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A model of the motorway service station under construction at Whiterath, just outside Dundalk, which is due to open on September 28th.

First motorway service station to open in weeks

THE country's first motorway service station is set to open outside Dundalk at the end of the month. The Argus can confirm that the long-awaited facility will be unveiled on September 28th, with flagship names including Burger King and Costa Coffee and a wide range of facilities on site. The new 24-hour station is being built in the townland of Whiterath, 2.5 kilometres north of the Castlebellingham junction and six kilometres south of the Dundalk (south) junction.

Postal worker to help orphans in Moldova

By Anne CAMPBELL

A DUNDALK postal worker is heading on a humanitarian mission to help some of the most vulnerable people in Eastern Europe. Anthony McCrave, the Dundalk branch secretary of the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) is heading to Moldova tomorrow ( Thursday) with 75 tonnes of aid for an orphanage. The orphanage, in the independent but not officially recognised state of Transnistra, needs basic equipment to help keep it running.

‘Sinking’ house living nightmare for resident

By Anne CAMPBELL

RESPOND! SAY EXAMINING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS A DUNDALK man has described how his 'sinking house' has turned his life into a nightmare. Jonathan Scales has been living in Riverwell Close, off the Bellewsbridge Road since 2001, just a year after the houses were built.

Friendships lift spirits through tough days

By Margaret RODDY

LIVED FOR A WEEK AS PEOPLE DID 800 YEARS AGO! A new found confidence in talking to people, an ability to milk goats and life-long friendships forged over a smoking fire are the lasting memories which Bernie Levins will bring from her week living in a medieval castle. The downsides of looking for food in the rain, sleeping in an uncomfortable straw bed, and trying to maintain hygiene without soap or hot water are things which the Blackrock nurse hopes to forget.

Respond! examining possible solutions

By Anne CAMPBELL

THE housing organisation responsible for Riverwell Close in Dundalk claim they are working to find a resolution to the estate's 'sinking house'. Following a query from the Argus, Respond! issued a statement about Jonathan Scales's case. The statement said: 'Respond! was made aware of complex structural problems in relation to ( Jonathan's house at) Riverwell Close when our resident raised some concerns with us about the property in 2006.

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