Gardaí investigating graffiti incident in Pearse Park
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a car was vandalised in the Pearse Park area of Dundalk around 6.30pm yesterday evening. A series of graffiti was written across the bonnet of the white Nissan...
View ArticleTommy McConville event organisers to hand over funds raised to North Louth...
The late, great Tommy McConville The organisers of the recent Tommy McConville Golf Classic and Fundraising Night will make a presentation of all funds raised from the June 7th event to the North Louth...
View ArticleMinister for Transport to meet with Dunleer railway commitee this evening
The Dunleer Train Station committee Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar will this evening meet with the group hoping to reopen Dunleer Railway Station. The Dunleer Mid-Louth Railway Station re-opening...
View ArticleAlmost 100 Louth women travelled for abortions to the UK last year
Almost 100 women from Co Louth travelled to the UK for abortions last year, according to new figures from the Department of Health in Britain. The figures revealed that 93 women from the Wee County had...
View ArticleDressmaker comes to Miss Ireland semi-finalist Lisa’s rescue after online scam
Lisa Casey A designer dressmaker has come to the rescue of a potential Miss Ireland from Dundalk, who was conned out of two glamourous gowns by a cruel online scam. Lisa Casey was runner-up to...
View ArticleThis week’s Argus
This week’s Argus leads with the story of Tommy Watters from Grange Drive in Muirhevnamor, who collapsed at Greenore Golf Club last week only to be saved by the quick-thinking of staff at the course....
View ArticleAIB Start-Up Academy video is released
Last week AIB help a Start-Up Academy event in the Spirit Store, aimed at entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs from the area. On the night Sonya Lennon from Lennon Courtney design label and Tom...
View ArticlePayPal jobs announcement welcomed by local politicians
Following yesterday’s announcement that PayPal were to create a further 400 new jobs in Dundalk over the next four years, politicians and businesspeople from around the area have been busy hailing the...
View ArticleAdams describe Ombudsman’s report on UDA gun attack as ‘incomplete’
Gerry Adams There is no evidence that the RUC was involved in a UDA gun attack that left Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams with serious wounds over 30 years ago, the North’s Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael...
View ArticleHelp sought in locating lost iPhone
An Apple iPhone 5S like the one that went missing on the Navvy Bank Help is being sought to locate a gold Apple iPhone 5S smartphone that was lost in Dundalk last night. The phone was lost along the...
View ArticleDromad Hire completes deal with Lynn Motors
Pictured collecting the first two vehicles from Lynn Motors is Seamus Byrne of Dromad Hire and Mark Lynn of Lynn Motors Local company Dromad Hire has expanded its offering by investing in three new...
View ArticleCorpus Christi Procession this Sunday
The Dundalk Corpus Christi Procession will take place this Sunday at 3pm. The Procession will start and end at St Patrick’s Cathedral and all are welcome to attend.
View ArticleRenewed appeal for return of stolen watches
The late Stephen Carroll with his sons Keelan and Senan (left) and pictures of the two watches stolen in the break-in to his parents’ house in January. A renewed appeal has been launched by the family...
View ArticleFeaturing X to perform live at HMV Dundalk this Saturday
Drogheda-based band Featuring X will be performing live in the HMV/XtraVision store at the Long Walk this Saturday at 3pm. The all-female quintet will be performing a number of songs on the day and...
View ArticleDundalk filmmaker releases documentary on Tuam mother and baby scandal
Dundalk filmmaker Marcus Howard has put together a new documentary on the Tuam mother and baby scandal. Marcus, who directed and edited the piece, travelled from Dundalk for the marsh and candlelit...
View ArticleStephanie McCourt shines at her biggest gig to date in Camden
Stephanie McCourt, whose dad Christopher hails from Dundalk, performing on Friday night On Friday night Stephanie McCourt took to the stage at her biggest show to date, performing at the legendary Jazz...
View ArticleWork abandoned on installing water meters in Dundalk estate following protest
Two of the protesters in Greenacres earlier today Eibhlin Ní Riain object to the installation of meters in Greenacres Work was abandoned on installing water meters in a Dundalk estate today following a...
View ArticleThen and now at Blackrock beach
Mark Quigley has been busy working on his Then/Now project for the past few weeks and months and here’s another stunning shot from Blackrock beach – a location that is sure to be getting a lot of...
View ArticleLouth County Council’s email and phone services down at present
The offices of Louth County Council Louth County Council’s emails and phone system remains out of service this morning. The services have been out of order since a power cut yesterday evening. The...
View ArticleNovena to be broadcast on RTÉ this Monday
A new film based on an event at last year’s St Gerard’s Novena in Dundalk will be broadcast on RTÉ One this Monday night at 10.35pm. Novena, which is directed by produced by Anna and Hugh Rodgers,...
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