Cardiovascular screening in Dundalk this and next week
The Cardiovascular Screening Centre is in Dundalk this and next week. Staff will be in the Crowne Plaza Hotel today and Friday, as well as the same two days next week from 11am to 8.30pm. Having a...
View ArticleDundalk registered fuel company fined €5,000 for selling washed diesel in...
A fuel company with a registered address in Dundalk has been fined €5,000 euro for selling washed diesel to unsuspecting motorists in Limerick. NR Filling Station Limited had pleaded not guilty to the...
View ArticleLouth County Council may be liable for loan repayments of €75m on unused land
Cllr Tomás Sharkey Louth County Council could have to pay a total of €75 million over the next 25 years to repay a loan for lands bought during that had been earmarked for social housing. The...
View ArticleDolmen Theatre Group bringing Lend Me A Tenor to An Táin Theatre next month
Tickets for Lend Me A Tenor are available now from the An Táin Theatre box office at the Town Hall in Crowe Street The Dolmen Theatre Group will be brining Ken Ludwig’s hilarious comedy ‘Lend Me A...
View ArticleDundalk and District Motocross Club postpone AGM by a week
Dundalk and District Motocross Club’s annual general meeting, which had been scheduled for tomorrow night, has been postponed by a week until Tuesday April 1st. It will still take place in the...
View ArticleKenny blasts “crazy” situation of two games in 48 hours ahead of tonight’s...
Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny Just 48 hours after their victory over Sligo Rovers at The Showgrounds on Saturday night, Dundalk FC will be back in action tonight when they make the trip to Tallaght...
View ArticleAdams hits out at Boston Oral History project and reiterates he had no part...
Gerry Adams Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has issued a statement in response to media speculation that the PSNI may be interested in speaking to him in reference to the Jean McConville case. The...
View ArticleLouth GAA supporters running bus to Donegal this Sunday
The Louth GAA Supporters’ Club are running a bus to Donegal this Sunday March 30th. The bus will leave Drogheda at 9am and Dundalk at 9.30am. For further details or booking contact Kieran on...
View ArticleDundalk Gardaí investigating robbery of pizza delivery man at knife point
Gardaí in Dundalk are appealing for information from the public after a pizza delivery man was robbed at knife point in the Muirhevnamor area of the town on Sunday. The delivery man was dropping off a...
View ArticleCompetition heats up in Dundalk and District Darts League
Gerard McKeown, birthday boy Paddy Gibney and Ray Harte of the Stag’s Red team There’s a saying that “the best way to slow down your competition is to leave them watching you.” This definitely is the...
View ArticleInformation sought on stolen cigarette machine in Omeath
Gardaí are appealing for information after a cigarette machine and all of its content, including cigarettes and cash, were stolen from a filling station in Omeath last week. The incident happened in...
View ArticleNewborns in this area have one of the lowest rates in the country when it...
New mothers in the area have one of the lowest rates in the country of breastfeeding their babies, according to new figures released by the HSE to AIMS Ireland. The figures found that only 37.5% of...
View ArticleLocal actor to appear in John B Keane’s Moll in The Gaiety Theatre this summer
Pat McDonnell Local actor Pat McDonnell is set to appear in a production of John B Keane’s Moll in The Gaiety Theatre in May. The Dromiskin native, who went to school in Coláiste Rís in Dundalk, will...
View ArticleNaughton to be honoured at Ireland Day in London
Martin Naughton Local businessman Martin Naughton is set to be honoured at Ireland Day in London next month. The Glen Dimplex founder, a former student in De La Salle College, will be honoured for his...
View ArticleProminent Dundalk site goes on the market for €200,000
The site on the Ecco Road A prominent 6.5 acre site in Dundalk has gone on the market with local estate agents Sherry FitzGerald Carroll for €200,000. The site at the Ecco Road is located opposite...
View ArticleThis week’s Dundalk Democrat
This week’s Dundalk Democrat leads with the story of local man David Garvey, who is suffering from locked-in syndrome but is desperate to return home from hospital in order to get married. There’s...
View ArticleLouth Rose of Tralee information night this Wednesday
The Louth Rose of Tralee committee will hold information nights in Dundalk and Drogheda this Wednesday. Anyone interested in getting involved in the competition or who wants to find out anything about...
View ArticleDundalk funk band The Beached Whales prepare for Spirit Store gig this Friday
Local funk band The Beached Whales will perform what they have described as the biggest gig of their lives when they headline The Spirit Store this Friday night along with The School of Fish. The...
View ArticleButler calls on council not to repay loans
Marianne Butler of the Green Party Local councillor Marianne Butler has asked Louth Local Authorities to refuse to repay the loan they took out to buy land for social housing purposes, which has now...
View ArticleSteam engine trip planned between Dundalk and Drogheda
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland will be running two steam engine trips from Dundalk to Drogheda on Sunday April 13th. ‘The Boyne’ steam excursions will leave Clarke Station at 10.30am...
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