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THE DRIVER seat windowsof three cars were smashedand sat navs were robbedfrom all of the respectivecars, within a period of just15 minutes.
This has been the 10thsuch incident to occur inthe car park in recent times,a source alleged.
Local resident MarieMahony, from St Margaret’sRoad, who was a victim ofone of the break-ins, toldThe Local News of hershock and outrage at the in-cident:
“On Sunday afternoon Ihad just popped in to Lidlfor a 15 minutes, when Icame out it was carnage -the windows of three cars
including my own weresmashed and sat navs werestolen from each vehicle,”explained Marie. “Theywere also marks all over thedoor so it looks like thethugs used a crow bar tosmash the windows.”
She added: “There wasglass all over the road and inthe car itself . My husbandis a taxi driver, so that car ishis only livelihood. Now,not only will he have to forkout for the window and re-place the sat nav, he willlose out on three days workwhilst the window is beingfixed, it’s a disgrace!”
Unfortunately the Gar-dai, who were quickly called
to the scene were unable toview video evidence of theincident, as despite signsstating the contrary, thereare no CCTV cameras over-seeing the carpark of Lidl.
“There are plenty ofsigns saying CCTV camerasin operation, but its verydeceptive as while there arecameras in the store itself,there are no cameras what-soever in the car park -which makes the job of theGardai frustratingly harder,”said Marie.
She added: “When Irang Lidl customer services,I was told in quite an abruptmanner that Lidl were notliable for the break-ins as
A spate of car break-insin the car park of Lidl, StMargaret’s Road, Finglas,on Sunday afternoon last(Sept 19) has causedserious concern amonglocal residents andcustomers.
they erected a sign staging:‘Cars parked at owners risk.’
“I didn’t see any suchsign and I even asked themanager and security guardto point out the sign, afterwhich they both had to con-cede there was no suchsign.”
A spokesperson for Lidltold The Local News: “WhileLidl shoppers park their ve-hicles at their own risk, Lidlaims to provide customerswith convenient and secureparking. Lidl commits tocarrying out a full review ofmeasures to achieve thisaim”.
The Local News subse-quently contacted an inde-pendent legal expert whostated :“Because of Lidl’sfailure to erect a sign intheir branch in St MargaretsRoad, warning customersthat parking at their ownrisk, the store has left them-selves open to liabilityclaims. However any claimwould be mitigated by othersecurity precautions thatLidl had in operation at thetime such as securityguards etc.”
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Severe budget expectedIRELAND’s chiefbanker has warnedthat the Governmentmay have to imple-ment even more sav-age cutbacks thanalready hinted at forthe upcomingBudget.
Urging an “ex-plicit reprogram-ming” of the publicfinances over thecoming years, Cen-tral Bank GovernorPatrick Honohansaid internationallenders still needconvincing thecountry is on theright path to recov-ery.
“It is importantnow to re-set the fis-cal path to ensure a
virtuous cycle oflower borrowingrates... and a loweroverall cost of the ad-justment to societyat large,” he said.
Last week Fi-nance Minister BrianLenihan said De-cember’s Budgetwould slash at least€3bn from spendingon public services.
The cuts are ex-pected to hit socialwelfare, education,health and other de-partments.
But Mr Hono-han, speaking at abanking conferencein Dublin, appearedto suggest evenharsher cost-cuttingwas needed.
The Central Bankchief said recentjumps in the cost ofGovernment bor-rowing show inter-national lendersmust be convincedIreland is committedto reducing its debts.
Rejecting argu-ments for morespending to boostthe economy, he saidthere was no ques-tion that cuts werethe only option for asmall country likeIreland. Mr Honohansaid the cost of thebanking bailoutswould continue to bea heavy burden ontaxpayers and publicservice users for sev-eral years to come.
However, he in-sisted the measureswere “manageable”in terms of the public
finances and a lotless alarmist thansome commentatorshave suggested.
Urging peoplenot to be surprisedby a further jump inthe national debt, Mr
Honohan said thestate coffers arebeing drained duringthe bust at the samescale as they swelledduring the boom.
Mr Honohan alsodescribed as a “wel-come relief” the Gov-
ernment’s splitting ofAnglo Irish Bank intotwo separate institu-tions. The CentralBank is carrying outa stress assessmentof potential futurelosses at the nation-alised lender, he said.
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Job creation document launchedSINN Féin havelaunched a new doc-ument entitled Let’sget Dublin Working,containing proposalsto save and create al-most 100,000 jobs inDublin in 2011. Thelaunch was attendedby Arthur Morgan TD,Deputy Mayor CathalKing, Cllr Sean Croweand Dublin Mid WestRepresentative EoinÓ Broin and tookplace in Dominic'sCommunity CentreTallaght.
Speaking at thelaunch Eoin O Broinset out six steps to getDublin back to work
while attacking theGovernment’s inac-tion of job creation.These steps includedsupporting localbusinesses through arange of measures;investing in the city'sinfrastructure, publicservices and commu-nity facilities; devel-oping Dublinsin ternational brandas a tourist destina-tion; supporting en-trepreneurs;pro vid ing of childcare to cre-ate jobs and assistpeople getting backto work; and specificmeasures to tackleyouth unemploy-
ment. The full detailof the proposals canbe downloaded ath t t p : / / w w w. s i n n -fein.ie/files/Lets_Get_Dublin_Working.pdf
Ó Broin pointedout that 1 in 8 peopleare unemployed inDublin, with 10,575people on the liveregister in Lucan andClondalkin alone. Healso criticised thegovernment for theirfailure to develop ajobs strategy and ofbeing fixated withbailing out the banks.
He said: “Whilethe Government hasbeen obsessed with
pouring publicmoney into failedbanks they havefailed completely toact on the unemploy-ment crisis. Theplight of the evergrowing numbers ofunemployed hasbeen ignored by thisGovernment.
“Sinn Féin hasconsistently said thatthe only way to prop-erly deal with the cur-rent economic crisisis to focus on creatingand retaining jobs.We must get peopleback to work, put afew bob in their pock-ets and get themspending again. Thatis the progressive wayout of recession.
“It is in that spiritthat we are launchingour proposals to getDublin workingagain. In this docu-ment, Let’s get DublinWorking, Sinn Féin isputting forward clear,achievable and fullycosted proposals thatcould save and createalmost 100,000 jobsin Dublin in 2011.
“We need to sup-port Dublin busi-nesses andentrepreneurs, investin infrastructure suchas hospitals, schoolsand public transportinfrastructure andbuild brand Dublin.We must completethe regenerationschemes around the
city while investing incommunity facilitiesthat would createjobs with social bene-fits for local areas.
“We are also call-ing for the establish-ment of a 1916Quarter in the city bydeveloping andmaintaining a newcultural quarter en-compassing the GPOand the historicbuildings on MooreStreet. This quarterwould then be a basefor historical and cul-tural tourism in thecity.
“And we alsowant to see the estab-lishment of a CeathrúGaelteachta to de-velop the Irish lan-guage in the city.Services for Irishspeakers and learnerscould be concen-trated on this area tocreate a critical massand a new hub foreconomic activityand employment.
“There is an onuson all opposition po-litical parties put for-ward their proposalsand visions for theIreland they want tocreate. It is not goodenough to simply becritical of the currentGovernment or to usesound-bites to getmedia attention.
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Gas Services Ltd employs astaff of 24. It has a Southside
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Their reputation for excel-lence has enabled them to retainclients from the beginning and toattract new customers on an on-going basis. In fact Gas Services isnow one of the largest Gas Boilerservicing companies in Dublin.To further ensure that appoint-ments are kept on time, technol-ogy by way of a tracking systemfor the service vehicles is em-ployed. This ensures all vehiclesare constantly being monitored in
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CultureEvening
Civic Dublin will be available for all to see thisFriday 24th September as City Hall and theMansion House join hundreds of venues acrossDublin for Culture Night 2010.
Encouraging people to attend Dublin City Councillor PaulMcAuliffe said "Our city has some great hidden treasurersand both the Mansion House and City Hall are two of ourbest. When we travel abroad we often visit cultural sightsalong the way and yet many Dubliners will never havevisited the great cultural and historic sights of their owncity. Culture night is a great excuse to be a tourist in yourown city and while you’re out, you might sample some ofthe great pubs and restaurants which the city has to offer."
The home of the elected city council, City Hall will host amultimedia exhibition tracing the history of the City. Ithouses great city treasures such as the swords and maceof the Lord Mayor. Guided tours of the building are avail-able on the night from 5 to 10pm. The Mansion House,official residence of the Lord Mayor since 1715 and sceneof important civic and historic events such as the meetingof the first Dáil is open from 5pm to 8pm however ad-vance tickets are required.
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Local representative slams ESB hikesA LOCAL Northsiderepresentative hasslammed recent ratehikes and increasingdisconnections car-ried out by the ESB.
In a bid to com-bat the recent devel-opments, PaulDonnelly (SF) haslaunched a petitionalong with col-leagues in Sinn Fein.
It is hoped thou-sands of signatureswill be collected overthe next week to bepresented to theESB.
Mr Donnelly toldThe Local News: “Ifind it incredible thathere we have a semistate company that isunder the control ofthe government act-
ing in a way manyprivate operator'swould baulk at.
"They are cuttingoff people from whatis essentially a basichuman right andsomething that wecannot functionwithout to any greatdegree in this dayand age." He added:"I recently came
across a woman inHartstown on theday we went aroundthe area collectingsignatures whoseelectricity supplywas cut off. She was-n't even a customerof the ESB as she hadmoved to a differentservice provider.”
“Where is the at-tempt at consulta-tion? Where is thesupport and empa-thy for customerswho through no faultof their own findthemselves in a situ-ation whereby theycan't afford to fullydischarge their ar-rears in the timeframe set down bythe ESB debt collec-tors?
"We will be fight-ing the ESB all theway and I'm urgingall those who findthemselves in thedifficult position ofhaving arrears tocontact Sinn Féinand will do our best
to support them.”A spokesperson
for the ESB told theThe Local News:'that there will be nochange in its energyprices for regulatedresidential cus-tomers from 1st Oc-tober 2010. However,all suppliers, includ-ing ESB, are requiredto apply the previ-ously announcedPublic Service Obli-gation (PSO) Levy toall of their customersfrom 1st October2010. This will resultin a 4.9% increase inthe annual electricitycosts of a typicalhousehold.
It should benoted that over thelast two years ESBhas reduced itsprices to residentialcustomers by 12%.From 1st October2010, after applyingthe PSO Levy, cus-tomers’ electricitybills will be 7% belowthose seen in Octo-
ber 2008. The latestEurostat data (pub-lished May 2010)
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a typical householdare 2% below the Eu-rozone average.'
Age Action want eircom to reverse minimum payment plan
Eircom’s minimum payment plan will hurt low income older people, according to Age Ac-tion. The group is calling on Eircom to reverse its plans to set a €20 minimum payment forbills paid through post offices. It said the new charge, which is due to commence in thecoming weeks, will make it more difficult for older people to ensure that their phone bills arepromptly paid.
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Northsidegroup awardedtop grantA NORTHSIDE residentscommittee, has beenawarded a grant of €5,000 ata recent high profile cere-mony.
Dublin Bus awarded TheSummer Street North Resi-dents Committee with fund-ing in recognition of its vitalwork within the community.
In total one hundredcharities and communitygroups in the Greater DublinArea received grants rangingfrom €1,000 to €5,000 underits Community Support Pro-gramme.
A special recognition cer-emony held in Croke Parkwas hosted by RTE Personal-ity Mary Kennedy with spe-cial guests, Chairman ofSunderland F.C. Niall Quinnand Deputy Chairman of theDublin Bus Board, ArnoldO’Byrne, who honoured theshortlisted groups for all theirhard work and their valuablecontribution to their localcommunities.
Now in its seventh year,the event saw a wide variety
of charities in the GreaterDublin area receive fundingunder the scheme.
Formed in 2007 with theintention of bettering thestreet for all who live there,The Summer Street Northresidents committee has un-dertaken a number of envi-ronmental projects in thearea including a street refur-bishment scheme.
Since its inception, thecommittee has already con-verted a dumping groundinto a fully functioning com-munity garden which isgrowing fruit and vegetables.
A spokesperson forDublin Bus said the North-side group were awarded agrant for the implementationof a sustainable watering so-lution for the garden whichhas had a huge impact ongenerating a positive com-munity spirit in the area.
Other North Dublin char-ities and voluntary groupswho received grants of€2,000 to €1,000 includeSwords Amateur Boxing
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Commenting on theaward winners, Chairman ofSunderland F.C. Niall Quinn,said, “It is evident from thewinning groups present heretoday that the recession hasnot dampened Dublin’s tradi-tion of community spirit.This is my seventh year as pa-tron of the Dublin Bus CSPprogramme and I have seenfirst hand the difference thesegrants can make to localcommunity groups. I want tocongratulate all the grant re-cipients and commend themon all their hard work.”
Under the term of theprogramme entrants submita proposal with details abouttheir organisation and theproject they wish to havefunded. Each application isthen judged independentlyand grants ranging from€5,000, €2,000 or €1,000 areawarded.
L to R: Deputy Chairman of the Dublin Bus Board, Arnold O’Byrne, Dermot Smith, Willows Football Club recipients of a €5,000Dublin Bus Community Support Programme grant and Programme Patron, Chairman of Sunderland F.C. Niall Quinn.
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Merrion Square renamedRyan Park and re-stored it's formername, MerrionSquare, as a gestureof goodwill to thevictims of clericalchild abuse.
The chamberwas divided on theissue of renamingthe park and on theproposed new name.However after a longdebate which sawthe Lord Mayor ac-cuse someLabour councillorsof having an anti-catholic bias, themotion was carried.However as soon asthe vote was taken asmall number ofcouncillors were al-ready discussing thepossibility of propos-ing another motionto rename the parkafter irish writerOscar Wilde.
Speaking againstthe motion, I sup-ported much of what
other councillorshad said on the issueof child abuse andthe immoral suffer-ing which had beeninflicted on victims,however my contri-bution was not aboutthe Catholic churchbut about the historyof the park and ofour city, when itcomes to history, Ibelieve we should al-ways record andnever erase.
The Park wasoriginally the pre-serve of the privi-leged residents ofMerrion Square; itwas then purchasedby the Dublin dio-cese who planned tobuild a catholiccathedral on the site.Finally, in 1974 Arch-bishop Ryan gave itto Dublin City Coun-cil so that the peopleof Dublin couldenjoy it as a publicpark. In 1985 after hisdeath, the Council ina sign of their appre-ciation, named the
green space, Arch-bishop Ryan Park.
Frank McDon-ald, in the IrishTimes on 11th of Au-gust 2009, seriouslycriticized the CityCouncil for the waythe park has beenmanaged, statingthat it was “entirelydestroyed by inap-propriate planting . .. myriad pieces ofsecond-rate sculp-ture [and] fussy mu-nicipal flower beds”. Ithink Frank waswrong and his criti-cism entirely missesthe real brilliance ofMerrion Square. Themyriad pieces are infact a record of thehistory of our City.Where else wouldyou have a memorialto a British LordLieutenant of Irelandtogether with a bustof a militant Irishrevolutionary, andyet the Duke of Ruth-land and MichaelCollins sit only me-ters apart. Where else
would you get a parknamed after aCatholic Archbishopwhich contained amemorial to one ofthe greatest Irishsatirists of the priest-hood, Dermot Mor-gan and another to aman who was jailedfor his homosexual-ity, Oscar Wilde?Even the collectionof gas lamps whichdisplay the name ofone of Dublin CityCouncils predeces-sors “RathminesUrban District Coun-cil” help record thestory of local govern-ment in the city.
I believe that inerasing the dedica-tion of the park wehave erased an im-portant part of itsstory. More than any-thing, it is an emptyand negative gesturethat will do nothingto ensure the suffer-ing of those whowere abused is re-membered.
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Lord Mayor wants drugtreatment centres movedSPEAKING on a num-ber of related issues;begging, anti socialbehaviour and thenumber of druggedpeople on our streets,the Lord Mayor hasstated that the cluster-ing of drug treatmentcentres in close prox-imity to one another isadding to the prob-lem. However theMin ister for Commu-nity, Equality andGaeltacht Affairs, PatCarey TD, has de-scribed as "disap-pointing" commentsmade by Dublin'sLord Mayor regardingthe relocation of drugtreatment centres andhostels.
Minister Carey,who has responsibilityfor implementation ofthe National DrugsStrategy, was reactingto comments by LordMayor Gerry Breen inwhich he suggestedthat drug treatmentcentres and hostelsshould be relocated toDublin's suburbs.
"This sort of atti-tude is disappointingand runs totally con-trary to the spirit ofthe National DrugsStrategy. That strategy,which Dublin CityCouncil is helping toimplement, is allabout communitiesaccepting responsibil-
ity. It is certainly notabout shunting peo-ple and their prob-lems to the suburbs orghettoizing our drugproblem."
Minister Careycontinued "This out ofsight, out of mind ap-proach to drug reha-bilitation is not whatwe are about. The Na-tional Drugs Strategytakes a multi-facetedapproach to tacklingsubstance misuse andthe notion that theissue of substancemisuse can in someway be resolvedthrough relocating it isboth wrongheadedand unhelpful.
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FULL KITCHENS supplied & fitted from €2,700
TO SEE DOOR SAMPLES INYOUR HOME CALL 087 141 2350
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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. Youcan contact us at 087 913 3614 or [email protected]
DUBLIN CITY COUNCILNorth West – Artane/Whitehall
JULIA CARMICHAELPhone: 087 245 5527
Email: [email protected]
North West – Cabra/Glasnevin
CIERAN PERRYPhone: 085 722 6043
Email: [email protected]
North West – Ballymun/Finglas
DESSIE JOHN ELLISPhone: 086 854 1941 • (01) 834 3390
Email: [email protected]
North West – Ballymun/Finglas
JOHN LYONSPhone: 085 774 5779
Email: [email protected]
North West – Ballymun/Finglas
DR BILL TORMEYPhone: 087 254 4646
Email: [email protected]
Central – Cabra/Glasnevin
SÉAMAS McGRATTANPhone: 087 784 8153 • (01) 868 3934
Email: [email protected]
Central – Cabra/Glasnevin
MARY O’SHEAPhone: 086 803 8044
Email: [email protected]
Central – North Inner City
CHRISTY BURKEPhone: 086 812 6347 • (01) 868 3934
Email: [email protected]
Central – North Inner CityEMER COSTELLOPhone: 086 383 1805Email: [email protected]: www.labour.ie/emercostello
Central – North Inner CityNIAL RINGPhone: 087 410 8400Email: [email protected]: www.nialring.ie
North West – Finglas/Ballymun/Glasnevin/SantryPAUL McAULIFFEPhone: 087 672 7060Email: [email protected]: www.votemcauliffe.comTwitter @paulmcauliffe
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THE LATEST annual report from the CourtsService shows that in the year 2009 there were3,302 divorces granted by the Circuit FamilyCourt in Ireland. This figure shows a decreaseof 286 divorces from the 2008 figure of 3,588.The figures for 2009 also show that there was adecrease in the percentage of wives applyingfor divorce. In 2009 only 54% of the applica-tions for divorce were made by wives, com-pared to 58% of the applications in 2008.
The end of the marital relationship be-tween any couple can be very stressful. The re-sulting financial burden in maintaining twohomes adds to that stress. Then, when couplestry to formalise their new arrangements, ei-ther by divorce or by a separation agreement,they are faced with unaffordable fees chargedby solicitors. Those fees have been reported as€5,000 (per spouse) for an uncontested di-vorce and €2,000 to €3,000 (per spouse) for aseparation agreement.
The downturn in the economy has seen asignificant increase in the number of sepa-rated couples who choose to become personalapplicants and process their own applicationsfor divorce. This is particularly so in the caseof couples who have resolved all family mat-ters such as maintenance, child custody/ac-cess, property and pensions.
If the husband and wife feel they are un-able to obtain and complete the documenta-tion required for court, DIVORCE BYCONSENT is a company that assists thosecouples with the process. DIVORCE BY CON-SENT prepares the actual documentation re-quired for the Court hearing.
The fee charged is FROM AS LITTLE AS€600 for a consent divorce. The company alsodrafts Separation Agreements for a fixed fee of€400 (€500 to include Deed of Waiver).
The 2006 Census shows that there were107,263 separated persons in the State in thatyear; it can be assumed that this figure hasrisen since then. The fear of being charged un-affordable legal fees by solicitors has seen asignificant increase in the number of thoseseparated couples choosing to engage theservices available at DIVORCE BY CONSENTto assist them in formalising separation agree-ments or processing their court applicationsfor divorce.
DIVORCE BY CONSENT deals with clientsfrom all walks of life and offers an affordable,professional, and confidential service.
Damien Mara B.L. Dip. L.S. is the principalat DIVORCE BY CONSENT. His website iswww.divorcebyconsent.ie.
He can be contacted at 086-1211820 or byemail to [email protected]
DIVORCE – personalapplicants
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We collect the goods and WE PAY CASH. If you have good quality unwanted tables,Chairs, Paintings, Cabinets, Lamps, Collectibles household items.
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TONE UP SHAPE UP
‘A’ performance for FitzpatrickFINGLAS’s BrendanFitzpatrick passedhis first test as a pro-fessional with flyingcolours againstPoland’s MariuszRadziszewski (0-7)on the Brian Peters
“Battle of Europe”show in the NationalStadium on Saturdaynight. Under thewatchful eye of hismanagement teamJim Rock and veteranBelfast trainer John
Breen, the formerIrish amateur inter-national went abouthis task with gusto.
From the verystart Fitzpatrick piledon the pressure,using his solid jab to
open the door toright hand-left hookcombinations. Itvery quickly becomeclear that the fasthands and stingingbody shots of theFinglas man weregoing to be too muchfor a limited Radzis -zewski, an early fin-ish for Fitzpatrickwas imminent.
Round two st -arted off less impres-sively for Fitzpatrick,who ab sorbed a cou-ple of shots, beforequickly regaining hiscomposure and find-ing range with pow-erful shots to thebody of the fadingPole. Sustained pres-sure soon told whena perfectly deliveredbody shot sentRadziszewski to thefloor for a standingcount. The look onthe face ofRadziszewski told itsown story and on therestart another bar-rage brought this onesided affair to a pre-mature conclusionand handed Fitz-patrick his first pro-fessional win.,Cheered on by alarge and vocalcrowd Fitzpatrickwas happy to get hisfirst win as a profes-sional.
“It was great toget things going, toget the first fight outof the way. I enjoyedit, for the first timeever I wasn’t nervous,I knew I was fit andwell prepared, I wasvery relaxed. It wasnice to get a stop-page in my first fightas a professional, butI wouldn’t haveminded if it went thedistance, it wouldhave given me a fewmore rounds undermy belt”
Brendan whotrains in John Breen'sBelfast gym wonthave to wait long tostep back throughthe ropes. He boxesagain on the 2nd ofOctober in Let-terkenny on the
Brian Peters McClok-sey-Morrison billthat also includes hisgym mate Andy Mur-ray. For now Bren-dan’s focus is ongaining as much ex-perience as he canand anticipates a
challenge for An-thony Fitzgerald’sIrish Super Mid-dleweight title sometime in the future.
“I want to get afew fights in and seehow I am progress-ing, I just want to
keep improving allthe time, that’s mymain ambition tokeep improving andgetting better and intime I will want tochallenge for titleswith the Irish titlebeing one I want
down the road”.There was huge
support from Finglasin the packed Na-tional Stadium.Many returnedto theVillage Inn, Finglasto celebrate the vic-tory.
By Stephen Sharpe
Will Scully of An Cappagh Nua, who have come inwith some sponsorship for Brendan.
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Both inclusive of all ex-
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BRICK LAYING
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Murphy Construction.
Qualified Builder 25
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GATES
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vidual needs. Check us
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LIMO HIRE
www.limosdirect.org We
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LOCKSMITHS
24 Hour Locksmiths.We
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JOE KEENAN PAIN -
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Private, Commercial,
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Multipurpose Sheds &
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Northsider wins People of the Year AwardOver the years
she worked withPartners in Health,an organisation thatprovides healthcarein many of the poor-est parts of theworld.
Dr Ivers and herfamily moved fromArtane to Whitehall,whilst she was study-ing medicine inUCD. And after re-ceiving her medicaldegree, she went onHarvard where shestudied for a furtherpublic health degree.
“I was inspired to
go to Haiti as it wasalways my intentionto serve the destitutepoor in the contextof providing that carethrough the lens ofsocial justice,” DrIvers told The LocalNews.
She added:”Inmy student days andduring my profes-sional I worked inother countries inAfrica, South EastAsia and India pro-viding medical eval-uations for victims oftorture for physi-cians for human
rights. For close to 8years now however,I’ve worked exclu-sively in Haiti.”
Although mil-lions of aid was sentto Haiti in the after-math of the devastat-ing earthquake, DrIvers concedes thereis still must to bedone. “ Progress isvery slow, Haiti was avery poor countryeven before theearthquake, so thereis still a mammothtask ahead.”
By Catherine BlakeNORTHSIDE native,Dr Louise Ivers, fromArtane was theproud recipient of aprestigious People OfThe Year award in aglittering televisedceremony recently.
Dr Ivers was ajoint recipient withGena Heraty of theInternational Personof the Year Award forher selflessness, gen-erosity of spirit andtireless work for theHaitian people who
suffered a devastat-ing earthquake inJanuary.
The Award waspresented to thenorthside medic byRTÉ presenter, Kee -lin Shanley.
Dr Ivers, a fomerpupil St Fiachra’s inBeaumount, andMargaret Aylwardschool in Drumcon-dra, has been self-lessly carrying outaid work in Haitisince 2003.
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COURSES/CLASSESEnrolment Days – Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 20th, 21st & 22nd September 2010,
from 9:30am – 12:30pm. Start date for courses – Monday 27th September 2010*Creche facilities from 9:30am – 1:00pm. Cost per class from €5.00 – (Exceptions Apply)
MONDAY Art ClassClass time: 10:30 – 12:30MosaicClass time: 10:00 – 12:00Introduction to ComputersClass time: 10:30 – 12:30HomeopathyClass time: 10:30 – 12:30Tír na NógClass time: 2:30 – 4:30
TUESDAYNEW Digital Photography & MultimediaClass time: 10:30 – 12:30Nutrition & Health for ChildrenClass time: 10:30 – 12:30Creative WritingClass time: 10:30 – 12:30Walking ClubClass time: 10:30 – 12:30
WEDNESDAYNEW Crochet & KnittingClass time: 10:15 – 12:15Advanced Art ClassClass time: 10:15 – 12:15Ageing with ConfidenceClass time: 10:00 – 12:30
Postnatal Support GroupClass time: 11:00 – 1:00Tír na NógClass time: 2:30 – 4:30Taking Care of YourselfClass time: 10:30 – 12:30Self Defence (beginners)Class time: 6:45 – 8:15pm
THURSDAYCraftClass time: 10:15 – 12:15Parenting 4-11 year oldsClass time: 10:00 – 12:00Dancing for Fitness & FunClass time: 10:00 – 12:00Creative WritingClass time: 10:15 – 12:15YogaClass time: 6:30 – 8:00pm
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Enrolling now forSeptember 2011
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Ballymun scoopsTidy Town awards
BALLYMUN is in cel-ebratory mode afterscooping not one buttwo major awards atthe recent nationaltidy towns competi-tion hosted in theHelix recently.
Ballymun wonboth the regionaland national heats ofthe ‘Smarter Travel’award, in addition tothe The Tidy Town’sBiodiversity ‘NoticeNature’ award.
A relatively newaccolade, theSmarter Travel awardis a special competi-tion sponsored bythe Department ofTransport to identifycommunities whonot only recognisethere are real alter-natives to the privatecar for local travelneeds, but who havefacilitated or imple-mented environ-mentally-friendly orhealthy, smarter
travel options. Meanwhile, The
Tidy Towns Biodiver-sity ‘Notice Nature’award is sponsoredby The NationalParks and WildlifeService as part oftheir Notice Naturecampaign to rewardcommunities whohave undertaken ini-tiatives to protect thebiodiversity in theirlocal
environment.Indeed, over the
past five years, Bally-mun has seen a size-able increase in themarks it has receivedin the national com-petition.
In 2005, Bally-mun was awarded atotal of 214 over allmarks. However,that figure improvedyear on year and thisyear the area securedan impressive 254points – a jump of 40points in total!
By Catherine BlakeSuch healthy
progress doesn’tcome without muchblood sweat andtears of the volun-teers involved how-ever.
And indeed mostof the credit for thisoutstanding achieve-ment can be attrib-uted to TheBally mun TidyTowns Committee.
Each year thecommittee runscompetitions such asthe youth competi-tion ‘BeautifulSpaces’, a Best Gar-den and Best KeptArea competitionand a special nomi-nation of Best Con-tribution toBallymun as a TidyTown, to encouragegreater participation.
A spokespersonfor the Committeetold The Local News:“The overall goal ofthe Ballymun Tidy
Towns Committee isto keep improvingBallymun’s perform-ance in the NationalTidy Towns competi-tion and make Bally-mun a Cleaner,Greener and Saferplace to live.”
This year Bally-mun very own TidyTowns awards cere-mony will take placeon the evening ofTuesday 28th Sep-tember 2010 in theBallymun Civic Cen-tre atrium
All are welcomeincluding competi-tors, business &community groupsand residents.
If you are inter-ested in attendingthe awards cere-mony or would liketo find out more in-formation aboutTidy Towns, pleasecontact Jonathan on01 222 5608.
Trinity Comprehensive have launched a horse sculpture, which is located at the front of the school. The artistof the Sculpture is John Byrne who created a Spectacular Large bronze Horse with a Local Teenage Girl; TonyMarie Shields from Ballymun as the Rider on the Horse. It was launched By Breaking Ground in Axis Centrein Ballymun, on Friday 17th September by the Dublin Lord Mayor and Ray Yeats. Christened Mineach, it is aMonumental Celebration of the Youth. The Horse is placed In Comprehensive School in Ballymun at the maingate Entrance. Photos By Rita Cahill
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Be yourown lifecoach
IN THE LAST issue of The Local News westarted the project of applying all I have beenwriting here in the past towards succeessfullysurviving this current recession which is prettymuch affecting everybody in some way.
In the last article, I said that lots of badnews, like we’ve been hearing daily this year, af-fects people’s moods and when we are feelingdown, we have less energy, determination andmotivation. The very things we need whentimes are tough!
I was saying how what we think about af-fects our mood, but that we can choose what tofocus our thoughts on and so can actuallychoose how we are going to feel. So I was sug-gesting that we focus on something positive,something that makes us feel good, fills us withmotivation, determination and energy. My sug-gestion was that you focus on where you wantto be when this recession ends.
Now that you have decided this, let’s refineit some more. It is as if we’ve got a tool to shapeour future and we are going to sharpen it. Howdo we get to feel better, more motivated, posi-tive and optimistic? How do you use your goalto pull you through this and get you in a posi-tive mood.
We are going to learn maybe just one tech-nique, skill or exercie each week, because thesetake a little practice at first before they becomesecond nature and easy. Especially if you havebeen inclined to think and act in a more nega-tive way naturally in the past.
First, double check that this goal that youhave chosen is something that would REALLYmake you happy. If that is the case, here’s whatwe’re going to do first. Find a bit of quiet timefor yourself. This could be in bed, (when youwake up first thing in the morning is actually agood time for this), out walking, on the bus, infact anywhere that you are doing somethingthat doesn’t require concentration and whereyou can daydream. This time need be only acouple of minutes a day if you’re busy.
Then let yourself begin to imagine or day-dream yourself after the recession, havingachieved your deam or goal. Do not consideryet how you are going to get there. (We will getto that in time). But at the moment it is as if weare just locating where we want to go on themap.
As you daydream about having alreadyachieved your goal, begin to fill in the details.Here, the key is in the detail. And imagining andincluding as much detail as possible is the startof us working towards achieving this goal.
It is important to be IN your daydream. Donot be looking at yourself in it. Be there, look-ing out through your own eyes, hearing withyour own ears and most importantly getting toexperience how it will actually FEEL to be inthat position. Look around you at the materialthings that surround you, your home, your car,your colleagues, your family and friends. Bethere relaxed and in good health. (Things I’mpresuming that you will want for yourself). Re-member to include everything! If necessary,over a few days write a list of things you want.
Kieran Fitzpatrick ADHP MIAPH (Memberof The International Association of Pure Hyp-noanalysts) is a fully qualified Clinical Hyp-notherapist, NLP, Practitioner and PersonalCoach. His practice is between Terenure andthe M50 in Dublin. For more details call 087-1227361, e-mail: [email protected] see www.kieranfitzpatrick.com.
Clinical Hypnotherapist KIERAN FITZPATRICKadvises in his regular column onhow to achieve your goals.
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CURA SEEKS VOLUNTEERSOPEN INFORMATION
EVENINGS WILL BE HELD AT:1. Tallaght, Monday 4th Oct, Maldron Hotel, 7-9pm
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If you are interested in training to become a crisis pregnancy counsellor
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“I wanted it allto just go away”WHEN a pregnancy causes fearand distress, instead of briningjoy and happiness, where canyou go for support?
Cura: Crisis PregnancyServices provides immediate andeasy access to counselling andsupport to anyone in distressbecause of an unplannedpregnancy.
Cura has 16 centresthroughout the country. Weprovide a safe and confidentialspace where you can begin toexplore your feelings about yourpregnancy without judgement,opinions, advice or conditionswith trained counsellors.
“Thinking of starting a familywas extremely painful, it broughtup so many unresolved feelingsfrom the time I had the abortionas a teenager”
Cura provides counsellingafter an abortion support towomen and men who seek thissupport in the weeks, months oreven years after an abortion.
Cura services are• Free pregnancy testing.• Crisis pregnancy counselling
and support.• Counselling and support at
any time during thepregnancy.
• Information on Social Welfareand other rights andentitlements.
• Linking clients with othersupport services.
• Support with
accommodation, if required.• Support for mums after the
birth of a baby.• Pregnancy counselling &
support to father’s and otherfamily members.
• One to one counselling forthose feeling loss, grief ordistress after an abortion.
• Counselling and support forbaby’s father and other familymembers after an abortion.
• School AwarenessProgramme.All Cura services are free and
confidentialNational help line: Locall
1850 622 626. See www.cura.iefor details on centres throughoutthe country. Cura Dublin 016710598
Cura Dublin are seekingvolunteer to train as crisispregnancy counsellors for theirCentre situated at 30 South Annstreet, Dublin 2 and for theplanned new outreach servicesin Tallaght and Blanchardstown.
If you are interested in thework of Cura you may contactthe Cura Centre Dublin 30 SouthAnne Street Dublin. Tel. 01 6710598
Open information eveningswill be held in: Tallaght, Monday4th Oct, Maldron Hotel, 7-9pm,Dublin City, Thursday 7th Oct,Ashling Hotel, 2-4pm and 7-9pm,Blanchardstown,Monday 11thOct, Crown Plaza Hotel, 7-9pm,www.cura.ie.
60,000 Irish childrenliving with ADHD160,000 children inIreland may be livingwith AttentionDeficit HyperactivityDisorder (ADHD).However this figurecould be potentiallyhigher as many peo-ple are going undiag-nosed according tothe HADD (Hyperac-tivity AttentionDeficit Disorder)family supportgroup. In Irelandthere is one psychia-trist per 168 childrenwith ADHD and thewaiting time for pub-lic consultation canbe over a year inmany cases. Thesefigures were high-lighted by HADD tolaunch ADHDAwareness Weekwhich begins today.ADHD is a neurobio-logical condition inwhich the brain’sneurotransmitterchemicals, nora-drenalin anddopamine do notwork properly.
HADD provide anumber of servicesincluding educa-tional resources andparent’s evenings.Their helpline re-ceives up to 4,000calls every year andto help assist peoplewith ADHD and par-
ents of children withthe condition HADDhave launched anonline resource out-lining the top tenmost frequentlyasked questions(FAQs) surroundingADHD, these in-clude: Will my childgrow out of ADHD ashe gets older? Wheredo I go for diagnosisand treatment ofADHD? Where can Italk to other parentsof children withADHD? What assis-tance can schoolsoffer my child?
How can I helpmy child build uphis/her self esteem?
Further FAQsand answers havebeen published onwww.hadd.ie.
The Spectrum Al-liance, an umbrellanetwork of disabilitygroups includingHADD will also beholding a conferenceon Saturday, 16thOctober at the RedCow Hotel in Dublin.
“Bringing up achild with ADHD isnot just a case ofhaving to cope withthem being fidgetyor not being able toconcentrate for halfan hour or so. ADHDis a condition that af-
fects all aspects thewhole family’s life allof the time. Educa-tion and life mile-stones are the mostcommon cause forconcern amongstparents which hasbeen highlighted bythe release of themost frequentlyasked questionsfrom our helpline.Concerned parentsshould visitwww.hadd.ie or callour helpline on 018748349.” com-mented StephanieMahony, Chair,HADD.
Until recently itwas thought thatpeople with ADHD"outgrew" the condi-tion with the onset ofpuberty. However,recent studies showthat of those diag-nosed with ADHD inchildhood, 60% willcontinue with amodified form of thecondition into adult-hood. The conditionis four times morefrequent in boys thanin girls. As inatten-tiveness (rather thanhyperactivity) is themajor characteristicof female sufferers,there is a far greaterchance of them notbeing diagnosed.
Without properidentification, treat-ment and manage-
ment, ADHD canhave serious andlong lasting conse-
quences and/orcomplications for anindividual.
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Forum on Cabra PrimaryHealthcare CentreMERET Healthcare’sis to host a publicforum introducingits Primary Health-care Centre plannedas part of the devel-opment of the StJoseph’s grounds onthe Navan Road.Speaking at a recentpublic meeting in St.Josephs the SinnFéin Dublin Centralrepresentative MaryLou McDonald call -ed for clarity on the
proposal, and for anassurance by theHSE that new centrewould not result incutting services inCabra’s Quarry RoadClinic.
“The public for -um is to be wel-comed. The proposalof a one-stop-shopheath centre is goodnews for the peopleof the area but onlyon the basis that thenew centre is not
used as a pretext forcutting services. Iunderstand the cen-tre will cater for theNavan Road – Ash-town area howeverthere are concernsthat services inCabra’s Quarry RoadClinic could bemoved to the newcentre as a cost sav-ing measure. Rob-bing Peter to payPaul would be a dev-astating blow to a
community alreadycarrying an all tooheavy burden for thegovernment’s mis-management of thepublic purse. “Pri-mary healthcare isan important part ofservice delivery;early interventionsaves lives and hasthe potential to sh -ave billions off thestates medium tolong-term health bill.But who delivers and
pays for primaryhealthcare is critical
and we must ensurethat this vital public
service is not turnedinto a money-spin-
ner for private com-panies’.
Demand for sight loss services increasingDEMAND for sightloss services is con-tinuing to increase asmore people are liv-ing longer, as evi-denced in NCBI’s(National Council forthe Blind of Ireland)2009 Annual Report.Demand for NCBI’sservices increased by8% in 2009. NCBIChief Executive DesKenny said age is themajor risk factor fordeveloping mostsight loss conditionsand NCBI expects adramatic increase indemand for sightloss services in theyears ahead - as re-flected in service de-mand in 2009. “Ofthe 1,729 new peoplewho came to useNCBI’s services 14%were over 65 and54% were over theage of 75, bringingthe total number ofservice users to14,659.” Life ex-pectancy is currentlyat its highest levelever in Ireland (77 formales and 82 forwomen) and it isprojected that Ire-land’s older popula-tion will rise by 40%
between 2006 and2016 and 300% by2041. Given this situ-ation, NCBI believesthat Ireland urgentlyneeds a long-termnational Vision Strat-egy to plan for andco-ordinate the ex-pected dramatic in-crease in demand forsight loss services.“To play a lead role in
providing the neces-sary information toplan for the future,NCBI has a commis-sioned a study intothe ‘Cost of SightLoss’ to the economyand costs of provid-ing appropriate serv-ices. “This study willbe completed in2011 and be pre-sented to Govern-
ment and all in ter -ested parties. NCBIintends that this in-formation will pro-vide a clear andcosted rationale togovernment on theneed for long termplanning of servicesand how best to alignscarce resources,”Mr. Kenny said.
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