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Stoneybatter l Phibsboro l Cabra l Ashtown l Santry l Finglas l Glasnevin l Drumcondra l Ballymun l Inner City l Tyrrelstown l Corduff l Mulhuddart l Blanchardstown TESCO’S “Project Black”, an American-led effort to kill off union representation th- roughout the chain, is in trouble following a move by MANDATE to copperfasten workers’ contracts. MANDATE, the union for most of Ireland’s Tesco staff, scuppered the firm’s at- tempts to tear up agreements dating from before 1996. Now all contracts, including those signed between 1997 and 2008, will be honoured. Ne- gotiations between Tesco and the union resumed as Local News went to press. Pickets in a number of Dublin northside stores, in- cluding Clearwater, Roselawn and Phibsborough, were called off last weekend. Dessie Ellis TD (SF, Dublin North) condemned Tesco’s attempt to void the contracts: “Workers’ rights are under attack and attempts are being made to undermine existing agreements and con- ditions,” he told Local News. He said that Tesco was trying, in effect, to “break” the union. “If we allow this all that is left is a race to the bottom.” THREATENED YOUNG WORKERS Before MANDATE won agreement to keep the con- tracts — for now — it had ap- peared that Tesco bosses LOCAL news NORTH EDITION 2 March 2017 FREE THE Phone: 087 252 4064 • Email: [email protected] • www.localnews.ie continued on page 2 TESCO WORKERS RETURN FOR TALKS EXCLUSIVE TO LOCAL NEWS by Paul Kelly NO MORE TV BILLS EVER www.billfreetv.ie for more details FULLY INSTALLED €289 MULTI-ROOM OPTIONS AVAILABLE were winning. “Project Black” tactics had included store managers taking younger staff mem- bers aside, one-by-one, to warn them that picketing will cost them more than their pay packets. Sources close to several northside branches have told Local News that managers had threatened those work- ers with the loss of their Fam- ily Income Supplement (FIS). “They are being told that if they strike, their FIS will be cut off, and there will be other difficulties for them,” the source told this newspa- per last week. Ironically, the strike is in protest against the kind of poor pay that would entitle a worker to FIS in the first place. LETTER OF COMFORT Yet even if Tesco did re- port a striker to the Depart- ment of Social Protection, FIS would not be cut off, experts say. “We already have a [letter of comfort] from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on So- cial Welfare to the Depart- ment of Social Protection,” MANDATE’s David Gibney told Local News last week. “It instructs the Depart- ment not to victimise any workers by removing FIS — or in any other way.” Mr Gibney went on to ex- plain that there was no law, and no precedent, allowing FIS or other welfare pay- ments to be docked because a worker had chosen to strike. However, Gibney ac- knowledged that even the threat of such a loss, coming from a store manager, could spell hardship and hunger in the minds of vulnerable young families. “Many of the workers they are talking to are young and naive, they’re easily in- timidated,” he told Local News. Comedian Des Bishop launched the Irish Cancer Society’s 30th Daffodil Day in Croke Park with Daffodil Day Volunteers Sarah Doody and Colm O’Grady from Blanchardstown. Daffodil Day takes place on March 24th this year and is a major fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society, the national cancer charity, which provides care, information and support for people affected by cancer. Hold an event, volunteer, or buy a Daffodil on March 24th to raise vital funds for people with cancer. For more information see www.can- cer.ie/daffodilday ALL BUILDING SERVICES FRANK FARRELL SENIOR PHONE: 085 811 3675 l Extensions l New Builds l Garage Conversions l Attic Conversions l Grant Work l Plastering & Roofing l Engineers & Architect Available Green Isle (part-time) starts Sat 1st April Green Isle (full-time) starts Wed 19th April V O T E D N O . 1 L O C A L N E W S P A P E R I N F I N G L A S & C A B R A NAVAN ROAD 01-882-3600 DRUMCONDRA 01-836-9555 ARTANE 01-832-9560
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TESCO’S “Project Black”, anAmerican-led effort to kill offunion representation th -rough out the chain, is introuble following a move byMANDATE to copperfastenworkers’ contracts.
MANDATE, the union formost of Ireland’s Tesco staff,scuppered the firm’s at-tempts to tear up agree mentsdating from before 1996. Nowall contracts, including thosesigned between 1997 and2008, will be honoured. Ne-gotiations between Tesco andthe union resumed as LocalNews went to press.
Pickets in a number ofDublin northside stores, in-cluding Clearwater, Rose lawnand Phibsbor ough, werecalled off last weekend.
Dessie Ellis TD (SF,Dublin North) condemnedTesco’s attempt to void thecontracts:
“Workers’ rights areunder attack and attemptsare being made to under mineexisting agreements and con-ditions,” he told Local News.
He said that Tesco wastrying, in effect, to “break”the union.
“If we allow this all that isleft is a race to the bottom.”
THREATENED YOUNG WORKERSBefore MANDATE won
agreement to keep the con-tracts — for now — it had ap-peared that Tesco bosses
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were winning.“Project Black” tactics
had included store managerstaking younger staff mem-bers aside, one-by-one, towarn them that picketing willcost them more than theirpay packets.
Sources close to severalnorthside branches have toldLocal News that managershad threatened those work-ers with the loss of their Fam-ily Income Supplement (FIS).
“They are being told thatif they strike, their FIS will becut off, and there will beother difficulties for them,”the source told this newspa-per last week.
Ironically, the strike is in
protest against the kind ofpoor pay that would entitle aworker to FIS in the firstplace.
LETTER OF COMFORTYet even if Tesco did re-
port a striker to the Depart-ment of Social Protection, FISwould not be cut off, expertssay.
“We already have a [letterof comfort] from the JointOireachtas Committee on So-cial Welfare to the Depart-ment of Social Protection,”MANDATE’s David Gibneytold Local News last week.
“It instructs the Depart-ment not to victimise any
workers by removing FIS —or in any other way.”
Mr Gibney went on to ex-plain that there was no law,and no precedent, allowingFIS or other welfare pay-ments to be docked becausea worker had chosen to strike.
However, Gibney ac-knowledged that even thethreat of such a loss, comingfrom a store manager, couldspell hardship and hunger inthe minds of vulnerableyoung families.
“Many of the workersthey are talking to are youngand naive, they’re easily in-timidated,” he told LocalNews.
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THREATSMANDATE con-
demned Tesco fortheir “one-by-one”threats and othertactics. Mr Gibneyconfirmed that:
• No workershould be takenaside, on his or herown, and threatened— with loss of pay,loss of governmentbenefits or anythingelse.
• Tesco’s “one-by-one” tactic is indirect violation ofagreed procedure asto how managementshould conduct ne-gotiations withMANDATE workersthrough their unionrepresentatives.
• Any threatenedreporting to SocialWelfare would be inviolation of DataProtection legisla-tion and other pri-vacy laws.
• Workers shouldknow that MAN-DATE has advisors inplace to help withWelfare issues, butthat no change instatus is likely to
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apply — least of all tothose entitled to FIS.
However theTesco threats mayhelp to explain whythe strike did not im-mediately gather na-t i o n w i d emom en tum.
M A N D A T Epoints out that storesin Clearwater (Fin-glas), Roselawn Road(Blanchardstown),P h i b s b o r o u g h ,Drumcondra andPrussia Street(Stoneybatter) — totake just northDublin — were suc-cessfully picketed.
But a Tesco newsrelease counters that“six out of ten” of thestores in the Repub-lic had ballotedagainst strike action.
A public relationsofficer for the UK-based retailer re-fused a request tointerview Tesco Ire-land management.She would neitherconfirm nor deny theallegation that thefirm had instructedindividual storemanagers tothreaten would-bestrikers with the loss
of government bene-fits.
NEW TALKSThe Tesco/MAN-
DATE talks this weekwill tackle:
• double-timeSundays (with a dayoff ) and favourablehourly terms inTesco’s pre-1996contracts
• other benefitsadded to contractsnegotiated between1997 and 2008,which in some casesare more generousthan the pre-1996pacts
• Tesco’s policy ofpushing staff — in-cluding those with 20years of service andmore — to the post-2008 regime, withfew if any of the ben-efits of either the pre-1996 or the1997–2008 contracts.
The stakes arefar, far higher thanthe pay and condi-tions of the 128-oddDublin based work-ers still on legacy1996 contracts.
Should all work-
ers, long-serving ornew, be pushed to-wards more recentlow-pay deals, Tescocould swipe billionsfrom wage packets— here and in Eu-rope.
YOUNGER WORKERSIreland is that
rare part of Tesco ter-ritory in which theretailer is dealingwith a 100%-unionised workforce.
MANDATE’S sav-ing of the contracts— for now — will en-courage thousandsof Tesco workers inthe EU. It might evenpersuade the UK’snon-union staff tojoin up with USDAWor a similar retailunion.
Who will eventu-ally win the currentcontract battle?MANDATE and theworkers have somestrengths:
• there werenorthside pickets onTesco Clearwater,Roselawn, Phibsbor-ough, Drumcondra,Prussia Street andelsewhere
• southside hadpickets too, notablyon flagship branchesin Lower BaggotStreet and Ballyfer-mot Road
• shopper sup-port, with sales downby as much as 75% inmany picketedbranches
• huge saleslosses in individualbranches, e.g., Clear-water, Finglas, wasdown €100,000-plus
in a single day• Tesco Ireland’s
annual profits ofsome €200m-plus —with Irish margins atan abnormally high9–10% — robbingthe company of the“poverty plea”
• legal strength ofexisting contracts,which Tesco may notbe able to void uni-laterally.
But Tesco’s man-agement, here and inhead office in Hert-fordshire, outsideLondon, have theirstrengths as well:
• many youngerand foreign workerswho, though MAN-DATE members, maynot trust the union torepresent their inter-ests fully and may besusceptible to man-agement threats(such as that aboutFIS payments)
• low pay in thesector generally, giv-ing few workers acushion of cash
• Tesco’s vast warchest — hundreds ofmillions in Irelandalone — with whichto tough out any dis-pute
• Tesco’s abilityto break the strikewith non-unionworkers and man-agers
• relatively lowstrike pay, even withrecently announcedbacking from theIrish Congress ofTrade Unions
• some tacticalerrors by the union,including ham-fist-ing “questioning” ofshoppers drivinginto the car-park be-
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side Tesco’s Blan-chardstown branch,Roselawn
• the morale-sap-ping effect, for strik-ers, of seeing a smallnumber of col-leagues voting to stayat work with individ-ual branches thus re-maining open.
This last is thegreatest of Tesco’sstrengths: the strikes,though vastly dam-aging to flagshipbranches, still hadthe character of a se-ries of local disputes,rather than a crip-pling national walk-
out.
MANDATE STRENGTHConversely, the
greatest MANDATEstrength will be theunion’s ability to eataway at Tescoturnover.
Clare Hall andseveral other keyDublin branches hadbeen due to take astrike ballot thisweek. This was calledoff following the con-tract victory. How-ever, had otherbranches joined thestrike, it would have
been difficult to seehow Tesco can affordto hold out, indefi-nitely, against haem-orrhaging sales.
This may explainthe managementclimb-down on the“voiding” of con-tracts.
Tesco may nowhave to re-think“Project Black”. Thisweek, the only con-tracts likely to bebroken are those theretailer signed withthe American con-sultants advisingthem on how tobreak the unions.
It is unlikely,however, that TescoUK will give up ontheir main goal: rid-ding Tesco, globally,of union representa-tion.
With branches allover Europe and theUK, it is clear that thereal savings wouldcome with a generalrout of the unions —not just the impover-ishment of a fewolder Irish workers.
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He agreed thatsmall centres such ashis own Tiglin, nearGlendalough in Co.Wicklow, would be“overwhelmed” ifthey had to deal withlarge numbers of ad-dicts in the mostacute stage of heroinaddiction.
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Mr Thompsonsays he supports theefforts of Dublin WestTD Jack Chambers,and Fine Gael drugstsar Catherine Byrne,to win support andfunding for addictionissues.
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Tiglin also treatsgambling and otheraddictions. He saidthat many of his pa-tients came fromDublin, with a large
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BY PAUL KELLY are absolutely essen-tial,” he told LocalNews.
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Haughey scathingon inner city plansSEAN HAUGHEY (FF,Dublin Bay North)has joined othernorthside TDs inblasting the govern-ment for a “lack ofcommitment” tog a n g - t h r e a t e n e dcommunities in thenorth inner city.
And he gavechapter and verse ofspecific, constructiveideas — notably therehabilitation of thefamous Rutlandschool buildings —that have beenshelved because of“cost”.
He noted thatwhere the MulveyReport was releasedfour months late,and even then wasvague in its sugges-tions — and entirelysilent on costingsand budgets:
““When a crisisoccurs, such as thespate of ganglandcrime, the govern-ment must be seento be doing some-thing,” DeputyHaughey told LocalNews.
He said that theycreated a “mediafrenzy” for a time —but that soon there-after, interest andcommitment fromgovernment hadwaned.
He added thatthe best the MulveyReport seemed tooffer was to “rehash”existing ideas.
RUTLAND PROJECTMost shockingly,
Deputy Haugheysaid, vital and practi-cal ideas from localcommunity leadershad been ignored.
“Rutland, for ex-ample, is an historicbuilding and its de-velopment would besymbolic of faith inthe long-term spiritof the community.”
But, he said,Dublin City Councilhad now, for a thirdtime since 2000,dumped the plan asbeing “too costly”.
Deputy DessieEllis (SF, DublinNorth West) offered asimilar critique. Hesaid that the MulveyReport, and the gov-ernment approachgenerally, showed alack of sensitivity to,and interest in, localneeds:
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Finglas Concertand Marching Band
THE MICHAEL DOYLE SCHOLAR-SHIP
Up to now most of our new memberscame through other members. Recruitment isnecessary to ensure the continuation of theband and the Michael Doyle Scholarship hasensured a strong band into the future.
It is a very exciting time for the Band at themoment. For the first time in the Bands his-tory we are in a position in conjunction withMichael Doyle (Local Business man and Pa-tron of the Band) to offer a 10 week scholar-ship to children from the primary schools inthe Dublin 11 area. We have had an amazingpositive response to the scholarships andwould like to thank the Principals, teachersand pupils who have been involved in the se-lection process. A very big thank you toMichael for his generosity in offering theyoung people of Finglas the opportunity tolearn to read music and play the recorder forthe duration of the scholarship, with the po-tential of progressing to play a woodwind orbrass instrument with the Finglas ConcertBand. It is so exciting to welcome so manyyoung people as they start their band journey.The young people will not only benefit froman introduction to a musical education butwill also meet new friends, be part of a greatband which greatly adds to and benefits ourcommunity.
A very nervous group of 28 young childrenarrived for their first lesson in January and byweek 3 new friendships had been formed andthey arrived more relaxed and eager to get totheir classes. Our music teachers have re-ported that the enthusiastic group are pro-gressing very quickly and some may even beready before the end of the 10 weeks to moveon to an instrument.
The Finglas Concert and Marching Bandare always open to new members aged 8 andupwards and practice takes place on Saturdaymornings from 10am to 1pm in Beneavin Col-lege. For further information please contact086 8211366 or 087 2813240 or email [email protected]
DALYMOUNT PARKOn a very cold Friday night 24th February
the Finglas Concert and Marching Band tookto the pitch in the home of Bohemians Foot-ball Club for the very first time for the open-ing of the league between Bohs and Derry City.It was a fantastic experience for the membersand was filled with excitement and nerves inequal measures. But as usual our fabulousmusicians did themselves proud and got abrilliant reception from the fans for which weare delighted. We would like to thank BohsSecretary Stepeh Lambert for the invitation.
Music lessons offer a forum for children to build on their confidence
THE ABILITY to play a musical instrumenthas long been recognised as something thatpositively effects all other elements ofhuman development. The very act of teach-ing a child to understand music boosts allother aspects of their learning. Music andmath are highly intertwined. By understand-ing beat, rhythm, and scales, children arelearning how to divide, create fractions, andrecognize patterns. Certain instruments,such as percussion, help children developcoordination and motor skills; they requiremovement of the hands, arms, and feet. "It'slike patting your head and rubbing yourbelly at the same time. Instruments not onlyhelp develop ambidexterity, but they canalso encourage children to become comfort-able in naturally uncomfortable positions.
Music lessons offer a forum where chil-dren can learn to accept and give construc-tive criticism. Turning negative feedback intopositive change which in turn helps buildself-confidence.
As Patron of the Finglas Concert andMarching Band I feel privileged that by spon-
soring the Scholarship Program I am con-tributing to a the academic and musical de-velopment of 30 children this year in theirmost formative years.
Whenever I speak to past members of theBand I am always struck by their acknowl-edgment that their time as children learningmusic and playing with the Band in eventssuch as St Patricks Day Parades each year,they all agree that their childhood was en-hanced immeasurably because of it.
Some past members have gone on toplay in the Army Number One Band and theGarda Band, some have gone on to studymusic at a higher level in university andsome have found careers teaching music.
In 2014 I accompanied the Band on theirjourney to New York where they played in theSt Patricks Day Parade. My thoughts at thetime were that I wished that all the people ofFinglas could see for themselves how wellthe full Band performed and behaved as theyrepresented our community on a worldstage.
Exciting start to 2017 and a year of ‘firsts’
ST. PATRICK’S WEEKENDSt Patricks day is always a very busy time forthe Band as we partake in parades in Dublinand abroad. Having been honoured to marchin New York and Birmingham parades in pre-vious years we are delighted to be on homesoil this year and have been invited to join theparades in Ratoath and Ashbourne, Co Meathso come along and join in the festivities.
ANOTHER FIRST FOR THE BANDOn Saturday 18th March we are in concertwith the DeKalb High School Marching Barbsband from Illinois.. The high school band havetravelled to Ireland to participate in the DublinCity St. Patricks day Parade. This is a great op-portunity to hear this 100 strong AmericanBand and also to enjoy the performance of ourSenior Band.
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The missingGarda inDublin WestCLLR PAUL DONNELLY has said that the fig-ures he received from the Joint Policing Com-mittee (JPC) has shown a massive drop inGarda numbers since the employment em-bargo was introduced and also a significant14% increase in burglaries in from July to De-cember 2016.
Cllr Donnelly said “I understood that wewere struggling with Garda numbers in our re-gion however the figures presented to the JPCon foot of my questions is utterly shocking”
“There figures show that we lost 1 inspec-tor, 12 Sergeants and 30 Gardaí since the in-troduction of the embargo on recruitment.The numbers are startling, we had 5 Inspec-tors, 29 Sergeants 154 Gardaí several yearsago and now are at an all time low of 4 Inspec-tors, 17 Sergeants, and 134 Gardaí.
“The people of Dublin West know the realeffects on the ground. Just the other day inMulhuddart, citizens made an arrest of an in-dividual who assaulted a young mother andtried to steal her car, many involved com-mented on the length of time it took to get aGarda response whilst ordinary citizens heldthis person on the ground”.
“This poor response time to requests fromcitizens in not unusual, despite the profes-sionalism of the Gardaí who work relentlesslyto provide a quality service to the commu-nity”.
“Fine Gael claim to be the party of “lawand Order”. The reality is much different onthe ground for the people of Dublin West.
“The people want a government that takesits role of providing the correct number ofGardaí for the people of Dublin West”.
Cabra Boxing Club held an invitation tournament at their club recently and quite anumber of clubs from across the city including Donore and Glasnevin, Crumlin as wellas from surrounding counties took part in the very successful event.
Fit Mulhuddart reaps benefitsGer Conroy’s FitnessGym in MulhuddartVillage is improvingall the time. Havingrecently expandedhis premises to caterfor more membersand offer betterevents, they held aparty for all in theVillage last Sundayweek. The 98 FMteam were there andindeed they havebeen taking part inmuch of Gerard’s fit-ness programmes.98FM’ StevenCooper has beendoing the 8 weekchallenge and hasachieved great re-sults. The celebrationparty was for all agesanfd the childrenwho now have fit-ness classes availableto them all got in-volved in the facepainting and enjoy-ing the magic showand treats. As Gersaid afterwards;’Mul-huddart Village hassuch a great commu-nity and that is ex-actly what makesday's like our partyday such a great suc-cess!”
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Some members of the Glasnevin Boxing Club team.
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Mulhuddart Boxers achieving top titlesIT WAS a cold windynight when we vis-ited the MulhuddartBoxing Academy. Itson the top floor of anew building in Mul-huddart Village andwhile you can takethe lift, there is antic-ipation and enjoy-ment from runningup the steps andpassing the sloganson the wall No GutsNo Glory before en-tering the door to acrescendo of noise asup to 40 youths of allages are punchingbags and goingthrough their pacesat speed and highenergy. They comefrom all around thearea to train andlearn the craft of box-ing. Some even travelfrom quite a distanceaway because of thereputation the club isachieving. Anyonevisiting this clubwould have to be im-pressed with the en-ergy and high tempotraining and encour-agement the youthreceive from theircoaches. Alreadymany of the youngpeople haveachieved huge suc-
cess in their grades,and now have a clubthat can enable thembe the best.
There has been alot of developmentin Mulhuddart Vil-lage and many newbusinesses havebeen launched herein the last few years.But it is the activity oflocal volunteers andinterested parents,who have developedthe boxing club, themens club the horseproject and manyother activitieswhich are helping toblend and develop awonderful commu-nity spirit in the area.
This club,founded in 2009, isenjoying amazingsuccess and is run byjust three hugely en-thusiastic boxingcoaches; Ger Mc-Daid, Robbie O’Sulli-van and TaraEustace. Indeed thetraining is builtaround when thesecoaches are availabledue to work commit-ments. On alternateweeks they trainSunday, Monday &Friday or Tuesday,Wednesday and
Thursday. They caterfor boys and girlsfrom 9 years up-wards.
There are fewbetter sports thanboxing for giving ouryouths a level of fit-ness, discipline andconfidence knowingthis sport will makeyou a better personin life, whether yougo on to win champi-onships or just boxand find your ownlevel. This sport willstretch your abilityand allow you to be-lieve in the possibil-ity of great success ifyou are prepared towork at it.
Mulhuddart Box-ing Club may be runby volunteers but it isrun professionally,with the latest equip-ment and facilities.Indeed Ger McDaidtold us; “When ayoung lad died play-ing football a coupleof years ago due tothe lack of a defibril-lator being available,local business manAnto Dunne of KnifeEdge told Ger, ‘yourclub should have adefiibrillator avail-able in case anything
ever happened. Heduly went out andgot one for the club.“it’s that kind of helpfrom Knife Edge thathas helped our clubsucceed.’’
Ger and hiscoaches work one toone with all boxersand help set themgoals that they canachieve with goodwork and dedication.They can reap the re-wards of their hardwork and achievetheir goals if theyapply themselves
This is the homeof new Irish Feather-weight Dervia Duffywho recently de-feated Moira McEl-ligigott from Athy atthe National Stadiumto win the title. LocalDaniel Flynn fromDSP Damastownwho helped Dervlawith strength andconditioning gavehis time free andwanted to help withthe communal as-pect of the clubswork. Dervla has ac-knowledged his fineassistance.
Nadine Maguire, 24 winner of the BestNovice Boxer at the Esker Champi-onship, and reached the finals of theSenior Championships, having only re-cently moved to her current weightlevel. When our photographer was lin-ing up a photo of Nadine she told himto make sure he got the name of theclub sponsor Knife Edge in the back-ground, as they ‘have done loads forthe club and arrange buses and re-freshments for us when we go to tour-naments, They have been amazing forus”.
Young but successful boxers at the Mulhuddart Boxing Academy; Sophie Sullivan 12 years twice Dublin Champion, Le-inster Champion and Hull Boxing Champion, Luke McDaid 12 years Dublin League Champion, Hull Boxing Championand Michael Andrew Champion, Sean Kearney (not in photo) Dublin League Champion, and Michael Andrew Champion,JJ Tuite only a year boxing but is now competing ing in the Dublin and All Ireland Championships, Chloe Gabriel, alreadyan Ireland Champion twice, Esker Boxing Champion and Monkstown Champion.
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Chambers calls for capital’s new deal on addictionDUBLIN WEST TDJack Chambers (FF)has told Local Newsthat his own study ofaddiction treatmenthad convinced himto support super-vised heroin injec-tion rooms.
However DeputyChambers insistedthat the capital hadbeen short-changedin the provision ofbroader, more long-term treatment facil-
CHAMBERS: Dublin short-changed
those horrors if in-jection took place in-doors, and undersupervision.
But there wereother benefits,Chambers noted.
The “needleroom” would oftenbe a first point ofcontact — possiblyfor years — betweenthe addict and thehealth professions:
“We must alsofocus on establishingmore long-term so-lutions that willreach everyone suf-fering from life con-trolling addictions.”
Chambers saidthat he was particu-larly alarmed andsurprised at how dif-ficult it was forteenage addicts andalcoholics to gettreatment:
“We must ad-dress the limited op-tions available foryoung people tryingto detox.”
REHAB CEN-TRES
He noted thegood work beendone by privatetreatment centres
such as Tiglin inCounty Wicklow.While the state al-ready contributed tothe funding of suchcentres, Chambersinsisted that anymove to bring in in-jection rooms shouldcarry with them a re-newed commitmentto rehab establish-ments like Tiglin.
Tiglin ResidentialTreatment Centre,near Glendalough inCo. Wickow, followsthe Teen Challengeprotocol that hassaved thousands ofteenagers and youngadults, worldwide,from addiction.
Tiglin is uniquein Ireland in requir-ing a full, 16-monthcommitment by theclient. (Centres likeCuan Mhuire oper-ate on a standard ofsome three to fivemonths of residentialcare.)
It is a male-onlycentre and, notwith-standing its supportfor Teen Challenge,
caters to clients wellinto their 40s and50s.
Fees are extraor-dinarily low, particu-larly compared toprivate operationslike St John of Godsand The Priory.
Those on SocialWelfare simply pay aportion of that sub-sidy, with the HSEand other govern-ment agencies pick-ing up the balance ofTiglin’s operatingcosts.
• For more infor-mation on Tiglin seeEast Coast RegionalDrugs Task force:ecrdtf.ie
• See also: Tiglinchief view of “stand-alone” detox, else-where in this edition
BY PAUL KELLY ities such as detoxbeds and rehabilita-tion centres.
“Less than a thirdof the 144 detox bedsfor the nation as awhole are in Dublin,”he said.
“This is clearlyunfair, as the vastmajority of addictslive in the capitalcity.”
Meanwhile, hesaid, the new laws oninjecting would ben-efit more than the
addicts:“An injection
centre would actu-ally reduce harm forthose in the immedi-ate vicinity,” he toldLocal News.
PUBLIC HORRORSThe north inner
city, for example,plagued by discardedneedles and scenesof public medicaldistress, would bespared much of
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YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL COUNCILLORSOur guide to local Councillors is not necessarily a complete guide to all
Councillors in a particular area. Some opted not to be included. We invite
all Councillors to include their details in our ongoing guide. You can contact
us at 087 913 3614 or [email protected]
DUBLIN CITY COUNCILCentral – Cabra/Glasnevin
CIERAN PERRYPhone: 087 147 7316
Email: [email protected]
Central – Cabra/Glasnevin
SÉAMAS McGRATTANPhone: 087 784 8153 • (01) 868 3934
Email: [email protected]
Central – North Inner City
NIAL RINGPhone: 087 248 9372
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.nialring.ie
North West – Ballymun/Finglas
PAUL McAULIFFEPhone: 087 672 7060Email: [email protected]: www.votemcauliffe.comTwitter @paulmcauliffe
North West – Ballymun/Finglas
ANTHONY CONNAGHANPhone: 087 237 6762
Email: [email protected]
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ANDREW KEEGANPhone: 087 667 5895
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DAVID COSTELLOPhone: 087 222 1589
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TERESA KEEGANPhone: 087 146 9902 • 087 915 1126
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NOELEEN REILLYPhone: 087 633 6233
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Be yourown lifecoachClinical Hypnotherapist
KIERAN FITZPATRICKadvises in his regular column onhow to achieve your goals.
I HAVE WRITTEN before here about my successin helping people quit smoking safely, easilyand permanently. With the continuing popu-larity of “Electronic Cigarettes”, “eCigarettes”or “Vaping”. I am now getting enquiries frompeople trying to quit those! People finding thatthey are now just moving their addiction fromcigarettes to vaping!
I have written about how some people arenervous of “Hypnosis”. But now, all of the re-sults formerly achieved using Hypnosis cannow be achieved using Cognitive and Visualisa-tion Techniques while you are fully awake. Sothere is no excuse anymore!
The Stop Smoking process that I use worksimmediately with “Vaping” too. In the vast ma-jority of cases, it works in just one session. Afterthe session, there are no cravings and no nico-tine withdrawal symptoms. It works out as oneof the cheapest methods of quitting when com-pared to long periods on patches, chewinggum, drugs, etc. It is certainly cheaper thansmoking, or continuing “Vaping”. And the costwill have been saved in no time.
Another cost to remember, which is notonly a financial one, is the cost of disease andillness in later life. Ecigarettes have lately beenshown to be less harmful than smoking, but arestill an unknown quantity.
There is no weight gain after quitting usingmy methods. This is a worry, especially formany female smokers who believe that smok-ing or vaping keeps them slim.
In order to be successful, all you need is anabsolute commitment to quit. Once you havemade this decision, my methods make it easy.No cravings, no withdrawal symptoms, noweight gain.
So, why does it work? And why do I haveover 95% success rate?! Because you leave mysession feeling a wonderful sense of achieve-ment, and success. Feeling very proud of your-self and full of self confidence. You feelincredible willpower, which not only helps youto stay off any cigarettes, but also makes othergoals in life achievable and easy.
You leave as a happy, clean and healthynon-smoker, free from cigarettes or replace-ments. You feel great. Healthy, positive and mo-tivated not only about being a non-smoker, butalso about life and the future in general. You feelin control and back in charge of your life, morefull of life and very relaxed. And you will feelthese feelings every time you realise that youare a non-smoker.
During the session, using just logic whiletalking, we change all the negative beliefs andexpectations about smoking, so that you neverthink of nicotine in the same way again.
For example, you will know that you are notaddicted to nicotine anymore. (A big statement,but I will prove it to you!) You will absolutelyknow and feel that there is nothing for you tofear about quitting. You will know that younever need to smoke again and that you arefree! You become, as you were in the beginning,happy as a non-smoker, hardly ever even think-ing about cigarettes again.
For more information or to make an ap-pointment I can be contacted by phone oremail at the number, web and email addressbelow. You can also subscribe here to have thesearticles emailed to you if you’ve missed some.
Kieran Fitzpatrick ADHP MIAEBP (Member of TheInternational Association of Evidence Based Psy-chotherapy) is a fully qualified Clinical Hypnothera-pist, NLP, Practitioner and Personal Coach. Hispractices are in Dublin 12 and Dublin 2. For more de-tails call 087-1227361, e-mail: [email protected] or see www.kieranfitzpatrick.com
Guinness brown bread
INGREDIENTS FOR TWOLOAFS:• 600g stoneground whole-
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• 200ml black treacle• ½ pint GuinnessMETHODMix butter with all dry ingredi-ents until the dough becomesthe consistency of bread-crumbs, add the milk, blacktreacle and the Guinness, mixuntil you reach a wet dough.Bake in a greased bread tin for45 minutes at 175 degrees Cel-sius in a preheated oven.
ADRIAN IS originally from Wexford. He is aprofessionally qualified chef with over 15+years experience in contemporary Irish cui-sine.
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Exclusive screening ofTim Burton’s BatmanTHE IRISH Film In-stitute, Ireland's onlyscreening house for70mm prints, willscreen Tim Burton’s1989 classic Batmanon Tuesday March28th at 18.20.
Tim Burton’sBatman representeda seismic change inits serious approachto a comic bookcharacter, the suc-cess of which laid thegroundwork for thesuperhero franchisesthat continue todominate ourscreens. Bruce
Wayne (MichaelKeaton), who as achild witnessed themurder of his par-ents, has devoted hislife to fighting crimeunder the guise ofthe vigilante Batman.An encounter withhood Jack Napier(Jack Nicholson)leads to Napier’sreinvention as theJoker, who embarkson a campaign ofmurder and chaosagainst Gotham Cityin Burton’s Gothicepic.
The continued
prevalence of digitalprojection has led toa significant de-crease in the numberof cinemas still capa-ble of showing filmprints. There are fewcinemas in Irelandthat still show theprevious industrystandard of 35mmand the IFI is theonly cinema left inIreland capable ofshowing film on70mm.
Since the instal-lation of 70mm pro-jectors in the IFI in2001, a number of
films have beenshown, such as Ver-tigo; Baraka; 2001: ASpace Odyssey; Die
Hard and recent sell-out screenings of TheHateful Eight andThe Master. Pre-
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Saturday 4th 50/50Sunday 5th THE KAYE TWINSSaturday 11th KIERA DIGNAMSunday 12th STEVE MARTYN
St Patrick’s Day PUMPER UP KICKSSaturday 18th THE ADDRESS
Sunday 19th REFLEX 80s
Enjoying Valentine’s Night at the Shamrock Lodge Great night out at the Greyhound Cafe Bar
St Patrick’sDay
Mother’sDay
Carvery servedfrom 12-7pm
Entertainment withFace Painting & Goodies for
the Kids
2 Course Special including Main
Course & Dessertserved from 12-6pm
followed by Live Music
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FESTIVAL WEEKAT O’RIORDAN’S
Saturday 4th Front PageSunday 5th The Lost BoysMonday 6th Take Your Pick with DJ Sean Brodie - Chase the Jackpot!
Friday 10th Dundalk Tipster €2Winner Takes All. Roast Beef Roll at 6pmPlay Your Cards Right at 9pm with DJ Kieran
Saturday 11th Racing All DayFree Drinks Vouchers to be Won Music with Baron from 10pm
Sunday 12th Super Sunday FootballLiverpool v BurnleyFirst Goalscorer Sweep. Cash & Pints to be Won
Monday 13th Live Music Sing a Longwith GregChip Buttys at 7pm. Open The Box Game at 9pmEvery Envelope is a winner
Tuesday 14th All the Racing from CheltenhamFree Bets. Free Gold Cup Sweep. Coddle
Wednesday 15th All the Racing from CheltenhamFree Bets. Free Gold Cup Sweep. Coddle
Thursday 16thAll the Racing from CheltenhamFree Bets. Free Gold Cup Sweep. Irish StewFind the Money Game with DJ Kieran from 9pm
Saturday 18th Saturday Jar @ 5pmLive Music with The Mutts from 10pm
Sunday 19th Super Sunday FootballMan City v LiverpoolFirst Goalscorer Sweep - Cash & Pints to be WonLive Music @ 7pm with Miss SmoothieLive Music from 10pm with Double Trouble
St. Patrick’s DayAll the Racing
from CheltenhamFree Bets. Free Gold Cup Sweep.
Sausage Rolls at 6pm Live Music from 7pm
Giant Easter Egg RafflePlay Your Cards Right & DJ Kieran from 10pm
Fitzgerald’sTHE HOMESTEAD PUB
QUARRYROAD,CABRA
ENJOY OUR NEW MENUNew Menu, New Chef from Friday 10th March FUNCTION ROOM AVAILABLE
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Friday 3rd ....................................GARTH BROOKS TRIBUTESaturday 4th ..................................................BEE BOP GOLDSunday 5th ............................................WHITE CHOCOLATEFriday 10th ........................................................WHO’S EDDIESaturday 11th ......................................................THE MUTTSSunday 12th....................................................JAMES BROWNSaturday 18th......................................................EAST COASTSunday 19th....................................................SMART MOVES
CHELTENHAMFESTIVAL
First 50 Customers on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
2 Pints & €5 Bet for only €10
ST. PATRICK’S DAYTHE WEILAWEILS
from 6-8pm followed by
TIME MACHINEfrom 10pm-12am
EVERY THURSDAYFIND OUR JOKER & LIVE MUSIC WITH FRANK & KIERON
Mother’sDay
Sunday 26th
NIGHTOWLS
50th Birthday celebrations at O’RiordansCongratulatiuons to the Monday night girls who won €1200 in
DJ Sean Brodie’s Open the Box Game last Monday
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Main Street, Blanchardstown, D15. Ph: (01) 822 6958. Email: [email protected]
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TRIPLEPROMO
EVERY IRELAND GAME3 TICKETS • 3 WAYS TO WIN
for everyone in attendance (2.25pm)
BAR BITESAT HALFTIME
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facebook page
for future
Sports Specials
FIRST TRY
SCORER
GOLDEN
TRY
MINUTE
FREE
DRAW
BONUS FREE PINT (FOR ALL)
BONUS BAR TAB€20 (1-80)
FOR ANOFFICIALTRAININGJERSEY
CHELTENHAMNAPSTER
4 days of Greatness atThe Greyhound Café Bar
€10 NAPSTERCOMPETITIONFirst 4 Races for 4 Days
€50 Daily Winner &Overall Napster Winner
Free Bets, food & Fun throughout the festival
Pop in to the bar for more details.
Saturday Entertainment starts at 10pm • Live DJ from 12 till late
Saturday 4th March PUMPED UP KICKSSaturday 11th March NIGHTSHIFT
Saturday 18th March TEQUILA ROSESaturday 25th March B-SHARP
Mother’s Day DEREK JORDAN FROM 5-7PM
SOUND WAVES FROM 8-10PM
DJ TILL LATESun26th
