Almost €4 million spent cleaning up fuel laundering waste in Louth in last...
Fuel laundering is a major problem in this area Louth Local Authorities have dealt with almost 600 cases of illegal fuel laundering and waste dumping in the county over the past five years at a cost of...
View ArticleSenator Moran seeking urgent meeting with St John of God management following...
Senator Mary Moran with her son Cillian Senator Mary Moran is seeking an urgent meeting with Saint John of God Drumcar management following the recently published HIQA report which found major...
View ArticleSavage elected new Louth County Council chair
Cllr Peter Savage Cllr Peter Savage was this morning elected the new chairperson of Louth County Council. The Fianna Fáil representative succeeds Cllr Oliver Tully in the position after seeing off a...
View ArticleEl Passo hosting free theory test lessons every Monday
Local driving school El Passo are offering free theory lessons to everyone studying for their test every Monday evening. The lessons take place from 7pm each Monday in the Redeemer Resource Centre and...
View ArticleArd Dealgan apartments could be used for housing once more
Cllr Jennifer Green Sinn Féin Councillor Jennifer Green has welcomed comments by the head of the Housing Department at today’s Louth County Council meeting which suggest the local authority will look...
View ArticleLionel triumphs on top of Flagstaff
Terry McEneaney taking part in round eight of the mountain biking league at Bellurgan Park The eighth round of The Bike Station Summer Cycling League finished atop of the climb at Flagstaff, making it...
View ArticleFormer Tommy Hilfiger shop in Earl Street to be sold at auction
The former Tommy Hilfiger store in Earl Street will be amongst one of a number of local buildings going under the hammer at the next Allsop auction in the RDS on July 9th. The building at 7 Earl...
View ArticleNew wig-fitting service for cancer patients in Dundalk
The fitting salon at Jocelyn Pharmacy Jocelyn Pharmacy have launched a new service for cancer patients in Dundalk. The Jocelyn Street pharmacy have been providing a fitting service for ladies with...
View ArticleClassic Volkswagens in Dundalk tomorrow
The Market Square will host the convoy of vehicles A convoy of classic Volkswagen Beetle cars and camper vans will arrive in Dundalk tomorrow. The iconic vehicles will visit the Market Square as part...
View ArticleBlackrock Raft Race and Family Fun Day this Sunday
The annual Blackrock Raft Race takes place this Sunday. Getting underway from 2pm, there will be a Dundalk Brass Band recital and sandcastle competition, a helicopter display by the Irish Coast Guard,...
View ArticlePiloxing Barre masterclass in Dundalk this Saturday
Letterkenny-based SM Fitness will host a Piloxing Barre masterclass in Dundalk this Saturday. The two hour double header gets underway from 10am at the Community Centre in Blackrock with master...
View ArticleINMO vote for industrial action at St Mary’s Drumcar
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation at St John of God North East Services, St Mary’s, Drumcar, have voted by 99% in favour of industrial action due to budget cuts and a reduction in...
View ArticleTiger opens its doors in Dundalk
Staff at the opening of the Tiger store in the Marshes Shopping Centre this morning. Picture: Arthur Kinahan Tiger Stores opened their new store in the Marshes Shopping Centre this morning. The Danish...
View ArticleThis week’s Dundalk Democrat
This week’s Dundalk Democrat leads with the story of a local father defending the service at St Mary’s Drumcar after last week’s HIQA report found it guilty of non compliance in nine out of 10 areas...
View ArticleDKIT Sport pre-sale coming up
There are just 13 days to go until DKIT Sport opens its doors. The new state of the art facility at the former JJB headquarters at Dundalk Retail Park will open to the public on Monday June 29th....
View ArticleShortage of police hindering fight against fuel smuggling
Senator Paul Coghlan with Cllr Oliver Tully at yesterday’s meeting of Louth County Council A shortage of police resources in south Co Armagh is hindering the fight against fuel smuggling, a Fine Gael...
View ArticleLadies Beach, Blackrock
Local photographer Niall Carroll has been catching the eye of late with his aerial drone photography and yesterday he received his official accreditation from the Irish Air Authority to work as an...
View ArticleSIRO now accepting expressions of interest for 1GB broadband in Dundalk
SIRO, the joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone to deliver 1GB broadband to homes and businesses, are now accepting expressions of interest from people in Dundalk looking to avail of the service....
View ArticleFitzpatrick won’t seek re-election in Louth in next General Election
Peter Fitzpatrick outside the Dáil with his wife Ann and children Daramay, Grace and Stephen Local TD Peter Fitzpatrick has announced that he will not be seeking a nomination to run for Fine Gael in...
View ArticleDundalk student passed Berkeley complex shortly before balcony collapsed
The six Irish students who died after a balcony collapsed in California yesterday A student from Dundalk was amongst those on Kittredge Street in Berkeley, California yesterday shortly before a balcony...
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