Villagers - New Malahide Band

Villagers are an Irish band from Malahide, fronted by Conor J. O'Brien.

They have performed at several music festivals and toured with Tracy Chapman, Bell X1 and Tindersticks. They have one EP, titled Hollow Kind (2009).

Conor was recently a guest on 'Later... with Jools Holland' in April 2010.

Their debut album Becoming a Jackal was released in Ireland on 14th May 2010. A U.S. tour is scheduled for June 2010.

For more information regarding the band and their upcoming tour dates, please visit their official MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/villagers

Sarah Ann McGrath

Malahide - International Cricket Ground

Ireland is to get an international cricket ground under a joint venture between Malahide Cricket Club and Fingal County Council.

The council has agreed to hand over land near Malahide Castle in North County Dublin for the ground, which will have capacity for 10,000 spectators and be capable of hosting international matches. It shall be built in line with International Cricket Council specifications.

Malahide Cricket Club, which is financing much of the project, is on target to have the ground ready for use by the middle of next year, according to club official Ian Talbot. He recently stated that the club hoped that a number of 1-day matches would be played there,‘‘We hope to have games involving England and Australia," said Talbot.‘‘England have agreed to come to Ireland for a match every two years. This year, they will play at Stormont. We are confident they will come here in future."

In addition to the main pitch, the club is also pushing plans to build a smaller second pitch at its current home at Malahide Castle.

In the coming years, Talbot said it was possible it would seek to build a larger clubhouse, pavilion and media centre.

At the moment, the major cricket ground in the Republic is based on Castle Avenue in Clontarf, and can hold a capacity of 3,500 people.

Cricket has enjoyed a surge in popularity in recent years, with the Irish team reaching the second group stages of the 2007 World Cup. In recent weeks, Irish cricketer Eoin Morgan made his test debut for England, and was also part of the English side that won the recent limited overs World Cup event.

Sarah Ann McGrath - Assistant HR Manager

FIFA World Cup 2010 Matches - Grand Hotel

All of the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches shall be shown in the Matt Ryan Bar in the Grand Hotel, Malahide.

For further information, please contact Reception on 01 8450000.

Sarah Ann McGrath - Assistant HR Manager

Malahide Farmer's Market

The Malahide Farmer’s Market shall be starting on the Green tomorrow, Saturday, 12th June 2010.

There shall be stalls for organic fruit and vegetables; fresh fish; pork butcher; beef butcher; cheese monger; French bakery; Irish bakery; olives and pestos; sweet things bakery; Fro Berry and in addition to these traders..., there will be a number of art and crafts and a local artist.

All are most welcome to attend.

Sarah Ann McGrath - Assistant HR Manager

Bloom 2010

Management and staff at the Grand Hotel, Malahide would like to congratulate Sandra Finnegan (Floral Designer) who was awarded Gold and Best in Category, along with 7 others from the Sutton Floral Art Group, for their 5 part exhibition entitled Elements of Nature at this year's Bord Bia Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Sandra contributed the Water Element.

Bloom, Ireland’s largest gardening, food and family event, returned to the Phoenix Park for the June Bank Holiday weekend for 5 days. This year’s event included over 20 spectacular showgardens, 50 floral displays and a large scale artisan farmers market.

Congratulations Sandra!

Sarah Ann McGrath - Assistant HR Manager

Grand Hotel Employee Completes Flora Mini Marathon

Management and staff at the Grand Hotel would like to congratulate Barbara Tobin (Accounts - Control) who completed the Flora Women's Mini Marathon yesterday afternoon in just 45 minutes and 51 seconds.

Congratulations Barbara!

Sarah Ann McGrath - Assistant HR Manager

Malahide Shuttle Bus

The proposal to develop a Shuttle Bus Service for Malahide was recently refused on the grounds that it conflicted with the existing Dublin Bus service.

The Shuttle Bus was to be a frequent, low cost service, operating continuously to both ends of the town, bringing people towards the Village.

This service would have been a great boost to businesses and the Chamber’s representative on the Committee, Eamon Porter, has been actively involved in helping to promote this project.

The decision can be appealed by signing the online petition at http://www.malahideshuttle.ie/15901.html. It shall only take a minute to complete.

Sarah Ann McGrath - Assistant HR Manager