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Tidy Towns restore Castletown cemetery
DUNDALK Tidy Towns have completed the first phase of the restoration of Castletown graveyard which dates back to the fifteenth century.
E1000 donation ‘not enough’
A donation of e1000 to a Louth playground group will not be enough to have a charge dismissed against a publican who sold alcohol to a minor, Judge Flann Brennan said at Dundalk Court.
This year’s St Vincent’s musical will ‘Definitely Maybe’ a great success
This year, the talented transition year students at St Vincent’s will take to the stage with a brand new, original stage play called ‘Definitely, Maybe’ which was scripted by directors, Victoria O’Hagan and Laura Jones.
Adams fresh raises concern for Narrowater Bridge project
Sinn Féin Louth TD Gerry Adams has once again raised his concerns about the future of the Narrow Water bridge project with the Taoiseach in the Dáil.
Jack and Jill fundraiser
THE Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation fundraising Gala Ball at The Grove House Dunleer was an outstanding success.
Mid-Louth News
Ministers discuss North-South health service co-operation
FINE Gael deputy Peter Fitzpatrick believes new co-operation between health departments on both sides of the Border could lead to establishing a link between the Louth Hospital and Daisyhill in Newry.
Lectures, shirts from Paris
IT must be wonderful to sit on a pension of 140,000 euro and lecture people about tightening their belts.
Adams call for move on suicide
SINN Féin President Gerry Adams called on the government to look constructively at the idea of an authority, similar to the road safety authority, to tackle the suicide crisis. He called for A North-South approach to this problem.
Kiernan winner of TV3 Local Legend
Sixth class pupil, Kieran Lennon, from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Kilkerley, has scooped first prize in the TV3 ‘Local Legend’ competition.
Ardee biodiversity project launched
ARDEE Tidy Towns, Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire, and Ardee Library recently took part in an Eco Tribes Biodiversity Challenge.
Business
Lectures, shirts from Paris
IT must be wonderful to sit on a pension of 140,000 euro and lecture people about tightening their belts.
Ardee biodiversity project launched
ARDEE Tidy Towns, Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire, and Ardee Library recently took part in an Eco Tribes Biodiversity Challenge.
Dundalk Tidy Towns have given us a lot to be proud of
DUNDALK has won five gold medals in the National Tidy Towns competition in the last five years.
Ardee school goes for a national flag record
ARDEE Educate Together is set to gain a fourth national environmental flag, the first school in the country to do so.
Councillors blast banks
ARDEE Town Councillors have expressed their anger at the poor quality of service available at Ardee banks.
Opinion
Second Lions Tour a further embellishment of Kearney’s career
It’s only in years to come that we’ll fully appreciate what Robert Kearney has achieved on the rugby pitch. His current CV is impressive – a Grand Slam, two Heineken Cups, a Lions tour, and a not insignificant number of International caps, 49 to be exact. Also included is a European Player-of-the-Year award.
Gavin freaks out as Fergie bows out
All I was looking for when I put in a call to Demo soccer guru, Gavin McLaughlin, last Wednesday was a phone number. But before I could even tell him I was sorry for bothering him, I got it: “Ah, I’m in shock,” he said.
Turas is a welcoming confidential service
TURAS Counselling Services was founded in 2005 to help people with addiction problems.
Dortmund star on the continent - Dundalk doing nicely at home
Borussia Dortmund caught Inside Track’s eye in the Champions League as far back as last October. They were playing Manchester City in the group stages, and while the piece which appeared on this page concentrated on City getting a hairy penalty decision, Balotelli scoring the equaliser from the spot, it said the German side was “very exciting”.
O Fiaich College annual student exhibition on this week
Students at O Fiaich Institute of Further Education are holding their eighteenth annual exhibition which opens this Tuesday 7 May and runs until this Friday 10 May. The exhibition is being held once again this year in The Indoor Garden, Carrolls Building, Dundalk Institute of Technology. This event has been a great success in previous years.
National
Defamatory video must be removed
Global internet giants Google, YouTube and Facebook have been slapped down by a judge and ordered to remove a defamatory viral video from websites around the world.
Penalty points complain considered
One of the whistleblowers behind the penalty points controversy is considering asking the Garda ombudsman to launch an independent investigation into his allegations.
Jobs boost from services company
Some 800 jobs are to be created as a services company plans to double its workforce.
Senior employees to take pay cuts
One fifth of the five million euro savings at Bus Eireann will come from the top executives and management.
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Monday 20 May 2013
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