Portmarnock Community School had its annual Sports awards Ceremony on Thursday 14th May. The guest speaker was Ciara Peelo who is an Olympian, sports commentator and coach. She spoke to our students of the importance of trying out different sports as a young athlete, sticking to it to build resilience and believing in yourself.

The sports awards ceremony is an annual event and it is to recognise the positive impact that sports can have on a young person’s life, which we all value and wish to acknowledge here in PCS. The awards ceremony is a celebration for all our students who participate in sports throughout the year - not just the athletes receiving awards.

Amid sunshine and showers Malahide Lions Club had a fantastic 13th Malahide Classic & Vintage Motor Show on Sunday 17th May at Grand Hotel Malahide with good crowds, and a simply glorious collection of cars.

Car makes displayed included Audi: Austin: BMW: Caterham: Chevrolet: Daimler: Fiat: Ford: Jaguar: Jeep: Jensen: Lotus: Mazda: Mercedes: MG: Morris: Nissa: NSU: Porsche: Renault: Riley: Rolls Royce: Rover: Saab: Sunbeam: Toyota: Triumph: TVR and Volkswagen.

Admission was €10 with entire proceeds going to charities including Barnardo’s childrens’ charity and Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless. Children under 16 were free and families were catered for with ice cream and a games tent.

The hotel’s state-of-the-art lecture theatre had motoring nostalgia videos running all day and drew big interest, especially when the showers came.

Awards were made for the best kept and most attractive cars, and the judges had a difficult time deciding on worthy contenders for the Carole Nash Insurance trophies.

After much debate and deliberation, the ‘Car of The Show’ was declared to be the immaculate Renault 5 GT Turbo, restoration of which was completed by the family of late Stephen Malone in his memory. Many congratulations to Gillian, Ted and Emma.
‘Runner-Up Car of the Show’ was the beautiful 1973 Ford Mercury Cougar of Robert Campbell all the way from Belfast.

The drivers themselves get to vote too, for ‘My Dream Car’ and the winner was the magnificent 1986 Chevrolet Camaro of Kacper Duzewski.

Well done to all the car owners who joined us yesterday. The quality and variety on show was exceptional.

Our thanks go to judges Geraldine Herbert, motoring editor with Sunday Independent, to rally and classic car veteran Rory Dooley and Amanda O’Reilly of our sponsors Carole Nash Insurance Ireland and whose sponsorship helps ensure a safe and quality event.
As always we are indebted to the fantastic team at Grand Hotel Malahide who provide us with excellent all-weather facilities (which were especially welcome during the showers), great catering and service with a smile

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the drivers and Vespa scooters owners, the bikers, the owners of the huge American fire engine and the hundreds and hundreds of spectators who enjoyed the day and helped raise significant amounts for Barnardos childrens’ charity and Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless as well as Lions charities.

Malahide Lions Club

We Irish love our cows as evidenced in our language. The Irish word for road is bo-thar (cow-way), coin is bo-nn (replacing the cow as currency) and even inflation is bo-ilsciú (a lot of cows!) Many cultures revere cattle, it shows how mixed up our histories are. How ‘global’ humans have always been.

These days though, our cows are killing us, but we’re having difficulty adjusting. Our brains are chronologically challenged. Some of us have met a great grandparent and others might meet a great grandchild but beyond that is hard for us to imagine. It may be our grandchild’s grandchild that will suffer most from our choices today?

They will struggle for food, water and somewhere to live as the whole world competes for the last few habitable areas. The world’s forests will have died due to rising temperatures and the oceans will be too acidic for life (we crossed that Global boundary last November!).

The longer we delay in addressing climate change, the longer the world will suffer before the planet starts to come back but we’re looking at hundreds or maybe thousands of years.

Our illogical cow-love is not serving us. The politicians who stand ‘behind’ the Meat and Dairy industry, making it the exception to every attempt to reduce carbon, methane and nitrogen, are not doing the farmers, Ireland or the world any favours. They need to stand ‘in front’ of the farmers and be the leaders that the role of TD requires.

It’s not easy being a politician and, as we know throughout history, good leaders are rarely thanked, which is why, as the people, we must support them. Let politicians know that we stand with them in decisions to reduce our emissions.

No one likes to hear that the party is over and it’s time to tidy up, but the world is in a mess and we don’t have any other bóthán to go to!

Tidy Towns Malahide supports Sustainable Development Goal No. 13 Climate Action

There is huge anticipation for the upcoming Lusk Summer Festival. The Community Event will be held on Saturday 20th of June, at Orlynn Park Green, and will be another fun-filled day for all the family.

Bring along your picnic blankets to enjoy our live music from acts such as Max Turner, Medlife Crisis, Ella Clarke and Eva Campbell. Also, don’t forget your reusable water bottle to get fresh water at our rehydration station.

You can browse our large market for the perfect Father’s Day gift, or even treat him to an early present and buy something at one of our delicious food trucks!

For the kids there will be facepainting, local sporting club events, rides and slides, lots to keep them entertained. Lusk Autism Friendly Town will be there with a calm space for the day if your child needs some quiet time, Please also stop at our Love Lusk stand to get a wristband for your child to keep them safe in case they get separated.

Any little bookworms or magicians will be delighted the Fingal Mobile Library will be returning with their books and magic show. This was one of the highlights of last year’s festival so we recommend not missing it. Keep an eye on social media for more information closer to the time.

This is a Community Event, entirely run by volunteers, and as always, we could do with your support. Please contact volunteers@lusksummerfestival.ie if you could spare your community even three hours there is still plenty of time on the day to enjoy the festival with your family.

Our event couldn’t happen without the continued support of Progressive Credit Union and Fingal County Council. We also have wonderful support from local businesses providing sponsorship and prizes for our raffle. We are hugely grateful for all their support. If your business would like to sponsor or provide a prize, please contact donations@lusksummerfestival.ie.

So mark your calendars, pack up the kids and join your neighbours in celebrating the wonderful community of Lusk! See you all there!

Over the past few months, LSA has enjoyed a hugely successful and exciting period, with athletes producing outstanding performances both at home and on the international stage.

At the end of March, Dara Carr delivered an incredible performance representing Ireland at the European Masters in Toruń, setting a new national record in her age category. International success continued as Sinéad Farrell earned selection to represent Ireland at the World U23 Skyrunning Championships in Croatia following her victory in the Wicklow Way Half Marathon. Sinéad returned home with a silver medal in the 5km race and a bronze medal overall across the weekend’s combined events.

Anna Gavigan kept the international success alight, winning the Ter Specke Bokaal in Amsterdam with a superb throw of 53.73m.
Closer to home, LSA athletes impressed at the Dublin Graded Meeting. Xavi Hubert claimed bronze in the Men’s Senior High Jump Championships with a season’s best of 1.60m, while Léa Hubert and Michelle Branigan delivered strong sprint performances and personal bests. The momentum continued at Dublin Graded Meet 2, where PBs came thick and fast across the squad, alongside another gold medal for Anna Gavigan in the Dublin Championship Discus.

The club also proudly hosted its first ever Women in Sports event, where Dara Carr and Anna Gavigan shared inspiring stories and highlighted the importance of encouraging young girls and women to stay involved in sport.

Meanwhile, LSA athletes took on some of the world’s biggest marathons. Alexandria Conway and Ciara Cullen completed the iconic Boston Marathon, marking their 5th marathon major. Outstanding performances also came from Alex Wood at the Connemara Half Marathon, Stephan Bueck at the Vienna City Marathon, and Darragh Doherty at the Manchester Marathon.

Congratulations to all our athletes on their incredible achievements.

We have a strong club presence heading to Cork at the end of May for the Cork City Marathon and Half Marathon! Wishing them all the very best of luck!

Keep up to date on all the events by following LSA on our website and social media pages!

Website
https://lambaysportsathletics.ie/

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/lambaysportsacademy

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/lsadonabateportrane/

Adult memberships queries:
lambaysportsathletics@gmail.com

Little Athletics and Juvenile athletes (7-18) :
lsajuvenilereg@gmail.com

Table quiz fundraiser raises €5,500 to support athletes who will represent our community at the Special Olympics Ireland Games in June!

16 athletes and 6 volunteer coach chaperones from Donabate Portrane Special Olympics Club will proudly represent communities across Fingal at the Special Olympics Ireland Games, taking place in sports venues around Dublin from 18th–21st June. This is a fantastic achievement for the Special Olympics club and one they are incredibly proud of.

To support the costs associated with these athletes attending the Games, a team of volunteers from Donabate Portrane Special Olympics Club held a fundraising event on the evening of Wednesday the 29th of April. 37 teams gathered on the night to participate in a table quiz and to have a chance of winning some of the amazing raffle prizes on offer, which were kindly donated by local businesses.

Club volunteer Louise Duffy said ‘We are incredibly grateful for all of the support we have received with our event, whether it was by way of attending, buying raffle tickets or donating a raffle prize. The night really highlighted the generosity and community spirit that is out there. Sending athletes and chaperones to the Ireland Games will cost our club over €10,000, so the €5,500 raised at our table quiz event will go a long way in ensuring that our selected athletes get to take advantage of this amazing opportunity’.
The club would like to thank the following local businesses and donors for making the event such a huge success. Donabate Portrane Tennis & Golf Club, Bliss, Eamon Lawless, Windward Management Hotels, Cadbury Chocolate, Newbridge House, Roganstown House & Country Club, Donabate Community Centre, Corballis Farm Horse Trekking & Therapeutic Riding Centre, Maxol Donabate, Iarlaith Keane, Supervalu Donabate, Razors Edge Barbershop, Keeling’s Pub, The Brook Pub, Jones Garden Centre, McCartan Pharmacy Donaghmede, Adelle Cully Ceramics, Pasta Castello, Cates Café, House of Hounds, Ciara Lee, The Sea Sauna, Donabate Pharmacy, Tobin’s Pharmacy Donabate, Life Pharmacy Donabate, Esthetique, Vik Barbers, CrepeBerry’s, Beacus Beag, Sea Scoops, Tower Bay Brew & Grogan’s Portrane.

Special Olympics Ireland, provides year-round sports training, athletic competition, and developmental programmes for almost 7000 athletes annually. Giving our athletes continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

From 18th-21st June 2026, over 1,200 athletes and thousands of volunteers and supporters will come together for the Special Olympics Ireland Summer Games - a thrilling competition and a celebration of the skill, determination, and abilities of athletes. See Ireland Summer Games 2026 | The Special Olympics for more information.

May was a busy time at Donabate Portrane Men’s Shed’s plots at Turvey allotments, with continuous tending, watering and weeding, which will continue into June. But it is hoped that all the hard work will pay off with the promise of a bumper chop despite the late planting due to the abnormally wet winter.

Last month, Gerry and the Plonkers (the Men’s Shed’s music group) were honoured to be asked to play at an appreciation do in the Grand Hotel, in Malahide, for Alone volunteers. Alone is a wonderful charitable organisation, which provides support for vulnerable older people. So, it was a privilege for the band to provide the entertainment at this event. By all accounts, the volunteers and the band had a very enjoyable afternoon.

Recently our new member, Ray, took on the role of outing organiser for the Shed and has already arranged a visit in June to the Croke Park Museum and has other outings in the pipeline.

Our regular weekly activities of music practice on Mondays, croquet in Newbridge Park on Tuesday, exercise classes and a get-together for a cuppa and chat on Thursdays.

If you or someone close to you would like to join us, please contact our PRO, Jim, on 086-3694316.

Donabate Library was strongly represented at the Inaugural Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP) at the National Arena on Thursday, 23rd April, with ‘Ecomotion Donabate’ being awarded the Team Spirit award, which honours teams demonstrating exceptional sportsmanship, collaboration and resilience. The team was made up of Blaze, Sarah, Savanagh, Robyn and Beabhínn who took part in the , the 3.5-hour endurance race.

The event was the culmination of an education STEM programme where students designed, built and raced hydrogen-powered remote-control cars. Five teams from across the country qualified for the national finals after winning their regional H2GP Sprint race.

The H2GP is a global racing series and empowers the next generation of engineers, problem-solvers and clean energy champions. Through hands-on, project-based learning students get to enjoy the buzz of designing, building and racing hydrogen-powered cars while also gaining real-world experience in renewable energy technologies.

Speaking about the event, Marianne Checkley, CEO Kinia said:
“Today was a great success and we want to commend all the teams and their teachers. An incredible amount of time was put in from each team and they should all be very proud of their achievement of being involved in the first ever H2GP PRO national final.

To mark the end of our Spring/Summer 26 season, Lambay Cinema Club is pleased to present The Ballad of Wallis Island – the hit 2025 UK comedy that one reviewer called “Warm, perceptive and quietly life-affirming.”

The film centres on an eccentric lottery winner called Charles Heath and his attempt to force the reunion of two of his musical heroes.

Musician Herb McGwyer made his name in a popular folk duo with former creative and romantic partner Nell Mortimer. Now a struggling solo artist, Herb accepts a lucrative offer from Heath to perform a private gig on a remote island. The appearance fee will fund Herb’s new album.

But it turns out Charles - who has very personal reasons for organising the gig - has also invited Nell to play, forcing Herb into an unexpected McGwyer Mortimer reunion.

Co-writers and co-stars Tom Basden and Tim Key, alongside director James Griffiths, have delivered a winning crowd-pleaser with The Ballad of Wallis Island. With a perfect mix of humour and poignant character work, this film is a total charmer.

The Ballad of Wallis Island will be shown at St Patrick’s Church of Ireland church in The Square, Donabate (K36 Y521) on Thursday June 11th at 8:00pm.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday 4th June at 9:00am and cost €10 (€8 for students/OAPs)

To celebrate the onset of Summer, we will be providing a complementary wine reception before the screening.

For more information and to buy tickets, please visit lambaycinemaclub.com

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