Boxer and Olympic gold medallist, Katie Taylor, and her mum, Bridget
Taylor, have today been unveiled as ambassadors for P&G’s “Thank You
Mum” campaign ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The “Thank You,
Mum” campaign continues P&G’s legacy of bringing a unique perspective
to the Olympic Games, as the “Proud Sponsor of Mums”. Pic: Marc O’Sullivan
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Quenching the Burn
Legal fund to challenge the Poolbeg Incinerator now taking donations. Whispers that the legal challenge may actually happen have echoed around the community. Now there is an online fund available to contribute towards the challenging of the incinerator.
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Sandymount Students attend Dublin Kite Festival
Students from Sandymount were among the 7000 attendees at the North Bull Island in Clontarf for the Dublin Kite Festival. Sunday saw kite flyers and spectators from all over the country converge for a full day of free activities.
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Bloomsday comes to Sandymount
Today we celebrate the life James Joyce, one of one of Ireland’s greatest authors and poets. Sandymount will play host to several events commemorating his literary achievements.
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In the same boat
If you find yourself at Grand Canal Dock on a Wednesday evening or Saturday morning you may spy two dragon boats racing through the water. Don’t be alarmed, it’s not an armada landing on our shores, rather it’s the Plurabelle Paddlers out for their regular training sessions.
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Upgrade your nutrition!
Low carb, low calorie, high fat, low fat, juice cleanse, Zone, Atkins, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian… etc, etc, etc. There are a lot of diets and buzzwords in the health realm that it makes it difficult for anyone to choose what is right, where to start, and how to maintain.
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The pace that launched 1,000 attacks
Tommy Eglington was born in January 1927 and when he was fifteen he earned himself a reputation as an exciting footballer when his club Distillery upset the odds by beating the top-level team Bray Unknowns in the 1942 Leinster Senior Cup final.
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Railway Union news
Pictured above are the coaches from the various sports who assisted and ran a very enjoyable Multi-Sports Camp at Railway Union Cricket Club during the May mid-term break.
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Double cup delight for Cambridge FC
The weekend of May 7th and 8th saw finals day in the AUL Complex in Coolock for all DDSL clubs and Cambridge FC was proudly represented by our U11-B and U13-3 teams.
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Fantastic Féile at Clanna Gael Fontenoy
What a hectic period it’s been of late at the Club. On top of all the usual activities around matches and training across all the age groups in hurling, camogie and football, we’ve had the Féile tournaments.
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The Cinema Corner – June 17th
Screening at the Lighthouse late Saturday night is Brian Yuzna’s 1989 horror satire Society, an ’80s riff on the Bodysnatchers theme in which a high school kid discovers the rich members of his community are secretly engaging in murderous orgies. Boasting incredible practical effects by Screaming Mad George, this is allegorical horror at its best.
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D4 projects shortlisted for RIAI Irish Architecture Awards
Over 50 projects have been shortlisted for this year’s RIAI Irish Architecture Awards, three of which are situated in Dublin 4. Plus Architecture in Sandymount, John Monahan Architect in Donnybrook and ODOS Architects in Ballsbridge are among the nominees for the awards held by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.
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Donnybrook TidyTowns debuts new website
Donnybrook TidyTowns have launched a new website.
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