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DUNDALK’S FREE NEWSPAPER Rugby club make history

Getting ready for school musical

Jenny is Louth’s new Rose

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Sinead lands big West End break

Wednesday, 29th April, 2015. Vol. 8, Issue 17 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth.

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By Paul Byrne

A young Dundalk actress who moved to London five years ago to ‘follow her dream’ has got one step closer to the West End with the news that she will star in a production of ‘Duncton Wood’ which begins in the Union theatre, London next month.

Sinead O’Callaghan who hails from Kilcurry has aspired to becoming an actress for as long as she can recall and having seen off 1,000 other hopefuls she will now take to the stage for the new musical which will be directed by West End director extraordinaire Michael Strassen.

24 year old Sinead is a former Freda Hearty dance kid and a current member of SONG who she says had a

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Sinead’s talents were honed playing lead roles such as Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde, Grace O’Malley in ‘The Pirate Queen’ and Jo March in the Irish premiere of Little Women. Her performances were recognised at the AIMS awards in 2013 when she picked up an award for ‘Best Female Singer’.

Sinead’s sister Siobhan spoke this week of the pride the whole family felt upon hearing the news of Sinead’s new role.

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Colaiste Cu Chulainn gets the go ahead

By Paul Byrne

Cllr Tomás Sharkey has welcomed the news that Louth County Council is to CPO land needed to build a 1000 post primary school in the centre of Dundalk renewing hope that the school may open in time for the start of the 2016 school year.

Plans for the 1,000 student school, Cu Chulainn, had stalled due issues over land own-

ership but following meetings between the Louth Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB), along with the project managers, Louth County Council have made the decision to CPO (Compulsory Purchase Order) the land ensuring work can go ahead on the project in the next few months.

At present, all the students from Colaiste Cu Chulainn are being accommodated at the

Louth VEC offices at Chapel Street.

It is expected that they will transfer to the new school at the Marshes upon its completion.

It had originally been hoped that this move would take place at the start of the 2016/17 school year but that date had been questioned recently as the issue with the land at the Marshes had dragged on.

Following the CPO from Louth County

Council there is renewed hope that this deadline can be met but it looks like it will go right to the wire.

LMETB board member Cllr Tomas Sharkey had previously warned that there would be an accommodation crisis if agreement could not be reached soon and was understandably delighted that progress had been made.

“This week Louth Meath Education and

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Training Board members visited the site at my request.

“Two hours before that meeting we received word that Louth County Council are now permitted to CPO the last bit of needed land. This is mega news for the current and future school community.” noted a delighted Tomás.

“It will take some months to complete the process but building should start in a few

months. The project will bring €10 million of construction work to Dundalk and when it’s complete there will be a lot of teaching and support staff jobs. The community will be relieved to see a vacant site developed and the illegal dumping problem resolved.

“I want to congratulate the management of the LMETB and former County Louth VEC but want to pay tribute to

year in Dundalk as coach and it has been fantastic to watch this side mature and to see the young guys coming through the youth ranks to become a really good rugby team. The players attitudes have been top class all year and

now they have got their deserved rewards”, he added.

The victory over De La Salle Palmerstown capped a dream year for the club, who also won the Leinster League, Back: Anne Marie McGill and Hilary Mullen. Front: All-Ireland Junior Cup Aoife McDonough and Aoife O’Shaughnessy at St and McGowan Cup this Vincent's TY production of 'Bring It On'. season.

A number of buses travelled to the game on the Glenamuck Road and for Dundalk supporters it was an afternoon to savour as hero of the hour Johnny Williams ran in for three tries to see off their Dublin opponents.

According to Ene the players, coaches, staff and supporters will savour their achievement in the days and weeks to come before knuckling down once again and making sure they are ready as they make the move up into senior rugby next season for the first time.

former board members such as the late Eamonn Kinch who supported my initial proposal to establish Coláiste Lú and hence apply for the patronage of this new school”, concluded the Sinn Fein councillor.

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Rugby Club reach senior ranks for first time

By Paul Byrne

In a game that was billed as the biggest in the club’s history Dundalk’s rugby players delivered the biggest performance of their lives to ensure that they will be playing senior rugby next season.

The locals made history on Saturday afternoon as they defeated De La Salle Palmerstown 22-10 in Dublin to secure promotion to the All Ireland League and with it senior rugby for the first time ever.

The Mill Road was heaving on Saturday night as players, staff and supporters celebrated the club’s magnificent achievement which continued into Sunday with nobody wanting the party to end.

Dundalk player coach Enu Fa’atau was understandably ecstatic after his side coped with the

The history-making Dundalk squad celebrates

pressure of the biggest game in the clubs history to ensure there would be senior rugby played on the Mill Road next season for the first time in the club’s history.

“It’s still actually sinking is for us at the moment but we are all

absolutely delighted to have secured promotion and senior rugby for Dundalk Rugby Club.

When we sat down at the start of the year our aim first and foremost was to win the league.

Personally I thought it would be a two year

plan to secure senior rugby but to the players credit they bought into everything we asked of them and have given absolutely everything to ensure we got the job done this season”, explained Ene. “This is my seventh

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Council need to tackle illegal dumping problem

By Paul Byrne

Cllr. Edel Corrigan has urged Louth County Council officials to sit down and engage with residents in Oakland Park over the ongoing issue of illegal dumping in the area.

In a motion sent in

to the monthly Dundalk Municipal District meeting Cllr Corrigan asked.

“What actions are being taken to address the issue of ongoing illegal dumping at Oakland Park, Cox’s Demesne, Dundalk?”

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state that this gate was continuously left open by residents thus rendering it ineffective as a barrier to dumping. It went on to note that residents had been supplied with keys to the gate and were responsible for ensuring that it was closed.

According to Louth County Council the issue will not be resolved unless local residents co-operate and meet with the council and commit to keeping the gate closed and locked to properly restrict access to the site as well as helping to identify and

culprits.

Cllr Corrigan stated that residents had informed her that the reason the gate remained open was because vandals had put glue into the lock meaning it was impossible to close it.

“The council have said that residents need

to sit down with them and try and resolve this matter and I completely agree with that course of action but the fact of the matter is that two meetings that were scheduled between the parties have been cancelled by Louth County Council. This needs to be resolved

soon as the residents have been putting up with this for too long now.

“I would urge council officials to get in touch with residents and organise a meeting so they can engage and try to find a solution”, urged Cllr Corrigan.

New power lifting club smash records

By Jack Murphy

Local Power lifting Club ‘Ironcast Fitness’, who have only been up and running eight months, made their debut at the National Power lifting Championships held earlier this month in Limerick.

The championships which are an official qualifying event for the WPU World Championships to be held in October of this year attracted power lifters from not only across Ireland but also competitors from places as far afield as Holland and Germany.

The crew of 12 led by coaches Ruairi McCann and Stephen Woods were extremely successful as they broke Irish and World Power lift-

Front L-R: Stephen Woods, Dean McCabe Eamon Duffy, Simon Duffy. Back L-R: Ruairi McCann, Virginijus Zvinklys, David Halpenny, Adam Priestly, Ashleigh Coyne, Caoimhe Bolton, Decky Hannaway, Luke McCann.

ing records. The team did their club proud with many beating their personal best. Adam Priestly was one such person grinding out personal bests in all but one event he also managed to break Irish records

with a 200kg squat, 105 kg Bench Press, 205kg Dead lift and with his combined total of 510kg also setting a new Irish record.

Another team member who performed brilliantly was Caoimhe Bolton

as she broke records galore en route to coming first in her class. She smashed the Irish record for her 95kg Squat and five minutes later for the world record. An amazing 126kg dead lift broke Irish and World

records to the delight of Caoimhe.

Another competitor, Ashleigh Coyne delivered a fantastic performance as in her weight class she delivered a personal best 90kg Squat, a personal best 40 kg Bench and like her teammate Caoimhe broke the Irish and World record with an outstanding 137.5kg Dead lift.

Virginijus Zvinklys, set a new World Record Bench Press of 235kg.

It was then the turn of chief coach Ruairi McCann and he didn’t disappoint.

Ruairi delivered a World Record breaking Squat of 280kg which incredibly was over three times his own body weight.

Dundalk to host prestigious international as it will see the completion of €120,000 2015 is a big year for makeover funded by a Dundalk Lawn Tennis sports grant from the and Badminton Club Department of Sport and Tourism.

Work has already commenced and includes refurbishment of the courts, new perimeter fencing, old tree removal and club house insulation, painting and decorating.

Award winning designer Paul Martin has come on board to work with Chairman and local Architect Kieran Lally in designing a new garden and viewing area to the rear of the courts, which will

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Anna-Mai Mullen of Dundalk Tennis Club

further enhance the appearance and ambience at the club. Club President Damien Kenny thanked his manage-

ment committee, Jill Steeples the club treasurer, senior club members and local T.D Peter Fitpatrick for all the work done to secure the grant.

Last week the ITF (International Tennis Federation) announced that it is to hold one of its prestigious word ranking Junior Tennis competitions at the nine-court facility in Dundalk from August 1 to 15. The ITF event will give the town of Dundalk the chance to see the world’s leading junior players compete for top prizes and world ranking points.

Dundalk’s Director of Tennis, John McGahon was delighted with the news and thanked the local committee including Vice President Claude Tonna- Barthet for all their hard work.

The club will be open to visitors during the week of the ITF and John McGahon urges everyone ‘to come along and support these rising stars of tennis’.

Details on the event can be obtained from the club on 9335327or from John McGahon on 087 6328290 and further information will be released as the competition approaches.

Warned not to leave child

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving at Dundalk District Court was warned about his future driving habits by Judge Alan Mitchell.

“He doesn’t want to leave his child without a father, or someone else without a father”, stated the judge as he imposed a €200

fine on James Murphy of Rathcor, Riverstown.

The 20-year-old driver was observed by Gardai making a turn and then overtaking at speed approaching a blind corner.

The speed limit was 80kph and Gardai had to travel at 140kph to catch up.

Solicitor, Conor MacGuill, stated that the incident occurred on a wide road with the other vehicle in on the hard shoulder.

He added that it is his client’s intention to drive in a more suitable manner and now that he has become a father he realises who else is on the road.

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Jenny is crowned Louth’s new Rose

By Paul Byrne

Jenny Hanlon proved a hugely popular choice as she was crowned the Louth Rose for 2015 following a gala event in the Crowne Plaza hotel on Sunday evening.

The 19-year-old who hails from Cooley will now represent her county in the Regional Rose of Tralee Finals which will be held in Portlaoise on the June bank holiday weekend. Jenny who has just completed a business course in Maynooth was understandably delighted to have been chosen as this year’s Louth Rose.

“It was an absolutely brilliant night and all the girls were fantastic”, enthused Jenny. “I was actually half thinking of entering last year

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but I was only 18 and I thought maybe I was a bit too young so I held off for a year. The Rose of Tralee is something I’ve always loved watching and it’s a bit of a fairytale for me to be crowned Louth Rose”, she explained.

“Also I’m very aware of all the charity work

which the Rose of Tralee focuses on and I thought this would be a good opportunity to raise awareness for fibromyalgia something which I was diagnosed with when I was younger. Not a lot of people know too much about the condition so hopefully I can help people understand

a bit more about it during my time as Rose”, she explained.

Jenny wowed the judges with her bubbly personality and entertained the packed audience with an old country song entitled ‘I stood in the bucket’.

She will now get ready for the Regional Finals in Portlaoise which will be hosted by Daithí O’ Sé. Although she faces a tough challenge getting through to the Rose of Tralee finals Jenny says she will go down and be herself and take it from there.

“I’m just going to go down there and enjoy myself. Last year’s Louth Rose, Ciara Soraghan was great and she gave me advice telling me just to be myself and to enjoy the experience.

I’ll have family and friends going down to Portlaoise to support me and I know we’ll have a fantastic time whatever happens”, promised Jenny.

Brendan Galvin who is one of the Louth Rose organisers congratulated Jenny on a deserving victory and noted that she was a hugely popular winner on the night.

“We had a great night in the Crowne Plaza and all the girls were brilliant. They’ve all become great friends which is what it’s all about. All the girls were delighted for Jenny which is always a good sign as it shows what a great girl she is. I know she’ll do herself and her county proud down in the regional finals next month” noted Brendan.

Martial arts competition

Dundalk saw the second annual inter club competition between DMAC and Junction 18 held in the Redeemer hall. On the day over 60 junior students competed. For many students from both DMAC and Junction 18 this is their first competition and gives them a real feel for competing.

Cuchulainn Players back on stage Following on from last year’s acclaimed success with The Wedding, the Cúchulainn Players this year turn their focus on an Irish Wake, at which things are not as they should be.

An incompetent Undertaker’s son, a

scheming neighbour, two cynical Balladeers, wailing Keeners, a smarmy politician and town gossips all serve to provide a mixture of nostalgia, laughter, music and cynicism….a little capsule of Irish society.

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Welcome to all young adults and others to Prayer around the Cross in candlelight with the music of Taize on Friday May 1 from 8.30pm to 9.30pm followed by a cuppa at Bethany, 34 Point Rod.

Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea in aid of North Louth Branch Alzheimer Society will be held in the Wellington Hall, St Mary’s Road, on Friday May 8 from 2.30pm to 5pm. All welcome.

CBS Primary victorious in schools history project Pupils from the CBS primary school are celebrating a huge success after winning first place in a national history competition.

A project entitled ‘The First World War- A Local History’ has earned Third Class pupils in CBS Primary huge acclaim as they received first prize in the country in the prestigious competition.

Under the guidance of teacher Maria Doyle the students entered the competition entitled ‘A Decade of Centenaries’ late last year and got to work on their project which focused on local connections to the first world war. The competition which is run by the Department of Education and Skills is for primary and secondary schools and invited students to submit

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Sinead O’Callaghan

Sinead’s talents were honed playing lead roles such as Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde, Grace O’Malley in ‘The Pirate Queen’ and Jo March in the Irish premiere of Little Women. Her performances were recognised at the AIMS awards in 2013 when she picked up an award for ‘Best Female Singer’.

Sinead’s sister Siobhan spoke

this week of the pride the whole family felt upon hearing the news of Sinead’s new role.

“We are all absolutely delighted for Sinead and so proud of her. We know how hard she has worked for this and how many knockbacks she has had to take before getting to this stage. She went over to study at the London School of Musical Theatre five years ago and since graduating has been working really hard to

Aaron shows his talent While the changeable weather may not suggest that summer has arrived, Thursday last saw the start of The Bike Station Summer Cycling League.

Cuchulainn’s Val Gargan produced an impressive kick to take the win from the large group. Close behind Val in the fast sprint was Eve McCrystal showing all the men a clean pair of heels to take the runner up spot, with Ray O`Shuaghnessey in third.

In the second race again the three groups came together to contest the sprint and it was Benny Smith of Killeavy Cycling Club who took the win ahead of Ardee’s Alex McDonnell, with another Killeavy man

SS Dundalk and went to St Patrick’s Church to look at the commemorative window which honours all those who lost their lives when their boat was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War One”, explained Maria.

Liam Gaynor also helped us out giving us old badges and a widow’s penny as well as a Queen Mary Box which was given to all soldiers as a gift. The children took an awful lot from the project and learned so much and it was the icing on the cake to receive the news that our project had been awarded first prize by the judges”, she added.

The winning pupils will be presented with their prize by Minister Jan O’Sullivan at an award ceremony in CBS Third Class celebrate their national award UCC on May 14.

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a project that relates to any aspect of the school history curriculum between the years 1912 and 1922.

Maria and her Third Class students were understandably over the moon when they received word last Friday that their project had been awarded first place overall in the country in their category.

“We were all thrilled to hear that our project had been chosen as the best in its category and it’s reward for all the hard work the class put into it.

They went home and asked their grannies and grandads for information and came back with some really interesting stuff digging out stories from old family members who were involved in World War One”, explained Maria.

“We researched stories about the

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Damien Philips in third.

This week the league continues on the Carlingford road, for the deceptively difficult Greenore and back route.

The mountain bike league moved into the second round with the first open mountain event, which saw a record entry of 42 riders. The riders tackled a 6.5km lap and after lap 1 Ray O`Shaughnessey led from last week’s victor Aiden McDonald and Brendan Callaghan in third. This positions remained until the finish with Ray taking the win.

Round 3 sees the league return to Bellurgan Park.

The open race was held in the County Meath Village of Bohermeen on Sunday. The main event was an 80mile affair with Dundalk’s Bryan McCrystal in third position and Cuchulainn’s Liam Dolan also in the win-

try and get an opportunity like the one she has just received”, explained Siobhan.

“She learnt a lot from our musical grandmothers May O’Callaghan and Susan Montgomery and is also grateful from all the support she has received from her family especially our mother Yvonne and dad Patrick and her two sisters ”, she added.

The former Dun Lughaidh

student began rehearsals on Monday for the new musical which is based on William Horwood’s sweeping novel which is in the style of Watership Down and Lord Of The Rings, where animals are portrayed as primeval man with all the vengeance and capacity for love we possess.

The curtains open on May 27 to June 20 and takes place in the Union Theatre in London.

Yes bus visits Dundalk

ning break coming home in seventh. In the support race Alan Bingham was fourth. Eve McCrystal continued her great run of form by taking her second win in as many weeks in the women’s race. In the under 12s event Cuchulainn’s Aaron Trainer was an impressive second place, having come agonisingly close to his first win.

The IVCA racing season also got underway in Newbridge, Co. Kildare and Cuchulainn as always had a large contingent taking part.

Best placed was Enda McKeown who took third place in race 2, with team mate Aidan Dela- The Yes Equality Bus visited Dundalk on Thursday of last week when they spent a number of hours at The Square as part ney right behind in the of the campaign for a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum. The visit was part of a nationwide bus tour that will cover main bunch.

66 locations in 26 counties over 27 days.

Apologised for not stopping for Gardai

A man who travelled from Dublin to attend a wedding tried to apologise for not stopping for Gardai and stated that he simply panicked.

Martin Sweeney of Rear of Labre Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin, had a charge of dangerous driving reduced to careless driv-

ing when he appeared at Dundalk District Court as a result of the incident on September 3, 2014.

Gardai were attending a call to the Duffy’s Cross area when they observed the defendant crossing the main road. They followed the car and signalled

to stop but he failed to do so.

He increased his speed and travelled through Loughanmore, Castlebellingham at 90kmph, at times on the wrong side of the road.

He eventually stopped, put his hands up and apologised.

Barrister Irene Sands stated

that her 19-year-old married client, should have stopped but he panicked as he had never encountered the Gardai before.

She stated that Mr Sweeney hadn’t put anyone at risk and that he had learned a lesson.

The defendant also failed to appear at court on December

10 with Ms Sands stating that on that occasion he didn’t have transport or means to get from Dublin.

Judge Alan Mitchell warned the defendant that having a driving licence is a privilege, not a right, and that it shouldn’t be abused. He stated that as he

had no previous convictions he would not impose a disqualification.

The judge added that he took a dim view of people not stopping for Gardai as he imposed a fine of €250, taking into consideration the charge of failing to appear at court.

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Pete Treanor’s DkIT Students Raise Funds for ISPCC

Weekly Quiz

1 Language Complete the saying ‘If you pay peanuts…

2 Birds What colour is a flamingo in its natural environment?

3 Politics Which former Taoiseach was once an accountant in Dublin’s Mater Hospital?

4 Television In what adventure series would you hear the phrase ‘I love it when a plan comes together’?

5 Soccer He has played for Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich and learned to speak English in Kells, Co Meath.

Who is he?

6 Local In what Dundalk street was the ‘Home and Colonial’ store located?

7 Charities The Sixty Five Roses Foundation aims to help sufferers of what condition?

8 Quotations

Who said of the Irish, ‘this is one race where psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever’?

9 Cartoons In the Warner Brothers films, what song did Foghorn Leghorn hum when he was happy?

10 Rock and Pop In August 2006, which rock star almost killed himself in Fiji when he fell out of a tree while picking coconuts?

The Stinker In the 1948 movie, Paleface, what occupation had Bob Hope’s character, Peter ‘Painless’ Potter?

—this week’s answers—

By Paul Byrne

Students at Dundalk Institute of Technology were out in force last Thursday raising funds in aid of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC). As part of the ‘DkIT for ISPCC’ initiative final year Business Ethics students organised multiple events to raise funds and create awareness for the charity and its campaigns.

Events included a fun fivea-side football tournament for the sports fanatic, a cake sale

filled with delicious treats for many the sweet toothed individual and a night out with all proceeds going to the ISPCC. There were even a few warriors running around the college campus with bright blue shields taking ‘selfies’, which were part of the awareness campaign the students were supporting for ISPCC’s antibullying initiative ‘The Shield Campaign’, the shields signifying a shield against bullying in Ireland.

The shields were circulated around the college with stu-

dents being asked to donate €1, take a selfie with a shield and post it to social media using the hashtags #DkIT4ISPCC and #DkITHeroes to show their support for the campaign and that they were taking a stance against bullying.

The students also reached out to Dundalk’s local businesses to get their support for the event and even take some selfies themselves to show they’re getting behind the anti-bullying campaign. The response from these businesses was overwhelmingly positive

with many getting involved with the selfie campaign and donating generously to the charity.

The DkIT students and Dundalk businesses are the latest in a line of faces including Brian O’Driscoll, Ellie Goulding, Niall Horan, and even Mrs Brown, who have gotten behind the ISPCC’s shield campaign, which was launched first in March 2013 as part of the ISPCC’s national Anti-Bullying Month and has been continued with resounding success each year since.

St Louis New York Trip A lucky group of 24 students travelled to New York over the Easter holidays. The girls had the luxury of their own personal bus tour with their lively and informative tour guide, who kept everyone entertained with her local knowledge of Manhattan. A boat tour to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island provided the girls with the historical background of many Irish immigrants. Some students and teachers took the opportunity to trace their roots and were able to view the original ships’ manifest which detailed their relatives’ height, hair and eye colour and their date of departure and arrival in America, the land of dreams. A visit to the new memorial at Ground Zero and St. Paul’s Chapel proved very emotional for all.

Other highlights included the bright lights of Times Square, a walk through Central Park and a night time visit to the Empire State Building.

The Big Apple certainly lived up to everyone’s expectations with many of the girls already planning their return visit in the future.

Louth Libraries Celebrating Bealtaine 2015 Events in Dundalk Library included to celebrate the Bealtaine Festival in May include a healthy ageing workshop on Thursday May 7 at 11am.

This will feature a talk by a local physiotherapist on health in older age. A local pharmacist will also be in attendance offering advice on nutrition and supplements as well as offering free blood pressure testing etc.

The following day will see ‘Eating and Cooking for Cancer’ at 11am, which will include, changing your diet from acidic to alkaline; the benefits of juicing and how to juice; the benefits of wheatgrass and how to grow your own; using herbs and spices in the healing process; trying to go sugar free.

Wednesday May 13 at 11am will see ‘The reality of retirement in Co. Louth’, All events are free but numbers are limited.

Please contact Dundalk Library to reserve a place. Tel: 042-9353190.

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Lucy, Jessica and Zoe White at the Cooley Credit Union Races on Thursday evening.

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Mary McArdle and Joan Meyers.

Anna McArdle and Aoibheann Duffy.

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Linda and Caoimhe Boyle and (front) Eimear and Eddie Boyle with Ella McMahon.

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Students try to raise funds for pilgrimage to Lourdes

By Paul Byrne

Five kind-hearted students in Colaiste Ris have volunteered their services to assist the elderly on a pilgrimage to Lourdes next month.

Chloe Callan, Liam Kiernan, Brendan Sims, Grainne Duffy and Katie McGee all transition year students in Colaiste Ris are currently busy fundraising for the trip with each of the five needing to raise €520 before heading to Lourdes.

One of the five students Katie McGee

Brendan Simms, Katie McGee, Chloe Callan and Liam Kiernan

says the hard work begins now as the students pound the pavements looking for sponsorship for the trip.

“Our religion teacher Miss Reilly asked our

class if any of us would like to volunteer for a trip to Lourdes to assist the elderly and five us agreed to do it. I think there are about 300 students altogether from

Louth going and while over there we will be helping to push the elderly in wheelchairs and helping them in any way we can.

“The trip is from May 12 to 17 and we each have to raise €520 by the May 9 to ensure we can go. It’s going to be very hard work to try and raise it but we are all hopeful we can get it done”, explained Katie.

If anybody would like to sponsor the students for their trip to Lourdes please contact Colaiste Ris at 0429334336.

Crashed into parked car on way home

A man who felt that his friend was not fit to drive decided to drive the car himself and ended up crashing into a parked car.

As a result of the accident, Martin Dullaghan of 128 Manydown Close, Red Barns Road, Dundalk, was disqualified for three years after pleading guilty to a drink driving charge at Dundalk District Court.

Insp Martin Beggy stated that Gardai attended a traffic accident

at St Clement’s Park, Point Road, on August 11 last year and that the defendant had admitted driving the car at the time of the accident.

A sample taken at Dundalk Garda Station revealed that he was over the limit for driving.

Solicitor, Frank McDonnell, stated that his 26-year-old client was returning home with a friend and felt that his colleague was not fit to drive. He added that Mr

Dullaghan was fully co-operative with the Gardai and that €2,700 compensation had been paid to the injured party, to whom he apologised.

Mr McDonnell added that the disqualification would interfere with the defendant’s social and working life.

Judge Alan Mitchell imposed a three-year ban and €200 fine in relation to the drink driving charge.

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Man had two drink St Vincents students Bring It On driving offences inside six months A man who was almost six times over the limit for driving when stopped by Gardai, committed a similar offence less than six months later.

As a result, John Crawley of 7 McSwiney St, Dundalk, was banned from the road for six years and handed a three-month jail sentence which was suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to two offences.

The court heard that on July 9 last year, Gardai observed a car driving at low speed in the middle of the road. After his arrest, Mr Crawley gave a blood sample which showed that he was almost six times over the limit.

On January 1 this year, the defendant was stopped on the Castletown Road and a sample taken at the Garda Station showed that he was over the limit.

Solicitor, Conor MacGuill, stated that the 54-year-old single man, who is a carer for his mother, had reached this

stage of his life without coming to the attention of Gardai, but now there are issues of concern. He added that those concerns were shared by his family.

Mr MacGuill stated that the defendant was trying to steady himself and asked that the disqualification be postponed to allow him make arrangements.

Judge Alan Mitchell stated that as the level was very high and that he had two convictions, he was not disposed to postpone.

In relation to the offence in July 2014, Judge Mitchell imposed a €400 fine and three-year ban, with a threemonth sentence suspended and six year disqualification for the second offence.

The driving ban will commence on May 15.

The judge stated that he can’t have people drinking and driving to that level and then having a further offence months later.

The incredibly talented St. Vincent’s Transition Year students are set to tread the boards in what will mark their ninth consecutive school musical, staging the cheerleading smash-hit "Bring It On".

Following the enormous success of last year’s show which was entirely sold out for its three day run, directors Victoria O’Hagan and Laura Jones are bringing this highenergy musical extravaganza to Dundalk for the first time.

Inspired by the 2000 movie starring Kirsten Dunst, the musical follows the story of golden girl Campbell and her struggle to reclaim her rightful crown as Queen Bee of Truman High from the pretender to the throne, the nefarious Eva. The musical is brought to life by the visually stunning set created by the immensely talented artist and teacher

St Vincent’s Transition Year studens during their rehearsal for Bring it On.

Leanne Mullen. The popcultural motifs of the show are perfectly echoed by the sets, which themselves are worthy of a visit.

Teachers Anne Stacey

Coburn and Dervilia Hargadon have designed and created a unique and dramatic wardrobe with custom-made costumes for the entire cast.

The curtains will be raised

Aim to improve attendance in primary schools A workshop took place in DKIT on April 28 to look at promoting attendance policy and practice in primary schools particularly in DEIS areas of Louth.

The event was held to coincide with the launch of a

leaflet and calendar aimed at parents and children of primary school age which promotes supportive strategies to school attendance rather than punitive approaches.

An initiative of the Education sub-group of the

Louth Children and Young People’s Services Committee the resources are aimed to provide a selection of supports that can motivate students and their families to attend school every day in collaboration with the

school, community partners and families.

Every primary school child attending a DEIS school in the county will receive a leaflet and a calendar so that the message that building the habit of good attendance

early will lead to more positive outcomes for children in school.

Joanne Murphy, Coordinator Louth Children and Young People’s Services Committee said: ‘This has been a real team effort. There

is a lot of work already in schools on empowering and supporting families to look at attendance and this workshop is a sharing of the good practice and a collective response to improving educational outcomes in Louth.

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Grammar School entrepreneurs at The Marshes

Lucy McManus, director of Natural Nutty.

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Tom Bell (left) and Douglas Gleeson

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Creative students show talents

The creative students of O Fiaich institute of further Education are currently preparing for their annual end of year exhibition. This year the exhibition will be held in the Marshes shopping centre, it will open on the evening of Thursday April 30 and will run until Wednesday May 6.

There will be a wide variety of work on show representing the year of study in disciplines such as Art and Design, Graphic Design, Photography and Multimedia.

This exhibition has been or-

ganised in order to show the work of students in the Visual and Creative areas of O’Fiaich Institute. Representative work of the Art and Design, Graphic Design, Photography and Creative Media students is on show. This is work which has been undertaken in the year of study with us and would otherwise only be seen by teachers and examiners.

The work completed is often of a very high standard, demonstrating a wide variety of approaches and use of media. The work is representative of the open, ex-

perimental approach taken on the courses and we feel that it must be made available to view by members of the wider community.

Most of these students will go on to further study in colleges and universities in Ireland and Britain, and will ultimately contribute to the economic and cultural life of their community.

Your response is invited.

The organisers would like to know what you think of the work.

Comments can be written in the book supplied for this purpose at the desk.

Death Notices Tom Kindlon Marlmount, Blackrock, Dundalk, peacefully in Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, surrounded by his family on Sunday April 26. Tom (retired principal, Stonetown National School) much loved husband of Bríd and dear father of Donnchadh and Aoife, and brother of Damian, Mary and the late Gerard. Deeply regretted by his wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, brothers in law, sisters in law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.

Edward (Eddie) McKenna, Ballinloughan, Knockbridge, Dundalk, peacefully at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, surrounded by his loving family on Friday April 24.

Jim Moriarty Old Golf Links Road, Blackrock, Dundalk, peacefully in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital on Saturday April 25. Jim beloved husband of the late Ita (nee McCann) and dear father of Mary and Tony. Deeply regretted by his daughter, son, daughter-in-law, Yvonne, granddaughter Aoife, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.

James (Jim) Harmon Maryville, Dunleer, peacefully at Moorehall Lodge Nursing Home, Ardee, on Thursday April 23. Jim, son of the late James and Agnes (née Byrne).

Predeceased by his brother Thomas. Sadly missed by his sister Peggy, sister-in-law Vera, nephew Shane, nieces Sinead and Carol (Callan), grandnieces Ellie, Holly and Erin, relatives and friends.

Maureen Hanratty (nee Callan), 7 Culhane Street, Dundalk, peacefully, in the tender and dedicated care of the staff of the

Mater Hospital, Dublin, on Friday April 24. Beloved mother of Lynsey and Emma and dear sister of Frances (Beard), Thomas, Paul and Raymond. She will be sadly missed by her sorrowing and ever-loving daughters, sister, brothers, aunt Anna and uncle Tommy, nephews, nieces, grandniece, relatives and friends.

Helen Hay (née Watson) Drogheda Road, Togher, peacefully, after a short illness, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital on Wednesday April 22. Helen, loving wife of Gordon, Drogheda Road, Togher and formerly of Glasgow, Scotland. Sadly missed by her loving husband, daughters Morag and Katreona, sons Fraser and Grant, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sonsin-law, daughters-in-law, brothers, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.

Freddy Harper 2 Naughtons Close, Hoey’s Lane, Dundalk, peacefully, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda on Tuesday April 21. Beloved husband of the late Mary and dear father of Ann, Jimmy, PJ, Joan and Gerry. He will be sadly missed by his sorrowing sons, daughters, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives and friends.

Noeline Johnson (nee Smyth), Williamstown, Castlebellingham, peacefully at the Beacon Hospital, Dublin, on Tuesday April 21. Noeline, beloved wife of the late Rodney and loving mother of Paul, Pat and Marieann. Deeply regretted by her loving sons, daughter, daughters-in-law Jackie and Roselyn, grandchildren Jessica and Jaden, brothers, sisters, brothers-

in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.

Phyllis Kelly (née Fox) Snipe Hill, Ardee, at Moorehall Lodge Nursing home on Monday April 20. Predeceased by her loving husband Jemmy. Deeply regretted by her daughters, Catherine and Mary, sons, Seamus, Martin and Paudie, sister Patricia, son in law George, daughters in law Ann and Mavis, Brother in law Peter, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends. Áine Murphy (née McKeown), Rock Road, Blackrock, peacefully in Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital on Tuesday April 21. Áine, much loved wife of Jim and dear mother of Deirdre, Eimear, Seamus, Niamh, Kieran, Mairín, Ruairí and Brónagh. Deeply regretted by her husband, sons, daughters, grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughtersin-law, brothers, Miceál and John, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.

Teresa Maguire Grangegeeth, Collon, on Sunday April 19. Predeceased by her husband Tom. Sadly missed by her daughters Breda, Rosaleen and Olivia, sons Sean, Thomas and Paul, brothers Frank and Pat, sons-in-law, daughtersin-law, sisters-in-law, grandchildern, great-grandchildern, relatives and friends.

John Reid Ashling Park, Dundalk and Drogheda, suddenly on Saturday April 18. John will be sadly missed and remembered with love by his family, relatives and friends.

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Car Boot Sale In Aid Of RCNE

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Band of An Garda Síochána, St Peters Male Voice Choir & Soprano Amie Dyer In aid of Alzheimer's Day Care Centre, Drogheda 21st May Tickets €20

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FINBAR FUREY 6th June Tickets €30

A car boot sale in aid of of Rape Crisis North East (RCNE) will be held on Sunday April 26 in McEvoy’s Car Park, Bachelor’s Walk entrance, Dundalk.

Admission for buyers is €2 per person, free entry for children attending with parents. Organised by Rape Crisis North East, the event takes place from 11am to 4pm and sellers with their cars can set-up from 10.30am at a fee of €10 per car and €15 per van.

All proceeds will go to Rape Crisis North East to provide a much needed counselling and support service to the increased number of Women, Men and Teenagers attending the service.

Prior booking for sellers is essential. To book your space contact Rape Crisis North East Centre on 042 - 9339491 or email info@rcne.ie.

Matthews Art Showcase Artists from Louth, Monaghan and East Meath are invited to the launch of an innovative arts initiative where they could find themselves or their art on the back of a Matthews.ie bus.

The Matthews.ie Arts Showcase Initiative will be launched at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk on Thursday May 7 (5.30-7pm), and is being held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Matthews.ie.

The Matthews.ie Arts Showcase Initiative will promote and provide innovative advertising support to a succession of local artists in Louth, Monaghan and East Meath across a range of disciplines over a three-year period.

Goldilocks & The Three Bears 5th July Tickets €10 or Family of 4 €35

Great Sounds Live Sound & Lighting Course

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Musicial Theatre Summer Camp 2015 Featuring scenes from Frozen 2 week course starting 13th July Ages 6-12 costs from €150

Dundalk First Reponders training sessions in CPR and how to use a defibrillator on Saturday April 18 between 10am and 4pm. Five demonstrations involving about 20 people were held. The group are grateful to Paul Shevlin of Boyds Stores for letting them use the shop for the day.

Louis Walsh’s New Boy Band

HomeTown 9th August Tickets €25

St. Peter’s Male Voice Choir presents

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Mary Byrne to appear with Willoughby Brothers X Factor Star Mary Byrne will be the Special Guest at The Willoughby Brothers Show at the TLT, Drogheda on Saturday May 2 at 8pm Singing sensations the Willoughby Brothers, who are making their debut appearance at the show have a passion for singing and performing.

They are currently making a big impression on the national and international music scene with appearances on a number of TV and radio shows. They performed the title song at the 2013 Rose of Tralee

International Festival before a TV audience of 1.2 million.

Not only do the brothers share a love of singing, but they also have a passion for Gaelic games, handball in particular. They all impressively hold All-Ireland Handball medals while four of them, Richie, Johnny, Robbie and Sammy are World Handball Champions.

Their debut album ‘The Promise’ which includes their hit song ‘Where The Blarney Roses Grow’ and their current album ‘Irish Heart’ are available in stores nationwide,

for download on Itunes and from their website www.thewilloughbybrothers.com.

Their special guest on the evening will be X Factor Star Mary Byrne, whose story is the stuff of fairytales and movies. She’s the Tesco supermarket checkout lady who took a chance in life at the age of fifty by auditioning for Britain and Ireland’s biggest TV talent show, the X Factor.

Tickets €21 incl booking fee are available from the TLT tel:(041) 987 8560 or online at www.thetlt.ie Mary Byrne.

St Vincent’s TY students present Bring it On

Joy Quigley, Grainne Murphy, Eimear O’Hare, Isobel Jones Back: Rachel McArdle, Chloe Savage Lennon, Shauna Smyth. Front: Clodagh Griffin and Hannah Casey

Nicole Cahill, Rachael Lynch, Victoria Lynn, Jessica Ciara Douglas, Kellie Reid, Sophie Wadding, Andrea O’Hanrahan Moore, Ruth Butterly

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Funky Feet back in Town Hall Local dance school, Funky Feet, will be back on stage at An Tain Theatre on May 2 and 3 under the direction of Stacey Murnaghan.

Funky Feet will perform two shows each day, a junior showcase at 2pm and senior showcase at 7.30pm. Each show will have fantastic pieces all performed by the children of the school aged 3 to 20 years.

Tickets are on sale now. They are €10 for the matinee and €15 for the evening and available to purchase in the An Tain Theatre Arts Centre or online at www.antain.ie. It is expected to be a fun filled night for all ages.

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Family Notices

In Memoriam Announcements , Anniversaries, Birthday Remembrances, Thanksgivings & Acknowledgements. novena

thanksgiving

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours.

This time I ask you for this special favour (mention it). Take it, dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your Father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine.

Amen. Say this prayer for 3 days. Promise publication and favours will be granted. (never known to fail). P.T. NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours.

This time I ask you for this special favour (mention it). Take it, dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your Father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine.

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NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours.

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Ruadhan Pitts, Michael Bothwell, Patrick O’Callaghan, Conor Capplis of Dundalk Grammar School

Students eyeing Formula One success

Four Transition Year Students from Dundalk Grammar School are participating in this year’s Formula One In Schools Technology Challenge.

Sigma F1, consisting of Ruadhan Pitts, Michael Bothwell, Patrick O’Callaghan, Conor Capplis, have successfully qualified for the National Finals on April 29. The team that wins this round will qualify for The World Finals in Singapore, September 2015.

This is a worldwide competition where secondary school students must design, manufacture and race a scale formula one car. The car is propelled by carbon dioxide gas and is raced across a 20m track in just over one second. Their team, Sigma F1, have already participated in the Regional Finals and are the champions in their category.

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Mark’s transformation is a boost for charity

Pictured at the presentation of a €5,000 cheque donation to Cystic Fibrosis Ireland were (left to right) Philip Watt, CEO of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, Justin Lawless, CEO of Intact Software, Mark McArdle, Intact Software, and Fergal Smyth, Fundraising Manager, Cystic Fibrosis Ireland.

Caolan impresses at Scratch Cup The main action at Dundalk Golf Club was the Senior Scratch Cup where Caolan Rafferty of the host club finished third behind Thomas Mulligan and Gerard Dunne of Co Louth.

Meanwhile Pat Donaghy, off 12, won Wednesday’s Open Singles Stableford competition with 40 points, one better than three handicapper Gerry Brennan.

Chris Blackmore, warming up for the Senior Scratch Cup, won the Gross Prize with 33 points.

Thursday’s semi-open singles stableford competition continues

to grow in popularity and was won by 22-handicapper Tony Hanna with a fine score of 42 points, one better than Ruairi Gogarty (11) who finished second on countback thanks to a sparkling 23 over the back nine.

The Social Committee have organised a Fashion Show, presented by Sheba, Tony McDonnell Menswear and Leslie Walker, on Thursday, May 7 at 8pm. Tickets are €10 and are available at the bar. There will be a complementary glass of bubbles for each attendee.

Mark McArdle’s efforts on RTE’s Operation Transformation, have resulted in a windfall for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland after his company, Intact Software, made a donation of €5,000 to the organisation.

The donation, presented by Justin Lawless, Chief Executive Officer, follows on a commitment by the company to donate €150 for every pound that Mark lost on his health fitness journey, up to €5,000.

Surpassing his own personal goals,

Mark lost two stone and 9.5 pounds in seven weeks, becoming the first leader in the show’s history to meet or exceed his target weight loss each week. He has also gone on to lose a further stone since the show ended.

Mark McArdle, who is from Dunleer, said he has been overwhelmed by the support that he has received The funds will be used as part of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s ‘Beds for Beaumont’ appeal.

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Toymaster Proprietors Retirement After 30 years in business, the proprietors of the popular Toymaster Country Stores, Sharon and John Eveson, will be retiring.

The outlet which was previously based in Dundalk, and more recently, Forkhill.

To mark the occasion a retirement sale is now on.

Sharon and John thank all who supported them over the past 30 years.

Ideal Living 15 Ideal Living 15, an exhibition of modern living, lifestyle and ideal homes takes place in the Dundalk Youth Development Centre, Oriel Park, over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

Founder of the Bumbleance children’s ambulance service, Tony Heffernan pictured getting his blood pressure taken

by Hickey’s Kristine Krastina at the launch of free Blood Pressure Testing Week being hosted by Hickey’s Pharmacies 29 branches beginning May 11th. The aim is to help fund efforts by Bumbleance to increase its ambulance fleet from two to five units through the voluntary donations made by customers. With them is Hickey’s managing director Paddy Hickey.

Ideal Living 15 is an exhibition of locally sourced and supplied products and services available to the public, brought together under one roof in Dundalk for three days Saturday May 30 to Monday June 1 from 11am to 6pm.

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Glenmuir FC partnership with Glasgow Celtic Glenmuir FC partnership with Glasgow Celtic went to the next level when 18 members headed over for a four-day team tour experience on Wednesday April 8.

The tour started with a 1-0 win over Cumbernauld Colts thanks to a goal by JJ Nwebuze.

That evening they watched Celtic defeat Partick Thistle 2-0.

On Thursday and Friday the lads trained in Barrow-

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in Brief Railway heritage outing

The society in association with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland have arranged a steam train excursion and the following are the details.

Single journey only Dundalk to Dublin Connolly Station. The excursion will take place on Thursday, 7th May departing Dundalk at 12:50pm. The cost for the journey will be €15.

Tickets are on sale at Dundalk Railway Station or from Brendan McQuaid (0872835099) or Davy McArdle (0872811191).

field with Academy Coaches and had their lunch in Celtic Park. They also got to see Celtic Academy u15s train.

On the final day, the group headed for the Emirates Arena, straight across from Celtic Park, to have another training session and mini blitz, before taking in a stadium tour.

Glenmuir coaches, Ciaran Caldwell, Gary Rogers and Keith Newell got the opportunity to shadow coach with Team Photo outside Celtic Park with Glenmuir Coaches: Keith Newell, Ciaran Caldwell & Gary Rogers. the Celtic coaches.

Luke Martin wants a boost for cyclists

By Paul Byrne

Toberona man Luke Martin has urged the council to help encourage healthy activities like cycling by improving the state of our roads.

According to Luke there are plenty of people around Dundalk who would love

to use the cycling lanes and roads around the town but given the state of disrepair they are in they are discouraged from doing so.

“We are coming into the summer now and it’s a great time to get out on your bike and get fit and healthy”, explained Luke. Unfortunately the roads are simply not safe

enough to allow people get on their bikes and travel around the town in safety.

“There are potholes all over the place and if I were to try and cycle down the Ecco Road I’d be very lucky to make it down the whole way without falling off my bike or picking up an injury.

People should be encourag-

ing their children to get out and get some fresh air but I wouldn’t allow my children out on the roads on their bikes given the current state of them”, he warned.

Luke is convinced that money spent on the roads will see more people on the roads with their bikes which will in turn help improve fit-

ness and well-being around the town.

Earlier this year it was decided at the Dundalk Municipal District Meeting to earmark €1.4m to put towards the Roads Work Programme for 2015. In total 26 different projects have been earmarked for completion this year including road surfac-

ing, restoration, strengthening and footpath repairs.

It will cost €185,000 to repair a 1km stretch of the Inner Relief Road in Dundalk while a further €100,000 will also go towards resurfacing parts of the Castletown Road.

Other areas earmarked for an upgrade include Magh-

ereagh Cross to Belrobin, Mullabohy Cross to Knockbridge, Rathcor, Grange, Roche Cross to Killin Cross, Dunmahon Cross to the Fane River, the Rock Road in Blackrock, Edentubber, Tullaghomeath, Crossalaney, Legion Avenue and Culhane Street junction, Park Villas and Chapel Street.

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The new Mazda MX-5

Details have just been announced of the all new Mazda MX-5, which should be available in the New Year.

There will be a choice

of two SKYACTIV-G petrol engines with all cars being rear wheel drive and offering near perfect 50:50 front to rear weight distribution.

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The top of the range 2.0-litre Sport Nav adds navigations and is available with the optional £350 Safety Pack, comprising High Beam Control and Blind Spot Monitoring with Rear Cross Traffic Alert.

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