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EXCLUSIVE BY
PAUL KELLY
A PREGNANT woman was
threatened with “the street” if
she and her homeless husband
did not accept single-sex accommodation amongst violent
drunks, Local News has
learned.
During February, Winnie
Kavanagh, five months pregnant, was left shivering on the
street, late at night, waiting to
be admitted at 9:00pm or
10:00pm, to pre-booked places
in hostels in John West Lane
and Mount Brown in Dublin’s
Liberties.
She and her husband had
been unable to pay the rent on
her home in Virginia Drive,
Finglas.
Now finally, for Winnie and
her husband Alan Kavanagh,
there is help at last — but it
comes with a Church-appended threat:
Thanks to her local TD
Dessie Ellis (SF, Dublin NW)
the Kavanaghs have just last
week been found a suitable
home in the Diocesan-controlled Crosscare in Finglas.
The couple love the place.
But astonishingly, the Church
threatens to end that, too, just
when Winnie needs it most:
when her baby is born in late
May.
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Harrowing as it is, the Kavanaghs’ ordeal, according to
Deputy Ellis, is just one example of a shocking number of
cases of official abuse of the
homeless. More and more are
coming to light as his casebook
is filled with hundreds of families in distress:
“There are now 371 fami-
lies in emergency accommodation: that number includes
803 children,” Ellis told Local
News.
The Sinn Féin deputy
notes that those numbers are
up forty per cent since June
2014, shortly before the coalition began announcing a number of much vaunted “housing
initiatives”.
In lengthy interviews with
Deputy Ellis, Mr Alan Kavanagh, Ms Winnie Kavanagh,
the “Placement” section of
Dublin City Council, and the
office of the Archdiocese of
Dublin, Local News has established that:
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You’ll have to move when your child is born
from page 1
• the then-5months-pregnant Ms
Kavanagh was left, on
many nights in February, shivering outside
one-night-only hostels, from 9:00pm to
10:00pm, waiting with
her husband to be admitted for a place the
couple had booked
earlier in the day
• the Kavanaghs’
worst experience was
in John West Lane off
Thomas Street: there,
they had a series of
single-night
beds
amongst inebriates
and drug users; they
witnessed
intravenous drug use; and
were woken up late at
night by fights, and by
addicts looking for
drugs (the couple
does not drink and
have never taken
drugs)
• the Kavanaghs
were treated with
ridicule and contempt
by officials in Parkgate
House,
the
City
“Placement Centre”,
who threatened her
and her husband with
“the street” if they did
not accept housing in
wet hostels such as
those just described
• the couple were
• BABY THREATENED:
Church will evict couple
when their child is born
forced to take bunkbed accommodation
in Seapoint, Dun
Laoghaire
even
though her pre-natal,
GP and other support
services were all on
the Northside.
Through relentless pressure from
Deputy Ellis, the Kavanaghs won a place,
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finding ease and comfort in the excellent
Crosscare facility in
Cedar House, Finglas.
However
the
Archdiocese, which
runs Crosscare, has
threatened them with
eviction “in accordance with our policies” as soon as their
baby is born in May.
Local News’ Paul
Kelly personally intervened with Archbishop
Diarmuid
Ryan’s chief aide,
Joseph Merrick, to
prevent the Church
from carrying out this
threat.
Mr Merrick expressed
sympathy
with Ms Kavanagh’s
case. He warned,
however, that he
“could not guarantee”
that Crosscare would
relax its “No Children”
rule for Cedar House
— even in the case of
a newborn infant.
Deputy
Ellis
sounded shaken and
upset when Local
News
interviewed
him about the Kavanaghs and other
similar cases:
“It’s gotten so bad
now, that if there’s a
Rugby match on and
all the hotels are full,
there’s no emergency
accommodation that
weekend. People are
sleeping in their cars,
surfing couches, or
just out on the street.”
He noted that the
Placement section of
Dublin City had long
since given up on its
policy of housing
mothers close to their
doctors and local
schools:
“They gave one
Finglas woman a
place in Blackrock. It
takes her eight buses a
day to get her children
to and from school.”
He calls for radical
measures, including
dipping into the €7
billion Strategic Investment Fund.
“This is a crisis,
and it’s just not registering with the Government.”
He says that this
year’s official targets,
which include7400
new units, rely for
5000 of them on the
private sector — simply won’t be reached:
“It just won’t happen: landlords are
simply not accepting
Rent Allowance or
RAS.”
He said that massive Social Housing
programmes had to
be started now, and he
ridiculed Junior Minister Alan Kelly’s plans
to provide tax relief on
money earned by
landlords.
“He hinted at rent
controls at the Labour
Ard Fheis, but now
we’re being told that
we can’t have them.”
Local News has
placed its research on
the treatment of the
Kavanaghs with Sorcha Donoghue, who
works with the communications department of Dublin City
Housing.
We have asked her
to find out:
• who in Parkgate
House, the Dublin
City Placement section, threatened the
pregnant Winnie Kavanagh with threats of
“the street” if she did
not accept accommodation with violent
drunks
• what training is
in place there to ensure that clients there
are treated with respect
• if standards are
monitored, and what
action will in future be
taken when those
standards are not met.
Ms Donoghue insists that the Kavanaghs must go
through a “complaints procedure”,
and that it would take
some weeks to establish what had happened and how it
could be remedied.
Meanwhile her
husband Alan Kavanagh is doing his
best to provide for his
family:
“I was in the meat
rendering and boning
business in [his native] Tullow. But I
wanted to better myself, and I enrolled in
a Sports Management
course in AIT [Athlone
Institute of Technology].”
When Local News
spoke to him, he was
waiting for Garda
Clearance so that he
could take up a job
with a charity that
helps inner city children rebuild lives
blighted by drugs and
crime. He was optimistic about his future.
The couple’s first
child is due on May
29.
• Local News is
grateful to Dessie Ellis
TD, and to Winnie and
Alan Kavanagh, for
their help in highlighting the issues
raised in this article.
We will report immediately on any remedial steps that Dublin
City Council take to
improve the systems
in place for dealing
with mothers-to-be.
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UNFORTUNATELY, over the past few years
these articles have been about surviving the
economic downturn and subsequent recession.
But, as is always worth remembering, all things
pass and life goes on. And, thankfully, it looks
like we are beginning to come out of this difficult period again.
No matter what the outside environment, it
is always up to you to look after your own physical and emotional condition. As things change
for the good I am again going to highlight things
that we can all do. Things that we often overlook
or get out of the habit of during our often hectic lives.
And the great thing is, that none of the
things we should do to take better care of ourselves need be hard work or severe. The first
thing is regular exercise. This has well known
physical health benefits. Obviously it can help
to control your weight. But probably more importantly, using your body helps strengthen
your muscles and bones. It improves your circulation keeping vital organs such as heart and
lungs strong and healthy.
Another very important and often overlooked benefit of exercise is its stress reducing
benefits. Anyone with a stressful life should really be taking regular vigorous exercise. It is a
great way to discharge the stress in your body.
And how often do we hear about someone who
has died young being under a lot of stress?
And what comes out regularly as the best
form of exercise is, simply, walking! Recently I
heard a fitness expert reveal that fast walking
burns as many calories as jogging. Walking also
has a very calming effect on the mind. The
rhythm, the left-right motion is therapeutic, not
to mention the connection with nature when
you walk outdoors.
Many people nowadays can also use a personal stereo to listen to music, books, radio
podcasts, etc. while walking and give themselves some personal time out.
So there is no excuse for not getting regular
exercise. Park the car that little bit farther from
your destination. Get on, or get off, the bus a
few stops farther along. (I see so many, even
young, and usually overweight, people wait for
and take the bus for just four of five stops!)
Other simple ways to get exercise in your
normal day would be to slip out for a walk at
lunchtime. Use stairs instead of escalators or
lifts.
Stress is not just a possible killer, it also affects your mental and emotional health. Make
relaxation a priority in your life. Schedule hobbies, exercise and interests into your week. Even
if it is only a little time to read or to watch your
favourite t.v. program.
We all need “time out”. Some time to just
chill and relax. A little time to clear our mind.
Our minds and bodies are intimately linked.
Every thought that we have has a physiological
effect on our body. So while we are thinking
about “stuff”, our body is reacting to these
thoughts. So bad or stressful thoughts will have
bad and stressful effects on your body.
But equally, “good” and relaxing thoughts
will have beneficial effects on your body too. So
the more of it you do the better it is for you not
just mentally, but physically.
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“The post office
is a huge resource to
have in Ballymun. It
is always very busy
and it is imperative
we don’t lose it from
the area.
Senior citizens
especially need a
post office in the
area. It is not suitable for them to
travel long distances
to collect their pension and pay their
bills.
Some time ago
there was an agreed
site fir the post office
opposite the shopping centre beside
the hotel on the corner of Main Street.
However, for various reasons this was
never finalised, and
there had been a
suggestion that it
may go into the
Super Valu.
“We have a population
of
over
20,000 people and
we don’t have the facilities or services in
the area to match
that. We cannot afford to lose the post
office and I am
pleading with Dublin
City council to make
sure this doesn’t
happen”. stated Cllr
Reilly.
Speaking about
the closure of the
shops, Cllr Reilly said
It is sad to see the
pound shop and Tír
na nÓg cafe close especially as the cafe
would have been
very much a social
spot for people in the
town centre especially senior citizens.
I would have expected at this stage
that some sort of alternative shopping
facility for the people
of the area would be
set in motion. Unfortunately this is not
the case.
We have been
told at council level
for a number of
months that there
are 4 interested parties in a site adjacent
to the old centre but
there is no sign of
any movement on
this in the near future. The site will
cater for a grocery
store but I will be
pushing for a number of other stores
surrounding this as
we have barely any
shopping facilities in
the area.”
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base.
Interestingly, he
found the name
“James Hoban” on a
small plaque he photographed through a
ground-floor window.
An enlargement
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the dates, 1758–1831,
proving that this was
indeed the James
Hoban who designed
the White House on
1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue.
While Hoban’s
exact
connection
with St Luke’s remains a mystery, the
architect, who was
also a distinguished
painter, is know to
have spent his twenties in Dublin. It is
thought that he may
have stayed at St
Luke’s,
perhaps
using is as a study for
his painting and
drawing before sailing to the States in
1780 at the age of 27.
Other revealing
details included a
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would have been essential when the
Peace Process —
with which Ahern
was so intimately involved — threatened
to go off the rails following endless leaks
and recriminations.
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sketch of the system
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of the KGB’s internal
police, now living as
a political refugee in
Dublin:
The former KGB
man’s verdict?
“The system is
not bad, better than
you find in a corner
shop. But without
daily
sweeps
[searches for listening devices], there is
no way they could
have
prevented
Russian and American eavesdropping.”
He said that both
his own KGB and the
American CIA and
National
Security
Agency listened in to
Government meetings wherever possible, and that “St
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Joe Kilbride was given a wonderful send off by students and teachers alike as he started his retirement. Joe has worked in Colaiste Eoin, Finglas for
the last 35 years and everyone wanted to say thanks and wish him well in the future. Our photo show him with some work colleagues, and also helping students plant a tree in his honour at the front of the school.
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Divorce numbers
are increasing
by Damien
Mara
THE FIGURES available from the Courts
Service show that in
the year 2013 there
was an increase in the
number of divorces
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Court. In 2012 a total
of 2,868 divorces were
granted. The figures
for 2013 show that was
an increase of 56 divorces granted, making a total of 2,924
divorces granted that
year. This increase
bucks the trend of recent years as between
2007 and 2012 there
had been a decrease of
approximately 10%
each year. The yearly
highest number of divorces granted was in
2007 when 3,658 divorces were granted in
the Court Circuit.
An explanation for
the increase in divorces granted may be
that cases (of high
asset value) that previously would have
been heard in the
High Court are now
being dealt with in the
Circuit Court as couples see the previously
high value of their
property assets fall to
rock bottom, or even
into negative equity.
Another
factor
may be that couples
are unable to pay the
unaffordable
fees
being charged by the
legal
profession.
Those fees have been
reported as €5,000
(per spouse) for an
uncontested divorce
and €2,000 to €3,000
(per spouse) for a separation agreement.
This unaffordability of legal fees and the
downturn in the economy has seen a significant increase in the
number of separated
couples who choose
to become lay litigants
(personal applicants)
and process their own
applications for divorce. This is particu-
larly evident in the
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NAOMH FIONNBARRAS NOTES
Our senior hurlers were very unlucky to lose by a point
against Brigids in Russell park to day. They really gave it
all they had and played some lovely hurling. We did not
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the. Boggies in two weeks time. Our junior hurlers lost to
Bray Emmetts in their opening league game while our minors lost to Round towers Clondalkin in the football game.
U/16 hurlers had a very good win over Castleknock in
their league game. Well done lads!! Our Easter camp takes
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Dublin video startup beats Microsoft
DUBLINER Catriona Barry has beaten Microsoft, Apple and a host of software giants
with raves for her launch product, trakAx.
trakAx, which started as DJ sound mixing
software, has morphed into an easy-to-use
video editing package aimed at hobbyists and
small businesses.
Already, four million user worldwide have
downloaded a simple free version, and more
are now taking the 15-day free trial of a version
that costs just €49 — or on limited time offer
for even less.
Now, the 25-year-old Dubliner, and her
brothers Cormac and Colm, have started a
fundraising round. The cash will be used for
marketing, development staff and customer
support.
At present, they work for a small enterprise
centre office in Pearse Street, Dublin 2. But
worldwide, software gurus have already noted
quality of the product and the support:
“I sent an email to trakAx last night,” video
blogger Bunny Cates told her YouTube followers, “and the next morning there was a reply
from the owner of the company. I’m impressed!”
Cates praises the package as “easy to use,
clever and accurate” especially for drop-in
edits and soundtracks.
“I love this software!”
But trakAx CEO Catriona says that, in
truth, the software itself is only part of the offering:
“We have online support, we have video
tutorials showing you how to do everything,
we have the whole support package,” she told
Local News.
All this helps trakAx fill what she calls “the
middle ground”:
“Some packages are expensive and elabo-
Meanwhile, paterfamilias Jim Barry has
left the day-to-day running of his one-time
music-mixing package to his three children,
while he continues with another pet product:
an air guitar that plays actual music. Watch
this space…
• trakAx Version 5 is available on
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rate. The user is overwhelmed before they
start. Others are too basic, and don’t offer
what you need.”
She believe trakAx offers an easy-to-use
package that, with upgrades and the user’s
own experience, will enable even the novice to
create something “really professional”.
The whole venture started when Catriona’s dad, Jim Barry, was making point-of-sale
software and videos for supermarkets and retail chains.
“He sold the company and decided he’s
fulfil a lifelong ambition, to learn the guitar!”
He was frustrated by the poor quality of
mixing software on offer, so trakAx, oddly,
started as a music mixing package with a small
video add-on.
That may explain why sound works so
beautifully on trakAx.
Local News can report, from bitter experience, that poor sound mixing is a teethcruncher with most video packages: wild
sound or “actuality” from the typical cheap,
built-in microphone can be muted or crudely
overlaid with music. There is no elegant fading in or out — certainly not with the basic
version of Window MovieMaker from PC plutocrat Bill Gates.
“I believe we can solve that problem for
you,” Catriona assures us. The testimonials of
others, freely available on YouTube, suggests
that, for once, the package delivers on that
promise.
Version 5, just released, is available on free
trial at trakax.com. For a limited time, an advanced version of the software is available for
a Spring Promotion price of €24.50, 50% off
the normal price of €49.00.
Dublin Central TD and Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Mary
Lou McDonald has offered her congratulations to
the newly appointed Dublin City Councillor Gaye
Fagan.
Cllr Fagan is filling the seat vacated last month by
Jonathan Dowdall.
Speaking this evening as Gaye attends her first council meeting Deputy McDonald said:
“I would like to welcome Gaye to our team of elected
representatives in Dublin. Cllr Fagan narrowly missed
out in the local elections last May and I am delighted
she now has the opportunity to work with our fifteen
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Inner City.
Gaye has already shown herself to be a hard working
community activist and I wish her the best of luck as
she begins her new role.”
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THE LOCAL NEWS | 13
Robyn’s tears as city bosses put
Book Exchange out of business
THE CRUEL side of the government’s new,
market-driven approach to social inclusion
has just been revealed to Robyn Tuohy, 14.
Shortly after this picture was taken, the
prizewinning pupil learned that her beloved
Book Exchange was to be closed down.
Robyn, a fifth-class pupil in Virgin Mary
Girls National School, Shangan Road, was all
smiles when she learned that her artwork had
won First Prize in the Bookmark Competition
sponsored by the Ballymun Whitehall Area
Partnership (BWAP). But there were plenty of
tears, too, when pupils in Virgin Mary learned
that the Partnership had lost a “tendering
process” — which means that BWAP will close
its doors at the end of the month. Their Book
Exchange will be no more.
All Social Inclusion Community Activation
Programmes (SICAPs) now have to submit
“tenders” as to how they will deliver their services. These submissions will decide whether or
not they will be grant-aided by Local Authorities (a component of the payment comes from
central funds).
This process, intended to ensure proper
use of taxpayers’ money, has effectively been
used to curtail and control a host of education,
employment and inclusion schemes, mainly
in poorer areas.
The BWAP is just one of many such efforts
that have been shuttered by this austerity-era
measure.
While this and similar social initiatives use
cash, the vast majority of BWAP’s work is done
by unpaid volunteers. Thus, relatively small
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FINAL FAREWELL: prizewinning pupil Robyn Tuohy joined by members of Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership
sums facilitate relatively large efforts — and a
significant amount of social change, particularly in the area of social mobility and opportunity.
BWAP stalwart Susan Walsh tearfully
thanked the many volunteers who had made
such a difference to the people of Ballymun:
“A big thanks to the volunteers from the
Ballymun Adult Read and Write Scheme: Liz
Carroll, Aileen Bell, Mary McCarthy, and Mary
Love...”
She also thanked Liu Prencheng, Teresa
Croke and the entire Care and Repair team for
their continued support.
“We would also like to thank Eileen
Adams, our Book Exchange Development
worker for her continued hard work as well as
all our regular Book Exchangers who have
made the event what it is.”
SINGING legend Lionel Richie has been — once again —
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soul idol in canny Corbally’s Finglas-based business. “I’ve
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Vhi Women’s Mini
Marathon open for entries
With entries now open, the countdown is on,
and remember, everyone who enters for the Vhi
Women’s Mini Marathon is in with a chance to
win a Nissan Micra. (It’s not the winner’s prize!)
Here a a selection of some local charities that
you might like to consider running or walk for.
The 2015 Vhi Women’s Mini
Marathon is officially open
for entries from Wednesday
11th February. Over 40,000
participants are expected to
walk, jog or run the 10K
route through Dublin city
on Monday, 1st June 2015.
Fight cancer and support St. Lukes in the
Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon on June 1st
ST LUKE’s Radiation
Oncology Network
now comprises of
three cancer centres:
• St Luke’s Hospital,
Rathgar,
• St Luke’s Radiation
Oncology
Centre at Beaumont Hospital
• St Luke’s Radiation
Oncology
Centre
at
St
James’s Hospital
The Friends of St.
Luke’s, while continuing to support patients attending St
Luke’s
Hospital,
Rathgar, will now
support the needs of
patients attending all
three Cancer Centres.
In 2015, The
Friends are funding
some very important
projects across the
Network costing over
€2million including
the complete refurbishment of patient
bathrooms in D Ward
at St Luke’s Hospital,
Rathgar to ensure all
rooms are HIQA compliant and inline with
health and safety recommendations. The
new bathrooms will
include new showers,
shower doors, tiling,
grab bars, nurse call
buttons and new
hand hygiene units.
VMAT radiotherapy will also be introduced at the Rathgar
site which will provide shortened treatment times especially
for head and neck
cancer patients and
the specialised paediatric service which requires extensive and
complicated radiotherapy treatment.
This service will significantly improve
the patient experience.
The Friends will
continue to support
Oakland Lodge our
“home from home”
for patients who
travel long distances
for treatment. Oakland Lodge has some
accommodation,
which provides for a
family member or
friend stay also,
which is a great comfort during a possibly
stressful time. It is a
wonderful facility and
has been completely
funded by our supporters and fundrais-
ers.
Cancer Research
is undertaken by St
Luke's Institute of
Cancer Research and
The Friends of St
Luke’s fund activity in
the field of cancer
prevention,
treatment, care and cure
each year.
It is only with the
help of people like
you, that we can continue to fundraise for
St Luke’s and to ensure the full range of
services continue to
be available to all the
patients who attend
the St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network. Our aim is to
support our patients
in whatever way possible, as they go
through their cancer
journey.
By joining us taking part in the VHI
Women’s
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Marathon you will be
supporting the fantastic work and helping all patients who
attend St Luke’s.
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Ireland’s most fun 5k Run – The Rainbow Run!
available from tomorrow,
Tuesday,
February 24, with a
special Mega Sale
offer of €19.99 for
adults and €9.99 for
THOUSANDS
of
runners and fun
lovers will descend
on Dun Laoghaire on
Saturday, June 20 for
what promises to be
the biggest - and
most colourful Rainbow Run yet.
As they cross the
finish line in a blaze
of blinding light and
colour, this year's
participants can look
forward to a mouthwatering
healthy
snacks and treats at
the health and fitness expo or take a
dip in the giant water
slide and rock out to
the sounds of hit 90s
band Smash Hits.
The third annual
Rainbow Run will
kick off at Dun
Laoghaire's picturesque West Pier at
3pm on the 20th of
June. Along the
route, participants of
all abilities and ages
are doused from
head to toe with
coloured
powder
while they run, jog or
walk the 5km route.
People are urged
to wear white (although not essential)
and will be bombarded with an array
of different colours
until they cross the
finish line and enter
the colour festival
covered in a dazzling
kaleidoscope
of
pinks, blues, greens,
yellows,
purples,
reds and every mixture under the rainbow. (Don’t worry the powder is nontoxic and harmless!)
This year, the
'Rainbow Run' are
bringing the Rainbow Rapids back to
Dun Laoghaire. Runners can cool off in
our special custombuilt
“Rainbow
Slide” - a 15 meter
slippery slide into
the Irish Sea!
Smash Hits and a
range of DJs will provide music entertainment throughout
the evening.
Commenting on
the launch, Rob
Smyth, founder of
The Rainbow Run
said "The Rainbow
Run takes the seriousness out of running, most people
don't sign up to running events because
they are too scared
and don't know what
to expect. People
who attend The
Rainbow Run are
there to have fun
with their friends &
family and if they
run,walk or crawl
over the finish line all
the better! This is just
a fun day out for
everyone!”
Tickets for this
year's event are
kids, for the first
lucky
500
readers. After tomorrow, ticket prices will
go up by €5. Children seven years and
younger can run for
free as long as they
are accompanied by
an adult.
Website:
rainbowrun.ie.
Face-
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Traditional group; The Invincibles launched their new CD in The Sunnybank Hotel last week. The band
are traditional republican group and their cd contains many well known songs including; Rocky Road
to Dublin, As I roved out, Sean South, Foggy Dew, and Four green fields. They are a great sound live
and play most nights in The Sunnybank Hotel, when the Dubs matches are on. Next time you watch
the Dubs, why not go back to the Sunnybank Hotel for a beer and enjoy the session.
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Call Paul Hennelly at 01 8361666 or email [email protected]
Tolka Area Partnership provides a range of business support services
to start up micro enterprises in the north west Dublin area.
16 | THE LOCAL NEWS
Strawberry
Beds mystery
SCENIC Strawberry Beds was the
scene for this accident last week.
Clearly, a driver was really lucky,
because if this tree hadn’t stopped
them, they would have ended up
in the Liffey!
Protests are continuing every week in relation to the water charges.
Fianna Fáil has selected Councillor Jack Chambers to contest the General Election in Dublin West pictured with Anne Lenihan mother of the late Brian Lenihan Jr. Up to 400 members and supporters gathered in the Carlton Hotel in Tyrrelstown,
Dublin 15 for the selection convention chaired by Senator Darragh O’Brien. Councillors Jack Chambers and David
McGuinness sought the nomination at the closely contested convention. Picture Conor McCabe Photography.
How good are
you at Pool?
You know it doesn’t matter how good you are
at pool, if you enjoy a game, head down to
D15 Cue Sports Academy in Mulhuddart Village for a game with friends.
The club is open to any one who fancies a
game and with their 19 pool tables there is
not only a great atmosphere but plenty of
room and a table available. You can book a
table, you can take part in a tournament on
the night or you can just enjoy a game with
friends.
The Club puts huge energy into youth and
their Junior Academy is for all youths up to
age 13. The Academy is on Wednesday
from 7.00pm and Sundays from 2.00pm5.00pm. All can avail of free coaching aimed
at bringing on everyone’s skills and encouraging young lads to go on and represent Ireland
in European and World Tournaments, as
many have done. The Academy is fully supervised and is a marvellous social occasion for
young people. There are 5 Plasma screen Tvs,
so you need not miss your favourite programme. Young people can enjoy a 3 hour
session for just €5 during these sessions.
The club is wheelchair accessible and has a secure car park underneath with a lift access or
stairs if you prefer.. The club has its own special
needs team and is there to help all enjoy the
game of pool.
Refreshments, drinks and snacks are available and the club is open from 6.00pm till
midnight on weekdays and from 2.00pm till
midnight on Saturday & Sundays.
Of course for the serious aficionados there are
snooker tables and these have come in for a lot
of praise.
There are in house tournaments regularly
and once you’ve got to know the club, you
can play in one of their regular leagues.
There are many Dart boards also available
for a bit of fun.
D.15 Cue Sports Pool & Snooker
Mulhuddart Village (just up from the SPAR on the opposite side of the road)
D15 Cue Sports Pool & Snooker puts huge energy into youth and their Junior Academy is for all youths up to age
13. The Academy is on Wednesday from 7.00pm and Sundays from 2.00pm-5.00pm. All can avail of free coaching
aimed at bringing on everyone’s skills and encouraging young lads to go on and represent Ireland in European and
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young people. There are 5 Plasma screen Tvs, so you need not miss your favourite programme. Young people can
enjoy a 3 hour session for just ¤5 during these sessions.
THE LOCAL NEWS | 17
Axing of Ballymun-Whitehall
Partnership is nail in the coffin
of local community services
THE DECISION to axe Ballymun-Whitehall
Partnership is an outright attack on local communities. Following a tender competition, the
contract for services has been awarded to the
Tolka Area Partnership.
Ballymun-Whitehall Partnership has been
a key driver of progress before and since the
Ballymun regeneration project. It provides absolutely vital services to Ballymun, Santry,
Whitehall and parts of Ballygall and has underpinned a lot of the work of several partner
community organisations such as the Job
Centre, the drugs task force, Young Ballymun
and lots more. Some of the services now in
jeopardy include the Care & Repair service,
certain Education programmes, certain childcare services, and certain employment/enterprise services.
It just beggars belief that two decent community organisations, both with charitable
status, were made to compete against one another to ensure their own survival. The whole
process has divided communities at a time
when they should be coming together to fight
for their areas. Now there is huge uncertainty
about local jobs and about local community
services.
Questions also have to be asked as to why
a Sinn Féin Councillor is signing off on this
process. Sinn Féin sets itself up as a party of
protest yet one of it's own Councillors signed
off on the decision.
However, the blame lies squarely on the
shoulders of the Government and in particular
the Fine Gael mindset that dominates the
Government. At the heart of this debacle is a
belief, widely held in Fine Gael and especially
among Fine Gael ministers, that such community organisations are a waste of money.
They just couldn't care less about these communities or the services that are delivered here
because they have absolutely no understanding of life in a marginalised community. And
sadly, it is yet another example of the Labour
Party unable or unwilling to stand up for the
people it is supposed to be representing. By
Roisin Shortall T.D.
GREAT WIN FOR DYLAN
Dylan Tang boxing for a Drimnagh Selection against a squad from Pittsburgh performed brilliantly and won 2-1.
His victory ensured Drimnagh of an overall win in the Challenge match., and winners of the Donnybrook Ambassadors Perpetual Cup in the Tournament. The fights were televised live in the US.
Good Luck to Michael Avitisian who fights in the National Stadium this weekend. Michael is competing in the semi
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Great night out at the Sunnybank Hotel
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Enjoying Mother’s Day at Smiths
Great night out at Cumann Baire Setanta
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THE LOCAL NEWS | 21
O’Riordan’s Drogheda Lodge
has been the venue for many
great parties lately. This
venue is comfortable and
really suitable for party
nights. Our photos show two
recent celebrations there
and you can book your celebrations or party night by
calling 01 834 6061.
Cheltenham was great fun at O’Riordans and looking forward to
the Grand National next.
Why not try a night at the Casino?
FOR SOME years
now there has been
a casino and poker
club in Mulhuddart
Village. They have
secure underground
car parking and is
wheelchair
accessible. It has a
warm, friendly, and
comfortable
atmosphere.
JJP Poker Club and
Casino have been in
business 11 years,
and have 3 clubs in
Navan, Drogheda
and Mulhuddart.
They have quite a
great reputation in
the poker industry
in Ireland.
The club’s
philosophy is small
buy in for the
customer and big
pay out.
This has grown to be
hugely popular with
many using it for a
lad night out and
many others just out
for a social fun
evening.
Coming up on the
14th of March the
club have a
€10,000
guaranteed
tournament for
just a €65 entry
fee.
In Mulhuddart on
a Sunday 1st prize
in their
tournament is a
guaranteed €1000
for just €65 entry.
Clients are friendly
and many have
become good
friends outside the
poker world also.
Refreshments and
snacks are available
for your comfort.
You choose what
you’d like to play
and you never know
how lucky you could
be. The club does
have some very
serious players, but
you choose your
table.
They also have a
€10,000
guaranteed Cash
League, and a
monthly game
with a guaranteed
€10,000, also
DROGHEDA LODGE, FINGLAS VILLAGE.
DUBLIN DOES FRIDAYS
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JJP Poker Club/Casino also operate a
TOURING CASINO OR POKER NIGHT ideal
for fundraisers or Social clubs. For more info
go to our Casino Night Page or call Joe on
086 816 5054
there is a league
every 2 months
with a guaranteed
€10,000.
The club is open
every day from
8.00pm till late
except Wednesdays.
Texas Hold Em
Tournaments each
Night and Casino
open with Blackjack
Roulette and Brag
Tables.€5000
Every night every
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receives a 10 %
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Mulhuddart.
J.J.P. Poker Club & Casino
JJP Poker Club/Casino & D15 Snooker Academy. Phone: 086 816 5054.
Email: [email protected]. Main Street, Mulhuddart Dublin 15. Home of
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• TUESDAYS POKER NIGHT • WEDNESDAYS SPORTS NIGHT •
THURSDAYS OPEN THE BOX • FRIDAYS PLAY YOUR CARDS & MUSIC
Sunday 22nd; Man Utd v Liverpool
Saturday 21st Double Trouble
Sunday 22nd; Baron
Saturday 28th; Reflections
Sunday 29th; Roy Taylor
Saturday 4th; Almost Perfect
Sunday 5th; The Mutts - 4 Piece Band
Saturday 21st Ireland V Scotland
Wear the Irish Jersey & Get
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Book now at
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Birthday party celebrations at John Doyles
Enjoying Mother’s Day at the Shamrock Lodge
FINGLAS VILLAGE
Our catering is now under new management of
our award winning Chef Dave Jeﬀers
Breakfast
Served from 9.00am
Carvery Lunch
from 12-4.00pm Monday - Friday and
12-6.00pm Saturday & Sunday
Evening Menu
launching shortly
Saturday 21st
Sunday 29th
RAINBOW
SOLID GOLD
Sunday 22nd
Saturday 4th April
THE KAYE TWINS
STEVE MARTIN
Saturday 28th
Sunday 5th April
THE BIG KAHUNA
TRILOGY
EVERY THURSDAY
THE BEST OF IRISH MUSIC
from 8pm Eoin Go Bragh,
Alice Gilde, Peter Jennings
MONDAYS ENJOY
THE BIG BOX
GAME
EVERY FRIDAY
CLASSIC HITS • FUN TRIVIA QUIZ
• VIDEOS • EURO DRAW
• PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT
POOL ROOM OPEN PUB HOURS
Now booking for upcoming competitions
Phone: 085 825 9853
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Enjoying a great night out at St. Finbarrs
ST FINBARRS GAA CLUB
Enjoying the St. Patrick’s Festival at the Full Shilling
The Full Shilling
"DUBLIN DOES FRIDAYS"
Saturday 21st
STREETWISE &
SPECIAL GUEST SEAN CONNORS
Sunday 23rd
SOMETHING ELSE
Saturday 28th
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Sunday 29th
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Sundays from 6-8pm
‘under the arch’ FINGLAS VILLAGE
TWISTED
THURSDAYS
€3 Sambuca
€3 Baby Guinness
2 for 1 Daqiuiri
Funky Tunes
All Night Long
DJ Tomo Gaffney
Sunday 29th SANTORIA
Easter Sunday 5th THE GROUP
FRIDAYS
Thursday 26th DJ Tomo Gaffney & Special Guest Double Vodka & Splash €8
FHUNK DUP
FRIDAYS
PAYDAY FRIDAY Friday 27th with DJ Mark T
SATURDAYS
for your Celebration,
Special event,
Communion/
Confirmation.
Telephone
01 838 4881
Enjoy our Sunday Carvery Menu 12-5pm – SPECIAL FAMILY OFFERS
For Band info Contact 087 – 2388666
Sunday 22nd Liverpool v Man Utd.
Live music from 6pm with THE GROUP
D Robbie Dixon
R&B, Chart, House
and Dance Classics
STUDENTS FUN FANTASY NIGHT
Saturday 28th DJ Robbie Dixon & Star Guest DJ
Saturday 21st Ireland v Scotland
Wear the Irish Jersey & Get Free Pint Heineken
SUNDAYS
DJ Liam K
9pm till late
DOORS CLOSE IN THE FULL
SHILLING AT 1.30am
ON WEEKEND NIGHTS
PLAYBOY NIGHT Thursday 2nd: Great Prizes,
Best Bunny, Best 6 Pack Competition
PLAYBOY PARTY NIGHT Saturday 4th:
with DJ Robbie Dixon till Late.
Chocolate Shots €4
ENJOY ALL THE SPORTS ON OUR GIANT SCREEN
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D.15s Best Late Night Venue. We are Open Late With
DJ From 10pm.Playing All The Cheesey Hits From 80’s 90’s
& 00’s With a little bit of Chart!! We Give a lucky Customer A
Great Start to the weekend every Friday By Entering our Facebook Friday Like And Share Competition.
Also Each Week we Give All the Customers who are in on Friday Night The
CHANCE TO WIN A €50 BAR TAB
Just By Checking In With Us The Greyhound Bar & Grill!!! You Show
The Staﬀ That You Checked In And You Get a Ticket to the Draw Simple!!
Each Week From Saturday 21st March THE SCOOPS
Saturday 11th April DAKOTA
10pm Followed By Saturday 28th March PURE VELVET
Saturday 18th ULTRA VIOLET
Our Resident DJ
Bringing us from
Midnight to Early
hours Of The MornRugby, Soccer, GAA, Darts, All Premiership Matches available and foreign football available also.
Sunday Winner Takes All Draw Only €2 A Ticket all Day and draw takes place @ 6pm.
ing. Get In Early to
SUNDAY = FUNDAY @ THE GREYHOUND
get the best seats.
BOOK YOUR PARTY
AT THE GREYHOUND
Finish The Weekend Oﬀ With The Craic!! Joker Jackpot Which Starts
@ €1000 & Keeps Growing Each Week Till Its Won!!! Then To Wrap
The Night Up We Will Have Karaoke
We Cater All Ocassions. Let Our Team Build
A Party Package To Suit Your Needs!!
From Food To Entertainmet And Private
Reserved Areas. Call In To Our Team Today!!
Great Cocktail Specials
2 for €11 All Day Every Day!!!
Our new kitchen is now open.
Lunch Mon to Friday 12-3pm
• Dinner from 3-9pm Mon to Friday
• Saturday Full Menu 12-9pm • Sunday Full Menu 12-8pm
Main Street, Blanchardstown, D15. Ph: (01) 822 6958
Email: [email protected]
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For Upcoming Events & Great Competitions & Prizes