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LOCAL NEWS understandsthat there were angry recrim-inations following a vote ear-lier this month by Councillorsto kick a “super-depot” totouch in favour of plans forplaying fields on the sameDublin 8 site.

The disputed site, in Mar-rowbone Lane just off CorkStreet and near The Coombe,has been subject to a tug-of-war for some months now.Two rival interests are com-peting for the location: Citymanagement, which wants toput waste trucks there; andlocals, who want playingfields and recreation.

However, the locals haveit on points: sports teamsfrom all codes put aside theirdifferences — and lobbiedlocal Councillors — to cam-paign for a total of threeparcels of land to be con-verted to playing fields, play-grounds or arts-and-leisurefacilities:

• the Marrowbone Lanesite, behind an existing bot-tle-bank

• Bridgefoot Street (nearChristchurch)

• the biggest prize of all:the vast lands behind theCoombe Hospital.

(See Lungs for the Liber-ties at Last if City Vote Passes,Local News South, June BankHoliday).

The motion defying Man-agement plans for the Mar-rowbone Lane site reads asfollows:

PROPOSED: “To retainthe Z9 [sports and recre-ational] zoning of the site ad-

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One group, Sporting Lib-erties, most closely associ-ated with the Marrowbonesite, was jubilant when a CityHall vote nixed City Chief Ex-ecutive Owen Keegan’s plansfor a super-depot in that area.

However, such is thepower of the Chief that hecan ignore the vote and goahead — but this would re-quire open defiance of thewill of elected Councillors.

Instead he has vowed toimpose privatisation onwaste services, currently City-run, that were to have beenlocated in Marrowbone Lane.

The fear now is that a threatto do so might prompt someCouncillors to reverse theirvote, allowing Keegan’s“super-depot” to go ahead asplanned.

IMPACT, the union repre-senting the City’s wasteworkers, hit out at the Keeganthreat to impose privatisa-tion:

“It is a nonsense to saythat privatisation will be theinevitable result of a decisionon Marrowbone Lane asthere are plenty of alternativesites that could be devel-oped,” said union leaderShane Lambert.

Mr Lambert said that the

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IMPACT union recognisedthe concerns that Councillorshad expressed about the lackof green spaces in TheCoombe, the Liberties andDublin 8 generally.

“It’s important to recog-nise the needs of the localcommunity in any decisionsabout how services are devel-oped in the area.”

He added that no case forprivatisation had been put tounion, and that there was novalid case for such a move —which in any event IMPACTwould “strongly resist”.

Meanwhile the City fa-thers argue that they have no

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alternative: somesources suggest thatit is essential to lo-cate all waste-relatedvehicles in one bigdepot. The move toprivatise, the sourcesays, will be in-evitable if Marrow-bone Lane is givenover to soccer orhurling.

“Private compa-nies have their owndepots, so they willnot need Marrow-bone Lane.”

But other sourcessay that the entirerow merely providesa pretext for a powerstruggle betweenelected Councillorsand the City’s per-manent manage-ment.

“ Ma n a g e m e n thave made it clearthat the privatisationthreat is their way ofresponding to ourchallenge [to theplan to use Marrow-bone for a depot],”the source said.

The same sourcesaid that an un-named manager inCity Hall was “furi-ous” that the votehad gone against thesuper-depot plans.

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Councillors, Pat

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May 30, 31 and June

1 simply affirmed the

‘Z9’ [i.e., zoned for

recreational] status

for the Marrowbone

site,” the Lord Mayor

told Local News last

Saturday.

“This was noth-

ing new, sports and

recreation for that

site was always in the

Development Plan.

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local authority. Itcomes from a com-mitment by the StTeresa’s Garden andthe Dolphin Houseand Park Regenera-tion Boards that localcommunity gainbenefits be includedin the contracts forthese regenerationprojects. ArdmhéaraCríona Ní Dhálaighis a member of bothregeneration boardsand has championedthe Community Ben-efit Clause as Coun-cil policy and atcommunity level. InApril 2014, DublinCity Council unani-mously adopted hermotion to includesuch clauses in fu-ture City Councilprocurement con-

tracts, as a means topromoting voca-tional training, edu-cation andemployment foryoung people andthe long-term unem-ployed. According toan tArdmhéara “I amdelighted that thecommunity gain mo-tion is now being im-plemented in theregeneration of St.Teresa’s Gardens andDolphin House. Theinclusion of the com-munity benefitclause strengthensthe commitment tosocial and economicregeneration thatwill directly benefitindividuals and fam-ilies from both com-munities.”

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Cork Street’s giveaway apartments:who is selling... and why?MYSTERY surroundsthe low prices beingquoted for two sepa-rate blocks ofCoombe-area apart-ments advertised inthe national press.

The homes on salemake up most but notall of two separatebuildings: one is adja-cent to the old DublinIce Rink, the other fur-ther down Cork Streetnearer St James’s Hos-pital.

The Ice Rinkapartments are forsale at just over€100,000, with larger,2- and 3-bedroomapartments going formore. Sometimes, a“motivated seller” —someone with thebank on his back —

will sell blocks ofapartments for aknock-down price.However, if this is aNAMA or state con-nected sale, the tax-payer could certainlyexpect to recovermore than the punyprices being chargedfor these city-centrehomes.

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gestion that the IceRink complex mayhave been part of theportfolio owned byLiam Carroll’s Zoe De-velopments.

But agents Hook &MacDonald could nottell Local News any-

thing about the sale:whether or not it was aliquidator or NAMAsale, who was selling,how much interestthey had had, or whatwould happen to theapartments not in-cluding in the offer-ing. However, in thecase of the Ice Rinkapartments, the ad-vertisement did boastabout a “monthlyyield” of €842 for the1-bedroom apart-ments, €1041 for thetwins, and €1500 forthe three-bedrooms.They add the sugges-tion that rents couldbe jacked up to raise

the annual yield from10 per cent to a “po-tential” of very muchmore. The agents’ in-sistence on sellingthem en bloc seemsdesigned to ensurethat they are sold tospeculators ratherthan ordinary citizens.

If such a bargain isreally on offer, nodoubt new HousingMinister SimonCoveney will be onlytoo anxious to save onthose hundreds of€1500-a-month B+Bfees, and will be snap-ping them up — longbefore foreign vulturesget wind of them.

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The pay byweight instrumentwas sneaked in bythe previous Minis-ter, Alan Kelly, on theMonday before theGeneral election wascalled. Greyhoundare increasing theirannual servicecharge from the 1stof July from €59.95pa to €169 pa,

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Also many areasthat were designatedbag collection area'sby DCC are nowbeen converted intobin collection areas,because of the "payby weight" change.This means thesehouseholds will see a400% -500% in-crease. This is sharppractice on behalf ofthese private compa-

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Dramatic drop in numberspaying water billsFigures secured bySinn Féin spokesper-son on Water, Eoin ÓBroin, from IrishWater via Freedom ofInformation have re-vealed a dramaticdrop in the numberof people payingwater charges in thefourth billing quar-ter.

The figures alsoshow that 36% ofpeople haven't paidany of their watercharges over the last12 months and thatIrish Water havefailed to collect al-most 50% of theirprojected incomefrom the charge.

C o m m e n t i n gtoday on figures re-leased to him by IrishWater following anFOI request DeputyÓ Broin said:

"UnfortunatelyIrish Water have notprovided clarity onthe number of cus-tomers who paidtheir water chargesduring the fourth

billing cycle. Insteadthey have providedcumulative figures.

This is clearly anattempt to hide thedramatic drop in thenumber of peoplewho have stoppedpaying the contro-versial charge.

‘There has been a21% drop in revenuebetween the thirdand fourth billingquarters. This clearlyindicates a signifi-cant drop in thenumber of peoplepaying.

“According to theinformation receivedvia FOI domestic rev-enue due for 2015was €271m. How-ever actual revenuereceived was only€144.2m, just overhalf.

“This tallies withthe fact that out the1.522m people thatwere deemed tobe liable for watercharges, by bill cyclefour, 975,000 hadpaid some portion of

their bill, which isjust over half.

“In the electionlast February, themajority of peoplevotes to scrap watercharges and abolishIrish Water. Over 90TDs were elected ona mandate to scrapwater charges.

"Sinn Féin usedPrivate Memberstime to table a mo-tion signed by 39Right 2 Water TDs toscrap Irish Water andend Water Charges.

The government

should move to scrapit immediately."

Meanwhile theforthcomingWaterCommission hascome in for criticismfrom O’Broin, whoclaims the terms aretoo restrictive.

'They should beamended to includeconsideration of is-sues such as waterpoverty, social justiceand the use of newtechnologies to im-prove water conser-vation.

'Sinn Féin is also

of the view that the

Right2Water move-

ment should be rep-

resented on the

Commission.

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Fitzgerald’s own figures show near-halving of drugs unitIN AN ASTONISH-INGLY frank reply toParliamentary Ques-tions raised by SeánCrowe TD, the JusticeMinister has admit-ted to slashing Tal-laght-based drugscops from 30 to 19.

Deputy Crowe(Sinn Féin, DublinSouth West) hadasked the newly-ap-pointed Justice Min-ister for year-by-yearfigures for the localDrugs Unit attachedto the Tallaght area,more properly knownas the Dublin Metro-politan Region (DMR)

South Division.While the Minis-

ter disclaimed any re-sponsibility for thenumbers involved —saying that that wasthe business of theGarda Commissioner— she defended thecuts on the basis thatother Gardaí were in-volved in the struggleagainst pushers, ad-diction and drug-re-lated crime:

“It is important tonote that all Gardaíhave a responsibilityin the prevention anddetection of criminalactivity whether it be

in the area of drug of-fences or otherwise,”Minister Fitzgeralddeclared.

She added thatthe Tallaght Districtwas policed by regu-lar uniformed units,community police aDistrict DetectiveUnit, as well as police“from the DivisionalTraffic Unit”.

But Tallaght localSeán Crowe toldLocal News he was“dismayed” and “baf-fled” by the Minister’sresponse — particu-larly in view of thespiralling of drug-re-

pointing and unac-ceptable. The num-bers of An GardaSíochána in the localDrugs Unit has beenreduced in the last 5years while the drugsproblem and its im-pact on the lives ofresidents continuesto grow.”

Deputy Crowenoted that manycommunities had todeal with open drugdealing on a dailybasis.

“Young schoolchildren are beingused as drug runnersand the intimidationof families over al-leged drug debts hasgrown beyond thefew isolated cases of 5years ago.”

The Minister ac-tually produced agraph as part of her

reply, showing a year-on-year decline innumbers, starting in2010. MinisterFitzgerald is also a TDfor the adjacent con-stituency of DublinMid West, which ad-joins Sean Crowe’sDublin South Central,the latter coveringTallaght, Clondalkin,Newcastle and Tem-pleogue.

DRUGS: children used as pushers

lated crime in the Tal-laght and Dublinsouth-west area: “Theresponse from Minis-ter Francis Fitzgeraldis extremely disap-

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WHAT WE in Ireland call summer is here again.Around this time every year I think it is a goodtime to talk about holidays and breaks.

Summer is a time of year when people mostthink of taking a break, a holiday. The schoolsare still off for a few more weeks. The footballersare off in far flung exotic locations, Pat Kenny,Joe Duffy, Marian Finucane, all the great andthe good will go on their holidays! The whole ofthe Dáil and half of Europe will go on holidays.

So what’s the first thing that this tells you? Itsays that ANYBODY can be done without for acouple of weeks. The world will keep turning.

Secondly, it shows that valuable peopleneed to be looked after. And a big part of that ismaking sure that they take a break. If it wasn’timportant, do you think that big companies,teams and countries would pay them the bigmoney and allow them to do nothing for part ofthe time of their employment?

And the truth is we ALL need breaks. Sum-mer is the time when we are made more awareof it, but it is important to include leisure timeand rest into our routines all through the year.Look at Labour Law. By law, people are only al-lowed to work a certain number of hours at anyone time and then are required to be given aminimum break before working again.

Why? Because it is for their own well-being.All through this series of articles I am talkingabout taking care of ourselves. Treating our-selves in the way that we’d treat someone elseto if we were responsible for them.

So, it would seem that best practice wouldbe to get a reasonably long break at least once ayear. So, if at all possible, make sure that you dothis. This also not only gives you that break, thattime to wind down, relax, de-stress and enjoyyourself. But it also give you possibly months oflooking forward to it and weeks afterwards ofhappy memories when you come back re-charged and fresh, rebuilt, restored and readyto take on another year.

If you cannot afford to go abroad, even ifyou cannot afford what they now call a “stayca-tion”, (by going somewhere in Ireland), mostpeople with jobs are due holidays. Take the daysoff and take a complete break.

If you are self employed, try to factor timeoff into your annual projections and budgets.And then schedule it and plan it. You’ll be sur-prised how you can manage and the differenceit makes to your general energy and productiv-ity. But the biggest benefits are mental andemotional. We all need time to recharge.

And during the rest of the year, make sureto factor in shorter, regular breaks for “rest andrecreation”. Even soldiers at war get that! If pos-sible, take a minimum of two days completelyoff per week. Preferably at weekends, wheneveryone else is off and there are more oppor-tunities for “recreation”.

We hear so much about stress these days.One of the best ways to manage and even avoidunnecessary stress is to take regular breaks.

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Panic over exposed keys outside OAP homesA HOME CARE com-pany has demandedthat elderly leave theirkeys “at eye level” inprominent safes out-side their homes.

But local Gardaíhave opposed the pol-icy.

The clamour tohave the care com-pany reverse the pol-icy has been led byCllr Ray McHugh (SF,Crumlin/Kimmage),who suggests that thekey-safes will adver-tise the vulnerabilityof the occupant toburglars and otherpredators. “This newpolicy has createdpanic among the sen-ior citizens involved,”Cllr McHugh toldLocal News. “I am re-questing the companyto withdraw thischange.” CrumlinHome Care ServicesLtd has a stellar repu-tation in the Crumlin,Drimnagh and sur-rounding areas, hav-ing grown from smallbeginnings to becomeone of the leadingproviders of in-homecare in the southside.They recently sent abulletin to all clients,saying they would nolonger be keepingkeys in company of-fices. Clients wereasked to leave keys inspecial key-safes out-side their homes.

The problem,common to manysuch companies,arises in some waysfrom their success.

Demand for homeservices now exceedssupply, and recruit-ment is a big issue. Asa result, many clientswill be taken care of bya roster of carers, eachof whom must haveaccess to the home.

While the key-safeidea has been criti-cised there are alsodangers in makingmultiple copies ofkeys for each carer.

Local News hasbeen unable to con-tact Crumlin HomeCare Services, but thechange-over to thekey-safe system is notdue to come aboutuntil July 29. The com-pany says it will nolonger be taking clientkeys from August 2onwards. It is possiblethat another protocol,such as a local trusted“key-minder”, maysolve the problem tothe satisfaction of Gar-daí, care-givers andclients.

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A LONG-RUNNING playground campaign by Cllr Pat Dunne, Cllr Ray McHugh among others, has finally paid off, with funds beinggranted for a toddler area in Stannaway Park. The playground, designed for children aged from 2 to 7 years, was allocated fundsat a meeting of the Dublin South Central Area Committee earlier this month, as a result of better than anticipated property taxrevenue. Cllr Pat Dunne told Local News; The small play area will be natural in style to blend in with the existing grassland. Theplay items will be made from natural materials set into the landscape with seating provided at the play area.” “I am delighted wewere able to facilitate this project, as I have campaigned for playgrounds and play areas for Crumlin over many years,” Cllr McHughtold Local News. He added that he expected the project would be completed by the end of the year. “I feel at last Crumlin is get-ting what the children and people of the area deserve.” However he said he felt the entire district was still under-resourced, andsaid he would continue to campaign for more sports, arts and play facilities through the Crumlin/Kimmage area.

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Mentoring parents improves children’s IQ, health and behaviourA MAJOR PARENTand family interven-tion programme tri-alled in North Dublin

has had a dramaticimpact in improvingoutcomes for childrenand families.

The first in a seriesof results from thePreparing for Lifeearly childhood pro-

gramme were an-nounced today andshow dramatic im-pacts on children’s IQ,obesity levels and so-cial behaviour, as wellas parenting skills andthe home learning en-vironment.

The evaluation ofthe programme showsthat by age four the IQscores of the interven-tion group childrenwere 10 points higherthan the controlgroup. 13% of the in-tervention group chil-dren scored belowaverage for cognitivedevelopment at agefour compared to 57%of the control group.

The childrenwhose parents re-ceived the interven-tion were also lesslikely to be overweight(23% compared to41%) and had fewerbehavioural problems(2% compared to17%). Further findingsshow that interven-tion children weremore likely to receivetheir recommendeddietary allowance ofprotein (33% com-pared to 23%) andwere immunised ear-lier.

The study is one ofthe first of its kind evercarried out in Irelandor Europe. It focusedon intensively men-toring parents, inareas with low levels ofschool readiness, andworked with themfrom midway throughpregnancy until theirchildren stared Pri-mary School.

The interventionwas delivered inDublin 17 and Dublin5 by Preparing for Life,a part of the NorthsidePartnership, and eval-uated by a team at theGeary Institute forPublic Policy at Uni-versity College Dublinusing a randomisedcontrol trial.

Lead researcherfor the study, Dr. OrlaDoyle of the Geary In-stitute / School of Eco-nomics, said the

results were both sta-tistically significantand practically mean-ingful.

“The Preparing forLife study included233 parents who wererandomly allocatedinto an interventiongroup or controlgroup. All families re-ceived some supports,but the families in theintervention group re-ceived intensive par-enting supports frompregnancy until theirchildren started Pri-mary School. Parentstaking part in the pro-gramme received ap-proximately 50 homevisits from trainedmentors during theprogramme cycle. Theprogramme sup-ported parents at eachstage of their child’sdevelopment by pro-viding tip sheets onage appropriate top-ics. Mentors intro-duced new topicsthrough a combina-tion of role modelling,d e m o n s t r a t i o n ,coaching, discussion,encouragement andfeedback. The parentsalso had the opportu-nity to participate in aTriple P positive par-enting course whentheir children reachedage two.

To chart the im-pact of the pro-gramme, parents inboth groups took partin research visits in-volving question-naires, observationsand direct assess-ments when their chil-dren were 6, 12,18, 24,36 and 48 months old.

Preparing for LifeManager Noel Kellycalled on the newMinister for Childrenand Youth Affairs,Katherine Zappone,and decision makersin the Department ofChildren and YouthAffairs, to review theresults and to adoptPreparing for Life as aproven interventionwhich could be ap-plied in other commu-nities faced with

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Recently A newcourtyard play area

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Our Summerproject will run for 2weeks from July 4thuntil the 15th and asusual will include avariety of activities tosuit all interests. Wecater for children age5 to 13 from the localarea and include artand craft activities,along with drum-ming, boxercise, hip-hop, Zumba, games,rounders, soccer andtrips. The camp isfun and affordable,

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ST. JAMES’ NOTESWell done to the under 11 hurlers who put in a superbperformance to beat a strong Craobh Chiaran team inDrimnagh Castle on Saturday morning. The team hascontinued to improve and this was a fantastic achieve-ment when considering this team is only playing hurl-ing together a little over a year. The Gaelic4Girls didvery well at the Leinster blitz on Saturday morning inKildare. The programme has been a great success withmany girls now regularly playing sport who weren’tpreviously as well as a lot of new friends met. The Lána Club went excellent on Sunday morning with theIveagh Grounds full of our younger members and fam-ilies enjoying plenty of games. A big thanks to all vol-unteers and our supporters particularly Super ValuWalkinstown for providing healthy food and water forthe day. There is an EGM taking place in the IveaghGrounds regarding the future of the GAU. It will takeplace in the function room from half 7 and all adultmembers are asked to attend, in what will be a veryimportant meeting regarding the future of our club.The men’s second team have a big week in store witha league game on Thursday night away to St Anne’sfollowed by the O’Broin Cup Final against Lucan Sars-fields in the 12th Lock at 3 O Clock Sunday. All sup-port is appreciated as the team try bring the cup homefor the second time in four years. Club membership iswell overdue, anyone who has yet to pay should do soas soon as possible through our website stjames-gaels.com

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Cllr Timmons is appalled and shocked at treatmentof Horses in what's known as the Clonburris landsat Fonthill area This issue is the same as last yearwhen the council had to put down several horsesfrom severe neglect. Cllr Timmons said 'No oneshould have any animal if they can't look after it. Iam sick that anyone could leave an animal like this'Cllr timmons added;’ I hope the Clondalkin EquineClub can deal with some of these issues when it'sup and running but it look like it is too late for thesepoor Horses. Many are suffering from Malnutritionand lack of care''

Cllr Timmons said; ‘This is disgusting at Fonthill - 15 horses neglected to this state -we need stronger laws and fines. I have been onto SDCC about this, While my LovelyHorse rescue have saved some horses in distress it may be too late for some of these‘’

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Last-minute bid to save historic Ardscoil ÉannaTHERE WILL behappy memories —and many tears — asthe historic ArdscoilÉanna closes itsdoors this summer.

With the retire-ment of current Prin-cipal, Étain Ní

Mhórdha, this year’sgraduates will be thelast — unless, ofcourse, its famousFranshaw Housepremises can be keptand used for a schoolunder new manage-ment. This fine

building faces outonto the CrumlinRoad, just downfrom the Children’sHospital.

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HAPPIER DAYS: star pupil Byrne celebrates the school’s 70 th with Joan O’Neill

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Ranelagh in 1908.His sister MargaretPearse, and EasterRising leader James J.O’Byrne, foundedthe Crumlin schoolin 1939, moving toFranshaw House inthe early 1940s.

Famous gradu-ates include Holly-wood actor GabrielByrne, who was bothpupil and teacherthere, and song-writer Brendan Phe-lan.

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puchin Centre for Homeless People, 29 Bow Street.

For Credit card donations please phone Brother Kevin

or Theresa Dolan at (01) 872 0770 or email capuchin-

daycentre@eircom.net

CARPET & SUITE CLEANINGCARPET & SUITE CLEANING. Local Man offeres car-

pet and upholstery cleaning. 1 Room €59. Stairs &

Landing €55. Leather Suite €85. Upholstery cleaning

€85. Rug Cleaning €25. Call Denis 0876711465

CLEANINGSCRUBS & SHRUBS. Chimneys cleaned . Window

Cleaning interior & exterior. Gutters Cleaned, Interior

& Exteriors. All Garden Work. Excellent Testimonials.

Fully Insured. Tel John 086 895 0426

COMPUTERS

DIVORCE

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORSRPS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 25 Donard Road

Drimnagh Domestic & Commercial contractors House

Rewires from €2900 Extra power & Lighting from €40

Low Energy Installations No Job too Small ECCSA

Registered. Certificate issued on completion of work

Tel Eugene Ryan at 087 772 4952. email rproper-

tys@gmail.com

ENTERTAINMENT/BANDSAVAILABLENeed Music? Piano/keyboards/ Singer available, also

Jazz Band / Pop Band. Weddings, Anniversaries, Parties,

Functions, etc. Call Brendan 0877115510 or email bp-

kirby@eircom.net

GARDENING/LANDSCAPINGJD GARDENING SERVICES. General garden mainte-

nance • Lawn care • Hedge trimming • Planting • Weed

and moss control • Waste removal

Standard lawns cut from €25. Now taking bookings for

grass cutting for the year. Contact John 01 4934864 or

087 7864912.

STUMP STOMPERS. Simply The Removal of Tree

Stumps. Also Hedge & Tree Removal. Environmentally

Friendly. Domestic and Contract Work. Fully Insured.

For Free quotation. Call 087 6350646. www.stump-

stompers.ie

GAS

GRAB HIRERemoval of all aspects of Builders Rubble waste

etc. Fully Licensed Removal Holder. Tel: 087 6363353,

045 890600

HANDY MAN SERVICESJohnny all sorts Handyman Services. All Kinds of Work.

You Name it. We do it. Your all Round Man. Tel John 086

126 8949

HOUSE SURVEY REPORTSProfessional Reports on old & new houses & apart-

ments prior to purchase. Call Bob now for a compet-

itive quote for your home 087 706 7054

KITCHENSA-Z KITCHENS & BEDROOMS

Kitchens from €1,800, robes from €500, slide robes

from €650. Kitchen Refacing Service. Balterio Flooring,

Supplied& Fitted. One Stop Shop for all your home im-

provements .Free Estimates. Call 085 2779291 or 085

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LEAFLET DISTRIBUTIONDUBLIN LEAFLET DISTRIBUTION delivering to

homes & businesses. Distribution to meet your indi-

vidual needs. Check us out. ph 087 2524064

MAN WITH A VANREMOVALS & TRANSPORT Ireland UK. Are you mov-

ing home?Your new low cost method of moving at a

fraction of the price larger removal companies charge.

Fully professional white glove service at all times. Sin-

gle items to full loads including Full House Moves. 2

men available on request . Call John 086 334 1713

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PAINT & DECORSPECIAL RATES for WholeHouse/ Apartments. Ref -

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big/small Free estimate 087 1485471

PLASTERING SERVICESTME PLASTERING SERVICES. All Internals, Externals,

Internal Warm Boarding, Coving & Cornicing. All As-

pects.30 Years Experience. No Obligation Estimates. Tel

086 3054370, 01 4576447.

J&B PLASTERING. All Plastering By First Class Trades-

men. Keenest Prices. Registered Company. Ring Jimmy

089 4224115.

PLUMBING & HEATINGALL PLUMBING & HEATING. No job too small or big,

RGI registered, boilers, cylinders, tanks, heating repairs,

FREE ESTIMATES Tel Mowlds Heating on 087 2599154

or 01 4734135. ESTD 30 Years.

Bathroom complete inc. Tiling Etc. Leaking pipes re-

paired. Blocked drains, cleared. Storage tanks, outside

taps, oil, gas heating repaired and serviced. Ensuites and

downstairs toilets. Bath & shower replaced.All your

plumbing & heating needs at reasonable prices & full

guarantee. Call John 01 4932935 or 087 2565711.

PROPERTY SALES

ROOFINGHI TECH ROOFING Flat Roof, New Roof, Slating &

Tiling, Copper & Lead, Guttering, Storm Damage. Fully

Insured. Free Estimates. All Work Guaranteed. Family

Run Business over 35yrs Experience. ALL AREAS COV-

ERED. Ph: 087 268 7507

SITUATIONS VACANTEARN EXTRA INCOME. Part-time & Full-time avail-

able. Hours flexible to suit you. Earn an extra €500 -

€1000 per month-part time. Car Needed. PH: 086 835

2012

SHOWERS

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UPHOLSTERYTRADE MARK UPHOLS TERY. All Furniture profes-

sionally reupholstered, All areas covered, Prompt and

free estimates, Free coll ection and delivery Unit 21

Ravensdale Park, Kimmage, beside KCR Ind. Estate Tel

01 456 3973 mob 086 842 9994.

WATER LEAKS

WINDOW & DOOR REPAIRS Draughty Windows or Doors Fogged Double Glazed

units Replaced. Handles Hinges replaced from €

70change from single to dbl/glazed. All types of build-

ing work and roof work done at very good prices. Give

us a call 01 8620817 0879586203 0868146451 Email

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BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS Amp Tech Security Systems 

Service including battery change from only €49Alarms from €449 • FINANCE AVAILABLE 

Call or text 086 249 0807/ 01 615 5980rob@amptech.ie www.amptech.ie

COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVEDCedartech Computer Solutions

On-Site Home & Business Service, Virus Removal & Free

Antivirus Software, Laptop, PC & Server Repair,

Tuneups/Upgrades, No Fix – No Fee.

086 2594751 / 01 4902359support@cedartech.ie www.cedartech.ie

LOW COST ROOFINGROOF REPAIRS NEW ROOFS

CHIMNEY PROBLEMS

20 Years Quality Work. Insured & Registered

Tel 086 2215060

PAINTER & DECORATOR VAL MOLLOY

30 years experience. Covers all areas

Free Quotations. Interior & Exteriors

087 27 46 239 01 201 1707

DIVORCE BY CONSENTWe will draft and process your divorce

documents for court.

Tel Damien 0861211820Email: damienmara@eircom.net

www.divorcebyconsent.ie

GET YOUR BUSINESS NOTICED EACH AND EVERY WEEK IN THE LOCAL NEWS Ring the sales team on 085 249 8622 or (01) 453 4011.

TRITON ELECTRIC SHOWERS SAVE ON HEATING BILLS THIS WINTER 8.5Kw of

Power Installed in One day

2 Year Guarantee INSTANT HOT WATER from only €15

a week Contact Rob on 086 249 0807 / 01 615 5980 • rob@amptech.ie.

www.amptech.ie

BILLFREE TVPAY €289 NOW GET FREE TV FOREVER

CALL 086 348 2721or 083 842 0070 FOR A ONE OFF PAYMENT OF €289

RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF CHANNELS SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

EXPERT ADVICE & AFTERSALE SERVICE

TV & SAT SYSTEMSNo More Sky or UPC Bills

Fully installed for €250 Tel Mary 086 348 2721

LEAK LOCATERS Bathroom & Shower leaks

We fix and gaurantee. We locate leaking water pipes and repair. 30 Years experience

Free Quote. Tel Martin on 087 283 0503 dublinleaklocaters@gmail.com

CAMDEN GASWe Deliver cylinders to

ALL SOUTHSIDE AREAS Ph 087 6868734

Approved Calor Gas Retailer

ARE YOU SELLING OR LETTING YOUR HOUSE?

HIBERNIAN ESTATESWe can organise it for you

Fast Efficient Service. 20 Years Experience

Tel Frank 086 078 6797

RECYCLE YOUR FURNITUREHave you unwanted good Quality Furniture,

Bric a Brac, Clean and reusable for the NCBI

Charity Please call

Ph: 085 249 8622

ALL PLUMBING & HEATING COMPLETE BATHROOM MAKEOVERS

Shower Installation. All Aspects of Heating. Estd. 30 Years

Tel 087 2655476 • 01 6233061

ALL GARDEN CAREGrass & Tree Cutting, Tree Pruning & Removal

Paving & Patios, Home MaintenanceLandscape service, Instant Lawns

EX refs. 25 Yrs. Free Quotes

Tel Michael: 0862479309 • 014555252

DUBLIN FAST MOVESMAN WITH VAN

Covering all lRELAND and UK. Part or full loads. House, Flat or office moves. Deliveries from Shops and large Stores. Full

professional service and labour available.ALSO

House Clearance. Domestic. Corporate. Shop, Garage and Sheds clearance.

Low cost removals.PH 087 995 5077 • 085 819 1847

wwwfastmoves.ie

WELL DONE GLAZINGMirrors, Table Tops, Double Glazing,

Steamed up glazing replaced, Toughened Safety Glass, Stained GlassBreak in Repairs, Board ups

Tel 01 5446152 or 0876981611

WINDOW & DOOR REPAIRSAll Kinds of Windows, Locks, Patio Doors

Repaired and Replaced. Great Deals on NewWindows and Doors. 30 Years in Business. Fair

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LOWNEY Carpentry& Construction

PREFINISHEDWHITE OAKDOORS (5)

Supplied & fitted withlock handles & hinges

REVAMPYOUR

STAIRS

UNDERSTAIR

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Put oak flooring or walnut on all your steps

OAK

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l All Colour Gravel Drives & Patiosl Powerwashing and sealing

l Block Paving & rumbled castle stone paving

l Imprint Concrete paths & drivesl New walls built or repair work

l Indian Sandstone Patios & Drivesl New Fencing or repairs

l New Lawns laid

Contact William 087 465 3635 • 01 902 0504www.swandriveways.com

Email: swandrivewaysandpatios@yahoo.com

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LISLE ROAD, CRUMLIN VILLAGE. TEL 01 455 7861

NEW MENUCLUB SANDWICHES,

SALAD PLATES & SOUPS

FUNCTION ROOM available to cater for all occasions.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Traditional Music evening

with THE CONNECTION

Saturday 18th BoscoSunday 19th Paul Blake

Saturday 25th Paul Blake

Sunday 26th DJ DennisSaturday 2nd Carl Phillips

Sunday 3rd QuestSponsors of Crumlin United

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79 THE COOMBE, D8

WE SHOW ALL THE LATEST SPORTS

ON SKY SETANTA, ESPN 

Premiership Football 

All the latest horse racing shown 

Racing Uk, At the Races

LIVE MUSIC EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Watch the Matches with

us at the LamplighterSupporting The Boys in Green

Large Screen TVs

COME ON IRELAND !!

Cheering on Ireland in the match against Sweden last Monday at the Village Inn

Enjoying a great night out at the Malt

NOW BOOKING FOR PARTY NIGHTS Free Decorations & Entertainment. Catering by arrangement. Ring for details. (01) 473 5728

SPECIALOFFERS Pints from €3.50 • Long necks €4 Alcopops €4.50 all day, every day

COSY HEATED BEERGARDEN • FREE WIFI

SUNDAYS

8pm till lateVoice of Ireland winner 2015

PATRICK JAMES with Emma Jean

Friday 17th JOHN HYNESSaturday 18th

FRANCIS HOWEFriday 24th SAM COX

Saturday 25thJOHN HENNESSY

Friday 1st JOHN FITZ

Saturday 2nd KATHY K

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James Street. Ph: (01) 473 5728

DRINKS SPECIALS & FREEFOOD AT HALF TIME

DURING IRELAND MATCHES

The Liberties Football Club held a race night and their annual pressntation evening at an end of season social inTom Kennedy’s pub in Thomas Street. Among the winners, some pictured here were; Senior Team Player of theYear; Paul Lennon, Player's Player of the year; Sean Doolin, Top Goalscorer; Chris Devereux, Over 35's Player ofthe Year; Dylan Naughton, Player's Player of the Year (Joint winners) Paul Whitefield and Darren Jones, TopGoalscorer (Joint) Chris Radley, Bernard Mulraney, Keith Meehan, Outstanding Club Contribution Awards;ConorFarrell, Joe Fenlon, Liam Scott.

Looking for somewhere fun and educational for the kids this summer? The long summer holidays can be a tough one forparents, between juggling work commitments tofinding fun filled places to take the kids on daysout….there is a lot of time to fill! At Imaginositythe summer schedule is jam packed full of fun forJuly and August to keep families entertained, within-house festivities and workshops, seasonalsummer camps and appearances at some of thissummer’s big family events!

Imaginosity, Dublin Children’s Museum willopen 7 days a week over the summer holidays(July and August) from 9.30am-5.30pm (Monday-Friday) and 10.00am-6.00pm (Saturday & Sun-day). During the busy summer period,Imaginosity operate a timed-ticketing system,which guarantees you a 2 hour visit in the mu-seum at set times, allowing plenty of time to ex-plore and enjoy the full 18 interactive exhibitsbuilt over three floors. Advanced booking isstrongly recommended for all special events,monthly workshops and summer holiday visits,and can be made online at www.imaginosity.ie orby calling 01-2176130/33 (please note admissioncannot be guaranteed without an advance book-ing).

Imaginosity will be running fun filled campsthroughout the summer holidays this year, cater-ing for children aged 4-6 years (from 9am-1pm),and 7-8 years with a slightly extended day (from9am-2.30pm). All camps will have their ownweekly theme, and will be jam packed with arts& crafts, science, music, engineering supervisedmuseum exploration and much more! Imagi-nosity is an accredited DPSM (Discover PrimaryScience and Maths Centre) so all camps are de-signed to engage children in education outsidethe classroom in a fun and entertaining way.Themes this summer include; Star Wars, Elves &Fairies, Science, Descendants, CSI, Magic andEngineering…to name a few. To book your child’splace call 01-2176130, or log onto www.imagi-nosity.ie for more camp information.

Imaginosity have re-opened their new lookWater Lab and Sensory Garden on Level 1 of the

museum for the summer. Open from April – Sep-tember (weather permitting!) the outdoor spaceis a place of fun, hands-on outdoor education forchildren up to the age of 9 years.

The Sensory Garden has seen a fresh newlook for 2016, and has been replanted with someexpert help from horticulturists, and local busi-ness Grange Growers (based in Kilternan, CoDublin). The Sensory Garden is used at Imagi-nosity to teach children the importance of plantsand nature within their own environment, and isdeveloped to follow a child’s sensory path, withcarefully selected ‘smell me’, ‘hear me’, ‘touchme’, ‘see me’ and ‘taste me’ plants on display.Professor Squiggly’s Water Lab and Sensory gar-den facilitated workshops take place throughoutthe months of April-September (weather permit-ting!)Details of exact dates and times of work-shops can be found by logging ontowww.imaginosity.ie.

Imaginosity’s Roof Garden is an outdoor areawhere children can interact with Eco Badger, byexploring his house and work area, spot fairiesand their friends in the Fairy Garden, all whilstenjoying the roof top outdoor space. The RoofGarden is open from April-September for thefinal 20 minutes of each scheduled session,weather depending!

Each month Imaginosity host a series of in-house workshops, arts & craft sessions, music &movement and drama & story-telling sessions,which follow the month’s special theme.

JUNE Will be the month of ‘Pirates and theSea’ where all things nautical and aquatic will becelebrated.

JULY Theme is ‘Bugs and Beasties’, exploringsmall crawlies and garden bugs in a creative ed-ucational way. Look out for the ‘Where’s Wally’weekend 16th/17th July!

AUGUST Will be a celebration of ‘Vikings’ inhonour of Heritage Week, make your own armourand join the festivities.

Full details of all workshops and specialevents can be found on www.imaginosity.ie.

CLOGHER ROAD. TEL: 453 6396. FREE PARKING with overnight facility.

NEW MEMBERSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE

CLASSESEVERY

THURSDAY

BINGOEvery Monday &

Wednesday from 7.30pm.

Cocktails €5 Shots €4

3 Long Necks €11

3 Wkd/Smirnoff Ice/Bacardi Breezer €13

Captain Morgan Island Ice Tea €5

Baby Guinness/Micky Finn/

Sambuca/Jaegar Bombs €4

The TRANSPORT ClubFRIDAYSFriday 17th Joe TraversFriday 24th Declan LandyFriday 8th Skin the GoatSATURDAYSSaturday 18th James BrownSaturday 25th QuestSaturday 2nd DJ DaveSUNDAYSSunday 19th Front PageSunday 26th Cool BreezeSunday 3rd The Values

EVERY SUNDAY after football from 6pm DJ Gibbo till late

3 ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR FUNCTIONS

depending on the size of your event/party.

FUNERALS WITH CATERING

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53 SARSFIELD RD., INCHICORE.

IrelandMatches onour NewGiant ScreenDrink Specials during Irish Matches

Pints €3.50Bottles €4

Enjoying a great night out at Cleary’s Pub

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Enjoying a great night out at the Transport Club

MONDAY CLUB FROM 8 TIL LATE WITH TONY

MCGEEFRIDAY NIGHTS LIVE DJ WITH

HITS FROM 70s, 80s, 90sSATURDAYS

Karaoke with Stevie CSUNDAYS

Francis Howe from 8.30pm till late

Cheering on Ireland in the match against Sweden last Monday

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282 Harolds Cross Road, D6w. CUSTOMER PARKING

3 Pints or 3 Long Necks

only

€11

COME ONIRELAND3 Pints Tuborgor Carling €9

3 Pints or LongNecks with Wings or

Burger €15GUESS THE SCORE

& WIN THE POT€2 per guess (closes to minute of score wins)

Watch all the action on our HD Big Screen BEER GARDENLIVE MUSIC

Enjoying 60th Birthday celebrations at Rosie O’GradysCelebrating Barbara’s 30th Birthday at Tom Kennedys

HAVINGA PARTY?

We cater for all events. Have your partyhere and we will give you:FREE Balloons FREE Banners FREE DJ To book, phone: 085 108 8478

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Saturday 18th Sammy & LorraineSaturday 25th Big Al

Saturday 2nd Liz & EmmaSaturday 9th Mr Hollywood

LIBERTY ENTERTAINMENT 086 221 3724

We can

supply DJ

& Catering

for 50 people or more

Sundrive Road

MONDAYCLUB

LIVE KARAOKESHOW

from 8.30pm

all pints

€3.90 (Mondays & Tuesdays)

LIVE MUSICSATURDAYS

Live DJ with hits from 80s 90s to today

SUNDAYSLive Cabaret & Karaoke

from 6pm

DRINK SPECIALS3 Bottles €10Cocktails €5

2 x Vodka & Mixer €83 J-Bombs €10

Celebrating Cillian Cummins Christening at the Clock Enjoying a great night out at the Four Roads

163 Drimnagh Rd. Telephone: (01) 455 7860

HOLD YOUR PARTY WITH US FREE FUNCTION AREA

SUNDAYS IT’S JULIE & JEN 6.30-8.30pm followed by DJ

LATE BAR EVERY SATURDAY

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44-45 Dolphin’s Barn. Tel: 01 453 3744

Saturday 18th Pauric MulliganSaturday 25th Austin MonksSaturday 2nd Colm Ashmore

IRELAND v BELGIUMSaturday 18th June 2pm

All Pints €4.10 During Game

IRELAND v ITALY Wednesday 22nd June 7pm

All Pints €4.10 During Game

HUGE SCREENFOR YOUR

ENJOYMENT!

Enjoying a great night out at The Barn HouseEnjoying a great night out at the Black Forge Inn

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65 THOMAS STREET (3 doors from VICAR STREET)

HOME MADE SOUPSANDWICHES

TOASTIESHOME MADE

GUINNESS STEW

HAVING A PARTY OF 30+Soup Sandwiches& Soft Drink

€6.50

We will give complimentary Hot Food Platters. Entertainment by Mad Johnny Hopper from Sing-a-Long to Pan-

tomime to Fun Nights will all your favourites. Contact Clinton: 086 2103155 • 01 454 6366

FREE WIFI

Soup Sandwiches

Tea/Coffee,

Free Refill

€6

SENIORCITIZENDRINKS

SPECIALS70c OFF

ALL DRAUGHT &

SPIRITS Guinness €3.60Beamish €3.00Jameson €3.40

available Monday to Friday

10.30-6pm

ALL RACING AND FOOTBALL SHOWN LIVE

ON OUR 4 SCREENS

SKY SPORTS APPROVED VENUE

Special Guests every Sunday from 6pm and often feature Tom Cole Jr., Tommy Carey,Johnny Peters, Paul Arnold, Norris Stephens, Patrick Charles & Anne Kinsella

starts at9.30pm

BE EARLYFOR

SEATS!

Sunday 19th JuneMr Hollywood from 6pm

Sunday 26th June Audrey MurraySunday 3rd July Matt Dodd

Sunday 10th July Dean Forrester

Sunday 17th Anne Kinsella

June

4

Ireland v Belgium 18th 2pmIreland v Italy 22nd 8pm

FREE Hot Dog/Burger with your first pint

from 3-8pmGuinness €3.60Beamish €3Heineken/Coors €4.10Budweiser/Carlsberg €4.10Fosters €3.50 • Harp €3.40Jameson/Paddy/Powers €3.40 Vodka & Splash €3.60Our Drink Promotions are available day and eveningLiberties FC Weekly Lotto €2 Draw every Monday at 9.30pm

See all the live Euro matchesand live racing from early

Live entertainment with compereMick Kelly and Mr. Hollywood from6pm followed by the Mad Johnny

Hopper Father’s Day showFATHER’S DAY DRINK SPECIALS

Pint Bulmers €4 • Pint Beamish €3.40 Pint Fosters €3.50