The article mentioned Malahide Castle, the seaside location and highlighted the range of business here, as well as praising enjoymalahide.com as, “an invaluable reference for both tourists and locals alike”.

Promoting Malahide and its amenities to both locals and potential visitors from home and abroad is the primary aim of Enjoy Malahide, so its fantastic for their site to be recognised for this.

Also, they would like to say a huge thank you to all of their Facebook fans as they were also singled out for the big part they play in helping Enjoy Malahide promote all the events, special offers and news in and around Malahide.

Sarah Ann McGrath

There was an excellent response to the competition, and with the very talented pieces submitted, the judges had a difficult decision to make.

The judges were Cathy Dunne (Malahide Chamber of Commerce); Margaret Cure (Malahide Forum) and Peter Barriscale (Malahide Camera Club).

First Prize went to ‘Pulling Together in Malahide’ by Roisin Nugent; Second Prize went to ‘Amusement Chair’ by Adrian Sadlier; whilst Third Prize went to ‘Heave’ by Catherine Bushe.

The Malahide Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate all the winners and send their special thanks to everyone who participated in the competition. They would also like to especially thank the Malahide Camera Club for all their assistance in organising this competition.

For more information, please visit http://www.malahidecameraclub.com/

Sarah Ann McGrath

New members are very welcome and they can look forward to a full and excellent programme for the year ahead.

Club members receive lessons in photography and Photoshop catering for all levels, but the programme also includes practical sessions, outings, guest speakers, team and individual competitions and more besides.

The club year runs from September to June with breaks at Christmas and Easter.

The primary aim of the club is to promote photography through enjoyment and the friendly, helpful and sociable atmosphere is a key element of this.

The annual membership fee is great value at €100, covering about 37 meetings per year.

Sarah Ann McGrath

The Chamber choose the Malahide Tidy Town Group as its work benefits everyone who lives, works and visits Malahide.

The Chamber recognises that the newly relaunched Tidy Town Group has brought new energy and commitment to the task of putting Malahide back on the Tidy Town map, whilst improving the local environment at the same time.

The Malahide Has It festival committee, lead by the Chamber of Commerce, said “we are delighted by the fantastic response we’ve had from the people of Malahide to the events organised during the festival. We succeeded in our aim of giving a real boost to the town”.

The festival was family orientated featuring a fun fair, activities on Malahide Green and numerous other entertainment offerings, most of which were free to the public.

Speaking for the Festival Committee, Chamber President Al Ryan said “ we hope to build on this success by organising more events that highlight the great attractions on offer in Malahide”.

Pictured at the presentation of €2,500 are: Sean Farrell (Festival Committee), Cathy Dunne (Festival Committee)), Hazel Bolton (Malahide Forum), Peter Farrell (Tidy Towns) Al Ryan, (President, Malahide Chamber), Heidi Bedell (Tidy Towns), Ernie Brenner (Festival Committee), Gerry Rafferty (Chairperson, Tidy Towns), James McFadden (Tidy Towns), Eric Crampton (Tidy Towns).

Sarah Ann McGrath

There shall be talks on environmental heritage along the way.

Sarah Ann McGrath

Pictured is Luke the Barn Owl showing off his very dark facial disc.

If you are aged 66 years and over, you can now enjoy travel across the island of Ireland using the FREE Golden Trekker.

The scheme is valid on all DART, Commuter and Intercity rail services within the Republic of Ireland, and is open to all overseas visitors regardless of their nationality.

Each Golden Trekker gives you 4 days of free rail travel!

To avail of your Golden Trekker, call Tourism Ireland on 1800 SHAMROCK (7426 7625).

Sarah Ann McGrath

Visitors received gifts from the FM104 team and there was a great atmosphere created to start our weekend of events.

Other events happening on Friday included the children’s Treasure Hunt and a Ceili in St. Sylvester’s GAA club and of course Cassely’s Xtreme Fun Fair at the Castle.

Sarah Ann McGrath