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Irish Times
16-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
A-rated four-bed in the heart of Raheny for €1.05m
Address : Lisadelle, 1a St Assam's Road West, Raheny, Dublin 5 Price : €1,050,000 Agent : Karen Mulvaney View this property on In 2020, a new infill development was launched that comprised a trio of three-storey detached properties in Raheny in north Dublin . Located in the heart of the village on a corner site at the Howth Road and St Assam's Road West, it could be said that the scheme was locally sourced, as the builders behind it were Castlerock – run by brothers Brian and Richard Flood, who grew up in Raheny. One of the houses at the St Assam's Road scheme, Lisadelle, is back on the market for €1.05 million through agent Karen Mulvaney. The owners bought it during the Covid pandemic and were delighted to have all the work finished by the builders before they moved in. With their sons now grown up, they feel the four-bedroom 174sq m (1,873sq ft) house is too big for them, so are looking to right-size for their next life stage. The A2-rated house is in walk-in condition, still looking as fresh as it did five years ago. Lisadelle benefits from being located on St Assam's Road, so it is in the centre of the village, but owners don't have to contend with passing traffic on the Howth Road to get in and out of the driveway. The house is set back from the road, with the mature trees from the original site adding to the privacy. The impressive double-height hallway is extremely bright, with light coming from a rooflight at the top of the house as well as from a side window in the hall. There is a cloakroom under the stairs and a guest loo across from it. To the left is the livingroom at the front of the house, with a box bay window and custom-built TV unit. READ MORE Hallway Livingroom Kitchen/dining area The back of the house is open-plan and includes a dining area that is neatly set between two windows. The kitchen is fully fitted, with an island in the centre. Behind it is a door out to a utility room with extra storage, washing machine and dryer. There is a living area in front with sliding doors that open out to the garden. The back has a patio just outside the doors and a lawn with well-planted borders. On the first floor there are three bedrooms and two bathrooms. One of the bedrooms is set up as a home office, while the largest of the rooms on this level has an en suite shower room. The staircase follows around to the top floor, which houses the principal bedroom. This room is lit up by a large dormer window and has an en suite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe. There is extra storage space in a press on the other side of the walk-in area, as well as in the eaves. Principal bedroom Patio Rear view Garden The house comes with an A rating and has underfloor heating throughout the ground floor. With the village on the doorstep, Lisadelle is a short stroll to restaurants, bars, cafes and Supervalu. The H-spine bus network runs along the Howth Road and the Dart station is five minutes away on foot.
Irish Times
07-07-2025
- General
- Irish Times
A grim prediction for teaching
Sir, – I have just stepped away from primary school teaching after 40 years of service. When I started teaching on September 2nd, 1985, little did I know how much the job would change in the interim. I have worked through two curriculums (1971 and 1999) and the newer Primary Language and Maths curriculums. I've avoided the department's newest offering, to be launched in September 2025. I've seen more change than most and not all of it for the best. I cannot see young teachers staying in this job for their lifetimes. The workload is unsustainable. The paperwork (all online) is beyond a joke and the salary? – it really is nothing to write home about. Grand if you're in my shoes, but not if you've a mortgage or rent and childcare costs. READ MORE I have always loved my job; I loved preparing the lessons and teaching in the classroom; I just hated the unnecessary extras that have been added over the years. If the Government is serious about keeping teachers in the profession, it needs to take a serious look at how much it actually values those who devote their lives to education and the demands it places on them. – Yours, etc, DEE DELANY, Raheny, Dublin 5.
RTÉ News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Katie McCabe has made an 'unbelievable journey' to Champions League glory with Arsenal
The list of Irish players to have won a Women's Champions League medal is not a particularly long one but on Saturday, Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe joined that select group as she played her part in the Gunners' underdog victory over Barcelona in the final. McCabe featured for all 90 minutes of the 1-0 win in Lisbon, adding the club game's greatest honour to her achievements at international level such as captaining Ireland to a maiden World Cup appearance and spectacularly scoring the Girls in Green's only goal at the tournament two years ago. Watching the Dubliner lift the Champions League trophy was a particularly proud moment for her former Raheny United team-mates, including RTÉ soccer analyst Rachel Graham. Premier League champions Liverpool defied the rain to parade their trophy today while Katie McCabe's Arsenal were welcomed home by 10,000 fans in London after winning the Champions League. — RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) May 26, 2025 The Shelbourne midfielder had been in action herself earlier on Saturday in a 3pm kick-off against Bohemians in the Avenir Sports All-Island Cup so it meant a rush from Dalymount Park over to the nearest TV in order to see how McCabe was getting on in the European final. And witnessing the 29-year-old's moment of glory with Arsenal brought back a flood of fond memories for former Irish international Graham about her former team-mates journey to the top, which she relayed on this week's RTÉ Soccer Podcast. "It's an unbelievable journey and for me, and for us, her older Raheny team-mates, the likes of Pearl (Slattery, Shelbourne captain) and Noelle (Murray), we always kind of see her as still that little kid who, I won't deny, was a bit of a brat when she was coming through," said Graham. "It was a bit like 'I can do what I like', and to be fair she backed everything up on the pitch so we kind of let her away with one or two things. "But we're unbelievably proud of her and she still has a lot of time for everyone back here. Anytime she's home, she's always looking to meet up and we still have our group chat with all our old Raheny team-mates and it was obviously hopping (on Saturday), wishing her the best of luck and congratulations. "She hasn't replied to anything yet - I don't even know if she's even slept yet - but she definitely will get around to it. "We're all so proud of her. What a journey and people do forget sometimes that Katie didn't have it easy when she first went over to Arsenal. "She struggled for a while to get to that level and went to Glasgow on loan for a while. So everything she's got she's worked very hard for. It hasn't always come easy for her. "She's obviously really naturally talented and gifted but she has worked really hard and even though she was here (in the League of Ireland) and I won't mind saying a bit of a brat, but she always worked so hard. "She was a really hard worker in training, hard worker on matches so everything she's got, she's really deserved in football." McCabe won't have too much time to revel in Arsenal's success as the Republic of Ireland return to action with a Women's Nations League fixture against Turkey on Friday (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, as well as 2fm's Game On). Whether she will be available to start or not, time will tell. But Graham is keen to see new call-up Erin Healy get some minutes as well as her own Shelbourne team-mate Aoibheann Clancy, either against Turkey or Tuesday's match versus Slovenia. "They're two players I would love to see. I can't imagine Carla is going to make a whole load of changes from the last couple of XIs she's set out," she said. "But Katie's probably the question mark at the moment. She's obviously going to be fatigued going into that camp. I think she might be meeting up with them Wednesday so not a whole lot of time to adjust to the time zones or the flights, so we'll see about her on Friday."
Irish Examiner
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Katie McCabe: 'I hope young girls in Ireland were watching. They can dream'
ARSENAL'S Katie McCabe took a moment to consider what it all meant, not just for Arsenal, who remain the only English club to win the women's Champions League, but her own history-making exploits and legacy. 'I'm just so proud of what we have done as a team,' said McCabe. 'We stopped one of the best front lines in the world going forward and we did it together. It was incredible. 'We had belief from our comebacks (in the second legs against Real Madrid and Lyon in the last two rounds). We knew it was a final - we had to go all in. "We heard the underdog word thrown around but we deserved to be in this final, we gave it everything." The returning champions will celebrate their title on Monday alongside 10,000 fans in Armoury Square outside the Emirates Stadium in London, where the trophy lift will take place at around 11.40am. After that McCabe will return to Republic Ireland duty for Friday's UEFA Nations League game in Turkey - tough she wasn't sure when she'd be joining up with the squad! In Lisbon, she told MacDara Ferris: 'Everyone knows I'm such a proud Irish woman. Since I joined the club, I've seen Ciara (Grant), Emma (Byrne) and Yvonne (Treacy) with the tricolour draped around them and a Champions League trophy in their hand (from 2007). Seeing that photo every day motivated me so much and to say now I'm a part of that is incredible. To be standing here now to be associated with those names that've won the Champions League, both men and women in Ireland, makes me very proud. It is amazing. 'I think of days back to when I was playing with Raheny in the (Champions League) qualifiers to where I'm at now. To have some of my old teammates here (from Raheny) in the crowd watching me is pretty special. "I hope young girls in Ireland were watching that game today and they can dream to be like me winning this trophy.' Her Gunners colleague Alessia Russo says the Gunners are just getting started after lifting the Champions League trophy. "I can't really put it into words, it just feels bloody amazing. It feels surreal right now, but I just had so much belief going into this game. We all did. We didn't really want to say it too much, but we all kind of had this feeling. "We knew we could and we just had to go and deliver." The result means Arsenal will also represent Europe in the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup next year, entering as automatic semi-finalists. Added McCabe: "Barcelona threw absolutely everything at us and we f*** We kept together and we rode it out, we rode the storm. Stina got the goal in the end and it's unbelievable. Unbelievable to give this to our fans, our family, the players that have been here for so long. It's an unbelievable day for the club." About 5,000 Arsenal fans made the trip as part of the club's official travelling delegation, though more red shirts could be spotted in general admission. Co-owner Josh Kroenke flew over from America, joining an executive contingent that also included executive vice-chair Tim Lewis, managing director Richard Garlick and director of women's football Clare Wheatley. ARSENAL: van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson, Catley, McCabe, Little, Caldentey, Kelly (Mead 68), Maanum (Blackstenius 67), Foord (Hurtig 86), Russo (Wubben-Moy 90). BARCELONA: Coll, Batlle, Paredes, Leon (Engen 79), Rolfo (Brugts 79), Bonmati, Guijarro, Putellas, Hansen, Pajor, Pina (Paralluelo 62).
