20-08-2014

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18,000 COPIES WEEKLY Seamus wins All-Ireland title

Second attempt at Poc Fada

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Kids find needles in a public park

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MEMBERS of the O’Hanlon Park Residents Association have accused the council of ignoring the continuing problem of used needles around the area and have called for immediate action after a four-year-old child was found holding a needle from Ice House Park. . Chairman of the association Anthony Taaffe says that heroin users have now moved into the public park having previously been moved on from an abandoned house in Castletown as well as a council house in Hillview. “Unfortunately this problem with needles being left by drug addicts has been with us for two years now

Anthony Taaffe, Martina McGuinness and Richard, Wykes.

and we feel as if we are not getting enough help from the council. We have, on numerous occasions, in the past noti-

fied both the town council and to properly address the issue”, the Gardaí, hoping that would explained Anthony. Continued on be the end of the problem but Page 6 sadly nothing has been done

Louth is luckiest Lotto county By Niamh Kirk

Louth is the county with the highest population of lottery millionaires with approximately one Lotto millionaire for every 5,000 people in the county. Since the national lottery began in 1988 there have been 28 winners of more than one million pounds or euro in Louth. Local lotto players had a winning streak in 2013 with some of the largest jackpots being won by players from the ‘Wee County’. The last major win was in October last year when a €6 Quick Pick from the Beehive on the Castletown Road won a happy couple €3.9 million. Full story on Page 2


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