graham Turley, and son, Cathal, pictured after her funeral at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church, Dublin Airport, in 1996. PHOTO BY FRANK SCALZO▪

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There’s expected to be 135 redundancies at Liberty Insurance in Blanchardstown▪

Blanchardstown insurance jobs goJack Gleeson

LAST week’s news from Liberty Insurance that the company’s exit from the UK personal general insurance market would result in over 130 redundancies in Dublin 15 has been described as a major blow to the area.

The company said it would be holding a strategic review of its operating model in Ireland following its UK exit, which would see a total of 270 voluntary led redundancies nationwide.

Employees were told of the news at briefings in Cavan, Dublin and Enniskillen and it’s anticipated the redundancies will take effect over the next 18 months.

“While the final numbers are uncertain until the conclusion of the process, it is expected that there could be approximately 135 redundancies in Dublin,” a spokesperson said.

Chief executive of Liberty Insurance, Tom McIlduff, said the decision had been taken as the market had been loss making with an uncompetitive cost base.

The company’s management, employees and the employee representative body have begun a 30 day consultation period to discuss the redundancies.

Tánaiste, Minister for Social Protection and local Dublin West TD, Joan Burton, said a range of income and employment supports would be available to workers who needed them.

“My first thoughts are with the staff following this very difficult news,” she said.

She added: “While Liberty Insurance has stated that it will be seeking voluntary redundancies,

nevertheless this will have an impact on livelihoods and local businesses in Blanchardstown.”

Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, who is also a local TD, said that while there was some consolation in the fact that employment levels in the area remain healthy. It did little to lessen the blow.

“This announcement is a reminder that we must maintain the jobs that we have, and create new ones wherever we can,” he added.

“I am assured that IDA and Enterprise Ireland will now step up their efforts to win new projects for the area.”

Anti-Austerity Alliance TDs for Dublin West, Ruth Coppinger and Joe Higgins, both condemned the job cuts.

“This is the second time in three years that workers in this company in Dublin West have been hit by a round of job losses,” said Deputy Coppinger.

“In November 2012, the company announced 285 job losses and of those 140 were in the Blanchardstown office. Now another 270 workers nationally will lose their jobs, 135 of them being in the Blanchardstown office.

“When Liberty made the first round of cuts in November 2012 they said that the cuts were

necessary to protect the other jobs, yet here we are less than three years later and they are coming back again looking to cut more.”

Deputy Higgins said the workers were now facing uncertain futures.

“The trade unions need to intervene into this situation to safeguard against any future job losses,” he added.

“It is unacceptable that Liberty Mutual, the parent company and a major profitable multinational, ranked 78th on the Fortune 100 companies in the US, can just decide to throw workers out of their jobs to increase their profitability.”

Local Fianna Fail councillor, Jack Chambers, called on the area’s two Government ministers to outline their plans for the workers.

“Liberty Insurance is a large and valuable employer in Blanchardstown, providing highly-skilled jobs in the area,” he said.

“I am calling on Dublin West Ministers Joan Burton and Leo Varadkar to outline what the Government intends to do to support the 135 workers in Blanchardstown who will soon be out of work and to ensure job security for the remaining staff here.

“I also want to know what efforts are being made to secure the future of the operation in Blanchardstown.”

Cllr Paul Donnelly (SF) said he was shocked and disappointed at the news.

“It seems we are taking one step forward and two steps back when it comes to jobs,” he added.

“Whilst I welcome the fact that there will be no compulsory redundancies, this will have a serious impact on our local economy.

“Though we are experiencing a recovery, it is not a fair recovery for all citizens and unfortunately certainly not a recovery for the 135 workers in Liberty Insurance in Blanchardstown.”

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Creative Jessy wins scholarshipA YOUNG creative student from Blanchardstown has been award-ed a potentially life-changing university scholarship.

Jessy Kalala – a talented song-writer and music producer - was announced last week as a winner of the Creativity Scholarship from the Adobe Foundation.

The 18-year-old from Foróige’s Computer Clubhouse in Blanchard-stown was one of just 25 students from 12 countries selected for this years class of Adobe Creativity Scholars.

Young filmmakers, social en-trepreneurs and artists like Jessy are selected for the scholarship in recognition of strong academic performance, leadership, global awareness and creativity.

The scholarship represents one of several positive outcomes of collaborative work being carried out by the TechSpace national movement, which includes organi-sations like Foróige.

TechSpace strives to make ma-jor improvements to the digital

literacy of young people and the evolution of education systems.

The Adobe Foundation is a partner to TechSpace, supporting their educator training programs as well as providing the university scholarship.

Jessy, a TechSpace participant with Foróige, said he’s really look-ing forward to the scholarship.

“I’m going to be starting my de-gree in Commercial Modern Music in DIT in September and I’m ex-tremely excited,” he added.

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“They are igniting discussions on social and environmental issues with creativity that can transcend global boundaries. Using digital story making, they can translate personal experiences and per-spectives into media that has the power to create real change in communities around the world.”

Siobhan Hennessy, Jessy’s AYV Educator, Youth Worker and Co-ordinator of Foróige Computer Clubhouse’s ‘TechSpace’ in Blan-chardstown explained how the programme works on the ground.

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“Jessy’s time spent in the Techspace AYV Pro-gram has had a great impact on his ability to write songs and compose lyrics and mu-sic in a way that makes people stop and listen.

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ENJOYING a cup of coffee or a bite to eat sitting outside a café is one of Dublin’s simple summer pleasures, but the city’s restaurant owners are up in arms over the price it costs them.

Dublin City Council charges restaurants and cafes a fee based on the number of tables on a public footpath, and they also have to pay for a licence.

According to the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) outdoor seating charges last year amounted to €70,000 in

Dublin 1, €325,000 in Dublin 2 and €4.000 in Dublin 7.

The RAI say its sector was taxed €1,237 per day by the council who also made over €450,000 in outdoor seating charges.

“This is a double taxation measure,” said Adrian Cummins of the RAI.

“The local authority rates are already so high that these charges threaten to cripple an industry that employs local people, uses local produce and is vital for local business.”

A nationwide survey carried out by the RAI found that annual rates bills for its members

ranged from €980 to €15,813. The average was €15,813.

“That kind of figure is ludicrous,” Cummins added.

In order to qualify for outdoor seating a restaurant or café must serve food that can be eaten onsite. Planning permission is needed for street furniture, and council officials carry out on-site consultations at every establishment seeking a license for outdoor furniture.

A working group on cafes and restaurants has now been established by Dublin City Council’s Paul McAuliffe (FF). The group will provide recommendations to council

The RAI say the council make over €450,000 annually in outdoor seating charges.▪

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Cllr McAuliffe says city businesses are currently forced to pay €125 per table, a €100 annual fee and additional charges in pedestrian zones and he’s demanding a full review of the licensing system for tables and chairs outside restaurants,

cafés and pubs in the capital.“Obviously the council needs

to regulate street furniture to ensure disability access and to prevent any one business overly encroaching on the public domain,” he said.

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are seen as an important part of the bustle and culture of the city, as well as acting as a draw for tourists.

“They are often the meeting places for new business start-ups and they help make our streets feel safer.

“That is why we have initiated a full review of the approval process, the charging scheme, and the parts of the city where these rules are applied.”

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Retired doctors witness new health wave on Navan RoadJack Gleeson

THREE retired doctors witnessed the future of medical care in Dublin 7 last week at the official opening of the new Navan Road primary care centre.

Dr Owen Carey, Dr Maurice Brennan and Dr Dympna Fraw-ley built up their Navan Road practice over many years but the new facility will be able to provide more than they ever dreamed of.

The new Centric Health and Navan Road Primary Care Centre next to St Joseph’s School for the Deaf will provide a full range of HSE services, including physi-otherapy, speech and language therapy, nursing, social work and psychology services.

The 35,000 square foot four-storey building, built at an esti-mated cost of €4.5 million, will be staffed by two Primary Care teams who were previously based across nine different locations.

Centric Health say its primary care mission is to keep people healthy in their communities.

“We’re delighted to participate in this world-class primary care facility with the HSE,” said Cen-tric Health co-founder, Dr Moss Cox.

“Today marks a new chapter in the proud tradition of the Navan Road practice and we are very conscious that we are following in the footsteps of Doctors Carey, Brennan and Frawley who served this community so well for many years.”

Minister for Health, Leo Var-adkar, officially opened the new centre, which is the second in Dublin West following the open-ing of Blanchardstown Primary Centre last year.

“It’s a fantastic facility for local residents,” he said.

“A third centre in Dublin West is now under construction in Cor-duff and will open next year.”

Tánaiste, Joan Burton, de-scribed the new centre as “a fantastic asset” to people in the Navan Road and Ashtown areas.

“It’s a huge step forward in terms of providing quality health services for the local communi-ty,” she continued.

“Since 2011 we have opened

44 primary care centres around the country, with another 34 cur-rently underway. Kathleen Lynch announced recently that we have secured funding from Europe for a further 14.

“I want to commend those in-volved in establishing and devel-oping this Navan Road centre.”

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ray of sunshine. The prom skirt finish of the dress makes this a fun, fresh

and feminine look.

Ireland’s newest and hottest luxurious tanning brand, Australian brand MoroccanTan, is here. Since its creation in 2011, the original infused argan oil spray tan has already successfully captured the Australian and New Zealand markets, and now the focus is on introducing the luxurious brand into the UK and Ireland. MoroccanTan Airbrush Spray (€26.95) combines the deep absorbing nourishment of Moroccan Blend colour technology. The 360° innovative spray nozzle allows for easy application from all angles. Suitable for all skin types, the quick-drying tanning formula develops over time, however, MoroccanTan Airbrush Spray’s true talent lies in the finish it can give to a beautifully made-up face. MoroccanTan Airbrush Spray leaves your overall make-up appearance looking like a magazine cover - blemish free and flawless with an added advantage of keeping your makeup perfect all evening. Available in salons nationwide.

Lighten up your look and pare down your make up bag for summer with MeMeMe’s multi-purpose shimmer stack, an absolute beauty essential to take the weight of winter off your face and sport a super natural just-back-from-holiday glow. MeMeMe Shimmer Stack Pallet in Bronze is a multi-purpose product, the ultimate fusion of five shimmer powders which can be used on cheeks, brow bones and eyes. The light-reflecting, shimmering pressed powder adds radiance and a healthy, youthful glow. This is a secret beauty weapon for sun-kissed skin and an all over warm glow with tones in seconds flat. Simply sweep a large brush over the palette to create shimmering bronze illumination and definition on cheek and brow bones or use each line of colour as eyeshadows. Available in selected pharmacies nationwide.

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by Frank Long

THIS was the opening question in the afternoon from our instructor, Conor, on our one day clinic in the Dave Pelz Short Game School of Golf, based in the wonderful surrounds of Killeen Castle near Dunsany in County Meath.

I had been lucky enough to play the Jack Nicklaus signature course in Killeen Castle on a number of occasions and I would rank it in my top 10 courses in Ireland. I had promised myself each time that I would put myself down for the Dave Pelz clinic but had never got around to it until now.

The day starts at 9am with an introduction to the Dave Pelz ap-proach to the short game. It is all about understanding the impor-tance of the short game (defined as anywhere within 100 yards of the green) and learning techniques to improve your chipping, pitch-ing, bunker shots and putting. As Conor outlined the timetable for the day, the sunshine was flowing in through the large windows of the training centre which revealed a wonderful practice area of pris-tine greens, beautifully prepared bunkers and a range with target nets and pyramids of golf balls all begging to be hit.

Numbers are restricted to a maximum of six participants to ensure that each person gets plenty of attention from the in-structor. Soon we were out beside the green being walked through the mechanics of the chip shot and how to use different clubs to get the low trajectory, controlled

shot that allows you to get a ball from just off the green to travel the appropriate distance and end up close to the target. Then it was our turn and initially we made hard work of it for the poor green keeper whose responsibility it was to retrieve the mishits. But gradu-ally more and more of the balls ended up close to the target area and he had less walking to do.

Then it was over to the range to learn the technique required to hit a 20 yard pitch shot and con-sistently land it close to the pin. Conor was very good at assessing each participant’s strengths and weaknesses and then pointing out the changes needed to im-prove the results. A little competi-tion started to see who could get five in a row into the nets which helped with the concentration. One lesson I took from the day was that practice can be fun but to properly assess your progress you really need to be practicing with someone who can watch your ac-tions and give feedback as you go.

Next it was into the bunkers and with sand flying we spent an hour honing the technique required to

successfully get the ball out of the trap close to the flag. Again some good training aids and new concepts for us ensured that we all made progress on this shot in a short timeframe.

After a fine lunch in the main clubhouse (included in the price) we returned refreshed and ready for further instruction but at the same time wondering how could we spend three hours just put-ting. How wrong we were – the time flew past and it was probably the best part of the day. Just be-ing reminded that 40 per cent of all shots played in a round of golf are putts and seeing that none of us had ever had a putting les-son was enough to convince us that what we were about to learn would have the biggest impact on our game.

Conor began by observing us hitting about 30 putts from various distances and then we re-turned indoors for a theory, setup and mechanics session. This was followed by exercises to improve our ability to consistently hit a ball in a dead straight line for three feet, which is a lot harder than it sounds. Back outside we worked on distance control from 30 feet, both up and down hill, and finally used a very clever device to test and improve the mechanics of our putting strokes.

After a final wrap up session we proceeded on our separate ways. Each of us had taken a lot from the day and it was up to us now to put it into practice and indeed to practice what we had learned outside of competitive golf. Some-thing all amateur golfers need to do more of.

Numbers are restricted to a maximum

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Wood Quay amphitheatre

This July Dublin City Council ispresenting Wood Quay Summer Sessions, a contemporary mix of live acts playing acoustic music in the Wood Quay Amphitheatre. These free concerts will take place every Thursday in July between 1-2pm and are set to attract music lovers hungry for lunchtime tunes. The line-up as it stands is Rob Walsh and Travis Oaks for July 2 and David Keenan and Third Smoke for July 9.

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There’s free tours of Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Blackhorse Avenue every Thursday at 11am. The tour meets at the cemetery gates and no booking is required.

For more details email [email protected] or phone 01-6770095.

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The Tap Lounge Bar in North King Street is the venue for wonderful sessions of folk dancing on Friday nights. The sessions are organized by Njoy Dancing Dublin, a group of folk dance enthusiasts (yes, they do exist!) from all over Europe who happened to meet in Dublin.

So far they’ve had Bulgarian, French, Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Polish and Portuguese nights. The next event is on Friday, July 3 at 8.30pm. Sessions are free but small donations of €3 are welcome.

Don’t worry if you don’t have a partner as they promise to have you dancing within an hour.

Clontarf halfmarathon

Join over 40 employees from Joe Duffy Motors who will be stepping up a gear for Temple Street at 10am this Saturday, July 4, when they take part in the Clontarf Half Marathon.

The car dealership announced Temple Street as its Charity Partner for 2015 and nominated this race for its first fundraising challenge.

Joe Duffy Group managing director, Gavin Hydes, will lead the team. The focus is on raising money to help improve facilities at the hospital and the team have set themselves a target of €20,000.

Billed as Ireland’s flattest half marathon, the route along the coastline and through Bull Island is also arguably one of the most scenic. The entry fee is €30. Registration and full details from www.runclontarf.com.

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Would you like to take part in a summer reading event? Read on.

Fingal County Council has launched Summer Reading Buzz 2015 with lots of events being held to encourage schoolchildren to continue reading throughout the school holidays.

The council is one of the first local

authorities to get involved and now the Reading Challenge has proven to be such a great success it has been extended to 13 counties nationwide.

To get involved, children must register in their local Fingal Library and when the challenge is completed and all 10 books read they are entered in to a draw for some lovely prizes.

For more information, visit www.summerreadingbuzz.ie

StraWberry fairWe’re finally into

the strawberries and cream season, and if you want to attend a fun event locally, a Strawberry Fair is taking place at All Saints’ Church, Raheny, on Saturday, July 4 from 11am to 3pm.

You are guaranteed a warm welcome, fabulous fun and games, strawberries and cream and super bakes. A wide variety of events are promised including traditional games, cream teas, white elephant stall, cakes, books, toys, music, tours of thye local historic church, a bottle stall, next-to-new goods, a bouncy castle, a raffle and all in a wonderful setting.

Car boot SaleThere is always the chance that

you’ll pick up a bargain or two at a car boot sale.

St Columba’s Church in Swords is holding car boot sales every Saturday until September, from 10am to 2pm in the car park at Old Borough School, Church Road, Swords. Cars €10, 7 seaters/estates €15 and vans €20. Toilet facilities are available. Gates open to sellers at 9.30am. For further information, email [email protected]

Jump into the zoneFancy a jump around this weekend?

Jump Zone has just completed an extension to its Santry facility and it now boasts almost 20,000 sq ft of trampolines, making it one of the biggest indoor trampoline parks in the world.

An extensive raised platform has also been installed to connect all the trampoline zones including the Dodgeball Courts and the Foam Pit.

“The main court now has 65 trampolines plus the two jump boxes but the real added feature is the trampoline basketball,” explained Jump Zone’s Paul Quinn. Visit www.jumpzone.ie for more information

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Support would be most welcome at the second annual Play for Paddy football tournament, which will take place this Saturday, July 4, at Dublin Indoor Football, Santry. All proceeds from the event – dedicated to the memory of the late Paddy Delahunty, from Artane, - will be donated to the Irish Cancer Society and St Francis Hospice Raheny.FM104 and Shamrock Rovers mascot, ‘Hooperman’, will be cheering on the footballers while entertainers will be on hand to provide a jam-packed afternoon of fun for the kids. For event information and to register a team, visit www.playforpaddy.com For donations visit www.mycharity.ie/event/playforpaddy2015/

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Croke park leGendS tour

Join nine-time All-Ireland winner, Kilkenny’s Tommy Walsh, for a very special guided tour of Croke Park on the eve of the GAA Leinster Hurling Final between Kilkenny and Galway. Tommy enjoyed a 13-year inter-county career with The Cats from 2001 until 2014 and his Bord Gáis Energy Leg-ends Tour of Croke Park takes place on Saturday, July 4 at 11.30am. Tickets cost €15 for adults, €9.50 for children and €40 for families. Places are limited so early booking at crokepark.ie is advised.


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Businesses helping local people to eat healthy foodBUSINESSES in the Killiney area are playing their part, along with the local Slimming World group, in promoting healthy eating lo-cally.

Since opening her class at St Alphonsus and Columba Church Hall in Killiney five months ago, Caitriona Lynch’s Slimming World group have enjoyed astonishing success.

Local businesses are now sup-porting the group’s aims with healthy eating a priority.

Elaine Kinsella, owner of Café

Solo, is herself a member and has lost over one and half stone.

“We now prepare our food in the restaurant using the healthy fat-free methods I learned in group,” she says.

“We remove all visible fat and bake or grill. We also use the ‘fry lite’ products. Fellow members often drop in for a coffee, chat

and healthy snack.”Deerings Butchers also play

their part in ensuring that deli-cious 98 per cent fat-free mince is available, as well as chicken, and turkey products which keeps everyone on track when cooking delicious Slimming World recip-ies.

Manager of Super Valu Kil-liney, Justin Gill, asked for a list of all the items his Slimming World customers would need and they can now be found in the store.

Looks like Killiney is the place to be when it comes to ensuring that you stay on track when it comes to healthy eating!

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Minister launches positive mental health campaignA CAMPAIGN designed by young people to promote positive men-tal health, was launched in Dublin last week. The ‘Let’s Go Mental’ campaign will involve 31 separate events in every local authority area around the country, using music, sport, the arts and other activities to stress the value of positive mental health.

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly, launched ‘Let’s Go Mental’ at two events in Dublin: one outside Leinster House involving a double decker bus and later at a press confer-ence at the Science Gallery, Pearse Street.

The launch was kicked off by music from rock band Hamsand-wicH on the ‘Let’s Go Mental’ community bus. Also on the bus was Annalise Murphy, the Irish Olympic sailor who, like Ham-sandwicH, is an ambassador for the campaign.

The bus arrived at the TCD

Science Gallery for the official launch of the campaign. Actor Brian Gleeson is the third celeb-rity ambassador.

Minister Reilly said he was delighted to launch and support ‘Let’s Go Mental’.

“I am particularly impressed that its focus is on positivity and on giving young people the tools to use in their everyday lives to manage their own men-tal health.,” he stated. “I would like to thank all three ambas-sadors - Annalise Murphy, Brian Gleeson and HamsandwicH - for supporting this very important

campaign.”‘Let’s Go Mental’ is a series of

31 regional events to promote positive mental health through music, sport, the arts and other fun activities. The events are be-ing organised and run by the 31 Comhairle na nÓg from June to October this year.

Also speaking at the launch, teenager Garreth O’Connor, from Fingal Comhairle na nÓg, said: “Let’s Go Mental is based on Headstrong’s ‘Five-a-Day for your Mental Health’ which are: Connect, Be Aware, Get Moving, Give and Get Involved.”

Annalise Murphy said: “I am very lucky that I get to spend so much time outside being physi-cally active as part of my job. “I think it’s really important for young people to be active.”

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restaurant using the healthy fat-free methods I learned inthe group.

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Celeb Spy Xtrawith Rebecca Lee

Rumours that Chris Martin and Kylie Minogue are dating are flying around. It’s all after the pair were spotted taking a stroll together through London.

It follows her gig at Hyde Park earlier this month.The pair were seen walking arm in arm, sparking rumours of a

romance.

I’m not sure whether music fans will want to hear this but Hilary Duff is back on the music scene with her first new album in eight years, ‘Breathe In. Breathe Out’.

As a single mother to three-year-old son, Luca, she says her album is very personal.

Let’s just hope it’s better than the last one!

Uber cool new Pixar animation, ‘Inside Out’, has had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The movie follows young Riley as she’s uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco.

We get a glimpse of her emotions, which are represented as characters inside her mind.

Amy Poehler voices the emotion ‘Joy’. No better woman.

Paloma Faith may replace Rita Ora on ‘The Voice UK’ judg-ing panel. She was first offered the job in 2012 but turned it down. Rita left the show to join the ‘X Factor’ judging panel following a massive deal with music guru Simon Cowell.

Bookies say Paloma is favourite to bag the job.

That’s it from me. Until next week

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And last but not least, Seth MacFarlane thinks the Ted sequel is going to be even better than the first movie.

He returns with Mark Wahlberg for ‘Ted 2’, which follows on from the 2012 original. Seth, who both created the idea and voic-es Ted, says it’s going to be a good one.

Let’s hope it is or he can get stuffed!

Hermitage Green are Live at LeopardstownHermitage Green play the Bul-mers Live at Leopardstown se-ries next Thursday (July 9).

Following 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.

Following on from Hermitage Green are The High Kings (July 16), Damien Dempsey (July 23), The Stunning (August 6) and The Human League (August 13).

Tickets are €15. For more in-formation visit www.bulmerslive-atleopardstown.com

Hermitage Green started out as a spontaneous jam session between friends but soon devel-oped in to a strong acoustic outfit with an original sound for which the band have credited their con-trasting musical tastes.

Over the last year they have continued their relentless tour-ing schedule around the globe in-cluding sellout tours in New York, London, Vancouver, Czech Repub-lic and a nationwide trek around Ireland.

We caught up with Dan Murphy from Hermitage Green.

1. Best gig you’ve been to in Dublin?

Iron Maiden, RDS, 2005. Mari-lyn Manson supported and came onstage on stilts wearing a mini skirt. More lasers than the Eurovi-sion song contest!

2. Most Memorable moment in Dublin?

I went to see the metal band Tool in the Point in 2006. I got in a fist fight with my brother and this other guy over a signed drum skin that the drummer threw out into the crowd during the last song. My brother now has one half of said skin framed on his wall. I think the other guy was arrested with the other half still in his hands.

3. Most ‘want to forget’ mo-ment in Dublin?

See above.4. First album you bought

and last album you bought?The first was ‘Travelling With-

out Moving’ by Jamiroquai (on tape) and last was the new Catfish and the Bottlemen album

5. When you’re not playing music, what else do you do?

I run a travel company called Global Village Tours. We send peo-ple to North Korea and beyond. And everyone in the band is into sport. I’m a boxer and Barry and Darragh were professional ath-letes before they were old (rugby

and athletics).6. Who are your influences?Phillip Henry is the reason I

took up dobro and harmonica, and he also got me into Indian music. I love the complexity and aggression of metal music. Can’t wait for Little Green Cars’ new

album.7. If you weren’t playing

with your fellow band mates, who would make up your ideal band?

The B Sharps with Marty Moris-sey as the soprano.

8. Any tips on life?

Question absolutely every-thing.

9. First person you’d invite to your party?

Genghis Khan.10. Last person you’d invite

to your party?Kanye West. .

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My husband and I would like to visit Normandy.Is there a particular area you’d recommend?

Normandy is known for its picturesque coastline and in-teresting history. With a 360-mile coastline of beaches and cliffs, some of which were

World War II landing points, the region combines quaint market towns, lush farmlands and historical sights.

Home to many museums, galleries and the Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame, immortalised by French Impressionist Claude Monet, the city of Rouen is par-ticularly culture-rich and a fascinating place to visit.

The third largest port town in France, Rouen is a perfect choice for a short break away. Often referred to as the City of a Hundred Spires, William the Con-queror and Joan of Arc both died in the city making it very well known as one of Europe’s historical centres.

A great city to visit with a wealth of shops, restaurants, museums and gal-leries, Rouen is also ideal for leisurely exploration with four miles of restored medieval cobbled streets, half-timbered houses and interesting shops.

The shopping streets have a great, relaxed atmosphere as the roads are pedestrianised and visitors can stroll at their own pace, stopping to browse the stalls or enjoy a coffee and pastry along the way.

If you have an interest in history, then Rouen is the destination for you. The market square where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake and the stone tower where she was held prisoner still exist and can be taken in whilst enjoying a drink in one of the market bars.

French writer, Flaubert, is partly re-sponsible for putting Rouen on the map as his 1860s romance novel, ‘Madame Bovary’, was set in the city. Relive the romance like she did by taking a horse-drawn carriage around the city streets at dusk.

On the outskirts of the city you will find the must-see ancient monuments and ruins dating back to the 1500s. Rouen’s Cathedral is one of France’s old-

est churches, flanked with carved statues and complete with three different tow-ers, one of which is France’s tallest.

Where to stay:

hotel le MoraNd (***)Situated close to the Museum of Ce-

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Worried about MERS? Here’s what travellers need to knowrePorts of Mers have appeared in Irish newspapers recently but is it something Irish holidaymakers need to be concerned about?

There have been over 150 recent cases of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) reported in South Korea and one in China following an outbreak last month.

MERS is a corona virus from the same family as SARS (Severe Acute Respira-tory Syndrome). It is usually fatal for ap-proximately three to four patients out of every 10.

The virus is believed to have entered the human population by dromedary

camels in Saudi Arabia, where it was first reported in 2012.

At present there is no cure or vaccine for this deadly illness. Typical symptoms of MERS include having a cough, fever

and shortness of breath. Digestive prob-lems, such as nausea, vomiting and diar-rhoea, may also occur.

The Korean Health Ministry has re-ported that all those who died from MERS got the virus in hospital and were already being treated for another seri-ous ailment.

The disease is typically contracted by those caring for or living with infected patients. To limit the spread of the virus, two hospitals, over 2,000 schools and 19 universities have been closed. More than 5,200 individuals are also in quarantine in South Korea.

Because the spread of the illness has been confined to health facilities

and those who have died have suffered from an underlying condition, fears for a wider outbreak in society are lessened. The number of new cases being reported daily has also decreased.

Officials are encouraging people to go about their daily lives as normal.

Dublin based Tropical Medical Bureau advises those travelling to South Korea to follow standard precautions at all times, such as regular hand washing and avoiding contact with people who are sick, as well as reducing the exposure of risk to air-borne diseases.

You should be vigilant and seek medi-cal assistance immediately if you suspect you have any symptoms.

Dr Graham Fry, medical director at Tropical Medical Bureau, said: “There’s no need to overreact if you have plans to visit South Korea in the future.

“Check the news for daily updates on MERS and the spread of the outbreak. Those in South Korea right now should be extra careful when it comes to per-sonal hygiene and stay far away from known infected areas.

“If you have returned from South Ko-rea within the last two weeks and devel-op symptoms, go to your doctor straight away.”

For further information contact the Tropical Medical Bureau on 1850 487674 or visit www.tmb.ie

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Dublin People Newspaper Group has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for over 200 lost and abandoned dogs.

Our Dog of the Week is Finn, a six-year-old male cross-breed. Finn is a beautiful boy who has spent quite a bit of time at the Rehoming Centre now and requires lots of TLC (Time Love and Commitment) from his new owners.

He absolutely loves being engaged with the Dogs Trust training team and enjoys human company and play in a nice quiet adult home where he receives all of the canine atten-tion.

He’s a great eater and loves nothing more than a nice clean and tidy living environment to chill out in. One look into this gorgeous boy’s sparkling eyes and you’ll be smitten.

If you think you could offer Finn a loving home, call Dogs Trust on 01-8791000 or pop into the centre.

balanced to meet a standard dog’s needs (that is, a dog with no medical conditions or requirements).

These may seem quite expensive but due to the high nutritional content, you feed your dog a lot less than you would think and so it lasts longer. There is also the benefit that it doesn’t spoil soon after opening and if the correct kibble size is chosen, it helps to maintain your dog’s

dental health too!Your local pet shop will

also stock a selection of dried food, and they will be happy to advise you of what product will best suit your dog.

Please note, if you are concerned about any aspect of your dog’s diet, don’t hesitate to have a chat with your vet. They will always be happy to advise you on the best course of action for your own particular dog.

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DO YOU know how important water is to your dog? They can lose all of their body fat and half of their protein supplies and still survive, but a dog losing even 10 per cent of its water can be fatal.

Always make sure your dog has access to plenty of fresh, clean water, especially during the summer months when they’ll be perspiring more than usual.

When it comes to feeding dogs, it’s crucial that their food has a high level of digestible protein. Most complete dog foods will have high levels of protein, but you can supplement this with things like raw or slightly cooked red or white meat, fish and cooked eggs.

Fats, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins are the other necessary components of your dog’s food.

So we know that our dogs need these things, but how do you choose a food, and how do you know how much to feed them?

Well, it’s always good to have a chat with your vet about these things because different factors will affect how these questions are answered.

You should ideally feed your dog the best quality food you can afford, and how much you give your dog daily will depend on their breed, age, size, any current medical conditions and how much exercise they get.

Obviously a larger breed dog that gets walked for a couple of hours a day is going to need more food to meet its energy requirements than a smaller breed that walks for a half hour, twice a day.

The two most popular types of food for dogs are wet food (canned) or dried food (kibble). Dried food really is the better option for your dog.

Wet food is convenient as it’s sold more readily at supermarkets and convenience shops, but they are often very high in fat and have poor quality protein.

Your local veterinary practice will usually sell high quality dried food which will be completely

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MERCIER Press has an-nounced the publication of a practical guide that will prove a godsend to families across Ireland and beyond.

Niamh O’Reilly’s book, ‘No Fuss Baby and Toddler Sleep’, does exactly what it says on the tin by providing sensible, straightforward advice without jargon or mystery that every parent, guard-ian or carer can implement to help child - and family – sleep.

With more than 200 babies born each day in Ireland, it makes for a lot of exhausted, harassed and emotion-ally drained parents wandering around trying to make sense of the world they find themselves in.

Be it perplexed first-timers or over-extended second or third timers, any issues that disrupt a child’s rest have a knock on effect on the entire family and can seem intractable.

Niamh O’Reilly combines the practi-cality of Mary Poppins, the humour of Mrs Doubtfire and the magic of Nanny McPhee to bring the family back from the brink of total sleep deprivation – and ease the daily toil for Mum or Dad.

Through her work with hundreds of

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to gently put them-selves to sleep without

endless nights of crying or making parents feel that they are abandoning their baby.

As an expert in all aspects of children’s sleep habits, her book helps establish an age-appropriate sleep schedule, teaches your baby to self-settle and encour-ages your baby to sleep for longer periods.

It also deals with issues such as early waking, man-aging short naps, as well as behavioural and dietary factors.

What makes this book unique is Niamh’s belief that parents know their children best and that with her help they can achieve better sleep for the whole family.

About the authorNIaMh O’Reilly has spent over 15 years working in childcare and has a wealth of experience with babies and toddlers. She ran her own childcare facility for seven years before becoming a special ‘sleep doctor’ - as Tom Dunne described her - for the many children who have difficulties settling and getting good rest. Niamh also, on occasion, writes for newspapers and magazines on chil-dren’s sleeping and other behavioural issues. Niamh is currently the ‘Sleep Expert’ with herfamily.ie, Ireland’s web-site for practical, positive parenting.

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Friendship and betrayal are explored in thrilling new novel‘ThE Organised Criminal’ by established novelist Jarlath Gregory is a thrilling Celtic noir novel of male friendship, family betrayal and economic corruption.

The novel delves into the world of a family smuggling business in Jarlath’s native Crossmaglen in Co Ar-magh.

Headed up by the unrepentant Frank O’Reilly, Jay O’ Reilly is the reluctant son who left Armagh in search of an honest life.

He is lured back home for his cousin’s funeral where he is tempted by the lucrative lifestyle

he once turned his back on. Inte-gral to this tale of family antics is the friendship between Jay and his friend, who happens to be gay.

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Courtesy bikes for Škoda driversWITH summer now well under-way, Škoda is offering a courte-sy bike scheme to all customers leaving their car in for a service at the Škoda MSL Service Cen-tre on the North Circular Road.

Given the central location of the Škoda Service Centre in Dub-lin 7, the scheme will be particu-larly convenient for customers wishing to leave their car in for a service before work, while it will also appeal to customers who wish to take a cycle around the nearby Phoenix Park.

Speaking about the new scheme, After Sales Manager at Škoda MSL Service Centre, Mar-tyn Knight, said: “Cycling has be-come hugely popular in Ireland over the past few years and with the summer stretched out in front of us, we saw an opportunity to take advantage of the popularity of cycling, while also making our customers’ lives a little easier.

“Škoda has a very proud as-sociation with cycling in Ireland and the 2015 Škoda Cycle Series is now well underway, with five more cycling events set to take

place around the country over the coming months.

“We are delighted to be further developing that association and hope that lots of our customers will avail of this new service at our Service Centre on the North Circular Road.”

The courtesy bikes at Škoda MSL Service Centre are avail-able to all customers and can be reserved at the booking stage, along with various other alterna-tive transport options, including replacement cars, leap cards for bus users and taxis.

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Award for new Citroën C4 Cactus

all wrapped up with a striking design that can be highly personalised.”

In addition, the highly acclaimed Citroën Grand C4 Picasso was named as DieselCar Magazine’s ‘Best MPV’ for the second year running. The judges praised its combination of style, comfort and affordability, adding that “there’s a lengthy list of hi-tech equipment and safety functions to keep even the most ardent gadget geek happy”.

Alongside the three wins for the New C4 Cactus and the Grand C4 Picasso, the DieselCar Magazine Car of the Year Awards judges also highly commended C3 Picasso in the ‘Compact MPV’ category. The newly independent DS brand was also highly commended for DS 3 in the ‘Premium Small Car’ category.

THE new C4 Cactus has been named as DieselCar Magazine’s ‘Car of the Year’ 2015.

The award recognises the many bold and distinctive attributes of the Citroën brand’s latest model, which won the overall prize as well as being named as this year’s ‘Best Crossover’. The latest-generation Citroën Grand C4 Picasso retained the ‘Best MPV’ title, having won it for the first time last year.

The Citroën C4 Cactus has added two top DieselCar Magazine honours to its impressive list of industry awards received since its launch in September last year. Previous honours include ‘Small Hatchback of the Year’ in the UK Car of the Year Awards and the highly sought-after title of BBC TopGear Magazine ‘Hatchback of the Year’.

Ian Robertson, editor and publisher of DieselCar Magazine, commented that the New C4 Cactus represents “Citroën doing what it does best – a funky, urban-friendly vehicle that is taking the sector by storm”, adding that “clever touches like the roof mounted airbag, protective airbumps and chest-like dashboard cubby box show that the firm’s engineers are keen to innovate. Keen pricing, frugal engines and some of the most comfortable seats in the business mark this C4 Cactus out as one of the most distinctive newcomers of the year.”

Robertson added : “I am really proud to be able to announce that the Citroën C4 Cactus wins the title of DieselCar Magazine’s Car of the Year 2015. It’s the perfect car for the times. It’s affordable, practical and incredibly comfortable,

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Cost effective special effectsWANT to add some special effects to your home?

No, we’re not talking about installing strobe lighting to your living room or adding a musical flush tone to the lavatory.

How about if we told you all you need is a sponge, some old rags and a tin of paint to add some special effects to a mundane decorating job.

Decorating paint techniques are popular but you don’t need to

be a master tradesman to use the basics in your own home.

If you’re considering a painting job here’s some basic special effect techniques that can brighten up the job. Experiment and have fun - after all, you can always paint over it again if you don’t like the end result.

COLOUR WASHING

Colour washing is a versatile technique worth mastering because it can be painted onto bare wood, furniture and walls. The effect is achieved by brushing on the glaze (translucent top coat). Once the glaze is applied, using a cloth gently moving in a criss-cross motion to produce an even paint effect.

To begin, give the walls two coats of the base colour.

For the glaze, mix two parts

paint with one part water and give the paint a good stir.

Always start at the top of the wall and work down. Using a wide brush, apply the paint to the wall in a wide criss-cross movement. Work on about four square feet at a time.

Work your way around the room. By the time you have

covered each wall, the first wall should be dry.

WOODWASHINGThis is similar to colour washing

and is ideal for wood. Use an oil-based paint for this technique and mix the glaze with two parts of paint and one part white spirit. A tablespoon of linseed oil will give you longer drying time.

Prepare the surface making sure it is clean, sound and dry. On untreated bare or stripped wood apply your woodwash using the following steps.

Give the paint a good stir before you start. Brush on the base coat and immediately wipe off with a lint-free cloth. When dry, repeat with a second coat.

The paint will enhance the grain of the wood and give subtle colours.

Woodwash can also be used as a decorative effect over existing satinwood, gloss or eggshell paint.

Over these surfaces, lightly sand along the grain of the wood and dust off. This provides adhesion for the woodwash. Apply by brush and use a graining tool or dragging brush to achieve grain effect. Wine corks can be used to create knots.

SPONGING Sponging is simplicity itself but

gives a very professional effect. All you need is a sea sponge, a tin of emulsion and a couple of hours.You can sponge on furniture, walls and woodwork.

Apply a base colour and let it dry. It is best to use vinyl soft sheen or silk emulsion.

Dip your sponge into the glazer you are using as a top coat. Use a sea sponge rather than a synthetic one. It is important not to overload the sponge with paint as this can spoil the dappled texture.

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Concentrate on the whole wall rather than segments. Dab the sponge randomly over the surface and keep a steady pressure.

Step back from the surface regularly to survey the whole wall and check for areas you have missed or which need more sponging. Wipe stray paint from the skirting or woodwork with a soft damp rag.

Rinse the sponge regularly so it doesn’t clog up and the textured effect is kept consistent.

If you do go wrong, wipe the paint off immediately with a damp cloth and start again. Don’t wait until the top coat is dry.

RAGGING Don’t lose the rag on a painting

job. An old piece of cloth can be as useful to the home decorator as expensive brushes.

Rags are used to rub colour into the grain of wood, to mottle backgrounds and to create pattern when rag rolling walls. The effect is created in the same way as sponging except that rags are used instead of sponges.

The result gives a bolder, more

swirling design than the effect created using a sponge.

Work on one wall at a time. Apply the base coat using vinyl soft sheen or silk emulsion. If the surface you are ragging is wooden the best paint to use as a basecoat is satinwood or gloss.

Scrunch a rag up in your hand and loosely bunch it. While the glaze is still wet roll the bunched ragging cloth rapidly across the

surface in a roughly random or ‘S’ shape.

To ensure your ragging effect remains uniform, replace the rag when it becomes clogged up. Dispose of rags carefully because they are highly flammable.

Experiment with rags of cheesecloth, chamois leather or plain cotton as each creates its own unique effect. Make sure the cloth is lint free.

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FIFTH class students from St Patrick’s NS, Glencullen, and sixth class pupils from Balbriggan Education Together National School have received na-tional recognition for their excellent projects.

The projects were entered into the Our World Irish Aid Awards and explored is-sues facing children in the developing world.

The St Patrick’s students’ project was ‘Caring For Our World’ and the Balbrig-

gan Education Together students work was entitled ‘Irish Aid and the MDGs’.

The projects were exhibited in Dublin Castle on June 16 during the awards cer-emony and the inaugural prize of the Our World Irish Aid Award of Distinction was presented to the St Patrick’s students and their teacher, Kathleen Byrne, by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan.

Now in its 10th year, the Our World Irish Aid Awards are designed to help children in Ireland understand global

issues, and Ireland’s role in working to meet the United Nations’ Millennium De-velopment Goals (MDGs).

These goals focus on fighting hunger and poverty and improving the lives of those in the world’s poorest countries.

Speaking at the national final, Minis-ter Flanagan said: “The Our World Irish Aid Awards give pupils from all over Ire-land a great opportunity to gain insight into the lives of children in the develop-ing world and convey their understand-ing through projects which are both crea-

tive and educational.“Great progress has been made in

meeting the eight Millennium Develop-ment goals since they were agreed in 2000. Working with our partners in de-veloping countries and at the UN and EU, Ireland has contributed to this progress, which has included halving the number of people living in poverty, reducing mal-nutrition and dramatically increasing the number of children at school.

“While we must redouble our efforts in the years ahead, we can all be proud of

these achievements.“I was really impressed with the stand-

ard of the projects exhibited at the na-tional final. All of the students should be extremely proud of their achievements.”

Over 1,000 primary schools through-out Ireland have participated in the Our World Irish Aid Awards to date. All entries were assessed on their creativity, under-standing of the theme and their impact.

For more information on the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2015, visit our-worldirishaidawards.ie

Students from St Patrick’s NS, Glencullen, won the inaugural prize of the Our World Irish Aid Award of Distinction.▪

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A new way to look at investmentsWHEN it comes to investing money, one particular statistic claims that nine out of 10 investors are not interested in investment markets.

It’s a number that at face value doesn’t look right but, the more you think about it, the more it makes sense.

The fact is, there are only a small amount of people out there who are deeply interested in the markets. Most people don’t gravi-tate to the financial pages.

Big things like the troubles in Greece or uncertainty about the UK’s position in Europe might turn their head but they couldn’t care less that US non-farming payroll figures are out this week.

Sure they want a return of their money. They know they need their money to grow over time, and that investing offers potential to do just that. But they don’t want to have to know a ‘Dead cat bounce’ from a ‘Triple Witching Hour’ to be able to invest.

Bank of Ireland have been look-ing after customers like this for many years. It offers a broad range of funds managed by some of the world’s leading investment manag-ers such as State Street and Bank of New York Mellon with choices to suit everyone.

It has worked hard to provide its customers with an investment proposition that gives them con-trolled access to the potential growth of the markets, without requiring them to have a degree in economics.

Brian Grimes, Head of Customer Propositions at Bank of Ireland Insurance & Investments, explains how it does this.

1. We give them clear choices: In anything where there’s risk in-volved, it’s useful to have some choices as to how much risk you want to take on. Much like ski re-sorts categorise their ski runs by blue, green and for the very ad-venturous, black runs. In a similar fashion, we’ve classified our funds by the level of risk.

2. We help them with their choice: Our advisors are trained to help individuals find what’s right for them. Our advisors help our customers assess the risk that they might be prepared to take, and cru-cially the risk that they can afford to take and then help them choose the right option for them based on their goals.

People know they need their money to grow over time, and that investing offers potential to do just that.▪

3. We help them stay on top of it: What’s the best way of keeping you informed if you’re not a regu-lar reader of the market indices? We think that our customers’ on-line banking service is the perfect place to help. We’ve transformed 365 online so that whenever they look at their finances, the value of their investments are in their eye line. What’s more, whenever they want to know more, they’re only a

click away from full detail of what they’ve got, where it’s invested, how it’s doing and lots of informa-tive videos and articles in straight-forward language.

Mr Grimes says: “The way we see it, everyone deserves clarity, control and confidence when it comes to their money.”

To find out more about investing drop into your local Bank of Ireland branch or call 1850 237 237.

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Recognise any of these lost pets?THE DSPCA has been inundated with lost cats and dogs at the moment and they are ask-ing for help to try and reunite them with their owners.

The DSPCA, founded in 1840, is Ireland’s oldest and largest animal charity.

“We currently have over 250 dogs and cats in our care so if you recognise one of them or would like to give a home to a deserving animal please contact us,” spokes-person Gillian Bird says.

If you recognise any of these lost pets email [email protected]. To adopt an animal email [email protected] or drop up to their head-quarters on the Mount Venus Road, Rathfarnham, from 11am to 4pm, Monday to Sunday.

Rottweiler Cross, male, 10-12 months, found on June 22 in Greenhills.

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Torti kitten, 4-month-old female, found in Firhouse on June 24.▪

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Dublin City CouncilLorraine Reilly and PauliusStalnionis, 40 ElizabethStreet, Drumcondra, Dublin 3are applying for PlanningPermission for developmentat the above address. TheDevelopment will consist of:The demolition of the existingground floor rear extension ofand the construction of a 2storey rear extension. Worksto include refurbishment toexisting dwelling and allassociated site works. 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 theperiod of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by theauthority of the application.

PLANNING DUBLIN

Dublin City CouncilWe, Noel & Bernie Eble,intend to apply for permission& retention permission fordevelopment at this site, 165Ballygall Parade, FinglasEast, Dublin 11. Thedevelopment will consist of 1.Retention of existing singlestorey pitched roof to rear ofdwelling serving extensionpreviously granted underplanning reference 2630/96.2. Removal of existing singlestorey front and sideextensions, and theconstruction of a new singlestorey side and frontextension to consist of aporch, play room, w.c. & utilityroom. 3. Modifications andgeneral internal remodel toexisting ground floor to suitnew build. 4. Realignment &widening of existing dishedfootpath and realignment &widening of existing vehicularaccess exiting onto BallygallParade, Finglas East, Dublin11. Including laying newdriveway & rebuilding newfront and side boundary wallsand gates. All structuraldrainage and associated siteworks to be implemented.The planning application maybe inspected, or purchased ata fee 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 theperiod of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by theauthority of the application.

THE DUBLIN CEMETERIES COMMITTEERegistered Charity CHY 5849

GLASNEVIN, PALMERSTOWN, DARDISTOWN, NEWLANDS CROSS, GOLDENBRIDGE CEMETERIES and GLASNEVIN MUSEUM Finglas Road, Dublin 11

Extracts from Income & Expenditure Account for years ended 31 December

2014 2013€ € € €

Turnover 4,759,269 4,235,014 Expenditure for year 3,845,760 3,662,474Auditors remuneration 19,209 19,096Depreciation 660,120 4,525,089 787,574 4,469,144Operating Surplus/ (Deficit) 234,180 (234,130)Income from quoted investments 8,723 7,628Uplift of quoted investments 10,299 30,142Other receipts (to include income from wholly owned subsidiary companies) 286,117 305,139 275,956 313,726

Surplus for year 539,319 79,596

We have compared the above extract with the financial statements of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee for the years ended 31 December 2013 and 2014, on which we reported, and we confirm that they are in accordance therewith. Deloitte & Touche Chartered Accountants and Statutory Audit Firm

PLANNING DUBLIN

Dublin City CouncilI, Damien Maguire, intend toapply For Permission fordevelopment at this site 831ARatoath Road, Finglas, Dublin11. The development willconsist of: Construction ofnew single storey extensionto front @8sqm, upper floorrear extension @14sqm, tobe ensuite bedroom andprovision of attic over@12sqm, to be study room.Two new windows proposedto northern gable with newdry dash finish. All of theabove to include associatedsiteworks and all servicesconnected to existing. Theplanning application may beinspected or purchased at afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of DublinCity Council, PlanningDepartment, Block 4, GroundFloor, Civic Offices, WoodQuay, Dublin 8 during itspublic opening hours(9.00a.m.- 4.30p.m.). Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to theplanning authority onpayment of the prescribed fee(€20.00) within the period of 5weeks beginning on the dateof receipt by the authority ofthe 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.

PLANNING DUBLIN

Dublin City CouncilJanice McLoughlin and JasonDevereux intend to apply forPlanning Permission at 127Ratoath Road, Cabra, Dublin7. The development willconsist of the construction ofa new vehicular entrance tothe front of the site, a new 2storey flat roofed extension tothe rear of the house and anew single storey shed +playroom at the end of therear garden, along withassociated site and drainageworks. The planningapplication may be inspected,or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy, at theoffices of Dublin City Councilduring its public openinghours and that a submissionor observation in relation tothe application may be madeto the authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed feewithin the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of theapplication.

PLANNING DUBLIN

Fingal County CouncilVodafone Ireland Limitedintends to apply for RetentionPlanning Permission(Planning ref: FW10A/0053)of an existing development atthis site C & G Logistics,West Point Business Park,Navan Road, Dublin 15. Thedevelopment consists of anexisting 20 metre hightelecommunications supportstructure, antennas,equipment container andassociated equipment withina fenced compound andaccess track. Thedevelopment forms part ofVodafone Ireland Limitedísexisting GSM and 3GBroadbandtelecommunications network.The Planning Application maybe inspected or purchased ata fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during itspublic opening hours and asubmission or observationmay be made to the PlanningAuthority in writing onpayment of the prescribed feewithin the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of theapplication.

PLANNING DUBLIN

Dublin City CouncilApplication for retentionplanning permission for veluxroof windows to front at 50,Innisfallen Parade,Phibsborough, Dublin 7signed DesmondO’Donoghue. The planningapplication may be inspected,or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonablecost of making a copy, at theoffices of Dublin City Councilduring its public openinghours and a submission orobservation in relation to theapplication may be made tothe authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed feewithin the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of theapplication.

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From the Archives

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

the news this month from years gone by

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

Freeman’s Journal 13th July 1839▪


Irish Independent 12th July 1915▪


Northside People (West) July 1st

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Transcript of Northside People (West) July 1st