The Lusk Guild resumed their monthly meetings in September after a well- deserved break over the
Summer. The day and time for future monthly meetings has changed. The monthly meeting will now take place on the first Tuesday of the month in Lusk Scout Den from 3.30pm until 5.30pm.

Joining our meeting on Tuesday 4 th October we will have a guest Speaker from Fingal County Council giving a talk on the Age Friendly Homes Program so be sure to put this date in your diary.

In addition to our monthly meetings we also have a range of activities for ladies who like to keep fit. Mon, Tue and Thurs – Tai Chi -Tuesday 11.00 - 12.00 – Chair Yoga - Tuesday 11.30 - 12.30 - Exercises in the Hub /when weather is bad we do exercises in the oldchurch. - Saturday 11am – meet Rush South Beach car park for sea swimming. This is just a small selection of our activities so join us for some fun as new members are always welcome. You can also contact us through our Facebook page. More good news our annual Christmas Market will take place on Sunday the 4th December in Lusk Scout Den. Santa will be joining us as he heard there are lots of very good boys and girls in Lusk so make sure to save the date!!

Over the summer months Junsa have continued their training sessions both in the Lusk scout den and in Corduff national school where we have gained new members.Full training schedules will resume in September and we are always welcoming new members in beginner and advanced groups and during the summer we have had past pupils start training again. Have a look at our pics of our club members over the years and at present. New members are always welcome!

It has been a very busy few summer months for Lusk Athletic Club athletes who continue to train and race and with things returning to normal there has been a glut of races to take part in which were postponed during the last two years. The Dublin Graded Track & Field meetings finished with the final event at Lucan Athletic stadium on the 3rd of August. Lusk AC athletes performed brilliantly in the 8 meetings in both track races and field events. Some club members were competing for the first time and others improved their PBs.From 5K to the Marathon our athletes have been running some great times, all the hard work during the first 6 months of the year now paying off. Lusk Athletic Club were well represented in the Fingal 10K around Swords in July and thanks to our large group of volunteers at this event. Sheila Bourke and Emma Przymusinska have been burning up the local Parkruns in Ardgillan and Donabate on Saturday mornings with one or the other usually finishing as the first female most weeks. Well done to all our members who set new Parkrun or Junior Parkrun PBs.Lusk Athletic Club welcomes all members back to training! Most groups have now resumed training from Tuesday 6th September. New members are always very welcome, runners, throwers, jumpers, training on Tuesday & Thursday from 7pm at the Hub, Rathmore Road. Please contact us via our social media or Luskacpro@gmail.com Our Fit4Life & Fit4Youth 5K training programmes return on Tuesday the 13th of September and both programmes are designed to help complete beginners or those returning to running after a layoff complete a 5K in 10 weeks! Open to all in the community and across North County Dublin. Register at luskathleticclub.ie/registration-2022/

We had a busy and exciting summer in Thomas Ashe Park with our Club Camp and our Kellogg’s Cúl Camp taking place. We had a fantastic turnout for both camps with over 350 children taking part this year. The camps were packed full of games, camogie/hurling, football, challenges, waterfights and plenty of fun. We thank all the wonderful coaches and our GPO Gerry for making our camps such a wonderful experience this year. We hope everyone had a great time in Round Towers Lusk this summer. We are always looking for new players to join our Juvenile and Adult Teams so please feel free to get in touch if you are interested in joining us. Contact:roundtowersluskpro@gmail.com for further details.

The public consultation for the new development plan closed in May with 1,946 individual submissions made by stakeholders and members of the public to Fingal County Council. Fingal County Council’s planners have now evaluated these submissions and fed back to Councillors on any proposed changes to the zoning maps. Speaking on the matters regarding the requests for large residential rezonings around Lusk in the public consultation Cllr Rob O’Donoghue noted, ‘we are going into what may be the final phase of the 2023 – 2029 Fingal Development Plan, I am glad that the Planners in the Council have taken my view that Lusk after developing rapidly in the last 20 years have rejected any additional residential zonings for the town requested by developers in the public consultation. The town will hopefully get the chance to consolidate and settle for duration of the next development plan, where social infrastructure can catch up with the residential development that has taken place in recent years.’ The final round of Councillors motions, seeking to alter the Development Plan will be brought in front of the Council at the end of September and run into mid-October. O’Donoghue continued, ‘although myself and Council planners are in alignment on the near to mid-term development of Lusk, there maybe other Councillors from outside the constituency who seek to promote motions that bring back these large scale rezonings in the final round of motions as they did in the previous round in February. I can assure you that I will be resisting these attempts again, should they come forward, and will keep you informed of these proceedings on social media.’

Both Lusk Community Council and Lusk Community Clean-Up Group received recognition for their work in improving the town via the Fingal Mayor’s Awards 2022. This recognition for the significant volunteer work in our town is greatly appreciated. As we look to the ongoing improvements that we plan to make in Lusk, the need for greater volunteer engagement will only increase. After 16 months of work on the Lusk Community Cultural Centre redevelopment project, the Community Council is delighted to bring the construction phase to a conclusion and at last officially move into opening up the facility for exhibitions and other uses. Special thanks goes to Pat Fitzgerald’s construction team and all sub-contractors, our professional team, Bernard Voortman (architect),Paul Sexton (engineer) and Shane McCullagh (quantity surveyor) as well as finance supporters of Fingal Leader Partnership, Fingal County Council, Founding Friends of the Lusk Community Cultural Centre and Lusk Community Council, without whose support this iconic project would not have been possible.

Junsa Taekwondo has been busy this summer. We recently took part in the very first Lusk community summer festival, which was a great success. With a lot of planning and hard work in the run up to the festival our students showed of their skills with a great performance.On the day of the event we shared the mats with fellow martial artists from Lusk Judo run by Judo legend Master Jack Dennis. A huge honour for me personally. Junsa also took part in a Dublin inter club competition.

Lusk Athletic Club juvenile athletes are enjoying their summer break after a long but very rewarding season where they competed in all disciplines from Under 9 up to Under 19 with great success and won a hatful of medals. Even though it is a little quieter at the Hub for the summer months, Lusk AC adult athletes continue to train and excel in races from 100 metres right up to the Marathon and beyond. Our Track & Field athletes compete fortnightly in the Dublin Graded Track & Field meetings and our throwers Colm O’Donoghue and Stephen Fee won team gold at the National championships in July at the Morton Stadium, Santry.Club runners took part in The Docklands 5K, Dunshaughlin 10k, The National 10 Mile championships and a large group of athletes from the club ran in the Fingal 10K in Swords on the 17th of July with almost 30 club members volunteering as race marshals. Many thanks as always to our coaches, officials and volunteers who give their time freely to help make all these events happen.Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 PM from the Hub on Rathmore Road and in Ardgillan on Sunday mornings for hill repeats. All newcomers are very welcome to come along and try a session.

Lusk has officially launched its Junior Parkrun at the Lusk Sports Hub. The first event, which took place on Sunday, May 22nd, saw 16 children completing in the 2km course event. The fifth week, June 19th saw this increase to 34 children.The Lusk Junior Parkrun is held every Sunday morning at Lusk Sports Hub at 9.30am, Rathmore Road. Organised by local volunteers it is open to all children from ages 4-14 years, each run is free to enter. The run can cater to children of all abilities and is safe and easy to take part in. Lusk Junior Parkrun is now inviting all youngers from ages 4 to 14 years to participate in future Sunday events. To enter, each child needs to be registered in advance of the run and must bring along a personal, printed barcode received by email after registering directly on the website www.parkrun.ie/register. Parents are free to join their child in running, however, only children will be recorded. Parents and children are also invited for a post junior parkrun coffee/drink in association with the Skinny Batch café in Lusk. Speaker, Resident and Director of Lusk Junior Park Run Siobhan Connor said,“We are delighted to bring Junior Parkrun to Lusk. Our goal is to assist children to get fit outdoors and meet new friends! 66 children have joined at least 1 event, with many now returning weekly. It’s a great place for families to enjoy together. If you would be interested in volunteering while your child/children take part, please come speak to the Run Director at any event or contact us through these links .For more information, please contact (Event Director). Email lusksportshubjuniors@parkrun.com , Facebook: facebook.com/lusksportshubjuniorparkrun and the Website: parkrun.ie/lusksportshub-juniors/.

The Lusk Summer Festival took place recently and was a day-long event filled with cultural experiences, a large variety of home-made craft vendors, food vendors, music, entertainment and kid-friendly activities ranging from Grasshoppers International Early Years Arts activities, fairground games, local sport club demonstrations and so much more.

The main stage hosted music acts such as Eva Campbell off The Voice UK. Buckshot Lariat, Jordan Dennis and Revolution Remains, along with the wonderful Black Raven Pipe band, the local gospel choir and DJ Joe who kept the day ticking along nicely.There were classic cars on display and free yoga sessions for all to enjoy..There was a multicultural area for local groups to show aspects of their cultural backgrounds to the rest of the community. Also to ensure that everyone was able to enjoy the day, the festival organisers together with the recently formed Autism Friendly Towns Working Group and with the support of AsIAm organised a Sensory Friendly Area at the event. This area, with reduced stimulation, was available to autistic individuals and their families to enjoy some quiet time together.