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Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan haveembraced the centenary celebrations of the1916 Rising in a most enthusiastic way. Tomark the commemoration, they had formerstudent, Sinead Hunt , officer in the army, readaloud the Proclamation to the entire studentpopulation of 1200.

The history students in Loreto created a spec-tacular exhibition, which is on display in theatrium of the new school building. In this exhibi-tion, artistic works and projects commemoratingthe events of the Rising were put on display.These include newspaper cuttings from 100years ago. Practically all groups are given anairing, including the 40 children who were killedin the Rising. Graphic accounts of how thesechildren lost their lives in the conflict are partic-ularly poignant.A special emphasis was placed on the women ofthe Rising and the important role they played.Throughout the week senior history studentswere brought on various history trips, which

included Glasnevin Cemetery, Collins Barracksand a 1916 walking tour of Dublin. All of thestudents thoroughly enjoyed this. Special guestspeakers arrived at the school last week,including former Taoiseach, John Bruton andFianna Fail TD, Éamon Ó Cuív.John Bruton gave an excellent perspective inrelation to the Rising. His talk was certainlythought provoking and informative and thestudents found it truly beneficial. DeputyÉamon Ó Cuív also addressed the students onFriday last, where he gave his insight into theRising. He was particularly impressed with thewonderful work the students did in putting theexhibition together. Deputy Ó Cuív has very strong connections toBalbriggan. His grandmother, Sinead Bean De Valera was born in Balbriggan. The studentsfound the talk engaging and very enlightening.He spoke to the County Leader prior toaddressing the students, regarding his earlymemories of Balbriggan and visits to the town.He said, “My great-grandmother came fromBalbriggan and I had a big connection with

Balbriggan. Auntie Kit, my grandmother’s sisterhad a shop here in the town. She married a mancalled White, so there are family members,including Declan White, who married a daughterof Sean McBride, who died a few years ago.“I can remember as a very young child visitingBalbriggan to meet my grand-aunt, my grand-mother’s sister. They had a little shop in thetown and as we were townies from Dublin, wewere fascinated with being in a shop where thebell rang when you opened the front door of theshop. Balbriggan was only a small village at that time and nothing like the big metropolis itis today”. “My grandmother wrote Irish stories and theoriginal books she published back in the 1940s,

many of them were actually folk stories she gotfrom her mother, which were rural folk stories,which obviously came from Balbriggan,” heconcluded.

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By Patrick Finnegan

Rush Daffodil Day LosesIts Brightest Flower

The community of Rush and inparticular, the committee ofDaffodil Day in the town, wereshocked to learn of the sad deathof Michelle Herbert, who was PROof Rush Daffodil committee. It wasparticularly poignant that herdeath came just one day beforeDaffodil Day was celebrated in thetown last Friday.Michelle, who was 43 years old,was a tireless worker and thedriving force behind thecommittee, and while thefundraising day in aid of the IrishCancer Society was held at the

Millbank Theatre in the town, agreat sadness was evidentamongst all who supported thecoffee morning. They were alsoacutely aware that Michelle wouldnot have been happy with peoplemoping around, so lovely storiesof this remarkable woman wereshared by all.The Garden of Hope, which islocated at Rush library was partic-ularly special to Michelle. It is aplace of great peace and reflec-tion, where deceased friends areremembered. The County Leaderspoke to some of Michelle’s

friends and fellowDaffodil Day committeemembers there. AngelaByrne said, “TheDaffodil Day committeehave lost theirbrightest, bubbliestand most positivethinking flower. We willlove and miss Michelleforever and DaffodilDay is dedicated to youin your brave battleagainst cancer. Our thoughts andprayers are with her husband,Jason and children, Claudia,

Callum and Luke andwe will look after themforever in Michelle’sname,” she said.Chairperson of RushDaffodil Daycommittee, GinaMcGee said, “Michellewas so full of life andlaughter and she wasso enthusiastic aboutDaffodil Day and the fight against

cancer. She will be so sadlymissed by us all. Continued on page 4

The late Michelle Herbert

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ations 44 years ago.”“The building hasendured much wear andtear over that time andwe are renovating it on aphased basis startingwith Departures and theSecurity Screeningarea,” he added.The new ATRS machinesare six metres longerthan the previousmachines. This addi-tional length includes aparallel loading area atthe start of the lanegiving extra preparationspace so that up to fourpeople can load trayscomfortably at the sametime.

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Waste Not, Want Not AtMillfield Shopping CentreBalbriggan Tidy TownsAssociation invites localsto an art exhibition with ad i f f e r e n c e . F r o mSaturday, 2nd toMonday, 4th April, anexhibition of art madefrom waste or recycledmaterials will take placeat Millfield ShoppingCentre, Balbriggan. Eightartists, plus Balbriggan’sMen’s Shed and studentsfrom both Loreto Schooland BalbrigganCommunity College will

display a variety ofcreations, includingdresses made for thenational Junk Kouturecompetition.The exhibition, “WasteNot, Want Not”, will beofficially launched byenvironmentalist and TVpresenter, DuncanStewart on Saturday 2ndApril at 3pm. With thisexhibition, BalbrigganTidy Towns and theartists intend to create atalking point about waste,pollution and the environ-ment, through themedium of visual art. It ishoped that awarenesscan be raised about whatwe can do to reduce the

growing volumes of wastewe produce and how artcan utilise waste by usingit as a creative material.It is in all our intereststhat we manageresources better and ulti-mately reduce theamount of rubbish weproduce. It is hoped thatby visiting the exhibition,people will explore theirrelationship with wasteand seek both practicaland creative ways ofreducing, re-using andrecycling the stuff wethrow away. The exhibi-tion is open fromSaturday to Monday, 9amto 10pm. It is free andopen to all.

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agencies and groups in the town fortheir support. Hopefully, this will bethe start of a new programme ofrejuvenation in the town,” he said.The idea is to cut away and clearout the undergrowth at theentrance on both sides, as well aspainting the railings at the mainentrance to the park, adjacent tothe church. At present, the area isheavily overgrown and localsbelieve that the area will benefitfrom this clean-up.

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Pictured are CEO of Balbriggan Chamber, Sean Corrigan and Cllr Tony Murphy at theentrance to Balbriggan Town Park, where a major clean-up will take place on GoodFriday, 25th March

Glimpse Of The Past At Garristown Ploughing ContestThe annual ploughingc h a m p i o n s h i p sinvolving Dublin andMeath teams, tookplace near Garristownon Saturday, 5th andSunday, 6th Marchlast. The event was

held in favourableconditions andattracted a good sizedattendance. JamesDowney is one of theorganisers of the

Dublin/ Meathploughing event andhe spoke to the CountyLeader about theevent.He said, “Dublin hadtheir championship onthe Sunday, while

Meath held theirs theprevious day. Thiscompetition has beenheld here at this sitefor the past number ofyears. Not only werethere teams fromDublin and Meath, butthe event also attractedteams from NorthernIreland, as well asScotland and Wales.The winners of thevarious competitionsqualified to representtheir counties in theAll-Ireland PloughingChampionship to beheld at Tullamore inSeptember.James said that whilethere is a competitiveedge to the two dayevent, there is awonderful cama-raderie between the

different ploughmen,with good naturedbanter and a bit of funas a vital part of thetwo days.James thankedlandowner, TimmyFitzgerald for the useof the field, withoutwhich this event wouldnot have taken place.One of the highlightsof the weekend wasthe presence ofColman Cogan whotravelled all the wayfrom Mayo with histwo Shire horses, Tedand Ned, where hegave a demonstrationon the use of areversible plough,which he believes tobe the first of its kindin Ireland. He showedall present how

ploughing was carriedout many years ago,before the advent oftractors.He enthralledeveryone with hishorsemanship and he

bemoaned the factthat horses are nolonger used forploughing. “They’retoo expensive to keepand no young peopleare able or willing to

handle them. A horsemust be worked everyday and they have tobe fed three times aday and looked afterproperly,” saidColman.

Pictured at the Dublin/Meath ploughing contest near Garristown on Sunday, 6th Marchlast are, Colman Cogan, who gave a ploughing demonstration with his horses Ted andNed, organiser James Downey, Ciaran Guilfoyle, James Fitzgerald, Benny Duffy and chil-dren, Lee Fitzgerald, Mary Kate and John Duffy

Pictured at the Rush National School Easter Bake Sale on Friday, 11th March last arepupils, Finn Fearan, Kayleigh Long, Lizzie Larkin and Chloe Teeling

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Art Film: Bold WritingSwordsOn Friday 18th March 2016 at 7:20pm there is an ArtFilm: Bold Writing being held in the Swords Library.This is a film by artist Bernie Masterson and poetMáighréad Medbh. A visual and verbal engagementwith a Vere Foster copy book in the context of its usein schools and prisons.

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As Mario Draghi the ECBPresident has takenbanking to a place it hasnever been before, headded to the electoralchallenge faced by theGerman Chancellor. Ontop of the electorate’sconcerns with her policyon migration, Draghi’saction on interest rateshas sent a cold shiverdown the back of thecautious German people. The reaction through allsections of Germanssociety to the nil interestrate is one of concern asto how it will impact ontheir economy and

impact on individualsavings. Large numbersof small savers whoplanned to live off theirnest eggs now fear forthe future. Problemsfaced across Europe indifficult times may beabout to strike directlyinto the heart of Europe.Many see it as “Draghi isplaying a dangerousgame with Germansavers’ money.” Indeed Draghi may wellbe playing a dangerousgame not only withGerman money he isplaying cards on all ourbehalf. Those who play

cards will tell you howdifficult it is to predictwhat the next card willbring. Since taking office,Draghi has taken a farmore imaginativeapproach tom o n e ymanagementthan was thepractice of hisp r e d e c e s s o rJ e a n - C l a u d eTrichet. While Draghi was abreath of fresh air thechallenge which Trichetleft behind him may yetprove too great to beresolved. Managed infla-

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C o m m i t t e e ,has welcomeda vote in theE u r o p e a nParliament tousher int i g h t e rcontrols andrestrictions on

the administra-tion of antibiotics to farmanimals. Speaking afterthe vote Nessa said, “Wecannot allow cost-cuttingbusiness as usual tocarry on in large-scale,industrial farming.Increased resistance tothe most common antibi-otics could bring us backto the dark ages of medi-cine, when we were atthe mercy of infectious

diseases and the chancesof surviving surgery werescant. “This is not anoverstatement. TheWorld HealthOrganisation has beencompiling alarming dataon the development ofmulti-drug resistantsuperbugs that posesevere public health riskson a global scale”. Thework Nessa is engaged inis very important, notonly in protecting humanhealth, but it will provebeneficial to our agricul-tural economy. Thesecontrols must also beincluded in the TTIPnegotiations and anyagreement arising forthose talks.

By Cathal Boland

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Local Joint Policing Committee: Have Your SayThe 2016 series of Public Meetings for the FingalJoint Policing Committee will take place over the fourWednesdays in April, at different locations acrossthe county. The meetings offer an opportunity formembers of the public to meet with senior and localGardaí, and Council officials and to raise any issuesthat might be of concern in their neighbourhood.Chair of the Fingal Joint Policing Committee,Councillor Kieran Dennison said “The JPC PublicMeetings are open to everyone and we particularlyencourage those from newer communities to comealong. These meetings are a unique opportunity forpeople to voice their concerns over any issues intheir areas which are under the remit of the Gardaí orthe Local Authority. The Report from last year’sPublic Meetings is available on the Fingal CountyCouncil’s website and gives a good idea of the typeof issues that were raised.Joint Policing Committees are established under theAn Garda Síochána Act, 2005, and provide a formalbasis for the local authority, Elected Councillors andOireachtas Members, community representativesand Gardaí to work closely together on matters ofpublic concern.Under the Act, JPC’s may not discuss matters whichmay prejudice a Garda operation or crime preven-tion/detection, or any items which may endangerthe security of individuals or relate to an individual,or expose information received in confidence.Gardaí and local authority officials will be on handfollowing the public meetings, should any personwish to speak in confidence. The 2016 meetings will take place:Wednesday 06th April 2016 from 7.30pm-9pm –

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The Loughshinny andRush HistoricalSociety are hosting atalk in the KenureCemetery, Rush inmemory of three Irishvolunteers, ThomasDoyle, Joseph Mackeyand Tomas McEvoywho took part in thefight for Irish freedom,and who are buried inthe cemetery.The commemorationwill begin onSaturday, 2nd April at2:30pm when therewill be a parade fromRush Athletic FootballClub Hall (KenureLodge), Skerries Road,led by a piper andcolour party with theFingal Old IRAC o m m e m o r a t i v eSociety, followed bythe unveiling of aplaque in the ceme-tery by County Mayor,Cllr David O’Connor.There will also be an exhibition afterwardsof memorabilia andweapons in the Kenure Lodge.

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Bridge lessonscontinue inDonabate/PortraneCommunity Centreevery Wednesday at7.30 pm. Theselessons might be ofinterest to anyone inthe area with someknowledge of thegame, who wouldlike to improve orperhaps rekindletheir interest inplaying the game.All are welcome tocome along.

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Continued from page 1She was so full ofenergy, always organ-ising things and every-thing was so easywhen Michelle wasaround. She wasinvolved in all aspectsof the fight againstcancer, including theannual walk, theChristmas swim andmost particularly, theLadies Lunch at theSailing Club, whichwas very close to herheart. She was somindful that every-thing was done prop-erly, from the flowersto the posters. We willmiss her terribly,” shesaid.A great friend of

Michelle, Jane O’Hagansaid, “This is a verytough day for us all,but it is a chance for usall to congregate

together here at theGarden of Hope, whichwould have been soimportant to Michelle.To have known her and

to have had her in ourlives was just the mostincredible privilegeand everyone feels likethat,” said Jane.

Pictured at the Rush Daffodil committee Garden of Hope at Rush Library on Friday 11thMarch last, are friends and committee colleagues of the late Michelle Herbert, PRO ofRush Daffodil Day committee, who sadly passed away last Thursday. Jackie Austin, MariaHand, Tracy Healy, Anne Murphy, Jane O'Hagan and Margaret O'Hagan all gathered atthe Garden of Hope, where they remebered with great fondness and love, the joy thatMichelle brought to them

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Calling All CreativesIn The North CountyIt is said that creativitybreeds innovation andtoday, Swords basedcompany One4all,Ireland’s leading gift cardcompany, is giving up and coming designers andartists from Dublin the opportunity to have theirdesigns sold across Ireland with the launch of itsannual ‘Design a Gift Card’ competition.Now entering its fourth year, the competition allowsbudding designers and artistic innovators in Dublinthe chance to create a unique gift card and carrierdesign under the theme of ‘Happiness’. The winningdesign will be sold throughout the nationwide PostOffice network and online at one4all.ie in 2017 andthe winner will also receive a MacBook Pro. Five runners-up will also receive a €100 One4all GiftCard each and their designs will also be sold onlineat One4all.ieThe 2016 judging panel includes esteemed fashiondesigner Helen Steele, who counts Saoirse Ronanand Cara Delevingne as fans, fashion illustratorHolly Shortall, whose work has featured on KimKardashian’s Instagram, CEO of Tweak.com JerryKennelly and Aoife Davey, Group MarketingManager at One4all. Last year’s ‘Design a Gift Card’ competitionwinner was Jacek Murzyn, a VisualCommunications student at Limerick Institute ofArt and Design. His ‘Love Birds’ design waschosen from over 120 entries and was inspired byold Japanese culture and origami art.

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‘Fearless’ the flagship event of the Local Enterprise Weektook place last week and was held in the Riasc Centre,Swords. The event kicked off to a packed crowd whoenjoyed talks by RTE’s Keelin Shanley, Chief Executive ofthe Fingal County Council, Paul Reid and Maura Kelly ofAIB. The highlight of the event was the announcement ofthe winner of the Fingal Enterprise Award 2016 whichwas presented by the County Mayor, Cllr DavidO’Connor. There were six entrepreneurs in the running for this pres-tigious award, Aldar Tissues Ltd., Finglas, AranBia Ltd.t/a Crusts, Ballycoolin, Howth Cuisine, Howth/Baldoyle,Water2Buy Ltd, Blanchardstown and two North Countybusinesses, InvizBoz Ltd, Skerries and KeronaConsulting Ltd., also in Skerries. InvizBox Ltd was estab-lished 12 months ago. They will secure your internetdevices when you are at home or work and when you’reout and about or travelling. It is a portable device thatfeatures a battery to secure all of your devices whenyou’re using public WiFi connections. Kerona ConsultingLtd, is an independent European regulatory consultingcompany providing scientific and registration services to

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Pictured at the Trading Online Vouchers seminar as partof Fingal Enterprise Week at the Carnegie Court Hotel are,Rosemary Keating (Rosemary Keating.com) and SharonCole (Cole Marketing)

Pictured at the official launch of the the new premises for Remember Us Special Needs Support Group at Unit 5Balbriggan Retail Park on Friday, 11th March last are, Chris Harmon (Country Crest), Brendan Ryan TD, Nora Roban andJean Fitzpatrick of Remember Us

Irish Conversation Group In BalbrigganThe Ciorcal Comhrá/Irish Conversation Group meet in the Balbriggan library. Bíonn CiorcalComhrá ar siúl gach Deardaoin i Leabharlann Bhaile Brigín ó 7.00 a chlog. Fáilte roimh gach leib-héal! All levels welcome – especially beginners! This group meet every Thursday evening from7.00pm – 8.00pm. Come along for a sociable chat as Gaeilge! Contact:[email protected].

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‘Sowing the seeds of recoverywhilst encouraging growth’EVE Plantmarket, which isbased at Blake’s Cross,successfully hosted an openday on the 8th of March last.Trainees and staff were ingood spirits and the weatherheld for what was to be fun,memorable and busy day.EVE Plantmarket is aprogramme within the HSEand they cater to people whohave experience of mentalhealth difficulties. They are

funded by Dublin DunLaoghaire Education andTraining Board (DDLETB).On the day, skills demonstra-tions were performed bytrainees, showcasing the prac-tical knowledge they havedeveloped within EVEPlantmarket like seed sowing,machinery demos andvegetable production demon-strations.The courses available include,QQI Level 3 EmployabilitySkills, QQI Level 4 Horticulture

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should use very lightmake-up, such as bb-creams instead of heavyfoundations”, thebeauty specialistcontinued. Clara, manager of Jule’sBeauty agreed,although she had this toadd: “It should looknatural, but we use a lotof products to make itlook that way.” Contouring is on trendat the moment, wheremake-up in differentshades is used to addstructure to the face.With this look, rouge iskept quite light withhues of pink, while thelips should be bright-ened up with colourslike coral or peach. Jule’s Beauty Salonuses mainly red andnatural hues, as Clararevealed to the CountyLeader. When it comesto eye make up, Roisinsaid; “copper and lightbrown are the best touse when trying to getthe natural look.” She

also advised thateyebrows shouldn’t be too heavy andshould be kept quitelight as well. Spring colours can alsobe found in nail polish.“We get all the springcolours like yellow andbaby blue”, said Roisinfrom McCartan’sPharmacy. In general,there is always room fora bit of glitter and glossduring this season.It’s obvious spring has

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women prefer to lasertheir bikini zones andunderarms. The bigadvantage is that it lastslonger that shaving andis a lot less painfulthan the traditionalwaxing. But Sharonalso added that the

results vary fromperson to person. There’s one morereason to visit theSensius clinic and thatis that they also offertattoo removals. “Manypeople will have pickedtattoos when they wereeither drunk orteenagers and they nolonger like them.”Summer time isn’t faraway and people wantto go swimming andwear bikinis, so now is agood time to removeyour tattoo, becauseyou have to do it twomonths before showingthe affected skin. Another point is thatmany couples getmarried in either springor summer. “There aremany customers thatare going to haveweddings and want tohave removed theirtattoos before theirimportant day”, addedthe beauty expert. Soit’s important to thinkearly about what youwant to look like inspring and summer,because these treat-ments take their time. These days it is reallyimportant to acces-sorise – like forexample, getting theright glasses. Especiallyin spring, many peopleare searching for newglasses, or for the rightsunglasses for theupcoming summer. Even if you don’t needthem it is getting moreand more popular towear them just as afashion statement. But what are the currenttrends for stylishglasses? The CountyLeader had a look atone of the new collec-tions from SpecsaversOpticians which iscalled ‘Love Maschino”. Fitting to the name, thecollection includesmany frames with frivo-lous patterns in red. Therim is usually blackhowever they impresswith their unusualshape. With regards to thesunglasses, it is theplain and thick framesin either black or whitethat will give theappearance of simpleelegance. So peoplewho want to prepare forsummer should startearly when searchingfor the right acces-sories, before the allbest ones are gone. With a comprehensivelook at the new collec-tions in your local storeand enough time to pickout your favouritethings, nothing can gowrong this season!

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Swords Men’s ShedGets The Green LightSinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal Louise O’Reillyhas expressed her delight at the news thatSwords Men’s Shed has finallyreceived the green light.Speaking to the County Leader,Deputy O’Reilly said: “I’mdelighted to hear that planningpermission has been granted fora proposed community develop-ment on lands at and adjoiningthe Parochial House in Swords.”There had been a lot of work done at a councillevel to achieve this by after permission wasinitially refused in 2015.The project garnered support from all areasincluding the local arts committee and theChurch of Ireland and will be a huge asset tothe local community.”

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Nineteen students currently intransition year in localsecondary schools participatedin a poster competition hostedby the MicrobiologyDepartment TCD and theTrinity Access Programme. StJoseph’s School in Rush aredelighted to announce thatone of the winners includedtheir very own ConorComiskey. They are very proudof his achievement.The students first attended aworkshop led by Dr RonanSmith from TAP at which theywere given guidance inperforming research andpresenting their findings in aposter. The students were thenasked to research and presenton a topic of their choiceconcerning antibiotics.The students’ posters were

displayed in the foyer of theMoyne Institute at an eventthat was also attended byparents and teachers. Fourwinners were chosen and willspend a week on work experi-ence in the Staphylococcal

Research Group’s laboratory inthe Moyne. The competition will contributeto the work package onoutreach activities that is partof the Horizon 2020 fundedproject NoMorFilm. ProfessorTim Foster and Professor JoanGeoghegan from theMicrobiology Department TCDare members of the NoMorFilmconsortium which will discoverand develop new antibioticsfrom microalgae in the sea.

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Memorial GAAMatch In BalhearySt. Colmcille’s GAA Club, Balheary are holding acharity GAA Match in aid of St Francis Hospice.The event takes place on St. Patrick’s Day in StColmcille’s GAA club, Balheary at 3pm and is inmemory of Rose Howard and Patsie O’Reilly. Last year St Colmcille’s ran a golf event and allmoney raised went to St Francis hospice. Thisyear they are doing it again. This time it will betheir recently formed Gaelic 4 Mothers andOthers team. They play the same G4M&O team fromFingallians on St Patrick’s day in St Colmcille’spitch in Balheary at 3pm- following the matchwill be a raffle with great spot prizes, including ayears membership in FlyFit gym. Also on the daythere will be games for children and facepainting. Music will follow that evening also.

Balbriggan Film & Book ClubIf you are a big reader, why not come along onSaturday 19th March 2016 at 2pm for theBalbriggan Film & Book Club in the Balbrigganlibrary. For March they are reading the true lifestory of Philomena Lee - forced to give up herchild for adoption in 1950s Ireland, she set offwith journalist Martin Sixsmith to find himdecades later. Pick up a copy of the book at thedesk. Movie screening on Saturday 19th Marchat 2pm. All welcome!

Knitting & Crochet GroupBalbrigganIf you are a knitter why not come along onTuesday 22 March 2016 at 7pm to the Knitting &Crochet Group in the Balbriggan library.The Balbriggan Knitting Group meets in thelibrary every Tuesday evening 7pm-8pm. Bringyour needles/hooks and wool or get advice onwhat to buy. All adults are welcome. Contact:[email protected]


Holywell Educate Together National School werethe proud hosts of NASA Astronaut Don Thomaslast week, when he came to visit the school aspart of a competition won by one of the parentson Q102 radio. Jack Mulhern’s mother, Caroline,entered and as a result of Caroline answering 5questions correctly, the radio station broughtthe NASA engineer to the school along withemployees of NASA. Thomas gave a very inter-esting talk to the children who were all assem-bled in the schools PE hall. He explained to themwhat it is like to be in space, how you eat, wash,sleep etc. and showed them various slides andpictures of inside the shuttle, and the earth fromabove. It was a colourful and fascinating talkthat had the children and the adults present inrapture from start to finish.

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streamlined service forher customers.Edel saw the opportu-nity to expand heralready well establishedbusiness, where shecould utilise her exten-sive experience,together with her ownunique customerservice.Customer service is ofparamount importanceto Edel. Estate agents donot just delivermessages betweenlandlords and tenants,or vendors andpurchasers, they arequalified to present theirclients’ case in the bestpossible light. With thisin mind, EMG PropertyConsultants will makethat first step all theeasier and morestraightforward. “We arehere to help and assistin any way we possiblycan. After all, we’re hereto help and because ofour excellent customerservice, 90 per cent ofour business comesfrom referrals,” she said.The future is certainly

bright for Edel and sheplans to continue beingthe go to person inBalbriggan for propertymatters in her newpremises. “We look

forward to continue andindeed improve ourservices to existingcustomers and I lookforward to welcomingnew clients.”

Edel has exceptionalknowledge of the prop-erty industry and herphilosophy is todevelop a closeworking relationshipwith her clients, bothnow and into thefuture. Every propertydecision needs exper-tise and guidance andthe reassurance that

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getting the suitableproperty for sale orrent. She has bound-less energy and enthu-siasm and will alwaysstrive to make sure herclients get exactlywhat they are lookingfor, so it’s no surprisethat she has such ahigh referral rate.With such a top qualityservice, delivered in afriendly, professionaland caring way, thereseems little doubt thatEdel has a long andsuccessful careerahead of her at herbrand new premises inBalbriggan. Her atti-tude and commitmentto her customers is adefinite formula forsuccess, as she sets out to expand her already successfuland ever growing busi-ness.

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Home Instead SeniorCare have released acombined compre-hensive Senior CitizenGuidebook andFamily Carer EssentialGuidebook. Theguidebook aims toarm people with valu-able information andencourage focus onsuccessful ageing andto make sure carershave the correctknowledge theymight need to navigate the some-t imes complicatedsituation of becominga home carer. Throughout the bookyou will find lots ofintegral informationsuch as details aboutallowances for bothcarers and senior citi-zens and informationabout how to care forcertain i l lnesses,nursing home care,nutrition fitness andwell being, tech-nology and manyother vital pieces ofinformation. The book is presentedwith on side being forthe carer and theother side being forthe senior citizen. It iscomprehensive andeasy to read withtestimonials from real

people about variousdif ferent servicespeppered throughout. Both sections of theguide are all encom-passing coveringeverything from whatallowances you areentit led to, tominding your mentalhealth for bothsections of people. It also provides listsof useful numbers fora variety of issues,such as counsellingservices, hospitals,opticians etc. There is even asection at the end ofthe Senior Cit izensection titled ‘ThinkAhead’, which tacklesthe uncomfortableissue of what wil lhappen when aperson has reachedthe end of their life. Ittactfully covers theoptions available, and

gives a guideline ofwhat you should beconsidering when youknow your t ime isnear. The issue ishandled with greatsensitivity. Details off inancial options,hospice options andeven legal informa-tion are all offered inan easy to read

matter of fact, but notunkind way. In thecentre of the bookthere is space to takenotes on anything youhave read within itspages. All round, the guide-book is a highly infor-mative and very wellpresented book thatshould be essential

reading for anyonewho is reaching theirGolden years or foranyone who is consid-ering becoming orwho already is a homecarer to an elderlyperson. The book is availablenow and i t can bepicked up from localsupermarkets and theHome Instead Officesin Swords. For furtherinformation contactHome Instead on 01895 0010.

Balbriggan based group is lookingfor ladies to run, jog or walk in thisyear’s Mini Marathon which takesplace in Dublin on June BankHoliday Monday. BalbrigganCancer Support Group is a commu-nity driven and volunteer based

organisation that was establishedin May 2010. Their mission is to bea message of hope and a opportu-nity to get involved in the fightagainst Cancer by providing accessto information and support to allpeople affected by Cancer and

those who care for them. If youwould be interested or for more information please contactTom or Cora on 8410116 087 3532872. If you are interested in partic-ipating in the Balbriggan St.Patrick’s Day 10k or Half marathonon 17th March click here for furtherdetails including registration, loca-tion, start times, etc. For furtherinformation about BalbrigganCancer Support Group go towww.balbriggan.info

Group Seeks Ladies ForWomen’s Mini Marathon

Birthday Celebrations For Fingal Folk GroupThe Fingal Folk Club will be celebrating its sixth birthday on Thursday, 24thMarch with an around the house session to include a wide array of musiciansand singers. The club has been a very successful community venture supportinglocal singers and performers across many musical styles. The club regularlymeets in St Patrick’s Hall in Ballyboughal and has proven to be hugely popularwith singers, musicians and story tellers over the previous six years. All arewelcome to attend what is sure to be a great night.

Signs that Balbriggan is inrecovery mode are evidenced bya number of investments in thetown, which are regarded bymany as very positive.The recent acquisition of theiconic former AIB building on StGeorge’s Square in the town, isone such project. New owner,David Sweetman is in theprocess of renovating the oldbuilding and passers-by will beimpressed with the new faceliftwhich David is currently in theprocess of completing. There arealready two tenants in place,namely Jigsaw, where young

people from 12 to 25 years of agewho may experience mild mentalhealth issues can discuss theirissues and Foróige, the youthorganisation, where youngpeople from the community cancongregate and make plans.David spoke to the CountyLeader about his plans for thebuilding. He said, “It is a greathonour for me to be in a positionto restore this great building toits former glory. We intend tokeep it as a feature in the centreof Balbriggan. We still have a

few bits of work to do, and it isstill a work in progress, butalready it is being put to goodcommunity use, with bothJigsaw and Foróige locatedthere,” he said.Sean Corrigan, CEO ofBalbriggan Chamber ofCommerce congratulated Davidon the work being undertakenon this beautiful building. Hesaid, “This is a fantastic kick-start to what will be a majordevelopment in the town overtime. David has given the lead,along with other people withpaint brushes in hand, who arestarting to bring up the standardand image of the town andthat’s the direction we intend togo. There’ll be no stopping usnow,” concluded Corrigan.

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Pictured outside the newly refurbished former AIB building in Balbriggan are owner, David Sweetman (left) beingcongratulated by CEO of Balbriggan Chamber, Sean Corrigan

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Older People UrgedTo Check MedicationDosagesThe Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) has urged olderpatients in the North County to ask their pharmacistsfor help in making sure they take their medication atthe right time and in the right way. The IPU is alsocalling for the role of community pharmacists to beexpanded to allow for the provision of Medicines UseReviews to older patients. Research shows that people who take medicine formore than one condition are more likely not to taketheir medication properly. One-third of over-65s inIreland regularly take five or more medicines and just

15 per cent of people with three medical conditionssay they take their medicine without fail. IPU President Kathy Maher said that medicinesmanagement can be complex for older people, espe-cially for those dealing with more than one condition.However, she said: “It really is very important for yourhealth and quality of life that you take your medicineas instructed”. “Take the medicine exactly as prescribed and ask yourpharmacist what you should do if you miss a dose. Ifswallowing tablets is difficult, ask your pharmacist ifthere is a liquid form of the medicine or whether youcould crush your tablets. Do NOT break, crush or chewtablets without asking your pharmacist first. Try totake your medicines at the same time every day.Dividing your medicine in a weekly tray can be ahelpful way of making sure you don’t forget to take atablet,” she said.

Pictured in the Chapel at Swords Castle are members of Fingallians GAA Club, who held a bilingual tour of the Castle onSaturday, 12th March as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge


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in the past I haveasked you for manyfavours. This time I

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Recent published deathsfrom the North County

HERBERT (née Byrne) (Rush, Co. Dublin), March 10,2016 (peacefully) in the care of the staff of St. FrancisHospice, Blanchardstown Michelle; sadly missed byher loving husband Jason, children Claudia, Calumand Luke, mam Frances, mother-in-law Mary, father-in-law Kevin, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law,sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and a widecircle of friends. Rest in peace.

TRACEY The death has occurred of Eileen Tracey(née O’Connor) at Castlemanor Nursing Home, Co.Cavan. (Formerly of 82 Portmarnock Drive, Dublin.Lately residing with daughter Claire & son-in-lawCiaran at Lismeen, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan)Beloved wife of the late Jack and devoted mother ofDavid, Ellen, Richard & Claire. Sadly missed by herloving sisters Vera and Margaret, sons and daugh-ters, sons-in-law Andrew and Ciaran, daughters-in-law, Esther and Marty and grandchildren Emma,Olivia, Eleanor, Tanya and Isabelle, and all hernephews and nieces & friends. Rest in peace.

BIRD (née Edwards), Eileen (Bonny) (Swords, Co.Dublin) - March 8, 2016 (peacefully) in her 94th year,at Beaumont Hospital, beloved wife of the latePatrick and mother of the late Fran; sadly missed byher loving son Patrick, daughters Rita, Mary andCatriona, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren, relatives and friends. Restin peace.

WOODS, (Malahide, Co. Dublin) on 8th March 2016Michael (suddenly) at Beaumont Hospital, treasuredson of Mary and Michael, beloved partner of Sara,only brother of Sinead Geoghegan, uncle and godfa-ther of Olivia. He will be greatly missed by his devas-tated parents, adored partner, sister, brother-in-law,grandmother, niece, all his relatives and manyfriends in Ireland and USA. Rest in peace.

GHEE (Rush, Co. Dublin) March 8th, 2016 (peacefully)in the care of St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown,Shaun; sadly missed by his loving wife Nan (Anne),children Roslyn, Ciarán, Seán and Emer, sons-in-law,daughters-in-law, grandchildren, sistes Kay andJosephine, brother Bernard, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Rest inpeace.

HOGAN, (Née Bradin), (Skerries Co. Dublin), March7th 2016 peacefully surrounded by her loving familyat Newpark Care Centre, The Ward Co. Dublin, Olive,wife of the late Denis Garda Superintendent (Dinny),sadly missed by her children, Jackie, Damian andDenise, daughter-in-law Jo, sons-in-law Ken andMichael, grandchildren Shane, Serena, Ross, Avril,Julie and Robert, she will be sadly missed by hersiblings Doris and Val in Birmingham, sisters-in-law,relatives and neighbours and a wide circle of friends.Rest in peace.

McQUILLAN, Peter (Swords, Co. Dublin) - March 6,2016, (peacefully) at Beaumont Hospital, surroundedby his loving family, beloved husband of the latePhyllis; sadly missed by his loving family, daughtersMargaret, Yvonne, Patricia, Seppi and Caroline, sonsPeter, Eugene and David, grandchildren, great-grand-children, sister-in-law Bernie, daughters-in-law,sons-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighboursand friends. Rest in peace.

O'RIAIN, Tomás (Oldtown, Co. Dublin) March 6, 2016(peacefully) at the Bon Secour Hospital Glasnevin;sadly missed by his loving partner Mary, daughtersMartina, Fiona, Siobhán, Róisín and Judith, sonJoseph, brother Gerry, grandchildren, great-grand-children, nieces, nephews, extended family andloved ones. Rest in peace.

DOYLE (née Plunkett) (Rush, Co. Dublin) March 5,2016, (peacefully) Margaret; sadly missed by herloving husband Gerry, son Mark, daughter Michelle,Michelle’s fiancé Barry, brother John, sister Jean,brothers in law, sisters in law, nephews, nieces,grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives and a widecircle of friends. Rest in peace.

DOWLING Charles (Raymond) (Newtown, Naul, Co.Dublin) (Peacefully) in St. Francis Hospice, Raheny.Sadly missed by his brothers Sean and Anthony,sisters Una and Chris, brothers-in-law, sister-in-law,nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

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Sacred Heart of Jesus in the past I haveasked you for many favours. This time I

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Evita Comes To MalahidePortmarnock MusicalAnd Dramatic Society arepresenting Evita theMusical. The showcommences on Tuesday29th March at 8pm andwill run until Saturday2nd April. It will beperformed in MalahideCommunity School andtickets are €18.Evita is a lavish hitmusical written byAndrew Lloyd Webberand Tim Rice. The show is based on anincredible true story. Itconcentrates on the lifeof Argentine Eve Duartewho leaves her ruralhome for Buenos Aires inthe company of Latin

XpressiveDance Class InMalahideIf your child has a gift forinterpretative movement,then bring them along tothe St Nicholas Room ofSt Sylvester’s Parish,Malahide every Tuesday.Taking place there is theXpressive Dance Class ofLyrical and contemporarydance class suitable forage 5 and up, The classesare on from 6pm-7pm.Contact Sabrina on 085-7555035.

singer Agustin MaGaldi. She eventually becomesthe wife of President JuanPeron. The story followsEvita’s early life, her riseto power and her greatcharity work. It shows allthe battles and triumphsshe had in her short butamazing life. With many hit musicalnumbers including, OhWhat A Circus, On ThisNight Of A ThousandStars, Buenos Aires andof course the everpopular Don’t Cry For Me

Argentina, this musical isset to wow. The cast includes: JustinParkes as Juan Peron,Gavin Ryan as AugstinMaGaldi, Stuart Pollock

as Che Guevara, RebeccaGamble as Peron’smistress and YasminMissaoui as Eva Peron. These amazing talentedcast members are joinedby a terrific chorus ofadults and children togive you a great night ofentertainment.

Drumming With4-7 Year-olds SwordsOn Saturday 19 Mar 2016 at 11:00 there is aclass; Drumming With 4-7 Year-Olds in theSwords Library.Drumming with 4-7 year-olds,with some Irish spoken. All are welcome to comealong and join in the fun.

Fingal County CouncilI Brenda Finnegan, intend to apply forRetention Permission for development at thisaddress: Rhencullen, Off Main Street, Lusk,Co. Dublin.The retention application consists of: 1. Theworks to the attic space, comprising of oneno. bathroom, two no. bedrooms and one no.ensuite. 2. The works within the roof space,one no. velux window to the front and five no.velux windows to the rear, including all asso-ciated alterations. The planning application maybe inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy, at the offices ofthe Planning Authority during the publicopening hours of 9.30 - 16.30 Monday - Fridayat: Fingal County Council, Fingal County Hall,Main Street, Swords, Fingal Co. Dublin.A submission or observation in relation to theApplication may be made in writing to thePlanning Authority on payment of a fee of€20, within the period of 5 weeks beginningon the date of receipt by Fingal CountyCouncil of the Application, and such submis-sions or observations will be considered bythe Planning Authority in making a decisionon the application. The Planning Authoritymay grant permission subject to or withoutconditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission sought by CroninsCoaches Ltd., for (i) an extension to side ofexisting house at ground floor level, and atfirst floor level; (ii) Change of use of extendedstructure to provide the following (a)managers residence; (b) four overnight staffbedrooms; (c) kitchen and dining and loungearea; (e) office; and (iii) all site developmentworks including new treatment plant andpercolation area, all at Coolquay, The Ward,Co. Dublin.The planning application may be inspected, orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy, at the offices ofthe Planning Authority, and that a submissionor observation in relation to the applicationmay be made to the Authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee (€20) withinthe period of five weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of the applica-tion.

Fingal County CouncilWe, Colm Cooper & Ciara intend to apply forPlanning Permission for development at thissite, 17 Cherry Garth, Rivervalley, Swords,Co.Dublin. The development will consist of

the construction of a new single storey exten-sion to the side and rear of the existing semi-detached single storey house, with a newattic area contained in the new & existinghipped roofs and a velux rooflight on the sideroof.The Planning Application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its public openinghours and a submission or observation maybe made to the Planning Authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilI, Shane Cowley, seek planning permission at9 Castle View Park, Malahide, Co. Dublin for asingle storey extension to side with 3 No.Velux rooflights and associated site work.The Planning Application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its public openinghours and a submission or observation maybe made to the Planning Authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought for:(i) change of use from retail unit previouslyapproved under Reg Ref F10A/0256 to arestaurant and ancillary take away withdelivery service, (ii) new trademark signage to include 1 nointernally lit external sign and 1 no internallylit menu display box and(iii) internal alterations and associated worksat unit 3, 14 Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublinfor Dominic VellaThe Planning Application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its public openinghours and a submission or observation maybe made to the Planning Authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the application

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought by E & VButterly for alterations and extension to frontof house off Sandy Road, Rush, Co. Dublin.This planning application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-

able cost of making a copy at the offices of theplanning authority during its public openingand a submission or observation may bemade to the authority in writing on paymentof the prescribed fee 20 euro within theperiod of 5 weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of this application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought by Joseph andDenise McLoughlin for the change of use of 6no. two-storey, 3 bedroom, terraced unitsfrom ‘holiday homes’ (previously grantedplanning permission under Fingal Reg. Ref.F07A/0356; ABP Ref. PL06F225983 andextended under F07A/0356/E3) to nowprovide 6 no. two-storey, 3 bedroom, terraced‘resort type houses’ along with all associated,landscaping, boundary treatment, site devel-opment and engineering works necessary tofacilitate the development with vehicularaccess from existing roadway, whichaccesses onto the R108, all on a site atRoganstown Golf and Country Club, Swords,Co. Dublin. The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the planning authorityduring its public opening hours and asubmission or observation may be made tothe planning authority in writing on paymentof the prescribed fee (€20) within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on the date of receiptby the authority of this application.

Fingal County CouncilPermission is sought for a detached dormerdwelling, detached domestic garage, on-sitewaste water treatment unit and percolationarea & associated site works in a rural cluster@ Dallyhaysy, Naul, Co. Dublin for IanBertram. The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of making acopy at the offices of the planning authorityduring the public opening hours and asubmission or observation in relation to theapplication may be made in writing to theplanning authority on payment of theprescribed fee (20 euros), within the periodof 5 weeks, beginning on the date of receiptby Fingal County Council of the application.


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Fingal County Council Planning Application Adverts are

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are happy to announce that we are now accepting Planning Application Adverts for the following areas:

Balbriggan, Balrothery, Skerries, Lusk, Rush, Loughshinny,Ballyboughal, Naul, Portrane, Donabate, Swords, Kinsealy,

Malahide and PortmarnockAdverts must be supplied by email [email protected] by visiting:www.northcountyleader.ie/planningyou can also post your advert on a disk toNorth County Leader, Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin

Architects based outside our distribution area can pick up the paperfrom our offices or at pick-up points listed on page 2.

Alternatively we can post a copy of the paper at a charge of €10

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