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Summer is here so let us be careful and enjoy it !

Summer may be here at last with periods of sunshine to brighten our mornings and long balmy evenings to look forward to. However even though it seems we may be able to mix more and enjoy it, we still have to be very careful . We must continue to practise constant handwashing, using the hand sanitiser, wearing masks in public, and social distancing in order to keep ourselves and others safe. We must also protect our mental and physical health as well and let the sunshine and laughter into our lives once again. This should also mean supporting those who have supported us over the past 15 months. We have to think and act positively and enjoy being out and about with our friends and neighbours. We must enjoy the laughter of our children and the sporting achievements of our heroes. Summer is a time of fun and laughter but let us be practical. This also means shopping locally supporting our local businesses and securing local employment. We at Local magazines really value the essence of community, after all we are a community based magazine and love promoting local community based sporting and voluntary organisations and their causes and achievements. We value the loyalty of you, our readership, our contributors and our advertisers without whom it would not have been possible to publish the magazine online and more recently once again in print during this crisis. As we soak in whatever sun we get let us also remember those nurses doctors, medical and support staff who have worked so hard for all of us during the past 18 months. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to return to what we knew to be normality two years ago. To enjoy again all the good things with our loved ones, families and friends which we have missed so much. Things can only get better if we are all careful. Let us all stay safe and remember Covid19 has not gone away so obey the regulations and enjoy meeting up with those we care about once again this Summer. Let us wear our masks, wash our hands, keep our distance and enjoy the sunshine,. Enjoy the Summer and remember please shop local! The Locals Team

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O’Donoghue calls for community resistance to Development Plan submissions

Cllr Rob O’Donoghue

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As the first public consultation on the Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 has now come to a conclusion, I would like to highlight some issues that I will be asking for the community of Lusk support in the coming months.Having reviewed the submissions pertaining to Lusk, I am disappointed to have read a number of submissions that are advocating for the expansion of the town boundaries to facilitate the rampant development of our town.We face submissions which seek to extend the boundary in the direction of Rush, which would whittle away the green belt between our towns and see a surge of additional traffic on our roads. Twinned with this we have a further submission for a large swathe of land adjacent to Chapel Farm. I will state again, that there are currently sufficient lands zoned to met the needs for sustainable development for the next ten years. The focus for this Development Plan for Lusk needs to be having the town settle and to have infrastructure and amenities brought into the town to service our young and growing community, not focussed on additional residential zonings. I will be calling on the people of Lusk to support me in this endeavour and asking the whole community to make submissions to this end when the second public consultation on the Development Plan opens in Spring 2022.

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Lusk Action Group – making a difference! We in Lusk Action Group feel very strongly about the protection of nature, biodiversity and environment and we are engaging with Fingal County Council and other community groups to find ways of encouraging this. We saw recently how poor the hedgerow legislation really is and have been in contact with Minister Joe O’Brien regarding this. The Green Party have secured a commitment to fully review and reform the legislation so that it does actually protect our precious hedgerows, and that this protection is not subject to the morals of individual builders or developers. The builders of Fingal’s affordable housing scheme on Kilhedge Lane have agreed to postpone the removal of the hedgerow until after August. We have begun engagement with FCC regarding the building of an enclosed Multi-Use Games Area for our young people, including basketball court. Realistically, this will take a couple of years to deliver as funding for this will not become available until next January. We would like to sincerely thank John Fitzgerald of Foroige, who recently moved post to Blanchardstown, for all his amazing work with young people in Lusk over the last

number of years and for his support and help since our forming. John has been a huge asset to our area and his energy and dedication never wavered. We wish him every success. Our loss is Blanchardstown’s gain. It is great to see work on Katie Hunt’s cottage, “Lusk Community Cultural Centre” well underway! This will be a wonderful amenity for Lusk in the future. Congratulations to Lusk Community Council for delivering this. We are enjoying the lovely flower tubs filled

recently by Lusk Tidy Towns and the large flower tubs in the square which were done by FCC. Thank You! And the monthly community litter picks seem to be making a huge difference. Thanks to Willie McGee for all his hard work. We are encouraging everyone to “Adopt a Patch”, keeping an area near where you live tidy and clean. Email balswooparea@fingal.ie or environment@fingal.ie to get your litter picking pack. Enjoy your Summer! All in LAG .

A really big thank you from Guide Dogs

Adele & Lola and QR code Poster

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Guide Dog Day and the 100K challenge for the month of May raised a total of €207,127. Students from Loreto in Balbriggan raised €210, students from Skerries Community College did a sponsored dog walk which raised €725. Georgina, Luke & Assistance Dog Milo’s Team raised an incredible €4,470. Luke’s teacher explains ‘Luke is in our ASD Class in Scoil Chormaic CNS, Balbriggan. We have seen the amazing impact that having Milo has had on Luke and his whole family’. The class of six boys were joined by Guide Dog ‘Qeb’ with Tom O’Neill, puppy raisers Adele Halpin with Lola and Anne Mulligan with Adel on their final walk. These 6 inspiring boys raised €1,755. Adele and Lola raised €423. Volunteer Dana Kelly raised €350. Thank you all for your support. Our ‘Tap to Donate’ machine, is located at the door of Specsavers, Millfield Shopping Centre, Balbriggan. Just tap to donate €3. Simple to use it has raised €650 since February. For cash there are large collecting dogs located at the escalator near Tesco and one in Cuddles Pet Store while others are located in Balbriggan, Skerries, Lusk and Rush. Other technology helping raise funds are our new posters with a QR code on them. QR stands for Quick Response. Just scan the code with the camera on your mobile phone. A payment app will open which shows ‘Make a payment to Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind’. Key in the amount you wish to donate and select your bank, then follow the on screen prompts. Options are AIB business and personal, Bank of Ireland, business and personal, Revolut, Ulster Bank business and personal and Fire. The amount you donate is sent direct to Irish Guide Dogs in Cork. New volunteers are always welcome. We can be contacted by phone or text: 085 7663107 or email us at GuideDogsBalbriggan@gmail.com or follow us on Facebook at Balbriggan.Branch.of.Guide.Dogs

Finance

Why you should have an ICE file

By Dave Kavanagh

clear such a mortgage. Any life cover details

(and any contact names/numbers in connection

Something that I have recommended for many

with them). Details of any regular payments that

years to clients, is to set up an “ICE” file, (In

should be cancelled, such as gym membership,

filing cabinet or any container that is fire resistant

cover plans/ wills in pace is diluted somewhat if

only after the biscuits are gone!). Then make sure

are.

Case of Emergency). Preferably in either a metal

magazine subscriptions, etc. The benefit of having

(some have even used a strong biscuit tin, but

nobody knows that they exist or where the details

at least one trusted friend or family member is

aware of where it is kept in the home. This way,

in the unexpected event of either a fatality, severe illness or even early onset dementia, it removes the confusion of trying to establish details like

what bank accounts are there, what cover (if any) is in place, is there a will made? I often hear of

situations where a surviving partner says “oh he/ she always dealt with all of that, I haven’t got a

clue.”So what kind of things should be kept in it?

Consider the kind of information that would be

needed at such a time. Details of bank accounts,

any loans due to be paid, details of any mortgage and any associated cover in place that could

Dave Kavanagh QFA has been advising people financially for over 25 years. For quotes or information (with no cost or obligation) he can be contacted by emailing info@financialcompanion.ie or use the contact form on www.financialcompanion. ie or phone 087-6414570, or @Davekav_advice on Twitter and Instagram. Combined with his previous role of gym/nutrition adviser, he regularly gives talks and workshops at seminars and events for groups, companies and government departments on financial wellbeing, positivity and motivation. As heard on RTE 2FM and TV3.

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The Boundary Stones of Remount Farm

Helena Bergin Heritage officer Fingal County Council together with Pat Kelly from the Lusk Heritage Group and Thomas O’Doherty (centre).

The Lusk Heritage Group investigates the Boundary stones of the Remount Farm. They have located the majority of these stones, some were found in ditches and gardens in the locality of the Remount Farm. The stones have the War Department WD inscribed in the early 1900’s and were placed there in the absence of fences to accommodate the free movement of horses during their training for use in the first world war.

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Deputy Mayor officially opens upgraded Park Road in Rush

Deputy Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Robert O’Donoghue, pictured at the official opening of the upgraded Park Road in Rush with councillors from the Rush-Lusk Local Electoral Area, Fingal County Council Chief Executive, AnnMarie Farrelly, members of the Council’s Project Team and others who attended the ceremony. Pics by Shane O’Neill/ Coalesce

The upgraded Park Road in Rush. Pics by Shane O’Neill/Coalesce

Deputy Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Robert O’Donoghue, along with Fingal County Council Chief Executive Annmarie Farrelly, unveils the commemorative plaque to mark the official opening of the upgraded Park Road in Rush. Pics by Shane O’Neill/Coalesce

The official opening of the recently upgraded Park Road in Rush has taken place with the Deputy Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Robert O’Donoghue, unveiling a commemorative plaque to mark the occasion.Among those in attendance were local councillors, Cllr Brian Dennehy and Cllr Cathal Boland; Fingal County Council Chief Executive, AnnMarie Farrelly; Senior Engineer Paul Carroll; members of the Council’s Project Team and representatives of the main contractor Total Highway Maintenance Ltd, engineering Contact us:communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

consultant O’Connor Sutton Cronin Associates, St Maur’s GAA Club and Gaelscoil Ros Eo. The €1.7m project, which was completed earlier this year after 11 months of construction, involved approximately 470 metres of full road widening and reconstruction with fully segregated cycling and pedestrian infrastructure with toucan crossing. It also facilitated the upgrading of watermain, storm and foul sewer infrastructure. The Deputy Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Robert O’Donoghue, said: “The upgrading of the Park

Road was a major objective for councillors in the Rush-Lusk Local Electoral Area because of the need to improve access to St Maur’s GAA Club and Gaelscoil Ros Eo and it has made a big difference since it was opened to traffic.” Senior Engineer Paul Carroll said: “The upgrading of the Park Road forms an integral part of the Kenure Local Area Plan and will enable continued delivery of the LAP including improved access to adjacent housing and school development lands.” LUSK LOCAL-JULY 2021

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Play Trail opened at Rathmore Park, Lusk The latest milestone in the development of Rathmore Park as a major Active Recreational Hub for Lusk was recently reached with the official opening of the Play Trail.The Rathmore Park Play Trail is a new type of “Play Along The Way” facility which encourages children to move around the half-kilometre trail and visit a range of play equipment that offer a wide variety of challenges and play experiences. Adults accompanying children also benefit from the fully accessible looped walk linking the play facilities around the perimeter of the park.The play equipment provided along the Rathmore Play Trail features a high proportion of “natural“ materials such as wood and stone which are visually sympathetic to the setting of play facilities.About half of the land required for the development of Rathmore Park and the associated recreational hub has now been taken in charge by the Council and a sports pitch, floodlit jogging track and sprint track have been developed in response to the high demand for evening athletics training.Kevin Halpenny, Senior Parks Superintendent with Fingal County Council, said: “The Play Trail has been designed in line with the principles of Fingal’s new “Space for Play” play policy which will be the subject of a public consultation process later this year. It is another important addition to Rathmore Park and we have plans in place for the further

development of the Park as soon as the rest of the land is available.” The official opening as depicted in our picture was performed by the outgoing Deputy Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Robert O’Donoghue and was attended by Cllr Cathal Boland, Cllr Brian Dennehy and the Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, AnnMarie

Cllr. ADRIAN HENCHY “PUTTING THE COMMUNITY FIRST” Tel: 087 681 4485 Email:Adrian.Henchy@cllrs.fingal.ie @adrianhenchy

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Farrelly, as well as Senior Parks Superintendent, Kevin Halpenny and members of the project team..“The Rathmore Play Trail is a great addition to Rathmore Park which is well used by the local community and will provide many hours of enjoyment for children and their parents,” said Cllr O’Donoghue.

“The Cove” at Maydenhayes Are you looking for more space for your family to live in? Would a top floor working space in your home make your life more productive?Would you love a better quality of life, living 5minutes from beautiful Mornington Bay Beach and its beautiful environs?If this has tweaked your interest, then prepare to be wowed by an exquisite new house in Maydenhayes Cove, Mornington, County Meath, a private enclave of 6 gorgeous new family homes at a very affordable/reasonable price. These new large 5-bedroom detached houses are laid out over 3 levels, maximising space for comfortable living; with a bespoke comfortable airy space at the top-floor level presenting the opportunity for a fantastic space to work from home. Other features in these spacious A-rated homes include five comfortably sized bedrooms and family bathroom, generous ensuites, walk in wardrobes, an unusually spacious landing at first floor level, underfloor heating and high-quality sanitary fittings. On approach to the house, the stained glass in the front door sets the tone for a chique new house that manages to combine the cosy feeling of home with being comfortable, modern and on trend. The front door opens into a charming and stylish entrance hallway filled with a happy and homely personality that permeates the whole house. The hall leads into a wonderful airy, spacious, and light-filled living/dining/ kitchen area featuring high ceilings at this level. Patio doors lead out into a generous garden with its favourable south westerly aspect to the rear. The house also comprises a good-sized boot/laundry room kitted out with plenty of storage for buckets and spades… and also features a smart guest cloakroom.A visit to the show house is strongly recommended if only to see how efficient living and working in a spacious, tranquil and beautiful setting could be. The Maydenhayes Cove show house is on view each Saturday and Sunday between 2pm and 4pm and on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 12pm and 4pm, or by private appointment – prospective purchasers can feel free to call to make an appointment and/or to get help with any questions. Enquiries to: Pivotal Construction Limited (01) 4732473 Knight Frank New Homes (01) 6342466 or Sherry Properties (041) 9841149 Contact us: communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

Feature

“Drop everything and read......for Dyslexia.”

For many of us, sitting down with a good book is a pleasure. But what if you couldn’t understand all the words? What if you struggled to follow the book?Dyslexia affects 1 in 10 people and has a huge impact on their lives. Our daughter has Dyslexia and it has caused her so much difficulty in terms of reading, spelling and writing. Homework was so stressful that she often ended up in tears - and to be honest, I wasn’t far behind her. Gradually, we have learned how to help her manage her Dyslexia - to reduce her stress, do her homework and enjoy reading books for fun. With the help of a reader pen, she can understand and enjoy the David Walliams, Harry Potter and Diary of a wimpy kid books by herself. The D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) for Dyslexia campaign, is aiming to get everyone reading this summer, including anyone with Dyslexia. It’s all about finding ways to enjoy reading books. Whether that’s with a reader pen or reading books with your child. My daughter and I read the Wizard Of Oz together last year and it was such an enjoyable experience for us both. The DEAR campaign is about finding what works best, for you and your child. To get find out more check out dearfordyslexia.org ( NB: not accessible through this medium). We’ll be making a list of must reads for summer break. It’s so good to have an activity to look forward to that doesn’t involve ipads or phones!! For parenting support and chat about Dyslexia and other parenting issues, go to mams.ie (NB: not accessible through this medium). Contact us:communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

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The Vision 2030 - Building a Better Lusk

The important vernacular cottage in the heart of medieval Lusk

The Lusk Vision 2030 project will deliver its final report in July or August and we will see what recommendations the consultants will present to make the town a better place over the next decade. It has already delivered an important submission for the Fingal County Development Plan 2023-2029 and we hope that Fingal County Council will take on board the many issues raised. However Lusk Community Council has already brought the Lusk Community Cultural Centre project to construction phase and huge progress has been made during May and June.This project is important for a number of reasons. It is redeveloping what was a derelict site on Church Road. In doing so, the Community Council is conserving the façade and gable walls of an important vernacular cottage in the heart of medieval Lusk. It is creating a new cultural centre for the town and this project will significantly add to the ranking of Lusk in the “Tidy Towns Awards”.

The Cultural Centre will in turn become a springboard for new ideas and engagements for the community of Lusk as well as for visitors to our town. When Fingal County Council redevelops the adjoining property as five residential units for independent living by 2022, Church Road will have two exceptional improvement projects in the heart of medieval Lusk. Pride in our town is very important for everyone. Willie McGee, a director of Lusk Community Council, has been working tirelessly to clean up the town with your help. He has organised a number of “spring clean” days with great community engagement. This is a simple idea, everyone can play their part, it just involves giving your time to help out. Willie (Tel. 087 6379199) and Fingal County Council (www.fingal.ie) are now promoting the “Adopt A Patch” idea. If everyone plays a small part, then the sum of the parts becomes a game-changer. You too can help build a better Lusk.

CommunityLocals.ie Community organisations -We are here for you and it’s free! Calling all community and voluntary groups in this area! We are here to facilitate you and help publicise your organisations. We are a community based magazine therefore there will be no charge for publicising your group, whether its a chess club or small pastime group, a support group or a big community or sporting organisation. So if you want to publicise your organisation every month just send us an email to communitylocalseditor@gmail.com..We look forward to hearing from you.

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Launch of Fingal Libraries’ Summer Stars Summer Reading Programme Fingal Libraries annual Summer Stars Reading programme was launched by Mayor of Fingal David Healy & County Librarian Betty Boardman recently in Malahide Library. Summer Stars is an exciting, reading-based programme available free of charge to all children across the country. It will run in all Fingal libraries until 31st of August with the ultimate goal of encouraging reading during the summer holidays. All children are invited to register for the summer reading challenge with rewards and incentives along the way and a grand finale event at the end for all participants.As part of the programme, a range of children’s events will be held online during the summer to suit all interests – including author visits, technology workshops, creative writing, arts and crafts, storytelling, gardening workshops & biodiversity videos.Mayor of Fingal Cllr David Healy praised the Programme saying: “I am delighted to launch the Fingal Libraries Summer Stars Reading Programme which, as well as encouraging reading, has a wonderful and varied list of events to entertain and inspire children throughout the county this summer.” County

Librarian, Betty Boardman, commented: “The Summer Stars Reading Programme is a fun way to keep children reading over the school holidays. Library staff have organised a great selection of events to tie in with the Programme which will keep children occupied whatever the weather.” For details

of activities and events, please pick up a copy of Fingal Libraries’ summer brochure at your local library or view it online at Fingal Libraries’ website. You can also keep up to date with summer stars’ events by following Fingal Libraries on Facebook and Twitter.

Fingal CC to participate in Dublin Climate Action Week The first Dublin Climate Action Week (#DCAW21), will take place from Monday, September 13 to Sunday, September 19, and is being planned to demonstrate the ongoing efforts, ambitions and the collaborative approach of the four Dublin local authorities, in addressing climate action.The week is being organised and delivered by the partnership of Fingal County Council, Dún LaoghaireRathdown County Council, South Dublin County Council, Dublin City Council, Codema – Dublin’s Energy Agency and the Dublin Climate Action Regional Office (CARO). Dublin Climate Action Week 2021 will comprise of a range of online and in-person events, in compliance with COVID-19 measures in place at that time. In August 2021, the full programme of events will be available for registration on the DCAW21 website, at www.dublinclimateactionweek.ie. (NB: not available through this medium). The overall vision of Dublin Climate Action Week 2021 is: “To showcase Dublin’s Climate Action progress to its citizens and demonstrate the leadership role of the four local authorities in conjunction with other partners.” The agreed shared objectives of the initiative are: to Demonstrate progress on the implementation of the four Dublin local authority Climate Change Action Plans, and a regional approach to climate action; to Engage with a full range of partners to share knowledge on efforts and innovation across sectors; to Make Climate Action a ‘reality’ allowing citizens to see what Climate Action looks like; to Promote this initiative so as to fully engage with EU and international cities and our climate peers; and to Create a legacy so that this initiative can carry forward to subsequent years in a variety of ways. Contact us:communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

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Home Cook Recipes

Healt

Niamh’s Rosemary, Thyme and Black Pepper Summer Chicken Ingredients:

(Serves 2 person) •

x2 Chicken Fillets or Thighs

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x2 Red Onions

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Handful of Cherry Tomatoes x1 Red Pepper

x1 Yellow Pepper For the Marinade:

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3 Tablespoons of Freshly Squeezed Lime

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1 Tablespoon of Olive oil

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Juice

1 Teaspoon of Black Pepper

Handful of Chopped Thyme and Rosemary

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Method: 1. Prepare the marinade first by combining the ingredients as above and mixing well together. Place this marinade in a sealed plastic bag with the chicken fillets/thighs to marinate for at least 2 hours in the fridge. For better results leave chicken to marinade for longer. 2. Remove chicken in marinade from fridge. Preheat the oven at 200’c for 10 minutes. 3. While the oven is preheating, prepare vegetables by chopping the x2 bell peppers and lightly coating a cast iron skillet (as in image) or oven dish in olive oil. 4. Place chicken fillets/thighs, cherry tomatoes, red onions and bell peppers in the iron skillet or oven dish. Add more thyme, rosemary and black pepper over the vegetables and chicken. 5. Place into the hot oven for 35-40 minutes

at 180’c or until the chicken is cooked thoroughly and all the vegetables are roasted with a slight oven char for extra flavour.Tip: to add a burst of flavour to this dish, add a tablespoon of Balsamic vinegar after removing from the oven. 6. Serving Suggestion: Freshly steamed new potatoes or a scrumptious oven baked potato served straight from its foil would make delicious sides to accompany this wonderfully flavoured summer dish. Please follow ‘Biabites’ on Facebook for other food ideas especially in the ‘Fun food’ and ‘Recipes’ albums.Please follow @BiaBites on twitter.For nutrition talks/workshops at events or in schools/workplaces/community groups = please email: arthursniamh@gmail.com Niamh Arthurs BSc, Msc Registered Dietitian and Researcher

Local Sports

Lusk United is working hard and having fun!

We are back! Finally we are back. Pitches which were silent and empty are now full of cheers and activity. It has been so long we truly wondered would we ever get back to normal…but we have… and it feels great. So many teams full to capacity and operating waiting lists to join is a testament to the central role Lusk United has in the community. Children as young as 4 join us on a Friday evening and Saturday morning for our ever growing academies…this enthusiasm continues all the way to our senior teams. This past few months we have rolled out our Clubzap app, which allows our managers and coaches to communicate directly with teams as well as make covid procedures manageable. It is only now, when we have been away from matches and training for so long and now are back, we appreciate just how much time and effort our volunteers put in. To all our managers, coaches and parents who help out we say a huge thank you! We look forward to continue in the coming days to put to practise our club ethos #workhard #havefun. Contact us:communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

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News & Events Lusk AC ‘Naked Challenge’ a huge success The inaugural Lusk AC ‘Naked Challenge’ took place on Sunday 13th June. Participants had to predict their finish time over a 5k or 10k route from the Sports Hub and then run without the aid of a watch. Hence they may have felt ‘Naked’ without the aid of their watches to keep an eye on their times. The challenge being to get as close to your predicted time based on your own internal pace clock rather than technology. It was a fun event for all and nice to take part in an actual event without the pressure of running flat out. Winners (closest to their estimated times) were Greg Robins and Alex Bell for the 10k, Conor Doyle and Orla Brennan for the 5k.

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Junsa Taekwondo Club News Junsa Taekwondo participants are training outdoors

Matthew perfecting his back reverse turning kick with Charlie Pad kicking time in the sun with the intermediate group

While we are really enjoying getting back to training we are very excited about resuming our indoor training sometime very soon. In the meantime we will keep our training going in the Round Towers GAA Astro pitch. Over the last few weeks we have had great support from all our members new and old. We have also had a number of past students returning for a bit of training and pad kicking.

Extra training for the leaving cert and College lads.

Pads eye view of Darragh kicking Conor (L) ex Irish national team and Junsa team fighter returning for an evening of kicking after his college finished for the summer, pictured here with his teammate Ciarán who returned home from college as well for a great evenings training.

Conor smashing the pads with Ryan Robbie (R) Junsa and Irish national team in 2019 for the Olympic weight category tournament

Darragh and Tosia training in our advanced class

Alina and Dhruvi in action

Beginner group honing their skills.

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2. South American weapon consisting of balls and strong cord. (5) 3. It can be Oolong, Black or Pu-erh. (3) 4. Demanded something forcefully. (8) 5. Walks in a leisurely way. (7) 6. Enough or more than enough, plentiful. (5) 7. Look at or inspect. (4) 8. Asian country with eight of the ten tallest mountains. (5) 9. African country, capital is Kampala. (6) 10. A small piece or glowing fuel in a dying fire. (5) 11. Detested, loathed. (10) 12. A Latin acknowledgement of one’s fault or error. (3,5) 17. Creator of James Bond. (3,7) 21. It separates us from Great Britain. (5,3) 22. Meddling with something in order to cause damage or make unauthorised alterations. (9) 24. Type of wild cat. (4) 26. Reddish-brown colour of early photographs. (5) 28. The air bridge hides a military commander. (9) 29. Food served before meals. (10) 32. Type of cabbage, (8) 35. Declare a marriage to have had no legal existence. (5) 38. Ruined or destroyed vessels. (10) 39. Walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps like a British police officer. (4) 40. Hero of the Trojan Wars with a dodgy heel. (8) 43. A long queue of slowly-moving or stationary traffic caused by an obstruction on the road. (8) 47. Open to new ideas, favouring individual liberty and social reform. (7) 49. Scanty, in short supply. (6) 51. A person holding beliefs other than those of the main world religions. (5) 53. A short coffee without caffeine. (5) 55. Carried by hand. (5) 57. This country was once known as the Gold Coast. (5) 58. At a great distance. (4) 61. Block the way to an inn. (3)

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1. Declines to vote either for or against a proposal. (8) 6. Earn duvets during exciting experiences. (10) 13. Very light wood used for making models. (5) 14. Find a cheap rasp in the junk pile. (9) 15. Walk at a slow, relaxed pace. (5) 16. People whose behaviour sets them apart from others. (7) 18. The Welsh national emblem. (4) 19. Ran away from danger. (4) 20. Gigantic mythological bird of the Arabian Nights. (3) 22. Golden-brown shade of normally pale skin after exposure to the sun. (3) 23. Wooden frame for an artist. (5) 25. “A .... by any other name would smell as sweet.” (4) 27. The second son of Adam and Eve. (4) 30. A state of confusion or disorder. (6) 31. Cat-sized American mammals with a noxious reputation. (6) 33. Spice made from dried and ground mild red peppers. (7) 34. Imaginary event during sleep. (5) 35. A continuous or prolonged dull pain. (4) 36. The Earth’s largest and most populous continent. (4) 37. Official tests. (5) 40. Home of the Papacy from 1309 to 1376. (7) 41. Put more bullets in a gun. (6) 42. Two-piece bathing suit and an atoll. (6) 44. Very big, enormous. (4) 45. Soft loose flesh on a person’s body, fat. (4) 46. The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. (5) 48. To ... is human; to forgive, divine. (3) 50. Cut off a limb from the main body of a tree. (3) 52. The fleshy underparts of human fingers. (4) 54. The last bit of a pencil. (4) 56. Layered Italian dish. (7) 59. Strongly wanting to do or have something. (5) 60. Restaurant in which customers serve themselves. (9) 61. Type of bullet used in training or as a signal. (5) 62. Meddled in a situation without invitation or necessity. (10) 63. Famous buccaneer from Rush. (4,4)

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