Archive for December 2013

The Fontenoy Files

The Fontenoy Files

What a great season it has been for Clanna Gael Fontenoy, particularly at under-age level, with league or championship titles for our U-12 and U-16 boys’ teams as well as for our U-13 and U-18 girls’ teams. Not to mention […]

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Railway Union Cricket Club Annual Dinner October 19th 2013

Railway Union Cricket Club Annual Dinner October 19th 2013

Photo: Long-time members Cyril and Des Stirrat enjoying the Dinner. Photo: Susheel Kumar receives Player of the Season Award for 4th X1 from Franz Savino in recognition of an outstanding season. Both pictures courtesy of Patrick Dowling.

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St Louis and Newpark to the fore at Railway Girls Schools 7s

St Louis and Newpark to the fore at Railway Girls Schools 7s

St Louis and Newpark claimed the Senior and Junior trophies respectively at the Railway Girls Schools 7s recently. Having been beaten in the final last April, St Louis were determined to go one better this time around. They accounted for […]

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Railway Union Ladies Prepare to Compete Again in Europe!

Railway Union Ladies Prepare to Compete Again in Europe!

Current Irish Hockey League and Irish Senior Cup Champions Railway Union comprehensively beat local rival Pembroke Wanderers in the Dublin 4 Derby on November 16th. Railway scored first from an Emer Lucey corner strike, with Kate Lloyd getting the second […]

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The Christmas Culinary Corner

The Christmas Culinary Corner

If you don’t have children to wake you up on Christmas day, then I hope your Christmas dinner will! Some of us must be up early to prepare for the family to arrive for the festive feast while others, like me, still live at home with their parents with no children to enlighten the day.

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What Makes a Christmas Movie?

What Makes a Christmas Movie?

Christmas. For some it’s a time to reflect on the birth of Jesus. For others, it’s about spending quality time with the family (or pretending to enjoy the company of your in-laws). But if you’re a movie lover, the holiday season is all about bingeing-out on your favourite festive flicks

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Film Review: Saving Mister Banks

Film Review: Saving Mister Banks

It’s 1961 and for the best part of two decades Walt Disney (Tom Hanks), following a pledge to his daughters, has attempted in vain to convince British-Australian author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to part with the screen rights for her […]

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Fight the Financial Fear

Fight the Financial Fear

Thanks to fears over our financial well-being, the holiday season can prove for many the most stressful time of year. Nobody wants to be seen as a scrooge and because of this we often indulge in spending we really can’t afford.

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Banking on Breakfast

Banking on Breakfast

On the afternoon of Thursday October 10th, the staff at AIB’s Sandymount Road branch held a cake sale in order to raise funds for Cheerios’ Childline Breakfast 2013, a nationwide event that took place between October 7th and 13th. Rather […]

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Save Rainwater, Save Money

Save Rainwater, Save Money

The recent water supply issues affecting Dublin seem to most people to be both disgraceful and painfully ironic, given that Ireland is world-renowned as one of the rainiest places to live in Western Europe. The long, hot summer of 2013 […]

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