PURE NOSTALGIA - 88 Editions of 'Malahide News' - official launch 23rd November 2010

This DVD made an ideal present for families, offspring, relatives, enabling them to relive life in Malahide in the 80's.

A brief history of Malahide News
In 1979 Junior Chamber (Esmond Reilly, Finbar Holland and others), the Chamber of Commerce (Rory McDevitt) and Malahide Community Council (Nora Owen and John Cleary) saw the need for a local newspaper to cover all aspects of life in Malahide. It would create community awareness and report on the activities of the many clubs, associations and societies in the area. In jointly launching Malahide News they could hardly have realised that it would last for twelve years, produce 88 issues, and become an important record of the social and historical story of Malahide.

In 1981 the Community Council assumed overall responsibility for the publication and set up a sub-committee of highly committed and talented volunteers, including John and Phil Barry, Jim Duignan, Michael Howard, Tom Potts, Senan Keating, Tim Hickey and others.
Advertising by local firms was critically important to the paper, as it was free to the public.
Deliveries to about 3,000 households were made each month in addition to supplies to local shops. Working to a tight schedule, all the latest news, sporting events, school activities, tidy towns, planning issues, festivals and more were given coverage. The professional photographs of John Barry enlivened most of the stories.
Christmas 1990 saw the final issue of Malahide News.

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Original copies of the paper will be available for reference and research at Fingal Local Study & Archive, Clonmel House, Forster Way, Swords.

The DVD
Malahide Lions Club were able to collect a full complement of every edition of 'Malahide News' - a total of 88 editions over the 12 years. Each edition was created as a single PDF file for easy browsing. Just in time for Christmas 2010, and at the low price of €10, this DVD provided people with plenty of easy reading and nostalgia over the festive season.
Fingal Local Study and Archive
The digital version of Malahide News would not have been possible without the enthusiastic support of the Fingal Local Study & Archive section of Fingal County Council. Their team undertook the scanning of the papers - all 1,164 pages - for which Malahide Lions are deeply indebted.

Acknowledgements
In addition to Fingal Local Study & Archive we would like to thank Tom Potts, John Barry and Michael Howard for their support and cooperation.