Local fashion designer Blaithnead’s collection on display in The Conrad Hotel...
One of Blaithnead’s stunning pieces Dundalk fashion designer Blathnaid McClean will be showcasing the key pieces and from her spring/summer collection until this Sunday in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin....
View ArticleHelp sought in locating stolen dog
Rosie The Lurcher The Louth SPCA is appealing for information in tracing a dog that was stolen from its kennel in Walterstown, Castlebellingham last night. Rosie The Lurcher has very defined black...
View ArticleDundalk man handed life sentence for murder of his wife
Michael McDonagh (left), taking part in a bareknuckle fight (bottom right) and his wife Jacqueline (top right) A local man was handed a life sentence yesterday for murdering his wife in their Dundalk...
View ArticleYore told there are no plans to refurbish paths on south end of Clanbrassil...
Upgrades to Clanbrassil Street will stop just before Bank of Ireland There are no plans to extend the improvement works earmarked for the south end of Clanbrassil Street to the rest of the street....
View ArticleBlood donation clinics in Dundalk next week
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be in Dundalk next week with blood donation clinics in two locations. The clinic will be at the Clan na Gael GAA centre on Monday and Tuesday February 16th and...
View Article50 patients on trolleys in Lourdes Hospital today
The A&E of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is the most overcrowded in the country at present There are 530 patients waiting on trolleys in hospitals around the country today with Our Lady of Lourdes...
View ArticleLouth Sinn Féin launch white collar boxing event
The Sinn Féin team of boxers for their white collar boxing event, pictured at last night’s launch with party president and local TD Gerry Adams and Northern Irish MP Conor Murphy Louth Sinn Féin last...
View ArticleMcMillan goal books Dundalk’s place in last eight of Leinster Senior Cup
David McMillan marked his return from injury with a goal seven minutes from time to sink his former club UCD at Oriel Park last night and book Dundalk’s place in the last eight of the Leinster Senior...
View Article21 cases of breech babies missed at Lourdes Hospital
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda A review of births, which took place over a 26 month period, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, discovered 21 cases where babies in the breech...
View ArticleNew manufacturing and office facilities to be built in Dundalk as part of...
New manufacturing and office facilities will be built in Dundalk as part of the Government’s five-year strategy to accelerate job growth around the country. Dundalk has been earmarked as one of nine...
View ArticleDundalk IT Sports Arena finally opens its doors
What the new Dundalk IT Sports Arena will look like when fully operational The Dundalk IT Sports Arena opened its doors for the first time on Monday. The former JJB Complex at Dundalk Retail Park had...
View ArticleRotary Club of Dundalk to host fundraising breakfast on Pancake Tuesday
The Rotary Club of Dundalk are holding a charity fundraising breakfast morning next Tuesday from 7.30am to 10.30am in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. All funds raised from the Pancake Tuesday event will go...
View ArticleThis week’s Argus
This week’s Argus leads with the story of Michael Quinn McDonagh’s life sentence for the murder of his wife Jacqueline in August 2012. There’s also reaction to the announcement of 100 new jobs for...
View ArticleFormer shoe factory could be demolished to make way for new car park
The site of the former shoe factory on the Ramparts The former Clarke’s shoe factory on the Ramparts Road could be demolished to make way for a car park. Cavalli Investments Plc have applied to Louth...
View ArticleKenny to act as Grand Marshal for St Patrick’s Day parade in Dundalk
Stephen Kenny Dundalk FC manager Stephen Kenny will be Grand Marshal at this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade. The Dublin native was selected for the prestigious role in recognition of the Lilywhites’...
View ArticleTommy Fleming set for the Carrickdale Hotel
Popular singer Tommy Fleming will be performing in the Carrickdale Hotel on Friday April 24th. Tickets to see the Sligo man are on sale now from www.ticketmaster.ie The concert had originally been...
View ArticleDundalk student hoping to build Grant Theft Auto Five house in Carlingford
The Di Santo house from Grand Theft Auto Five Paul Boyle A local student has launched an online campaign to raise €1.67m to build a real life version of a house from his favourite video campaign....
View ArticleCuchulainn Cycling Club to host Traders’ Cup on Sunday week
Dundalk man Jim Curran won the inaugural Traders’ Cup in 1942 Sunday February 22nd sees Dundalk’s Cuchulainn Cycling Club hosting one of the first races of the year, with the annual Traders’ Cup....
View ArticleThe Strypes set to play The Spirit Store
Cavan quartet The Strypes will be performing in The Spirit Store in Dundalk on Sunday March 1st. The band, made up of Ross Farrelly, Josh McClorey, Peter O’Hanlon and Evan Walsh, hit the big time in...
View ArticleJudgements made against local businesses
A number of local businesses had judgements made against them last month. Shaheen Butt of Punjab House, 61 Park Street, Dundalk had a judgement of €33,211 made against him on January 21st in a case...
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