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As the Christmas shopping season isnow in full swing, student entrepre-neurs across the North County are busypreparing their products and servicesfor sale, as part of the biggest-everFingal Student Enterprise AwardsProgramme.Over 2,000 students will this year,participate in what is the largestprogramme of its kind in the country,co-ordinated by the Fingal LocalEnterprise Office. The annual enter-prise programme sets out to encouragestudents in secondary and primaryschools to research and manage theirown business, with support from localbusiness mentors.Now in its fourteenth year, a recordnumber of 2,268 students from 23secondary schools and eight primaryschools including the North County areparticipating in the 2014/2015programme, setting up and runningtheir own businesses between nowand the County Finals in March 2015.

With the countdown on to the FingalCounty Final, the Christmas period is akey opportunity for the young entrepre-neurs to drive sales and grow theirbusinesses. The secondary schoolsprogramme is sponsored, for the sixthconsecutive year, by the Dublin andDun Laoghaire Education and TrainingBoard. Fingal’s Student EnterpriseProgramme is part of the ‘NationalStudent Enterprise Awards’ competi-tion, which annually sees over 17,000students compete on the nationalstage. Category winners from theFingal County Finals will advance to theNational Student Enterprise Awards, tobe held in April 2015. Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Enterprise,the County Council said: “With thesupport of the schools, the local busi-ness community, and sponsors, thesestudents, guided by our mentoringprogramme, are gaining invaluableexperience in the world of business,”he said.

Molly McNally, the six year old Balbriggangirl, who suffers from Stage 4Neuroblastoma, a rare children’s cancer, iscontinuing to make very promisingprogress.Molly’s father, Gerry explained to theCounty Leader that Molly is having her lastassessment this week, and the hope is thatthe one-and-a-half cancer hot spots on herskull will have gone.The assessment will also check that all herorgans are working properly after the last bout ofchemotherapy. Gerry explained that Molly is looking forward toContinued on page 4

Molly McNally

Progress ContinuesFor Little Molly

Popular broadcaster, Lisa Cannon, gets lost in books as she launches Trocaire'sChristmas school kits for children in Somalia with Heidi Lawler (3) from Hollystown andTiernan Butler (3) from Skerries.

Pictured at the launch are, Oisin Geoghegan (Head of Fingal Local Enterprise Office),County Mayor, Mags Murray, Fergal Cohen (teacher), Martin MacEntee (Dublin andDun Laoghaire Education and Training Board), Paul Reid (Chief Executive, FingalCounty Council) with students from Colaiste Choilm CBS, Swords

FF To Select JustOne CandidateWith opinion polls showing fluctuatingfortunes for the government, many politicalparties are gearing themselves for an earlyelection, and are getting into electionmode.

Fianna Fail, who seemto be steadying, if notgaining in popularitywith the electorate,according to the latestopinion poll, havedecided to call aSelection Conventionto take place onTuesday, 16thDecember atthe CarnegieCourt Hotel inSwords. Thepurpose of theconvention is toselect candi-dates to standfor the party inthe new five seaterconstituency of DublinFingal at the nextgeneral election. Our information is thatthe local Fianna Failorganisation has beeninstructed to select justone candidate. Wehave been told that

Senator DarraghO’Brien, who is particu-larly favoured by partyleader, Micheál Martin,will run unopposed.Indeed Mr Martinappointed him as his

choice for theSeanad, afterO’Brien failed to hold on to his seat at thelast generalelection. Our local FiannaFail sources saythat this is a

ploy to ensure thatO’Brien is selected,thus preventing formerTD, Michael Kennedyfrom throwing his hatinto the ring. BothKennedy and O’Brienlost their seats at thelast general election,when Fianna Fail failed

to return any TDs inDublin.According to oursources, party HQ doesnot intend to miss outon the sizeable FiannaFail vote in thenorthern end of theconstituency. The planis that head office willimpose newly electedBalbriggan coun-cillor, BrianDennehy to run,closer to theelection date.This would meanthat O’Brien willhave a clear run in

the southern area ofthe constituency, whileDennehy would beexpected to hold theFianna Fail votes in thenorthern end of theconstituency. There is afear that, without aFianna Fail candidate inthe northern end of theconstituency, thestrong Sinn Fein

candidate will mop upthe Fianna Fail vote. Allis not well in FiannaFail Dublin Fingal, withkey activists resigningtheir positions. Theparty was involved in aselection controversyearlier in the year,when Clara la Combre

from Donabate, wasthe clear favouriteto contest the localelections forSwords Ward in lastMay’s local elec-

tions. She wassurprisingly passed Continued on page 16

Sen. O’Brien

By Patrick Finnegan

Celebrating 20 years of Art in Fingal. County Mayor, Mags Murray and AnTanaiste, Joan Burton, TD, are pictured with artist, Una Sealy. as sheshows them her work “Cousin” at the Fingal County Council ArtsShowcase, which was held in Farmleigh House. The event showcased avariety of projects and activities, all of which have been supported,funded or initiated by the Arts Office over the last 20 years.

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The County Council have launcheda major business support initia-tive, that will provide €100,000 ingrant funding for businessesacross the county. The launch atCounty Hall, Swords, wasperformed by Deputy CountyMayor, Ted Leddy, in the presenceof Council Chief Executive, PaulReid, Director of EconomicDevelopment Services, EthnaFelten, and Tony Lambert, CEO ofFingal Dublin Chamber. With an allocation of €20,000euros for each local Electoral area,the County Council BusinessPromotion Grant scheme will fundinitiatives aimed at promoting,generating or sustaining businessacross the county.The aim of the business promotiongrant is to generate and sustainbusiness activity, by increasingfootfall, by encouraging busi-nesses in an area to work togetherto promote business activity, andby encouraging the businesscommunity to work more closelywith the local authority, and otherpublic agencies.Qualifying initiatives include,marketing or promoting a busi-ness area or category (including

online campaigns), events thatshowcase products or services inan area, or that attract customersto a business area.The Business Promotion Grant willfund up to 75 per cent of costs foran initiative, with the applicantproviding the remaining 25 percent. Total funding may beprovided in exceptional circum-stances.Speaking at the official launch,Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid,said, “I am very pleased to launchFingal County Council’s BusinessPromotion Grant Scheme. I knowhow important it is for businessesand retailers to market andpromote themselves and theirproducts, and how difficult it canbe for some of them to find thefinancial resources to do this.” “This grant is intended to offermeaningful support in this areaand I would encourage any busi-ness in the area, that is planningan initiative to promote their busi-ness or product, to considermaking an application under thescheme,” he said. Full details ofthe Business Grant PromotionScheme are available onwww.fingal.ie.

Pictured at the launch of the County Council’s Business Promotions Grants at CountyHall, Swords are, Tony Lambert (CEO, Fingal Dublin Chamber), Ethna Felten (DirectorEconomic Development Services FCC), Deputy County Mayor, Cllr Ted Leddy, RachelLindsay (Economic Development Team, FCC) and Paul Reid (Chief Executive, FingalCounty Council)

Annual ChristmasFood Appeal ForSwords LionsSwords and District Lions Club will beholding their Annual Christmas FoodAppeal in local supermarkets around theNorth County over the coming twoweeks. Each year, they are a familiarsight in the run up to Christmas,collecting non-perishable food items forthe needy in the Swords area andbeyond.

The next collection points will be in thePavilions Shopping Centre, Swords, atSupervalu and Dunnes Stores fromThursday, 11th December to Saturday,13th December.In the past years, the generosity of thelocal community to this very worthycause has been outstanding. Lions ClubPresident, Daragh Sandford, appeals toshoppers to give as generously aspossible. “Your little bit of help will go along way towards making Christmas ahappier occasion for the more needy inour community,” he said.

Malahide local, Aisling Gilligan has landed thelead role in upcoming panto ‘Sleeping Beauty’,which will be performed from 1st – 4th January inthe Liberty Hall Theatre, Eden Quay. No stranger to playing the leading lady, Aislingwill play Princess Elizabeth, otherwise known asSleeping Beauty, in the well-known fairytalealongside a cast of familiar faces. Aisling, aPsychology student in UCD, has beenperforming from a young age and is a graduateof Malahide Dance School where she currentlyteaches dance. She studied ballet in the Ella

Doran Dublin Ballet School for 10 years and nowattends Dance Ireland. Her roles to date includeBenjamin in ‘Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolour Dreamcoat’, Gloria in ‘ForbiddenPlanet’, Snow White in ‘Snow White and theSeven Dwarfs’ and Maid Marion in ‘Robin Hood’. Furthermore, Aisling will be joined on stage bymany of her own students, as kids fromMalahide Dance School will make up the kids’chorus for this production.Opening on New Year’s Day, and featuringtalented young performers from local stageschools in Malahide and surrounding areas,‘Sleeping Beauty’ tells the story of a beautifulprincess and her evil aunt who wants to bequeen. The evil aunt casts a spell on theprincess at birth which can only be broken bytrue love’s first kiss.

Aisling Gilligan

Swords author, Frank Sullivan, has just had his firstnovel published in the United States by WhimsicalPublications in Florida. ‘Deadly Shore,’ is a fast-pacedcrime thriller set in Miami and the Bahamas, and is anaction-packed story that contains endless twists andturns. The local man told the County Leader that thebook has been very well received since it was released inNovember this year. “The feedback has been brilliant,”he said. “It has encouraged me to finish my secondnovel, which I am hoping to have published some timenext year.” When asked to give a brief synopsis he said:“The book is primarily set in South Florida, where I livedand worked for a time. When young Irishman, ConorRogan, arrives in Miami to captain a wealthy busi-nessman’s yacht, he soon finds himself on the run fromboth the Miami Police, who want him for the murder of a local Cuban crime lord, andthe Cuban’s two vicious sons who seek to exact a brutal revenge for their father’sdeath. A stranger in a foreign land, he endures torture and violence as he racesagainst time to clear his name,” he explained.

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Reilly’s InterventionIn Childcare CostsWelcomedStart Strong has welcomed the Minister forChildren and Youth Affairs, James Reilly’s recentstatement, that he will not introduce tax credits asa way of reducing the high cost of ‘childcare’ forparents. Start Strong is a coali-tion of organisations and indi-viduals seeking to advancechildren’s early care and educa-tion in Ireland. Ciairín de Buis,Director of Start Strong said:“We need to do somethingabout the cost of ‘childcare, butwe need to do it in a way thatbenefits children. Parents herepay some of the highest costs in the world, but thatis no guarantee that their children are getting ahigh-quality service. The quality of early care andeducation is very variable in this country. We needto use government funding as a way to ensure nochild is in a poor quality service.”“As a country, we invest very little in our young chil-dren. The Organisation for Economic Co-operationand Development (OECD) recommends spendingone per cent of GDP on ‘childcare’ services. Irelandspends 0.2 per cent of GDP. “The debate sparkedby the Donna Hartnett letter isn’t just about thehigh cost of ‘childcare’ though. It’s about how webalance our work and family commitments. Weneed more flexible working arrangements andlonger periods of paid leave for parents. Mostparents are just trying to do their best for their chil-dren and they need to be supported to do that,”added Ms de Buis.

Minister Dr. ReillyCorrstown Golf Club recently won the O'Grady Cup, amixed inter club competition. Team manager, ZachO'Mahony (right) is pictured presenting the trophy toClub Captain, Eddie McDonnell, at Corrstown Golf Clubrecently.

Maguire Seeks Update OnBalbriggan Link Road At a recent Council meeting, local councillor GráinneMaguire (NP), sought a follow up from the provision ofmonies for Castlemill Link Road in Balbriggan in theCapital Programme. She asked the Chief Executive, PaulReid, to advise what the procedure is now for theproject to begin and for a time frame for completion. The Council confirmed that work is progressing toacquire the lands necessary for the construction of theroad and contract documents are being reviewed toensure compliance with government requirements.“Pending successful acquisition of the lands, it isexpected that a tender for the works will issue early inthe New Year,” the Council said. “Construction workswill take 12 months to complete,” they concluded.

Pictured at the Laura Brennan Charitable Trust Breakfast Fundraiserat Malahide Rugby Club, are Pat Brennan (Laura's father), DeniseBoyne (event organiser), Anna Brennan (Laura's sister) and NualaBrennan (Laura's mother)

Michelle Hennessy, Tina McLoughlin and YolandaO'Meara Kate Bentley, Aideen Butler and Paula Brady

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Pictured at the Laura Brennan Charitable TrustBreakfast Fundraiser at Malahide Rugby Club,are Roisin Delaney and Maureen Graham

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ProgressContinuesFor LittleMolly Continued from page 1having a break from hertreatment over theChristmas period and isreally looking forward to avisit from Santa. “Shecan’t wait for him to visither with lots of goodieson Christmas morning,”said Gerry.Then it’s back to CrumlinHospital for her bonemarrow transplant opera-tion at the end of January.“We’re all keeping ourfingers crossed that allwill go well and that shecan avoid infection. Shewill be in isolation for aperiod of six to eightweeks after the trans-plant,” said Gerry.Last Saturday, The Hill 16Army, who have adoptedMolly as their mascot,held a benefit night atCraobh Ciaran’s club-house at Parnell Park,which turned out to be agreat success. In the run up toChristmas, there will be anumber of fundraisingevents, particularly bagpacking in Dunnes andSuperValu supermarketsin Balbriggan. At the timeof going to press, thedates for these eventswere yet to be confirmed,so please keep a look outand support this veryworthy cause, when youcome across these volun-teers. It is vital thatpeople support theseevents, as funds arecrucial to ensure thatMolly get the treatmentshe so badly needs.


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I would like to thank everyone for their valued support in 2014 And I wish you all a peaceful

Christmas and a happy and prosperous2015

Swords man, Christy Buckley must havethought he had suddenly been transported toOuter Mongolia last week, when he was outwalking along the Swords by-pass, nearAirside Retail Park. He was shocked to beconfronted by a camel, that was happilygrazing in an adjacent field. The curious camelwas unfazed by the occasion, and came over togreet the curious on looker, wondering whatall the fuss was about

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Ban On Parking Of Commercial Vehicles In SwordsSwords councillor,Duncan Smith (Lab) isdelighted to reportthat the CountyCouncil has agreed toimpose parkingrestrictions oncommercial vehicleson a busy road, adja-cent to Applewoodestate in Swords.The road in question isthe main access road,which passes byThornleigh EducateTogether NationalSchool, and is one ofthe busiest roads inthe area. Smith, who isresident in the area,told the CountyLeader, “This is a verypopular road, which isused regularly by fami-lies with children usingthe school, the play-ground, the all-weather facility and

the park. We’ve had aproblem over the pastnumber of years, withlarge abandoned vehi-cles on the road. Thissummer, in particular,

was a point in ques-tion, with large whitecoaches being aban-doned and causing lineof sight problems formotorists and childrencrossing the road,especially between

Ashton Broc andThornleigh,” he said.“On a particular nightlast September, one ofthe coaches was setalight, and it was onlythen that it wasremoved. Since I waselected, I have beenpushing to have athree ton vehicle limiton this road. TheCouncil cannot agreeto this, but they haveagreed to a three tonparking limit. So if anylarge vehicles are

abandoned here, wewill now have thepower to remove them,and this will beenforced by the Gardai.This has been agreed,as a result of my repre-sentations last week.This will give somecomfort, because we,in the newer areas ofSwords, seem to beafflicted with aban-doned cars and othervehicles taking upshared parking spacesin estates, and areaslike this,” heconcluded.

By Patrick Finnegan

Swords councillor, Duncan Smith (Lab) is pictured on thestrech of road beside Thornleigh Educate TogetherNational School, which was causing concerns, due toillegal parking of commercial vehicles

Rush Lady Organises CharityCoffee MorningFormer contestant inthe Dublin Rosefestival, Rosie Nixonfrom Rush is doing herbit for a great causethis year. The locallady has decided toorganise a specialChristmas coffeemorning, all in aid ofAdi Roche’s ChernobylChildren International.

The event willbe onDecember 19thin the MillbankTheatre inRush between9am and12.30pm andall are welcome toattend. Last year,

Rosie, who was aDublin Rosecandidate in2012, along witha group ofaround 10 volun-teers travelled toChernobyl tospend a few daysworking at the

Vesnova Children’sOrphanage in southernBelarus. Though shecouldn’t make the tripagain this year, she isstill keen to raisefunds to donate to thecause. “Unfortunately,I wasn’t able to makethe trip over to theorphanage this year,but I’m hosting aChristmas CoffeeMorning to try andraise a few bob for thecharity, as it means alot to me,” she told theCounty Leader.Rosie says she wouldbe so appreciative ofthe support from thelocal community forthe event. “It’s forsuch a fantastic cause,so I will be trying toraise as much as Ican,” she concluded.

Rosie Nixon

ChristmasConcert Fingal Chamber Choirare gearing up for theirfestive Christmasconcert in St. George’sChurch, Balbriggan onSaturday, December 20,at 7.30pm. Come alongfor Vivaldi Gloria,Christmas readings andmusic. AndrewJohnstone will be onorgan, and DavidMaxwell will beconducting on the night.Admission is €15 andtickets are available inthe Bracken Court Hotelin Balbriggan.

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Remember Us were awarded €2,000 by Friends of Autism and ADHD. Pictured at the cheque handover are AudreyCashell, Sean Afolobi, Nora Roban and Natalie Afolobi

Skerries Arch Club were presented with a cheque for€1,000. Pictured receiving the cheque are AlanaMcCormack, Patricia Smith and Aoibhín Barker

Pictured with the cheque for €3,000 for Balbriggan Cancer

Pictured with a cheque for €6,250 which was presented to FingalLeader Partnership are Cormac Delaney, Jenny Gaffney, CarysPlunkett-Doyle and Cathy Gaffney

Bracken Educate Together National School,Balbriggan were presented with a cheque for€2,000 for the Autism unit at the school. Picturedwith the cheque are Sean Afolobi and Nicola McGale

Pictured with a cheque for €1,095, which waspresented to Skerries Soundwaves are BeverleyGrimes and Patricia Smith

Pam Collum, Jenny Gaffney and Maeve Carey are pictured with acheque for €1,000, which was presented to Balbriggan Meals onWheels

Service Dogs Europe were presented with a cheque for €2,000. Pictured at the cheque presentation are Jenny Gaffney,Gillian O'Brien-Murray, Carys Plunkett-Doyle, Sean Afolobi and Michael Murray

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Swords councillor, DarraghButler (FF) has reported thatthere appears to be anupsurge in burglaries in theBrides Glen/Bunbury Gatearea of Swords. He told the County Leader, “Ihave received a number ofcrime report emails from residents, and I havebeen monitoring the Bunbury Gate / Brides GlenNeighbourhood Group facebook page. I havereported these issues to the ChiefSuperintendent. It appears that one methodbeing used by the criminals is a pole, with amagnet through the letterbox, trying to get carkeys. I am appealing to all residents to takeextra care and report anything at all suspiciousto 999 or Swords Garda Station at (01) 6664700.I have asked them for more patrols of theestate,” he said.

Butler Concerned AboutBurglaries In Swords

Cllr. Butler

A special Christmas cardhas been created from anoriginal painting to cele-brate the memory of HolyFamily church in theparish of Portmarnock.The prefab church wasrecently closed, howeverit still has a special placein the hearts of people inthe area. It’s the work ofartist, Des Gallagher, andit’s available locally atSpar, McCartanPharmacy andPortmarnock ServiceStation.

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DriversNeeded InMalahideAre you living inMalahide or surroundingareas, and have sometime on your hands.? Ifso, perhaps you canvolunteer two hours ofyour time, once a monthto drive an elderly personto their medical appoint-ment. If so, pleasecontact Jo Morris on:0876163648.

As part of this year’s TransitionYear programme in FingalCommunity College in Swords, anew module has been introducedcalled Learn it Lego. This modulecombines maths, engineering,robotics and computer program-ming. Fingal Community College isthe only school offering Learn itLego at the moment. Learnit Ireland chose FingalCommunity College, as the localschool is committed to technolog-ical innovation and the modulecoincided with the opening of theschool’s new Digital Hub.Students worked as a team andcompleted several tasks and chal-

lenges using mine storm roboticLego. The group’s not only had toprogramme their robots, but alsohad to design a PowerPointpresentation on what it would belike to live in space. The modulewas completed over an eight weekperiod and the winning team, whoaccumulated the most points inthe various challenges got to takethe prize home. Students had toperform the various challengesand present their PowerPoint toMs Deirdre Keyes, EducationOfficer from DDLETB. The winningteam were Hannah Leonard,Joseph Lew, Karl Quirke, KatieDunne and Olivia Sheridan.

Pictured here are students Olivia Sheridan, Hannah Leonard and Chloe Reilly fromFingal Community College in Swords at their recent 'Learn It Lego' event.

Charity Breakfast For LauraA charity breakfast washeld at MalahideRugby Club on Fridaylast, in aid of the LauraBrennan CharitableTrust. The breakfast,which was a greatsuccess, was hosted byDenise Boyne and wasattended by about 100people.Also in attendancewere Laura Brennan’sparents Pat and Nuala,as well as her sister,Anna. Laura was astudent at Pobal ScoilIosa in Malahide, whosadly passed awaywhen she was only 16years old. Her parents,Pat and Nuala then setup the Laura BrennanCharitable Trust in herhonour Committee member,Denise Alford said,“The fund was set-upto raise much neededfunds for deservingcauses within the localand surroundingcommunities. The fundhas many aims andobjectives, and getsgreat support from thelocal community. Thecharity helps withproviding respite for aweek for hard pressedfamilies, who normallyhave to look after sickchildren. The charity

steps in to providesupport for these fami-lies. There’s a bigdemand for ourservices and it’s stillgrowing, “said Denise.Event organiser, DeniseBoyne spoke to theCounty Leader aboutthe importance of suchfundraisers for thecharity. “I became

involved in the charitybecause Laura and mydaughter were greatfriends at school, andwe know the Brennanfamily very well. Patand Nuala put on a galaevery year, including agolf classic and mydaughters reallywanted to get involvedin some way, so we ran

a night for the youngerage group two yearsago, which was a greatsuccess,” she said.“Then last year, weheld a Breakfast atTiffany’s event here atMalahide Rugby Club,so we decided torepeat it again thisyear, owing to it’ssuccess last year,” shesaid.See pictures of theevent on page 4

Swords Students ‘Learn It Lego’


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Christmas Day ‘Goal Mile’ At Malahide Castle Local TD, Alan Farrell(FG) is organising theeight annual ‘GOAL’mile charitable walkon Christmas Day atMalahide Demesne,with support fromvolunteers from thelocal community andBarry Andrews, ChiefExecutive Officer ofGOAL.Farrell said, “As wellas supporting a veryworthy charity, the‘GOAL’ mile provideslocal people with a funway to start their

Christmas Day.Participants are askedto run, jog orwalk along aone milecircuit, whichwill be markedout in theM a l a h i d eDemesne. Ilook forward tow e l c o m i n gboth serious runners,joggers and those whowould like to partakein a leisurely morningstroll on ChristmasDay.”

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t h r o u g h o u tthe countryand I can say,from mypersonal expe-rience, thatthey are bothenjoyable andrewarding. Theevent in

Malahide this year willtake place between11am and noon and it

will begin at the rearcar park of MalahideCastle, off the BackRoad.” “Over 200people participated inthe ‘GOAL’ mile inMalahide last year andthis annual event hashelped to raise over€28,000 since 2007, tosupport the work ofthis very worthwhilecause. Donations canbe made on the day orat www.goal.ie.

Alan Farrell TD

Meeting For BereavedParents In SwordsAnam Cara is an organ-isation that supportsbereaved parents, andgroups are situatedthroughout Irelandand provide parents asafe, comfortable envi-ronment. Here theyhave the opportunityto connect with otherbereaved parents. Anam Cara is an inclu-sive organisationwhere parents do notidentify themselves bytheir children’s age,how they died, or iftheir death was recentor many years ago.

What Anam Caraprovides is a safeplace for bereavedparents to connectwith others, whounderstand the inten-sity of the grief andloss.Anam Cara is holdingits monthly ParentEvening onWednesday 17thDecember 2014 from7:30pm to 9:00pm inA p p l e w o o dCommunity Centre inSwords. Anam CaraServices are availablefree of charge to allbereaved parents. Forfurther information,see their website atwww.anamcara.ie

HorticulturalEvents In North CountyBalbriggan & DistrictHorticultural SocietyChristmas Flowerarranging demonstrationby Christopher White(Chelsea silver medalwinner), will take placeon Thursday, 11thDecember at 8 30 pmAdmission is €5 and theevent takes place in theScouts Den beside Lidl inBalbriggan.Then, a ChristmasFlowering demonstration,entitled, ‘A Day toRemember’ by therenowned flowerarranger, Rev MacMillan,will take place onSaturday, 13th Decemberat 2pm at Three Gates,Naul. Admission is €10

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BaptistChurch EventSwords BaptistChurch, based at theRiasc Centre inKinsealy, are puttingon their annualChristmas event. Thisyear, it is a dramatisa-tion called, AChristmas to BelieveIn. It takes place onSunday, 14thDecember at 5pm atthe Riasc Centre. Thisis a family event, andthere will be refresh-ments afterwards,including punch andmince pies. All arewelcome to attend.

Canon Robert Deane is pictured with Fingal County Council staff members,Helena Bergin, Paul Reid (Chief Executive) and Ciaran Staunton Morna Wilson and Frank Wilson

Pictured at the St Columba's Restoration Fundraising Evening atSwords Castle chapel on Friday last are Margaret Wolfe, RhonaMortimer and Derek EvansTommy Smith and Frankie Monaghan

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CharityChristmasDay Swim InPortmarnockThe annual ChristmasDay swim inPortmarnock, in aid ofSt Francis Hospice islooming, and theorganisers are callingon locals from aroundthe North County to getinvolved. Over ten years ago, theJesson family ofOnward Walk,Portmarnock, weredevastated when theirdad, Billy died from arare brain tumour.They felt compelled todo something in hismemory and thought itwas important givesomething back to StFrancis’s Hospice inRaheny, for all the careand support theyreceived.The first Billy JessonChristmas Swim tookplace the year he diedin 2002, and wasfollowed with a GolfClassic a year later.Over the past ten years,over 70,000 euro hasbeen raised for thehospice. Times have changedand it is more difficultto raise money, but thePortmarnock commu-nity is a generous oneand last Christmas Day,more than 80 localsbraved the elements ofthe Irish Sea for thisgreat cause. The co-ordinators of the eventhope that this year, theswim will be bigger andbetter than ever.Why not join in for aswim, or just comedown and soak up theatmosphere; the swimis at 11.00am onPortmarnock Beachand it’s a great start toChristmas morning.You can set up a‘mycharity page,’ orfor more information ora sponsorship card, call086-888-5285. Be sureto wear your santa hat!


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Louis Comes ToLoughshinny X Factor star, LouisWalsh will be amongstthe names visiting TheYacht in Loughshinnythis December 21st forThe LoughshinnyChristmas Party in aidof St Vincent de Paul.This year’s eventfollows the sold out gigat the same venue lastChristmas. Last year,the capacity crowd wasentertained by MaryBlack, Paul Harringtonand local singer RyanO’Shaughnessy, fromSkerries. This year’sevent promises to beeven bigger, accordingto the organisers, withLouis agreeing to bethere to kick off theproceedings. “Louishad a prior engagementwhen we approachedhim,” explains organ-iser Maeve Kearney.“But he has movedthings around so hecould be there for thestart of the night.” The X Factor judge saidhe was really lookingforward to coming toLoughshinny. ”I hadheard it was a fantasticnight last year,”continued Walsh. “Sowhen they asked me Ihad no problem comingalong. It’s going to be agreat night!” Tickets forthe event priced €15are available from TheYacht Bar inLoughshinny.

Festive Event ForSkerries ChoirSkerries Community Choir are hosting a concert called ‘The VeryBest Time of Year,’ on Thursday, December 18th in HolmpatrickChurch in Skerries. It promises to be a delightful concert of musicfor Christmas with Skerries Community Choir and special guests.Noreen Gavin will be the accompanist, and David Maxwell will beconducting. Admission is €10 and tickets are available from TheBookshop on Strand Street in Skerries. All are welcome to attend.


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Continued from page 1over for selection, andhas since left the party. In anothersurprising develop-ment, constituencydelegate, Aidan Brophyalso resigned from theparty recently.When this newspapermade contact withO’Brien, he denied thatHQ instructed that onlyone candidate was tobe selected, and hesaid that a full selec-tion process wouldtake place on the night.However, our sourcesbelieve there may be asting in the tail forFianna Fail, shouldKennedy, who wasunavailable forcomment, be encour-aged by his supportersto run as an indepen-dent candidate, giventhe upsurge in thepopularity of indepen-dents in the opinionpolls. That scenariowould firmly put thecat among the pigeons,should it come to pass.A decision to run justone candidate in thisconstituency would flyin the face of theparty’s tradition in this

FF To Select JustOne Candidate

Lynn Boylan, SF’s MEP isthe lead author of areport ‘EuropeanCitizen’s Initiative Rightto Water,’ which wascommissioned aftersome two million peoplesigned a petition inregard to this issue. Lynnis opposed to thepayment of the newWater Charges and seeswater as a human right. She recentlyattended aconference onwater pricingthat washosted byAqua PublicaEuropea, afterwhich sheslammed theEuropean Commission,after a representative ofthe institution assertedthat Irish people don’tunderstand that theyhave to pay for water.She said: “TheCommission is onceagain demonstrating itsarrogance. Irish peopleunderstand perfectlywell what is happeningin Ireland with the water

Lynn Reporting On Water In Europe

charges. Irish people areso aware that they arerefusing to pay for watertwice. We already pay forour water through generaltaxation and the whollyinept and shambolicentity that is Irish Waterhas also been funded byIrish taxpayers.”“The Irish government

alludes to conserva-tion being a

factor in theintroduction ofthis tax. It isappalling that40 per cent of

domestic wateris being lost

through leakingpipes. Instead of thegovernment investing inthe aged and decrepitinfrastructure, it hasspent half a billion euro ofthe National PensionReserve Fund, in settingup a quango that is not fitfor purpose and in theinstallation of watermeters,” she continued.It’s good to see our MEPsplaying an important part

in the development ofpolicy in Europe, and onecan expect that theCommission will get apretty strong report fromher. Just as theGovernment has gottenitself in real troublesetting up Irish Water incompliance with thedictates of Europe, wenote that theCommission hasextended by threemonths, the period inwhich France Belgiumand Italy are required todemonstrate that theyare working to bring theirbudgets into line withBudget rules. The big question is willthree months be enough,or will some furtherfudging of the marginsbe required. Berlusconithe former Italian PMthinks so, as heannounces that thecreation of a secondcurrency is requiredthereby allowing Italyregain part of monetarysovereignty. What hemeans is money they canprint themselves.

By Cathal Boland

Daly To Contest ChargesLocal TD Clare Daly (ULA), and Independent TD MickWallace are to fully contest charges that they unlawfullyentered a restricted zone at Shannon Airport last July. AtEnnis District Court last week, Daly and Wallaceapperred concerning their alleged illegal entrence into arestricted area of Shannon airport on July 22nd last. The TDs sat through three hours of evidence in othercases including tales of herion and alcohol fulled localcrime before their cases were called. Solicitor for thetwo, Gareth Noble told Judge Patrick Durcan that thematter “is to be fully contested” with the cases likely tolast one day in the district court.

Singers Needed In BallyboughalSingers are required in Ballyboughal, whereChristmas Carols rehearsals have started. They takeplace on Wednesday at 7.30pm in BallyboughalChurch and additional singers are very muchwelcome. The Carol service itself will take place onWednesday, 17th December at 8pm in BallyboughalChurch with refreshments afterwards in the nationalschool across the road, kindly provided by theCommunity Council.

Malahide Group Seeks VolunteersMalahide Meals on Wheels requires volunteer drivers and cooks to workon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Please contact the Malahide Parishoffice on: 01-8451244 if you can offer any help with this.

Wishing you alla very HappyChristmas andPeaceful 2015

Cllr GrainneMAGUIRE

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Happy Christmas & Best Wishes for the New YearTo both our Two and Four legged Customers!

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The students of PortmarnockCommunity School are the latestgroup to set up their own schoolbank, as part of the ‘Build A Bank’campaign. Jackie Kelly from AIBBank in Malahide attended thelaunch, and was on hand to helpthe students as their bank wentlive.The launch was part of theschool’s campaign for AIB’s Builda Bank Challenge, where schoolsfrom all over Ireland create aschool bank and are judged ontheir strategy and success. A teamof six students from each schoolare selected to set up and managetheir own bank, and get involved ineverything from branding topromoting. They will also engagewith the community, source newcustomers and encourage regularsavings. “The Transition Year (TY) studentsorganise this with our AIB branch,and Portmarnock CommunitySchool have taken part in thisinitiative over the past few years,”Kelly explained to the CountyLeader. “Their bank will be called

the FBI Bank, which stands forFuture Banking Initiative.”“The whole idea is that studentsopen proper bank accounts, wherethey can deposit savings and soon,” she continued. “Students aretrained by myself, so that theyknow how to open bank accountsand go through all the regulationsthat come with this.” She pointedout that all students were inter-viewed over a week-long period todetermine who would be bestsuited for the roles within thebank. “This bank will go on for the entireyear, and the students willorganise different incentives -competitions and so on - toencourage students to openaccounts. “And who knows, wemay get a few future bankers outof this,” she said, smiling.“This is all gearing up to RegionalFinals, held in March next year,where each school will be invitedto present their bank and results.The best 10 regionally will beinvited to present to around 300people,” she concluded.

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Pictured at the opening of the School Bank at Potmarnock Community School, inconjunction with AIB, Malahide are students, Conor Harford, Lide Irurzun, StephaniaSidiropoulou, Jackie Kelly (AIB Malahide), Diarmuid O'Hanrahan, Jordan Hoey, OisinReilly, Mark Shearman and Cian Comiskey

Local Business To Open New Office In SwordsThe property market isfacing a more certain2015, following a periodof uneven growth nation-wide over the past 18months, according toBalbriggan-based JohnCumisky of REA Cumisky,part of national estateagency group Real EstateAlliance. “We are defi-nitely seeing the markettaking its breath in themore-heated sectors,such as central Dublin,where we have seen asoftening of demand overthe past six weeks,” saidJohn, who confirmed hisintention to open asecond office in Swordsduring Q1 2015. “Webelieve that the economywill continue to improvefor the next few years, asa result of which we havedecided to strengthen ourposition in the NorthCounty by stepping gentlyinto the North Countycapital,” he said. “InDublin you are still goingto have a lack of supplyand no great increase inthe new homes coming tomarket. However, thepanic buying has goneout of a market that hadseen an average houseappreciate by almost 31per cent over the past 18months,” he said.“Demand and prices intier two, which is the

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S ian and Eric met 14 years ago and have twoboys aged 7 and 9. In May 2012, Eric wasdiagnosed with leukaemia. After two bone

marrow transplants and the cancer returning in thesummer, he then developed an infection that manytransplant patients suffer from after the operationand unfortunately the condition was in the liver.Sian was desperate to find a place to stay overChristmas period to take away the pressure that’swas on the family. After hearing her interview on alocal radio programme the managing director of Bewleys and Moran Hotel Group got in touch. Heoffered Sian and the children a place to stay in Bewleys of Ballsbridge over the festive season andextended his gesture outside the holidays. He also organised VIP trips for the children to RDSWonderland and assured that Santa would visit the hotel.

in December 2013, Pope Francis gave Christmas presents to 2000 immi-grants at a shelter near the Vatican. Each gift package contained aChristmas card signed by Pope Francis, postal stamps and pre-paid inter-national calling cards and a free day-pass for the metro in Rome. The pack-ages were sent to allow them to write letters and call their loved onesduring Christmas. The presents were distributed by Papal almoner

Archbishop Konrad Krajewski and sisters at the shelter.

Eamon, has for the last six years visited the Carrick Dog Shelter with a giftof food for the rescue dogs homed there every Christmas. He does itcompletely out of his own pocket, saving up a little of his pension moneyeach week.

Ryan Suffern, an 8-year-old boy, wrote an extremely selfless letter. He sent an early plea toSanta Claus, asking him if he could intervene and stop his twin sister from being bullied atschool.

A NYPD Officer, DePrimo, was stationed at his foot post, when he noticed an elderlyhomeless man, shoeless, on the sidewalk. He went to the nearby shoe store andpurchased $100 all-weather boots and socks for him.

Two 9-year-old twin brothers from North Carolina gave up their Christmas money topurchase supplies and, with help of their grandmother, made 10 fleece blankets to distributeto hurricane victims.

7-year-old Delaney Brown was diagnosed with leukaemia. One of her Christmas wisheswas to hear real carol singers outside her home. Her mother set up a Facebook page to askfor help. On 22nd December, some 7,000-8,000 people showed up in the small town ofWest Reading to sing. The carol singers finished off with a rendition of “Happy Birthday”,to celebrate her birthday two days before.

A few days before Christmas 1943, a German fighter pilot, Franz Stigler, spared a crippledAmerican pilot. The bomber of Charlie Brown was severely damaged by German fighters, so hecouldn’t keep up with the formation. Franz Stigler, a pilot of the German Luftwaffe, was orderedto shoot his crippled bomber down, but instead decided to allow him and his crew to fly back totheir airfield in England. 40 years later, both became friends and the friendship that the twodeveloped, lasted until their deaths several months apart.

During World War I, on around Christmas Day 1914, many German and British troops sangChristmas carols to each other across the line, as a result of of holiday celebrations in thetrenches and gestures of goodwill between enemies. It is also true that British and Germansoldiers played football together in No Man’s Land. The soldiers on theWestern front did not expect to celebrate on the battlefield, but even a worldwar could not destroy the Christmas spirit.

Joel Berlinsky, a 61-year-old real estate investor and landlord in Los Angeles, is giving histenants a $ 70 dollar rent break for Christmas for the last 15 years – a gesture that costshim more than $ 8,000, he does this to help single women with children in his units and togive them the opportunity to buy a gift for their children.

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www.carland.ie • 01-8623860The seventieth annual conventionof the Fingal Old IRACommemorative Society wasrecently held in Naul. TheSociety, formed in 1944, was setup to assist Volunteers and theirfamily members who wereadversely affected by their partic-ipation in the events of EasterWeek 1916 and the subsequentWar for Independence.The Society is non-political,holding Easter Commemorationsand annual ceremonies markingthe Battle of Ashbourne. Some114 Fingal Volunteers of the 5thBattalion were arrested after theRaising and most were detainedin the Frongoch Prisoner of Warcamp in Wales for some months.Three of their number were killedin action during the week, whilesome leading members weresentenced to death but fortu-nately reprieved.The Fingal Battalion, under theCommand of Lusk school teacherThomas Ashe, successfully oper-ated capturing RIC barracks,disabling rail lines and communi-cations. On the Friday, theyattacked the RIC barracks atAshbourne forcing its surrender,

at which point they were counterattacked by a large number ofreinforcements drawn fromacross Meath. Although greatlyoutnumbered, they succeeded indefeating their attackers. In doingso they used tactics which wouldlater form the model which DickMulcahy, 2nd in command of thebattalion, deployed nationally inthe War of Independence. Under the Chairmanship of NoelMcAllister the Convention agreedan ambitious programme ofevents. The programme ofCultural, Educational, Sporting,Drama and Commemorations isdesigned to engage all during2015 and through to its culmina-tion in May 2016.Relatives of the deceasedmembers of the 5th Battalion andthe Fingal Brigade are asked toinvite home family and friendswho may be living abroad to joinin the events and commemora-tions. The Society is also lookingfor young people to volunteer andtake part actively in the plannedevents. For further information, or to jointhe society please contact UnaO’Brien on: 0876365711.

1916REMEMBERING OURVOLUNTEERSREMEMBERING OURVOLUNTEERS

By Cathal Boland & Una O’Brien

This week’s profile is on Bennie McAllister,5th Batt. IRA and uncle of Noel McAllister,Chairman of Fingal Old IRA:“I joined the Irish Volunteers in the latterpart of 1913 or early 1914. I joined atDonabate. I cannot remember who waspresent on that particular date. Previous tothis, I was a member of the Ancient Order ofHibernians and the Volunteers really startedfrom them. On joining I made no declarationor took no oath. We were given MembershipCards. We paid a small weekly subscription– as far as I can remember 3d. per weektowards purchase of arms, equipment,uniform.”“The Company took part in the Howth Gun-Running. All paraded at Raheny and there joined the Dublin contingentwhen they came along. We understood it was field exercises we were goingon. We marched to Howth. On arrival at Howth Pier, we got to understand itwas gun-running we were on. Excitement now ran very high but good disci-pline was maintained. Our Company was drawn up across the Pier (townend) to prevent anyone except Volunteers getting on to the pier. Police andcoastguards tried to get on to the pier but were refused. The coastguardsthen sent up rockets. Either Skerries or Lusk Company relieved us and weproceeded down to get our rifles, but by this time they had all been givenout. I jumped on to the boat and succeeded in getting one and ten roundsof ammunition. Mr. Derham of Skerries also got one. We formed up againand marched to Raheny and home. I had the only rifle the Company got. Itwas the type known as Howth Mauser. Subsequently, the Companypurchased six or seven Italian (Garabaldi) rifles.”The above is part of the witness statement of Bennie McAllister, 5th Batt.IRA and uncle of Noel McAllister, Chairman of Fingal Old IRA.Bennie joined the Volunteer movement almost at its inception, in late 1913.He was present at Howth when the Asgard arrived to unload its shipment ofguns He was also present at the Battle of Ashbourne, at the surrender inNewbarn, Kilsallaghan and was imprisoned in Frongoch, Wales. The society will be running a profile on an Old IRA Volunteer from Fingal,every month for the next 16 weeks.

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GREGAN, Maeve (Nee Merrins) (Malahideand Penina, Portugal), 30th November 2014,peacefully at her daughter’s home. Lovingwife of captain Ralph Gregan (Rtd) andloved Mum of Jean, Colin and Susan andcherished Nana to her seven grandchildren.She will be very sadly missed by her family,sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, extendedfamily and friends. Rest in peace.

CASSIDY, Francis Fintan - Nov. 30th, 2014,(Portmarnock, Co. Dublin) (peacefully), afteran illness, deeply regretted by his lovingwife Kathleen, sons Francis and Mark,daughter-in-law Eimear, brothers Patrick,Kevin and Oliver, sisters-in-law, nieces,nephews, relatives and friends.May he restin peace

ARNOLD, Harry (Portmarnock and formerlyof Finglas and the U.K) 29th November(unexpectedly) in Beaumont Hospital. Hewill be sadly missed by his loving wifeBrenda, sons Nicky, Oisín and Barry,daughter Eve, grandchildren Nathan, Jay andEmma, father-in-law John-Joe, sisters Winnie,Sheila and Miriam his twin, brother Kevin,sister-in-law Jill, brothers-in-law Charlie andKevin, nieces and nephews, extended familyand friends. Rest in peace

LANGAN, Sheila (Malahide, Co. Dublin) 3rdof December 2014, in the loving care of thestaff at St. Gabriel’s Nursing home, GlenayleRoad, Raheny. Beloved wife of late Paddy,Loving mother of Geoff and cherishedGrandma Sheila to Patrick and Eliza. Sadlymissed by her loving son, daughter-in-lawRachel, grandchildren, sister Joan(O’Connor), brother Brian, extended family,relatives and friends. May she rest in peace

HEALY, (née Carey) Bernadette (Bernie)(Clonard Court, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin)peacefully in Hamilton Park Nursing home.Wife of the late Edward (Eddie) Healy. Sadlymissed by her loving sons Norman, Finbarr,Paul, Roger, Eamonn and Eric, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren,extended family and friends. May she rest inpeace.

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FREENorth County Leader, Your No.1 Local Newspaper

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

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

Fingal County CouncilI, Conor Geraghty, Intend to apply forPlanning Permission forA. ground floor extension to rear,B. roofing of entire ground floor area,C. attic conversion to entire (new &existing) incorporating dormer exten-sion to rear and balcony to same.d. Two No. velux roof lights to frontelevation,e. single storey porch extension tofrontf. single storey garage/workshop toside,g. widening of existing vehicularentrance and all associated site worksat Clareen, Dublin Road, Swords,CoDublin.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a feenot exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority, during publicopening hours.A submission or observation in relationto the application may bemade in writing to the planningauthority on payment of a prescribedfee (20 euro) within a period of 5weeks beginning on the date ofreceipt by the authority of the applica-tion and such submissions or observa-tions will be considered by the plan-ning authority in makinga decision on the application. Theplanning authority may grant permis-sion subject to or without conditions,or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought for 2 no.detached houses on approved site for 1No. dwelling (Planning Ref F12A/0221)and to utilise the previous approvedaccess along the southern boundary ofOakview, on site located to the rear ofOakview, Dublin Road Balbriggan, Co.Dublin. Applicant M. Kenny The planning application may beinspected, or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of theplanning authority during its publicopening hours. A submission or obser-vation in relation to the applicationmay be made in writing to the planningauthority on payment of the prescribedfee, €20, within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of the application, and such

submissions or observations will beconsidered by the planning authority inmaking a decision on the application.The planning authority may grantpermission subject to or without condi-tions, or may refuse to grant permis-sion.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning Permission is sought for revi-sion to previously approved planningpermission (Reg Ref - F14A/0377) atsite no. 51 (approved numberinglayout), Sea Brook, Site Fronting BrookLane, Rush, Co Dublin for CarrollEstates Dublin Ltd. The revisionconsists of change of approved housetype from detached type D (2 storey, 3bedroom house) to detached type D1 (21/2 storey, 4 bedroom house).The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of thePlanning Authority during its publicopening hours A submission or observation in relationto the application may be made inwriting to the Planning Authority onpayment of the prescribed fee of 20euros within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought for a newpedestrian gate to the existing frontboundary wall of detached dwelling“Taranrae”, Hanlons Lane Malahide,Co. Dublin. Applicant C. Curran The planning application may beinspected, or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy, at the offices of theplanning authority during its publicopening hours. A submission or obser-vation in relation to the application maybe made in writing to the planningauthority on payment of the prescribedfee, €20, within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by theauthority of the application, and suchsubmissions or observations will beconsidered by the planning authority inmaking a decision on the application.The planning authority may grantpermission subject to or without condi-tions, or may refuse to grant permis-sion.

Fingal County CouncilApplication for Planning Permission for newsingle storey extension to rear and renova-tion of existing cottage, demolition ofexisting garage and erection of new garageto rear of existing garage in rear garden atSandy Lane East(Ballast Park, Sandy Lane,Rush, Co. Dublin Signed Alan BohanThis application may be inspected/purchased at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy between9.30am-3.30pm, monday-friday, at theoffices of Fingal Co. Co., County Hall, MainSt., Swords, Co. Dublin. A submission orobservation in relation to the applicationmay be made in writing on payment of theprescribed fee within the period of 5 weeksbeginning on the date of receipt by FingalCo.Co. of the application.

Fingal County CouncilPlanning permission is sought byMcMahon Healthcare Limited. for thedevelopment of a Residential Care Homeon lands fronting the R125, Roganstown,Swords, Co. Dublin. The development willcomprise of a 120 bedroom, two-storeyresidential care home (7,140 sq.m) overpart basement (kitchen and store rooms –206 sq.m) with associatedancillary/common facilities andoffice/administration areas. The develop-ment also provides for 54 no. car parkingspaces, 1 no. new vehicular access ontoR125, upgrade of R125 to include bus lay-byand new footpath, landscaping (includinggarden walks, allotments etc.), boundarytreatments, waste water treatment systemand all associated site development andengineering works. The planning applica-tion may be inspected or purchased at a feenot exceeding the reasonable cost ofmaking a copy at the offices of the plan-ning authority during its public openinghours and a submission or observationmay be made to the authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee (€20) withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of thisapplication.

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