scan sept '16 SHANKILL COMMUNITY AREA NEWSLETTER Shankill Tennis Club A Significant Step Forward for Sport in Our Local Community More information inside this issue CONTACT scan If you have any comments on any article or wish to contact us – our details are: SCAN c/o St. Anne’s N.S. Stonebridge Road Shankill Tel: 086-1065264 E: [email protected] www.scanshankill.com Thank You Office Hours: The Chairman of SCAN, Ken Byrne, closed the annual Monday to Friday AGM by presenting a bouquet of flowers to Sheila Thomson 9.30am - 12.30 who will be stepping down after the best part of 20 years of faithful contribution. She is greatly appreciated and will be DISCLAIMER missed on the SCAN team. Make sure to check out the SCAN Newsletter is produced October issue of SCAN for a full interview with Sheila. by members of the Shankill Community who are voluntary, part-time and unpaid. SCAN does not accept any responsibility for any views expressed in contributions to the newsletter. Neither does SCAN take responsibility for any service or otherwise advertised. Due to space restrictions publication of all articles cannot be guaranteed. In This Issue... 04 Healthy Lunches For Tip 15 A Trip Back in Time Top Performance 16 Shankill Tennis Club News 06 Citizens Information: Brexit 19 Tidy Towns 07 A message from Mary Mitchell 21 Saint Joseph’s Shankill: Editor-In-Chief O’Connor TD: Brexit Report Caring for Carers Training Barbara Lyons Courses 08 Ask a Councillor: Cllr. Carrie Operations Manager Smyth 23 Great Irish Scientists You May Lynsey Kidd Never Have Heard Of: Local History Society Lectures Advertising/Office Managers George Johnstone Stoney Shankill Bowling Club Patricia Kiersey Margaret Drommey 24 Cllr Cormac Devlin Helen Taffe 10 Ask a Councillor: Cllr. Denis O’Callaghan 27 Introducing Overseas Creative Director/ Shankill Old folks Association Treatment Plan: Advertising Manager A new innovation in protection Dorcas Moore 11 Recipes from Aviva Treasurer/Company Secretary Paula Gray 13 Shrewsbury Streetfest 2016 28 Shanganagh Cemetery: Anne Yeats Digital Manager 14 Pitch and Putt: Blake Edgmon World Champions 2016 30 Planning Notices scan 02 First Saturday Book Sale SUPPORT NETWORK FOR SEPARATED, DIVORCED AND DIVORCED-AND- The September First Saturday Book Sale, which RE-MARRIED PEOPLE supports the Shankill Old Folks Association and Meals on Wheels, will take place in the Shankill Old A support network for separated, divorced and Folks Association Day Centre, Lower Road, Shankill divorced-and-re-married people has been set up between 10am and 1pm on Saturday September within the St. Anne’s Parish community and all are 3rd. There will be the usual excellent selection of welcome to contact us by texting 087 3814213 or books, cds and dvds to choose from so make a by emailing us at [email protected] point of calling into the book sale during that September Saturday morning and avail of the A supportive, compassionate person in the network opportunity to pick up some excellent reading will respond and together you can discuss how material for the Autumn. Donations of books, the network can be of help to you...either through other than school/text books, accepted on the day. one-to-one contact or by welcoming you into our monthly support group meetings. Some people may opt for both types of support, which are freely The Leopardstown Park Hospital available to everyone. Annual Garden Fete All communications will be guaranteed complete Get out your diary, turn to Sunday 11th September confidentiality and everyone will be warmly and write in the following: welcome. Leopardstown Park Hospital, Foxrock. Co Dublin. Spectacular Annual Garden Fete – 1pm to 5pm. The Support Network TEXT: 087 3814213 In March, an appeal was made for volunteers to help with the production of Rathmichael Parish SCAN. We were delighted to receive so many good wishes and support for the newsletter and we are now up and running & School Fete with a new team. If you would like to submit an article or Rathmichael School Grounds advertisement, please email us copy before the 12th of every month for the Shankill following month’s edition. We look forward to hearing all about your thoughts, events and businesses and if you also wish to Saturday, 3rd Sept. 2016 volunteer, please do get in touch. 12:00 noon - 4:00pm scan 03 a scan march _scan oct good.wed 19/02/2016 12:28 Page 14 SPRINGTIME: NUTRITION TIPS Spring is finally rearing its pretty head. The wild weather of Meat and fish: Buy the best grass reared meat you can winter is, in my opinion, no time to start purging or fad afford and you will get omega 3 oils that are so beneficial to dieting. It’s a time to mind yourself, if just to protect yourself good health, but don’t eat it daily. Processed meat like ham from the elements.Much better to wait until lovely spring, or sausages contain nitrates, so only consume these when the great outdoors beckons. occasionally. Eat oily fish such as mackerel, salmon and HEALTHY LUNCHES FOR TIPHere we bTOPust some hPERFORMANCEealth myths and nail tips for our box sardines up to three times per week. Sugar: Sugar is hidden in many processed foods so don’t fresh, springy selves. by Ailish Connelly Detox: You don’t need to ‘detox’ if you go to the loo daily. consume often. Sweeten home baking with organic brown The organs of detox in the body ie, kidneys, liver, skin and sugar, molasses (full of B vitamins) or wild honey. 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Our relationship with food can be a force for joy in our lives, and satisfying the hunger worm! Try wraps, wholegrain hydrate the body, slake thirst and keep those brains bread (not made with wholemeal flour as its often just dyed Pgoingroces forsed the fo oday!d: Don’t eat processed food as it is invariably or it can make us feel miserable and defeated. Help yourself white flour with little nutrition), wholegrain pitta pockets, oat full of sugar, salt, hydrogenated fats, wheat and soya. Reading by making positive choices. cakes, rye bread, rice cakes with added seeds and grains. tBonhe l aappetit.bels can prove challenging as they may be written in Ailish Connelly is a Nutritional Therapist and writer. She is based gobbledegook designed to confuse us. at the new Shankill Wellness Clinic 01-2820978 or 0872217978 Other ideas are dried bread sticks, corn cakes or bread, and there are gluten free options available in all the supermarkets now. Do check labels on the gluten free options and choose the least processed (the ones with Nutritional Therapist the least number of additives and ingredients). The filling for all these sandwich options should be some Ailish Connelly form of protein for sustenance and veg, salad or fruit for Dip Nt Science & Therapeutics m NTOI minerals, vitamins, variety and taste.