Love is in the air at County Museum with children’s workshop
The County Museum in Dundalk It’s never too early to learn that all you need is love so the County Museum in Dundalk will hold a card-making workshop for children on St Valentine’s Day, Saturday,...
View ArticleNew manufacturing and office facilities for Dundalk to begin construction...
Peter Fitzpatrick TD Local TD Peter Fitzpatrick has confirmed that construction on the new manufacturing and office facilities in Dundalk will commence next year. The new facilities will be built as...
View ArticleDundalk dealer creates unique coffee station
Gerry Cumiskey Volkswagen dealer at Dundalk Retail Park may just have come up with one of the best coffee stations around. The business, now run by Gerry’s son Brendan, has converted the back of an...
View ArticleRape Crisis North East to host fundraising coffee morning on Pancake Tuesday
Rape Crisis North East will host a fundraising pancake and coffee morning event next Tuesday (Pancake Tuesday) in the Oriel Centre at Dundalk Gaol on the Carrick Road. The event takes place from 10am...
View ArticleCar and van set alight in front of Tallanstown home
Tallansfield Manor An investigation is underway after a car and van were set on fire outside a house in Tallanstown this morning. The incident took place in Tallansfield Manor around 3.20pm with the...
View ArticleLouth U-21s to face Carlow in Dundalk
Louth will take on Carlow in Clan na Gael Park in the Leinster U-21 Football Championship. Fixtures for the opening round were confirmed yesterday with the Wee County’s U-21s in action on Wednesday...
View ArticleJust over half of people who sit the driving test in Dundalk pass
The local test centre recently relocated to the Crowne Plaza Hotel Just over half of people who take their driving test in Dundalk pass the test. That’s according to new figures compiled by The Irish...
View ArticleLouth Land League claim victory over Dundalk solicitors in repossessions row
The Louth Branch of the National Land League of Ireland – a group campaigning to keep people in arrears on mortgages in their home – have claimed a victory over a local legal firm. The group recently...
View Article12 Centenarians in Louth according to new figures
One in every 10,000 people in Louth is over the age of 100 according to new figures from the Department of Social Protection. The study conducted by The Irish Times into the country’s Centenarians...
View ArticleLouth not a good place if you’re looking for romance this Valentine’s Day
Tomorrow might be St Valentine’s Day but Louth is not a good place to be if you’re looking for romance. That’s according to new analysis from The Irish Daily Mirror which shows that heartbreak is a...
View ArticlePark Street store snapped up along with adjoining units
66-67 Park Street One of Park Street’s most prominent stores could have big plans ahead of it after being snapped up by an unknown buyer recently. 66-67 Park Street, the former Planet video store, as...
View ArticleProperty sales up 51% in Louth last year
Property sales jumped by 51% in Louth last year. That’s according to a new study from The Irish Examiner, based on an analysis of the Property Price Register. The newspaper found that there were 1,082...
View ArticleMan found dead in Oaklawns
A young man’s body has been found in Oaklawns. Gardai are investigating the incident after the 29 year old was found in the early hours of the morning. Officers attended a call to a house around...
View ArticleGardaí not treating Dundalk death as suspicious
The scene of the death in Oaklawns Gardaí are not treating the death of a man in Dundalk in the early hours of Saturday morning as suspicious. Gardaí and the emergency services were called to a house...
View ArticleMexx’s Dundalk concession to close
The Mexx fashion brand is set to close its concession in Houston’s in Dundalk. The closure comes after the label’s Dutch-based parent compant went bankrupt in December, with more than two dozen stores...
View ArticleRent up almost 11% in Louth in the last year
The average rent in Co Louth jumped by more than 10% in the last year. That’s according to the latest Daft.ie Rental Report for Q4 2014, which found that the average renter in the Wee County is now...
View ArticleDundalk cruise to victory over UCD
Dundalk continued their pre-season preparations with a comfortable 6-1 victory over UCD in the UCD Bowl on Friday night. It was a second successive victory for the Lilywhites over the Students in the...
View ArticleDundalk velodrome hopes boosted after council agree to land disposal
The proposed site map for the new Cuchulainn Cycling Park Plans for a new cycling park and velodrome in Dundalk earned a significant boost this morning after Louth County Council agreed to a land...
View ArticleSunrise over Dundalk Bay
Thanks to Kieran Murphy for sharing this fantastic shot of the sunrise over Dundalk Bay on St Valentine’s Day morning. The sun is silhouetted by trees in the shot, making it a romantic sunrise for...
View ArticleGlenmuir FC Academy registration day on February 28th
The Glenmuir FC Academy will hold a registration day on Saturday February 28th from 11am to 1pm. This is open to all boys and girls aged between five and nine years of age and anyone interested in...
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