Ardee Rugby Club prepare to launch Strictly event
Ardee Rugby Club will hold the launch night for their Strictly Come Dancing event tomorrow evening at 8pm in Ardee Golf Club. A number of people have already signed up for the event and pairs will be...
View ArticleDe La Salle pupils get their hands on rugby silverware
The Leinster Rugby trophy tour visited Dundalk over the last few days. Pictured above is pupils from the De La Salle secondary school with the titles the province won last season - the Amlin Challenge...
View ArticleHolocaust survivor visits O Fiaich College
Tomi Reichental Earlier this week Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental visited O Fiaich College in Dundalk to give a talk to students. Tomi spoke to a large gathering about his personal experiences as a...
View ArticleCorrigan welcomes council support for International Women’s Day
Cllr Edel Corrigan Sinn Féin councillor Edel Corrigan has welcomed the decision of Louth County Council to pass her motion calling on local authorities to mark International Women’s Day each year. This...
View ArticleLithuanian Kaziukas Fair in Dundalk today
Virgis Stakėnas The first traditional Lithuanian Kaziukas Fair will be held on today in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk from 12 noon-7pm. The fair is being organised by the newly-formed Dundalk...
View ArticleCooley Kickhams to host Q&A with Jimmy Magee
Cooley Kickhams will host an audience with Jimmy Magee in their clubrooms at Fr McEvoy Park on Thursday April 10th. The legendary commentator hails from nearby Greenore and over the course of 90...
View ArticleWalk through Ravensdale Forest to coincide with National Tree Week
Ravensdale To celebrate National Tree Week, Louth Woodland Gatherings will be hosting a walk through Ravensdale Forest on Saturday March 8th. The walk will take in all five, uniquely different bridges...
View ArticleHyper-Fit classes get underway in Dundalk this week
Hyper-Fit classes with Tony McArdle will get underway in the Clan na Gael hall in Dundalk this Tuesday March 4th. The five week workout programme involves classes of kettlebells, fit pilates and HIIT...
View ArticleRAG Week gets underway in Dundalk tomorrow
RAG Week will get underway in Dundalk tomorrow with DJ David Newman and Big Generator performing live in the College Bar from lunchtime onwards. There will be a host of other bands playing throughout...
View ArticleDundalk to unveil new look website this week
Ahead of the start of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division this week, Dundalk FC have announced that they will be unveiling a new look website at www.dundalkfc.com The current version has won...
View ArticleLouth’s survival hopes hit by hammering against Down
Down’s Ryan Mallon tussles with Louth’s Bevan Duffy, Colm Judge and Paddy Keenan. Louth’s National League survival hopes suffered a huge blow on Saturday night after they were hammered 4-16 to 0-9 away...
View ArticleFormer Dundalk goalkeeper facing €10.5m drugs charge
Van Boxtel in action for Dundalk A former Dundalk and Leeds United goalkeeper, who had failed to appear in court six years ago while on charges linked to a €10.5m cannabis find, has been arrested....
View ArticleSharkey calls for 20 week scans to be offered to expectant mothers in this area
Cllr Tomás Sharkey Sinn Féin councillor Tomás Sharkey has called for expectant mothers to be offered 20 week scans as standard in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Yesterday’s Mail on Sunday reported that...
View ArticleHurlers lose out to Fermanagh
Louth aspirations of making the National Hurling League Division 3A play-offs suffered a setback on Sunday when they lost out away to Fermanagh on a 5-13 to 2-12 scoreline. The Wee County travelled...
View ArticleEx-IRA man claims Adams gave order to take explosives to Britain
Gerry Adams A former IRA man who shot dead Detective Garda Seamus Quaid in 1980 claims Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and the North’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness ordered him to transport...
View ArticleGiro d’Italia Dundalk route and sprint finalised
Dundalk Town Council chairman Cllr Eamonn O’Boyle (left) welcomed the Giro crew to Dundalk last week The Giro d’Italia route through Dundalk has been finalised following a visit by Irish organiser...
View ArticleMcGahon address Fine Gael Ard Fheis
John McGahon addressing the Fine Gael Ard Fheis Fine Gael candidate for Dundalk-Carlingford, John McGahon, at last weekend’s Fine Gael Ard Fheis called on the government to ensure that young people are...
View ArticleOne person unaccounted for as emergency services battle Ardee fire
The scene at the fire this evening. Picture: LMFM One person is so far unaccounted for as emergency services deal with a major fire at the rear of Finlay’s Funeral Home in Ardee. Tierney Street is...
View ArticleCuchulainn Cycling Club have huge turnout at Newry race
Alan Grey (far right) taking sixth place in the John Haldane Memorial Cycle Race Cuchulainn Cycling Club had a huge turn out at Newry Wheeler’s John Haldane Memorial promoted on Sunday last. The race...
View ArticleMan in his 60s suffers serious head injuries in Dundalk assault
A man in his 60s received serious head injuries during an assault in Dundalk last Friday night. The incident happened Fagan’s Pub on the Castletown Road between 9pm and 10.30pm on the night. The...
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