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• Parents should tackle bullying
  

  A LOCAL TD has called on the Minister for Education to launch a public campaign against bullying to encourage parents to engage with their children on the issue.

  
  
  
• Talented Conor set to join the boys in green on the Aviva pitch
  

  A YOUNG Balbriggan soccer player is set to rub shoulders with Ireland's Euro-bound international team after winning the 'Road to Poland' contest.

  
  
  
• You too can have that winning smile
  

  A SWORDS-BASED dental practice is offering a free private consultation with Invisalign, the revolutionary new discreet tooth brace, on Saturday, May 19. O'neill Dental Care in Swords is hosting the day for those who want straight teeth but dread wearing braces. Want to achieve a winning smile like X-factor's Cheryl Cole who has recently had her teeth straightened? The perfect solution for you is metal brace alternative Invisalign - used by Cheryl and fellow celebrities Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Justin Bieber - which is now available from O'neill Dental Care in Swords.

  
  
  
• Government challenged on pyrite standard
  

  THE GOVERNMENT has been challenged on why a lower standard applies in Ireland on controlling the presence of pyrite in quarried rock than in the UK.

  
  
  
• Drunk who refused to leave area fined
  A MAN who was intoxicated and refused three times to leave an area has been fined €300 at Swords District Court.
  
  
• Pyrite repair funds set no precedent for private houses
  

  MONEY given to a Dublin City Council development by the Department of the Environment to make repairs to homes affected by pyrite will not set a precedent for private homes affected by the mineral disease elsewhere.

  
  
  
• Extra Slimming World class
  SUCH has been the success of a Slimming World class in Balbriggan, a new one has just been added.
  
  
• £1m haul of cannabis was bound for Balbriggan
  

  A £1 MILLION (Sterling) haul of herbal cannabis made by police in Northern Ireland was bound for Balbriggan.

  
  
  
• Meeting Master Trapattoni
  

  Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni pictured with little Charleigh Kavanagh at the Swords Celtic FC 50th anniversary celebrations at the club.

  
  
  
• Prisoner appeals to be allowed home to her kids
  

  A 25-YEAR-OLD female prisoner with eight previous convictions for driving without insurance and 48 previous convictions appealed to Balbriggan District Court to allow her home to her children.