Stadium News Croke Park Community Newsletter March 2017 Edition | Published by Croke Park Stadium

Representatives of local groups from across the stadium’s 1.5km community area joined President of the GAA, Aogán Ó Fearghail to celebrate as the Croke Park Community Fund has now allocated over €750,000 in support since it was established in 2009. (Groups represented in photo from L-R: Sean McDermott Street Taekwon Do, Ballybough Community Group, Barbara Ward Centre Stained Glass Art Group, Summerhill Senior Citizens Complex, Ballybough Boxing Club & Hardwicke Street Gardening Club)

Provisional Fixtures for 2017 Useful Community Contacts

March Croke Park Stadium Sat 4 Allianz National League Julianne Savage Sun 5 All-Ireland Club Finals Community & Public Affairs Officer Fri 17 AIB GAA All-Ireland Senior Club Football & Finals Tel: 01 865 8607 Sat 25 Allianz Football League Email: [email protected]

April Community Freephone Number Sat 1 HE GAA Football Championship Final (for out of office hours and during Sat 8 Allianz Division 3 & 4 League Football Finals stadium events) Sun 9 Allianz Division 1 & 2 League Football Finals Tel: 1 800 303 593 June Email: [email protected] Sat 10 Christy Ring, Nicky Rackard & Cup Finals Mountjoy Garda Station July Tel: 01 666 8600 Sun 2 Leinster GAA Hurling Finals Sat 8 Concert: Coldplay City Council (DCC) Sun 16 Leinster GAA Football Finals Central Area Office Sat 22 Concert: U2 51-53 Lower Sean Mac Dermott Street Sat 29 GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Round 4 Qualifiers Tel: 01 222 2248 Sun 30 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-finals Email: [email protected]

August DCC Central Area Litter Hotline Sat 5 GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-finals Tel: 1800 248 348 Sun 6 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship Semi-finals Sun 13 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship Semi-finals Sun 20 GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Semi-finals Sun 27 GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Semi-finals

September Sun 3 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship Finals Sun 10 Camogie Finals Sun 17 GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Finals Sun 24 Ladies Football Finals

Please note: All Croke Park fixtures are subject to change. The most up-to-date fixtures list can be viewed online at crokepark.ie/fixtures. Local residents who register with the stadium receive important stadium updates by email and text. Contact Julianne Savage for further information: [email protected] & 01 865 8607.

The Croke Park Community Team (pictured above right) are on duty during every event to assist other local residents and monitor activity in the local area. If you require their assistance or wish to bring a stadium-related issue to our immediate attention during an event, use the Croke Park Community Freephone 1 800 303 593 or email [email protected]

Thank you for your continued support & cooperation during stadium events.

Croke Park Community Freephone: 1800 303 593 Find us on facebook: CrokePark crokepark.ie/community Follow us on twitter: @CrokePark Croke Park Community Newsletter March 2017 Edition | Published by Croke Park Stadium

Croke Park Community Fund 2017

Established in 2009, the Croke Park Community Fund has street party or if you are already involved in a local group now allocated over €750,000 in support to community that needs support in 2017, the remaining closing dates for projects based within 1.5km of the stadium. As well as 2017 are as follows: established local community groups & clubs, local residents Project Dates: Deadline for Applications: can come together to form a group to make an application July - September 2017 5pm, Friday, 5 May 2017 to the fund for support. So whether you are thinking of joining up with your neighbours and organising a summer October - December 2017 5pm, Friday, 18 August 2017

The application form is available directly from Croke Park Stadium or it can be downloaded from crokepark.ie/community. If you need any assistance completing the application form, please contact Julianne Savage on 01 865 8607 or by email: [email protected]

Local Resident Vehicular Passes 2017

The 2017 local resident vehicular pass for households within the garda event day cordon is available from the Garda Office on Fitzgibbon Street. Please bring proof of identity, proof of residency & your 2016 pass with you to Fitzgibbon Street for a new pass to be issued. Please note, the 2016 pass will not be valid for use after Friday, 3rd March 2017.

Local Resident Ticket Scheme COMMUNITY 2017 Update RECRUITMENT

Subject to the availability of the independent auditor Aramark Ireland will be holding exclusive open who oversees community ticket draws in Croke Park, the recruitment days for local residents in Croke Park in local resident draws for both U2 and Coldplay concert late Spring. Aramark Ireland provides all the hospitality tickets will take place in June 2017. The date of the draws services here in the stadium and over 25% of their will be publicised in advance on the Croke Park website team are from the local community area. and through the stadium’s community emails. The following positions will be recruited for this year: Local residents must have registered with Croke Park to • Cashiers • Chefs be included in these ticket draws. The form can be filled • Bar Staff • Supervisors in at the GAA reception on Jones Road or printed out • Wait staff • Managers from the crokepark.ie/community website and posted or dropped back into the stadium. Contact Julianne Local residents interested in applying for any Savage for further details – [email protected] or of the above positions, can email their CV to 01 865 8607. [email protected]

Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch

We were delighted to welcome nearly 650 of our elderly neighbours to our Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch in Croke Park on December 20th last. This was the fifteenth year the stadium hosted this special community lunch. Our guests enjoyed Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and some seasonal entertainment and dancing too! We especially would like to acknowledge all the GAA and Croke Park staff, our hospitality team in Aramark and the community gardaí in Mountjoy Garda Station who volunteered their services to make the occasion such a special community event.

Stadium Contact Details For Local Residents Julianne Savage | Croke Park Community Officer | phone: 01 865 8607 & email: [email protected]