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ONE man was taken to hospital, while up to 50 apartments were evacuated, when a fire broke out in Carroll Village on Monday night.Senior assistant chief fire officer Joe Lumsden said the fire was reported at approximately 10.45pm on Monday evening.“We got a call from the Eastern Regional Control Centre and there were three fire engines despatched to the scene within five minutes of that call” ex-plained Joe.“There was fire and smoke coming from a second storey apartment and the building was immediately evacuated with approximately forty to fifty residents fleeing the building“We entered the building via two ladders and we recovered one male casualty who was in the apartment where the fire had originated. I understand

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Wednesday, 13th June, 2012. Vol. 5, Issue 24 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Tel: 042 9320888. Fax: 042 9329676. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Dundalk is on the up and upThe spring is back in the Dundalk step after a hugely positive week for the town on a number of different fronts.

Over the past number of days the feel-good factor in the area has been palpable with a number of significant events.

The revamped Market Square was officially opened on Friday and then seen in its full glory as Jedward played to thousands of fans on a sunny Sunday afternoon, a day after the Tain March stopped off in the town centre.

The huge progress made by the region since the Peace Process was underlined with the carrying of the Olympic Torch into Co Louth on Wednesday morning. A day later, the positivity surround-

ing the economic future was highlighted when multi-na-tional company, Prometric, announced details of contin-

ued growth at their official opening.

On top of that came the news that the controversial

Thorp reprocessing facility in Sellafield is closing, which

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The Jedward concert was one of the many reasons to celebrate in Dundalk this week

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By Paul Byrne & eunan Whyte • Market Square Buzzing

• Sellafield Closing • Olympic Torch Visits • Prometric Launch

By Paul Byrne

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Pupils from Scoil Mhuire na nGael with the Olympic Torch. Top right is Davy Joyce from Senior Infants in St Josephs NS

THE transfer of 290 Voda-fone call centre jobs from Ireland to the UK official-ly took place on Monday the communications giant has confirmed. Fifty em-ployees will be in place in the Newry call centre from next week while both Irish call centres will remain

open for a period until the individual preferences of current employees are ad-dressed.

Last week staff in Dublin and Dundalk were issued the terms of their redun-dancy following weeks of negotiations between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the mo-bile phone operator and the

call centre staff provider.CWU members voted for

industrial action in April, forcing Vodafone to extend the May 8 deadline for the transfer of jobs. A month of talks ensued before a deal was struck.

Terry Delaney from the CWU said that they worked hard to get the best redun-dancy terms they could for

their members and that they will continue to condemn Vodafone for the decision to outsource jobs.

Vodafone staff have se-cured a redundancy package that includes six weeks pay for every year of service. Some will continue to work with the company in their Mountainview call centre however it is clear that the

positions in the Dublin call centre will be limited and competition for posts will be high.

Vodafone staff have been advised they must indicate the position that they would like to take up as soon as possible and if unsuccess-ful, Newry or unemploy-ment will their next step.

Rigney Dolphin perma-

nent employees were offered a package of two weeks pay for every year worked as well statutory redundancy payments, depending on legal entitlements. Those on fixed terms contracts a termination payment of €1,800.

Those who do transfer to the Teleperformance call centre will have their current

contracts, whether Rigney Dolphin or Vodafone, fully protected. And fixed term Rigney Dolphin contracts will be offered permanent positions in Teleperfor-mace, subject to satisfactory performance. But as yet, the number of people choosing to take up the posts in Ne-wry remains unclear.

Official transfer of Vodafone jobs takes placeBy Niamh Kirk

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that he was taken immediately to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda”“Thankfully the fire was contained to just one apartment. The rest of the apartments have sus-tained limited smoke and fire heat damage” The residents were initially warned of a fire in the building thanks to a fire alarm in the building that activated soon after the fire started.The man who was taken to hospital, in his early 40s, is understood to be in a stable condition in Drogheda on Tuesday. It is not yet known how the fire was started and the area remains sealed off by gardai for examination.

Fundraiser to help poor in Zambia

Olympic Flame visits Dundalk schools

A DuNDAlk carer is organising a host of fundraisers over the forthcoming weeks as she tries to raise money for a trip to Zambia, where she will work and study as part of the louth charity ‘Devel-opment Perspectives’ overseas project.

Laura Maguire, hopes to travel to Zambia on

IT was an exciting start to a Wednesday morning as pupils and staff from a number of national schools in Dundalk, were given an amazing opportu-nity to witness the pro-cession of the Olympic Flame as it paid a visit during its journey from Belfast to Dublin.

This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the Olympic flame at close quarters and according to St Josephs National school princi-pal, Marcella O Conl-uain, the significance of the event was not lost on the pupils.

which is obviously very important” added Mar-cella.

The Olympic Flame then made its way to other schools including Bay Estate and the CBS Primary where hundreds of schoolchildren got a chance to pose for pho-tographs with the fa-mous old flame.

The flame had earlier crossed the border from Belfast into the Repub-lic as a symbol of the peace process. Olym-pic boxing medallists Wayne McCullough and

July 21 where she plans to help some of the poor-est communities in Af-rica.

Laura who works as a carer for people with disabilities says she has always been interested in volunteering work and decided on helping out abroad after speaking to representatives in the Appletree Foundation.

‘I do quite a bit of voluntary work around Dundalk, and I was in-terested in doing some volunteering abroad.’

“I got talking to people in the Appletree Founda-tion and they told me about the ‘Development Perspectives’ overseas projects.’

“I have to raise money to go on the trip and I’m hoping that people will

come out and support me as I organise various fundraisers over the next few weeks” explained Laura.

Laura currently has three events in the pipe-line starting with an auction in the Marshes tomorrow morning (Thursday) where she will be selling a signed Louth football jersey.

The fundraising drive will continue on June 23 when Laura organises a table Quiz in the Morn-ing Star cafe on Park St. A table of four will cost €20 and if you want to go alone it will cost €5.

Finally, fearless Laura will be at the Crowne Plaza on the July 1 where she will abseil down the side of the hotel in an ef-fort to raise funds for her

trip abroad.Anyone who would

like to donate to Laura Maguire’s voluntary work in Zambia can con-tact her on 086 0383264.

By Paul Byrne

“We were all very ap-preciative when we were told that the flame was visiting our school. We only found out at 8:30 on Wednesday morn-ing so we immediately texted all the children’s parents and we set up a

stage immediately” ex-plained Marcella.

“The children have been doing different projects relating to the Olympics over the past few months so they all knew how significant it was that they were get-

ting to see the flame at close quarters

“We have a proud tradition of sport in our school and an event like this will only encourage children to get involved in athletics and ensure they keep fit and healthy

By Paul Byrne

Michael Carruth took part in an early morn-ing handover ceremony witnessed by Games chief Lord Sebastian Coe between Newry and Dundalk.

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contracts, whether Rigney Dolphin or Vodafone, fully protected. And fixed term Rigney Dolphin contracts will be offered permanent positions in Teleperfor-mace, subject to satisfactory performance. But as yet, the number of people choosing to take up the posts in Ne-wry remains unclear.

Official transfer of Vodafone jobs takes place

Olympic Flame visits Dundalk schools

Michael Carruth took part in an early morn-ing handover ceremony witnessed by Games chief Lord Sebastian Coe between Newry and Dundalk.


Buion Setanta Cub Scouts at their Investiture

THE HSE have asserted that there is only a four to five month waiting list for access to metha-done clinics in Dundalk after it was claimed in a national newspaper that the waiting list was as long as 12 months in the area.

The HSE said that the information was based on waiting lists as of March 2011.

There are three metha-done clinics held per week in the county, two in Dundalk with an av-erage of 80 clients at-tending them each week.

Once a client is referred to the clinics the wait time to get into the pro-gramme is about five months.

There is an open refer-ral system, so GPs and other professions can refer to the methadone clinics. GPs assess the clients and deem if they are suitable to avail of the programme.

Once it begins the methadone prescription is issued by the GP and the client is advised to at-tend at specified commu-nity pharmacies where methadone is adminis-tered as prescribed.

The wait time could

be reduced if the num-bers of trained GPs in methadone prescription increased.

The HSE said the situ-ation would improve if more GPs were active in this regard and the North East Drugs Task Force is actively seeking the in-volvement of additional community based GPs in the prescribing of metha-done.

A spokesman said “We are constantly reviewing our services in order to ensure we are meeting the community needs.

Ireland has one of the highest rates of drug re-lated deaths in Europe

and as use stabilises throughout the EU, it continues to increase in Ireland.

The demographic of users in the county is largely young men, with the numbers ever in-creasing.

Dundalk still has a nee-dle exchange programme that reports those who use the service as being mostly men in their 20s and 30s who are proac-tive and conscious of the dangers they are in.

However it provides only a snap shot of the problem as they can only distribute to people over 18 years old.

THE annual Cycle in the Park – Fun day Sunday will be held in St Helena Park on Sunday June 17 from 2pm to 5pm. This event is part of Bike Week 2012 which takes place from June 16 to 24 with cycling events happening all over Ireland.

A day for all the family to enjoy will commence with activities for under 12s including proficiency tests, tutor laps, slow bike races, bouncy castle, face painting,

For the not so young there will be bicycle workshops, music and the cy-cle path tour of Dundalk. Once again all events are free so come along, bring a picnic and enjoy a family day out.

An event that is due to draw a crowd will be the spectacular sight of a High Nelly Run at 3pm – so be sure not to miss out on this.

For those who wish to take part in the cycling activities please bring along your helmet and safety gear.

THE Cooleys Hill Trek and Bar-beque will take place on Sunday June 17 with registration at The lumpers pub, Ravensdale.

Fast Level and Moderate Level registration is at 10.30 and Easy Lev-el registration at 11.30am. The treat will start at Noon. Walkers can pre-register at Outdoor Exchange, long-

walk, Dundalk, at 9320789. Dress ap-propriately for weather conditions.

Donation of €20 with proceeds to Our lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and Royal Victoria Chil-dren’s Hospital, Belfast.

Contact Mary McDonald on 9376157/087 2708847 or Noeleen Shields 086 3889070 for details.

Methadone clinics waiting list

Celebrate Bike Week with Cycle in the Park Fun Day

Cooley hill trek/barbeque

IT has been a busy time for the Cub Scouts with Buíon Setanta Scout Group and the culmina-tion of this was the Inves-titure of seven Cub Scouts and two Cub Scouters.

As part of the One Pro-gramme there are nine Adventure Skills, each of which have nine levels, which the young person is introduced to and works on throughout the year.

The Adventure Skills include Air Activities, Backwoods, Camping, Emergencies, Hill Walk-ing, Pioneering (con-structing items from wooden spars) and three water based activities.

The seven new Cub Scouts from Buíon Setan-ta were presented with their Levels 1 in Hill Walking, Camping and Emergencies recently. A number of the young members are already working on Level 2 and

Cub Scouts keeping busy

some have moved onto Level 3. Achieving the Community Badge, whether that is by doing a “Clean Up”, doing a sur-vey amongst school mates or helping at the local Arch Club are all great things that our young people are in-volved in. Some of the Cub Scouts picked the skills badge and have joined their local GAA

Club and learning about gaelic football.

As part of our Air Ac-tivities badge, the scouts will visit the Dublin aero-drome in the next no of weeks.

The group are at present taking names for the start of the next Scout-ing year, in September. So if you have a daughter or son, niece or nephew, or grandchild who you

think Scouting might be for them contact Yvonne on 086 6065690 for more information.

Buíon Setanta Scout Group have also Scout (12 to 15 year olds) and a Venture Section (16 to 18 year olds). Our Scout Den is just off the Ar-magh Road, in Lennon Melia Tce. Contact Eu-gene on 086 3979327.

Short film showcaseat DkITA showcAse of selected films created since the ad-vent of the BA & BA(Hons) in Video & Film Production will take place on the out-door screen at Market Square, Dundalk on Sat-urday June 16 from 7 to 9pm as part of the Tain Summer Festival .This two-hour session of short fiction films and doc-umentaries will showcase the outstanding variety and quality of what has been produced on the BA & BA(Hons) in Video & Film Production since the course began in 2005.The course has been run-ning for seven years in Dundalk Institute of Tech-nology, producing award-winning short films and documentaries that have been screened in festivals in Ireland and worldwide.

By Niamh Kirk


Olympic gold medallist Michael Carruth carries the Olympic Torch over the Border

Jeanius ideaMaRShES Shopping Centre hosted the Jeanius futuristic styling event whereby shop-pers get body scanned in a revolutionary 3D scanner, producing a printed document, confirming exact body measurements. Dr Denim, Caroline McElroy, and friends, then gave invaluable jeans advice - including cut, shape and colour - to enable shoppers to purchase the perfect, flattering pair. In total 195 shoppers tried and tested the 3D Body Scanner with participants of all ages, sex, shapes and sizes.

SAINT Patrick’s Scout Group, Dundalk are organising their fourth annual ‘Come Down The Crowne’ abseil on Sunday July 1 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dun-dalk.

This year the Scout Group is facilitating the fundraising ef-forts of other community groups

and charities by offering them the opportunity to take part in this exciting event.

For a fee of €125 per partici-pant anyone can ‘Come Down The Crowne’ and any additional money that is raised through sponsorship will go directly to the charity or group of your choice.

The fee of €125.00 covers the cost of the abseil company itself, on-site associated costs, insur-ance, sponsorship cards and pro-motional material.

A deposit of €25 is due before Friday June 15 with the remain-ing balance of €100 either before or on the morning of the event.

Places are limited and you must be over 16 years of age to par-take.

If you would like to take part or if have any further questions please get in contact by phoning or texting 086-2088523, emailing [email protected]

DESPITE the early hour and the inclem-ent conditions, a large crowd lined the Bor-der on Wednesday morning of last week to witness the historic crossing of the Ol-ympic Torch into Co Louth.

The ceremony itself may have been rela-tively straightforward, but the significance of the occasion was huge.

Not alone was it a chance to witness the symbol of the global Olympic movement, but from a local point of view it was another indication of the huge progress made by the Peace Process in recent years.

Bryan Knipe, Sophie Courcier, Caoimhe Wallace, Niamh Mur-phy, Sarah Cairns and Kristina Saroka.

The event was wit-nessed by chairman of the London Organ-ising Committee for the Olympic Games, Sebastian Coe, before the Torch was taken to Dubln by car for a day-long celebration.

Michael Carruth, the 1992 hero, revealed af-terwards: “It is fantas-tic, the torch is what is good about sport. It is a fantastic occasion for everyone, north and south of the border.”

Special Guest Mau-rice Coyle son of Dan Coyle a former Olym-pian from Dundalk.

‘Come Down The Crowne’ abseiling

Torch visit is a symbol of progress

GeographyNear what city is Bondi Beach?NatureWhat is the main diet of the Koala Bear?Food and DrinkThe ‘Striding Man’ is the advertising logo of what Scotch Whisky?BooksWho did Sherlock holmes refer to as ‘The Napolean of Crime’?CelebrityWhat is the surname of brothers, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz?Rock and PopRoger Daltrey and Pete Townsend are the last remaining of the original members of what British rock band?SportWhich snooker star is nick-named ‘The Thunder from Down Under’?TelevisionIn the series, ‘The a Team’

what did Ba, as in Ba Baracas, stand for?LocalWhich Dundalk born singer and hairdresser, represent-ed Ireland in the 1998 Eu-rovision Song Contest with “Is always Over Now?”?Pot LuckWhat term is given to the operator of a Punch & Judy Show?This Week’s StinkerThe part of Del Boy in Only Fools and horses was originally meant for what Oscar-winning actor, who later made three appear-ances in the show between 1983 and 1991?

Pete Treanor’sWeekly Quiz

—this week’s answers—

1. Sydney 2. Eucalyptus leaves 3. Johnny Walker 4. Moriarty 5. Beckham 6. The Who 7. Neil Robert-son 8. Bad attitude 9. Dawn Martin 10. Professor. Stinker: Jim Broadbent who played DCI Roy Slater.

People of all ages from both sides of the Border gathered at Car-rickarnon to see Wayne McCullough hand over

the torch to Olympic gold medalist, Micahel Carruth, accompanied by local school chil-dren just before 7am.

The ten children from Louth were Dav-id O’Hare, Pádraig Be-gley, Emmet Woods, Tommy Olowookere,

By eunan Whyte


Some of the pupils from Monastery NS in Ardee taking part in the sports day

NORTH Louth is set to benefit from a new cy-cling route after funding was granted for a 6.2km cycling coastal path from Omeath to Carling-ford.

The project will re-ceive a total of €687,000 and is one of 16 separate cycling projects built across the country over the coming years amounting to an addi-tional 334 kilometres of cycleway as part of the National Cycle Net-work.

The planned cycle path will run along an old railway line between Greers Quay, Omeath and Carlingford, with future potential for this route to form part of a

32km route from Dun-dalk to Carlingford and on to Newry.

The announcement by Public Transport Minis-ter, Alan Kelly, outlining a €7m investment pro-gramme for cycle routes which included the Omeath to Carlingford path was greatly wel-comed by project leader Kevin Woods, Innova-tive Committee, Louth Economic Forum.

‘This is the very es-sence of an area working together and what can be achieved. The local landowners were ex-tremely supportive when I approached them and understood the benefits that this would bring to the area”, he said.

New coastalcycling path

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Euro 2012Marianne Butler (Chairman of Dundalk Town Coun-cil) unveils the plaque to mark the official opening of the Market Square on Friday evening

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completed a hugely satisfactory week.

Mark Dearey, who along with Constance Short, Ollan Herr and Mary Kavanagh, brought a Su-preme Court action in an attempt to stop Thorp opening in 1994, said that the closure was a boost for Dundalk.

“It is great news that by 2018 Sellafield will stop reprocessing nuclear waste and turn its atten-tion to decommissioning. There are still issues that need to be ad-dressed in relation to storage of radio-active material but this re-ally is a very positive step.”

Meanwhile Jedmania hit Dun-dalk’s Market Square as children (not to mention a few adults) screamed in delight as the tall haired pop twins bounced onto the massive stage on Sunday af-ternoon.

With glorious sunshine pour-ing down on the packed Market

Square the Lucan twins sang and danced for over an hour in front of their adoring fans.

Speaking after the event, or-ganiser Stewart Agnew said he was blown away with the reaction to the show.

“It went off better than I ever could have expected” admitted Stewart. I thought that there was a real buzz about the town on Sunday and that is something that maybe has been missing from Dundalk in recent years.

“We had 3500 people in the Square for the concert and every-body I’ve been talking to since has said they had a whale of a time. The icing on the cake for us was the fantastic weather and it helped contribute to what was a great day for Dundalk”.

The screening of the Ireland versus Croatia game also proved to be a big hit with the public.

Finally in what was an unprec-edented week of good news for the town, Prometric announced

that the company has exceeded — in just six months — its jobs plan for all of 2012, raising its Dundalk-based workforce to 52 professionals in test publishing, software engineering, business analysis, project analytics, execu-tive and project management, hu-man resources, finance and ac-counting.

Dundalk is on the up and up

Show competitionFollowing a huge response to the competition, the winners of the family tickets for the Co Louth Agricultural Show are as follows:McEnteggart Family, Knockbridge Dundalk; Eileen Meenan, Greenacres, Dundalk; Siobhan Hamill, Castle Pk, Dundalk; Mary Cargan, Clogherhead; Sheila Quinn, Crossmaglen; Dagmar Triller, College Court, Dundalk.

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The Dance Kids will be back for a charity show

FREDA Hearty and the Dance Kids are back and ready to take over An Táin Theatre on June 22, 23 and 24 with their spectacular 10 year anniversary show ‘Haven’t Stopped Dancing yet’.

The talented dancers aged from just 4 years of age to 24 years are promising to stage a “performance of the popular musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Their tenth anniversary line up also includes many favourites such as One Direction, excerpts from West Side Story, Toy Story, Sister Act, The Sound of Music and many more.

We literally ‘Haven’t Stopped Dancing yet’,” laughed Freda. “After

Dance Kids’ 10th anniversary

ten years, we’re still go-ing strong and loving every minute of it. We have been so busy the last few months prepar-ing for this show. All the Dance Kids and their families have been great and so supportive. All the hard work has really paid off and it’s going

to be a fantastic show.”

Over the past number of years, Freda Hearty and the Dance Kids have raised an amazing €127,000 for charity both locally and abroad. This year, proceeds from ‘Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet’ will be go-

ing to local charities. ‘Haven’t Stopped

Dancing yet’ takes place in An Táin Theatre, Dundalk, at 7:30pm on Friday June 22, 3pm on Saturday 23 and 7:30pm on Sunday 24t.

Booking at An Táin Theatre’s box office on 042 9392919.

A 30-YEAR-OLD man took a handbag as a prank mistaking it belonged to another person. How-ever, despite extensive efforts he was not able to recover all the property, including a charm brace-let of great sentimental value to the owner, Dundalk Court heard.

Tony Kavanagh of Marian Park was granted further time to pursue

the recovery of the bracelet and the return of all the property or to raise compensation to ensure the injured party was not at a loss. Judge Flann Brennan adjourned a charge of theft to October 20.

Garda Inspector Martin Beggy told that the value of the items was €800, including cash, watch and a mobile phone. The owner placed

the handbag under a table at the Office Nite Club, Earl Street on December 18 last and was taken by the defendant.

Solicitor Conor McGuill said that the defendant removed the handbag from where it was. He travelled to England to meet with a person to get the property back, but only met with partial success.

Took handbag as a prank


School’s 50 YearsScoil Naisiunta Bhride, in Faughart, are celebrating the school’s 50th anniversary with a week of events. On Monday, past pupils who carried their chairs to the new school 50 years ago will give a talk on what it was like to attend school 50 years ago, while on Tuesday a school photo was taken in the playground. There will be a live broadcast on LMFM on Friday morning including interviews with past teachers and pupils. All current and past pupils are invited to a Mass on Friday June 15 in the Oratory in Faughart at 7pm. Afterwards in the school there will be refreshments at the school with photos from the past 50 years on display.

Bus tripThe Old Dundalk Society is planning a trip to Westmeath and Offaly on Saturday June 23. The trip will include a guided tour of Belvedere House and gardens and this will be followed by a visit to Kilbeggan Distillery. The last site of the tour will be Clonmacnoise in Co Offaly, the early Christian site founded by St Ciaran. A coach will depart from Mulholland Ave at 8.45am to return home at 9pm. Cost is €55 and bookings can be made at Connell & Co drapers by June 20.

Boot SaleThere will be a car boot sale on Sunday June 17 in Readypenny Inn Car Park. €10 per car boot. Proceeds to Ardee Hospice. Contact Margaret at 086 2381030.

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Lloyd Daniels fans Emma Hayden and Nicole McHugh

Laura and Conor Hynes. Conor celebrated his 5th birthday at the Jedward concert on Sunday

Clara Califf, Shannon Murray, Jade Woods and Shannon Connolly

Hannah, Fiona and Amy Toal

Paige O’Reilly and Alisha Manning from Roscommon

Shane and Saoirse Darcy

Pupils from St Francis NS enjoying World Environment Day

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Stefan and Ross Mc Kevitt

Saoirse Mc Guinness, Meadbh McCann and Eabha McCarthy

Pictures from Jedward Open air Concert

LONGWALK Shopping Centre will be the centre of all things Euro Foot-ball 2012 on June 16 when Republic of Ire-land football legend Paul McGrath will visit the centre from 12 to 3pm to sign autographs and meet and greet his fans.

The event is part of the Euro Kick Zone competition taking place in the centre from June 9 to 23.

The Euro Kick Zone competition will allow

members of the public to ’Kick the Board’ invit-ing participants to show off their football kick skills and receive a print out of their score.

The competition will run for three weeks from Saturday June 9, there will be two weekends of qualifiers and on June 23 all customers that quali-fied will be brought back to compete in the final. The highest overall scor-er will win the main prize with several run-ner-up prizes on offer.

Paul McGrathin Long Walk Shopping Centre

THE children of St. Francis NS Blackrock dressed in green on Tuesday June 5 to mark World Environment Day, and to re-mind people of the importance of caring for the planet.

The children looked at Rain-forests in particular, and dis-cussed various ways they could do their bit - choosing products made from managed forests, re-using items made from for-

est materials and choosing products made from alterna-tive materials.

The pupils at St. Francis NS are no strangers to the eco-challenge. They were the proud recipients of a second Green Schools flag for their work on energy conservation this year, having previously earned a Green Flag for Litter and Waste Management.

They take part in the Annual national Spring Clean, and are keen beach combers. They have been busy growing veg-etables and have planted sum-mer flowers to enhance their school grounds. The children have applied for their first En-vironental Award from louth Co Council this year and hope to add this to their growing list of achievements.

DuNDAlk’S Relay for life committee have called on the peo-ple of County louth to join them once again in helping to raise vi-tal funds for the Irish Cancer Society.

The hugely successful event which is now in its fourth year raised a very impressive €112,000 for the ICS last year and they hope to equal if not better that total this year.

During an official launch in the Marshes shopping centre last Fri-day, Relay for Life co-ordinator Kevin Delaney explained what exactly the Relay for Life is all

Life was the first of its kind in Ireland and the response by people in the area over the last few years has been fantastic.

“Last year we had 29 teams so it would be great if we could hit the 30 mark this year and try and beat last year’s total.

“On the day there will be a multitude of entertainment activities throughout the 24 hours which will help create a wonderful atmosphere.

“As well as raising vital funds to support the Irish Cancer So-ciety’s work, Relay is held to increase cancer awareness, celebrate the lives of survivors, re-

member those who lost their lives to cancer, and unite a community in the fight against cancer”. he added.

“This is a great oppor-tunity to find out more about the Relay for Life Dundalk, how it works, how you can become involved and how it will benefit our community, so join us to Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back.” urged Kevin.

For more information, or for anybody wishing to enter a team, contact [email protected], visit face-book.com/relay.dundalk or visit the website: www.relayforlife.ie/Dundalk.

World Environment Day in St Francis

Call to sign up for Relay for lifeBy Paul Byrne

about and how people in the county can help out.

“It is a community event where teams of

friends, neighbours, families and colleagues come together in groups and commit to keeping

a participant walking around the Relay course for 24 hours.

“Dundalk Relay for


Imagine how exhausted you would be having just completed a marathon. a gruelling twenty six mile slog in what many consider the ultimate in endurance tests. Now imagine running that marathon having just completed a 112 mile cycle and a 2.4 mile swim. This is what Dundalk’s Bryan McCrystal did last month as he completed the Lanzarote Ironman competition in a very impressive 9 hours and 24 minutes finishing 12th overall and best of the Irish in what is regarded as one of the toughest ironman courses in the world.Bryan, a former footballer who played youth and reserve team football for Leeds, first got bitten by the triathlon bug back in 2007 when he went to see an event back Castlewellan. “Initially I’d committed to running the Dublin marathon in 2008 as a way of keeping fit after my football career ended due to a knee injury” explains Bryan. “I completed that in less than three hours. I enjoyed running the marathon but I was fed up with running alone so I joined the local Setanta Triathlon Club and it’s all kicked off from there really I suppose.

mind trying not to give up. “You see and read about athletes having mid-race meltdowns and you wonder will it happen to you. It’s tough to keep going but you just think about all the sacrifices you’ve made and you don’t want to let down family and friends who have supported you.” as Bryan freely admits, swimming is the weakest part of his triathlon. he tends to lose time to his rivals during the swim but his prowess on the bicycle enables him to make back all of this time and more over the 112 mile cycle.“When I get on the bike I just chase, chase, chase. It is without doubt the strongest part of my triathlon. For the moment I’m just really enjoying competing with the professionals and last week’s race in Lanzarote was a great confidence booster.“I don’t know where It’s going to take me but I’m relatively young in the game as the best triathletes tend to peak in their late thirties. “But as I say, it’s a bug and I enjoy the buzz when I’m out on the road. I aim to keep on improving and keep on competing. Faster, better and stronger. That’s the plan.”

onBryan

McCrystalPaul Byrne’s

“I made the decision to race professionally as I was achieving the same times as the pro guys so I thought I may as well go for it. My full time job is as a jeweller in Baldwins Jewellers but I’ve been taking the triathlon seriously for the

past while and I probably train about 12-14 hours a week.” says Bryan.People say you have to be mad to take part in a triathlon but for me it’s a bug at this stage. When you’re out on the course, your body is aching and you’re battling with your

Marathon Man: Bryan McCrystal

Bryan aiming to get faster, better and stronger

Extension approvedCOuNTy Louth VEC has been given the go-ahead by the Department of Edu-cation and Skills to make arrangements for the con-struction of three new classrooms at Bush Post-primary School. The school’s enrolment figures have risen signifi-cantly over the last number of years and this has placed considerable de-mands on current accom-modation levels at the school. This trend is pro-jected to continue.Dr. Pádraig Kirk, CEO of the VEC, welcomed this latest news stating that, “the school’s projections for first year enrolments over the next number of years indicated a steady increase in numbers. Giv-en that current accommo-dation levels were already under pressure, it was necessary to commence planning now for additional accommodation needs. I wish to compliment the Department of Education and Skills for moving swift-ly with Co. Louth VEC to fast track this latest exten-sion at Bush Post-primary School”.

Boot saleA car boot sale in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation will be held in St Patricks GFC, Lordship, on Sunday June 17 from 10.30am to 3pm, with refreshments in Car Boot Café. Call 087 2559405 or 087 6479715.


Pictured is the winner of the Dundalk FC Poker Classic from Sunday night in the youth develop-ment centre at Oriel park. Gerry Curtis (on the right) presenting the winning prize to John Mc-Donald.

PROMETRIC marked their offi-cial opening in Dundalk on Thurs-day last with details of expansion in the town.

Minister of State, Fergus O’Dowd, TD, joined Prometric Inc. President and CEO Michael Brannick and IDA Ireland to an-nounce continued jobs growth in Dundalk.

Thursday’s announcement serves as a significant milestone for the US-based company, which marked its official opening with a brief ceremony.

Prometric announced 100 jobs

over three years in 2011 and since then the company has exceeded its jobs plan for all of 2012, raising its Dundalk-based workforce to 52 professionals in test publishing, software engineering, business analysis, project analytics, execu-tive and project management, hu-man resources, finance and ac-counting.

To date, Prometric has made a talent investment of €2.5 million and €800,000 in construction of its global test development opera-tions centre.

Officiating at the company’s

opening ceremony, Minister O’Dowd said, “The announce-ment is an important indicator for economic strength in the North-East Region. Prometric serves as a possible case study for how the Irish government can encourage sustainable employment growth by leading global companies. I am encouraged by the early success Prometric has shown and look for-ward to future announcements of additional jobs creation.”

Prometric’s three-year jobs plan projects between 100 to 150 new positions.

ON Thursday June 7th pu-pils and staff of Scoil Réalt na Mara celebrated their achievement of the Excel-lence in Science and Maths Award from Discover Pri-mary Science and Maths (DPSM).The award recog-nises the achievements of primary school children and teachers in the application of science and maths in the classroom.

A Science Fun Day was held in in the school hall and parents and friends were in-vited to attend. Pupils from third to sixth class displayed some of the science activi-

ties they have been involved in during the year. All pu-pils, from junior infants to sixth class, had the opportu-nity to get involved in hands on science activities. There was a great buzz in the school hall as pupils had fun demonstrating the activ-ities to each other.

This is the second year the school has achieved the award.

It is hoped that by being actively involved in science investigations and experi-ments, pupils will develop a lifelong interest in and love of science.

Prometric announce details of growth at official opening

Science Fun Day


The finishing line is now in sight as regards preparations for the 2012 County Louth Agricultural Show. Dundalk Stadium will be open for visitors on Sunday June 17th which is Show Day and the members of Dundalk Show Society Ltd look forward to welcoming everyone to the 121st Show where there will be a packed programme of events for all with special emphasis on being a fun filled family day out.Shows like County louth A g r i c u l t u r a l Show help to pre-serve traditions handed down through genera-tions which oth-erwise could be lost forever and

they also help to bridge the urban rural divide. Entries are now being sought for the 2012 Co. Louth Agricul-tural Show. There are many classes for Cattle, Sheep,

Horses and Po-nies, Dogs, Arts, Crafts, Horticul-ture, Home In-dustries, P h o t o g -raphy, Baking and Flower Ar-ranging. There are also classes

for children and those with spe-cial needs. Win-ning a rosette at the show adds value to an ex-hibit and winning a cup is the icing on the cake for many. Cups and

trophies are also presented in dif-ferent sections. As always the County Louth A g r i c u l t u r a l Show runs a num-ber of qualifying events for All Ire-land Finals held


at other shows throughout the country. Over the years qualifiers from the County Louth Agricul-tural Show have performed well at All Ireland Fi-nals with many emerging as na-tional winners. S i n c e the turn of the M i l l e n n i u m , Dundalk Show Society Ltd and Newry Agri-cultural Society have linked up under a Cross Border Initia-

tive. This has resulted in the Dundalk/Newry Intershows com-petition. T h e Show is always a great family day out and will fea-ture numerous other attractions and entertain-ment such as the extensive Free Children’s Cor-ner, Bee Keeping Display, Cake Decorating, Car-rickmacross Lace and the Wife Carrying com-petition which

proved to be hugely success-ful last year. As always, the ever popular Bonny Baby competi-tion will be held and the latest fashion styles and creations will be on dis-play as visitors compete in the “Best Dressed” competitions for Ladies, Gents, Teenagers and Glamorous Gran-nies. LMFM Radio will also broadcast from the Show on the

day.Entry forms for the 2012 County Louth Agricul-tural Show are now available through the web-site www.thed-undalkshow.com or at Devenney’s Office Supplies, 8 Crowe Street, Dundalk where completed entry forms may also be submitted. If you have any que-ries please do not hesitate to contact Dundalk Show Society

Ltd Secretary Patricia Fin-lay-Hanratty at 087-9594247or email [email protected].

Entries close on Sunday June 10th at 4pm. Home Industry exhibits must be brought to Dun-

dalk Stadium on Saturday June 16th between 9am and 12 noon for judging. No entries are ac-

cepted on the day of the Show. All Show details will be posted on the website and Facebook.


Roisin and Patrick Hillen at the Jedward open air con-cert on Sunday.

Calling all buskers

Summer Festival

BuSkErS from around the globe are invited to take part in the ninth annual BuskFest event which takes place on Saturday June 23 in Banbridge Town Centre.The festival which attracts buskers to the town of Ban-bridge has grown significantly in recent years with more than 200 talented musicians, bands and street performers partici-pating in last year’s event. Large numbers of perform-ers are already registering on line at www.buskfest.com to be in with a chance of win-

ning a major prize from the £3000 prize pot. Prizes will be awarded in a number of categories this year including overall winner, best individ-ual, best band, best perform-ance, best junior performer and the ‘Spirit of BuskFest’ prize, sponsored by The Outlet Village. ralph McLean chairman of the judging panel commented ‘As a music lover, I am delighted to be associated with Busk-Fest. If you haven’t yet visited Banbridge BuskFest you are guaranteed a fantastic fam-

ily day out. Enjoy the great atmosphere of the live music, dynamic street theatre, com-edy and entertainment.’Details about the festival, the rules of the competition, how to register and how to get to Banbridge are all available on the official website www.busk-fest.com and on Banbridge Buskfest facebook page. Be part of it, enjoy the great atmosphere, the live music, dynamic street theatre, come-dy and entertainment. A warm welcome awaits everyone at Banbridge Buskfest.

a host of local bands will perform on Friday June 15 at the Market Square as part of the Táin Summer Festival. The concert will take place from 6pm to 9pm and will showcase the local talent from well-known bands such as The Flaws, The Curtain Thieves, Take the money and Run, Third Smoke and I’d Fight Ghandi.The concert, organised in association with the Spirit Store will be free and no alcohol is allowed.Mark Dearey of the Spirit Store is delighted with the concert, “The Spirit Store is delighted to be associated with the Local Bands Night. We have played a role in developing the concert and it’s great to see these bands perform on such a large scale. I would encourage people to come and see how good music can be and support their local talent. We’d like to thank the TCCM Office for organising the Local Bands Night and we wish them success with the Festival.”anyone interested in coming to see the bands perform can just come down to the Market Square; no tickets are required for entry.


Junior team - Enda Kelly, Monique Martin, Chief Instructor Wayne Rutherford, Tomás Flanagan, Darren O’Donogh and Tania Treacy.

MARTIAL Arts School of Fitness took the Jun-ior Team to Enfield last week to compete in the Combat Athletes Open. Five Juniors took to the floor and did themselves proud, including Dar-ren O’Donogh, Tomas Flanagan, Tania Treacy, Monique Martin and Enda Kelly.

Monique is head-ing off in September to compete for Ireland in the prestigious WAKO World Junior Cham-pionships which take

AN 18-year-old Dun-dalk man who admitted driving off without pay-ing for €181 worth of fuel from three local filling stations, received a nine month jail sen-tence which was sus-pended.

The case against Martin Maguire of Rockfield Court was outlined in February last at the local court which heard he hadn’t the money to pay for the diesel. The car he drove

bore false number plates, but a Garda recognised him from viewing CCTV footage at one of the stations.

Judge William Hamill put back the charges, along with a further count of handling stolen property relating to the false plates, and also two counts in respect of a separate public order incident. He requested a probation report and an assessment of the de-fendant’s suitability to

do community service, as well as providing him with the opportunity to pay back the money.

Solicitor Sean T O’Reilly said at Wednes-day’s sitting that the de-fendant paid compensa-tion.

The filling station of-fences took place at the end of May and early June last year at Maxol on the Avenue Road and also Castletown Road, along with Mace in Castlebellingham.

A check into the number plates disclosed that they were allocated to a blue Volkswagen Golf stolen from the Finnabair Industrial Es-tate.

The public order counts related to an inci-dent where Maguire was observed fighting with two other males at Miz-zoni Pizza, Park Street on February 3 last. He was very drunk and ag-gressive and was arrest-ed.

Success for local martial arts club

Drove off without paying

place in Slovakia. May saw the second

round of the Senior National Kickboxing

Championships. MAS-F Junior Instructor Fidel-ma Martin, entered the Veteran Light-Contact

and she emerged with a silver medal and a rank-ing of Number 2 in Ire-land.

Shara Kate Murphy and Rebecca O’Carroll Ella and Lilly Murphy

Grainne and Ruben Woods

Reece, Brandon and Jack Bennett Chloe Moran and Orlaith Mulligan

The crowds go wild for Jedward

Louise Mc Cartney and Suzanne Dixon (back) brought Ciara Mc Cartney, Amy Smith, Leah Dixon, Sophie

O’Connor and Ellie Dixon to see Jedward

Christine Costello and Jemma Soraghan with Kayla and Hannah Feely

Mairead, Kelly Anne and Denise Dullaghan

Jedward Open air Concert


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Anniversary

CUTHBERT23rd / 3rd Anniversary

In loving memory of dear

Ellen (Nee McDonnell) and Neville who departed this life on the 13th of June and 29th June 1989 & 2009 Late of Pearse Park,

Dromiskin and Brambley, England.

(Aged 67 & 86 years).

“Free At Last” From your son Eric

The Bungalows, Pearse Park.

FAmily Noticesin memoriam Announcements , Anniversaries, Birthday Remembrances, thanksgivings & Acknowledgements.

We are now taking

Family Notices.

Our weekly Deadline is 4pm Fridays prior to Wednesday publication, contact Niamh or Noeleen for further information.

Tel 042 9320888

Fun Day at Louth ShowThE County Louth show which takes place on Sun-day June 17 in Dundalk Stadium promises to be a great day out for all the family.The activities start at 9am and will feature events such as bonny baby show, best dressed lady, gent and teenager, glamorous granny along with a chil-dren’s corner and bounc-ing castles.Events in the traditional agricultural show are cer-tain to attract a huge in-terest and entries forms can be obtained at De-venny’s Office Supplies, Dundalk, or on www.the-dundalkshow.com. Infor-mation available from [email protected] ‘home Industries’ sec-tion is one of the most popular in the show and attracts entries from a wide variety of disci-plines.Those interested can get the entry forms and book-lets from Devenney’s in Crowe St so there is plenty of time to get the entry in before June 16.For further information contact Georgina on 042 9379868.

Some of the many Ireland fans who travelled from Dundalk to Euro 2012, Jonathan Smith, Jennifer Moran, Gary McCormack, Alan Burke and Michael Foley

A FREE community Futsal blitz tournament finished on Wednesday May 30 in Oriel Park, aimed at young people aged between 10 and 16years.

It was hosted in Oriel Park’s Youth Develop-ment Centre and incor-porated three evenings starting with 10 to 12 year olds on Monday

May 21, followed by 13 to 14 year olds on Mon-day May 28 and finish-ing with 15 to 16 year olds on Wednesday May 30.

Local Garda and Louth County Council entered teams and event was very successful with a total of 190 registering and attending over the course of the three eve-

nings. It is hoped that a similar tournament will be rolled out in the au-tumn.

Those interested in getting involved in the autumn blitz street foot-ball can contact: Paula Gribben, RAPID Co-or-dinator, on 9392990 or

Ian Walker, VEC Youth Officer, on 9334047.

Community Futsal Blitz


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Aston Martin have given the Aston Mar-tin V8 Vantage chassis some tweaks inspired from the Vantage S – including a quicker steering ratio, big-ger brakes and 10 mm wider tyres. They have even added hill Start Assist (hSA) for more precise control on steep inclines. at the face there is a lower bum-per – complete with

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lite navigation sys-tem, developed in conjunction with Garmin, is now fitted as standard along with Bluetooth and cruise control. The V12 Vantage remains unchanged, pow-ered by a 6.0-litre V12 engine which produces 510 bhp with a top speed of 190 mph and 0-62 mph in 4.2 seconds.

NEAr MISSES The a.a. has re-leased a list of the 12 main causes of near misses on Irish motorways. With the exception of an unexpected hazard on the mo-torway, the aa re-port that all other

Failure by driver to signal intent to change lanes 63.9%Car in front sudden change of lane to exit motorway 62.2%Driver ‘tailgating’ your car 55.4%Undertaking by another car 28.4%Insufficient gap in traffic when joining from slip road 25.4%Poor visibility 25.1%Unexpected hazard on motorway 23.9%Your fatigue 17.0%Driver driving against flow of traffic 7.6%Your failure to signal intent to change lanes 5.1%Your ‘tailgating’ of vehicle 3.6%Your undertaking of vehicle 3.6%

incidents relate to driver error or a disregard for or lack of knowledge of the rules of the road governing motorways. Conor Faughnan of the a.a. commented: “Statistically mo-

torways are the safest roads we have. however they have specific safety rules with very good reason. Everyone has a responsibility to know and obey those rules.” “It’s

so important not to ignore fatigue when driving, you risk going into a micro sleep, which is a brief loss of consciousnes. Your ability to concen-trate also wanes.”


NEw kIA CEE’DFirst unveiled at this year’s geneva Show the all new cee’d has just gone on sale here. The new cee’d model range will start the 5dr model in the coming weeks, the Sw model will follow in September and the 3dr will arrive in Jan-uary of next year. More sophis-ticated, more efficient, more refined and with a more engaging driv-ing experience than its predecessor, new cee’d is expected to build on the success of the original model, further establishing Kia as one of the leading automo-tive brands in Europe. The model

line for new cee’d in Ireland will comprise of three trim and en-gine choices .Trim levels comprise entry level TX, mid-level EX and top of the range Platinum. The TX will be available in 1.4 pet-rol and 1.4 D and 1.6 Diesel, the EX in 1.4 and 1.6 diesel whilst the top of the range model will available only with the higher powered diesel unit. all model variants come with a high level of standard trim. The TX features Bluetooth, audio Re-mote controls, air-con, trip computer, electric mirrors and six speed transmission. The EX

( the most popular choice for customer ) also includes16” al-loys, Cruise Control, flex steering system, all round electric win-dows, front fogs, LED lights front and rear, leather covered steer-ing wheel an rear park-ing sensors . The Platinum model adds a host of other features includ-ing 17” alloys, leather upholstery with heat-ed front seats and driv-er seat memory, Smart Park assist, Panoramic Sunroof, Navigation System, heated leather steering wheel, privacy glass, smart key entry and rain sensor front wipers. Safety as usual is a priority and the car has been built

to achieve a 5 Star NCaP rating. Stan-dard on all models are ESP (Electronic Stability Program), aBS (anti-lock brak-ing system), BaS (emergency Brake assist System), haC (hill assist Control) to prevent roll-back, VSM (Vehicle Stabil-ity Management) and ESS (Emergen-cy Stop Signal). Each new cee’d is fitted with six airbags as stan-dard – front, front side and full length curtain. Pedestrian safety is improved with the adoption of collapsible head-lamps, a stiffer low-er bumper lip, and shock-absorbing structures in the hood and its hing-es. The three engines on offer on the Irish Market are the 1.4 petrol, 1.4D and 1.6 D .The 1.4 petrol @ 99hp has a CO2 of 139 and falls into Band B for road tax .The 89hp 1.4 diesel unit falls into the a Band ( 109 CO2 ) as does the 126 hp 1.6 die-sel unit that returns a miserly 100 CO2 return.

Failure by driver to signal intent to change lanes 63.9%Car in front sudden change of lane to exit motorway 62.2%Driver ‘tailgating’ your car 55.4%Undertaking by another car 28.4%Insufficient gap in traffic when joining from slip road 25.4%Poor visibility 25.1%Unexpected hazard on motorway 23.9%Your fatigue 17.0%Driver driving against flow of traffic 7.6%Your failure to signal intent to change lanes 5.1%Your ‘tailgating’ of vehicle 3.6%Your undertaking of vehicle 3.6%

13-06-2012

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