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Wednesday, 20th February, 2013. Vol. 6, Issue 8 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Tel: 042 9320888. Fax: 042 9329676. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Success for No Name Club

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Girls aiming for Eurovision gloryTwO local dancers, are hop-ing that they will be heading to Sweden this May as they aim to make their mark on the 2013 Eurovision song contest.

Dancers Emmanuella Salako and Anita Salako are performing with the current favourite to win the Irish heats ‘Fire’ performed by Mullin-gar native, Zoe Alexis Bo-horquez.

The duo are members of lo-cal dance troupe Crystal Ice and started performing with Zoe only a few weeks ago. The five songs hopeful of making it to Eurovision were unveiled to the public on February 7 and this weekend the public will determine who will go on to represent Ireland.

On Friday February 22 Zoe and Crystal Ice will perform

on RTE’s Late Late Show with the other contenders. Ireland’s Eurovision entry will be se-lected by a combination of

public and regional jury vote.The song ‘Fire’, Zoe and

Crystal Ice have already hit the headlines after One Direc-

tion’s Niall Horan tweeted his support for the rising star, and

Full story on Page 8

Dundalk dancers want to be part of Eurovision success

CuChulainn CC are delighted to an-nounce that they have been granted plan-ning permission by Dundalk Town Coun-cil to build a cycling velodrome and BMX track at hoey’s lane, Dundalk.

The news comes as a huge boost to the club after the idea was first mooted in 2010 as part of the club’s 75th anni-versary celebrations.

The proposed park itself will consist of an outdoor 250m track along with a 360m BMX track. The track is oval in shape and banked, being quite steep in the corners.

Full story on Page 12

Dundalk to get new

cycling track

By Niamh Kirk

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DunDalk St Patrick’s Day Organising Com-mittee has announced Oliver Callan to be the Grand Marshal for Dundalk’s St Patrick’s Day Parade 2013.

Oliver Callan is a very popular vocal and performance satirist, known for featuring on nob nation, Green Tea and The Saturday night Show.

his witty parody on Dundalk ‘Just saying Dun-dalk,’ has had over 100,000 views on YouTube.

Oliver says that he is honored to be this year’s Grand Marshal: “although i am a Monaghan man, i was born in Drogheda and i have my place of birth on my passport as louth!”

Jimmy Cumisky, a member of Organising Committee, stated: “We are delighted that Ol-iver Callan has accepted our invitation. he is a terrific comedian who has very soft-spot for the town and we look forward to welcoming him.”

The official Launch of Dundalk’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, with a theme of ‘Reviving Tradi-tion,’ will take place on Wednesday February 27 in Dundalk County Museum.

Entry forms, for all those eager to take part in the parade, are now available from www.dun-dalk.ie/chamber/. The deadline for applications is Friday March 8.

Oliver is Grand Marshal for St Patrick’s Day

eBay plans to bring 450 jobs to the townDuNDALk is set for another economic boost following the an-nouncement that eBay plans to bring 450 jobs to the town, making the town one of the most

advanced regions in Ire-land for job creation.

The announcement was made by An Taoi-seach Enda kenny last week and means that over the past two years

more than 1,700 have been announced in Dundalk , and all of the positions are expected to be filled by 2014.

The new jobs will be in customer services, sales and compliance for the company’s Eu-ropean customer base. They will be located in the same facility as the PayPal call centre in the former Xerox Industrial Estate.

The IDA say that for every job created by a multinational company in Ireland, they in turn create one extra job elsewhere in the do-mestic economy. This they say is key to the Government plans for growth.

The Paypal call centre

opened only 11 weeks after the contracts were signed. They currently have more than 230 people working there and are expanding this number in 2013. Lou-ise Phelan, Vice Presi-dent Global Operations EMEA at PayPal said she is looking forward to welcoming our eBay colleagues at the PayPal site in Dundalk, while the announcement was universally welcomed by public representa-tives.

“This is a great day for Dundalk. Not only will the creation of 450 jobs at eBay give the town and county a great boost, it once again demonstrates how highly foreign inves-tors view the skilled workforce Louth has to offer,” said Peter Fitz-patrick.

Deputy Gerry Adams said “This is a very wel-come development for an area which suffers from high levels of un-employment. eBay is a

major player in the on-line business.

This announcement is good news for the Dun-dalk region and it will hopefully draw the at-tention of other compa-nies to the potential of the Louth area as a loca-tion for investment.”

Louth Economic Fo-rum Chairperson Padra-

ic white also welcomed the news, saying: “To have eBay, the world’s leading provider of on-line marketplace serv-ices, reinforce its com-mitment to Dundalk is an example of just how much we have to offer as a location for interna-tional business.”

Michael Curran, Di-

rector of Cross-Border and Economic De-velopment said that he hoped that eBay’s choice of Dundalk for this investment will en-courage other leaders in international markets to follow its example and chose Louth as an ideal location in which to do business.”

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SHARON Corr is calling on the people of Dundalk to host a get together this March 8 and help raise funds on International women’s Day for women living in poverty worldwide.

Sharon Corr is an Oxfam Ire-land Ambassador and recently travelled to Tanzania : “Meeting some of the women who have benefited from Oxfam’s work in Tanzania was truly inspiring. The majority of people living in pov-erty are women. It’s fantastic to see how Oxfam can help women

reclaim their rights and make their voices heard; from support-ing female farmers to tackling domestic violence.

“An Oxfam Get Together is simple. Just organise something fun with the people you love spending time with – and help raise vital funds that will trans-form the lives of women affected by poverty and injustice around the world.”

Oxfam helps women reclaim their rights and make their voices heard; from helping girls access

schools in uganda to supporting women farmers in Tanzania to become entrepreneurs and pro-vide for their families.

An Oxfam Get Together can be anything from a coffee morn-ing to a movie night or even a karaoke night. At the heart of the idea is to get together with friends, family and colleagues and do something that you love – while raising money for Oxfam’s work. If Friday March 8 doesn’t suit, simply pick a date that does.

Sharon Corr’s appeal tothe people of Dundalk

a lOCal secondary school student is hop-ing to galvanise sup-port to help him get into the final of the homecook Baking Games taking place this March.

Fourteen year old Eoin Corr’s recipe for Fig, Chocolate and Or-ange Marmalade Tart has made it to the top 65 recipes in the com-petition and voting for the best has now opened.

Eoin, from Rockfield Court, is the only con-testant from County louth in the running for the final and the young baker is also one of only eight males taking part in the com-petition.

The homecook competition began for Eoin in Mrs Reynolds’ home Economics class

tart when they gave it the thumbs-up.

he was long listed into the final 1000 and then this was whittled down to the most impressive, and homecook selected the tastiest 65 recipes they received.

They are now asking the public to decide who should make it to the final eight.

The recipes were published in the Easy Food Magazine and online at http://www.h o m e c o o k b a k i n g -games.com where vot-ing is taking place. The closing date to cast a vote is February 28.

Eoin said that he is nervous about making it to the final but if he gets there he will look forward to represent-ing his school in the bake-off on March 20 in The Baking acad-emy, Dublin.

Eoin flying flag for Louth in national baking competition

in St Mary’s Second-ary School. The teach-er got all the students to enter a recipe and cook it in class before sending the entrees in. But it was Eoin’s crea-tion that impressed the judges Gina Miltia-dou, kevin Dundon and Derek O’Brien.

Baking has always been a part of Eoin’s life and he thoroughly enjoys it. his mother ,

helen, is also a skilled baker and once owned a confectionary busi-ness, Corr’s Cake Cre-ations. he said that he chose the recipe because he was confi-dent that the flavours would work well to-gether and the judges have agreed.

They took into ac-count not only the taste but the texture and presentation of the

By Niamh Kirk


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Rural Social Scheme Renewal 2013/14Louth Leader Partnership is currently renewing applications from Community Groups wishing to avail of assistance through the Rural Social Scheme (RSS) in Louth

The RSS is an employment scheme for farm families that provides labour support to communities in the following areas:

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If your community group is currently working with the RSS, an ap-plication will automatically be sent to you. If you are a community group wishing to apply for the first time please contact Mavis Kelly, Louth Leader Partnership, Bridge Street, Ardee, Co Louth Tel: 041 6857374 / email: [email protected] for an ap-plication pack

Closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Friday 8th March 2013

OnE of Dundalk’s best known musical groups, The Corrs, could be in line for a reunion after Jim Corr indicated that a reunion remains on the cards.

Jim,who for 15 years with his three siblings Sharon, andrea and Caroline, enjoyed international fame, said this week that there is ‘a 95 per cent chance’ the band will re-form.

Jim made his comments during an interview with harry lee as part of the louth Gathering history Project, during which time he provided an update on what all the band members including him, Sharon, andrea and Caroline are up to at present, including Caroline’s decision to embark on a new interest in competitive cycling.

Band members have been

asked many times over the past number of years about the possibility of a reunion, and on

this occasion, Jim replied: “i will say its 95 per cent leaning towards ’will’”.

The Corrs: Caroline, Andrea, Jim and Sharon.

St Louis students will perform ‘Annie’

TRANSITION Year students from St Louis school Dundalk are set to deliver three nights of entertainment as they take to the stage to per-form the timeless musi-cal that is ‘Annie’

It’s been 21 years since the school staged a

musical production; “we ended with Annie so it seemed fitting to start again with Annie” said music teacher and direc-tor Orla Drumgoole.

Preparations for the show started back in September and every effort is being put in by both students and teach-ers alike to make the

show a success.Each of the Transition

Year students will ap-pear on the stage during Annie as teachers and directors, kate O’Byrne, Elaine Byrne and Orla Drumgoole have been able to offer a part to each student.

“Being a part of An-nie is a great experience

and it is also brilliant to see the talent of each of my classmates, it’s giv-ing everyone a chance to act and showcase their talents,” explains Transi-tion Year student Sarah Reel.

Other departments are also making a contribu-tion to the production with sets being made by

the art department and the costumes being over-seen by the home eco-nomics department.

‘Annie’ will be staged in the school’s Chapel Hall on the nights of March 18 to 20. Tickets can be purchased from main office from Febru-ary 27 in the school at €12 per ticket.

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Louth BeekeepersThe next meeting of the Louth Beekeepers Association is on Thursday February 21 from 8pm to 10pm at the Teagasc Centre Dublin Road, Dundalk.There will be a lecture and discussion entitled “The Native Irish Honeybee in Modern Beekeeping” by Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda.All are welcome and bring a friend. Admission to the event is free.

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A MAN who headbutted a Garda and punched another officer during a domestic dispute, didn’t realise he was assaulting members of the Gardai.

Patrick Jervis of 30 Grange Drive, Muirhevnamor, Dundalk was sentenced to two months in prison at Dundalk District Court after being told that the lack of

respect for Gardai carrying out their duty is of serious concern.

The court heard that on March 16, 2012, Gardai were called to Grange Drive as a result of a domestic dispute between the defendant’s son and grandson. During their investigations both Gardai were assaulted.

In pleading guilty to the

offence, the defendant’s barrister stated that his client apologised and was disgusted by his actions.

He added that Mr Jervis suffered from a lot of ailments and had a stroke before Christmas.

“He didn’t realise that it was a Garda that he lashed out at and his history shows that he is not a violent man”,

the barrister added.After the court was told that

the Gardai were uniformed officers, that barrister stated that his client was somewhat deaf in one ear.

Judge Alan Mitchell reminded people of the tragic loss suffered by Gardai recently as he imposed sentence on the defendant.

“This is extremely

unacceptable behaviour. You are supposed to have respect for Gardai in the course of their duty. This is a situation where he headbutted one Garda and punched another on the lip. He is clearly aware of the great loss the Gardai have suffered in this area . The lack of respect for Gardai is of serious concern and he doesn’t seem to have given

me a sufficient explanation as to why he lashed out.

“I’m surprised the charge is only assault, not assault causing harm and I would have had no hesitation in refusing jurisdiction. To assault anyone is serious but to assault a member of the Gardai who comes out to deal with a domestic dispute”, added the Judge.

Judge says lack of respect for Gardai is a serious concern

Chance that The Corrs will reunite

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AFTER the phenomenal success of last year’s shave or dye event held in Barleycorn, kil-curry which raised over €7,500 for the Irish Cancer Society the event is taking place again this year with the hope of raising more funds for cancer.

On Saturday Febru-ary 23, 16 generous people are participating in Shave or Dye with 14 dying their hair and one getting his chest waxed in front of an expected huge crowd in the kilcurry pub. Aidan Duffy, Brendan Murphy, Fearghal Mckeever, Micheal Breen, Shane McGuiness, Colm McDonnell, Gerard O’Hare, Eamon McAr-dle, Tommy O’Hare, Dermot Coburn, Derek Malone, Syl Mckay, Mark McArdle, Colm O’Neill and Ruairi Mc-keever are taking part in the event this coming

Saturday in the hope of raising important funds for the Irish Cancer So-ciety.

On Friday morning, Aidan Duffy, Micheal Breen, Gerard O’Hare and Mark McArdle will be travelling to Dublin to take part in the Today FM world record attempt for Shave or Dye, where there is also expected to

be a huge turnout. “The cards are cur-

rently out and about amongst the people who are supporting us taking part in Shave or Dye this coming Saturday. All proceeds will go towards the Irish Cancer Society in association with To-day FM. Money will be raised at one of two auc-tions held on the night

and there will also be raffles and spot prizes.” said a very enthusiastic Aidan Duffy.

Aidan issued a huge thank you to all the kind people who donated money including Mary Hoey of Hair Looms, Omeath who dyed 10 heads in one night last week.

The event takes place

this Saturday in Barley-corn kilcurry, there will be raffles, spot prizes and auctions and a huge crowd is expected on the night.

The top prizes will be a week in a villa in Spain for up to eight people and two VIP tickets to Manchester united v Sunderland later this year.

Big night ahead as locals take part in Shave or Dye

By Amy Rice


Wallis Bird at last year’s Vantastival.

Crystal Ice are hoping to go to Eurovision

A NEw Dundalk Junior In-line/Roller Hockey group has started in Dundalk on Saturday afternoons in the Redeemer Resource Centre, Ard Easmuinn from 2pm to

3.30pm.The group consists of kids

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There will be a limited amount of gear available for use and each training session only costs €3 or €4 each.

ThE first draft line-up for the fourth annual Vantastival music festival taking place in Bellurgan Park this May has been announced and it is Dub-lin singer songwriter Damien Dempsey who will headline the three-day festival that takes place over the May Bank holi-day Weekend.

now in it’s fourth year Van-tasitval has firmly secured its place in the social calendar supporting original irish mu-sic and camper van enthusiasts alike. The festival has proved

itself to be among the best for catching emerging artists in the early stages of their careers as well as some of the county’s finest popular established art-ists.

and this year is no different as the initial line up shows fes-tival-goers will once again be treated to a variety of both.

as well as Damien Demp-sey, the dynamic Trad group altan and rising electro pop duo nanu nanu are all set to perform over the weekend. in Their Thousands, Carried by Waves and Sligo hip hop act, This Side up, will feature over

the weekend. Sounds of System Break-

down who impressed at Van-tastival’s inaugural event will make a welcome return and Boy lights Fire who met in DkiT will also feature.

The festival was recognised for their exceptional bill at last year’s event with a nomination for Best line up at the irish Festival awards. and the early signs are that fans of the laid-back festival have more top acts to look forward to as more headliners, acts and events are announced over the coming weeks.

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Top stars line up for this year’s Vantastival

TwO local dancers, are hoping that they will heading to Sweden this May as they aim to make their mark on the 2013 Eurovision song contest.

Dancers Emmanuella Salako and Anita Salako are performing with the current favourite to win the Irish heats ‘Fire’ performed by Mullingar native, Zoe Alexis Bo-horquez.

The duo are members of local dance troupe Crystal Ice and started performing with Zoe only a few weeks ago. The five songs hopeful of making it to Eurovi-sion were unveiled to the public on February 7 and this weekend the public will determine who will go on to repre-sent Ireland.

On Friday February 22 Zoe and Crystal Ice

Euro-chance for Crystal ice

will perform on RTE’s Late Late Show with the other contenders. Ireland’s Eurovision en-try will be selected by a combination of public and regional jury vote.

The song ‘Fire’, Zoe and Crystal Ice have al-ready hit the headlines after One Direction’s

Niall Horan tweeted his support for the rising star, and already mak-ing the act one of the favourites to win.

Emmanuella says that the choreography was easy to come up with. “A few hours, one day tops. The song has loads of bass and beats,“ she

said. Although Crystal Ice

have has numerous suc-cesses, performing at the Eurovision would be by far their biggest achievement. The wom-en are hoping that the people of Dundalk will vote them through.

Indeed as the world’s

biggest song contest it would be the ideal platform to boost the dancers credentials. Eurovision is aired in more than 140 countries and has more than 100 million viewers and is regarded as the world’s biggest song competi-tion.

By Niamh Kirk

By Niamh Kirk

A 20-YEAR-OLD man who was observed by Gardai brandishing a weapon on Earl St in the early hours of the morning was sentenced to 50 hours Community Service in lieu of two months in prison.

Stephen Smith of 13 Villas 3, Muirhevnamor, was told that a few hours out in the cold weather might help after Judge Alan Mitchell noted that probation had not worked in his case.

Dundalk District Court heard that on January 28 this year, the defendant was observed on CCTV brandishing an extendable baton to females. He discarded the weapon when Gardai approached and after refusing to leave the scene, Mr Smith begame aggressive. He

shouted at a crowd that had gathered and became abusive to Gardai. He was arrested and taken to Dundalk Garda Station.

Solicitor, Frank McDonnell, stated that the defendant’s family would not be best pleased at a recurrence of something they thought was behind them.

“In drunken bravado he tried to impress people and although he had the chance to leave, he continued to dig a hole for himself. He regrets his actions and apologises”, added Mr McDonnell.

Judge Mitchell convicted the defendant of threatening and abusive behaviour and also imposed a €100 fine for intoxication in a public place.

ThE Dundalk Railway heritage Society held their second aGM in the museum on Wednesday February 6 with almost 60 of it’s growing membership in attendance.

Brendan McQuaid, hon. Secretary of the society gave a detailed report on all the events and projects undertaken during the year, referring especially to the deaths of two of the society’s members, Ollie allen and kevin Fergus.

The society’s chairman Des Casey extended a special welcome to Canice O’Mahony and Charles Friel while congratulating Charles on being awarded the MBE in the uk honours list.

This was followed by Willie Duffy, committee member and also chairman of Dundalk Tidy

Town’s committee giving an up to date report on the society’s project of introducing railway walking tours in the town and also on negotiations with the Town Council on relocating the last iron pillars of the old ‘battering ram’ footbridge which had spanned the old rail link near Dublin St.

a unanimous vote of sympathy was extended to the wife ,f amily friends and the Garda Siochana on the tragic death of Detective Garda adrian Donohoe.

The meeting concluded with a lecture and slide show on the ‘buildings of Dundalk’ given by Dr Christine Casey, associated professor of architectural history in Trinity College which was much appreciated and well received by all members present.

Drunken bravado led to man’s arrest

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CHARLIE McCarthy of the Maritime Institute of Ireland, will give a lecture entitled “Aspects of the Maritime History of An-nagassan” on Thursday February 21 at 8pm.

Annagassan has a very long maritime history spanning from Viking times down to the present day. The lecture will cover the his-

tory of the Annagassan Schoon-ers who plied their risky trade on both sides of the Irish Sea up until the last one called ‘The Lucie’ in 1928.

It will also cover the herring fishing yawls, salmon boats, steamers used in Annagassan’s coal importation business and shipwrecks.

This illustrated lecture prom-ises to be a very interesting and informative one. It will be held in The Loft History Hall (above Slan’s Pub) in Annagassan at 8pm sharp.

Places are limited so come early. Entrance fee is €5 and part of the proceeds go to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Annagassan Historical Society Lecture

SEAN Hoey, a member of the Dundalk Branch of the No Name Club has won the regional final of the Best Host Competition in the Na-tional Youth Awards.

He is going on to represent the club in the All Ireland Finals. Only ten young people form across Ireland are selected for the final tak-ing place in kilkenny. this April

The regional North East finals took place in Castleknock recently and Dundalk No Name members Charolotte Dunne and Sean Hoey attended to represent the branch.

There were entries from every county in Ireland and Sean im-pressed so much he was sent though tto the final.

Sean will be inter-viewed by a team of judges who will look at not only his involve-ment in the No Name Club but his winder in-volvement in Society and community.

The No Name club is an organisation dedi-cated to providing alter-native to pub culture for

young people in Ireland. It has been going since the 70s. The Dundalk branch opened in 2011 and has been going form strength to strength largely due to the efforts of the young people in-volved in it.

The club‘s members help other charities and also organise their own

events. they run their own fundraisers like mock weddings and cof-fee mornings. They meet up with other young peo-ple from across Ireland at the national events.

The club is open to teenagers form 15 to 18 if anyone wants to get in touch and visit the club call 086 8846357.

Sean is no name winner


Christine Johnston It would definitely make me more sceptical about what I’m buying and what’s in it. I won’t be buying vacuum packed products anyway. I think it’s a scandal what they’ve done to the food industry in the country.

margaret TraversYes, I’m definitely more cautious with what I buy these days. I must say the whole scandal has put me off buying beef for the moment anyway.

David BuckleyIt has put me off to a certain extent. I’ll be sticking with the local butchers for the meantime anyway. I think you have less chance of picking up horsemeat there than the supermarkets.

Brian FarrellIt wouldn’t put me off at all to be honest. In England years ago the butchers were selling horse meat and the Irish were lapping it up. I wouldn’t have a problem eating horsemeat to be honest.

Declan mcCabeNo it hasn’t really. I’d be particular about where I buy my meat anyway and would always get it in my local butchers. I wouldn’t really be buying the packaged stuff and I think that’s where most of the horsemeat is going.

Question: Has the recent horsemeat controversy put you off buying beef?

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Dolmen Theatre Group celebrate 30 yearsTHE Dolmen Theatre Group is this year celebrating 30 years of amiture dramatics. The group’s successes and longevity is a testament not only to Dundalk’s enduring relationship with thea-tre, but also the members’ dedi-cation to and encouragement of the arts.

To celebrate the milestone the group have returned to one of the playwright’s they enjoy most to stage Martin McDonagh’s much acclaimed black comedy ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan.’

The Dolmen Theatre Group have a rich history and can boast having had some the town’s most talented actors, producers and directors as members. For their milestone performance the

group have mixture of old and new thespians.

Gabriel Tuomey, Deirdre Cra-ven, Paul McGee, Paudi Breen, Helena Mullins, kieran Lawless, Jack Montgomery, Trevor Lee and Maeve Montgomery are all making an appearance in the an-niversary show. The group’s long time members Gerry Roddy and una kirk are co directing.

Among the group’s standout performances was the memo-rable Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.

Such was the quality of the staging and performance they won the Maytime Festival title, making them the first local thea-tre group to get the top award at the once annual event.

The 1990s staging of John B keane’s The Field, followed

up with Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock continued the group’s run of success and en-sured Dundalk had a continuous relationship with the great Irish playwright,

This year they are staging a work by one of Ireland’s finest. Martin McDonagh’s who first acquired worldwide status in the mid 1990s with The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the Lone-some west and The Lieutenant of Innishmore.

Martin is known internation-ally for his films which include In Bruges and The Guard.

The play The Cripple of Inn-ishmaan will open on February 27 and runs until March 2 in the Tain Theatre Dundalk. There is a special admission rate of €10 only on wednesday 27.

By Niamh Kirk

matthews Coaches awardMatthews Coach Hire has become the first passenger transport company in Britain and Ireland, and only the second in the world, to achieve the coveted new ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems standard.

The local firm secured the major standard thanks to a five-year energy saving campaign which has seen them reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20% – and save €150,000 per annum in fuel costs across the group.

The Troubles exhibitionA new exhibition exploring everyday objects trans-formed by The Troubles is due to open at the Louth County Museum today, Wednesday, 20th February.

The exhibition will be officially launched by the former Minister for Foreign Affairs David Andrews. It is run as a part of the healing through remembering project.

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Helena Mullins and Paudie Breen who play brother and sisterThe Dolmen Theatre Group cast and crew

Local protests against austerity continue with public meetingThe local protests against the austerity measures being imposed by the Government continued this week as approximately 160 packed into one of the function rooms in the Lisdoo on Monday night to show their frustration.

The main item on the agenda was the upcoming Property tax, the details of which have been imposed.

Members from the local group Dundalk Campaign

Against Household and water Taxes spoke for a short while at the meeting and urged people on the night to get involved in there campaign and do whatever they can to spread the message that the people of this country have had enough and its time to start the fightback.

Joan Collins TD then spoke to the huge crowd gathered and her main point of talk was how this government are moving ahead with these draconian

taxes and austerity measures no matter how it affects the ordinary person in society.

She also mentioned the failure of the Labour party to uphold their election promises and also the failure of unions across the country to stand up tall and represent there workers.

Clare Daly TD then spoke and went through the legislation regarding the Property Tax bill. She went onto say to the people that this fight has to be fought

on the ground in every village, town and city in the country. “There is a well organised group here in Dundalk and this is a great turnout here tonight, get involved in any way you can”.

She also said that if we keep taking all this austerity that this government will just keep putting more and more stealth taxes on the people of Ireland and who knows what could be next.

“we are in for a war here and we need to get organised now to start the fightback, sitting at work in the canteen talking about it, sitting in the pub moaning about it is just not enough. It’s time for action now”, she stated.

A lot of angry people spoke from the audience and the feeling in the room was enough is enough its time to get involved and stand up for themselves because as a man

said in the audience that “if we tolerate this then our children will be next”.

The meeting concluded with members from the local group Dundalk CAHwT asking for people to get on board and help in any way they can as this could be a long battle but one that they are prepared for.

The local group meet every wednesday night in Redeemer Resource Centre at 7pm and all are welcome.


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Master Steve Joseph pictured with Sensei Mark Flynn

RESiDEnTS in Dundalk and north louth are being asked to report to Gardai or the local authorities any information regarding the illegal dumping of toxic sludge in the area.

last week a number of 1000 litre containers filled with the toxic biproduct of washing green dye from agricultural diesel were found dumped in rural areas around the coun-ty.

Two of the iBCs were found

on the Bog Road at what is known as McShane’s cross. There containers were left on their side and did not ap-pear to be leaking but there were concerned as the area is marshy.

Two more containers were found on top of a hill near a gas substation at Donagh-more, one of the containers appeared to be leaking.

louth County Council have made money saving changes

to how the toxic material is desposed of. They estimate a saving of 30%that by shipping the waste to holland instead of Germany following a public tender process to take charge of the safe recovery and ex-port of the toxic material and equipment.

however . the costs are still quite significant and continue to be a burden of the irish Taxpayer said Paddy Donnel-ly, louth County Council.

Gardai appeal for information

DuNDALk Shinken-Do Self Defence Chief Instructor Mark Flynn made Irish history by achieving a perfect score when he graded to 3rd Dan Black Belt at the recent international grading seminar held in Cavan Town under Master Steve Joseph 6th Dan, who travelled over from England.

For the grading Mark, who has been training in Shinken-Do for over 15 years, had to demon-strate a working knowl-edge of a multitude of self defence techniques, covering every possi-ble means of protecting oneself in practically

wide variety of strikes, blocks, grabs, joint reversals, releases, re-straints, takedowns, ground work, throws, knife and baton defences. A number of Mark’s stu-dents, who range in age from 14 to 50, travelled from Dundalk to Cavan to also grade and attend a seminar in advanced self defence techniques. Master Joseph remarked, “Sensei Mark Flynn was an inspiration to watch.His grading was truly amazing. He became the talk of many who were watching and looking to achieve the level of skill that he demonstrated at his grading”.any situation. The test involved a

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Gary Sheils

CuCHuLAINN CC are delighted to an-nounce that they have been granted planning permission by Dundalk Town Council to build a cycling velodrome and BMX track at Hoey’s Lane, Dundalk.

The news comes as a huge boost to the club after the idea was first mooted in 2010 as part of the club’s 75th anni-versary celebrations.

The proposed park itself will consist of an outdoor 250m track along with a 360m BMX track. The track is oval in shape and banked, being quite steep in the corners.

Gary Sheils of Sheils Engineering & Design Ltd, based in Dundalk, was the man charged with putting together the plans. Gary spent a con-siderable amount of time visiting and studying the designs of some of the best cycling and BMX tracks in the world to put together a top class facility and also how to best fit it into the Hoey’s Lane surroundings so as

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to blend it in with the natural landscape.

He highlighted the London tracks as the best he had seen, following a visit in early 2012 to the Olympic grounds. “what was most impressive about the London venue was that it was designed so that it could facilitate top call racers, but was also suitable as an envi-ronment for beginners and children to learn the

craft” outlined Gary. “This is something I

wanted to work into the Dundalk Cycling Park design, as the sport has huge potential”, he add-ed.

Track cycling has long been a main stay of the sport, with events dat-ing back to the 1870s, and has grown hugely in popularity in recent years with the success of the British Cycling Team.

In fact Scotland’s Chris Hoy has become the most successful Brit-ish Olympian of all time, thanks to the 7 medals (6 golds) he has amassed on the track since 2000, a career which has spanned four different Olympic Games. Also most recent Tour de France winner Bradley wiggins started his career on the track. with the exception of the 1912 Olympics, track

cycling has been fea-tured in every modern Olympic Games.

BMX racing is a new Olympic Sport, making it’s debut at the Games in London last year.

Ireland currently has three other outdoor ven-ues in Dublin, Belfast and most recently Cork, however of these tracks, only Cork, is made to in-ternational specifications of 250m.

Spring LectureOn Wednesday February 20 at 8pm in the County Museum, Dundalk, a lec-ture entitled; The Great Famine of 1845 – 1851 and its effect in County Louth, will take place. Local histo-rian, Fr Michael Murtagh will present this talk in the County Museum. It prom-ises to be a very enlighten-ing account of this terrible period of Ireland’s history. The attendance can be guaranteed an enjoyable evening. There will be re-freshments served and vol-untary contribution.

Church gate ThanksThe society for The Old and Underprivileged Children wish to thank all those who contributed to their annual church gate collection. People gave generously, which enables them to as-sist children in need through funding special programmes in local na-tional schools. The elderly and families are helped fi-nancially at Christmas with food and vouchers and St. Olivers Hospital patients have been helped by pro-viding comfort equipment, etc over the years.

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Zumbathon in knockbridgeLocal Zumba Fitness instructors Niamh Nic

Aodha, Heather Gordon, Sharon Duffy and

Luis Barbudo hosted a “Together we Dance”

Zumbathon in aid of Augie’s Quest to cure

Motor Neuron disease on Saturday last.

This fundraising dance event was held in

knockbridge Parish Centre and proved to be

a huge success with plenty of money raised

while participants enjoyed the fun of the day.

Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a

progressive disease that robs sufferers of the

ability to move. This event is part of a Zumba

Fitness initiative worldwide to raise funds to

aid research that will help eventually find what

causes this disease so a cure can be found.

LanguageWhat is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?BooksWhat was the name of the land of small people visited by Gul-liver?Food and DrinkFosters Lager originat-ed in what country?entertainmentBill Connolly served his time to what trade?TransportWhat in the 1960s was a Raleigh RSW16?movies Which actor starred in both Jaws and The Sting in the 1970s and retired for a while to live in Westmeath?HistoryHannibal, who crossed the Alps with a herd of elephants was a gen-eral of what army?Local sportWhich one-time man-

ager of Dundalk FC was at the same time a rep for HB Ice Cream?NatureWhat is the fastest crea-ture on two legs?musicBesides being a com-poser and musician, what occupation had Antonio Vivaldi?This week’s StinkerIn lonely hearts col-umns, WLTM stands for ‘Would Like To Meet’, but what does NUMP mean?

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Nicola Fearon, Grace Finnegan and Kaitlin Crilly, bush post primary school. Classy Glass

FOLLOwING Bush Post Primary school’s brilliant success in last year’s Louth County Enterprise Board competition and beyond, four mini com-panies from the school are back to compete for the award.

This year the school is placing four fantastic and innovative mini compa-nies forward to partici-pate in the competition.

‘Gleaming Gutters’ is a company run by Daragh Lafferty, Aodhan Noo-nan, Emmet Rogan, Cian McGoey and Eileen Rei-hill. Their product is es-pecially innovative as it focuses on cleaning gut-ters quick and efficiently.

‘Classy Glass’ is run by Grace Finnegan, Nicola Fearon, kaitlin Crilly, Caitlin Ní Chonboirne, Ceili Phillips and Ellen Quinn. The idea they had for their product is sim-ple, creative and environ-mentally friendly. The six girls decided to collect old used wine bottles and reuse them and decorate them into something bril-liant. The girls catered for restaurants and local

The transition years hope to follow up on previous winners foot-steps and win many awards this year again.

The competition takes place in the fair-ways hotel, Dundalk on Tuesday March 5.

Last year, Skyfall scooped the best over-all company in the sen-ior category. Skyfall is made up of five past Transition Year students who came up with an idea to reuse rainwater for the windscreen of your car.

The product placed so well in the competi-tion as it was a unique and innovative product on the market and there was no competition. Skyfall then went on to represent Bush Post Pri-mary school and county Louth in the all Ireland final’s in Croke Park last April where they product was also highly in demand.

Cupcake Queen, an-other Bush Post Primary mini company also won the best display stand in last year’s Louth county enterprise board com-petition.

businesses and sold the product at many craft fairs in the area.

‘HearSay’ is run by Megan O’Connor, Megan McGuinness, Amy Rice, Catriona Irvine and Daniel Finley. HearSay is basical-ly providing a study aid to Junior Certificate students in audio form.

The company were in-spired to make the product

by the managing director, Megan O’Connor’s re-sult of 11 As in her Junior Certificate. The product was in high demand with the Junior Certificate stu-dent body. The company recorded the notes using a high tech voice recording machine, this is what made it such a popular product amongst the student body.

The final mini company

which will enter into the competition is ‘Heavan’s promotions’ , an events management company. The company organised many events throughout the school but the main one being the school’s annual talent show, Bush Factor. The event was a great success in the school and many people from the area and outside attended.

a DunDalk man who was drinking at home in his pyjamas became involved in an incident that led him to being pepper sprayed by Gardai.

austin Curley of 38 Maple Close, avenue Road, was told at Dundalk District Court that such behaviour towards Gardai was not acceptable as he was given the chance to undertake Community Service in lieu of two months in prison.

The court was told that Gardai had been investigation a report of noise from a location and were leaving the scene when the defendant came out and became very abusive and aggressive. he had to be pepper sprayed and taken to the station.

Solicitor, James MacGuill stated that his client was at home for the evening

and became embroiled in something he shouldn’t have. he was in his pyjamas and had been drinking. he has learned a salutary lesson and apologises to the court. he has expressly instructed me that he is ashamed”, added Mr MacGuill.

Judge alan Mitchell then outlined his concern at the attitude towards Gardai as he imposed sentence.

“i need to send out a strong message that this behaviour is not acceptable.

“You have seen in a previous case that this court takes a dim view and i am concerned about behaviour and attitudes”, added the judge.

The case was adjourned until March 27 to assess the defendant’s suitability for Community Service as he is receiving treatment for diabetes.

Man in pyjamas had to bepepper-sprayedBy Amy Rice

REHAB Care Dundalk and Dundalk Simon Community are organising the inaugural Fitzers 5k Fun Run event on Saturday February 23 in association with Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick.

The 5k Fun Run, which starts at 11am, is a fundraising event that will enable these two chari-ties to continue on with their Community Food Garden Project into 2013 and beyond.

The event will start from The Marshes with participants head-ing to the Avenue Road and back along the Inner Relief Road. They will turn left on to Barrack St and back to The Marshes via The Ramparts.

RehabCare operates a wide variety of responsive health and social care programmes which reach into communities the length and breadth of Ireland. RehabCare Dundalk provides services for people with an intel-lectual disability or physical and sensory disability.

Choice, quality and personal-ised services are the cornerstones

of the service. They provide a range of op-

portunities such as training and educational programmes, social and leisure activities and support to access paid part time work.

Dundalk Simon Community delivers a wide range of essen-tial services to people who are homeless or at risk of becom-ing homeless throughout the North East including outreach prevention, emergency accom-modation, tenancy sustainment, day centre, supported housing, independent living and special-ist services such as Community Alcohol Detox.

The Food Garden Project en-hances the participants’ under-standing of nutrition and self-sufficiency. Participants learn to grow, prepare and cook a range of healthy organic fruit and veg-etables throughout the year, with an emphasis on transferring these skills to their home life.

A support worker is employed to assist participants to grow pro-duce and prepare healthy meals

using the food products harvest-ed from the community garden.

The success of the Food Gar-den Project has inspired the staff and service users of RehabCare to roll the project out to local pri-mary schools to help to educate the children on growing their own food and to eat more fruit and vegetables.

The funds raised from the 5 k Fun Run event will go directly to funding these projects.

The organisers are asking all sports clubs and groups to en-courage their members to take part in Fitzers 5 k Fun Run to help raise funds and awareness for this local project. Each par-ticipant will receive a T Shirt and Goody Bag.

The event has an AAI permit and will be chip timed. Spot prizes and winners prizes will be announced on the day and we would like to encourage as many people to take part as possible.

For further information con-tact Deirdre Quinn, RehabCare at 042 9334726

On your marks for Fitzer’s 5k charity fun run

The Fane Bar on Park St are hosting an all Star Charity Tribute karaoke Evening” this Friday February 22. all proceeds raised on the evening will go to Epilepsy ireland whose local offices are in Partnership Court in Park St.

Maria and Belinda Mclernon who are helping organise the event say they are hopeful of a good turn-out and are hoping the people of Dundalk will

ing at 8pm, with sing-ers having the chance to dress and sing like their favourite mu-sic performers whilst belting out their idol’s classics.

noreen O’Donnell, Community Resource Officer, for Epilepsy Dundalk said the event will bring some much needed funds for the organisation given recent cutbacks by the government and thanked the organisers for all the hard work that is being put into running the event.

karaoke charity night in Fanecome out and support the event.

“The basis of the charity event is that we have a good night’s karaoke with ten sing-ers singing three songs each.

“There will be songs from the 1960s 70s and 80s and probably a few recent ones thrown in as well.”

“We’re having a raf-fle as well as a house draw with tickets cost-ing €3 for a chance to win some lovely prizes. We want to thank eve-rybody who has donat-

ed prizes for the event including the Castle-town Road pharmacy who gave us a beauti-ful hamper packed full of goodies.” explained the girls.

This is the fifth fundraiser which the kind hearted girls have helped organise with Sosad, St Mary’s Drumcar, Dundalk Dog Rescue and the Order of Malta ben-efitting from previous events.

The event will be in The Fane bar on Friday evening start-

By Paul Byrne

Belinda and Maria McLernon


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FORMER Irish athlete Jerry kiernan caused quite a stir last week when he claimed that GAA players did not train hard enough to deserve grants and Louth player, Jim McEneaney, is among those to challenge his comments.

Speaking on radio, kiernan stated: “I don’t have a high opin-ion of their fitness or their com-mitment to fitness. I understand that it means an awful lot to

people in the country and from an economic point of view when you’ve got thousands of people going to the games it means a lot to the country”.

These comments followed the announcement that the Irish Sports Council and the GAA were renewing their agreement for the next two years meaning €900,000 will be made avail-able for inter-county players to receive payments of around €400-per-year.

Louth GAA star Jim McE-

neaney agreed with kiernan’s comments regarding how hard athletes train but suggested there may have been a bit of ignorance on the former athlete’s part when talking about the GAA.

“I suppose he was looking out for his own sport really and he seen something about the GAA grant on the news and lashed out a bit. I would definitely say there is a bit of ignorance on his part with regards to the comments he made as I don’t think he is com-paring like with like.” explained

the Blackrock footballer.“I’ve seen the athletes train-

ing in DCu and they do a seri-ous amount of work and yes it would be a lot more than the GAA players but in fairness both sports demand completely different fitness requirements.

“At the end of the day the athlete is getting a much bigger grant than a Gaelic footballer so it stands to reason that they are going to train more. I definitely think his argument is flawed” added Jim.

local player challenges commentsBy Paul Byrne

Sinn Fein councillor Jim Loughran has called for a Garda co-ordinated text alert system to be put in place through existing community alert systems.According to Cllr Loughran, who is vice chairperson of the Dundalk Joint Policing Committee, the scheme has already been piloted in Cooley and has proved a huge success.“Evidence shows in areas where such systems have been piloted there has been a significant drop in burglaries and public order offences. Text

alerts can be used by the Gardai to alert communities of suspicious activity in their area and also by the community to alert the Gardai of suspicious activity.“Text alerts already exist on an ad hoc basis in some areas, particularly border areas. A more co-ordinated system would be a significant tool in cutting crime.” explained the Ravensdale based councillor.Cllr Loughran says he hopes the scheme will be rolled out all over the County and even cross border. He says the scheme is a cheap and efficient way of

Call for Garda text alert system

tackling crime and will cost the price of a text message.The text alert system has already been rolled out in parts of Dublin and Cork over the past year and Cllr Loughran is hopeful that Louth will be on board with the scheme by the end of the year.

By Paul Byrne

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THE contribution made by a Dundalk woman to music in both Ireland and England will be honoured with the launch of a CD collection of her best loved tunes.Kitty Byron, who was originally Kitty Martin, is a member of a well-known local family. She was active on the music scene in Dundalk before moving to England where she passed away in 2008.However, a chance conversation between an uncle and a niece has brought about the production of new CD to honour her memory. Former Dundalk FC star, Joe Martin, resident presenter on Dundalk FM, was chatting with his niece, Patricia Byron, about the popularity of her mother Kitty’s music and between them they came up with the idea of launching a CD to resurrect Kitty’s best loved tunes.Kitty regularly returned home to Dundalk from her Cheshire base to perform on St Patricks Day in the Town Hall and in shows in aid of local charities such as the Dundalk hospice, the Alzheimer’s Association amongst many others. As Joe explained, she was a very talented musician and extremely popular around town and he hopes that the CD will help bring back warm memories for those who remember the songs from the 1930s and 40s.“Kitty was an extremely skilled pianist and she was very popular both here and in England throughout her life. She was resident pianist in the Adelphi in

kitty Byron plays on thesunny side of the street

the 50s and played for big names such as Ruby Murray back in the day.” said Joe.“She moved to Sale in England in the late 50s where she continued to play and thankfully her daughter Marie had the foresight to record many of her favourite medleys while Kitty was still alive” added Joe. Joe and Patricia decided that they would do their utmost to ensure Kitty’s musical legacy would live on.

Together with her brother Michael, Patricia arranged for the tracks to be digitally re-mastered on the 11 track CD entitled “Kitty Byron Plays on the Sunny Side of the Street”. Of course, Joe Martin is no stranger to reminiscing. Up until recently he regularly presented the popular Dundalk FM radio show, Magic Moments, on Sunday mornings.The CD will be available from Grants Newsagents and from www.amazon.co.uk

Kitty Byron


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Dundalk Funk revivalists The Trampz have had a busy week as they launched an ingenious

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Busy weekend for TrampzMP3 release the popular eight piece single was put on a USB and packaged as the morning after pill. Those who picked up the USB were also treated to a copy of the video for Sex Machine, which was made by local filmmaker and graffiti artist Baz Finnegan. And even more as the band have had a Trampz video game made which is available on the Pill shaped single too. The single went on sale on Valentines Day and the group played a post-Valentines show in Tower Records and a held an impromptu gig in the Spirit Store that night much to the delight of their supporters. The Trampz have gained a well deserved reputation as one of the most charismatic and entertaining live acts going. Their tongue in cheek approach and oozing kitsch cool while delivering authentic soul fuelled beats.

“reeling in The Showband Years” comes to DundalkTHE Ronan Collins Show-band Show “Reelin In The Showband Years” which was a complete sell out right around the country for the past 4 years, comes to Dundalk when it plays The Fairways Hotel, this Friday February 22. Doors open at 7.30pm and tick-ets are now available from the hotel or at the door on Friday night. And what a line-up there is this year.Dickie Rock is the headline act for 2013. He is simply a Legend of showbiz for the

past 40 years. Too many hits to mention but they’ll be coming From The Can-dy Store on the Corner, Every Step of the Way, to see him perform.RTE’s Ronan Collins is host and compere and he will also sing his tribute to Joe Dolan, which was so pop-ular last year, and much more besides.There is a huge Tralee connection on the show this year as Mark Leen, known as “The Emerald Elvis” Singing the hits of

the man who had the most influence on all the early showbands, Elvis Presley. Mark was recently voted Europe’s No 1 Elvis impersonator. Also, DJ Curtin former lead singer with The Kerry Blues Showband and The Big Eight, Is appearing on the show for the second time. Still has a great big voice which can cover everything from Tom

Jones to Englebert Hump-erdinck. The big sound of The Conquerors Showband. One of the greatest Show-bands of them all and still packing them in every-where they go. The Gal-way boys sang “Baby Blue” and many more.Lorraine McDonald, sings The Showband La-dies. Lorraine is one of the brightest talents to

emerge from the latter days of the showband boom. A multi talented musician and vocalist and daughter of Joe Dolan trumpet player, Frankie McDonald.Eurovision stars Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg. They performed for Ire-land in 1975 and 1977. 20 hit records throughout their career, including “Looking Through The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl” If Ma Could See Me Now” It’s Nice To Be In Love Again” “That’s What Friends Are For” etc.The very first showband singers to write and record all of their own material.The show’s exciting finale is an all cast salute to the showband era. All of the stars join in for a medley of songs from the

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ARDEE Concert Band presents “A Musical Twist - a concert with a difference” on February 28 at 8pm in the Bohemian Centre, Ar-dee. This is a new departure for the band as they normally have just one concert every year in December. As well as giving the Junior and Intermediate bands a chance to perform to family, friends and supporters.

The senior band conducted by Brendan Breslin will play a mixed and entertaining programme, some of which will involve some members of the band showing their theatrical abilities as well as

their musical abilities. Some of the younger members have been rehearsing their acting parts for the past number of weeks to bring a different dimension to some of the band arrangements.

The admission is €5, payable at the door on the night, children must be accompanied by an adult. The Intermediate Band will be conducted by John Gaynor and the Junior Band will see kevin Reilly conduct.

The band has a busy schedule over the coming months. They are hosting the Annual Solo & Ensemble Competition in the

Bohemian Centre on this coming Sunday February 24.

In March, they have the busiest day of the year, St Patrick’s Day, when they play at Noon Mass in Ardee for deceased members of the band and then in the after-noon, they have the privilege of leading the very successful Ardee Parade. In April, they have the National Band Championships in Limerick and a return trip to the Britannia Band in Derry for a joint workshop.

On Monday February 11they held their AGM where there was a great turn out of members, par-

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mittee are as follows Chairperson Austin Nevin, Vice Chairperson Jenny Mckeever, Joint Secretar-ies Aisling Reilly and Darragh Browne and Treasurer Peter Mc-keever.

The band has a large very ac-tive committee of over thirty members. Some new additions to the committee this year are Ber-nadette keaskin , Grainne Dillon, Evelyn Russell, Helena Balfe as well as the new Joint Secretar-ies, Aisling Reilly and Darragh Browne.

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The local firm secured the major standard thanks to a five-year energy saving campaign which has seen them reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20% – and save €150,000 per annum in fuel costs across the group.

Charity shopThere will be a charity shop open in the Long Walk Shopping Centre on February 21 to 23. All proceeds raised from the shop are in aid of Parkinson’s Disease.

Computer collectionThe charity organisation Camara are collecting unwanted computers and laptops to send to disadvantaged schools around the world to help improve education through technology.

All information will be erased from the computer and a cert will be emailed to the owner to state this has taken place. For information contact Helen Neary on 086 0660138.

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The last two weeks has been a hive of activity on the darts scene in the town and county area with the conclusion of all the leagues and the start of the cup competitions.

The Louth Darts Team travelled to Ennis County Clare for the All Ireland Inter-counties and The Glyde League Cup Semi Finals have left followers with a very interesting final in store.

The final games in the Dundalk and District Darts League saw all divisions facing a night of nerves.

In the Premier Division MacNamees needed a win at home to Commercial Club A to claim the title. Despite the pressure, they did enough to come out on top with Graham unwin’s win followed by Daniel Dunn and Johnny Donnelly before Bob Hillard gave Macs the title and a great win on the night. This result gave Daniel Dunn his fourth consecutive League title but interestingly

enough they were all with different teams.

The First Division was probably the closest division that has been seen in the Dundalk League since its re introduction over the last four years. This division sat with any of four teams mathematically possible to win the Division. O’Connells from the Quay were in pole position and they were closely followed by Stags Green and The Avenue Inn and Gormleys A.

The Darts on the night favoured O’Connell’s and they claimed the prize of First Division Champions and the promotion to the Premier Division next year. The standard of darts throughout this league has shown that none of these teams will have any fears about playing Premier League teams in the upcoming open shield.

The Second division developed into a two horse race as the last game approached with Courtneys

and The Castle Bar playing off a top of the table decider. It was nip and tuck all the way but Anthony McEnteggart’s men held on for a 4-2 win on the night and the title of Divisional Champions.

with the leagues decided and the victory parties over the business of First Round of the divisional cups got underway. The Premier Division Cup saw some interesting draws with The Fairways Falcons hosting The Stags, as usual this was a close game but this time the Fairways came out second best.

Meanwhile, Northend Bar lost out to Commerical Club, and MacNamees defeated Harrisons.

The Division One Cup saw some surprise with the biggest shock of the night coming with Benny Bradys beating The Punters (Formerly Gormleys A).

Stags Green were ran close by The Square bar in a match that went down to the very last game, while

The Avenue Inn defeated O’Connells. Harrys Bar completed the semi final line up with good win over an improving windmill team.

In Division Two the repeat top of the table clash saw Courtneys defeat Castle Bar once to set up a game against the Commercial Club B team.

On the county scene, the Louth team travelled to Clare for the All-Ireland competition.

The wee County lost out to kilkenny in the opening game and also to Meath which meant they needed to win the final game against Roscommon by 12-0 to progress. Sadly for the team, it didn’t work out.

Louth Village was the location were the Glyde leagues Cup semi finals and some good action resulted in Smyths qualifying to play Soraghans in the final. The Charity Cup decider will be between Eamonn O’Neills and Byrne.

Great drama and tension at end of darts leagues

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Here at ŠKODA, we’ve got an offer that’ll really put a smile on your face. It’s quite simple. Purchase Any new car from the ŠKODA range and you’ll get finance at an unbeatable 0%APR. But you’ll need to be quick – this offer only runs until February 28th. All you need to do is contact Western Motors ŠKODA.

Which, let’s face it, is a lot less than what the Minister had to go through to get his deal.

Western Motors ŠKODA, M1 Retail Park, Drogheda, LouthT. 041 9898100. W. www.westernmotors.ieTerms and conditions apply. Typical Finance example: Citigo RRP €10,425. Deposit / Part Exchange €3,261. 36 monthly payments of €199. Total cost of credit €0. Typical APR 0%. Minimum deposit is 10%. Subject to lending criteria. This offer is made under a hire purchase agreement. ŠKODA Finance is a trading style of Volkswagen Bank GmbH Branch Ireland, authorised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland for conduct of business rules.

20-02-2013

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