Malahide Sea Scouter Edward O’Donnell will be running a beginners Hillwalking Skills Course over several evenings commencing on 19th September 2023. The evening course venue is Malahide Community School , The Grange , Malahide on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30pm and it includes two evening/weekend walks and it lasts over 10 weeks. Enrolment opened recently and booking soon is advised to secure a place. Edward has extensive experience over many years climbing some of the Worlds highest peaks. Bookings by malahidecsadulted.ie/hill-walking-beginners/ . Ed has been a member of Scouting Ireland for 41 years and in 1986 – he did, what is known as part of the Anglo-Irish agreement Explorer Belt (Training for a year) carried food, tent, cooking equipment etc with emergency equipment and with one change of clothing and two pairs of socks for over 2 weeks. He continued with the Mountaineering and has been on loads of expeditions including celebrity climbs to base camp Everest. The Last expedition he was on, was in Nepal Langtang valley, and Mount Baden Powell to celebrate 100 years of scouting. He is a REC First aid instructor and teaches emergency Care to Mountaineers and Hillwalkers and anyone who works and plays in the outdoors. He is with Mountaineering Ireland, and holds M1 , M2, and MS Assessment. In Scouts he holds Level 9 in the hill skill training, and he is on the training team for training scout leadership in the hills. Over the years Ed has hiked in places including : Iceland, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Everest base Camp, Nepal, Island Peak, Nepal, Kala Patthar, Nepal, Alps, Saas Grund, Switzerland, Langtang Valley, Nepal, Micheal Muircheartaigh with the Sam Cup in Kerry, 16 May 2014. With Alan Kerins from the GAA, Tatra Mountains, Poland. Monte Perdido, Spain. Mount Toubkal, Morocco, Africa. Howth Head, Ireland and All over Ireland , Wales, and Scotland.

What a night Tidy Towns Malahide had recently at the annual Quiz/Fundraiser! Well done to Brian Dooley and team for scooping the top prize – The Malahide Tidy Towns Quiz Champions for 2023! The turnout on the night was absolutely magnificent. The Committee wish to thank so much all their volunteers for their hard work, to Alan Johns and his team including Malahide Sea Scouts, to the amazing Malahide Businesses for their spectacular prizes and to the magnificent public support of all of you who turned up on the night. Tidy Towns Malahide thanks you all! Remember Tidy Towns Malahide meet every Saturday at 10.30am at the front entrance to the Malahide Train Station. Newcomers are always welcome!

On Saturday 15th July Malahide Lions Club was delighted to welcome many friends, beneficiaries and sponsors to celebrate 50 years of service to the community. We are very grateful to Fingal County Council for supporting and fully funding the celebrations and to Malahide Castle & Gardens for providing the venue. The event was a great big thank you to the community and supporters who have helped Malahide Lions raise so much funds for so many charities over the past 50 years. Representatives included local schools, businesses, and sporting clubs. The MC was Joe Duffy and we enjoyed entertainment from Al Foran and the Mary Grimes School of Irish Dancing. We enjoyed addresses from the Mayor of Fingal, Adrian Henchy, the US Ambassador Claire D. Cronin, Minister Darragh O’Brien and vice District Governor of Lions James O’Loughlin. We are indebted to the generosity of our sponsors and the people of Malahide!

While our short break is finished, in the background Junsa has been planning our upcoming training sessions and competition calendar for the new season. We are also in preparation for taking on new students of all ages. At Junsa we have specific classes for different age groups of all abilities, from the 5 - to 50 year olds who want something new for fitness, discipline ,to become a black belt or to compete at local or international level Junsa Taekwondo can cater for everyone . If you are interested in an Olympic sport or marital art please contact Stuart on 087 7775202 or on Facebook Junsa Taekwondo.

Welcome back to training for all juvenile athletes. Our Little Athletics (6-8 years) will train indoors Lusk NS from Tuesday 5th September. The Cross Country season is back underway and Lusk AC will host the first event of the season for Dublin Athletics on Sunday 17th September. Come along and watch a great day of running. Well done to all our athletics who have taken part in competitions and events over the summer. Congratulations to our Men’s team who competed in the Club League final at Tullamore. Well done to our young coaches for putting on a great week for our Summer Camp. If you haven’t heard our club podcast yet then it’s definitely worth a listen. There are 8 episodes currently available with more in the pipeline.

Best of luck to all our CLG Chloigthithe Lusca teams in their Championship matches in the 2023 season. All support is welcome at our fixtures. Details on dates, venues and times of home fixtures can be viewed on our website at roundtowerslusk.ie

Nursery - All new member’s welcome - Commencing 3rd September 2023
Club planning programme – We need your help and support. Our club planning programme and workshop will take place on the 16th of September 2023.- All members and friends in the community are welcome to attend.- Opportunities to share your thoughts and views on the future club plans.- Please logon to our website roundtowerslusk.ie. We also want to say a Very special thank you: A very special thank you to all Retired and Senior members of the Round Towers Lusk community for attending our special night and get together at the club for light refreshments and a wonderful special music session with the fabulous Andrea and Friends!

A special thank you also to all that organised the event in our Adult Men’s Committee! Please come along to our next Traditional Evening Music Night or stay in touch to find out more upcoming events. Recently we have had some massive achievements in Round Towers Lusk. Our Round Towers Lusk combine Feile team wer crowned Division 7 Camogie Feile Champions and went on to win the double in the Football League. Both Ross O Donoghue and Rory Kerrigan played for Dublin U15 v Westmeath in Portlaoise. - Lotto – Our Weekly Lotto is in excess of €11,450. This is a crucial fundraiser for the club and you can play at:klubfunder.com/Clubs/Round_Towers_Lusk/lotto Draw in Club Thursday @9pm linktr.ee/roundtowerlusk. -Seachtain na Gaeilge –Please do visit our GAA Round Towers Lusk club website on the below web address to explore many social events and the O’Neill’s shop.- Entertainment – The TAP Bar in GAA club in Lusk has got some fantastic events coming over the month and would be delighted to see you there and enjoy some Live music.

TRAD Night – Second last - Tuesday every month 28 th September great music night session in the TAP Bar Enjoy GAA matches and other sports event with light refreshment on large screen in TAP BAR. Outdoor seating area available. Please visit our website on https://linktr.ee/roundtowerlusk or call in and check our club bar for a refreshment also open for bookings including family events and parties!

The official opening of Lusk Community Cultural Centre by Minister Heather Humphreys on 25th July was a landmark event for Lusk Community Council and for the town of Lusk. The official opening was the culmination of a project that the Community Council had worked on for two decades. There are many more major projects destined for our town over the coming decade, including recreation, community and public realm facilities. We need to ensure that these plans are all embedded in the Town Plan, which will be an update of Lusk Vision 2030, over coming months.

Every year our community is expanding as new families come to live in our town. Your input to this plan will be important and we hope you take the opportunity to engage in the community, business and public realm pillars that will be convened in September and October.Lusk Community Council is currently working on developing a Master plan for phase 2 of the Cultural Centre site. The master plan is being developed as a 3D model which will help to illustrate how this strategic site can be developed for the long term benefit of our town. The Community Council will undertake public consultation on these plans in September at the Cultural Centre and we look forward to getting your views on these plans.

ICA members who competed in the Dublin Heat of the ICA Pitch and Putt Competition and Congratulations to two of the Lusk Guild members Mary Shortall and Teresa Kilmurray. Also our Lusk ICA President Rosanna Darby attended the official opening of the Cultural Centre with Heather Humphries, Minister for Protection, Rural and Community Development.

Trojan work around the village is ongoing and the committee deserve great praise despite all the current building work, laying of pipes and road works. Thank you to everyone who put out hanging baskets and window boxes and presented their premises in the best possible manner. Delighted to note the new sign for “Balrothery Union Graveyard” has been replaced. Also Lusk Heritage Group have issued a reminder that on Friday 8th September Lusk Heritage Group are hosting another “Story Telling Night” in Murrays on the Square. It promises to be a great night of stories, poetry and reminisces as well as a chance to meet old friends and get together. It all starts at 8.00 pm. Get there on time because we expect a full house

The Black Raven Pipe Band Lusk recently competed in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. The Lusk based Band have had a very successful season so far this year with second places in both the UK Championships and All Ireland Championships. The band are always open to accept new members both learners and experienced who are made most welcome. Si if you want to give it a go….why not contact them ? The band practices on Mondays and Wednesdays in the Old School.