Dundalk Leader 11th May 2016
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News
in Brief
Blackrock ICA Blackrock ICA are holding a summer Flower Demonstration on Wednesday May 25th in the Community Centre in Sandy Lane at 8pm. Adrienne Boyle, one of our own members and a trained Florist, will give the demonstration which is held annually in memory of one of our founder members, Marcella McGuinness. Entry is €5 and all the displays will be raffled. Money raised will be used to defray the costs incurred by the Guild in putting a wall hanging, made by them, depicting scenes of the Village on permanent display in the Community Centre.
Cake Sale A Coffee Morning and cake sale in aid of Samaritans will take place in O’Neills Flowers, Willville on Saturday May 14 from from 10am to 3pm. Donations of Home Bakes appreciated. contact Concepta on 0872755749.’
Red Cross Dundalk Red Cross Youth are having a cake sale in their hall in jocelyn Street Dundalk on Saturday May 14 from Noon to 4pm. All welcome.
Schools celebrate Book Week By Paul Byrne
Redeemer Girls and Realt na Mara pupils brought their favourite book characters to life last Friday as both schools celebrated National Book Week. Children’s Book Week encourages children to enjoy new authors and books, and is celebrated in schools, libraries, homes, and bookstores during a selected week each May. From Jane Eyre to Miss Piggy, characters and authors were brought to life in all classrooms and according to Realt na Mara teacher Síle Holland the children and parents did themselves proud with their fine efforts. “The children have put great effort into their costumes today and they have
Lee O’Donoghue, Ellie Rose Turner, Jessica Larrigan, Shauna Jimenez and Donal Lavery
done a great job. Book week is a very important event in the school as it helps encourage the children to pick up a book and read and help create a healthy interest in all things book related”, explained Síle. Over in the Redeemer Girls school principal Patrick
O’Rourke commended all the pupils who had once again put so much effort into their costumes for book week. And he also had a special mention for the teachers who got into the spirit of things. “The girls seem to come up with better costumes each year and there really is some
fantastic efforts again this year. The amount of time and effort they have put in is a credit to themselves and their parents. We also have teachers getting in on the act and they too have put together some fantastic costumes to help celebrate book week in the school,” stated Patrick.
Banned for two years
A man who told Gardai that he hadn’t been drinking but had taken cannabis before driving was banned from the road for two years. Robert Menary of 43 An Cearnog, Toberona, Dundalk, was also fined €575 after pleading guilty to charges of drink driving and no insurance at Dundalk District Court. Insp Martin Beggy stated that on December 12 last year Gardai’s attention was drawn to the defendant who was sitting in a car that was parked at a peculiar angle at a garage on the Dublin Road. The lights were on and the engine was running, while the defendant appeared distracted and confused. He was swaying in his seat while there were open drink containers in the car and a smell of intoxicants. Mr Menary was arrested and taken to the station where he denied drinking alcohol but admitted taking cannabis. A sample taken revealed that he was over the limit for driving. Solicitor, Peter Lavery, stated that it was his friend’s car and he had no reason for driving it. He had no licence or insurance. Judge William Hamill imposed a six month disqualification for drink driving and a two-year ban for no insurance, with a total fine of €575.
New idea may revive Narrow Water Bridge
A new idea has been put forward that could get the Narrow Water Bridge project back on track. It has been suggested that the bridge plan could be merged with the Newry City Southern Relief Road scheme and Michael Cur-
ran, who was instrumental in the original Narrow Water Bridge plan believes it would make sense to combine the projects. Michael Curran, who was instrumental in the business plan and securing planning permission for Narrow Wa-
ter Bridge, said he believes it “makes a lot of sense to marry the two projects together”. The former director of economic and cross-border development at Louth County Council said that along with road improve-
ments south of the border, the new combined project would offer significant transport benefits for the region along with the tourism benefits which the original scheme would offer”. The plans to construct the bridge linking Louth and
Down were put on hold in 2013 after it was learned that there was a significant underestimation in the cost of the project. Sinn Féin TD for Louth Gerry Adams has written to the Transport Minister, Pascal Donohoe TD, and
Department of Regional Development Minister in the Executive, Michelle McIlveen MLA, seeking further information on a proposal to amalgamate the Narrow Water Bridge Project and the Newry City Southern Relief Road Scheme.
National Book Week
Redeemer Girls celebrate National Book Week
Kaydy Hoey, Chloe Lee, Rebecca Myers, Patrick Wrobel and Cait Watters
Redeemer Infants with teachers Shei la Murphy
Hazard, Rebekah McMahon Emily Coburn, Anna Triller, Aaliyah
and Aoife Copas
Diarmuid Kelly, Akamba Iso Idemudia, Eimear Mulligan and Lauren Kelly