Southside People November 19th 2014

Tel: 01 8621611. www.dublinpeople.com Vol.20. No.46 19 Nov - 25 Nov ‘14

Addicts depicted as ‘zombies’ in drug treatment clinic row

The cards, which depict a zom-bie-like character with the caption, ‘The Walking Dead...courtesy of the HSE’, were issued on behalf of the association in recent weeks. On the back of the card are a number of criticisms of methadone pro-grammes in treating heroin ad-dicts.

It calls on Minister for Health Leo Varadkar to close the Dun Laoghaire clinic, which is located on Patrick Street.

It states: “DLRPA would like to bring the following to your at-tention. The doctors in the Dun Laoghaire HSE drug distribution centre are administering 60 per cent more methadone than their

European counterparts. “Your Dun Laoghaire HSE drug

distribution centre keeps patients, through no fault of their own, in a catatonic state indefinitely.”

The Patrick Street treatment centre is one of a number of loca-tions in HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster that provides a specialised service for those struggling with drug ad-diction.

The centre first opened in 1996 and there are 94 service users currently attending the clinic for methadone substitution treatment, while a further 64 clients attend the clinic for other interventions including counselling, prescrip-tions and rehabilitation services.

However, the location of the clinic has remained a contentious issue over the years. The no-non-sense cards, while attracting some sharp criticism, have also been seen by some as necessary to draw attention to a perceived problem posed by drug addicts in the town.

Neil Fetherstonhaugh

THE chairperson of the Dun Laoghaire Rate Payers’ Asso-ciation (DLRPA) has defended a decision to distribute con-troversial ‘zombie’ postcards to its members as part of a campaign to close down a local drug treatment clinic.

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Cllr Jennifer Cuffe (FF), who is a member of the Dun Laoghaire Drugs Task Force, criticised the “negative tactics” employed by the DLRPA and said the cards were “absolutely disgusting”.

“This is an attempt to place the blame of Dun Laoghaire town’s is-sues squarely at the feet of a small minority by dehumanising and scaremongering,” she stated.

“The false concern they seem to express for service users in the leaflet is in sharp contrast to their blatant attempt to scapegoat re-covering addicts that attend the clinic.

“Drug use and addiction do have

negative consequences on wider society but no more than the dev-astating consequences they have on the individuals and their fami-lies. DLRPA and others may not agree with the presence of a drug treatment clinic in Dun Laoghaire but their attempt to pin the blame for Dun Laoghaire’s problems through demonising those unable

Addicts depicted as ‘zombies’ in drug clinic row

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to defend themselves is pathetic.”However, a defiant Peter Ker-

rigan of the DLRPA said he was standing over the publication of the controversial card.

“To be honest with you, I’m more surprised than anything at the reaction to the cards,” he said. “I don’t understand why people are getting caught up with these cards. What about the 100 plus poor individuals who are being pumped up with methadone and then left to wander around the streets of Dun Laoghaire?

“Clearly this method of treating addictions and addicts has failed and yet the HSE insists on persist-ing with it. It’s a disgrace. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point in the future an inquiry is held into how these people are be-ing treated.”

The DLRPA argue that addicts would be better treated through counselling and long-term reha-bilitation.

“These patients clearly need some form of therapy to assist them,” it stated. “The same people are attending the clinic each week and for the last 15 or more years.”

The associaton added: “Patients attending the Patrick Street clinic are provided with methadone without the very important con-comitant intense counselling.

“They are then allowed leave the clinic and most local business-es, residents and visitors report

that the patients usually remain in the vicinity of the clinic. The resi-dents, workers and businesses in Dun Laoghaire are entitled to live, work and generally go about their everyday lives without fear.”

The HSE said the centre’s prima-ry focus was on rehabilitation and treatment. It insisted it has helped many individuals over the last 18 years of the centre’s operation.

“Dosages prescribed are en-tirely with the normal range and all appropriate safeguards are put in place providing treatment,” the HSE said in a statement.

“The HSE is committed to the delivery of treatment services in accordance with the National Drugs Strategy (2009 - 2016).

“All treatment is individualised to the needs of the patient. There are a range of statutory services and interventions available to those suffering from addiction.

“Engagement in treatment in-terventions has a positive impact on the individual in terms of im-proved health, relationships and ability to participate in training, education and employment.

“Families benefit from their sig-nificant others being in treatment and achieving greater stability in their life. Equally, the benefits to the community include less crime and anti-social behaviour associ-ated with illicit drug use, greater contribution to the community and improved public health.”

Business survey finds confidence growing

Organised by the Sandyford Business District Association and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, the results of the busi-

ness survey conducted among companies in the region were re-leased to coincide with the launch of the new Sandyford Business District.

Four major business parks in the region - Central Park, Sandy-ford Business Park, South County Business Park and Stillorgan Busi-ness Park – are coming together under one umbrella group, the

Sandyford Business District.The launch was aimed at high-

lighting the commercial ben-efits of the district that is already home to more than 700 national and multi-national companies such as Microsoft Ireland, Voda-fone Ireland and SoftCo.

The launch also featured the in-troduction of the official website (www.sbd.ie) and a video to key

business and property contacts.At last Thursday’s launch, the

results of the survey conducted among a sample size of resident companies in November 2014 were released.

Some 71 per cent of those sur-veyed are planning to add to their current staff numbers, with over 300 potential jobs in the region within the next 18 months alone.

EIGHTY-EIGHT per cent of re-spondents to a local survey are confident the Irish economy will continue to grow and have a positive impact on the growth of their own businesses.

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Tom Meagher, who is originally from Clonskeagh, will continue his work with the White Ribbon Cam-paign, which is run by the Men’s Development Network, a male-led initiative to end violence against women and promote gender equal-ity in over 60 countries.

Joining Tom on this year’s pro-gramme are Cheryl Gunning, Claire Coughlan and Amy Smyth who will work with Debra Ireland, EPIC (Em-powering People In Care) and Fu-ture Voices Ireland.

Each of the winners will spend 12 months dedicating their time to supporting their chosen chari-ties in youth work or helping to implement new youth focused campaigns.

The four will work with their charity for one year complete with

a full salary paid for by the foun-dation.

Since his wife was raped and murdered by Adrian Earnest Bay-ley in September 2012, Tom has devoted himself to speaking out about violence against woman.

Jill, who was originally from Drogheda, Co Louth, was walking home from a night out with work colleagues in Melbourne when she encountered Bayley on the street.

Bayley grabbed her, raped and

murdered her before dumping her body at another location.

Bayley, who had a number of prior convictions for sexual assault and violence against women, was jailed for life with no possibility of parole for 35 years. Jill’s murder prompted outrage across Austral-ia. Some 30,000 people took part in a ‘peace march’ and it led to ma-jor reforms in the legal system.

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Murdered Jill’s husband returns to make a differenceBy Neil Fetherstonhaugh

THE husband of murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher returned to Ireland recently after he was awarded a place on Vodafone Ireland Foundation’s World of Difference programme.

untary basis since April.Now that he has been awarded

a place on Vodafone Ireland Foun-dation’s World of Difference pro-gramme 2014/2015, his goal is to bring the White Ribbon programme to second level schools in Ireland.

Since the programme began in 2007, the Vodafone Ireland Foun-dation has enabled 60 people to answer their true calling and has provided over €1 million to fund their salaries.

Alongside Tom, Cheryl Gunning,

Claire Coughlan and Amy Smyth were chosen for their commitment to young people across Ireland.

For the next year they will work on existing and new youth focussed programmes within their chosen charities.


Tony McCullagh

A DISGRUNTLED nation has finally found its voice, it seems.

Other countries must have marvelled at our apparent tolerance for the brutal austerity measures imposed on us since the IMF/EU bailout in 2010. It’s ironic that this bubbling discontentment only boiled over after the Government unveiled what they widely termed a “neutral” budget.

Once again we were being assured that the worst was over (the late Brian Lenihan rued the day he uttered those words in the Dáil). While all the economic barometers such as housing and employment were starting to head in the right direction, the cumulative effects of punitive taxes eventually took their toll.

I find it interesting that it was the is-sue of water charges that got people out

on the streets in their tens of thousands and not the imposition of property tax a couple of years ago. Whatever about the rather spurious case for landing us with yet another household bill dressed up as some sort of water conservation measure, there is something particu-larly immoral about taxing the family home in the teeth of the worst property crash in modern history.

It beggars belief that people strad-dled with massive mortgage debt – particularly those in negative equity – should be expected to pay a tax on their ‘asset’. Let’s not forget that the deposits we had to find to get on the property ladder was after-tax income. Our monthly mortgage payments are also after-tax income.

Property tax is a bitter pill to swallow for those who had to pay ridiculous sums in stamp duty during the Celtic Tiger years.

It’s extraordinary that we allowed ourselves to be bullied by the Govern-ment into accepting property tax. Why weren’t we on the streets then? What’s going to happen when house values in-evitably rise and we have to recalculate our LPT liability after 2016?

The Government’s jittery reaction to the water charges protests shows that Fine Gael and Labour have finally grasped the political reality of the situ-ation. The recent poll showing Sinn Féin to be the most popular party in the country will have further concentrated minds in Government Buildings - and this at a time when Gerry Adams is em-broiled in the Mairia Cahill controversy.

We will have a new Government by 2016 but will regime change make any difference to our lives? Recent history will have taught us not to hold our breath. Expect the next Government to blame the old one for all our ills.

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Meeting to decide future of refugeBy Neil Fetherstonhaugh

A MEETING is being held this week that will decide the fu-ture of a women and children’s refuge in Tallaght.

The housing charity Respond! says it cannot continue to fund the refuge centre that provides a safe haven for women and children flee-ing from domestic violence.

Respond! opened the Cuan Alainn Women and Children’s ref-uge in January 2012 in response to an identified need for the service in the area.

Since it opened three years ago, the charity has funded the service from its own resources to the tune of nearly 1 million euro over the last three years.

However, it says it cannot con-tinue to do so into the future with-out State support.

“Male-on-female violence is classless and ageless,” said Elaine Burnett, manager of Respond!

“It respects neither location nor ethnicity, women of means or women of no means.”

According to the charity, more than 2,500 individuals are now using State funded emergency ac-commodation across the country.

In Dublin alone approximately 300 families are now living in emergency accommodation with over half, including an estimated 350 children, occupying hotel rooms.

“Since its opening, a total of 55 women and 82 children have ac-cessed our service at Respond! Cuan Alainn,” Ms Burnett added. “We can cater for nine families at any one time. It is heart-breaking having to turn people away. Des-perate people. And there is no way of knowing how many more people are out there, living in fear for their safety and that of their children.”

Ms Burnett stated that without some State subvention the future of services cannot be guaranteed.

“If this centre does not survive, on any given night, nine women and their children will have no place to go,” she said.

Ned Brennan, Chief Operations Officer with the housing charity, told Southside People they were the only housing charity in the city that does not receive funding from the State.

“It is only due to the generosity of private business partners like Healy Kelly Turner & Townsend that Respond! and other charitable organisations across the county

can hope to fullfill their many obli-gations which include the pressing and urgent requirement to house desperate people,” he said.

It has emerged that the Child and Family Agency will meet with Respond! next week to discuss the services provided by the Cuan Alainn Women’s Refuge in Tallaght.

This has been welcomed by Ea-monn Maloney TD.

“Since 2012 Cuan Alainn has pro-vided a very valuable service in Tal-laght for women and children who are victims of all types of domestic violence and abuse,” he said.

“In that time they have provided a safe haven for 55 mothers and 80 children who were forced to leave their own homes through no fault of their own.

“We cannot underestimate the value that is provided by Cuan Alainn to the community. Legisla-tors have a duty to organisations such as Respond! which provide safe havens in the community and are in the front line of the defence of vulnerable women and children from violence and abuse.

“I welcome the announcement that the Child and Family Agency will meet with Respond! next week and I wish them every success in the meeting.”

The Original Rudeboys and graffiti artists such as Darrin Finegan and Console have honoured young graffiti artist John Ryan with the wall in Harold’s Cross and the Christmas single ‘Never Alone’. PHOTO by CONOR MCCAbe PHOTOgRAPHy

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Writing is on the wall for the RudeboysIRELAND’S acoustic hip hop sensations The Original Rude-boys have joined forces with top graffiti artists such as Darrin Finegan and Console in a bid to help young people who are strug-gling with life.

The chart toppers have re-leased a new Christmas single entitled ‘Never Alone’ to send a message of hope to young people in crisis.

As well as the single, the band got together with some of the country’s top graffiti artists who painted a wall in Harold’s Cross to help promote the song and hon-our one of their own who recently

tragically took his own life.“John Ryan, also known as

Crept, was a talented young art-ist from the north east who had forged a unique name for himself in the world of graffiti,” said art-ist Darrin Finegan, who organised the installation.

“He was universally loved and his large circle of friends was dev-astated when he took his own life at the age of 20. We wanted to do something for him that would let other young people know that there is help available out there, through Console.”

Lead singer Neddy Arkins said they were passionate about help-

ing young people who may be in trouble with mental health is-sues.

“We’re delighted to have the proceeds from ‘Never Alone’ go-ing towards Console and helping them out with all the amazing work they do,” he said.

“Hopefully people will take something from the song and that it will help them through dif-ficult times, reassuring them that through all life throws at them, that they are never truly alone.”

Paul Kelly, CEO of Console, said the graffiti artists and the band had created a fitting tribute to John.

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Council given extra cash to tackle homelessnessBy Neil Fetherstonhaugh

DUBLIN City Council has been allocated a further €4 million to help tackle homelessness in the region.

The Minister for the Environ-ment, Community and Local Gov-ernment, Alan Kelly, announced that his department is providing the extra money on top of the council’s normal homelessness allocation for 2014.

“This further significant al-location demonstrates the Gov-ernment’s commitment to tack-ling the homelessness problem which is most acute in the Dub-lin region,” Minister Kelly said. “I have secured a budget of €55.5 million in 2015 for home-lessness across the country.

“This represents an increase of €10.5 million on the current year. I want housing authorities to continue to work with the non-profit sector to take action to prevent homelessness as far as possible; to provide housing to homeless households, de-spite the scarce supply; and to support those homeless house-

holds as they try to rebuild their lives following their exit from homelessness.”

Minister Kelly added that he was “very much aware of Dub-lin City Council’s difficulties in funding its homelessness pro-gramme” and, in particular, the costs of emergency accommo-dation arising from the increas-ing number of families present-ing as homeless.

“I recognise the emergency situation that is now presenting and I am responding to it,” he stated.

Fine Gael’s Catherine Byrne said the €4 million in additional funding would go a long way towards alleviating the current homelessness problem.

“I was very pleased to learn the Government is allocating €4 million in additional funding to deal with Dublin’s homelessness problem,” she said.

“The extra funding will allow us to keep Dublin’s homeless services until the end of the year.

“The timing of this is particu-larly welcome as we come into the harsh winter months.”

Ian McHale (far right) is pictured with the other finalists in the Young Chef of the Year competition.▪

Competition is heating up for young Southside chef Ian McHaleIan McHale of Rathmines has made it through to the final of the Euro-Toques search for Ireland’s Young Chef of the Year.

The prestigious competition aims to seek out Ireland’s most talented young chefs aged from 18-26.

Five finalists met in Dublin

for the first time recently and had to work as part of a team to design and cook a menu for an exclusive event.

They will cook again on November 23 at the final, when the overall winner is chosen.

The winner will be picked for their talent, enthusiasm and passion for Irish cooking and culinary history.

According to Deputy Byrne, statistics from the Dublin Re-gion Homeless Executive show that in the third quarter of this year, 2,456 individuals accessed emergency accommodation in the Dublin City Council area.

An average of 130 emergency accommodation beds was allo-cated nightly in Dublin.

“This is simply too many peo-ple without a home, seeking emergency accommodation and it cannot continue,” she added.

“More positively the figures also show that for the same pe-riod, 248 individuals moved on to independent living or tenan-cies.

“Also for this period, Dublin City Council successfully nego-tiated the transfer of 60 NAMA units for homeless households for 2014, and work is ongoing in this regard.”

Meanwhile, a meeting was held last week to launch a new campaign group to tackle the problem on the Southside.

Clondalkin Homeless Action aims to look at homelessness and see what positive steps can be taken to address the issue.

They have established a Face-book page and are looking for volunteers and donations.

“We have also launched an appeal for clothing items,” said Cllr Francis Timmons.

“If people would consider buying one extra item in the weekly shopping for example, gloves scarfs or socks, it would help a homeless person this winter.

“The idea is to help as many people in the Clondalkin and Tallaght areas who are home-less or who are at risk of becom-ing homeless.”

Cllr Timmons added: “Home-lessness can happen to anyone. We need to work together to develop solutions and support because people who would have previously not been in danger of homelessness are now at risk due to bank reprocession of houses and rent caps.”

Cllr Timmons has called for boarded up houses to be made liveable immediately and for emergency accommodation in the form of a hostel on the Southside to be provided as a matter of urgency.

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Council rate cut is an important first step say local businesses

However, the Dún Laoghaire BID (Business Improvement Dis-trict) company stated that the re-duction, while an important first step, must go a lot further in order to make doing business in the area sustainable.

Don McManus, Chair of the Dún Laoghaire BID company, said ex-isting rate levels were making it very difficult for many small, me-dium and indeed larger businesses in Dún Laoghaire town to maintain current staff levels.

“Ratepayers are the single biggest contributor to the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council budget, so it goes without saying that it is in the council’s in-terest to bring rates to an afford-able level, so business is viable,” he said.

“Notwithstanding the 2.5 per cent reduction in rates in next year’s budget, nearly 50 per cent or €81.67 million will be contrib-uted by businesses in our county.”

The BID company said the coun-cil needed to show their commit-ment to businesses in the county in the 2016 and 2017 budgets.

“There needs to be further and more substantial reductions in rates to equate to the 15 per cent reduction in local property tax voted for at the council’s budget meeting,” Mr McManus added.

“Our proposal for a substantial reduction over a three year period is realistic and affordable and we intend to engage closely with our elected representatives to develop a strategic approach to reaching this end goal of a 15 per cent re-duction by 2017.”

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Coun-ty Council said it had adopted a budget for 2015 that would main-tain and expand current levels of service, while also reducing local taxes and charges.

“The benefits of the emerging economic recovery have had a positive impact on the budget and have resulted in the first expan-sionary budget in this county since 2008,” a spokesperson said. “The main objective of this budget is to ensure a fair and equitable spread of those benefits.”

By Neil Fetherston

A DECISION by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to commit to a rates reduction of 2.5 per cent in next year’s budget has been welcomed by local businesses.

The wait is over... Pictured is a proud St Patrick’s Athletic quartet celebrating the Inchicore team’s first FAI Cup win in 53 years: Liam Buckley, manager; Frank Kinsella, director; Paul Kinane, director; and Anthony Delaney, club secretary. The Super Saints last won the cup in 1961 when they beat Drumcondra 2-1 at Dalymount Park.

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Gonzaga boys rev up for F1 challenge

The international competition now attracts more than 90,000 students across the world who take part in a frenzied dash to design, build and ultimately race model Formula 1 cars powered by compressed air.

The members of the Southside college team, Jack Doherty, Pe-

ter Healy, Ruairi McCabe, Hugo O’Regan, Harry Forde and Dan-iel Roche O’Rourke will be re-quired to make an aerodynamic model Formula 1 car that will be raced against other participating schools in the regional finals in March and national final in April.

Daniel Roche O’Rourke of Gonzaga’s team said: “For each of the lads this competition seems like a great opportunity to get a chance to learn lots of new things.

“Of course, we would be able to excercise all the skills we already have and hopefully to improve on them but we also hope to learn a lot more.

“We are all very interested in Formula 1 and we want to experi-ence how it all works first hand.”

Gonzaga’s team will be re-quired to write a five page plan explaining how they would go about putting their model car to-gether should they qualify for the regionals.

GONzAGA College has signed up a team to participate in the Formula 1 in Schools Technol-ogy Challenge.

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Suspended sentence for teen caught with heroin worth €105,000

€105,598 and total weight of 704 grammes, for sale or supply at various locations in Dublin 8, on March 5, 2013.

Judge Martin Nolan had asked Garda Richard Brennan at an earlier hearing if gardaí believed O’Neill’s claim that he had paid for the drugs himself.

“In my experience you would need €27,500 to buy these drugs upfront,” Garda Brennan said. He stated it would be unusual for a person of O’Neill’s age and charac-ter to have access to such but said he had nothing to prove that what he said was not true.

Garda Brennan agreed with Judge Nolan that he was left with what O’Neill told gardaí but added that “it’s not very realistic”.

The Garda agreed with Sean Gillane SC, defending, that offic-ers were surprised about O’Neill’s involvement and it was also sur-prising that he took “significant responsibility” for the drugs.

He accepted that the informa-tion gardaí had to set up the initial surveillance didn’t relate to O’Neill, nor was he on any “Garda radar”.

Judge Nolan said the court would be hopeful of rehabilitation in the case of such a young man and he had come to the conclusion his involvement was not as seri-ous as he suggested. He imposed a five-year sentence which he sus-pended in full.

Garda Brennan told Lorcan Staines BL, prosecuting, that gardaí set up the surveillance fol-lowing a tip off.

O’Neill and a co-accused were spotted on three occasions meet-ing other males during which gardaí suspected drugs were be-ing exchanged.

Gardaí followed the two men to a house on North Circular Road where they stayed for an hour be-fore leaving again in a taxi. This is the taxi O’Neill was later stopped in.

He was arrested and admitted in interview that all the drugs were his for sale or supply. He said he would earn about €5,000 in profit after two weeks.

O’Neill knew the monetary val-ue of various different weights of heroin and said that he sold “five half gardens that day”.

He said the drugs had been paid for and he didn’t owe any money for them. He told gardaí he was sorry and he would stop.

Mr Gillane told Judge Nolan that although his client was street dealing, he asked the court to ac-cept that he was not involved at the level he suggested himself to gardaí in interview.

“It simply doesn’t fit, his expla-nation was a surprise,” counsel submitted.

Mr Gillane said his client is now homeless but is bright and was “someone of potential”.

“A life in and out of prison is not inevitable for him,” he said.

Daniel O’Neill (19) was arrested following Garda surveillance of two separate premises. He was caught with €4,000 worth of heroin in his underwear along with a further €36,390 in a shopping bag after gardaí stopped him in a taxi.

A further search of a premises O’Neill had just left with a co-ac-cused led to the discovery of €65,100 worth of heroin in a com-partment under the kitchen sink.

O’Neill, who is living in tempo-rary accommodation with Focus Ireland, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to hav-ing the drugs, worth a total of

By Sonya McLean and Fiona Ferguson

A THEN 17-year-old who told gardaí he had been paid upfront for over €100,000 worth of her-oin and was making a profit of €5,000 in a fortnight has been given a suspended sentence.

Eva Dorney Goldsmith pictured with cathaoirleach Marie Baker at the DLR Winter Fair in Dun Laoghaire last week. Eva was declared winner of ‘Best Stand’ at the annual event.Photo By PauL ShERWooD

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perform live at the Christmas Toy Show this year, as well as chil-dren’s dance troupes, Christmas DJs, magicians, ventriloquists and loads of your kids’ favourite char-acters from film and television.

The Christmas Toy Show can take the hassle out of your sea-sonal shopping, with all the toys you need under one roof.

And Santa isn’t the only one making deliveries this Christmas – the friendly Toy Show elves will

be on hand with lots of clever ways of getting your presents to where they need to go!

So come along to the RDS for nine days of festive fun and toys, toys and more toys!

Admission to the Christmas Toy Show at the RDS is €6, with family tickets for five people at €25 and children two and under admitted free. Visits to Santa Claus are €15 (including children two and un-der) with accompanying adults free.

Advance tickets are available at

€12 from www.christmastoyshow.ie. This includes a gift from Santa Claus for each child.

Further details and tickets for both the Christmas Toy Show and Santa are available from www.christmastoyshow.ie

To be in with a chance to win a family pass, just tell us where the Christmas Toy Show is being held this month. Email your answers to [email protected] or send us a postcard to Toy Show Competition, Dublin People, 80-83 Omni Park, Santry, Dublin 9.

Santa’s elves Aisling O’Sullivan (5) and Harry Towler (9) get ready for the Christmas Toy Show in the RDS, which runs from November 22-30. PHOTO: ANDReSPOveDA

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Members of the Maritime Museum of Ireland, Hugh O’Rourke, Noel Vaughan, Brian Montgomery, Peter Pearson, Richard McCormick (President Maritime Institute of Ireland), Eoghan Ganly and Breasal O’Caollai are pictured with Peter Pearson (centre) in Dun Laoghaire.Peter presented A Magic Lantern Show - Glass Slides of Old Dun Laoghaire at the museum last week. The next exhibition will be on the history of the Asgard from Launch, to Gun Running to Conservation and will be presented by Pat Murphy. Tickets: €10.For more information about upcoming exhibitions at The National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, contact organiser Eoghan Ganly on 0872377955 or President of the Maritime Institute of Ireland, Richard McCormick on 0877556325.

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EnviroCom Awards honour county’s green achievements

Nature Reserve Management Ad-visory Committee working under An Taisce has restored and en-hanced the only remaining salt marsh on the Southside while Foodcloud and Tesco Ireland received the Environmental In-novation Award for creating and implementing a smart phone App and website the enables busi-nesses with surplus food to con-nect with charities helping indi-viduals.

Future Fit, based in Dún Laoghaire, won an award for Engaging Communities in an En-vironmental Project for its work with sports clubs, both locally and across Ireland, while Hon-eypark, built by Cosgrave Devel-opments received the award for Energy Management for its high density mixed-use development that incorporated ultra-energy efficient housing, a retail centre, parks, community centre and wildlife areas.

Nutgrove based MicroPro Com-puters won an award for Environ-mental Performance for develop-ing and building top spec laptop

The occasion was the annual Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Cham-ber EnviroCom Awards that were held in the prestigious surrounds of the Radisson Blu Hotel.

The EnviroCom Awards honour outstanding businesses, agencies and not-for-profit organisations for their environmental achieve-ments in the county.

Now in their eighth year, the awards are organised by DLR Chamber of Commerce with President Dr Josephine Browne, supported by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Corporate Sponsorship by Utility-wise Ireland.

The awards were presented jointly by cathaoirleach Marie Baker and Alex White, the Min-ister for Communication, Energy

and Natural Resources.The awards recognise the

excellence in environmental management by business and agencies of all sizes or sectors operating in the county area of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown.

Airfield, which underwent extensive renovations between 2011 and 2013 won an Award for Environmental Performance for its new world class visitor and ed-ucational facilities and their suc-cess in educating urban residents on farming, the environment and the natural world.

The Garda’s Blackrock District was recognised for its Mountain Bike Patrol programme which saves fuel and reduces carbon emissions.

The all-volunteer Booterstown

By Neil Fetherstonhaugh

FROM the Garda’s Green Transport Initiation and Mountain Bike Patrol, to An Taisce’s Booterstown Marsh Nature Reserve, and from UCD’s Water Conservation Project to Stillorgan Park Hotel’s sustainable management programme, the best of the Southside’s green initiatives were rewarded at a glittering gala dinner last week.

Aoibheann O’ Brien and Iseult Ward, the founders of social enterprise Foodcloud, won a Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Envirocom award in partnership with Tesco.▪

computers that are designed to be updateable, reusable and re-cyclable, while St Michael’s Hos-pital in Dún Laoghaire won the award for Waste Management for reducing their food waste.

The Stillorgan Park Hotel won a large organisation award for Environmental Performance for its programme to install ultra-energy efficient LED lighting throughout the hotel, while the Spokesman won the award for

Special Merit/Microenterprise for identifying an unmet niche in the market for a bike repair service

University College Dublin (UCD) was recognised with the Award for Water Conservation for the implementation of its strategic plan to save water.

Minister White applauded the efforts of the EnviroCom award winners. “Their leadership in environmental management on the Southside is crucial,” he said.

“Without a strong tide of public support, it will be impossible to lower emissions and end our de-pendency on fossil fuels. If we’re to successfully move from being a high carbon to a low carbon country we need local agents of change pushing and driving the green agenda through every lo-cal community in Ireland. This is exactly what the EnviroCom nominees and award winners are doing.”


Remembering the Devil’s Own mutiny

to spread fast and it resonated with other members of the Connaught rangers.

At 9am, 30 more soldiers joined the protest, including the armed duty guard. Republican songs and slogans could be heard from the Guardroom.

By the evening of June 28, 150 soldiers had joined the protest. What began as a small protest was now a mutiny in support of Irish freedom. A committee was elected by the mutineers and they agreed to hold onto their arms.

The republicans now took con-trol of the Barracks. Their aim was to make the world aware of their action in support of Ireland. The mutiny was explained to the local Indian traders.

Many saw it as an act of anti imperialist solidarity and provided the mutineers with green white and orange material to make flags. The Tricolour soon replaced the Union flag above Jalander Barracks. Mes-sengers were sent to a nearby regi-ment of Connaught Rangers based 10 miles away at Solon. Led by Private James Daly of Tyrellspass,

Daithí Ó Riain

IN the aftermath of World War 1, the Connaught Rangers, an Irish regiment in the British army known as the ‘Devil’s Own’, were stationed as peacekeepers in India.

Despite serving in the British Army, many of these men had been deeply influenced by the 1916 Rising and held strong republican beliefs.

As news of the campaign of ter-ror being waged by the Black and Tans in Ireland began to reach them, they decided to act.

On June 27 1920, Joseph Hawes met in the wet canteen of Jalander Barracks, Punjab, North East India, with William Daly, Patrick Gogarty,

Paddy Sweeny and Stephen Lally. The latest newspapers had just

arrived from Ireland and reported the details of further British atroci-ties. Hawes had just returned from leave in County Clare. He gave his comrades a first-hand account of the brutal repression being inflicted by the British army and the Black and Tans on republicans and the general population at home.

This group of friends agreed that their ‘peacekeeping’ mission in In-dia was very similar to the role of the Black and Tans in Ireland.

They couldn’t demand the free-dom of their own country while holding down the people of anoth-er. Something had to be done. They decided that they would refuse to serve in the British army any long-er. They knew deserters were likely to be shot. However, at daybreak, at great risk, they took a stand for Ireland.

Shortly after 8am Joe Hawes, Paddy Sweeny, Patrick Gogarty and Stephen Lally reported to the guardroom and asked to be arrest-ed. William had pulled out of the plan. News of their protest began

The monument in Glasnevin Cemetery dedicated to the memory of the mutineers. ▪

Battered guitars are music to this guy’s earsBy Neil Fetherstonhaugh

A CHILDREN’S charity has appealed to Dubliners to check their garages, attics and garden sheds, to look under their beds and in the back of wardrobes for old, unused and even broken musical instruments.

The Musical Youth Foundation provides at-risk children with free ac-cess to life-changing music education programmes in community centres and schools across the city.

The charity’s founder says they ur-gently need more musical instruments and he believes there are thousands of unused instruments lying unwanted in

homes up and down the country.“While there is a particular need

for acoustic, electric and bass guitars, we are open to any and all instrument donations and we are even willing to arrange collection,” stated Dubliner Chris Maher.

“Do you have a broken guitar or maybe an old drum? Well, we’ll prob-ably take that too,” declared Maher.

“Following our last call for instru-ment donations in 2012 we received quite a few broken ones. I didn’t have the heart to dump them.

“If instruments could talk I’m sure they would have had a tale or two to tell so we came up with the idea of up-cycling them in conjunction with some

of Ireland’s best artists, designers and musicians.”

The result was an Instrumental Art Exhibition in Stephen’s Green Shop-ping Centre during summer 2012 that attracted over 10,000 visitors.

Since then the charity has trans-formed dozens of old guitars, violins and drums into stunning art and fur-niture pieces which it uses to generate much needed funds for its work helping in vulnerable children benefit from community based group music lessons.

The charity is currently giving anyone who donates €5 or more the chance to win an exclusive upcycled Marshall Guitar Cabinet Coffee Table.

“The cabinet was broken and beyond musical use when we received it so we decided to strip it down, sand it, stain it with a mahogany wood stain, varnish it and then top it off with a glass top” Maher explained. “The result is a to-tally cool coffee table that will look the business in any home.”

Maher said that as a charity the Mu-sical Youth Foundation always strived to stand out from the crowd.

“And this is just a fun way of engag-ing with the public and showing them how much we appreciate their sup-port,” he added. “For every €5 donated via our website, www.musicalyouth-foundation.org, donors will be entered into a quarterly draw. Last quarter it was an upcycled drum which had been transformed into a unique side table.”

The charity currently helps 100 children across seven locations in

local community centres and schools to access weekly tuition, practice sessions and supporting workshops in live performance, singing and song writing as part of its ‘Guitars for kids” programme.

Maher believes that the benefits of a musical education stretch way beyond the lessons, by helping to build a child’s confidence, improve concentration and teach them the value of patience and perseverance.

“Aside from being a very satisfying hobby, music education is known to help improve a child’s performance in the classroom outside of music educa-

tion itself,” he said.“If you have an old guitar hiding

under your bed or a ukulele feeling lonely in a corner, please donate it to the Musical Youth Foundation and let it feel the love again.

“By donating your instruments you will be helping the Musical Youth Foundation to move closer to achieving our goal of providing every child on the island of Ireland with access to musical education.”

If you have an instrument that you would like to donate, email [email protected] with the details and your location.

Westmeath, 40 rangers immedi-ately joined the mutiny. They took over the barracks and hoisted the Tricolour.

Two rangers were killed during the battle for control of the ar-moury. As British reinforcements arrived at both locations the repub-lican mutineers were arrested and imprisoned in Dagshai Prison.

Eighty-eight mutineers were court marshalled. Nineteen were sentenced to death, 59 were given sentences of up to 15 years’ impris-onment and 10 were acquitted.

Of the 19 sentenced to death, 18 had their punishment reduced to life imprisonment.

The British refused to pardon James Daly, the 21-year-old leader of the mutiny at Solon. On Novem-ber 2, 1920, James Daly was shot by British firing squad and died for Ireland.

Following negotiations between the Government of the Irish Free State and the British, the impris-oned mutineers were released in January 9 1923. A monument to their memory now stands in Glas-nevin Cemetery.

Chris Maher wants your unwanted musical instruments.▪

A drum that has been granted a new lease of life as a piece of unique furniture.▪


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FAIR: A Christmas fare will be held in Scoil Colm, Armagh Road, Crumlin on Sunday, November 23 from 11am to 3pm. There will be various stalls including knitware, bric a brac, jewellery and various food stalls. There will be raffles with spot prizes and all proceeds will be donated to the school.

SHANKILLFAIR: On Sunday, November

23 the St Anne’s Parish Christmas Fair takes place between 10.30am and 3pm in St Anne’s Resource Centre beside St Anne’s Church, Dublin Road, Shankill. All welcome – admission free.

MONKSTOWNARTHRITIS: Support and

information group meetings take place in Monkstown on the second Tuesday of the month at 2.30pm in St Patrick’s Community Hall, Monkstown. For further information tel 087-2747669.

DUNDRUMSET DANCE: Classes are given

on Mondays in Balally Parish Centre, from 8.30 to 10pm, and on Fridays in Meadowbrook Leisure Centre, from 8pm to 9.30pm.

Beginners welcome. Contact Kevin on 086-1920034

COMPUTERS: DDLETB are currently running a series of computer classes for beginners throughout a number of Southside libraries including Deansgrange, Stillorgan and Dundrum. The ‘Learning at Library’ programme consists of free library based learning blended with tutor support. Upon successful completion of the course, learners will receive a FETAC Minor Award Level 3 Certificate in Information Technology. If you are interested in hearing more about these courses contact Rachel on 087-6727773 or Fiona on 051-878813.

DISCUSSION: A new community-based discussion

group will be meeting every Tuesday morning in the Dundrum/Sandyford area. If you fancy an opportunity to discuss the affairs of the week including politics, sport, local issues in a friendly, facilitated environment then contact Dominic at [email protected] or tel 089-4341084.

SANDYMOUNTLADIES CRICKET: Pembroke

Cricket Club Ladies Section is now recruiting. No experience required as coaching is provided at all levels. They share the same grounds as Monkstown Rugby Club on Park Avenue, Sandymount. There are six men’s teams and three ladies’ teams. Visit www.pembrokecricket.com For further info email [email protected] or contact Sandra on 0868036059.

CITYFAITH: A Discussion Group

debates questions of faith on the first Saturday of every month from 2-4pm until May in a room in Clarendon Street Parish Center off Grafton Street. Subjects such as religious faith in contemporary Ireland, making moral decisions, world religions and life issues will be discussed.

TERENUREBIBLE STUDIES: on ‘The Cross’

will take place in Bethany Church, 16 Whitehall Close (Off Whitehall Road) Terenure on Sundays November 23 and 30 from 7pm to 8pm. Light refreshments will be served at close. For further details contact www.bethanychurch.ie

CLUB: The Evergreen Club has activities for the over 50s including lunches, Bridge and aerobics. New members are especially welcome. The club meets at the rear of the car park on Terenure Road North. For details tel Nuala on 01-4909802.

FOOTBALL: Terenure Football

Club is currently seeking new players for its Under 12 (born 2003) boy’s A team for the 2014/15 season. Located in Bushy Park, they train on Thursday evening and play in the DDSL Sunday League. The emphasis is on enjoyment and player development. Contact Stephen at [email protected] or tel 086 8159889.

SONGS: The Brady’s Sessions is a monthly singer/songwriter night that will take place on

the last Friday of the month in Brady’s Pub, Terenure. Local musicians from around Dublin and the country have played since the gig was set up by local Terenure man Keith McLoughlin back in June 2012. For more info visit The Brady’s Sessions on Facebook or Brady’s Pub Terenure.

BOULES: (Petanque) is played in Bushy Park over two sessions on Wednesdays from 2.30pm until 4.30pm and then from 6pm until

the park closes. It is also played on Sunday mornings at 11am until 1.30pm and on Saturdays at 1pm (tel 087-6225433). All are welcome. More information is available at www.dublinpetanque.com

SPORTS: The Terenure Sports Club is welcoming new members. The community based multi sports club caters for cricket, bowls, rugby, soccer, tennis, snooker and table tennis. It is open to all

ages and abilities. Tel 087-0683663

BOWLING: The Bowling section of Terenure Sports Club is seeking new members. The club has teams competing at all levels of the sport. No previous experience necessary as coaching is available. Social members are also more than welcome. Half price membership offer to all new members for the upcoming season. Contact [email protected] or Derek on 086-3499085.

Hairdressers raise tHousands for society: staffof Herman’s Hairdressers in dundrum and Ballinteer have been busy raising money for the irish cancer society and to date, they have donated €8,000 to the society. John Mccormackof the ics said: “Herman’s Hairdressers have supported the irish cancer society’s free breast cancer services and research since 2008. We are extremely grateful to all involved. one in 10 irish women will be diagnosed with breast cancer but with the support of companies like Hermans, we can ensure that no woman has to embark on her breast cancer journey alone.”

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Brian Hayes of Hollypark BNS and Mark Kavanagh of Pope John Paul’s during the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Finals in Croke Park recently. PHoto By PiArAS o MidHeACH▪

Niall McCarthy of Pope John Paul’s in action against James Furlong, Hollypark BNS, during the Corn Kitterick Final.▪

St James’ PS were in jubilant form after winning the Sciath an Cheid against Scoil Aenghusa.▪

St James’ PS lift the trophy after winning the Sciath an Cheid against Scoil Aenghusa.▪

St James’ PS players Lee durkin and Lee McGougan celebrate after winning the Sciath an Cheid against Scoil Aenghusa. ▪

Cian Byrne of St James’ PS celebrates a late score on their way to winning the Sciath an Cheid.▪

Another great action shot of Brian Hayes of Hollypark BNS and Mark Kavanagh of Pope John Paul’s during the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Finals .▪


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Difference between state pensionsQuestion:i am approaching pension age short-ly and would like to know about the different pensions i may qualify for.

Answer:There are a number of different pen-

sions which the State provides.State Pension Contributory - this

pension is paid to people that have been working all or part of their life. It is a PRSI based payment and you will receive a weekly income depending on your contributions.

State Pension Non-Contributory - this payment is paid to people who do not qualify for the contributory State pension or people who do qualify for the contributory State pension but at a reduced rate.

The non-contributory pension may be more financially beneficial for the person. It is a means tested payment as it is not based on your PRSI contri-butions.

Widow’s Pension Contributory (Wid-ow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Part-ner’s (Contributory) Pension is a week-ly payment to the husband, wife or civil partner of a deceased person.

This payment was formerly called the Widow’s/Widower’s (Contributory)

Pension. Either you or your deceased spouse

or civil partner must have enough so-cial insurance contributions (PRSI).

To qualify you must, of course, be a widow, widower or surviving civil part-ner and you must not be cohabiting with another person.

If you are divorced and you would have been entitled to a Widow’s, Wid-ower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Con-tributory) Pension had you remained married, you keep your entitlement to the Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension).Widow’s Pension Non-Contributory - this pension is a means-tested pay-ment payable to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner who does not qualify for a contributory widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’spayment.

This payment was formerly called the Widow’s/Widower’s (Non-Contribu-tory) Pension).

It is a payment for widows, widowers or surviving civil partners who do not have dependent children.

People with dependent children should apply for the One-Parent Family Payment.

You transfer to State Pension (Non-

Contributory) when you reach 66-years-of-age.

This pension is taxable but you are unlikely to pay tax if it is your only in-come.

There are a number of different pensions which the State provides.▪

Know Your Rights has been compiled by northside Citizens’ information service which provides a free and confidential service to the public. the centre is based at Bunratty Road, Coolock. Phone 0761 07 8190. information is also available online at citizensinformation.ie and national Helpline at 0761 07 4000.

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BOOK OF THE WEEK:

‘Get Out of the Office and Cycle to India’DISILLUSIONED with his materialistic life-style, Fearghal Jo quits his high-powered job at one of the world’s largest private equity firms.

Everything around him seems fake - from the bosses and colleagues, to

the staged video conference calls - and so he decides to set out on

a quest for his lost soul.After a business meeting in

London, he detours to Wales where he ends up buying a bike, a tent and a camping stove, and cycles all the way

home to Dublin, via Mount Snowdon.Enjoying the new sense of

freedom, he cycles out through the front door one morning, with no particu-lar destination in mind. Along the way, he develops new tastes: the coconuts and mangoes in Sri Lanka; the sangak and the anar in Iran; the dosa in India; the czay and the olives in Turkey. Unfortunately he also has to endure painful saddle sores, stolen bags, multiple crashes, assault, amoeba infection, sinusitis, infected wounds, fever, vomiting and sunburn.

By the time he arrives in Budapest he is in need of a rest, and is invited to stay with an American girlfriend, but ends up being stalked by her on a houseboat on the River Danube.

In Belgrade, a grizzly old man, unable to converse with him, allows him to stay in his home. Fearghal’s computer blows up when he plugs it into the wrong socket,

and he ends up outstaying his welcome. When he finally manages to leave Belgrade, another overly hospitable Serb drags him out for an all-night clubbing session, which prompts him to drop alco-hol for good.

He soon crosses into Bulgaria, where a local cyclist tries to cling onto his tail and a security guard at a nuclear power plant catches him with his pants down.

In Iran, he is a source of great amusement as he parades through the towns in his cycling shorts. Despite the reputation that precedes the country, he receives warm hospitality everywhere he goes - with the notable ex-ceptions of being thrown off a bus and being assaulted with a knuckleduster. He even cycles straight into a Kurdish wedding celebra-tion, where he is welcomed as a guest of honour and is later towed up a mountain by a passing motorcyclist.

Finally he arrives at his spiritual home, in an ‘off-the-grid’ forest com-munity in India, where he sleeps on a bed of bamboo and rope, and cooks vegan food over

a wood-burning stove. He also stays on a local organic farm, but is horrified by the blatant exploita-tion of the volunteers, and lasts only five days.

Back at the forest commu-nity, he inad-vertently covers himself in ‘bum wash’ water while cleaning the commu-nity laundry, and develops an infected wound. He sees the com-munity as his new family and learns the importance of human unity, con-necting to nature and being surround-ed by loving people. He discovers that there is life beyond the office desk.

About the AuthorFearghal Jo grew up in Malahide and after graduating from Trin-ity College, qualified as a chartered ac-countant. He later worked for one of the world’s largest private equity firms.

Following an inner calling, he journeyed to Africa where he trained as a safari guide. He wrote about his adventures in the book, ‘Beating Around the Bush’, which became Ama-zon’s top-selling South African travel book in its first week of release.

Last year he swapped his car for a touring bike, a tent and a cooking stove. He cycled to India where he settled in a self-sufficient forest commu-nity. The new book, ‘Get Out of the Office and Cycle to India’, documents his adventures. Fearghal is a regular blogger on http://loveforourworld.wordpress.com and http://fearghaljo.wordpress.com

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FINDING OUR VOICES: Pictured at the launch of the book, ‘Finding Our Voices, Making A Difference’, were Karen Smyth, Age and Opportunity (pictured right); Tom Costelloe from Atlantic Philanthropies (left); Marie Brady and her grandchild Tegan Bolger (4), in the Fire Restaurant in the Mansion House. The book includes interviews and stories from those who took part in the ‘Get Vocal’ initiative. Photo by Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

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Irish writer launches second edition of acclaimed short stories set in Italy

The first edition was published by Pillar Press in 2006 and long-listed for the Frank O’Connor In-ternational Short Story Award.

Two new short stories are pub-lished for the first time in this new edition. The book comprises 10 short stories in total and a foreword by TS Eliot prize-win-ning poet, George Szirtes

Original art to illustrate the book was commissioned from Egypt and Ireland-based artist Shevaun Doherty Sba.

The Tuscan landscape, with its olive groves, cypress trees, beau-tiful old farmhouses, rich, artistic heritage and glorious food and wine, sets the backdrop for ‘A House of Cards’.

However, this is contemporary Tuscany, not the air-brushed one

of travel brochures. Those ex-pats who have made Italy their home are challenged not just by the de-mands of their relationships, but by the Italian mores they must navigate and which are rarely de-tectable to the tourist’s lens.

Each of the 10 stories focuses on the disorientation that ensues when you tumble down the rabbit hole of identity where everything is topsy-turvy. Common sense, decency and good manners are about as useful as a lantern in the Sahara.

As acclaimed Irish writer Claire Kilroy observed in her review of the book’s themes and narratives: “This is Italy after the holiday is over; Italy as home; Italy to one who will never be accepted as Italian. Dangerous terrain.”

A SECOND edition of short stories, ‘A House of Cards’, has been published by Italian-based Irish writer, Elizabeth MacDonald.

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like a limb. (6)

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Knowing when to splash out on your holiday I’VE always been a fan of budget travel tips. For more than 30 years I’ve writ-ten and lectured about ways to stow-away, picnic and get special deals to be able to afford international travel.

My feeling has long been that you ex-perience more by spending less. While that’s still true, over the years I’ve real-ised that you can also justify splurges as good value when you consider the expe-rience gained and the time saved.

If you stay in a B&B rather than a fancy hotel, you’ll enjoy twice the cultural ex-perience and intimacy for half the cost. When it comes to hotels, the irony is that the more you spend - in many cases - the further you get from the culture you trav-elled so far to experience.

That said, there are some characteris-tic hotels that are worth the splurge. I’m always willing to pay a bit more for the convenience of a centrally located hotel, close to the sights.

And in the oldest parts of Europe, many of these well-situated hotels come with enough history to themselves be part of the itinerary. In Florence, I stay at Loggiato dei Serviti - a stately former convent that looks out over the Ac-cademia, where Michelangelo’s statue of David stands.

Another great example of a splurge is taking a walking tour led by a knowl-edgeable local guide. You can pick up a map and sort things out on your own, but if you have limited time, you can expe-rience more by investing in a good tour (€20 to €30 per person).

I’m a huge fan of Europe’s public trans-portation and use it whenever I can. To make the most of your time in sprawling destinations that lack good public trans-portation - like Normandy’s D-Day beach-es, the châteaux of the Loire River Valley or Italy’s Amalfi Coast - a guided minivan tour can be a smart choice.

Lately I’ve also been enjoying food tours, which are becoming trendy throughout Europe. Costing about €65 to €135, these mobile feasts come with several stops in atmospheric restaurants or markets, where you sample local fla-vours, all explained by a guide.

Anything that puts me in touch with the pulse of a place also finds room on my splurge list. In Paris - the City of Light - a €65 hour-long taxi ride at night gets me a blitz tour of the city’s best views. The French have raised floodlighting to an art form and Paris makes one beautiful can-vas. C’est magnifique!

My current favourite splurge? It’s a gon-dola ride in Venice. In the early evening, when the crowds are gone and the light is right, find a gondolier whose person-ality you enjoy, settle on a price (about €160 for 50 minutes), grab your special someone and hop in. Gliding through the dreamy tranquillity of your own private Venice is an almost out-of-body experi-ence - one you’ll never forget.

I’ll probably always grab a picnic, carry my own bags and wash my socks in hotel sinks, wringing the most value I can from my travel euro. But I’m learning that the goal is not to save the most money. It’s

to have the more efficient and enjoyable experience; to use my time as wisely as my holiday euro; and to know my options so my trip fits both my budget and my dreams.

• Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on TV and ra-dio. Email him at [email protected] and follow his blog on Facebook.

Splurging on a gondola ride in Venice (pictured above) buys a memory for a lifetime.

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How to generate a pre-festive buzz in energetic Belfast : Hi Lizann, my friends and I rarely get away together. Be-fore the busy festive season kicks in, we are hoping to go

on a city break, but don’t want to trav-el too far. Is there any city in Ireland with lots of fun and interesting things to do that you could recommend?

: Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital, has blossomed in front of our eyes into a thriving and exciting metropolis over recent

years. There is an unmistakeable buzz pulsating through the streets that will leave you feeling awake and energised, one of the many qualities that makes Belfast a great city getaway.

Begin your trip and familiarise yourself with the geography of the city with one of the many guided tours Belfast has to of-fer. Explore the city by bus, boat, taxi or on foot and discover Belfast’s attention-grabbing story by stopping off at some of the top attractions.

Take a Black Taxi Tour of West Belfast and gain a unique insight into the city’s chequered political history. This neigh-

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bourhood is at the heart of where much of the political conflict occurred in Bel-fast over the course of the Troubles.

The tour will also give you the oppor-tunity to visit some of the more signifi-cant mural sites which adorn the walls of the city. These colourful pieces of public art are symbols of the political and reli-gious divisions in Northern Ireland and are incredibly striking.

Titanic Belfast has become one of

Belfast’s best loved attractions since it opened in 2012. The world’s most fa-mous shipwreck was built in Belfast and the slipway where it was constructed has now been developed into a fascinating multimedia visitor experience.

The attraction tells the story of the Ti-tanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage through a series of galleries and also stands as a monument to Belfast’s maritime herit-age.

If you feel like some retail therapy, you’ve come to the right city. Belfast has a varied array of shopping, from in-dependent boutiques to high street to designer. There is something to suit eve-ryone’s taste.

After all your exploring, why not wind down with your friends over dinner and drinks. Thanks to some top chefs’ inter-est in the city in recent years, the restau-rant scene in Belfast has reinvented itself with some inspired food.

And if you’re not ready for the evening to end, head into Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, the city’s social hub and home to some of the city’s most exhilarating nightlife.

WHERE To STay:The following hotels can be booked

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HILTon BELFaST HoTEL (*****)The Hilton Belfast Hotel is a luxury 5-

star hotel with beautiful views overlook-ing the River Lagan. It’s immaculately furnished and there are plenty of dining options in both the hotel restaurant and bar/lounge. From €125 per room, per night

TEn SquaRE HoTEL (****)Ten Square Hotel is ideally situated in

the centre of Belfast and in walking dis-tance of the city’s major attractions. The hotel bedrooms are decorated stylishly and are also designed for ultimate com-fort. From €119 per room, per night

PaRk Inn By RadISSon BELFaST (***)Park Inn by Radisson Belfast is located

centrally in Belfast city. It’s equipped with a health club, steam room and sauna for guests to enjoy. From €90 per room, per night

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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. You can support Dogs Trust by purchasing your Christmas cards from their website or from the reception at the centre. They are available right now, with all funds raised going towards the centre.

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

Sadly, he is really struggling living in a kennel environment so we really hope 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 carers think he will make a perfect house pet for the right family!

If you think that might just be you, call 01-8791000 or pop into the Dogs Trust centre.

With the Winter quickly approaching, Dogs Trust are happy to accept any old bedding, towels or duvets that you may be looking to get rid of.

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

CHEERS: animals to benefit from this month’s wine fair in the Westbury▪

DSPCA to benefit from winter wine fair

Guests will be tasting over 100 of the best white, red, sparkling and fortified wines available in Ireland today.

Proceeds from the annual fair always go to a good cause and this year the beneficiaries will be the DSPCA.

“This time round we are delight-ed to be supporting the DSPCA, whose work is much needed and deserves all of the funding that they can get,” a spokesperson for Corkscrew said.

The fair takes place in the Westbury from 12.30-5.30pm.

Tickets cost €25 and are avail-able online from www.thecork-screw.ie

THE Corkscrew Winter Wine Fair in the Westbury Hotel lat-er this month will be support-ing the DSPCA.

Moving home tips for puss and pooch

home together with your pet. • Settling in - While the new

home will look and feel differ-ent, the familiar smells of your

belongings will help your pet ad-just quickly. And in no time at all, you’ll be moved in and it will feel just like home.

Pets add an extra dimension to moving but there are ways to minimise the stress levels for both you and your animals.

Follow these tips to help you plan your move successfully.

• Microchipping - All pet own-ers should microchip their cats and dogs, especially before plan-ning a move. It doesn’t matter how long the distance, an animal can easily get confused in the chaos of the move and then be-come lost. If the unthinkable happens, be sure to contact local animal shelters close to both the old and new homes.

• Name tags - Update your cat or dog’s collar with its name, your new home information and a phone number that will stay active even after the moving pe-riod.

• Food and medications - Don’t pack your dog’s or cat’s food and medications until you’re ready to get into the car to make the move. Be sure to have at least an extra week of both in supply, just in case you can’t find things when unpacking.

• Practice moving - If you’ve never travelled with your pet before the move, start taking it on short rides. You may discover your cat gets motion sickness, or that your dog prefers to ride with a training harness rather than in-side a pet carrier. Knowing how your pet reacts could help deter-

mine whether any medications are needed.

• Emergencies - Make a list of emergency vet clinics in towns along your route so you have information in case you need to make a sudden stop for your pet.

• Seating - On moving day, be sure to keep your pet in your car or in the cab of the moving truck. Never put a pet in the back of a removal van because it could be-come injured or sick. Have plenty of food and water available and consider not feeding your pet for a couple of hours before you de-part to avoid an upset stomach.

• Packing - While packing the removal van, keep your pet in a small room in the house so it doesn’t become overwhelmed by the commotion. A bathroom or closet works well. Put a note on the door advising friends or mov-ers to not open the door for the protection of your pet.

• Rest stops - During rest stops along your route, be sure to keep your pet leashed or in a pet car-rier and keep it in a well-venti-lated area. Schedule rest stops every two hours. Don’t leave your pet in a closed vehicle for any amount of tim.

• Arrival – When you arrive at your new home, put your pet in a small room while the unpacking gets sorted. Once the van is un-loaded, you can explore your new

MOVinG home isn’t just stressful for us humans, it’s also a trauma for pets.


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Margaret O’Dwyer at the Vintage Fashion & Decor Fair.▪

Sui C leaves the stage at the Vintage Fashion & Decor Fair at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire.▪

The event was well attended once again this year with numerous stalls offering all things oldie and goldie.▪

Irene O’Brian with Ruby Garnet.▪ Irene O’Brian speaks with Lute al-Raad at the Dun Laoghaire fair.▪

Lute al-Raad on stage at the fair.▪Stylist Collette Brocklebank at work at the Vintage Fashion &

Decor Fair.▪

Turning heads at the Vintage Fashion & Decor FairThere was a great turnout at the popular annual event that is the Vintage Fashion & Decor Fair in Dun Laoghaire. Staged once again in the Royal Marine Hotel, the fair featured all manner of oldie, goldie material as well as an amazing fashion show.

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MotoringCar awards can help inform your choice of next year’s model

land, Irish Car of the Year sponsor.“For anyone in that increasing

number of motorists who is con-sidering a new car with the 151 registration, the choices of the IMWA car jury will be a good guide in drawing up a list of ‘must try’ cars.”

Last year the Continental Irish Car of the Year title went to the Citroen C4 Picasso while the van accolade was won by the Mer-cedes-Benz Sprinter.

Meanwhile, dealerships across the city are bracing themselves for high demand for new cars in Janu-ary 2015.

As consumer confidence gradu-ally returns to the economy, those who have been putting off the pur-chase of a new car in recent years will now be encouraged to make the move.

A field of 39 candidates have been selected for the prestigious awards that will be held at a gala event in The Marker Hotel, Grand Canal Square, Dublin, on Friday, November 28.

The Alfa Romeo 4C, Audi S1, BMW i3, Citroen Grand C4 Picas-so, Skoda Octavia RS, SsangYong Rexton, SsangYong Rodius, Sub-aru Impreza, Toyota Aygo and the Volkswagen Golf SV are among those in the running for the title.

The chairman of the IMWA, Austin Shinnors, said everything from exciting city cars and fam-ily saloons packed with technol-

ogy, to luxury/sport models and some cutting edge alternative fuel models will be there on the 2015 field of runners.

The voting members of the Irish Motoring Writers’ Association assess each vehicle, attributing points on the basis of criteria rang-ing from innovation and safety, to space, comfort, build quality, driv-ing quality and value for money.

“It has been heartening to see the uplift in car sales across the country this year and we can only hope that it is heralding a more general improvement in the coun-try’s economic outlook,” said Tom Dennigan of Continental Tyres Ire-

FOR anyone considering a new car with the 151 registration next year, the choices of the Irish Motoring Writers’ Association (IMWA) at the upcoming Continental Irish Car of the Year award ceremony will prove a good guide.

Irish motorists will be the first in Europe to be able to buy the new Mondeo, which has been available in the US as the ‘Fusion’ for almost two years.▪

New Mondeo worth waiting forSeán Creedon

“Some things are worth wait-ing for.” They were the words of Eddie Murphy at the Irish launch of the long awaited new Ford Mondeo.

Eddie, who is soon to step down as chairman and manag-ing director of Ford Ireland, reckons that the Mondeo will

be a big seller when the 151D number plates are available in two months’ time.

Eddie said: “We are sure that the new Mondeo will feature prominently on any prospective new car purchaser’s list of cars for January 2015. With this in mind, we have launched a range of options to tempt these buy-ers, including a very attractive, low interest finance deal that

will allow customers to get be-hind the wheel of a new Mondeo for only €299 per month.”

Irish motorists will be the first in Europe to be able to buy the car, which has been available in the US as the ‘Fusion’ for almost two years.

Prices start at €28,995 for the Zetec 1.6 litre TDCi. To avail of the low interest offer, order your Mondeo by November 30.


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New A6 on its way to IrelandAUDI Ireland has announced details of the new generation Audi A6 range which was re-cently unveiled at the Paris Mo-tor show.

The A6 has been refreshed with new engine configurations, transmissions, headlights and tail lights and upgraded infotainment systems.

It will arrive in Ireland this month, in time for January 2015 delivery.

The new generation A6 will be available with a choice of seven powerful yet highly efficient en-gines.

The two petrol and five diesel units offer power outputs ranging from 150PS to 320PS, and comply with stringent EU6 emissions leg-islation.

Two ‘Ultra’ 2.0TDI versions are offered – the TDI 150 and TDI 190 with 109g and 110g respectively providing customers with su-preme driving enjoyment along with segment leading efficiency.

Audi Ultra is the umbrella term Audi use for all efficiency technol-ogies and sustainability. It can be

particularly showcased by a CO₂ champion in each range which proudly wears the ‘Ultra’ badging. The top of the range engine, the 4.0-litre TFSI, is available in the Audi S6. It now delivers 450PS of power and uses innovative COD (cylinder on demand) technology to emit just 214g CO.

The 3.0 TDI 320HP BiTurbo is mated to an eight speed tiptronic transmission. All other engine variants are linked to either a newly designed six speed man-ual gearbox that is particularly lightweight and low-friction, or a seven speed S-Tronic twin-clutch transmission which replaces the familiar eight-speed multitronic box. S-Tronic can be specified on all engines for a premium of only €2,300 enabling customers to enjoy lightning fast gear changes with even greater efficiency.

With the introduction of the refreshed A6, Audi Ireland has comprehensively improved the car’s already generous standard equipment. Xenon lights, MMI navigation, acoustic glass and an anti-glare interior mirror are now standard in all SE versions and

above.The existing SE and S Line ver-

sions will be complemented by a new SE Business line for the first time. Upgrades feature electric front seats, fine grain ash wood inlays, four zone climate control, MMI Navigation plus and 18” 10 spoke alloy wheels. S Line models are upgraded for 2015 also with the addition of full LED headlights offering 5,500 kelvins of lighting – levels similar to daylight.

Confirmation of Audi’s ‘Vors-prung durch Technik’ ethos comes with the introduction of a new technology package. Featuring MMI Navigation plus, Audi Con-

nect, Bose surround sound, head up display and reverse camera it reinforces the A6 as a technical tour de force.

The sporty, sophisticated ex-terior is echoed in the car’s spa-cious interior. The colour palette has been revised and now offers additional colour options to com-plement existing black S Line up-holsteries.

The new Audi A6 is available to order now and will begin arriv-ing at dealerships in November. Its entry price in Ireland will be €44,750 OTR and will be avail-able on PCP through Audi Finance from €429 per month.

The new Audi A6 is available to order now in time for January 2015 delivery.▪

GIVING SOMETHING BACK: Brian Priestman (right), director of Kenilworth Motors, and Darragh Fanning, Leinster rugby player and Kenilworth Brand ambassador, hand over €1,000 to happy winner, Laura Hallinan. Kenilworth Motors, based in Harold’s Cross recently ran a promotion to give something back to their loyal customers. Everyone who bought a car in October was entered into a draw to win the cash. There was huge excitement on the day of the draw and in particular for Laura whose name was pulled out of the hat. Kenilworth has been serving the community for the last 25 years and will continue to offer service and quality cars for many years to come. See www.kenilworthmotors.ie

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Celeb Spy Xtrawith Rebecca Lee

‘Love/Hate’ star aoibhinn McGinnity’s set to re-enter the com-edy world when she takes to the stage in ‘elf the Musical’ at the Bord Gáis energy theatre this December.

We caught up with the 28-year-old actress and asked her about the musical production, ‘Love/Hate’ and her hopes of working with Will Ferrell.

Q: How does it feel to be returning to comedy?A: Really good actually! I feel very lucky to be playing this part. It

happened by luck. It’s great to be able to do something a bit lighter and festive and ‘Elf’ is good for grownups and kids. Comedy is a chal-lenge but I love it.

Q: How does the onstage version of ‘elf’ compare to the mov-ie?

A: Well, there’s a whole original score written for it. There are changes where they’ve made songs out of ‘Elfisms’ and I think they’ve adapted it really well. It’s gone down a storm on Broadway so hope-fully everyone will love it here too.

Q: out of all the ‘Love/Hate’ cast, who do you enjoy working with most?

A: I work with Tom the most and that’s great because he’s a fan-tastic actor so I’d have to say him. I think he’s brilliant and we trust each other. Everyone’s a joy, though, as we’re all friends anyway and everyone’s amazing at what they do.

Q: Just on storylines, do you ever get sick of people asking you what’s going to happen next?

A: Yeah, but I think we’re all trained now to say absolutely noth-ing. It’s something we’ve mastered. You’re terrified of ruining the storyline so we say nothing.

Q: are you ever worried that you might be typecast in your role as Nidge’s wife?

A: It’s entered my mind and it’s something I wouldn’t like to hap-pen with any part. I think it’s important to play as many parts as possible.

Q: If you could act alongside anyone in the world who would it be?

A: I’d love to act alongside Will Ferrell.Q: If there was an ‘elf 2’ the movie, would you be interested in

starring alongside him?A: Why not - let’s set that up!

That’s it from me. Until next week

Rebecca

Aoibhinn McGinnity stars in ‘Elf the Musical’ which runs at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre from December 16.

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Q&A with Aoibhinn McGinnity

Pop extravaganza to raise funds for Childline charitytHe Cheerios Childline Con-cert returns to the 3arena on Sunday, November 30, for its 17th year.

The annual pop extravaganza features household names such as Olly Murs, Shane Filan, Home-town and Ryan Dolan.

Nicky Byrne will host the event which aims to raise over €400,000 for Childline, Ireland’s number one children’s charity.

To date, Childline has ben-efitted to the tune of €5 million from the previous concerts, which have been held annually since 1997.

Over the years, acts such as Robbie Williams, Westlife, The Script, Boyzone, JLS, The Want-ed, Alexandra Burke, Girls Aloud, Taio Cruz, Cascada, Enrique Igle-sias, All Saints, Ronan Keating, Brian McFadden, S Club7, Blue, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Five, Sug-ababes, Busted, McFly, The Sat-urdays, Little Mix, Stooshe, and Jason Derulo have all taken part. Childline continues to experi-ence record levels of demand for its services. Over 800,000 calls will be received this year and almost half of those calls will go unanswered due to lack of re-sources. All those involved with

the Cheerios Childline Concert are providing their services free of charge on the night including artists, organisers and 3Arena.

All funding from the concert goes towards the financial sup-port and aid of the 24-hour phone line, dedicated to helping children. Childline can be con-tacted by calling the freephone number 1800 66 66 66, logging

onto www.childline.ie or text ‘talk’ to 50101.

“Cheerios is once again de-lighted to be sponsoring what is now an iconic date in the Irish music calendar,” said Jennifer Walsh of Nestle Cereals.

“Knowing that every ticket sold from this event helps keep the phone lines of Childline open and manned is a source of great

pride to everyone who works with the brand.”

Doors will open at 6.30pm and fans should note that no queuing will be permitted prior to 6pm. Show starts at 7.30pm sharp.

Those with small children are recommended to purchase tiered seating. Persons under 16 must be accompanied by a par-ent/guardian.

Nicky Byrne will host the Childline event this year.▪

Rossini’s ‘Barber’ to hit Dublin screenstHe Metropolitan opera’s ‘Barber of Seville’ is coming live from New York to Dublin on the IMC Screen Cinema, IMC Santry, IMC Dún Laoghaire, the Light House Cinema, omniplex Rathmines and oDeoN Stillor-gan.

On Saturday, November 22, at 6pm, the Metropolitan Opera will stream the latest production in its global season of live satel-lite opera transmissions with Rossini’s sparkling, tuneful, and hugely popular comedy.

One of Rossini’s best-known works, ‘The Barber’, as it is of-ten known, is one of the world’s most popular and frequently per-formed operas - and it is easy to understand why.

The central character of Fi-garo, a scheming barber and general factotum, helps two lov-ers thwart an arranged marriage

through various comic tricks and deceptions, all making for a riot-ously funny, twisting and turning plot.

Rossini, one of the great-est tunesmiths of all time, has packed the opera with one glori-ous moment after another, filling it with immediately appealing and memorable music.

Following the huge success of ‘Carmen’ earlier this month (which made the Irish cinema box office top ten with just a single live screening ), ‘The Barber of Seville’ is expected to be another roaring success. Early booking is advised

A fraction of the cost of a ticket to the opera house, with discounted ticket prices for fami-lies and half-price student and childrens’ tickets at most venues, this is the perfect production to introduce to a new generation of opera-goers. ‘The Barber’ is one of Rossini’s best-known works.▪

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The Imperial inspired style draws inspiration from mili-tary detailing and turn of the century royalty. Imperial is a dramatic mix of foil prints, em-bellishment and texture. This outfit (right) - jacket (€90), skirt (€30), and bag €38 - works for the younger girl who wants to look incredibly stylish while still keeping warm as the cold weather approaches.

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Unapologetically feminine, Vintage Belle is the ultimate in retro glamour, offering a relaxed approach to occasion dress-ing. A delicate palette of black, nudes, pale metallics and blush tones are layered together in sheer and satin fabrics with ruffle details and pleating for a look of gentle elegance is what this style is all about. This look (pictured left) - top €22 and skirt €28 - injects a little bit of fun into any occasion. Accessories in the collection include fur headbands and over-sized brooches. All the above are available at boohoo.com

I am a huge fan of Boohoo.com as they offer such good value and style. This Christmas look no further, no matter what your style. Here is a brief taste of what the online store has for you this party season.

Combining luxurious fabrics with a dark, gothic feel, this witchery style (pictured right) is a punk edged approach to party wear. This striking jumpsuit (€60) paired with the

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Attitude is key and a street style element runs throughout this range.

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Maths students Khan do better

The Khan Academy is gaining huge popularity in Ireland, with a tenfold increase in teachers us-ing it as part of their class activi-ties in the past year.

Globally, it has more than 10 million users a month with over four million maths problems solved each day and high-profile advocates such as Bill Gates and Minister David Cameron.

The Khan Academy’s highly an-ticipated MATHletes Challenge, registration for which opens in December, will spark healthy ri-valry among students, schools and counties across Ireland in the New Year.

In preparation for the chal-lenge and to provide practical training on how teachers can use the Khan Academy, the work-shops will take place at Blackrock Education Centre, on Tuesday,

MATHS workshops are taking place at two locations in Dublin to show teachers how millions of students are getting to grips with maths through a free on-line resource.

Teachers researching at a typical Khan Academy workshop▪

Trinity mentoring programme for 1,200 students is launchedA MENTORING programme involving more that 1,200 students has been launched this week.

The Trinity Access 21 programme aims to support the development of a ‘college-going culture’ in schools with lower than average higher education progression rates.

Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protec-tion, Joan Burton, will open the event. Trinity Access 21 patron, David Puttnam and his son Sacha Puttnam, will also perform a spirited selection of songs from their

‘Puttnam Plays Puttnam’ repertoire as part of the launch.

Connecting 1,200 second-year students from 11 Dublin area schools, with 320 volun-teer mentors drawn from the Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) alumni and supporters’ network, the event marks the beginning of a three-year long mentoring relationship focused on developing college awareness and empowering students in their choices to participate in third-level education.

The uptempo pace of the event will feature mentoring activities facilitating

students and mentors to meet and make personal connections.

Students and mentors participating in the programme will continue to meet throughout the year in twice monthly online mentoring sessions and again in person through events organised by teachers in the schools.

Trinity Access 21’s vision is to be a cata-lyst for social transformation, by support-ing people to reach their full educational potential through innovation, research and advocacy.

“Over 300 teachers, 3,000 students, and 10 per cent of Irish schools competed last spring in the pilot year of the MATHletes Challenge, which created unprec-edented excitement, buzz and a competitive spirit about maths that rivals all-Ireland GAA Cham-pionships.”

Following the official launch of the MATHletes Challenge in January, participating education centres will also host free Khan Academy ‘maths clubs’ for stu-dents during the competition.

These clubs have already proven tremendously successful in Galway, where earlier this year

November 25 and in Dublin West Education Centre, on Monday, December 1. The workshops will feature qualified tutors provid-ing invaluable peer-to-peer tips to primary and secondary school teachers.

Entrepreneur, inventor and in-vestor Sean O’Sullivan, who has donated €6.6 million to the Khan Academy, believes the workshops are ideal for teachers who want to upskill and improve their stu-dents’ confidence, competence and engagement in maths.

“Our goal is to replace Ireland’s recent lacklustre performance on international maths ratings with world-class talented STEM gradu-ates to meet the needs of the cur-rent and future jobs market,” he said. “Ireland is already becom-ing a global leader in developing innovative Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) education initiatives.

“The MATHletes Challenge has become the premier maths com-petition on the Irish school calen-dar and is already a global model for Khan Academy innovation.

over 200 students attended the oversubscribed sessions every Saturday. For more informa-

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Topaz makes jobs announcementCONVENIENCE and fuel retailer To-paz has announced that it will create 110 new jobs between two major new service stations opening in North Dublin and County Laois in January.

The two stations are being developed at a cost of €10 million.

In addition to the full-time jobs being created, an additional 200 people are employed on the development of the sites which will include service stations, restaurants and shops. One of the sta-tions is located at Junction 3, adjacent to where the M50 meets the M1 at Clon-shaugh in North County Dublin.

Paul Candon, Marketing and Corpo-rate Services Director at Topaz, said the new sites heralded a period of signifi-cant investment by the company and further job creation.

“Topaz is in job creation and ex-pansion mode and we are constantly looking at sites with good potential – particularly near motorways,” said Mr

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ices to approximately 50,000 motorists using the two motorways each day.”

Discussing plans at the site in Clonshaugh were (from l-r): Paul Candon, Marketing and Corporate Services Director at Topaz; Deirdre Bruton, Topaz staff member; and Jonathan Diver, Retail Network Development Manager.

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Seasonal workers are given welfare adviceJOBSEEKERS who avail of tempo-rary seasonal work for up to eight weeks over the Christmas season have been reassured that their so-cial welfare payments will be imme-diately reinstated when the period of employment ends.

A customer who is getting either Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Allowance and who receives an offer of temporary employment is advised to contact their local Intreo Centre or social welfare office with the details of the work that they are undertak-ing. Their Jobseeker’s Allowance or Benefit will be suspended rather than closed. Similarly, they should contact their local Intreo Centre or social wel-fare office as soon as the employment finishes and their payment will be re-instated immediately.

Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection, Kevin Humphreys, said jobseekers who are offered tem-porary seasonal work should not be concerned about delays in reinstating their Jobseeker’s payment when the period of employment ends.

“The Department of Social Protec-tion provides employers with a free

recruitment service to help them fill vacancies in their businesses,” said Minister Humphreys.

“I would urge employers who have vacancies for temporary work over the Christmas period to contact their local Department of Social Protection Intreo Centre or local office and staff will make every effort to help them to find suitable people to fill their vacan-cies.”

In addition to the Department’s free recruitment service, employers who have full-time vacancies will also get information about JobsPlus, the wage subsidy scheme, through which the State pays cash grants over two years to businesses that hire jobseek-ers who have been out of work for 12 months or more.

Minister Humphreys added: “Job-sPlus is a support from my Depart-ment which is proving to be extremely successful and is available to all em-ployers, regardless of the size of the company, who employ people who have been unemployed for 12 months or more.”

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City centre company announces new jobsTHERE was further good news on the jobs front recently when a leading Irish IT professional services company announced the creation of 30 new high-skilled jobs.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, made the announcement during a visit to Ammeon’s Dublin city centre offices.

The company, which will be-gin filling the 30 new positions immediately, is looking for both experienced IT professionals and graduates to fill a variety of high-value IT roles including software development, test automation and DevOps. Full details are avail-able on www.ammeon.com.

The company, which special-ises in IT-based transformation projects, currently employs 140 people and has been growing rap-idly in recent years.

Turnover has been increasing by 25 per cent year-on-year since 2009 and revenues for 2014 are expected to reach €10.5 million.

Clients include a number of mobile and fixed line operators in Ireland and the UK, Irish semi-state organisations and global network equipment providers.

Ammeon has been supported by the Department of Jobs, Enter-prise and Innovation through En-terprise Ireland. Minister Bruton said: “At the heart of our Action Plan for Jobs is creating a power-

ful engine of Irish enterprise. “Through Enterprise Ireland,

we are supporting great Irish companies – from high-growth technology companies in our cit-ies, to more traditional food and manufacturing companies across the country – to start-up, grow, win markets and create jobs. Am-meon is a highly innovative tech-nology company which is selling its services in Ireland and over-seas, growing rapidly and creat-ing high-skilled jobs.”

Fred Jones, chief executive of Ammeon, said they were delight-ed to announce the creation of 30 new high-skilled roles.

“We are looking for both ex-perienced IT professionals and

graduates for these challenging and rewarding roles,” he stated.

Speaking about the announce-ment, Julie Sinnamon, chief ex-ecutive of Enterprise Ireland, said they have been working with Am-meon since its start up in 2003.

“It is great to see the growth the company has enjoyed in glo-bal markets,” said Ms Sinnamon. “They have gone from strength to strength and include many world-leading telecommunications com-panies in their client base.

“We will continue to work with Ammeon, and other similar fast-growth companies, to support their international growth and drive export sales, optimising the number of jobs created here.”

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Minister Varadkar thanked the vision experts for their commitment and dedication to finding a cure for blindness.

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Dun Laoghaire RathdownCounty CouncilRetention Permission issought to retain changes tobay window facing WatsonDrive (previously grantedpermission reg. refD11A/0144) now having lowercill height (thus increasingfloor area by 6sqm) at 66AWatson Drive, Killiney byMichael Good.The planning application maybe inspected or purchased fora fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, MarineRoad, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, during its publicopening hours of Monday toFriday from 10am - 4pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, onpayment of a fee of €20 within5 weeks of receipt of theapplication by the PlanningAuthority and suchsubmissions or observationswill be considered by thePlanning Authority in makinga decision on the application.The Planning Authority maygrant permission subject to orwithout conditions or mayrefuse to grant permission.

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Dublin City Council.Planning permission is beingsought by Tony and GeraldineO’Daly, for a development atNo 6 Church Gardens,Rathmines, Dublin 6, a 2 storeyterraced cottage - andprotected structure. Thedevelopment consists ofamendments to the planningpermission previously grantedunder Register Reference:1355/08 and Extended1355/08/x1. The developmentcomprises: retention of theexisting 2 storey extension,demolition of the single storeyextension, removal of thefireplace and chimney;widening of the opening in therear wall and installation of aglazed screen at ground level;blocking up of the window tothe side at ground level;blocking up of the window inthe rear elevation and wideningof the window in the sideelevation at first floor level;forming of an ope between theliving room and dining/kitchenand installation of doubledoors; repositioning of the doorfrom the hall to the kitchen andinstallation of WC under thestairs; replacement of theexisting flat roof with a pitchedslated roof with velux rooflight -all to the rear and side;replacement of the existingwindows and door to the frontand refurbishment of theinterior. The planningapplication may be inspectedor purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the officesof Dublin City Council, duringits 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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Permission sought for singlestorey extension at rear,part garage conversion,reconstruction of existing eavesof a previously approved firstfloor extension over garage atside (Ref No H1203) to form aparapet party wall with capping,Velux rooflight to side ofexisting roof (hip), at 64Oaktree Road, Stillorgan, CoDublin for Rory Rutledge.

The planning application maybe inspected or purchased for afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, MarineRoad, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, during its public openinghours of Monday to Friday from10am - 4pm.A submission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, on paymentof a fee of €20 within 5 weeksof receipt of the application bythe Planning Authorityand such submissions orobservations will be consideredby the Planning Authority inmaking a decision on theapplication.The Planning Authority maygrant permission subject to orwithout conditions or mayrefuse to grant permission

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Dun Laoghaire - RathdownCounty Council: RivertempusLtd. intend to apply forpermission for the alterationsto the permitted developmentof 3 no. dwellings (previousregister referenceD09A/0470/E). The proposeddevelopment will consist ofminor alterations to theelevations, revisions to theinternal plans consisting of;new attic level plant andstorage rooms includingassociated stairs and groundfloor storage rooms to housenumbers 1-3 inclusive on thesite of ‘Forgney’, GroveAvenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.The planning application maybe inspected or purchased fora fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, MarineRoad, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, during its publicopening hours of Monday toFriday from 10am - 4pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, onpayment of a fee of €20 within5 weeks of receipt of theapplication by the PlanningAuthority 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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DUN LAOGHAIRERATHDOWN COUNTYCOUNCILWe, Colette Mills and KennethMcNamara, are applying forPlanning Permission for thedemolition of the existing flatroofed garage to the side,demolition of the existing flatroofed extension to the rear,demolition of existing externalWC in the rear yard,construction of a single storeyextension to the side,construction of a single storeyextension at ground floor levelto the rear including link toextension to side and removalof part of the rear wall of thecottage and associatedremoval of internal partitions atground floor level,reconfiguration of existingbathroom at ground floor levelincluding removal of modernwindow inserted into rearelevation and replacementwith doorway, reconfigurationof the two bedrooms at firstfloor level to provide a doublebedroom with dressing roomand ensuite shower roomincluding alterations to internalpartitions, replacement ofexisting double glazedaluminium windows withdouble glazed sliding sashwindows in timber,replacement of the existingceiling finishes ant first floorlevel including all associatedinternal and externalalterations at 71 BooterstownAvenue, Booterstown, CoDublin, a Protected Structure.This application may beinspected or purchased at afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, CountyHall, Dun Laoghaire its publicopening hours of 10.00 am ñ4pm, Mon-Fri, and asubmission or observationmay be made to the PlanningAuthority in writing and onpayment of the prescribed fee(€20.00) within the period of 5weeks beginning on the dateof receipt by the PlanningAuthority of the application.

Dun Laoghaire-RathdownCounty Council - Planningpermission is sought by DaraKernan at No. 48 LakelandClose, Stillorgan, Co. Dublinfor the conversion of attic levelto provide new en-suitebedroom and storage room, 1no. roof light to front anddormer feature to rear finishedin zinc effect sheeting andincorporating 2 no. windows(to bedroom and en-suite),enlarged window to stairwell toside of dwelling and allancillary works necessary tofacilitate the development. Theplanning application may beinspected or purchased for afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, MarineRoad, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, during its publicopening hours of Monday toFriday from 10am - 4pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, onpayment of a fee of €20 within5 weeks of receipt of theapplication by the PlanningAuthority 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.

Dun Laoghaire RathdownCounty CouncilPlanning Permission is soughtfor the construction of a newtwo storey extension to the sideand increase from a 3 bedroomto a 4 bedroom house with newrear gate access and new frontboundary wall to, 72 MoreenRoad, Sandyford, Dublin 18, byMr. Ken O’Dwyer. Theplanning application may beinspected or purchased for afee not exceeding a reasonablecost of making a copy, at theoffices of the PlanningAuthority, Marine Road, DúnLaoghaire, Co. Dublin, duringits public opening hours ofMonday to Friday from10:00am to 4:00pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, on paymentof a fee of €20 within 5 weeksof receipt of the application bythe Planning Authority andsuch submissions orobservations will be consideredby the Planning Authority inmaking a decision on theapplication. The PlanningAuthority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditionsor may refuse to grantpermission.

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PLANNINGDUN LAOGHAIRERATHDOWN COUNTYCOUNCILPermission is sought for newzinc clad, pitched roof porchsituated on existing singlestorey section of supermarketbuilding which fronts ClonkeenRoad. This is to provide a newfire exit from the first flooroffices and stock rooms of theexisting supermarket with anaccess route across the flatroof and connecting to theexisting stairs in the 2 storeyfront section which dischargesdirectly to street level(Clonkeen Road side) atSupervalu Supermarket,6-8 Clonkeen Road,Deansgrange, Co. Dublin byCormac Twomey T/ASupervalu Supermarket,6-8 Clonkeen Road,Deansgrange, Co. Dublin. Theplanning application may beinspected or purchased for afee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, MarineRoad, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, during its publicopening hours of Monday toFriday from 10am - 4pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, onpayment of a fee of €20 within5 weeks of receipt of theapplication by the PlanningAuthority 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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Dun Laoghaire RathdownCounty Council -Permission is sought foramendments to the existingporch with new glazed gable tofront elevation and proposedtwo storey extension to therear of existing two storeyhouse providing an additional22.8m≤ at ground floor and8.2m≤ at first floor together withassociated site works at 97Foster Avenue, Mount Merrion,Co Dublin, by Catriona andSean Curran. The planningapplication may be inspectedor purchased for a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy, at the officesof the Planning Authority,Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire,Co. Dublin, during its publicopening hours of Monday toFriday from 10am - 4pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, onpayment of a fee of €20 within5 weeks of receipt of theapplication by the PlanningAuthority 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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Dún Laoghaire RathdownCounty CouncilPermission is sought for theexisting conservatory to therear of the existing house to bemodified and replaced with alarger single storey extensionwith roof lights, along with allassociated site anddevelopment works. atGleneagle, Stillorgan Road,Greygates, Co Dublin by SallyO'FlahertyThe planning application maybe inspected or purchased fora fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, MarineRoad, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, during its publicopening hours of Monday toFriday from 10am - 4pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, onpayment of a fee of €20 within5 weeks of receipt of theapplication by the PlanningAuthority 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.

Dublin City CouncilWe Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walshintend to apply for planningpermission for development at7 Leinster Park, Harold'sCross, Dublin 6W comprising abasement extension to the sideand rear of existing dwelling,the addition of a skylight abovethe front bay window of existingdwelling and all ancillarylandscaping and site 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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DÚNLAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWNCOUNTY COUNCIL -Retention permission is soughtfor the change of use of part ofan existing dwelling, a groundfloor bedroom, for commercialuse as a beauty salon at 63Shrewsbury Lawn, Cabinteely,Dublin 18 by Bronwyn Conwayof Beauty Treatments byBronwyn. The planningapplication may be inspectedor purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable costof making a copy at the officesof the Planning Authority,County Hall, Dun Laoghaireduring its public openinghours. A submission orobservation in relation to theapplication may be made inwriting to the PlanningAuthority on payment of theprescribed fee within theperiod of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by theAuthority of the application,and such submissions andobservations will beconsidered by the planningauthority in making a decisionon the application. Theplanning authority may grantpermission subject to orwithout conditions, or mayrefuse to grant permission.

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Dun Laoghaire RathdownCounty Council - Permissionis sought for a single storeyextension to the front, side andrear of existing bungalow andall associated ancillary siteworks at No. 16 SilchesterCourt, Silchester Road,Glenageary, Co. Dublin byWilliam & Anne Montgomery.The planning application maybe inspected or purchased fora fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making acopy, at the offices of thePlanning Authority, MarineRoad, Dún Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, during its publicopening hours of Monday toFriday from 10am - 4pm. Asubmission or observation inrelation to the application maybe made in writing to thePlanning Authority, on paymentof a fee of €20 within 5 weeksof receipt of the application bythe Planning Authority andsuch submissions orobservations will be consideredby the Planning Authority inmaking a decision on theapplication. The PlanningAuthority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditionsor may refuse to grantpermission.

Dublin City CouncilI Mr. William Whaley, amapplying for planningpermission for the constructionof a Proposed 9.8sq.m. flatroof, first floor rear extension toexisting end-terraced dwellingover an existing recentlyconstructed exempt groundfloor extension includingancillary works at 8 BeachDrive, Sandymount, Dublin 4.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 the periodof 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authorityof the application.

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conference fare. Bottom line – Web Summit

brings over 22,000 people to Ire-land from over 100 countries, in-cluding over 1,000 journalists and 200 giants of the web world and we’ve sent them home with an in-credibly favourable opinion of our food. Hats off to Margaret Jeffares and Rory O’Connell from Ballyma-loe for an awe-inspiring job.

Things To Do This Week – VenTilaTion in The Poly-Tunnel anD greenhouse

As the cold weather and lower light conditions draw in, it’s im-portant to close up the doors of your greenhouse or polytunnel to keep the heat in there as much as possible. However, try and give the polytunnel/greenhouse a good airing on fine dry days. Open up the doors and let air circulate - this will help to stop disease developing, particularly downy mildew which can be a big issue in the winter months.

On days where you do open up the doors make sure to close them again at night to retain whatever heat is in there.

The scale of the event, its ambi-tion and its stratospheric growth were simply staggering to behold. Reverting to type, my main inter-est was in the food so the fact that attendees were so well fed while there really blew my mind.

The summit has the not incon-siderable challenge of providing lunch for 22,000 people for the three days. It would be tempting, I’m sure, to take the easy option – focus on the quantity and the logistics of such an undertaking, rather than on the quality.

But to their great credit (and perhaps down to Paddy Cos-grave’s farm upbringing), Web Summit went another route by re-cruiting Good Food Ireland to take on the job.

The organisation brought together 400 of its members - food producers (bakers, farmers, cheese makers, craft brewers and more) and chefs from Ireland’s leading restaurants, hotels, pubs, cafés, food shops and cookery schools - to showcase the very best that Irish food has to offer.

By Michael Kelly of Grow it Yourself (GIY) Ireland

as a (barely) reformed former iT geek, i was delighted to get an invite to be involved in the recent Web summit in Dublin (on the library stage in a panel discussion on crowdfunding with Paul o’hara from Change X and Mark little from story-ful).

TiP of The Week – soWeXTra seeD

There’s an old saying about winter seed sowing: “One for the Mouse, One for the Crow, One to Rot and One to Grow”.

It hints at the fact that sowing seeds at this time of the year can be a hit and miss affair, so you should sow some extra ones in case of some mishaps. This ap-plies particularly for overwinter-ing bean and pea seeds.

Michael Kelly is a freelance journalist, author and founder of GIY. © giy ireland 2014

This was real food delivered at an unimaginable scale and re-sulted in 22,000 very satisfied customers and 400 very happy food producers (well, over 35,000 Waterford blaas were consumed, 2,000 kilos of Irish farmhouse cheese and 9,000 pots of yo-ghurt). Standing in the lunch area, my overwhelming feeling was that I was very proud indeed to be Irish as I watched people from around the world enjoying our food. And why wouldn’t they enjoy it?

My plate of lunch included cheese from Toonsbridge and Ar-dsallagh, Tipperary Hereford beef, venison and wild boar, pickled cu-cumbers from Ballymaloe, Irish Lamb Stew – not exactly standard

Get the right floor under your feetone aspect of improving your home that can get right under your feet is flooring.

Between carpets, tiles, wood and stone there’s never been so much choice in materials. But picking the wrong type could be an expensive mistake that will leave you floored.

Choosing the right flooring for any room in your home is usually a matter of finding the balance between personal taste and practi-cality. Before you start you need to ask yourself a few important questions. Will the floor get a lot of wear and tear? Does it need to be waterproof? How will it look with the décor in the room?

Each type of flooring has benefits and drawbacks but with this handy guide you can weigh up the pros and cons of the different coverings available and make the right choice for your home.

CarPeTs:• Carpets can bring warmth and comfort to a room and are best

suited to bedrooms and living rooms. Large patterns are currently in vogue but stripes or designs with small shapes can look good in the right room. A carpet in the hallway can provide a welcoming feel for visitors. Bring the theme up the hall stairs with a narrow runner carpet.

naTural CarPeTs:• If you really want to go for a county home feel try some fibre

flooring. Hard-wearing sisal or coir work great in a busy hallway and there’s a great range of textures available.

laMinaTes:• Laminates are easy to care for and are OK for most rooms expect

where the floor will get wet, like a bathroom. You can choose from a range of realistic wood-grain textures, which modern designers have made more convincing than ever. A laminate with a traditional oak pattern can look great with neutral walls for a rustic, natural effect.

naTural WooD:• While it might be costly there’s nothing as hard-wearing as wood

and it can’t be beaten for that natural, cool, modern feel that won’t look dated in a few years’ time. Rich tones can add warmth while pale woods have a clean, natural look. Glossed dark wood works great with white furnishings.

Vinyl:• Thanks to modern designs, durable lino is making something of a

comeback. It’s easy to clean, versatile and is water repellent making it a good choice for kitchens and bathrooms.

Tiles:• Another great choice for bathrooms and kitchens. More durable

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From the ArchivesWe take a look back at extracts from old newspapers to

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Freeman’s Journal 30th Nov 1841

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