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This week’s Argus
This week’s Argus features the story of Blackrock man Chris Ward’s €54,000 betting win on a €2 football accumulator. There’s also news of local man Peter Kane being honoured with the Freedom of the...
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Sinn Féin prepare for local election launch
Some of the Sinn Féin candidates who will be going forward for election on May 23rd Sinn Féin will launch their local election campaign tomorrow night (Thursday) in the Fairways Hotel. The event will...
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Rock Celtic race night this Friday
Local football club Rock Celtic will hold a race night this Friday in Harrison’s Bar in Blackrock. You can buy a horse for €20 or a jockey for €10 from any committee member or any of the coaches. The...
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Loughran calls on damage of Cooley Mountains by quad bikers to end
Cllr Jim Loughran Sinn Féin councillor Jim Loughran has called on off road vehicles such as quad bikes and scramblers, to stop causing damage to the Cooley Mountains and worrying sheep in the process....
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St Mary’s GFC to host poker tournament this Friday
St Mary’s GFC in Ardee will host a poker tournament in their clubhouse at Pairc Mhuire. Registration takes place at 7.30pm with the tournament starting at 8pm. Entry costs €25 while a drinks promotion...
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Castletown Road take away up for sale
The New Great Wall Chinese take-away on the Castletown Road has gone on the market recently with estate agents Property Partners Laurence Gunne. The investment property is for sale for €100,000...
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Eno prepare for birthday celebrations by releasing behind the scenes video
The good folk at Eno Bar & Grill in Roden Place recently spent a day filming behind the scenes to give customers an idea of what goes into preparing the restaurant for a busy Saturday night. You...
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Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy to face trial on tax offences in October 2015
Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy The Special Criminal Court in Dublin has fixed a date next year for the trial of prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy on tax offences. Earlier this month the Supreme Court...
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Another blow for Clanbrassil Street as Duffner Bros is to close
Duffner Bros will close on April 12th Clanbrassil Street is set to lose another long-established retailer wit hthe news that Duffner Bros Jewellers is to close,. The store at 40 Clanbrassil Street is...
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Blood Transfusion Service in Dundalk next week
The Crowne Plaza will be one of the venues for the IBTS clinics next Tuesday and Wednesday The North East branch of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will hold a number of local blood donor clinics...
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County Manager to visit derelict sites in Muirhevnamor
County Manager Philomena Poole Louth County Manager Philomena Poole has agreed to visit parts of Muirhevnamor in the coming weeks to see for herself the problems being faced by people living next to...
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Patsy Kelly 5k registration day this Saturday
The route for the Patsy Kelly 5k on April 12th The third running of the Patsy Kelly 5k takes place in two weeks on Saturday April 12th at 6.30pm. There is a registration day this Saurday from 3pm-5pm...
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Tesco hoping to include café in new Dundalk megastore
An artist’s impression of what the new Tesco will look like when it reopens in August 2014 Wanze Properties (Dundalk) Limited, the company behind the construction of the new Tesco Xtra megastore in...
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Clean up of Templetown Beach planned for Saturday
The Mourne Cooley Gullion Geotourism group will host a beach clean this Saturday from 11am to 3pm at Templetown Beach. The event is being held as part of the National Spring Clean campaign and any...
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Five new townhouses planned for Mill Street
Five new townhouses could be on the way to Mill Street in Dundalk. Thomas Agnew has applied to Dundalk Town Council for planning permission for the quintet of 1.5 storey town houses on land adjacent to...
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Black & White Construction looking to complete Point Road estate
Black & White Construction Ltd have applied to Dundalk Town Council for planning permission to complete The Towers estate on the Point Road. The unfinished estate was granted planning permission...
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Ten candidates to go forward for Fianna Fáil in Louth local elections
Dundalk South candidates Stephen Egan and Cllr Declan Breathnach with Fianna Fáil senator Thomas Byrne at last night’s local election campaign launch in Dunleer Fianna Fáil last night launced its local...
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Unfinished cycle lane lying idle for months
The unfinished cycle lane A visitor to Talk of the Town has complained about the lack of progress being made on a cycle lane on the outskirts of Dundalk. While complaints about cycle lanes are common...
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Lawyer calls for reopening of Smithwick Tribunal following Garda surveillance...
Chief Supt Harry Breen and Supt Bob Buchanan were murdered by the IRA in March 1989 after leaving a meeting in Dundalk Garda Station The Smithwick Tribunal should be reopened on the back of the Garda...
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Brendan the new favourite for The Voice of Ireland
Brendan McCahey is the new favourite to win this year’s Voice of Ireland, according to bookmakers Boylesports. Hailing from Shercock in Cavan, Brendan is well known in local music circles having...
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