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Dundalk takes action to ‘Save Our Club’ by Paul Byrne

The Dundalk FC Commu-nity Trust relaunches tomor-row night in the Lilywhite Lounge in Oriel Park and prior to that meeting they have issued a rallying call for the people of Dundalk to come out and help make a difference.

“We need to get the com-munity back together and get them to believe in the club and the ownership again. We need them to sup-port the team, support the team and feel like they’re a part of it again. We want to get people excited about Dundalk FC again.”

Simon Blackmore is Chairman of Dundalk FC Community Trust and he is obviously very passionate about the club he has sup-ported for over thirty years.

A son of Dundalk FC leg-

end Richie Blackmore, Si-mon and the rest of the Trust have recently officially ex-pressed their interest in a takeover of Dundalk FC. Now is the right time for change insists Simon.

“Over the last couple of

years Gerry Matthews has said he wants out and it’s clear that the club is in a pretty shambolic state at this stage. So we’ve been trying to put together a way for him to get out and for us, the fans, to take over the club.

“On Thursday night we are having a launch night for the Trust where we will hold a discussion on the future of Dundalk football Club and explain how a community owned football club model can work. Cont page 2

Simon Blackmore Chairman of Dundalk FC Community Trust who will be present at the relaunch of the Trust in the Lilywhite Lounge on Thursday evening.

THERE will be more than €1.1 million worth of services cut from Co Louth by the govern-ment it was announced last week. The cuts amounts to 12.5% reduction in Government funding to the County. Louth County Council must now review their budgets and will present the plans detailing the cuts to the Council in Sep-tember. Spokesperson for the Council, Paddy Donnelly, said that it was too early to indicate where the cuts might be made. Louth County Council took the same view as the County and City Managers Association’s position. The CCMA expressed their “disappointment that the level of Household Charge payments has resulted in local (Cont page 2)

€1.1 mIllion cut to County Council funds

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Jonny Marry on court at Wimbledon.

Celebrating his win in the men’s doubles

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“What we need is for people to come along and hear what we have to say about community ownership.” explains Simon.

“I think fan ownership is the way forward for league of Ireland football. Bohs, Cork, Shamrock Rovers are all owned by supporters. Foras Cork in particular have been very successful and they actually turned a profit this year.” he adds.

The Dundalk Community Trust are a group of supporters who do various things around the club like run the merchandising store, the sweet shop and the website etc. They regularly sponsor match days in Oriel Park and last year they contributed in or around €40,000 to the club.

Currently the ‘Trust’ have roughly 25 members on their committee with a further 120 taking part in their patron scheme. They are a

fiercely passionate group of supporters but according to Simon their numbers need to be increased.

“Owners come and go but fans are a constant and they deserve to have a say in how the club is run. It’s a necessity at this stage that somebody does step in because the club has stagnated so badly over the last few years.

“There’s an appetite there for people to get involved which we seen last week with the Save our Club meeting

which attracted a great crowd. They’re doing great work at the moment organising a comedy gig in the Crowne Plaza on the 30th August and the ‘Project Dundalk’ live music concert on August 5th.

“I’d be hopeful for the future of the club at this moment in time. Adversity tends to make people stronger. I was worried about a month ago when we weren’t getting crowds in and nobody seemed to care. Everybody seemed so apathetic but with

the Save our Club initiative that sort of focused people’s attention on the severity of the situation.” says Simon.

“It’s going to be a long slog and a lot of hard work but if we pull together we can make this happen”

The Dundalk FC Community Trust meeting will take place tomorrow evening at 8:30pm in the Lilywhite Lounge. All are urged to attend. The future of Dundalk FC is in your hands.

AS Sheffield’s Jonny Marray and doubles partner Frederik Nielsen took part in the Wimbledon doubles tennis final, one family in Carlingford were on the edge of their seat as they cheered on their now famous relative.

Marray, 31, is a nephew of Eilish and Brendan McKevitt from Carlingford and a first cousin of their children, Aoife Art and Glaisne.

Speaking after Jonny’s incredible victory, which earned him the hefty sum of €160,000 (more than half his previous total career earnings), Eilish said:

“We are so proud of Jonny. We couldn’t get tickets for the final as it was sold out so we watched it at home in Carlingford. When he won the final we went absolutely crazy.

“My daughter said that if anybody had been passing the house they would have thought somebody was getting murdered. We just screamed the place down!” laughs Eilish

”I couldn’t actually watch the final set as I was just too nervous. Once it went two sets each I left the room and I only came back in when I heard the children yelling that

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authorities funding being cut further.”The CCMA Chairman, Mr. Hubert Kearns said that “The level of the cuts can be reduced if those who have not yet paid the household

charge come forward and pay the charge as soon as possible. Early payment will also prevent further penalties accruing.”However spokesperson for the Department of Local Government said there were a number of factors taken

into consideration when deciding amounts to be cut.There were angry reactions to the announcement. Louth Fianna Fail TD Seamus Kirk accused Environment Minister Phil Hogan of punishing the Local Authorities for the chaos

he has created over the collection of the household charge. “This an extremely serious development that will cause enormous problems for Louth County Council. It is Minister Hogan’s fault, and not the fault of the

Council, that the collection of the household charge was woefully mismanaged from the start.“That Minister Hogan would even consider penalising local authorities for the chaos that he created is a disgrace. Not only is it deeply unfair, it

will lead to serious funding problems in city and county councils around the countryHe warned that the Council would not be able to meet its commitments to local communities in the face of such a significant cut. He added “Minister Hogan’s

bullish approach has already caused great confusion and distress to homeowners across the North East. Now people in Louth are learning that their local services are in the firing line as a result of the mess that the Minister himself made.”

€1.1m cut to services in County Louth

he’d won“It really is an

incredible story as he’s 31 years old now which is quite old in tennis terms. He has suffered

with a sore shoulder for years and had to give up playing singles a couple of years back because of it” explains Eilish.

According to Eilish,

Jonny was a regular visitor to Carlingford as a youngster.

“Jonny would have got on well with my children and he spent many

summers over here when he was growing up”

Despite not making it to Wimbledon the McKevitts got into the spirit of the famous

tennis championships by sipping Pimms and eating strawberries and cream as they watched Jonny capture an unlikely doubles title.

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Life long supporters hope for Club’s survival

Andrew, Roy and Wayne Mackin

SINN Fein County Councillor in Louth, Tomás Sharkey has de-scribed the decision to rush through the Gaeltacht Bill as ‘one of the most undemocratic acts of this gov-ernment’s term so far’.

Cllr Sharkey was speaking last Thursday after opposition members of the Dail staged a mass walkout in protest at the government’s han-

dling of the bill. The Minister of State at the De-

partment of the Gaeltacht, Dinny McGinley, said that the need for change is critical as only one in four people in Gaeltacht areas are currently speaking Irish on a daily basis.

However, many politicians on the opposition benches think the

bill is being rushed through the Dail without any proper discussion or debate.

Critics of the bill say the legisla-tion fails to protect the language or provide a positive and constructive strategy for future growth.

According to Cllr Sharkey the new bill will also reduce democ-racy in the Gaeltacht areas.

“One of the major issues is the government’s plans to end directly elected Údarás na Gaeltachta elec-tion.” stressed Cllr Sharkey.

“From now on County Council-lors will be nominated to a reduced Údarás board which in effect re-duces democracy in the Gaeltacht areas” he added.

“There has been little or no con-

sultation with the Gaeltacht com-munities during this whole process and it’s disgusting how the gov-ernment are trying to rush this bill through before the summer break.

“I have to say that it’s very dis-appointing that the government seem to be working against us at a time when we are doing our bit to try and promote the language” con-

cluded the Sinn Fein councillor.Despite the mass walkout of

opposition TD’s, which included Louth TD Gerry Adams, Dinny McGinley carried on and delivered the final stages of the bill, stating that he hoped he wouldn’t “ever experience anything like it again but I think it’s more a reflection on them than on us”.

Cllr Sharkey says Gaeltacht Bill is ‘undemocratic’

FUNDING for the construc-tion of a new school build-ing at St Mary’s College Dundalk has been confirmed under the national €2.5bn Stimulus Package. The 900 student capacity school will be located right next to the current school building on land provided by the Marist Brothers.

The project has been ear marked for 2015/2016 and will be delivered under a Public Private Partnership Programme which will see private sector bearing the ini-tial costs.

The funding for the stimu-lus package comes from four main sources, the sale of state assets, European Investment Bank, the National Pensions reserve and revenue from

public- private partnership. Earlier this year Minister

Rurai Quinn’s announced that 56 national school build-ing projects would be under-taken this year and as well as projects already in the pipelines, will see an influx of education services in the area. Co Louth will have 13 school building projects over the next three years as a part of the recent plans announced by the minister.

Local TD’s and Minister’s welcomed the news. Fine Gael TD Peter Fitzpatrick said “It is my understanding that the school which currently houses St. Mary’s is in a considera-ble state of disrepair and that the cost of restorative works would be significant. A new build therefore makes finan-

cial sense as it will ensure that a building that is completely up to scratch is delivered for the students.”

Former teacher, Sena-tor Mary Moran welcomed the package “In the Educa-tion sector I am particularly pleased to see that St. Mary’s College in Dundalk has been awarded a completely new replacement school. It rein-forces the commitment which Labour and this Government has to ensuring educational facilities match the needs of our 21st century school popu-lation. I am delighted that my efforts to secure this project for Dundalk have had a posi-tive outcome. Procurement will commence on all the Ed-ucation projects in 2013 on a rolling basis.”

New school building for St Mary’s College in 2015“THIS club has given me so

many great memories over the years. I’ve been going up to Oriel Park for almost 60 years now and I still get the same buzz today as I did back in the early days. Dundalk FC would lay a huge part in my life to be honest”Roy Mackin first went up to Oriel Park in 1954 with his fa-ther Jim to see Dundalk play St Patrick’s Athletic. He was immediately hooked. “The whole buzz and atmos-phere of match day just re-ally hit home straight away for me” says Roy. My father would have been a big fan and I suppose his enthusiasm passed on to me.The Mackin’s love for Dundalk FC is still going strong today with Roy’s sons Andrew, Rob-ert, Wayne and Simon all sea-son ticket holders. Andrew who now lives in Cork says a fourth generation of Mackin support has begun with his son Cian recently doing mas-

Andrew insists the club must be saved at all costs. “People of the town have to come down to Oriel Park and sup-port their local club. We need to get behind the team and ensure that this great club is still here in years to come.”Andrew’s brother Wayne ech-oed these sentiments saying “We should be getting three or four thousand people up here. Great memories are cre-ated in Oriel Park. My earliest memory is sitting on top of Dad’s shoulders watching the Spurs game in the early 80’s. Magic times. We need to get those days back.” he insists.Roy who can still be found singing his heart out in the shed on a match night also urged the people of the town to support their club.“Come down next Friday evening and give it a chance. This is our club and we need to support them. The fans have to save Dundalk FC. Dundalk FC forever” .

cot when Dundalk played Cork.For Roy the club is much more than just a game of football on a Friday evening. “I’ve made so many friends through supporting this club. I come up to the Lily-white Lounge every Sunday evening for a couple of pints with a gang we call ‘The Sun-day Night Club’.“Some of my best ever memories involve Dundalk

FC. We’ve had some great European nights over the years. Games against Celtic, Tottenham, FC Utrecht, PSV and Ajax were wonderful oc-casions and we gave a few of those teams huge frights over the years”.The Mackin’s support for the club went above and beyond the call of duty when they donated €1600 to the club during the ‘Trevor Anderson’ era.



A NEW Primary Care Centre for Co Louth will be developed as a part of the €2bn Stimulus Package announced by the Government last week. the primay care package will see those who suffer from chronic illnesses such as diabeties, asthma, stroke and more be treated either at home or in the Primary care centre, reducing the need to visit hospitals.

Primary care facilities like this will be opened in twenty locations around Ireland over the next two years.

As a part of the programe for government the access to health care based on need and not income was a priority and a key objective of the Primary Care Strategy is to

Local kids enjoy a summer of fun as youth projects get under way. The Redeemer Summer Youth Project has just finished its annual three week summer programme. Around 300 children and young people from the Redeemer parish and the surrounding areas par-ticipated in the workshops classes and activities. Many volunteers, ‘The House’ staff and local community Gardai all helped make the whole programme a great success. Pressure on the Sumer Youth Project was greatly reduced by the backing of ‘Secret Millionare’ John Fit-zpatrick who visited Dun-

New primary care centre for LouthBy Niamh Kirk

Steam Engine Rally

Running on steam - the four day long trip will stop off in Cooley.

Sarah Louise, Brooklyn and Nora Kerley, Dean Sheilds with Madeline and Eva Bait

KIND hearted Sarah Louise Kerley has done her bit for the ‘Share a Dream’ foundation by raising funds for the charitable organisation.

Sarah-Louise’s sister Brooklyn has battled Spina Bifida and Hydro-cephalus since she was a young child and last year won a bravery award at the ‘Share a Dream Na-tional Children of Cour-age’ ceremony.

As part of her prize Brooklyn was whisked off to EuroDisney in Paris courtesy of the Share a Dream founda-

year and I thought I would like to help out the charity by raising some money for them.” explained Sarah Louise.

“Obviously when you’re organising these things you always have it in the back of your head that nobody will show up but as you can see here today we’ve had a great turn out and people have really come out and supported us.

After the success of Saturday’s charity foot-ball match, Sarah-Louise says she hopes to make it an annual event.

Local girl helps raise funds for ‘Share a dream’

tion. According to Sarah Louise, Brooklyn had a magical time at the pop-ular Paris venue and the

experience inspired her to help raise money for the foundation to help other sick children.

“I saw how delighted Brooklyn was when ‘Share a Dream’ brought her to Eurodisney last

A STEAM engine rally which will take place in aid of ‘Tiny Life’ the premature baby charity will stop off in Cooley tomorrow night as part of its four day journey from Castlewellan to Lusk.

Mickey Brannigan who is a member of Seaforde Vintage Club in Co. Down has joined forces with his friends in the Irish Steam Engine Owners Association and North Louth order Vintage Club to put on a four day extravagan-za which will see six vintage engines travel through Omeath, Car-lingford, Fitzpatricks,

Cooley and Ravensdale as well as Dundalk.

Mickey will travel in his vintage engine called ‘The Star of the County Down’ which he built himself and is looking forward to raising some money for Tiny Life.

““Tiny Life is a charity very close to my heart. My young-est daughter as well as two grandchildren were born premature and this charity helps premature babies and offers their families much needed support and advice. We are delighted to be able to do our bit in raising awareness and funds for them.” explained

Mickey. “W will have six en-

gines with us on the journey from north and south of the border and the plan is to stop off in Cooley on the 26th of July for a bit of a do in the hall. I understand there will be a band play-ing on the night and I’d like to thank the North Louth Border Vintage Club for organising the hall for us.

Anybody who wishes to support Mickey and ‘Tiny Feet’ are welcome to go to Cooley Hall to-morrow night to enjoy a fun filled evening which will include music from ‘The Vibes’

THE Louth Economic Forum launched its Education and Training Report last week. The ten-point action plan was officially launched by Vice president of Global Operations with PayPal Louise Phelan at DkIT’s PJ Carroll Buildings.

The report states that the main challenge is to meet the changing needs of businesses and industry in an informed and coordinated manner. I

DkIT is identified as being of significant importance and the provision of education, training and research opportunities in the IT is to be developed. The task group hopes to see DkIT achieve

its longstanding ambition of being awarded University status by forging links with Dublin City University.

Eight ‘Action Areas’ were identified in the report including a task group focused on education and training who will promote mutual support between the business and education sectors. Another areas that the task group will also keep people up to date on the developing educational and training needs within their profession and the promotion of life ling learning in the County. Another significant aspect of the action plan is the ambition to provide skills

required for personal, social and economic developments to help people effectively respond to the changed circumstances and to improve their employability. To achieve this the task force will aim to see programmes and courses that will run in various flexible formats to accommodate different needs.

Dr. Pádraig Kirk, CEO of the VEC, said that, “the Louth County Development Board, and its Louth Economic Forum under the Chairmanship of Mr. Padraic White, are to be congratulated on bringing to fruition a very succinct and tangible plan. This plan

provides the mechanism for bringing the main education and training providers and industry and business sector representatives in the county together to work collaboratively to provide targeted and high quality education and training programmes that employers want and employees need. This could well be a first for Co. Louth on this scale”.

It is hoped that the first step of setting up of the task group will occur quickly in order to capitalize on the Governments Action Pan for Jobs 2012.

It is one of six reports due to be published ny LEF.

Louth Economic Forum launched


The legacy of Sean Fitzpatrick’s visit to Dundalk as the Secret MIllionare is still felt as his donation continues to help support summer youth projects.

A NEW Primary Care Centre for Co Louth will be developed as a part of the €2bn Stimulus Package announced by the Government last week. the primay care package will see those who suffer from chronic illnesses such as diabeties, asthma, stroke and more be treated either at home or in the Primary care centre, reducing the need to visit hospitals.

Primary care facilities like this will be opened in twenty locations around Ireland over the next two years.

As a part of the programe for government the access to health care based on need and not income was a priority and a key objective of the Primary Care Strategy is to

develop services in the community which will give people direct access to integrated, multi-disciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other health care professionals. In a developed primary care system, up to 95% of people’s day-to-day health and social care needs can be met in the primary care setting.

Fine Gael TD for Louth Peter Fitzpatrick said, “It will come as a great boost to the people of Louth that a new Primary Care Centre is planned for Drogheda North. The new centre will make a real difference to the way in which the people of Louth access health care services in the community.”

““Primary Care Centres, like

the new one to be provided in Drogheda North, will be the first point of contact for people who need to access health services in the years ahead. In a developed Primary Care system, as envisaged by the Government, up to 95% of people’s day-to-day health and social care needs can be provided in a community setting.

“The new centre will make a substantial difference to the lives of people in Louth. As well as treating illness, the centre in Drogheda North will help people to care for themselves, such as those with a long-term illness, and it will also help to prevent serious illness from occurring in the first place by providing easily accessible health services in the community.”

Local kids enjoy a summer of fun as youth projects get under way. The Redeemer Summer Youth Project has just finished its annual three week summer programme. Around 300 children and young people from the Redeemer parish and the surrounding areas par-ticipated in the workshops classes and activities. Many volunteers, ‘The House’ staff and local community Gardai all helped make the whole programme a great success. Pressure on the Sumer Youth Project was greatly reduced by the backing of ‘Secret Millionare’ John Fit-zpatrick who visited Dun-

New primary care centre for Louth

dalk last year.His donation of €3k to the project was a significant help in keeping the cost of the project down for those participating. Something for which organisers are deeply grateful.

A spokesperson for the group said:“We would like to thank the local businesses, council-lors and barristers & solici-tors from the courthouse in Dundalk, Co. Louth VEC, Dun Dealgan School Com-

pletion Programme and Redeemer Parish priests who support us every year and without their kind do-nations we wouldn’t have the quality of service that we are able to provide.

Secret millionaire returns to Dundalk

By Niamh Kirk

year and I thought I would like to help out the charity by raising some money for them.” explained Sarah Louise.

“Obviously when you’re organising these things you always have it in the back of your head that nobody will show up but as you can see here today we’ve had a great turn out and people have really come out and supported us.

After the success of Saturday’s charity foot-ball match, Sarah-Louise says she hopes to make it an annual event.

Local girl helps raise funds for ‘Share a dream’

provides the mechanism for bringing the main education and training providers and industry and business sector representatives in the county together to work collaboratively to provide targeted and high quality education and training programmes that employers want and employees need. This could well be a first for Co. Louth on this scale”.

It is hoped that the first step of setting up of the task group will occur quickly in order to capitalize on the Governments Action Pan for Jobs 2012.

It is one of six reports due to be published ny LEF.

Louth Economic Forum launched


Chamber of CommerceDundalk Chamber of Commerce is continuing its support of enterpris-ing individuals in Dundalk who are in need of office space but may not yet be in a position to make the move on their own. The of-fices are located in the Fin-nabair Business Park on the and are being offered at a significantly reduced rate and support services included. [email protected]. Francis Murphy 0877671625.

Man Utd SupportersThe Dundalk Branch AGM will be held on Thursday July 26 at 8pm in McCourts Bar, Francis, St. Due to ticket allocation this sea-son being solely based on membership numbers in the branch and the official closing date set by MUFC being Saturday July 31 all existing and new members must have paid in full by that date. Membership prices Adult €45 Jnr. € 35

Minority GroupsOne of the County’s ongo-ing PEACE III projects has invited submission from professional and commu-nity based arts groups to run projects that promote inclusion and integration of minority groups in the county. The funding will facilitate arts professionals/communities in using their talents, skills and resources to extend their working practices and activities to in-clude the minority commu-nities as a method of negat-ing racism and sectarianism. There are two strands to the VEC’s Peace of Art Project; 1) An Integration Program and, 2) A Group Project. Un-der strand 2 of the project, submissions are particularly welcome from those groups that have not yet been able to avail of PEACE III fund-ing. The VEC also welcomes proposals that have a cross border dimension. The funding available is limited to a maximum of €5,000 per proposal. The deadline for receipt of submissions is 4pm Friday 20 August.

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240 hours community service for churchburglary

THOMAS Smyth (30) of Doolargy Avenue was sentenced to 240 hours community service in re-spect of a burglary at the Friary Church.

It was one of a number of offences that he admit-ted at Dundalk Court last December and was put back for a report to see whether he was suitable to do community service in lieu of 12 months in jail.

The burglary took place in the early hours of February 26th last year during which the office at the church was ransacked and the keys of the safe stolen.

He was also charged with criminal damage on the same date to Dublin Street Post Office.

Smyth was found in possession of a plastic bag and a hammer and green paint on it outside the Post Office. The door of the post office had green paint on it and in-dentations.

He also admitted on May 18th last year a theft at the Imperial Hotel and on January 21 last year was found in possession of €20 of cannabis.

Judge Brennan ad-journed other charges against the defendant to November 21st.

Preparing for the Ready to Rock concert at O’Fiaich College, Dundalk with help from tutor James Mackin on drums.

Members of Louth Junior String Orchestra rehearsing at O’Fiaich College, Dun-dalk with help from tutor Clare Sweeney on cello.

THE 2012 summer program has proven to be very popular as hun-dreds of children across the county have taken part in vocal and instru-mental workshops.

The Ready to Rock one day workshop gen-erated a huge amount of interst and a second workshop in drum-ming, guitar and vocals is planned in Dunleer for Thursday July 26. Bush Post Primary will host a day of traditional music led by renowned fiddler Zoe Conway. Trad Together, is a one-day ensemble workshop for intermediate and advanced players aged 12 and over. Younger players over 7 can come along to Trad Time to learn new tunes on the whistle and try out the fiddle and flute. This will be followed by ‘Tune

In,’ which concludes on August 9 at Bush Post-primary School. On the day well-known guitar-ist John McIntyre will be leding two guitar en-semble workshops, one

for junior players and one for intermediate/ad-vanced level players.

Music Generation is Co Louth’s music serv-ice that aims to help children and young peo-

ple up to eighteen years of age access vocal and instrumental tuition.

Over the next three years, Music Generation Louth will initiate a va-riety of new programs to

support existing and new learners and will cater for a wide range of musi-cal tastes, from classical to rock, pop and dance to traditional/folk and music technology from

beginner through to ad-vanced level. Programs will be open to children and young people aged up to 18 years of age and will be available as after-school activities at

regional centers across the county. For more information on how to get involved visit www.musicgeneration .ie

Louth Music Generation Workshops

ThE news that the ‘Personal Insolvency Bill’ will be enacted by the end of the year has been enthusiastically welcomed by Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick.

The proposed law allows people who have borrowed less than €20,000 and who have relatively few assets to apply for a particular type of debt forgiveness.

Speaking in the Dail last

week Deputy Fitzpatrick spoke of the importance of the new legislation to the wid-er business community and said he would have no hesita-tion in commending it to the house.

“I welcome the opportunity to discuss this legislation. As an elected Deputy for the past 18 months, I have dealt with personal queries from dis-

tressed constituents through-out the county

“As a businessman, I have seen the devastation that bankruptcy can cause for peo-ple and their families.” he ex-plained.

“To fail in business is not a crime or a source of embar-rassment, nor should it be a slur on one’s character. As in life, what is unforgivable is not

trying again.“In my constituency, I have

seen fabulous examples of people overcoming great ad-versity to come back stronger in their business, personal and sporting lives.

“Whether in life, business or sport, I never advocate ly-ing down, but always encour-age people to try again.” he added.

The Fine Gael TD went on to criticise current legislation de-scribing it as ‘draconian’ and insisting that it only served to prevent people from returning to business and trying again.

The proposed legislation passed the second stage in the Dáil, last night, without a vote.

Next the Bill will move on to the Committee Stage.

Fitzpatrick welcomes Personal Insolvency Bill

IT became a regular sight in the skies over Co Louth but the Tellus Border Geological survey aircraft has made its final flight. It flew almost 60,000 kilom-eters as it conducted the survey to gather data that will help scientists bet-ter understand the soils, rocks, water and natural resources of Ireland’s bor-der counties.

The airborne survey was part of the wider project which also includ-ed a ground survey focus-ing on soil, stream water and sediment sampling.

A new phase of the project will begin shortly, whereby scientists at the Geological Surveys of Ireland and Northern Ire-land will produce maps for a variety of end-users

including environmental managers, policy-mak-ers, the agricultural sec-tor and private industry. Maps and data will be freely available to all in 2013, culminating in a major end of project con-ference planned for Octo-ber 2013.

Ray Scanlon, Principal Geologist at the Geologi-cal Survey of Ireland said

that the completion of this stage of the project will greatly add to our under-standing of the environ-ment we live in:

“We’re excited to be-gin processing the data collected from both the airborne and ground sur-veys, which will be com-bined with the informa-tion previously gathered in Northern Ireland to

provide a new and excit-ing take on the geology of this area.”

“We would like to thank people in the border region for their support and in-terest during the airborne survey, as well as the Irish Aviation Authority and the Irish Farmers Asso-ciation who greatly helped in the smooth progress of the project.”

Airborne survey’s final flight

DunDAlk Court heard how a 33 year-old local man entered the office at a filling station and stole money.

Robert Maguire of Saint helena’s Park admitted the offence at the Maxol Station on the Castletown Road on March 13 last when he appeared in front of Judge Flan Brennan.

The Judge was told the defendant had 53 previous convictions and

was currently serving an eight month sentence in Wheatfield prison. he sentenced him to a further eight months jail, dating from Wednesday last.

his solicitor Conor McGuill said that the defendant was using drugs heavily. Since he entered custody he was availing of the facilities.

Detective Garda Joe Ryan said that the stolen money was not recovered.

DUNDALK IT’s Springboard Courses aims include placing its students at the forefront of employment opportunities and it has certainly achieved that with their focus of green energy courses.

Last week the Government announced that over the next six years more than 2000 jobs would be created nationally in developing wind energy in Ireland.

A certificate in Wind Energy is

offered through DkIT as a part of the initiative to provide unemployed people the opportunity to retrain and up-skill in sectors that are expanding and need people with the right skills to fill jobs.

A spokesperson for Springbord said that she was interested in speaking to anyone who thinks that a Springboard course can equip them with the skills that will be needed to fill these jobs.

Money stolen from filling station was not recovered

2,000 jobs to be created over next six years


Caught on CCTV damaging doorAn 18-year-old youth, who was caught on CCTV causing damage to a stationary shop, was sentenced to six months jail for the offence.

Conor Agnew of Fa-tima Drive, Dundalk is already serving a sentence from which he is due for release next April, and had 36 convictions recorded against him Dundalk Court was tol

Garda Inspector John Foudy said that CCTV showed the defendant acting suspiciously at a stationary shop at Crowe Street on April 1st last. he was pushing against the door of the shop and picked up a rock.

he ran into the grounds of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and was pursued and later arrested.

Solicitor Conor McGuill said the defend-ant very much regretted the offence, and came to court by arrangement.

THE state was warned that the “con-sequences will be serious” if they do not have the Book of Evidence ready in a week in a case involving €500,000 worth of drugs.

The defence solicitor applied at Dundalk Court on Wednesday last for the case to be struck out against Christopher Agnew (25) Mullavalley, Louth Village because of the inordi-nate delay in processing it.

The alleged offences date back to October last year and the state had now brought two fresh charges. The case was before the court since No-vember last and had been four times

before the court, he said.The defendant faced eight existing

charges, four for the alleged posses-sion of drugs, and a similar number for possession for the purpose of sale or supply at Farm Road, Adamstown, Dunleer on October 25 st.

Garda Inspector John Foudy, prose-cuting, said that a very comprehensive investigation was entailed with the drugs involved valued at €500,000. The book he was told would be ready in a week and asked for an adjourn-ment to this Wednesday which was granted by Judge Flan Brennan.

Serious consequences if book of evidence not ready in €500,000 drugs case

COUNCILLOR Tomás Sharkey is calling on the National Roads Author-ity to carry out a Safety Audit on the Dundalk/Castleblaney Road in Co Louth. The road is cur-rently being upgraded but the local Sinn Féin councillor is concerned that three newly created junctions do not have hard shoulders or right turning boxes.

Councillor Sharkey says “I have campaigned since my first ever coun-cil meeting in September 2003 for the Castleblaney Road to be made safer. The current scheme is an improvement but I want

the NRA to make sure that no opportunity is lost to make the road as safe as possible. That is why

I have written to Mr Fred Barry, CEO of the NRA asking that a Safety Audit be carried out.”

Call for safety audit on Blayney Road


Festival of Lights

MArket Square role as a hub of business and cultural activity in Dundalk is set to continue throughout winter as the Chamber of Commerce and Town Centre Commercial Managers Office has announced the inaugural Festival of Lights. The festival will feature music from local bands, street theatre, workshops, and choirs and of course, light. Retailers are being asked to extend their operating hours and to contribute to the festival in any way they can. The festivities will kick off on Friday 16 November with the Festival of Lights Parade.

Paddy Keenan, Aaron Rogers, Pat Hamilton, Oisin McConville, Joe Sheridan

Oisin McConville, Adrian McGinn, Paddy Keenan, Joe Sheridan.

Members of Dundalk Young Ireland’s with Paddy Keenan, Joe Sheridan, Oisin McConville.

Paddy Keenan, Aaron Rogers, Pat Hamilton, Oisin Mc Conville, Joe Sheridan

Dundalk Young Ireland’s Cic SaorTHE Innovative Dundalk Young Ireland Club Com-mittee are thinking on their feet with a view towards eliminating their Bank Loan and raising some much needed money for the club.

The “Cic Saor Competi-tion” was launched last Sat-urday morning in the club grounds with the help of

GAA stars, Paddy Keenan, Joe Sheridan and Oisin Mc-Conville.

The all Ireland Cic Saor championships will take place on the 8th September with the Young Ireland’s confident the event will at-tract a fantastic core of en-thusiastic competitors.

The premise of the com-

petition is pretty simple. Basically it is a free taking / point scoring competition, played out over six elimi-nation rounds after which a new all

Ireland free taking cham-pion will be crowned.

The eventual winner will also receive an estimated €10,000 in Prize money,

with the total prize fund been an estimated €30,000. Anyone 18 years and older is accepted, male or female, with an entry fee of €66.

The Dundalk Young Ire-lands G.F.C Committee hope that this will become an an-nual event and hope people from all over the country will take part. Club secretary

Pat Hamilton is hopeful that the competition will capture the public’s imagination.

“We’re hopeful that peo-ple will come out and sup-port us with this project. It’s something different and there’s a fantastic cash prize available for the win-ner. We’ll be promoting the event over the next month or

so and hopefully people will come down and the fact that it is a randome draw means that ordinary people will be able to test themselves against some of the best GAA players in the country” explained Pat.

Dundalk Young Irelands G.F.C is the longest estab-lished G.A.A Club in Co.

Louth, having its origins in 1884, the year the G.A.A it-self was founded. The Club has an exalted past which includes representing Louth in the very first All Ireland Series ,losing out narrowly to Limerick Commercials in the very first GAA All Ire-land Club Final.

Kochani; ponieważ mamy lato, najbliższe spotkanie w Sham-rock Pub odbędzie się pod hasłem “hawajskie party”.Piasku nie będzie, z przyczyn technicznych - przepraszamy ;) Całośc zapasu została wykorzystana zimą zeszłego roku. Będzie za to cała masa innych atrakcji.Urządzimy sobie wakacyjny wieczór. Przebrani jak gdyby za oknem pubu była plaża i przepiękne słońce, a nie irlandzkie chmury, deszcz i wiatr (zatem wszelkie letnie sukienki, slonec-zne kapelusze, spodniczki z trawy, wzorzyste, hawajskie kos-zule, a dla odwaznych stroje kapielowe - mile wiedziane).Atmosferę wewnątrz podgrzejemy sami słonecznymi pi-osenkami i jasnymi, od uśmiechów, buziami ;)Przygotowaliśmy muzykę klubową i regge oraz przeboje lata z radiem, zabawy i konkursy. Jak zwykle zabieramy z sobą ogromną dawkę pogodnego nastroju i poczucie humoru, a także sok malinowy, do piwka.27 lipca, w ostatni piątek miesiąca, tradycyjnie startujemy o godzinie 20tej, a kończymy przed północą. Dzieci mogą zostac w pubie do 21.30 - 22.00.Gorąco zapraszamy! a naszej stałej ekipie: Tamarze, Tom-kom, Malwinie, Ewie, Krzyskowi, Eugeniuszowi, Wojtkowi, Marcinowi przypominamy. Olo, brakowało nam Cię bardzo ostatnio i Twojego wałbrzyskiego poczucia humoru, podczas wspólnego oglądania Misia - miałeś byc gościem honorowym i opowiedziec o piciu z głownym bohaterem? Czekamy w piątek.Właśnie dziś pierwsze spotkanie ma Klub Młodej Mamy, z niecierpliwością czekamy na wieści, wszystkie dziewczyny, które chciałyby dowiedziec się bardziej szczegółowych in-formacji odsyłam do Moniki Domki 0857443314 lub Moniki Pawluczuk 0857033335 - inicjatorek klubu.

Pozdrawiam - Agnieszka Boniewicz

MINISTER for Transport Alan Kelly will visit Dundalk in or-der to inspect the progress of Dundalk’s Cycle Lanes this September following recom-mended changes to the project by a National Transport Au-thority Engineer.

An Engineer conducted an inspection on July 13 which resulted in a number of issues being raised including the dif-ficulty of Fire engines access-ing the area, the location of the traffic signal pole, loading area for local business, parking, line markings and the over all effi-ciency of the junction.

Town Engineer Catherine Duff wrote to the local Coun-cilors to inform them that fol-lowing the review their con-sultants have been requested to redraw the junctions layout with the recommendation in-cluded.

The cycle lanes have been the subject of heavy debate as residents groups, Cycling en-thusiasts, Senators, Council-

lors and online review groups weighing in on discussion by calling for some changes to be made.

Senator Mary Moran was following up on a number of queries by local residents and road users as to the design work of the cycle lanes when she re-quested that the Department of Transport get involved.

She said “Nothing was go-ing to change with these cycle lanes before I asked Minister

Kelly to get involved. I am delighted that he accepted my request to come and see the cy-cle lanes in the first place and that he has committed to com-ing back to the town to ensure the matters are resolved. The people of Dundalk have been left in a desperate situation and I am delighted to use my role as Senator to see this improve.

“Having raised the issue in the Seanad I met with Minister Alan Kelly and invited him to

come and see for himself what the issues were, and I commend him for taking the time to view all the works and to speak with local residents and business owners.”

Following the inspection the Minister appointed an engineer to identify the extent of the problems. Senator Moran said that among the changes pro-posed is the removal of the red markings on the Jocelyn/Chap-el Street Junction. A further review of the Stapleton Place, Chapel Street and Seatown cy-cle lanes will also happen in the near future.

Senator Moran added “I have been keeping Minister Kelly fully informed of progress to date and he has undertaken to come on another visit to Dun-dalk in September to see what progress has been made. I have also asked for details on how much the recommended changes will cost and who will be responsible for carrying out the recommended work

Minister to inspect cycle lanes

Senator Mary Moran.

Aaron Rogers, Joe Sheridan, Paddy Keenan, Oisin McConville, Shane O’Connor


THERE was a great turnout for the Protect Rockmarshall Mountain fun walk last weekens as around 400 people from the community gath-ered to support the project.

The fun walk was organised to raise funds to make up the short fall in costs for specialist consultation submission to Louth County Coun-cil and An Bord Pleanala objecting to the construction of five wind tur-bines on the Mountain.

Some of the more experienced

walkers climbed up to the corrie lake and continued the short dis-tance to the top of Slievenaglogh from where they enjoyed stunning views over Dundalk Bay and the Cooley Peninsula. The less adven-turous travelled along parts of the Annaloughan Loop walk, stopping regularly to enjoy the beautiful vis-tas.

Both walks took place in areas where Gaelectric Developments Ltd. are planning to build a wind

farm which if developed will have a major impact on the community in the area.

A spokesperson for the group said that they were delighted with the success of the event which raised much needed funds towards the cost of paying their specialist consultants for their submissions. The organisers said they would like to thank everyone who participated in the walk and the many more who made a donation.


Louise Gilsenan, Claire Boylan and Annie Boylan

Hazel Murphy and Caoimhe Connelly

Lea McGee, Kelly Hughes and Sarah Wakrim Gavin Watters and Sam Reilly

Natalie Griffin, Margaret Daly, Pamala Smith, Fiona Gogarty, Amanda McCabe enjoy Seafest.

Alex, Maria Clarke, Breige Duffy, Patricia Duffy and Maurice at Seafest.

Keith Cunningham and Ann-Marie George

Lorannae McKevitt, Frances Watters Jane Fitzsimons and Craig Hanratty

Seatown Open Air Festival

home ImprovementsWhen it comes to maintaining a home, it seems there is always something to do. And with all the rain we’ve been having this ‘summer’ now is probably a good time to get through those little jobs around the house which you’ve been put-ting off all year.Owning a house comes with plenty of perks, such as the ability to paint the walls any colour you want. But not ev-eryone sees this type of task as very fun, though the result is usually pleasing.

Painting can be time-consuming and difficult, not to men-tion dangerous if you have to get up high on a ladder. For this reason, hiring a handyman may be a great idea. Consider the reasons to do so, and then decide if the ad-vantages are worth the money to you.

DIY is well and good if you know what you are doing but sometimes this practice can prove a false economy with AA home insurance reporting that one in 10 DIY projects go wrong and could end up costing more than €100 to rectify.There are many reasons to consider qualified tradesmen ahead of doing the job yourself. For one, qualified trades-men are accustomed to dealing with the job at hand - as


specialists they will work on similar tasks on a daily ba-sis and so should be able to complete the job in a timely manner and with less disruption to you.

Similarly, professionals also have access to the correct tools and materials. Attempting to buy and use this equip-ment yourself could be expensive and risky. In fact, it is illegal for an unqualified person to undertake work on electrical wiring or gas installations - so in many cases it is essential to employ a tradesman.So take some time to go through a list of jobs around your house that need doing. Whether it be plumbing, electrics, painting or even getting your window washed this is the time to get your house back in tip-top condition. Until next summer anyway!


TWO McDonalds employees were awarded the City & Guild qualifications last week at a ceremony that took place in the Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place. Every year since 2009 the fast food chain has some of their employees accredited with the internationally recognised City & Guild Qualifications. From left: Mike Dowe, Group Board Director, International (City &Guilds), Brid Healy, Regional Manager Europe (City & Guilds), Alison Hodgson, HR Director McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland, Marcin Molak McDonald’s Drogheda employee, Mike Ruding, Owner/ Operator Mc-Donald’s Drogheda, Adrian Crean, MD McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland.

Young Irelands LottoThere was no winner of this weeks Dundalk Young Irelands GFC Lotto draw (Week 10 - 17/07/2012), which had a jackpot of €11,650. The numbers drawn were 8, 21, 26 & 29. Next weeks Jackpot will be €11,800 and tickets can be purchased from committee members.

Juvenile TrainingWhat is your child doing this summer? Dundalk Young Irelands GFC U-7 to U-13 training takes place every Mon-day evening at 7pm in Pairc Eire Og. For more information contact John Laverty 086-8558614, 086-8558614.

Young Irelands LottoSt Patrick’s GFC lotto draw had no outright winner this last week. the number drawn were 7,13, 25, 27. There were two match three winner. The jackpot for the com-ing week is €8k.

NEwSin Brief

Martin Patterson, Cathal Austin, Edel O’Mahony, Paddy Malone, Mairead McGuin-ness MEP, Harry Traynor and Michael Curran.

REPRESENTATIVES from both Newry and Dundalk Chambers along with representa-tives from Louth County Council and Newry and Mourne District Council this week met the MEP for Louth and Ireland East, Mairead McGuin-ness, as part of their ini-tiative to further develop economic links and build growth and jobs in the region.

The delegation sum-marised meetings held earlier this month with Ministers Bruton and Costello. Mairead con-curred with Minster Bru-ton in that she considers the best way forward for the joint group is to build on the Memorandum of Understanding and to approach Brussels on that basis.

McGuinness offered to facilitate a fact find-ing visit to Brussels and to assist them in building on the Memo-randum of Under-

Border Chambers and Councils meet MEP

Gerry Adams urges investment in schools for a second language

standing (MOU), she said, “to see two border regions with such strong working relationships striving in such a posi-tive fashion for their

mutual interest” would certainly be of interest in Brussels

She was impressed with the work the Mem-orandum of Understand-

ing had already delivered on,I ncluding securing significant funding for Geo Tourism project and Low Carbon Business Network.

LOUTh tD Gerry Adams has blamed the need for Paypal to em-ploy around 500 people from over-seas in its new facility on inadequate spending on language training by the Government.

he described the news as a “damning indictment of the gov-ernment’s lack of adequate invest-ment in modern language teaching in schools and a failure to plan for future inward investment which de-pends on a workforce with the nec-essary modern language skills.”

Deputy Adams questioned the validity of the heavy promotion of the Paypal opening their call centre in the area as a positive story saying that “Up to 1000 jobs in Dundalk was heavily promoted by the gov-ernment as a success story. Minis-ter Richard Bruton claimed that he was ‘determined to ensure that thousands more families around the country will get news like this over the coming years’.

“however, it is now clear that the reality is different and that despite support from the IDA the full bene-fits of this investment have not been realised for the families of Dundalk or the greater Louth/Meath area.

he went on to say that it is neces-sary in a knowledge based economy

that an educational system can pro-vide the opportunities for a second language at a young age. he noted that Paypal’s requirement for peo-ple with a working knowledge of a second language and their inability to fill the positions from within Ire-land has highlighted the need for the government to address the area of early language learning.

He said. “At the same time as Paypal made its announcement, the government’s lack of a mod-ern language strategy was evident in its decision to scrap the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Ini-tiative. That initiative was focused on developing a positive attitude towards language learning.

Paypal hvery clearly stated its re-quirement for around 500 employ-ees with a working knowledge of a second language. That our educa-tion system could not provide these employees and that Paypal had to go overseas to fill these jobs is a dis-grace.

“The failure to prioritise modern language teaching and the scrap-ping of the Modern Languages Initiative was short-sighted and potentially damaging to the future prospects of attracting skilled, mul-tinational jobs to these shores.”

Question:Why is Dundalk Football Club so importantto you?

OvertOyOu Harry Martin

Dundalk FC is a huge part of my life. I’m going up 40 years now. My Dad Jimmy, myself and my son Alfie never miss match. Dundalk FC til’ we die.

Eamonn O’Callaghan Dundalk FC is everything to me. I’ve made so many great friends over the years through the club and had so many great nights thanks to them. We’ve been with the club through the good times and we’ll stick with them through these bad times.

Andrew McKee I just love this football club. Morning, noon and night I’m thinking about the Lilywhites. I know we will survive. We are fighters in this town.

Colm Hoey I’ve been supporting Dun-dalk for nearly forty years at this stage. I’d love to see all the old Dundalk supporters come back and rally around the club to ensure its survival. This old ground has seen some great nights over the years.

Vincent Sharkey You need a football club in your town. I come down to Oriel and there’s a real sense of community around here. This is our club and we should support them.

Colin, Ollieand Keith

We’ve been here since we were kids. It’s our local club. We’ve been blessed with success over the years but now that we’re at a low ebb it shouldn’t mean people stop supporting their team. We need the fans to come back and do their bit for this great club.

Jim Atkins I’m born and bred in Dundalk and I’ve had an on-off love affair with the club over the years. It would be an awful shame to see it go. Hopefully something can be done to save the club.

Those cycle lanesDear Editor,Over a period of six dec-ades I have cycled, driven, driven a car and buses through Dundalk with ease. The work that has taken place in Stapleton Place, Jocelyn Street and Chapel Street makes that more difficult.Yours,John McGuinness, Blackrock.

LETTER TOTHE EDITOR

1 Books Which 19th Century novel features a Cheshire Cat and a March Hare?2 EuropeThe Algarve is a holiday resort in what Country?3 NatureWhat name is given to the tail of a Fox ?4. PoliticsWhat position does William Hague hold in the UK government? 5 IrelandWhich County is nicknamed the Shortgrass County?6 MoneyHow many old pennies were there in a guinea? 7 Pop musicWho was the only pop star

to be born on the island of Zanzibar? 8 Local In what Dundalk street was the old Pinny factory? 9 ComedyWhat was Spike Milligan’s real first name?10 SportJack Charlton’s last game in charge of the Republic of Ireland was played one what ground?This week’s StinkerWhat sports reporter was

immediately on the scene when Nelson’s Column was blown up ?

Pete Treanor’sWeekly Quiz

—ANSwERS—1, Alice in Woderland; 2, Portugal; 3, Brush; 4, Foreign Secretary; 5, Kildare; 6, 252; 7, Freddie Mercury; 8, Mary Street North; 9, Terrence; 10, Anfeild; Stinker: Jimmy McGee.



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PLANNINGDUNDALK TOwN COUNCILWe, Brookwood Taverns Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for altera-tions to 2nd floor smoking area at Ridleys Premises, 91 Park Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth incorporating changes to layout and front elevation and removal of part of roof (c/o McGahon Architects Ltd, 19 Jocelyn Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth). This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of mak-ing a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority at Dundalk Town Council, Town Hall, Crowe Street, Dundalk during its public opening hours Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm. A submission or ob-servation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such sub-missions or observations will be consid-ered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permis-sion subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL, We Chev-ron (Ireland) Atlantic Limited intend to apply for Permission for Retention of: 1) the demolition of shop building, canopy and signage; 2) decommissioning and removal of underground tanks and other forecourt installations; 3) erection of front boundary fence, at Texaco Southend Ser-vice Station, Dublin Road (Opp. Dundalk Institute of Technology), Dundalk, Co . Louth. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of mak-ing a copy, at the offices of Louth County Council from 9.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing within a period of 5 weeks from the date of receipt by the Authority of the application and on pay-ment of the prescribed fee of €20.00

Family Noticesin memoriam announcements , anniversaries, Birthday Remembrances, thanksgivings & acknowledgements.

We are now taking Family

Notices.Our weekly Deadline is 4pm Fridays prior to Wednesday

publication, contact Niamh or Noeleen for further information. Tel 042 9320888

Teresa McKevitt

COOLEY must bid farewell to one of its senior community lead-ers as Teresa McKevitt, Principle of Bush post primary is set to retire at the end of August. Tere-sa who began her career as a teacher in 1974 in St Michaels in Omeath, joined Bush in 1984 following the closure of Omeath’s secondary school.

She took on the role of special duties teacher in 1986 and later was later promoted to the post of Assistant Principal with special responsibility for Adult Education. In 2005 Teresa became Deputy Principal at the school replacing the then Deputy Kevin Con-roy and in 2006 Teresa took over the reigns as Principal.

Speaking at a recent meeting of Dundalk VEC Dr Padriag Kirk outlined Teresa’s con-siderable achievements

School principal’s retirement

and contributions she has made to both the Cooley area and the VEC.

The school will see many changes in the coming year as it has also been approved for n extension by the Depart-ment of Education. He said “Teresa McKevitt was the consummate Principal; she was held in the highest regard by

students, staff and the school community alike and successfully imple-mented many key devel-opments at the school during her tenure. She will be greatly missed by all of us”. The Com-mittee, and the CEO, congratulated her for her outstanding achieve-ments at the school and wished her well in her retirement.

Admittedhandlingstolenproperty

TWO men stopped in a vehicle near town con-taining scrap mental taken from a premises in Newry, admitted han-dling the stolen property.

Hugh Maguire (25) and Stephen Maguire (22) with addresses at Woodland Park, Inner Relief Road and Maple Close, Avenue Road were each put back for reports to see if they were suitable to do com-munity service. Judge Flan Brennan said he was prepared to order Hugh Maguire to do 200 hours and his co-defendant 150 and adjourned the charge against both men to No-vember 21.

Both men handed over a sum of €200 each as compensation. The value of the scrap was stated to be €150.

Garda David Pettit said that he stopped the vehicle in which there were three men at New-townbalregan on Febru-ary 18th last. Both were stated to have previous convictions.


Family Notices

Sensational Summer fun at Seafest

Nuala Kennedy is coming home

By Paul Byrne There was a real buzz of excitement down in Seatown last weekend as the area was transformed into an outdoor venue for live music, market stalls, barbeques as the annual Seafest extravaganza took place.After the success of last year’s event, organisers were hopeful of a great turnout and that’s exactly what they got as revellers lined the Seatown streets . And thankfully there was a respite from weeks of heavy

downpours with many of the locals making the most of the sunshine.Popular local cover band ‘The New Originals’ entertained the masses on Saturday night while Sunday witnessed the much anticipated return of Bagatelle as well as Woo Doo Rhythm (formerly Thin as Lizzy).One of the event organisers, Darren Kerley, declared himself delighted with how the event panned out.“There was a great buzz around the place

over the weekend and everybody seemed to be in great form which was nice.” to see” said the Century Bar owner.“There’s a couple of things we can improve on to make it even better next year and we’ll talk about that as Seafest 2013 approaches. But I’d just like to thank everyone who helped make this event possible and helped create such a fantastic festival atmosphere” added Darren.

DUNDALK’S very own Nuala Kennedy is coming home to launch her brand new album in the Spirit Store on August 5A celebrated traditional Irish musician and internationally acclaimed flute player and singer, Nuala has been touted as “spellbinding” and “a delight,” by the Irish Times.Accompanied by the spirited interplay between Mike Bryan’s guitar and Ian Macleod’s mandolin and supported by the tasteful percussion of Donald Hays, tracks on Noble Stranger intimately connect Kennedy’s own interests in traditional music and her progressive composition style. Kennedy has

recently been calling New York City a home-away-from-home, absorbing and contributing to the City’s growing neo-folk scene. “Spending time in America has given me a greater appreciation of my own traditional musical heritage, and this renewed appreciation is reflected in the choices of some of the older material on the album. instrument and it strongly influenced the direction of the arrangements.” explains Nuala. Kennedy was raised playing and singing traditional music in Dundalk before her undoubted talent eventually burst on to the world stage.

Her first two solo albums, The New Shoes and Tune In, were released through Nashville-based roots music company Compass Records Group and were universally well received. She has performed and recorded with will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Norwegian musicians Frode Haltli and Vegar Vårdal as well as the late Canadian composer Oliver Schroer. “Noble Stranger’ will be launched on Friday August 5 on what should be a glorious homecoming from the very talented Nuala Kennedy.

Enjoying the Seafest on Sunday night.

Nuala Kennedy.



THE Market Square will soon be filled with the sounds of song and summer as Dundalk Town Council has announced a series of lunchtime concerts in the heart of Dundalk. Each Friday form July 27 to the end of August Music Round the Square will feature some of the areas fin-est musicians and ensembles.The Market Square has already seen its potential as a location for large concerts at the Tain Summer Festival but these concerts will stike a different note as peo-ple gather and relax with friends at lunch-time. A statement from Dundalk Town Council Arts office described it as a ‘great curtain raiser for the weekend. “:

The first artist featured is 16-year-old singer songwriter Keenan Copas, who al-ready has a solid local following. He is set to release his first single this month. Hav-ing engaged in his craft from an early age, Keenan’s songs are a heartfelt and honest representation of his young life. His style is a mixture of folk, rock with elements as diverse as 60’s pop and 80’s disco. He has been compared to artists such as Paolo Nutini, Jack Johnson and Matt Corby. The season will include concerts by Tara Moran, The Magic Flutes, and Ceoltóiri Lú All concerts start at 1.00 pm every Friday, beginning on Friday July 27, last concert Friday August 24.

This Friday July 27 sees Castleblayney singer songwriter Grainne Duffy take to the stage in the Spirit Store as she showcases that wonderfully distinc-tive husky soulful voice. A voice which The Sunday Times last year described as ‘the spiritual heir to Rory Gallagher, an Irish blues singer of real integrity’A unique talent and a raw and edgy performer, Grainne released her al-bum ‘Test of Time’ last year to much critical acclaim.Inspired by artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, Linda Rondstat and Bonnie Raitt, Grainne toured her debut album around Europe where she played in front of enthusiastic crowds.Alongside appearing at many of

Ireland’s leading festivals Grainne was also approached by the BBC to record a track ‘Get Here…’ for their T.V. promotion campaign in George Martin’s Air Studio in London, which was then aired over the summer on BBC 1 and BBC 2. She also was asked to take part in R.T.E’s highly acclaimed Other Voices music programme along with Eric Bibb, Christy Moore, Duke Special, Elbow, Lisa Hannigan, Mick Flannery, Billy Bragg and many more.The future looks bright for Grainne Duffy so make sure to catch her wonderful mix of blues rock and soul in the wonderfully intimate sur-roundings of the Spirit Store while you still can.

Sounds of Song and Summer

Grainne Duffy stands Test of Time

Grainne Duffy ‘The spiritual heir to Rory Gallagher’ Appearing at the Sprirt Store July 27


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