18,000 COPIES WEEKLY FREE GUIDE Body, Heart & Mind Book a Free Hearing Test Freephone 1800 370 000 Please post me a FREE copy of the “Body, Heart & Mind” booklet. Mr/Mrs/Miss First Name ...................................... Surname .............................................................. Address ............................................................... ........................................................................... ........................................................................... Telephone ............................................................ Email .................................................................. D.O.B. ................................................................ NO STAMP REQUIRED. Simply address your envelope to: Hidden Hearing Ltd., 3030 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, FREEPOST F1570, Dublin 24. BHMA9003 www.hiddenhearing.ie This essential booklet is packed full of tips and advice for those of us keen to maintain a healthy lifestyle and ensure vitality into our 50s and beyond. From diet and exercise to looking after your hearing and sight, this booklet is a must have and will be a great resource for you and yours. For your FREE copy, please fill out and return the coupon. 50 tips for staying vital in your 50s and beyond Wednesday, 1st May, 2013. Vol. 6, Issue 18 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Tel: 042 9320888. Fax: 042 9329676. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]Order of Malta honour members Page 12 Taoiseach at ebay official opening Nathan is a star at Science Week Page 2 Page 6 Conor’s decade of giving hope to kids ONE of Dundalk’s best known charity workers, Conor Hugh- es, celebrated a significant milestone recently with the tenth anniversary of the estab- lishment of a care home to look aſter children in Roma- nia. rough the Crosscause charity, the Blackrock man has worked tirelessly to improve the plight of children and reaching ten years in existence illustrates just how much a difference Conor and his col- leagues have made. Aſter the fall of the Roma- nian regime headed by Nico- lae Ceausescu in 1990 the full extent of the awful conditions the children were forced to live in was revealed as volun- teers from all over the world answered the call to relieve the plight of the neglected un- loved children. One of those volunteers was Blackrock man Conor Hugh- es. Ten years ago Conor, under the name Crosscause, made a decision to buy a small house in Nicoresti for €6,500. He wanted to take the abandoned children out of their horrific institutions and provide them Continued on Page 10 Conor Hughes travelled to Romania last week with Dundalk Leader reporter, Paul Byrne, for the tenth anniverary of Crosscause caring for children By Paul Byrne Despite winning a bump- er €3.6 million jackpot on Saturday evening, loyal St Joseph’s GAA clubman Simon Fagan refused to let his side down as he turned up on Sunday morning in Drogheda to umpire a match between the Joes and St Fechins. 40-year-old Simon who lives with his parents near Duffy’s Cross was at home watching the Lotto draw with his mother when he realised his numbers had come up. News of the €3.6 mil- lion win spread fast with family members, neigh- bours and friends from around the Duffy’s Cross area headed to McClos- key’s pub to celebrate the popular St Josephs stal- warts god fortune. “I was at home with my brother watching the draw live on the televi- sion. I got my ticket out of my pocket to check it See Page 8 Simon’s Lotto joy By Paul Byrne in Nicoresti
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This essential booklet is packed full of tips and advice for those of us keen to maintain a healthy lifestyle and ensure vitality into our 50s and beyond.
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Conor’s decade of giving hope to kidsONE of Dundalk’s best known charity workers, Conor Hugh-es, celebrated a significant milestone recently with the tenth anniversary of the estab-lishment of a care home to look after children in Roma-nia.
Through the Crosscause charity, the Blackrock man has worked tirelessly to improve the plight of children and reaching ten years in existence illustrates just how much a difference Conor and his col-leagues have made.
After the fall of the Roma-nian regime headed by Nico-lae Ceausescu in 1990 the full extent of the awful conditions the children were forced to live in was revealed as volun-teers from all over the world
answered the call to relieve the plight of the neglected un-loved children.
One of those volunteers was Blackrock man Conor Hugh-
es.Ten years ago Conor, under
the name Crosscause, made a decision to buy a small house in Nicoresti for €6,500. He
wanted to take the abandoned children out of their horrific institutions and provide them
Continued on Page 10
Conor Hughes travelled to Romania last week with Dundalk Leader reporter, Paul Byrne, for the tenth anniverary of Crosscause caring for children
By Paul Byrne
Despite winning a bump-er €3.6 million jackpot on Saturday evening, loyal St Joseph’s GAA clubman Simon Fagan refused to let his side down as he turned up on Sunday morning in Drogheda to umpire a match between the Joes and St Fechins.
40-year-old Simon who lives with his parents near Duffy’s Cross was at home watching the Lotto draw with his mother when he realised his numbers had come up.
News of the €3.6 mil-lion win spread fast with family members, neigh-bours and friends from around the Duffy’s Cross area headed to McClos-key’s pub to celebrate the popular St Josephs stal-warts god fortune.
“I was at home with my brother watching the draw live on the televi-sion. I got my ticket out of my pocket to check it
See Page 8
Simon’s Lotto
joy
By Paul Byrne in Nicoresti
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Protestors waiting for An Taoiseach at Ballymascanlon
AN TAoiseAch enda Kenny officially opened the eBay and PayPal facility when he visited Dundalk last week as part of a series of meet-ings in the area. “Your day has come” he an-nounced as he cut the digital ribbon on the state of the art call cen-tre.
PayPal’s decision to invest in the area was celebrated for the boost it would bring in the midst of the recession. But this is just the be-ginning of a long story according to David Mc-Manus the company’s president.
At the grand opening those from PayPal and eBay and local repre-sentatives spoke of the commitment and loy-
alty to the area that the company has developed and how they will see it continue into the future.
Speaking at the launch Vice President of European Operations Louise Phelan, said
when they first viewed the building it felt like home. PayPal president, John Martin, described the facility in Dundalk as the heart of their company, vibrant with different languages and
culture, and bubbling with passion.
Opening his speech An Taoisech Enda Ken-ny had the crowd laugh-ing as he wryly specu-lated what might come of “bubbling passion”
and a “never ending honeymoon” the com-pany had with Dundalk.
He said that this was a day for Dundalk to be proud of and that this pride should be taken into the future. “It is
all about getting young people getting to work, and being able to con-tribute to the local econ-omy. This is your doing and your day has come” he said.
Fine Gael TD for Co Louth Peter Fitzpatrick echoed the Taoiseach’s sentiments saying that the opening is a boost for the area and that Dundalk is “open for business.”
Mr Kenny spoke of his commitment to ensuring the coming generations were edu-cated for the jobs of the future.
Deputy Fitzpatrick said collaborative work is being done with the VEC and DkIT to see more local people de-velop the skills for the emerging industries.
PayPal’s head of
global operation, John McCabe, has Dundalk roots himself and says the establishment of the facility in Dundalk feels like coming full circle for him.
His grandfather was Eoin McCabe who left Dundalk in 1914 for New York. Now, two generations later his grandson is proud to see
the company lay foun-dations in his ancestral home.
Labour Senator Mary Moran was also making her way back home in a sense as the land that the industrial estate is built on once belonged to her family. Her mother grew up in a house that was close to where the access gate stands.
took place outside the hotel where cam-paigners against the introduction of the Property Tax, cuts to child benefit and anti-austerity measures shouted and jeered at cars as they filed into the hotel grounds.
“I can’t afford to pay for these cuts any-more,” said Rosaline Madison who joined the roadside protest. “We are protesting against austerity, cuts, household charges and every other indecent charge on the people”, she added.
Syd Smith said he was demonstrating because he feels Ire-land should follow in the example of Iceland
and investigate the bankers.
While local repre-sentatives like Peter Fitzpatrick and Mary Moran did not avoid the demonstration, and drove through the front gate where they were gathered. The main attraction, Enda Kenny, however did not. Many of those at the demonstration said that there were dis-gusted that he would not acknowledge them.
‘’The people who are outside are the ones being affected by the cuts, not the ones who are driving in their Mercedes,” said Declan Murphy.
While Gerry Adams
attended the official opening of PayPal in Dundalk, Sinn Fein counsellors and sup-porters gathered also along the road side before the entrance to the hotel.
A small group of Pro Life supporters had gathered outside Pay-Pal to protest against the coming legisla-tion on abortion. The group had gathered with placards at the entrance to the com-plex and later moved to outside DkIT.
Students also pro-tested against cuts in the income threshold for the maintenance grant at the college when Enda Kenny vis-ited in the afternoon.
ThERE were marked contrasts to the cel-ebrations in eBay and PayPal in Dundalk on Thursday during An Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s lunch meet-ing with the Dundalk Chamber of Com-merce.
Outside the Bally-mascanlon hotel on Thursday last protests took place in a number of locations in the area.
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Taoiseach met with protests during visit
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Senator Jim D’Arcy, Gerald Nash TD, Louise Phelan, PayPal, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, Peter Fitz-patrick TD and Cllr. Eamonn O’Boyle
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Members of the St Vincents School Choir who had a special visit this week
DuNDAlk Tidy Towns organised a special day recently to highlight the steps being taken by the com-mittee to help improve the town’s image and boost tourism.
On a glorious spring day a group of people boarded a bus outside the Town Hall not knowing where they were going or why they were invited. The group consisted of members of Dundalk Tidy Towns Committee, representatives from the local tourist and hospitality sector and officials from Dundalk Town Council.
On board the bus the group were welcomed by Willie Duffy, Chair Dundalk Tidy Towns and he outlined that the day was about showcasing various initiatives un-dertaken by Dundalk Tidy Towns in support of the Tourism sector.
A Dundalk Tourism DVD was shown which is the result of col-laboration between Dundalk Tidy Towns and the Creative Media Department of DKIT. This will be used on websites by people in the hospitality sector wishing to pro-mote Dundalk.
The event also marked the launch of a colouring book de-vised to promote visiting locations in Dundalk, as with an anti-litter message. This colouring book will be made available to accomodation providers, as well as restaurants that cater for visiting children. It will encourage parents of children to take a closer look around Dun-dalk as they visit.
The bus then stopped at Quay Street, to view the rejuvenation project undertaken by the Tidy Towns group on some old build-
ings. Some private sponsorship funding made this project possible and now a series of murals recreat-ing the look of the original build-ings now adorns the row.
Research into the area was car-ried out to ensure the refurbish-ment was as accurate as possible in its links back to the historical and architectural era represented. It has given this area a huge facelift and provides interest to the visi-tor. It is an example of what can be done on a collaborative basis to enhance the environs.
PERFORMERS Anna Maria Friman Henriksen, Catherine King and Berit Opheim of the renowned Norwegian vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval vis-ited St Vincent’s Secondary School in Dundalk to present an inspirational choral workshop for members of the school’s chamber choir.
The session, organised by Music Generation Louth in association with Music Network, gave the girls the opportunity to learn some beautiful Norwegian folk songs and to explore
new approaches to choral arranging. It forms part of a series of Music Gen-eration Louth workshops that brings visiting professional performers into local schools.
Members of the school choir also attended the Trio’s evening concert at St Nicholas’ Church in the town, or-ganised by the Louth Contemporary Music Society. They were delighted when invited to join the performers in song for the opening of the second half of the programme.
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Nathan Mullen, Second Class, who built a model wind turbine and hydro power generator
A MAN who held on to a patrol car as Gardai attempted to attend to another incident apologised for his behaviour and told Dundalk District Court that he was making efforts to change his bevaviour.
Michael Mallon of 30 Glen-more Park, Muirhevnamor, Dun-dalk was fined €100 for his ac-tions on January 16, 2012.
The court was told that on that date, Gardai found the defendant
at Glenmore Park under the influ-ence of alcohol and possibly an-other intoxicant. As the patrol car tried to drive away to attend to another incident, he held on to the vehicle, shouted obscenities and tried to hit the window.
The 23-year-old has another number of previous convictions and has served time in prison.
Solicitor, Peter Lavery, stated that although his client has been
known to the court since the age of 13, he hasn’t been convicted of any crimes since this incident which represents the longest pe-riod in his life that he has behaved himself.
He pointed out that his client is struggling with addictions but has spent three months in the Vic-tory Outreach centre in Cork and is hoping to attend a similar cen-tre in Dublin.
Tried to hang on to patrol car
The national Science Week went off with a ‘big bang’ as the stu-dents of Réalt na Mara held a Science Fair in the school hall. Friends and family were invited to see the huge range of experiments the students have been involved in during the year.
The students from Junior Infants to Sixth Class displayed their projects for all to see and almost all of which were interactive for the visitors. These experi-ments covered all of the forms of science, from showing how the lungs work to the power of magnets and some fun
The atmosphere was exciting and all the children were keen to tell visitors about their findings of their experi-ments. Along with visit-ing family and friends, students and teachers came in to see the stu-dents’ experiments and try some out.
The events were or-ganised by the school’s science co-ordinator, Kerry Daly, and she says it is hoped that the week will create a long lasting love of all the sciences.
This is the third year Science Week has taken place and the school aims for it to continue for many more years to come.
Realt na Mara Science Week
chemical reactions. One of the stand out
projects was a mini-ature scale wind tur-bine which was built by Nathan Mullen a Sec-ond Class student in the
school with a love for model making.
He had previously created a miniature hydro-power generator which went on display too.
Cooley Coast RunCooley Kickhams will hold the third annual Coast Run on Friday May 17. The event will be sponsored by Open Hydro Ltd. Both the 12.5k and the 10k will start and finish at the grounds of Cooley Kickhams GFC. The two races will start at 7pm sharp. The event was a great success last year with over 500 people tak-ing part.
Cinema For Over 55sCelebrating continuing creativity as we grow older, over the Beltaine Festival some of cinema’s classics will be screened for the over 55s. The “Week of Mat-inees” takes place in the Creative Spark and anyone over 55s welcome to go and see one of the five golden oldies being screened each day. . From Monday through to Friday the films will be “A Night At The Opera”, “Sabrina”, “The 39 Steps”, “High Noon” and “South Pacific” will be shown in the state of the art creative hub. Admission is free and Petals & Bows are providing complimen-tary, themed cupcakes each day, there will also be snacks and drinks available. (042)9385747 for more in-formation.
Leah Arrowsmith, Blackrock, who took first place in the tap junior section in the TLT Drogheda. Leah also took second in the jazz and second on musical theatre
Ageing with dignityoN Thursday May 2 Dr Una Lynch will share work on ageing and dignity being carried out by the Netwell Centre in Dundalk Institute of Technol-ogy (DkIT). Dr Lynch said “dignity is a word that touches us all deeply. We seem to have an innate sense of its meaning and know when we have been treated with dignity or when a person’s dignity has been violated.”
At the seminar on Thursday Dr Lynch will share insights into how Netwell is using technology to support dignity of older people. If you would like to learn more or interested in sharing your experience of ‘dignity’ join Dr Lynch and the team on May 2 at 1:15pm in the Netwell Centre, in the PJ Carroll Building, DKIT.
The seminar is free of charge - tea, coffee and biscuits will be available from 1pm. People attend-ing the seminars can avail of free parking courtesy of the The Crowne Plaza hotel.
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Simon celebrates as he scoops Lotto jackpot
By Paul Byrne
From page 1and I said to my mam that if number 22 comes out last, then we’re in business.
“When that ball was drawn out I know that I went a bit quiet. Then I went into the kitchen to tell my mam. She went mad with excitement and started shouting when I told her the good news”, explained unem-ployed Simon
Michael Kinahan, PRO for the Dromiskin based club said every-body involved with the ‘Joes’ were delighted with Simon’s big win.
“We were all thrilled to hear about Simon’s good fortune. He has been a lifelong supporter of St Joseph’s and has been an absolute stal-wart here at the club. Over the years he has umpired, lined the field, collected money at the gates and even played at underage level with us.
“He’s a great man and a hard honest worker and I was not in the least surprised when I saw him at the game on Sun-day morning fulfilling his umpire duties. I hope himself and his family and friends enjoy the big win” added Michael.
Back at Lanney’s Su-per Valu in Ardee where
Simon purchased the winning ticket store manager Christine Baylen also extended her congratulations to Ireland’s newest mil-lionaire.
“Simon actually called in on Sunday to see us and speak to the girl who sold him the winning ticket. She ac-
tually wasn’t working but Simon told us to tell her that he’d be back in soon to talk to her” ex-plained Christine.
“There was great ex-citement here in the shop all day Sunday and Monday and it’s great that we have helped Si-mon win the big prize” she added.
Staff at Lanney’s SuperValu celebrate Simon’s Lotto win
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Leah Arrowsmith, Blackrock, who took first place in the tap junior section in the TLT Drogheda. Leah also took second in the jazz and second on musical theatre
Ageing with dignityoN Thursday May 2 Dr Una Lynch will share work on ageing and dignity being carried out by the Netwell Centre in Dundalk Institute of Technol-ogy (DkIT). Dr Lynch said “dignity is a word that touches us all deeply. We seem to have an innate sense of its meaning and know when we have been treated with dignity or when a person’s dignity has been violated.”
At the seminar on Thursday Dr Lynch will share insights into how Netwell is using technology to support dignity of older people. If you would like to learn more or interested in sharing your experience of ‘dignity’ join Dr Lynch and the team on May 2 at 1:15pm in the Netwell Centre, in the PJ Carroll Building, DKIT.
The seminar is free of charge - tea, coffee and biscuits will be available from 1pm. People attend-ing the seminars can avail of free parking courtesy of the The Crowne Plaza hotel.
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sT Vincent’s secondary school Tran-sition Year students plan to evoke the spirit of the 90s when they take their ‘Definitely Maybe’ musical to the stage in May.
The original musical was written by teachers in the school and will be performed by transition year stu-dents on the 16th, 17th and 18th of May.
Transition year students Aoib-heann and Catherine McKeown are busy promoting the event and as Aoibheann explains the musical is an affectionate tribute to the music and TV programmes of the 90’s.
“The musical will feature music that was popular in the 90’s such as Oasis Blur Steps and the Spice Girls. It’s kind of loosely based on TV
shows such as friends which were hugely popular at that time” explains Aoibheann.
“The story revolves around two bands one of which is Oasis and the other which is the Spice Girls. One of the girls from the Spice Girls and one of the guys from Oasis fall in love with each other and the musi-cal deals with the fallout from this and we have to wait and see can their love survive” added Aoibheann.
The transition year students and their teachers have been busy practis-ing for the musical since September and are currently putting the finish-ing touches to the musical.
“Definitely Maybe” will take place in St Vincent’s Secondary School on the May 16 to 18. The show begins at 7:30pm and tickets are available from the main office in St Vincents.
Definitely Maybe musical Steam train tripThe Railway Heritage Society have negotiated a steam train excursion from Dundalk to Dublin Connolly Station on Thursday May 9 and the following are the details of the trip: Departs Dun-dalk at 12:40pm. Arrives at Connolly Station at 2:15pm.
Ticket prices for soci-ety members cost €12 while they are €15 for non-society members.
Enquiries to any mem-ber of the society’s com-mittee, especially secre-tary Brendan McQuaid at 087 283 5099 or the hon-orary treasurer Davy McArdle- 087 281 1191.
By Paul Byrne
From page 1with a home that
would give them the care and love they had never received.
With the help of friends and volunteers the house was convert-ed into a care home and renamed “Casa Bridg-et”. In 2003 the new home opened its doors for its first four resi-
dents, Claudia, Alina, Nela and Mihaela.
A new day for the volunteers and for the girls had dawned.
Ten years on and “Casa Bridget” has ex-panded and now cares for 16 full time resi-dents as well as giving 40 local kids in poor circumstances school-ing, a hot meal and
showering. Conor is rightly
proud of all that Cross-cause has achieved and acknowledges the hun-dreds of volunteers and sponsors who’ve donat-ed all kinds of materials to the project over the past ten years.
“It’s wonderful to see how much we have de-veloped over the past
ten years and to see the improvement of so many of the children who were living in such squalor.
“To all the volunteers who came, built, car-ried, painted, loaded, drove and extended love, feel proud. In a small village in a far away country, hearts beat because of you”.
Ten years giving hope to children
Volunteers are crucial to Crosscause workConor Hughes ‘Crosscause’ project which has been helping Romanian orphans for ten years wouldn’t be anything without the dedicated team of volunteers who have helped turn what was once an idea into a reality.
One of those volunteers is Omeath man Ciarán Phillips who first travelled out to Romania in 2007 to help out.
He instantly fell in love with the people of Nicoresti and the residents of Casa Bridget where 16 special needs young adults reside.
Ciarán first became aware of the Crosscause project in 2007 having heard about the good work Blackrock man Conor Hughes had been doing over there.
“I was driving a lorry at the time and I had asked Conor if it would be ok for me to drop in to Casa Bridget on my way back from Moldova
to see for myself what exactly was happening over there” explained Ciáran.
“I fell in love with the place and the people instantly. These people have absolutely nothing yet they are such warm and friendly people. As the days passed I got to know the residents and each of their different characteristics and it was just lovely to see them smile and laugh knowing what they had been through in their early years”, he added.
“Over the years I’ve helped with various building projects over there and just generally helping out where
needed to make the place run smoothly. There is a great camaraderie between the volunteers over there and I think it’s important to note that we as volunteers get much more out of it than we put in.
“I have become very good friends with Conor over the years and he helps make it a very fun and friendly atmosphere over there. We have great craic at the various fundraisers which are vital to keep the Crosscause projects running. The challenge for us is in sourcing items for building projects and for the kids.
“To see the reaction
of the kids when they receive even the smallest of gifts is a priceless feeling. It really is a privilege rather than a chore to help the project out” said Ciáran.
Ciarán’s wife has been over with him already helping out and he hopes to bring his daughter Ceilí also within the next year. According to Ciaran a few days in Nicoresti would make people thankful for the lives they live in Ireland and make them realise things aren’t quite as bad as they may think.”, concluded Ciarán.
More on the Crosscause work in next week’s edition.
By Paul Byrne
Ciaran Phillips at work in Nicoresti and inset, Paul Byrne of Dundalk Leader
chilDreN at local pre-schools will get to experience the benefits of music at an early age thanks to a new initia-tive.
Music Generation Louth’s early years pro-gramme, Music Matters, gets underway this week with musician in resi-dency programmes start-ing in 12 pre-schools across Louth.
This is the second
Music Matters for pre-schools
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Success at Newry FeisPictured are Eoin Farrell, Dundalk winner of the Inter-mediate Violin Competition; Maria Dawe, Hackballscross recipient of the highest mark for string playing and winner of the Senior Violin Competition; Sophie Murtagh, Haggards-town prize winner in Elemen-tary Violin Competition; Richie Dunne, Blackrock winner of the String Bursary for Violin Performance Eoin, Maria, Sophie and Rich-ie are students of renowned violinist Patricia Treacy, and members of the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland. They were competing at the Newry Musical Feis.
chilDreN at local pre-schools will get to experience the benefits of music at an early age thanks to a new initia-tive.
Music Generation Louth’s early years pro-gramme, Music Matters, gets underway this week with musician in resi-dency programmes start-ing in 12 pre-schools across Louth.
This is the second
phase of Music Matters which has been organ-ised in association with Louth County Childcare Committee and Louth Leader Partnership.
In preparation for the residencies, pre-school staff attended a musical training workshop last month hosted by Louth County Childcare Com-mittee. The workshop gave 24 pre-school lead-ers practical ideas and
tips for teaching music effectively to very young children.
They then get the chance to see the ideas in action when Music Generation Louth’s team of music tutors deliver a series of six music ses-sions in each of the pre-schools during April and May.
Gemma Murray, Co-ordinator of Music Gen-eration Louth explained,
“we are delighted that the pre-school staff in-volved will have the opportunity to develop their own skills to be-come confident and ca-pable musical leaders for their groups”.
Music Generation Louth is a music service for the county that aims to help children and young people access vo-cal and instrumental tui-tion in their local area.
Music Matters for pre-schools
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NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEARTDear Heart of Jesus. In the past I asked you for many favours. This time I ask you for this special favour (Mention Favour). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart. Where your Father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer for 3 days. Promise to publish it and the favour will be granted. Never known to fail. B.T.
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Catriona Clarke, Thomas Trainor, Eric Rice and Ann Black
sTuDeNTs in O Fiaich Institute of Further Education are cur-rently preparing for their 18th annual exhibition, which opens on Tuesday May 7 and runs to Friday May 10. The exhibition is being held once again this year in The Indoor Garden, Carrolls Building, Dundalk Institute of Technology.
Work to be shown is by the Post Leaving Certificate Art and Design, Graphic Design, Photog-raphy and Multimedia classes.
A great variety of work will be on display by the Art and Design and Graphic Design students.
There will be painting, draw-ing, printmaking, fashion design, metal craft design, graphic design and three dimensional work in-cluding ceramics. Web design, digital imaging and graphic de-sign will be shown by the multi-media class.
A variety of photographs will be on display from the photog-raphy class. Each piece is repre-sentative of a large body of work carried out over the year, it being part of a process encompassing initial ideas and research, to de-velopment work towards a con-clusion.
While all of the work must be returned to the classroom for assessment and exams after the exhibition, much of the art work will be for sale. This year the class have very kindly decided to donate any monies raised by sale of photographic prints to the Birches Centre, Alzheimer’s Day Care Centre.
The exhibition will be opened by Paddy Malone President of the Dundalk Chamber of Commerce, on Tuesday May 7 and is open to the public from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday.
Admission free.
Students ready for exhibition
oN Sunday April 21 Dundalk Order of Malta members got presented with service medals at Order of Malta head-quarters in Dublin. Four members have a com-bined service of a mas-sive 140 years service between them.
Catriona Clarke who started her service as a cadet at the age of 10 re-ceived the 40-year serv-ice medal, while mem-bers Ann Black, Eric Rice and Thomas Train-or each received the 30 year service medal and Martin Keenan got the
Order of Malta members honoured
10 year service medal. Martin could not at-
tend the awards day due to family commitments but will be presented
with his medal by the regional director at a later date.
New member’s are always welcome at the
Order of Malta. For More information on becoming a member call Catriona on 087-7974178.
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DuNDAlk TCCM and Tourist Office are hosting a two-day event with a Local Business Expo on Friday May 3 and Louth Tourism Expo on Saturday May 4.
The Local Business Expo will showcase Dundalk’s business community and is expected to at-tract a diverse audience. It will create a platform for traders to present their products, services and business ideas to the public.
The Tourism Exhibition on Sat-urday May 4 is to create aware-ness not only for visitors to Dun-
dalk, but also to the local residents. The theme of the event is ‘What’s on your Doorstep’ and a range of tourism providers from Dundalk, and the surrounding area, will take a stall at the event.
Sinead Roche, Tourist Officer for Dundalk has noticed that there is a growing interest in visiting Dundalk
“Over the past six months that I have been in the tourist office, large numbers of local people have called in to get information for visiting friends, relatives and
business associates.The ‘Tourism Expo’ is also a
great opportunity to promote your business to local families looking for different activities/ events to entertain the children over the summer holidays” she explained.
If you are interested in taking part in either event or would like to find out more email [email protected] / [email protected], or contact Sinead 042 93 53997 or Fiona 042 9352842. The expo is supported by Louth Local Authorities.
iT was intercultural week across Dundalk and the Redember boys and girls got involved on two fronts. To encourage the lasting realtionships between children from diverse intercultural back-grounds the school decided to
host games with one of the most international of sports, soccer. Each class took part in the soccer blitz which was held with a former past pupil and current Dundalk FC player Stephen McDonald.
They also got to put their danc-
ing shoes on as they all learned some ethnic dancing. Congolese dance instructor,
Tsibo, taught the students the style and forms of dance from the Democratic Republic of the Con-go.
Event to help boost business and tourism
Dundalk FC player Stephen McDonnell with some of the participants.
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The dumping at the cemetery
skips in Dundalk’s St Patrick’s cemetery are being removed after the service provided for peo-ple tending the graves of their loved ones has been abused.
The two large skips at the top left and one at the top right hand side of the cemetery are to be removed after the Burial Board found that it is being used for domes-tic waste, leaving just three bins remaining. The skips are there for people who are tending graves to leave old flow-ers, wreaths and grass clippings; but recently all manner of household waste has been found.
Surveillance of the cemetery by the board and Dundalk Town Council has been ongo-ing and some offenders have been caught red faced and some fines have been issued. The most common excuse according to the board is that the people feel they are not dumping because it is going into a skip.
“However when they are confronted with the true facts of their ac-tions they are most defi-nitely humbled,” he said Mr Rafferty.
“We are appealing to people frequenting St. Patrick’s cemetery to adhere to their request to only deposit waste
associated with tending graves in the cemetery. Their co-operation will help the board avoid the prospect of removing all bins from the cemetery. If anybody witnesses illegal dumping at the cemetery they may contact Environment section Dundalk Town Council to have the matter investigated.”
The board is also re-questing that people vis-iting or tending graves in the lawn cemetery area do not park up on the kerb.
On occasion, cars encroach on graves at the edge of rows caus-ing distress to family members visiting loved ones.
Skips are removed due to dumping
“What is being de-posited mostly contains non segregated house-hold waste. Other items found in the bins include televisions, microwaves, a mattress and indeed a front door. Household
waste attracts vermin and wildlife that rip open the bags to gain access to the contents thereby causing it to be blown all over the cemetery,” said Ciaran Rafferty from the Burial Board.
1 maja – ta data kojarzy się nam z dniem pracy, hucznie obchodzonym w komunistycznej Polsce pochodami pierwszomajowymi. Wiele osób nie ma pozytywnego wyobrażenia na ten temat, a sama data i święto są nieco wstydliwe w Polsce bo „komunistyczne”. Zabawne, że samo świeto wywodzi się z kolebki światowej demokracji – Ameryki.Święto Pracy, Międzynarodowy Dzień Solidarności Ludzi Pracy, popularnie zwany 1go Maja – obchodzone jest od 1890 corocznie. Święto wprowadziła w 1889 II Międzynarodówka dla upamiętnienia wydarzeń, które miały miejsce w pierwszych dniach maja 1886 r. W Chicago, w Stanach Zjednoczonych podczas strajku będącego częścią ogólnokrajowej kampanii na rzecz wprowadzenia 8-godzinnego dnia pracy.Na ziemiach polskich pierwsze obchody miały miejsce w 1890 i odbywały się niejednokrotnie wbrew woli zaborców współorganizowane m.in. przez działaczy II Proletariatu. Masowe demonstracje, pochody oraz starcia z carskim wojskiem, policją oraz kozakami, a także wspierającymi je nacjonalistycznymi bojówkami miały miejsce w czasie rewolucji 1905 roku na ziemiach polskich zaboru rosyjskiego, organizowały je głównie Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, Socjaldemokracja Królestwa Polskiego i Litwy oraz BUND. Podobnie liczne pochody i demonstracje klasowych organizacji robotniczych i partii lewicowych, w tym Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej, żydowskiego BUND-u, nielegalnej Komunistycznej Partii Polski, Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego „Wyzwolenie”, Komunistycznej Partii Zachodniej Ukrainy, Komunistycznej Partii Zachodniej Białorusi odbywały się też w ten dzień w okresie II RP, często były one atakowane przez policję oraz nacjonalistycznych bojówkarzy, dochodziło do morderstw działaczy klasowych związków zawodowych i partii lewicowych. Po zakończeniu wojny rząd komunistyczny w 1950 roku nadał dniu 1go maja status święta państwowego, wolnego od pracy i stan ten trwa do chwili obecnej.W Irlandii podobnie jak w Wielkiej Brytanii świętem jest zawsze pierwszy poniedziałek maja, ten dzień nazywamy Early May Bank Holiday. Tutaj jest to święto wiosny, gdyż maj był miesiącem świetowania nadejście wiosny i organizowania z tej okazji festiwali jeszcze za czasów Celtów.W imieniu Simul Polonia życzymy wszystkim miłego tygodnia – Agnieszka Boniewicz
By Niamh Kirk
Cricket Club in actionBoth senior sides of Dundalk Cricket Club kicked off their 2013 league campaigns this weekend with mixed results. The first team faced Dundrum’s seconds on in Division 8. Dundalk chose to bat first and set a par score of 151 all out. A slow scoring Dundrum never really threatened the score line and good fielding by Dundalk saw them hold the visitors to 109 all out giving Dundalk a winning margin of 42 runs. The second team faced Swords Two, who already had one victory under their belt from the previous weekend. Dundalk tried to contain Swords who batted first and went on to score 177 for 4, Dundalk in reply were only able to post 26 all out. Their next match on May 4 when they face Phoenix fifths at home. Dundalk firsts next match is May 11 away to Adamstown.
Coffee MorningDundalk Youth Centre are holding a Coffee Morning and Cake Sale on Sunday May 5 between 11am and 2pm in the Dundalk Youth Centre Roden House, Roden Place Dundalk. All are welcome.
Prayer Around The CrossAll young adults are welcoem to Prayer around the Cross with the music of Taize at Bethany, 34 Point Road, Dundalk, on May 3 at 8.30pm, followed by a cuppa. Leaving Cert students are most welcome this month.
Marist Car Boot SaleA car boot sale will be held on Sunday May 26, 1 to 5pm. Marist school grounds hosted by St Mary’s College Parents Council. Great fun day for all the family, great stalls, cakes, refreshments, bouncy castle, ice cream, face painting and much more. Come and enjoy a great day out. Plus raffle on the day.
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Ben Faulkner and Saoirse MurrayMichael, Mary Rose, Lisa, Conor and Gavin Mc Laughlin with Deirdre Rafferty
Orlagh and Aoife Casey
Colleen, Valerie and Oisin Casey Paula, Craig and Derbhla MurphyClaire Hamill, Lonan Murphy, Gerry, Paul and Siobhan Hamill
Confirmation at St Patrick’s
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Watches all come with a five year guarantee.
Obviously we are known as specialists in Wedding and Engage-ment Rings and we are here to help couples choose the perfect rings for their special day” added Anne.
Campbell’s are also offering all Communion Gifts at Half Price while their popular pendant engraving service where a customer can get their favourite photo or im-age engraved onto a gold and silver pendant is sure to prove popular.
CAmPbEll Jew-ellers in the De-mesne always a
popular destination with local people searching for that special gift, cel-ebrate their seventeenth anniversary this year and they have plenty of special offers to mark the occasion.
The family-run busi-ness will mark the oc-casion with a Half Price Sale which starts today and ending on the 11th of may.
Anne Campbell who runs the popular jewel-lers has been involved in the business for twenty years using her vast knowledge to help cus-tomers when choosing which jewellery is for them.
Anne is having a sale in the shop to thank customers for their loyal support over the years with Gold and Silver Wedding and Engage-ment Rings, Citizen Watches, Football pen-dants and Shamballa bracelets just some of the items reduced until may 11th.
“I really appreciate the customers from all over the county who have stayed with me for the past seventeen years and were having this half price sale to say a big thank you for their loyalty” explained Anne.
“This is a genuine Half Price Sale and our beau-tiful range of Citizen
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Campbell’s jewellers cater to all ages and for teenagers they offer the popular range of Shamballa bracelets and watches as well as well as
Football pendants and rings which are all in-cluded in the Half Price Sale.
The Sale will last until may 11th and Anne is
looking forward to wel-coming customers old and new into her shop in Dundalk’s Demesne Shopping Centre.
Huge discounts on diamond engagement rings. This ring was €2,750, now €1,900.
Photo images on gold or silver pendants.
History of Ireland silver rings and pendants-50% OFF.
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Vantastival this May Bank Holiday weekendTHE temperature is rising and ribbon is set to be cut on festival season with the return of boutique music festival Vantastival in Bellur-gan Park on this May Bank holiday weekend. Some of the finest indigenous musi-cians and performers are billed to play at the festival in North Louth with And So I Watch You From Afar, Jerry Fish and Altan are all set to play with Damien Dempsey headlin-ing. ‘The Big Top’ which will feature many of the festivals major acts has been up for a few days as have some of the smaller marquees. The stunning, handcrafted, wooden Val-Halla stage will make a return this year and is one of the festivals most impressive innovations, creating an atmosphere without parallel. “The site is shaping up nicely” said one of the festival’s founders, Louise Tangey. “Our new chill zone with seating and campfire near VanHalla looks fantastic, with intricate wood and willow work on the seats and pizza/coffee hut. Work is also under-way on the wooden Grotto Stage, set into a natural amphitheatre on site” she added.Last minute additions to the line-up include The Poetry Shelf, a large caravan which will house a photo-graphic exhibition. It will also play host to a number of poetry readings over the weekend and punters will be invited to take part too. Following the cancelation of the LockUp stage a new venue, Mono-mania, has been added to the bill
and features some well known local names. Organisers say that it will “showcase a range of local bands and DJs.” The Curtain Thieves, I’d Fight Gandhi, RichardRichard and Sanzkrit, are all lined up to play on the new stage. Organisers haven’t pulled the curtain the whole way back just yet, keeping curiosity keen. “We’ve also lined up a number of quirky features over the weekend, but we like to keep some things as a surprise,” said Louise. There will be an open mic sessions on The Grotto Stage where anyone can get up and play to the festival audience. And revellers are encour-aged to pay attention and watch out for some special guests that might turn up over the weekend. The event is BYO, but Vantastibar run by the Spirit Store, which also featured last year will be making a welcome return. The festival specialises in accom-modating campervans, and has a boutique camping area designated tent camping areas, but they also have a shuttle bus running from Dundalk town centre, to Bellurgan Park throughout the weekend. Check the festival website for details of this facility.
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