We would like to wish all club members a very happy and successful New Year. 2024 was another fabulous one for the club with record membership levels and fantastic performances in all races and competitions. Well done to all our athletes and a huge thank you to our hard-working coaches and committee members.

Membership for 2025 is now open and we ask all existing members to please renew as soon as possible. New members are very welcome. The increasingly popular Lusk 4 mile road race is only two months away so register before it sells out. Some of our athletes travelled overseas for December marathons in Valencia and Turin. There was also a Lusk AC parkrun takeover where our latest Fit4Life group completed their graduation 5k runs. The races will be coming thick and fast from January onwards so talk to your coach for a training plan to suit your needs.

153rd Lusk Scout Group with the help of funding from Fingal County Council Activities Fund, recently installed a brand new public access AED at their Scout Den on Chapel Road in Lusk. This new AED has been registered with the National Ambulance Service. It is accessible 24/7 in a heated cabinet. You can access this AED by giving the location of the AED by calling 999/112 and giving the Eircode (noted on the cabinet) and you will be given the PIN code. Lusk Community First Responders are delighted to have supported 153rd Lusk Scout Den with this project. This now brings the total number of Public Access AEDs in Lusk to 5. Centra Lusk, Dun Emer Avenue (K45 XC65); Lusk United Soccer Club, Rathmore Road (K45 RC80); Cottage Community Centre, Church Road (K45 VE83); Round Towers GAA Club, Hands Lane (K45 PY79); 153rd Lusk Scout Den, Chapel Road (K45 PX99).

On Sunday 8th December, the Round Towers GAA Ladies team will host a bake sale with all proceeds going to Lusk Community First Responders. A member of their team Meghan Kiely, who recently suffered from a blood clot leading to a heart attack, is organising this event to raise awareness of heart health and to ensure that people know the signs and symptoms to look out for. Lusk Community First Responders will be joining Meghan and her team on the day and will be giving demos on CPR and recognition of symptoms. Free Blood Pressure and pulse checks will also be available on the day. See you there from 11am.

Thank you to everyone who has supported Lusk Community First Responders this year. Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and New Year.

If you would like to learn more about Lusk CFR, please check out our website www.LuskCFR.ie or find us on Facebook and Instagram. We look forward to welcoming new volunteers.

Fantastic news on winning the Pride of Place award, great job from all in Lusk and all the hard work of our President Rose Anna Darby and her team representing ICA. An invitation was sent to all community groups to celebrate our win for a reception in the sports hall in the national School.

Lusk ICA we’re delighted to host a very enjoyable Ramblers Night, an event of singing and story telling organized by Anne Smithers and sponsored by #FingalInclusionWeek in Murray’s of Lusk. The Guest speakers were as follows:-

Pat McGeeney -winner of Bard of Armagh. Jim Monks local story Teller was Mary Bermingham local story teller Jim Finnegan local story teller Paul Redmond singer song writer

Our Guild held a remembrance Mass celebrated by father Kevin Moore, for the deceased Members in the Scouts Den on the 14th November. All the past members were read out by Margaret Finnegan in the presence of their family members.

The Lusk Choir sang and were accompanied by their young organist Johan Joby who also plays for the children’s choir.

The ladies continue to enjoy their weekly Aqua Aerobics classes in ALSAA on Thursday mornings supported by Fingal Co Co Age and Opportunity.

We are very busy now preparing for our annual Christmas Market for the community which will be held on SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER in the Scouts Den and we look forward to another successful day.

Thanks to Tesco Rush, we have secured a Tesco Community Funding using the Blue Tokens, It will start on Thursday 28th November lasting for 12 weeks. It was great to apply for this funding for Lusk ICA and we would much appreciate your support.

The Lusk ICA Guild meet on the First Thursday every month in the Scouts Den (after beavers)at 8:15 PM and we would be delighted for a new members to come along.

It was with huge pride, privilege and pleasure that we accepted the 1st place Pride of Place award in the population over 5000 category on the 2nd of November in Monaghan. This was received by Brian Arnold of Lusk Community Council, Lynne Barker of Lusk Action Group and Mark Boland of Lusk Tidy Towns. This was the culmination of many months of preparation for judging day in September, and the collaboration of many community groups.

These annual All-Ireland community awards are about the best of community, how we come together to shape and change our community and strive to improve the quality of life of our community. Lusk has this in spades. The work that has been done for many years by well established groups, coupled with the extraordinary work that has been done in more recent years, makes us shine as a community. The award that we received was for every club and group, for every volunteer who gives so generously of their time and energy week after week, year after year. None of what we achieve is possible without volunteerism. Strong communities are rooted in volunteerism.

We have had enormous challenges in recent years due to the rapid growth of our population, and we are very proud of how our community has pulled together to meet these demands. It is sometimes overwhelming, but the commitment of our volunteers to bring their visions to fruition and to enhance the quality of life for our community, drives us forward in respect and cooperation, and we very much look forward to witnessing the positive changes that are coming to our town.

We would like to once again congratulate the Black Raven Pipe Band for their great success, winning the world championship title. For a “little” town, it has been a hugely successful year!

Finally, we hope that you enjoy the Christmas lights, erected by Lusk Action Group, and we wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas.

You can get in touch with Lusk Action Group at luskactiongroup@gmail.com

We would like to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all in Lusk AC.
2025 registration is now open though the membership link on our website and we are delighted for new members to join us. The 2025 Lusk 4-mile date is set for 2nd March so why not sign up now.

Junsa Taekwondo recently took part in the prestigious Korean Ambassadors Cup held in Baldoyle Dublin. This tournament is run by our national governing body, Taekwondo Ireland in conjunction with the Korean embassy here in Ireland. It was a fantastic event which catered for both disciplines of Taekwondo and included countries such as the UK, Denmark, Albania and all of Ireland.

Junsa’s players, Darragh (Gold), Ethan (Bronze) and Conor took part and showed excellent results. Conor’s matches along with other fighters had to be postponed to another weekend due to technical difficulties, so hopefully one more medal to come.

Congratulations to all who completed one of the Autumn marathons in the last few weeks. The club were well represented in Berlin, Chicago and Dublin. The recent Rathfarnham 5k was the culmination of a very focused block of training and produced some fantastic results on the day. Well done to our athletics and club coaches. Fit & Fab is our new sociable, no pressure running group for teenagers. Bring a friend and try it out. Our Christmas party is on Friday 13th December. Have you purchased your ticket yet? All club members and family are welcome.

October 16th was International Restart a Heart Day, Lusk Community First Responders got out and about raising awareness on what to do if you witness a person collapsing with a sudden cardiac arrest. The Lusk CFR team met the community at their stand at Skinny Batch Bakery and Supervalu, to talk about how anyone can save a life and explain the key steps to save a life: Check, Call, Compress and Shock.

In other news, Round Towers GAA installed a brand-new AED outside their clubhouse. They also registered it with the National Ambulance Service so that it an be used by the community in the event of an emergency. Call 999/112 and give the Eircode that is visible on the AED cabinet and the call taken will given you the access code. Thank you, Round Towers Lusk. That brings Lusk to 4 public access AEDs available 24/7.

We look forward to working with the community to increase the number of public access AEDs in Lusk and the surrounding areas. If you are a member of a club or organisation that already has an AED, please get in touch with us to find out how to register it with the National Ambulance Service. The best AED is the nearest AED, every second counts.

If you would like to learn more about Lusk CFR, please check out our website www.LuskCFR.ie or find us on Facebook and Instagram. We look forward to welcoming new volunteers.

Lusk ICA ran their annual fundraising coffee morning and Raffel organized by Antoinette Doran in aid of the hospice. Our thanks to all the people who baked their wonderful cakes, also our thanks to Senator Lorraine Clifford Lee and Joe O’Brien TD for their support. The final total was €2,355, which is very good as it was such a bad morning.

The ICA all Ireland P&P competition took place in Seapoint, Co. Louth the weather was dry but with a very strong wind. The result was 1st Roscommon 2nd Meath 3rd Clare. Dublin was not successful, but Mary Shorthall & Teresa Kilmurray enjoyed the day and were looked after very well.

A Big Thanks also to all who baked and volunteered at the recent fundraiser in Lusk United Soccer FC it was a great success.

Fantastic “Rambling House” night of nostalgic singing and stories in Murray’s Pub organized by Anne Smithers Lusk ICA with musicians on guitars by Don Duggan, Paul Redmond and Mick Mullin and Catherine Hagan. Don’t miss the next Rambling House session to be held again on Tuesday, 12th November.

The ladies travelled with the Lusk senior citizens for a great day out to Birr Castle and Clonmacnoise with dinner in the lovely Grenville Arms Hotel Mullingar.

Ten of our ladies attended a sewing session with the Project Fashions in Swords using our lovely new sewing machines which were kindly sponsored by Fingal Co Co. They are busy making crafts in preparation for Lusk ICA Christmas Market on Sunday, 1st December in the Scout Den.

The Lusk guild meeting is on the first Thursday every month in the Scouts Den (after the beavers) at 8:15 PM and we would be delighted for new members to come along.

Foróige are looking for volunteers to help run our volunteer led Foróige clubs in Rush, Lusk and Skerries. We engage young people from the ages of 10 to 18, enabling them to make friends, have fun, become independent and positively involved in their communities. Our youth clubs meet on a weekday evening for 1-2 hours. If interested, please contact our club development worker: Cillian Purser - cillian.purser@foroige.ie or 086-0123078.