The Legend of Luke Kelly coming to Dundalk next week
“The Legend of Luke Kelly” will run for one night only at An Táin Arts Centre next week. The show, seeing the superb Chris Kavanagh take on many of late The Dubliners’ stars biggest hits, will take...
View ArticleResidents object to plans for five new houses on Mill Street
Local residents have lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanala against Louth County Council’s decision to grant conditional planning permission for five new houses to be built on Mill Street in Dundalk....
View ArticleDundalk IT music students to hold contemporary music showcase in The Spirit...
Dundalk IT’s Section of Music will host a contemporary showcase on Tuesday in The Spirit Store at 8pm. Students shall perform an interesting and varied programme of pieces selected from popular music...
View ArticleBellurgan Utd given the go ahead for floodlight at Tom Flynn Park
Bellurgan Utd have been given the go ahead to carry out a series of upgrades to their pitch at Tom Flynn Park. The club have secured conditional planning permission from Louth County Council to install...
View ArticleChoral Meditation in St Nicholas’ Church next week
Ceol Oirghialla will present a Choral Meditation in St Nicholas’ Church in Church Street next Thursday at 7pm. The free event will see a short concert of reflective choral music being performed by the...
View ArticleIt’s Richie TWOhill as Dundalk go five points clear
Richie Towell celebrates his strike against Cork City last night Dundalk moved five points clear at the top of the Premier Division table last night after coming from behind to beat Cork City 2-1 at...
View ArticleConor needs help taking humanitarian aid to Moldova
Cross Cause founder Conor Hughes is seeking two drivers to take a truck going to orphanages in eastern Europe from Kent in England to Moldova. The Blackrock man has made an appeal via The Anton Savage...
View ArticleTrampoline park being planned for Dundalk
What the new trampoline park could look like if given the go ahead A new trampoline park could be on the way to Dundalk. Donal and Jacqueline Rankin have applied to Louth County Council for planning...
View ArticleWilliams hat-trick sees Dundalk RFC promoted to senior ranks
Dundalk RFC will be playing senior rugby for the first time in their history next season following a 22-10 victory over De La Salle Palmerston in Dublin today. Johnny Williams was the hero for the...
View ArticleNew Louth Rose to be selected tomorrow
This year’s Louth Rose of Tralee selection night takes place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk on Sunday at 8pm. We’ve put together a list of all the ladies involved and their sponsors below. The...
View ArticleMiss Louth Fionnuala signs with London based model agency
Miss Louth 2014 Fionnuala Short Miss Louth 2014 Fionnuala Short’s modeling career has taken another step forward after she signed up with London-based BMA Models. The Hackballscross women has been...
View ArticleJenny Hanlon named new Louth Rose
Jenny Hanlon after being named the new Louth Rose last night Carlingford woman Jenny Hanlon was named the new Louth Rose at a selection night in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk last night. The...
View ArticleSinead McNally pens track for Matthews Coach Hire
Local singer/songwriter Sinead McNally has penned a new song for local bus company Matthews Coach Hire. The Knockbridge woman has revealed she has spent much of the last year working with the team at...
View ArticleMulligan clinches Dundalk Senior Scratch Cup
Thomas Mulligan Thomas Mulligan clinched the 2015 Dundalk Senior Scratch Cup, sponsored by Jeffers Sportsturf, at the weekend. The Co Louth Golf Club member hit a six under par score of 137 in the...
View ArticleCellulac to invest €25m in Dundalk facility
Cellulac will be based at the former Harp Lager brewery, now the Great Northern Distillery Irish biotechnology firm Cellulac is to invest €27m into redeveloping its plant in Dundalk over the course of...
View ArticleThe Bike Station Summer Cycling League gets underway
Aaron Trainer with his second place trophy from the Under 12s event in Bohermeen on Sunday While the changeable weather may not suggest that summer has arrived, Thursday last saw the start of The Bike...
View ArticleKeenan releases new single ‘The Bike Sheds’
Dundalk singer/songwriter David Keenan has released a new single called ‘The Bike Sheds’ David, who earned global recognition earlier this year for his performance of El Paso in the local Maxi Taxi,...
View ArticleDundalk man amongst those missing following Nepal earthquake
Thousands have died and homes destroyed following Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal A Dundalk man is amongst eight Irish people missing in Nepal following the powerful earthquake that devastated the...
View ArticleCelebrations for CBS Primary School after first place finish in All-Ireland...
Maria Doyle with her victorious class There were celebrations in the CBS Primary School in Chapel Street last Friday after Maria Doyle’s third class were notified that they had come first in an...
View ArticleSuits you, Sir. Naughton to be knighted?
Martin Naughton Martin Naughton, the Dundalk-born president of Glen Dimplex, is likely to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England as a reward for his philantrophy, entrepreneurship and work to...
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