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Enterprising pupils take top awards

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

LOUTH County Enterprise Board hosted the county finals of the Student Enterprise Awards and were delighted to welcome up to 200 students to the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk. The competition is an exciting and rewarding experience for young people, creating a culture where students think more readily of becoming entrepreneurs and setting up their own business in the future. It enhances their creativity, improves communication skills and provides practical uses for business studies topics.

Wheelie bins set on fire at school

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

VANDALS attacked a local primary school just days after it proudly hoisted its Green Flag.

Youth Council prepare for Mission Week

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

THE young people who make up the Word Youth Council attached to St Patrick's Parish are busy preparing for Mission Week which takes place at the end of the month and also for trips to Lourdes and Calcultta during the summer.

Bounced from wall to wall by earthquake

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

AN email from their son Sean saying he was safe brought relief to Ed and Bridie Flynn, Old Road, Bellurgan, after he was caught in the massive earthquake which struck Chile at the end of February.

Smart living for seniors

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

DUNDALK is leading the way with an innovative housing project for the elderly which uses cutting edge technology to allow them enjoy independent living for as along as possible.

Sub Aqua link with northern community

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

A PRESBYTERIAN church hall in the heart of north Antrim, the Lisnamurrican Young Farmers Club and a voluntary group from the border town of Dundalk – curious bedfellows indeed!

Fr Iggy says no choice but to step down

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

THOUGH full of admiration for the Primate of All Ireland, outspoken cleric Fr Iggy O'Donovan says if he was in the same position as Cardinal Sean Brady, he would have no other choice but to step down.

Tidy Towns to share tips in Dundalk

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

TIDY Towns campaigners and local authority environmental personnel from across the country are to gather in Dundalk on Friday and Saturday, March 26th and 27th for 'Sowing Seeds...For Success', the national Tidy Towns conference.

Commuters hit with week of disruption

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

DUNDALK rail commuters faced a week of disruption after a number of incidents caused havoc to schedules on the northern line.

Huge range of records as fair comes to town

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

RECORD Fairs Ireland, who are head up by Dundalk man Peter Keegan, are returning to Dundalk for their first visit of 2010 to the Imperial Hotel this Saturday.

Louth arts grants now up for grabs

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

LOUTH Local Authorities are seeking applications for the first round of funding under its arts grants programme.

Customers will always be first at Crazy Daisies Florist

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

All creations are handmade by Alison with fresh cut flowers and sprays and she takes particular care and pride to ensure that they meet the wishes of her customers.

Priority for Louth dentists is looking after our dental health

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

Local dentists have lowered their fees in an effort to alleviate the impact on patients with cutbacks in dental cover. This follows a change in the PRSI scheme, and dentists warn worst is to follow for the less well off with funding of the medical card scheme to be pegged back to 2008 levels. They fear this will inevitably have adverse consequences for the unemployed and poorer sections of society, and result in poorer dental and oral health. There are an estimated 46,000 people in Louth who will be affected by the withdrawal of services paid through their PRSI. Capping the spend on medical cards at 2008 levels actually represents more than a 30% cut in funding to the medical card scheme when the 2009 expenditure and the number of current medical card holders is taken into account.

Time to focus your mind on all the exams that lie ahead

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

The mock exams are over. You now know where you stand; how far you are on with you studies for the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate. examinations. For most there is catching up to be done and you know what your weak subjects are and in what areas of them you need to improve.

Eight months in prison

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

A 34-YEAR-OLD man who pleaded guilty to a trespass charge was sentenced to eight months imprisonment at the district court.

Auction

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

A 42 acre farm at Tankardsrock, Kilkerley was sold at auction for over 540,000 in the Fairways Hotel last week.

Robbery

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

A BRAZILIAN woman was thrown to the ground in a daring handbag snatch in Seatown on Sunday.

Cardinal interviewed boy in Dundalk

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

CARDINAL Seán Brady took notes at an enquiry held in Dundalk in 1975 into an allegation made by a 14-year-old local boy of child sexual abuse by Fr. Brendan Smyth.

Cross border 'snail mail' hits local businesses

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

ITS back to the days of 'snail mail' according to a UK customer focus group which highlighted a three day delay in letters posted in Newry being delivered in Dundalk.

St. Patrick's Day celebrations

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

DUNDALK is bracing itself for the St. Patrick's Day parade today ( Wednesday), and it promises to be a very worthy event that we should all do our best to support.

All we need now is the weather

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

THE scene is set for Dundalk's biggest St Patrick's Day Parade in recent years. The parade gets underway at 1pm taking the now familar route through town from Patrick Street to Clanbrassil Street, and there will be road diversions in operation from 12pm2pm.

Cardinal is under fire

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

THE litany of clerical sex abuse controversies just won't seem to go away for the Catholic Church, and now the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, who is also head of our Diocese, has become embroiled in a scandal that has once again rocked people's faith in the church.

Pray for Cardinal and survivors

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

CANON Jim Carroll has stated that he feels Cardinal Brady will 'make a decision that is good and right' in relation to his future.

COMMENT: No moral authority to lead Church

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

YESTERDAY 80 young boys and girls dressed in their finest celebrated a significant milestone in their lives in the Catholic Church as they made their Confirmations in the Holy Family Church in Dundalk.

Bishop steps in

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

BISHOP Gerard Clifford backed Cardinal Sean Brady yesterday ( Tuesday) and admitted the Catholic Primate is 'under pressure'.

Fr Campbell calls for understanding 'two sides'

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

ST PATRICK'S administrator Fr Gerry Campbell has backed Dundalk's parish priest, Cardinal Sean Brady, as calls for his resignation continued yesterday ( Tuesday). In an interview with

Cardinal failed to celebrate confirmation

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

CARDINAL Sean Brady failed to turn up to celebrate confirmation at the Holy Family Church yesterday ( Tuesday) as calls for his resignation grew louder.

No such thing as bad publicity

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

DUNDALK'S Marshes Shopping Centre benefited from some free national publicity after manager Harry Traynor found himself embroiled in a debate on RTE's Liveline over an advertisement.

Season for humble spud to flourish

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

HARD to believe it's St Patrick's Day with almost a quarter of the year behind us already and not a sign of a kind day yet.

It's time to go gee-gee mad as festival starts

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

IT'S no ordinary week with our national day to be celebrated and the Olympics of the sport of kings mesmerising the country.

Cooley hunt on for lucky leprechaun

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

'UP the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting, For fear of little men'. So wrote William Allingham almost 160 years ago in one of his poems that's still recited fondly to this day.

Green light for Seatown Place office building

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

PERMISSION for a four storey office building on the site of the former Rice's Building Merchants at Seatown Place has been granted by An Bord Pleanála.

Permission refused for demolition of derelict house

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

THE demolition of a derelict house in Dromiskin has been refused by An Bord Pleanála.

Aggressive and abusive at Inner Relief Road

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

PAUL Finnegan (19), 13 Bun A Knock, Naul, Co Dublin was given a chance when he pleaded guilty to three public order offences.

Helping umemployed football fans to see Lilywhites in action

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:38:03 +0000

DUNDALK FC have come up with a scheme to help their hard-pressed supporters who may be out of work, but still want to head up to Oriel Park to see the Lilywhites in action.