At the November Area meeting Cllr Rob O’Donoghue tabled a motion regarding the future plans for provision of parking at the Lusk Sports Hub where recently has had issues with parking for patrons of the Hub. Cllr O’Donoghue was advise that discussions had recently taken place between the Chair of the Lusk 2020 group with the two school principals with view to allowing use of their car parking facilities in the evenings.At the meeting the two school Principals have agreed the location of a pedestrian gate and to replace the existing boundary fencing between the Lusk Hub and the schools with procurement of the new gates and fencing being undertaken with the aim of having the infrastructure in place before the end of quarter one of 2022. Cllr O’Donoghue welcomed the report and thanked the 2020 Group stakeholders, the Operations Department of Fingal County Council and the two Principals of the local schools for their quick and decisive actions in formulating a solution to the issue. He stated ‘as the Sports Hub develops, we need to ensure that access for users of the Hub is adequately catered for given the rise in obesity rates and the ever increasing number of volunteers and club members who use the facility on a weekly basis.’

Recently Junsa Taekwondo have found themselves a new training venue in the Scout den in Lusk , and what a fabulous venue it is too. After a long wait because of all the restrictions we can now train indoors with the correct protocols.You could actually see our students faces light up when we opened the doors of our new training hall Fabulous! Please take a look at our pics of our guys and girls Taekwondo training at the Scout den. Junsa Taekwondo are always inviting new students to take part in their training sessions whether they want to train for fun , fitness, confidence or want to become an Olympic hopeful please contact Junsa Taekwondo on Facebook or Master Stuart Russell on 087 777 5202.

A summer of focused training plans came to fruition for 20 of our athletes who competed in the National Marathon Championships in Belfast recently. There were some fantastic performances with lots of PB’s on the day. Congratulations to all and well done to the big group of supporters who travelled North to cheer you on. A special mention for Richard Foy who followed up Belfast by running the Manchester Marathon only 7 days later. Well done also to all who completed the London and Dublin Virtual Marathons during October. Our Juveniles have been enjoying Cross Country action and our Fit4Life group have made great progress.

And this is exactly what seems to be happening in Lusk! In the past few months more and more children are joining the Lusk United ranks with additional U8 boys teams emerging and a 3rd U12 team also being formed and competing . A true testament to all the hard work being carried out by coaches, instilling the love of the game and inspiring others to want to play. Our Ladies Kick Fit team, determined not to be outdone, have competed and enjoyed a tournament in Malahide as well as in their first competitive match in Swords. The ladies did themselves and the club proud! As Lusk United thrives we continue to become an integral part of the community. Our ladies Kick Fit team hosted a tea evening and a coffee morning raising almost €700 euro for St Francis’ Hospice, while our underage players collected trick or treat bags to donate to Fr Peter McVerry Trust. It is hoped these bags helped some children have a Happy Halloween. Our pictures show our players enjoying themselves and our thanks to Paul Maguire for the photos.

On 2nd October the St. Colmcilles G4M&O ladies hosted a Gaelic Football Blitz, in aid of St Francis Hospice. There were 4 teams Erins Isle (Finglas), St Maurs (Rush), Starlights, (Santry) and us, each player had to pay €10 registration, that along with a raffle, where all the prizes were donated by local companies. Also, 2 beautiful children Indiana and Georgia, brought down their old toys and sold them for the charity. All our referees on the day offered their fee back to the charity and all the girls made this event a great occasion.Along with this last December, during Covid one of our members Neal Howard shaved off his beard. Money raised in total was of €3,005.The hospice is a charity very close to the hearts of all the ladies in the team, two of the girl’s mammies were cared for by the hospice staff and this is our way of giving back.

At the October Area meeting Cllr Rob O’Donoghue tabled a motion regarding the dangers of traffic on the Station Road between the train station and the Remount Roundabout. The motion asked the Chief Executive to provide a signalised crosswalk in the vicinity of the Lusk Utd pitches on Station Road. Cllr O’Donoghue stated that ‘The road between the Train station and Lusk is busy and getting busier, particularly at peak times, which in the mornings intersects with young children accessing the local creche and in the evenings where Lusk Utd use the pitches for training and matches’.The response from the Council stated that inclusion of a controlled crossing on the road would be considered in the programme of works. Cllr O’Donoghue welcomed the report and during the discussion noted that currently crossing was not easy at the location for users of the pitch and the nearby creche. He continued ‘Strong consideration of the crosswalk on Station Road is vital, it would be a fantastic augmentation to the area and complement the zebra crossing to be provided on the Station Road arm of the Remount Roundabout and the raised table and uncontrolled crossing to the west of the entrance at the community centre which are to be provided to make the town safer for pedestrians.’

Cllr Brian Dennehy has welcomed progress on the development of Rogerstown Park . In a statement this week the Councillor said: “ The plans to transform Rogerstown Park from a former landfill site to a regional park of 125 approx. acres on our doorstep, along with the walking / cycle route from the park to the train station and on to Lusk are progressing well, thanks to workshops organised by Fingal County Council and held over two days recently. The layout of facilities in the park consisting of a playground, skatepark, out sports facilities, Forrestry and animal glazing area’s amongst others were discussed agreed and allocated area’s throughout the park. The list of facilities requested came through a public consultation process in workshops held previously in Lusk, Rush and Donabate in the lead up to formulating a Master Plan for the park. These requests are now the main body of services required, leading the layout of the park. The various cycle walkway routes leading to the park were looked, at with the Rush route coming along the coastal route as per the greenway route. One of the more interesting proposals was from the Rogerstown park to the train station, where a route following the route of the railway track is being looked at, which would be more direct and considerably shorter than following the existing road and would enter into the carpark at the train station. This route which is also the Lusk access route to the proposed Coastal Greenway could be extended from the train station carpark cross country, behind the existing soccer pitches on the Station Road and parallel to the station road out onto the Lusk Ring road. The planned upgrade designs due to take place for the Blakescross junction also need to incorporate the access point to the Park, due to the turn being so close to the Blakescross junction. It is envisioned that a planning permission will be ready for lodging to An Board Pleanála in approximately nine months all going well. The funding for the works required in Rogerstown Park is currently included in the Fingal County Council three year capital budget.

Lusk Tidy Town Committee have been busy planting up flower tubs, watering and generally keeping Lusk Tidy despite all the building development. Thank you for your support. “Keep Lusk Tidy”

After 19 months of pandemic closure of our Community Facilities, Lusk Community Council is delighted that we are gradually reopening the Carnegie Library Community Hall, The Cottage Community Centre and Saint Macullins Centre. While attendee numbers have been restricted due to social distancing, the return of dancing, judo, Foroige, music classes and drama as well as our public representative clinics has been a great boost. In addition the Community Council is plan-ning the ongoing communication and roll out of the Lusk Vision 2030 for the town. November will see further briefings and engagement with the community of Lusk on how we progress the project.The recent restoration of the bandstand on the Green is a really important improvement to one of our most important public realms in Lusk. Many thanks to Fingal County Council for mak-ing this investment in the Green.

The time has nearly come for us to resume indoor training again. It’s been a very tough year for all indoor sports but the time has come to do what we do best. Even through the restrictions we trained safely and following the guidelines we were able to manage for our members to have fun training and for two of our members to make the Irish national team for the European championships in Estonia.In the pictures you can see what we were at.A huge thank you to everyone who supported the club during the tough times we all had to endure,but the end is in sight.