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DUNDALK’S FREE NEWSPAPER Marist College Awards Night

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Matthew wins a trip to Strasbourg

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Wednesday, 29th May, 2019. Vol. 12, Issue 22 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Erin and Sean are big election winners

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Fianna Fail were the big winners in the local elections with both Erin McGreehan and Sean Kelly winning Louth County Council seats for the first time.

The national green wave didn’t quite materialise locally with only one Green Party representative getting elected on to the local authority. Marianne Butler managed to retain her seat in Dundalk South following an impressive showing which saw her elected on the first count.

However, the DundalkCarlingford seat they had held through Mark Dearey was lost with Dearey’s replacement Eoin Ryan narrowly missing out. Sean Connolly from Tallanstown also

failed to get past the winning post in the Ardee electoral area.

All 29 seats on the local authority have now been filled with Fianna Fail managing to gain an extra two seats which brings them up to seven in the newly formed council.

It was also a great day for independent candidate Maeve Yore who topped the poll in Dundalk South after receiving an impressive 1701 first preference votes.

A jubilant but very tired Maeve thanked all who had voted for her and who had canvassed hard to help her retain her seat. She indicated that her excellent showing was a sign that people wanted change.

There will be two new faces on the council from the Continued on Page 18

Treble gold for Eadaoin

Dundalk Kickboxer Eadaoin McCrave landed an unprecedented treble of gold medals at the recent Hungarian Kickboxing World Cup held in Budapest last weekend. See Page 6.

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Hugh makes up for missing out in 2014

By Paul Byrne

Dolores Minogue and Colm Markey topped the poll in Ardee with the Fine Gael duo securing 1,404 and 1,388 votes respectively which was enough to see both elected after the first count.

Sinn Fein’s Pearse McGeough was successful for a fourth time having first secured election back in 2004. McGeough was elected after the seventh count and will be Sinn

Fein’s only representative in Ardee.

Jim Tenanty and Hugh Conlon were also both elected with the two independents receiving 955 and 767 first preference votes. Tenanty was elected after the seventh count while Conlon was elected after count nine. Victory for Hugh Conlon makes up for the heartache he endured five years ago when he lost out by a handful of votes to Jim Tenanty after a recount.

Fianna Fáil will also be

represented in Ardee thanks to a good showing from John Sheridan who secured 870 votes to help him gain election after the ninth count.

Ardee: 6 seats Dolores Minogue (Fine Gael)1,404 (elected count 1) Colm Markey (Fine Gael) - 1,388 (elected count 1) Pearse McGeough (Sinn Féin) 1,007 (elected count 7) Jim Tenanty (Independent)- 955 (elected count 7)

John Sheridan (Fianna Fáil)- 870 (elected count 9) Hugh D Conlon (Independent) 767 (elected count 9) Fintan Malone (Fianna Fáil) - 649 Seán Connolly (Green Party) - 509 Brendan McKenna (Sinn Féin) 492 Kevin Carroll (Independent) - 420 Finnan McCoy (Fine Gael) - 406 Albert D Byrne (Independent) 190 Enda Murray (Independent)- 129.

Erin and Sean takes seats for first time

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Antóin Watters topped the poll in Dundalk Carlingford with the Sinn Fein councillor securing 1,563 votes. Antóin had been co-opted to replace the retiring Jim Loughran back in 2016 so this was the 29 year old’s first successful election.

He was joined by his party colleague Edel Corrigan who was elected after the third count following the transfer of votes from her eliminated colleague

Eugene Garvey.

Garvey’s failure to gain a seat mean that Sinn Fein have dropped from three to two seats in Dundalk-Carlingford.

Meanwhile, it was a good day for Fianna Fáil in the area with all three candidates managing to secure a seat.

Erin McGreehan polled very well in her first election, securing 1151 votes which saw her elected after the fifth count.

Another first time runner Seán Kelly also had reason to celebrate with the newcomer

securing 1,072 votes which saw him gain election after the sixth count.

Meanwhile Conor Keelan saw off the challenge of the Green Party’s Eoin Daly to secure his third successive election success having first becoming a councillor in 2009.

Fine Gael’s John McGahon also enjoyed a successful campaign as he retained his seat after the first count having secured an impressive 1,357 votes.

Dundalk/C’ford: 6 seats

ate were keen for change and were fed up of the established parties.

Maeve was joined by Marianne Butler from the Green Party (1,497 first preference votes) and Ruairí Ó’Mhurchú from Sinn Fein (1,423) who were also elected after the first count.

Fine Gael’s Maria Doyle also enjoyed a successful campaign with the Carrick Road councillor enjoying a second successive election after receiving 1,346 votes. Maria was elected after the second count and will be Fine Gael’s only representative in Dundalk South following the failure of

Linus English to secure election.

Fianna Fáil will have two representatives locally thanks to Liam Reilly and Emma Coffey both securing election after the ninth count of votes. The seventh and final seat in Dundalk South will be taken up

by Sinn Fein’s Tomás Sharkey who was elected for a third time on to Louth County Council.

Dundalk South: 7 seats Maeve Yore (Independent) - 1,701 (elected count 1) Marianne Butler (Green Party) - 1,497 (elected count 1) Ruairí Ó Murchú (Sinn

Erin McGreehan

Sean Kelly

Antóin Watters (Sinn Féin) - 1,563 (elected count 1) John McGahon (Fine Gael) - 1,357 (elected count 1) Edel Corrigan (Sinn Féin) - 931 (elected

count 3) Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fáil) - 1,151 (elected count 5) Seán Kelly (Fianna Fáil) - 1,072 (elected count 6) Conor Keelan (Fianna

Fáil) - 1,011 (elected count 6) Eoin Daly (Green Party) - 823 Roisin Duffy (Fine Gael) - 809 Eugene Garvey (Sinn Féin) - 767.

Féin) - 1,423 (elected count 1) Maria Doyle (Fine Gael) - 1,346 (elected count 2) Tomás Sharkey (Sinn Féin) - 1,136 (elected count 8)

Liam Reilly (Fianna Fáil) - 1,082 (elected count 9) Emma Coffey (Fianna Fáil) - 750 (elected count 9) Linus English (Fine

Gael) - 635 Anne Campbell (Sinn Féin) - 603 Niamh Boyle (Renua Ireland) - 489 Oliver Morgan (Independent)- 295.

Maeve tops the poll in Dundalk South

By Paul Byrne

Cllr Maeve Yore stole the show in Dundalk South with a very impressive 1,701 first preference votes. Maeve who was first elected in 2014 easily surpassed the quota and after her re-election she stated that her strong showing showed that the elector-

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A local man has set himself a target of running ten marathons in the space of six months to help raise funds for Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI).

22-year old Conor Brendan Dunne from Drumcar has already ticked off two marathons from his list having run in both Paris and Bordeaux last month.

Over the next few weeks he will take part in both the Stockholm and Waterford marathons and by August he is hopeful that he will have completed all ten.

“Yeah, that’s the plan alright!,” laughs Conor. “We’ll see how the body holds up but at the moment I plan on running at least ten marathons to help raise some funds as well as awareness for Rape Crisis Network Ireland.

“I suppose the idea for all this started when I attended a youth conference in the USA last year.

The theme of the conference was how to be a change maker in your community and it made me realise that you don’t have to be famous or very rich to actually go out and make some sort of positive impact in your community. Anything you can do is better than nothing no matter how small and there is also a chance

Conor in action

that your small act will inspire someone else to try something as well.

“I was always a keen runner and did a bit of cross country in my younger days so I decided to choose running as a means of a fundraiser. I had never attempted a marathon before though so I have to say it was a bit of a shock to the system when I began training for it. Gradually

however your body gets better at recovering and I’ve began to eat well, sleep well and I am constantly stretching,” stated Conor.

“I was trying to figure out what charity or organisation to help and I knew it had to be something that was close to my heart. I was talking to a friend of mine in a café and I was telling her my plans for the marathons and how I still hadn’t decided what charity to help out. She told me a story about her experiencing regarding sexual assault and it really affected me and I left the café knowing that I was going to pick RCNI as my chosen organisation to help.

“I’ve set up a gofundmepage and if anybody can help me raise some money for rape crisis network Ireland that would be great. Even if it’s only a couple of euro it will be much appreciated. So far I’ve been running at about 3 and a half hour pace for the marathons and training maybe three days a week. It is tough but I’m determined to see it through and hopefully make a positive difference in doing so,” added Conor Conor’s gofundme page can be found by typing rcni marathon challenge in the search bar at www.gofundme.com

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Revenue seize illegal fuel, cigarettes and alcohol in Dundalk

Revenue Officers carried out a search last Thursday under warrant, at a residential premises in Dundalk, Co Louth targeting mineral oil laundering and tobacco tax fraud.

The search was an intelligence led, joint operation carried out by Revenue’s

Customs Service and An Garda Síochána under the auspices of the Cross Border Joint Agency Taskforce. The following items were detected and seized: 14,000 litres of illicit mineral oil 2 tonnes of bleaching earth, a product used in

the laundering of prescribed markers from rebated mineral oil 2 vans containing apparatus and goods for use in oil laundering 1 bowser (a mobile oil tank constructed for towing behind a vehicle with a capacity of 3,000 litres)

A Dundalk student has been presented with a top award in this year’s 65th Texaco Children’s Art Competition. Pictured is Patrick Casey (17), a pupil at St. Brigid’s Special School, Dundalk, who won a Special Merit Award in Category G of the Competition. Presenting him with the award at a ceremony held in Enfield recently, is Chairman of the judging panel, Professor Gary Granville and James Twohig, Director Ireland Operations at Valero.

54 kilograms of unstamped roll your own tobacco. The tobacco has a market value in excess of €30,000 and duty & tax liability of more than €25,000 11 litres of counterfeit vodka 3 industrial bulk con-

tainers (IBC’s) of diesel sludge which were removed to Dundalk County Council Environment Unit.

In addition, fuel tank offences were detected in two private motor vehicles at the residence resulting in the imposition of a

€2,000 penalty in lieu of forfeiture.

A man in his 50s was interviewed. Investigations are ongoing.

These seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting fuel laundering, and the supply and sale of illegal alco-

hol and tobacco products in the shadow economy.

If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on free phone number 1800 295 295.

De La Salle student selected to represent Ireland in European Youth Parliament De La Salle Transition Year Student, Matthew Geraghty, has won a place in the European Session of the European Youth Parliament in Strasbourg. Matthew is one of 20 people selected to represent Ireland in the EYP.

He will have many events to take part in during the summer holidays before flying over to the European Parliament to debate with hundreds of other Young Europeans during the next academic year.

The EYP has been a great experience for all six De La Salle students; Jonah Phelan, Rory McDonough, Eoghan Smyth, Tadhg O’Neill, Jack Mahoney-Tyhuis and Matthew who took part in the Leinster and National Sessions earlier in the year.

Matthew Geraghty will represent Ireland in Strasbourg

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News Treble gold for Eadaoin at Kickboxing World Cup

St Bride’s GFC Lotto

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Active Retirement

Dundalk Active Retirement Association Programme is as follows: 3rd June Bank Holiday; 4th June Day trip to Castle Ward and Mount Steward; 10th June Chair aerobics; 9th September Four night break in the Quality Hotel Yaughal B and B. The bus and 2 trips are included in the price 290 euro sharing.

The choir still practises in the Magnet Parochial Centre 3pm on Thursdays.

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Dundalk Kickboxer Eadaoin McCrave landed an unprecedented treble of gold medals at the recent Hungarian Kickboxing World Cup held in Budapest last weekend.

Eadaoin from Haggardstown is the reigning 65kg national champion and trains in Tallaght martial arts Dublin under chief instructors Dave Heffernan and Martin Bannon. She competed in four different divisions in preparation for the upcoming Junior European Championships at the end of August. She stepped up a couple of weights and settled a

ing Eadaoin managed to defeat her German and Czech Republic opponents before defeating Austrian Anesa Trle by 11-9 in the semi-final.

This was a sweet victory for Eadaoin who exacted revenge for a defeat to the same opponent at the same stage in the European championships in 2017.

Eadaoin then went on to comfortably defeat Andriana Klimantiri from Greece in the final by nine points and secure her first gold medal.

Over the course of Eadaoin McCrave the next two days Eadfew old scores on her aoin entered the -65kg way. In her first divi- and the -75kg points sion -70kg points fight- fighting where wins

over Hungary, Germany, Italy, fellow Irish fighter Niamh Ryan from Cabra and Slovenian Fighter Masa Kenjalo who defeated Eadaoin last year brought along another gold medal. A narrow defeat in the final of the -65kg

by Selina Kattnig from Austria secured a silver medal.

With all other divisions in the arena concluded the best was left to last and with wins over Croatia and Hungary, Eadaoin made her way to the final of the -65kg kick light final to meet current Polish champion Zuzanna Kalbarczyk. After the

first round Eadaoin found herself behind on all three judges scorescards. However, spurred on by the big crowd that gathered and a change of tactics by National Coach Dave Heffernan, Eadaoin turned it around to take the lead in the last 20 seconds and hold on for a hard-fought victory to complete the hat trick of gold medals. Eadaoin will move on now in her preparation for the European Championships in August by taking part in the kickboxing Ireland Training Camps around Ireland for the next 10 weeks.

Vantastival is highlight of Bank Holiday weekend The June bank holiday weekend is almost upon us and hundreds of campervans of all shapes and sizes are expected to arrive in Drogheda for one of Ireland’s most unique music festivals. Vantastival’s organisers have announced the final details for this year’s three-day event with the festival due to open at Beaulieu House & Gardens at 2.30pm on Friday.

A fantastic weekend of music is promised with over 100

acts on the Vantastival line-up and festival favourites King Kong Company and Afro Celt Sound System headlining.

Other acts playing this year include Sharon Shannon, Wallis Bird, David Keenan, Jinx Lennon and Thanks Brother. There’s also the usual huge array of activities and entertainment in addition to the music, including standup comedy, open mic, circus performers and even the Champions League final on

the big screen, as well as the annual Cully & Sully Campervan Cook-off and a dog show. A new addition to this year’s festival is Generation Hour sponsored by Indaver, a series of talks and workshops on environmental and sustainability issues. Extinction Rebellion, Irish Marine Institute, Seal Rescue and Zero Waste Festival are among the groups represented.

Vantastival is once again committing to its role as a

community-spirited, familyfriendly festival, and as ever, the programme of children’s events is extensive. The kids’ area theme of “The Enchanted Garden” is designed to inspire imagination and creative play in young minds.

Vantastival will run a regular shuttle bus service every half hour on Saturday and Sunday, connecting Beaulieu House and Gardens with Merchant’s Quay at Drogheda Port for just €3.

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News Dawn of a new era at Coláiste Chú Chulainn agus Coláiste Lú

in Brief Car Boot Sale

The next Irish Heart Foundation car Boot Sale will take place on Sunday July 16 from 9am to 2pm in St Patrick’s GFC complex in Lordship. Meanwhile, local Irish Heart foundation fundraisers Susan McGee and Mona Daly would like to thank all the ‘Bootees’ who came out on Sunday 19th last for the most recent car boot sale. The place was packed and business was brisk. The atmosphere all afternoon was brilliant.

Don’t forget the third Sunday of the month is the date for car boot sales.

Next one takes place on July 16.

Poker Classic

A poker classic will be held in the Lisdoo on Sunday June 6 at 6pm in aid of the Garda Tony Golden Annual Charity Cycle. Admission includes refreshments. For tickets contact Jim McEneaney on 087 9718272 or pay at the door.

Bric-A-Brac

A Bric-a-Brac shop will open in the Long Walk Shopping Centre from June 3 to June 8 in aid of The Birches.

Dundalk’s newest school has welcomed their new Deputy Principal, Richard Melaniphy to their Senior Management Team.

Principal Thomas Sharkey welcomed Mr Melaniphy as Deputy having served for eight years as the Vice Principal of Newry High School. A teacher of Geography, French, PE and Music, he has been teaching for 20 years in a number of large inclusive schools in Brighton, Cyprus, Bath and Newry. He has been living in Blackrock for the last 14 years together with his wife Brenda and two children.

He brings with him a wealth of experience in transformational school

Coláiste Chú Chulainn agus Coláiste Lú Senior managers: Principal Thomas Sharkey, Maria Nic Eochaidh, Deputy Principal Richard Melaniphy, Bláithín Uí Ruidail, Neasa Ní Chonluain, Ciarán Fisher. leadership aimed at provid- by the Principal Thomas the school into its next exciting high quality teaching Sharkey and four newly ap- ing era.

Neasa is a native of Dunand learning and academic pointed Assistant Principals, Neasa Ní Chonluain, Ciáran dalk and played a key role excellence.

Richard joins a young, Fisher, Maria Nic Eochaidh in the development of the energetic and vibrant Sen- and Bláithín Uí Riodal who school it was established ior Management Team, led all look forward to leading in 2014. She is a teacher of

Irish and German and taught in Dublin for 7 years prior to commencing in Coláiste Chú Chulainn.

Bláithín started her career as a part of the Management team of Alpha College of English in Dublin. She was part of the team who set up Colaiste Lú and Chú Chulainn and was appointed Year Head for the first cohort of students in Chú Chulainn five years ago.

Maria is from Dunleer.

She spent a year teaching Irish Language & Culture in St. Thomas University, Canada before returning to Ireland and assisting the foundation of Coláiste Lú.

She is passionate about Irish language education and en-

gaging students in creative learning methods. With over a decade’s teaching experience, Maria led the introduction of the new Junior Cycle curriculum.

Dundalk man Ciarán Fisher has been working at Coláiste Chú Chulainn and Coláiste Lú for four years, having spent a number of years working with the Kildare Wicklow Educational Training Board.

Ciarán teaches English and history and he is enthused about working in the newest school in his home town, and proud to have a position in its vision and management since being appointed an Assistant Principal earlier this year.

Construction works begin on WuXi facility

The new €325 million state-ofthe-art WuXi Biologics facility has begun to take structural form as steel erection begins on the company’s 52-acre campus site in Dundalk. Work is on schedule for the new contract manufacturing biologics facility which, at 48,000 square metres in size, is set to become the world’s largest single-use biologics manufacturing facility.

Planning approval for the facility was confirmed in mid-January.

Since then some 200,000 tonnes

of earth have been moved and relocated within the site during sitedevelopment works while 2,900 cubic metres of concrete poured for foundations. In all, over 5,000 tonnes of steel sourced from an Irish supplier has arrived on site to enable steel-works get underway.

“The project is truly moving at ‘WuXi speed’ and we are delighted with progress to date”, said WuXi Biologics Ireland Site Head and VP Manufacturing Brendan McGrath. “Cladding work will

commence at the end of July and we are on target to have all of the buildings weather tight by January. This will enable us to move ahead with the installation of the processing plant and equipment to bring us into full commercial production on schedule by 2022.”

The rapidly advancing schedule will see the number of construction workers on site increase from 120 at present to 500 by year end.

Peak construction employment for the project will reach 2,000.

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ing end-to-end biologics solutions provider and the Dundalk campus which is to be WuXi Biologics first manufacturing facility outside China. Biologics drugs represent a new frontier in medicine. Developed in bioreactors from genetically engineered microbes, these medicines are developed within living cell culture; a highly complex process which involves the production of fragile substances at heavy cost. “The production of highly specialised biologics medicines often involves the manu-

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“Generally, it is neither practical nor economic to manufacture small volumes of specialist biologics medicines in traditional large-scale biopharma facilities.

Instead, the single use technology and processes which we will create in our new Dundalk campus will allow for cost-efficient scale-out of contract manufacturing biologics production from small to large volumes as required, he added.

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Legends of Louth Festival The Legends of Louth Festival is happening on Sat 1 June 2019 at Market Square from 3.30pm to 6pm and it promises to be a very enjoyable event according to Jock McArdle, Chairperson of the Festival Committee.

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6ft wooden wolfhound, an opportunity to try your hurling skills to Poc the sliothar into the hounds mouth or try the easy Poc in the hound where framed wolfhound heads with mouths opening in 6” ,9” and 12” holes test your hurling skills,” he explained.

The event gives you the

opportunity to enjoy and experience the fantastic musical talent and dance programme we have from across Co Louth including Oriel Traditional Orchestra, Cúchulainn Celtic Strings, Rince'd, Front Wheel Drive, Socraiocht Lann Leire, Comhaltas Dun Dealgan and the Carlingford Pipe Band.

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novena to the sacred heart Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours This time, I ask 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). M.S. novena to the sacred heart Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours This time, I ask 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.F. novena to the sacred heart Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours This time, I ask 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). R.D.

novena to the sacred heart Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours This time, I ask 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). K.G. novena to the sacred heart Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours This time, I ask 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). B.C. novena to the sacred heart Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I asked you for many favours This time, I ask 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.K.

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Padraig McGovern, Principal Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education pictured with the Students of the Year in the various courses at the Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education awards ceremony held in the Crowne Plaza.

Ó Fiaich Class of 2019 graduation

The night of May 9th 2019 saw almost 500 graduates of Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education conferred with qualifications across Level 5 and Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications. A jubilant and celebratory mood reverberated around the Hamilton Suite of the Crowne Plaza, in an event that was well attended by invited guests Martin O Brien; CE LMETB, Sadie Ward Mc Dermott; FET Director LMETB, Margaret Deegan; Principal Colaíste Clavin, Davy Mc Donnell; Principal DIFE, family and friends of graduates, Ó Fiaich teachers and support staff.

Speaking to the assembly Megan McDowell, a 2019 graduate of the Level 5 Nursing Studies course, described completing the course as an “invaluable experience” and reflected that she had “learned not only about the subject

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area but about myself too” ahead of her progression to a Nursing studies degree next year. Another graduate, Josh O’Reilly of the Pre-University Arts Programme, highlighted that a PLC Course is an excellent route to both employment and Higher Education. Josh also thanked teachers and support staff for being “some of the most helpful and caring people I have ever met”. Both students indicated that their studies including the integrated work placement in industry had significantly helped them on their career area, and gaining access to their respective Nursing and Digital Humanities degree programmes.

Graduates qualified from an array of disciplines with individual talent and hard work being recognised within each course. The Michael Morgan Award, an award that is bestowed to a student who

consistently demonstrates enthusiasm and a caring attitude towards others, was awarded to David Shelley, a 2019 graduate of Information Technology. David was commended for his continual dedication to his studies, his eagerness to help others and the positive outlook on life. We wish him every success in the future.

Luke Murphy, a 2019 graduate in Sports, Exercise & Coaching, was the well-deserved winner of the Sports Person of the Year, and was thanked for all his hard work in leading the OFI Soccer Team to the Colleges and Universities Football League final. The Principals Award was awarded to Laura McSkane, a graduate of Health Care Support who has made an invaluable contribution to OFI’s college community throughout the year. We are proud to count her among our alumni.

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Clare Gaskin receives the IT, Multimedia and Games Studies Student of the Year award from Sadie Ward-McDermott, LMETB at the Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education awards ceremony held in the Crowne Plaza.

Amanda Jonaityte receives the Business and Computing Student of the Year award from Sadie Ward-McDermott, LMETB at the Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education awards ceremony held in the Crowne Plaza.

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Josh O’Reilly receives the Pre-University Arts Student of the Year award from Sadie Ward-McDermott, LMETB at the Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education awards ceremony held in the Crowne Plaza.

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Dundalk Tennis Club are hosting a charity event on Thursday June 6 at 7pm.

All monies raised will go to Tennis4Cancer which supports ARC Cancer Support Centres and National Breast Cancer Research Institute. It is €30 to play on the night which includes one entry to the raffle, barbecue and refreshments.

Raffle tickets are €10 each..

You can sign up to play via the link to Go Fund Me or alternatively you can make a donation of €10 which will give you an entry to the raffle. The link is: https://w w w.gofundme. com/f/tennis4cancer.

Maurice Jenmi receives the TV and Film Production Student of the Year award from Sadie Ward-McDermott, LMETB at the Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education awards ceremony held in the Crowne Plaza.

Old Dundalk Society Lecture The Old Dundalk Society is delighted to announce the first of its summer lectures of the 2019 season. The lecture will take place in St Nicholas’s Parish Church (Green Church) on Wednesday May 29 commencing at 7pm.

The event will include, a tour of the church and graveyard. The

church was built circa 1226 but it has been altered and repaired many times over the years. As you will see from the plaque inside the church it was restored in 1707 after the wars of the seventeenth century.

The spire was erected in 1787 to the design of Francis Johnston. The graveyard was closed for burials

in 1896. The oldest tomb is that of Thomas Field who died in 1536.

This is a rare opportunity to visit this historic church and graveyard, please assemble inside the church on arrival.

Patrons are advised to come early, as there is limited capacity available at the lecture venue.

Summer arrived for children from Dundalk and beyond as they enjoyed the May monthly kids club at Marshes Shopping Centre on Saturday. There was loads happening to keep children entertained at the free kids club which runs on the last Saturday of each month at the food court. “This event is a great opportunity for kids to have a super time,” said Aoife Kerley of Marshes Shopping Centre.

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Dromiskin, on Saturday May and Eddie. Predeceased by her Ann, brothers Patrick, Joe, Oliver, Peacefully after a short illness in 25. Son of the late Seán and Al- sons David and PJ and daugh- Tommy and Gerard, sons-in-law, the tender care of the staff at St. ice and dear brother of the late ter Louise. Sadly missed by her daughters-in-law, sisters-in-law, Vincent’s University Hospital on Brendan and Patricia (who died husband, sons, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, great-grandchil- Sunday May 19. Dearly missed in infancy). Beloved husband of grandchildren Nicola, Emma, dren, nieces, nephews, relatives, by his wife Sylvia, children CaBernadette and dear father of Carlie, Ben, Mark, Aoife, Luke, neighbours and many friends.

Cathal, Jennifer, Eimar and Em- Shane and Jake, daughters-in- Kevin Maggs Castlebelling- thal, Pamela, Art, Pádraig and met. He will be sadly missed by law Trisha, Olivia and Geraldine, ham, Dromena Road, Castlebel- Cillian, daughters-in-law, his lovhis loving wife, sons, daughters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, lingham, suddenly at his home ing grandchildren Rowan, Arthur, sons-in-law Paul (Murray) and nephews, nieces, neighbours, on Tuesday May 21. Kevin, be- Beth, Sadhbh, Molly, Síofra, Zoe, Stephen (Leavy), daughter-in-law relatives and friends. loved husband of Sarah (née Fionn, sisters Miriam and Aideen, Orla, grandchildren Kaya, Emily, Kevin McKeon Parnell Park, McCullough) and loving father brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, Emma, Isabelle and Finn, brother, Dundalk, peacefully in Our Lady of Corina (Bannon) and Rosena nieces, nephews, cousins, exsisters, nephews, nieces, relatives of Lourdes Hospital after being (Ryan). Sadly missed by his wife, tended family, neighbours and and friends. cared for by the staff of Dealgan daughters, sisters Ann (Crawley, friends.

Bridie Stewart (née O’Hare) House, Nursing Home, in his 98th Coventry), Gabriel (Reynolds), Patricia (Patsy) Anderson Annies, Kilcurry, Dundalk, peace- year on Friday May 24. Kevin, be- sons-in-law Brendan and An(née Henry), Ladywell Square, fully in the Louth County Hospi- loved son of the late Patrick and drew, brothers-in-law, sisterstal. Predeceased by her parents Ellen and beloved husband of in-law, grandchildren Jordan, Dundalk, peacefully in The Louth Edward and Margaret, Bridie be- Kathleen (née Hearty) and dear Kayla, Ciara and Sean, nephews, County Hospital on Monday May loved wife of Joe and dear moth- brother of the late May and Pat- nieces, neighbours, relatives and 20. Beloved wife of the late Billy.

Predeceased by her husband, er of Teddy, Susan, Patricia, Mar- sy. Deeply regretted by his wife, friends. cella, Robert, Gregory, Jeannette, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, Bernadette McKeever Anna- brothers Jackie, Frankie and GerPauline, Martin and Gillian, She nieces nephews, relatives and loughan, Jenkinstown, Dundalk, ry, sister Molly, She will be sadly will be sadly missed by her loving friends. peacefully, in Carlingford Nurs- missed by her loving family, son husband, sons, daughters, sons Imelda Bird (née Daly) Rath- ing Home on Monday May 20. Gerry, daughters Frances Casey and daughters in-law, 24 grand- nestin, Tallanstown, peacefully at Beloved daughter of the late and Maria Martin, sons-in-law children, 18 great-grandchildren, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, on Michael and Bridget and dear Tony and Colin, daughter in-law nephews, nieces, extended fam- Thursday May 23. Predeceased by sister of Ellen and the late Annie, Elizabeth, grandchildren Jamie, ily relatives, wonderful friends her husband Patrick, son Gerard, Thomas, Michael, Alice and Elizaand neighbours. daughter-in-law Olive and de- beth. She will be sadly missed by David, Mark, Adam, Dylan, KarMaura Grogan (née Smyth), ceased family members. Beloved her sister, nephews, nieces, rela- ley and Stephine, great-grandchildren Logan, Blake and Ollie, Lismanus, Dunleer, peacefully in mother of Seamus, Frank, Rose- tives and friends. the Louth County Hospital, Dun- marie, Mary, Oliver, Martina, John, Arthur D (Art) Agnew Kilma- sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, dalk, on Friday May 24. Maura, Audrey and Raymond. Deeply cud, Co. Dublin and formerly of extended family relatives, wonbeloved wife of Peter and loving regretted and sadly missed by Dundalk, retired Ambassador, derful neighbours and friends.

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Louth athletes to the fore at National Track and Field The County Louth men’s and women’s teams got off to a superb start in this year’s National Track and Field League when the first round was staged at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast on Sunday, 19 May. For the second successive year the women’s team is plying its trade in the top-tier Premier Division while the men’s team is operating out of Division One. The men finished second in the points table in Belfast and lie in third place overall. The women did even better by coming out on top in Belfast and they also lie in third place overall. This puts both teams in a very strong position to be among the top eight teams overall after the second round on 30 June and hence to qualify for the final in Tullamore on 20 July.

The stars of the show for the Wee County were teenagers Kate O’Connor and Aoibhín McMahon, both of whom were making their debut for the county senior team. The former won the 200m and Long Jump in some style while the latter enjoyed an impressive double victory in the Shot Putt and Javelin.

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Sarah Clarke (Blackrock), Hannah Reilly (Blackrock), Ashling Mathews (Blackrock), Maria Smith (Dundalk St Gerard’s).

Putt and finished runner-up in the Javelin, Darragh Greene won the 1500m and helped the 4x400m quartet to second place, and Brendan Rogers won the 3000m Walk and took third in the Weight for Distance.

In addition, Nicola Welsh won the 3000m and Geraldine Finegan was victorious in the Pole Vault.

Athletes who recorded second place finishes in their individual events included Maria Smith (100m), Neasa Reilly (800m), Israel Olatunde (100m), Declan Toal (5000m), Edward McEntee (400m Hurdles), Eoghan Smyth (High Jump) and Darren Weldon (Hammer).

Among those registering third place finishes were Catherine

Rogers (1500m Walk), Abbie Sheridan (High Jump), Erika Juozapaitė (Triple Jump), Andrew Kelly (200m), Finn Reilly (400m), Tadhg Donnelly (800m) and Destiny James (110m Hurdles).

Other athletes who contributed strongly to the points total on the day were Kelly Breen, Sarah Clarke, Róisín Coade, Emma Conway, Mary Leech, Ashling Mathews, Seoda Matthews, Shauna McMahon, Ciara Reilly, Hannah Reilly, Niall Brady, Anthony Dillon, Conor Durnin and Kevin Oladunjoye.

Two other County Louth athletes – Rosemary Gibson and Mary Scanlon – were also in action in Belfast, where they competed as guests.

made up of visitors from Mayo and Dublin.

The winning quartet laid the foundation for their victory on the front nine which they covered in 54pts as they dovetailed brilliantly to produce seven point return on the index one fourth and gained six points on seven of the remaining eight holes. They had another four six point holes on the back nine as they came home with a steady 46pts.

The Junior Scratch Cup has

been rescheduled for Saturday, July 6. It will be played on the same date as the Minor and Intermediate Scratch Cups and will be played over 18 holes.

Members are reminded that entries for the IJM Scratch Matchplay events are open in the bar June 17. The closing dates for the current round of matchplays are as follows: June 10 - Gold Medal and Harry Walsh Cup, June 17 - Gents and Mixed Foursomes, June 24 - Carolan Cup.

Presentation night at golf club A presentation night was held in the clubhouse on Sunday evening for all the winners during what was another very successful Open Week.

One of the best performances of the week came in Thursday’s Four Man Team competition which saw the team of Willie McKeever (17), M Markey (18), John McKeever (13) and JC McKeever (14) score 100pts as they finished eight points clear of the second placed team which was

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Dundalk/Carlingford electoral area following the successful campaigns from Erin McGreehan and Sean Kelly. The duo take up the seats of Peter Savage and Mark Dearey who decided not to put themselves up for reelection this time around.

There was little change in Dundalk South with all seven sitting councillors retaining their seats including Sinn Fein’s Ruairi O’Mhurchu who had been co-opted into the council following the decision of Kevin Meenan to step down in 2017.

Sinn Fein’s poor performance nationally

was reflected locally as well with the party dropping from ten seats to seven.

In Ardee Dolores Minogue and Colm Markey were both reelected following the first count while there was also good news for independent candidate Hugh Conlon who won the sixth and final seat after the ninth count. It

was an especially sweet victory for Hugh who agonisingly missed out last time around by just over 20 votes to Jim Tenanty.

The new council will be made up of seven Fianna Fail members, seven Sinn Fein, five Fine Gael, six independents, three labour and one from the Green Party.

Coláiste Chú Chulainn Second Year student Joseph Cassidy, pictured in front of his Scifest@ College project displayed at DKIT on Tuesday.

The Bellewsbridge native was awarded a runnerup prize in the Junior Life Sciences category for his project investigating the effect of coloured light on the growth of plants.

Five projects were on display from Coláiste Chú Chulainn with investigations ranging from testing the strength of an egg to growing Sea-Monkeys in different environments.

Majority support legislation to lower whiplash court payouts Almost 70% of Irish motorists support the introduction of legislation designed to lower court payouts relating to whiplash injuries, a recent survey has found.

In response to an AA Car Insurance survey of over 4,000 motorists, 68.79% of respondents indicated that they would strongly support such a measure being taken. Meanwhile, a further 21.19% stated they would be somewhat supportive of such legislation being introduced, with just over 3% of respondents stating they would be opposed to such a move.

“When you compare compensation awards in Irish courts to those in other countries, for example the United Kingdom, there is noticeable issue with awards here being out of line with the extent of the injury suffered. Unfortunately, some people do suffer legitimate whiplash injuries, or much worse as a result of a car accident and these people deserve to be fairly compensated. However, we do need to look at steps that can be taken to bring Irish awards in line with international standards,”

Conor Faughnan, AA Director of Consumer Affairs stated.

“In terms of efforts to combat high car insurance costs, it is fair to say that excessive injury payouts in some instances is only one factor in a much wider problem. Unfortunately, we do have a problem with people opting to bypass the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in the hopes of securing a higher payout in court and this issue needs an urgent fix.”

Meanwhile, in relation to compensation for non-whiplash injuries, the survey found that a smaller majority of respondents were in favour of steps being taken to limit court awards.

When asked to exclude compensation for whiplash injuries, 54.74% of those surveyed stated they would strongly support

government measures designed to lower court compensation payouts, with a further 28.54% indicating they would be somewhat supportive of this approach.

“Where court awards are concerned, it does appear that there’s at least a minor schism in people’s attitudes for compensating those who supper whiplash injuries compared to those who suffer non-whiplash injuries in an accident. Ultimately, irrespective of the nature of the injury, those with a legitimate grievance deserve to be fairly compensated for any earnings lost as well as medical costs,” Faughnan added. “However, in the majority of cases, there really should be no need for the courts to be involved in order to agree a fair settlement.”

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7 seaters

172 RENAULT GRAND SCENIC DYN. NAV. 5DR 1.5DCi GREY 26,200MLS............................. €23,950 161 mitsubishi outlander gx3 5dr 2.3 AUTOMATIC black 28,800mls....................... €27,995 161 RENAULT GRAND SCENIC DYNAMIQUE 5DR 1.5DCi BURGUNDY 33,500MLS................. €16,750

DIESEL MODELS

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181 PEUGEOT 3008 ALLURE 1.6BHDi COPPER 28,700MLS................................................ €28,350 171 HYUNDAI TUCSON SE 5DR 1.7CRDi GREY 22,400MLS................................................. €21,350 171 KIA SPORTAGE 1 5DR 1.7CRDi GREY 13,300MLS....................................................... €21,750 171 NISSAN QASHQAI ACCENT VISION 5DR 1.5DCi BLACK 34,800MLS............................... €18,995 161 VW TIGUAN S 5DR 2.0TDi SILVER 13,500MLS........................................................... €21,295 161 HYUNDAI TUSCON SE 5DR 1.7CRDi RED 34,900MLS.................................................. €19,795 161 kia sportage 1 5dr 1.7crdi white 40,100mls..................................................... €18,995 161 FORD KUGA TITANIUM 5DR 2.0TDCi GREY 49,300MLS............................................... €18,900 161 HYUNDAI TUCSON S 5DR 1.7CRDi CHAMPAGNE 17,200MLS....................................... €18,899 161 SKODA YETI OUTDOOR 5DR 2.0TDi RED 39,500MLS................................................... €16,795 161 honda civic s 5dr 1.6 i-dtec electric blue 36,800mls........................................ €15,395 161 PEUGEOT 308 ACTIVE SW ESTATE 5DR 1.6BHDi BLUE 37,600MLS............................... €14,250 161 PEUGEOT 2008 ACTIVE 5DR 1.6HDi GREY 22,900MLS................................................ €14,195 152 RENAULT CAPTUR DYNAMIQUE NAV 5DR 1.5DCi ELECTRIC BLUE 40,700MLS............... €12,750 151 PEUGEOT 3008 ACTIVE 5DR 1.6HDi silver 72,100M................................................. €13,595 141 PEUGEOT 208 ACTIVE 5DR 1.4HDi BRONZE 46,200MLS............................................... €9,150 131 HYUNDAI IX20 DELUXE 5DR 1.4CRDi BRONZE 35,100MLS............................................ €8,999

petrol MODELS

181 SUZUKI SWIFT SZ3 DUALJET 5DR 1.2 RED 9,600MLS................................................. €14,750 171 NISSAN PULSAR XE 5DR 1.2 AUTOMATIC SILVER 14,900MLS...................................... €15,475 171 PEUGEOT 208 ACTIVE 5DR 1.2 WHITE 21,700MLS..................................................... €12,995 161 AUDI A3 SE 5DR 1.4 PURPLE 27,500MLS.................................................................. €19,750 161 TOYOTA YARIS ICON 5DR 1.5 HYBRID AUTOMATIC BLUE 14,200MLS........................... €14,950 161 OPEL ASTRA Sri 5DR 1.2 RED 20,600MLS................................................................ €14,350 161 TOYOTA YARIS ICON VVTi 5DR 1.0 RED 17,200MLS.................................................... €12,195 151 FIAT 500 POP 3DR 1.2 WHITE 21,800MLS................................................................... €8,995 142 SKODA FABIA AMBIENTE 5DR 1.2 ESTATE ONLY 26,350MLS......................................... €9,450 2012 REANAULT CLIO EXPRESSION 5DR 1.2 BEIGE 66,000MLS........................................... €5,700 STRAIGHT DEAL PRICES QUOTED TRADE IN’S WELCOME - EVERYTHING CONSIDERED

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