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Wednesday, 3rd October, 2012. Vol. 5, Issue 40 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Tel: 042 9320888. Fax: 042 9329676. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Zoe sets the tone for inspiring weekendA 12-yeAr-old girl is setting the tone for the in-spiring weekend ahead when makes a huge sacri-fice to do her bit for relay for life.

Zoe Stewart, who has lost two grandparents to cancer in recent years, was so touched by the Relay for Life in 2011 that she decided to to give a little extra and for the past 12 months she has been growing her hair which will cut it this October 7 at the main event in The Marshes.

Last year’s event inspired nine year old Zoe Stewart to give a little extra and for the past 12 months she has been growing her hair and will cut it this October 7 at Relay for Life.

Like many the Stewart

amount of money and al-ready giving so much Zoe has decided to give some-thing more – her hair.

She asked her parents if

family have been touched by cancer. Four Years ago Zoe’s Grandfather Gerard Norton lost his battle with cancer and ever since the family have made huge efforts to raise funds for the Irish can-cer society through relay for life. All of Mr Norton’s grandchildren called him Pops, which led them to name their team ‘Top of the Pops’ in honour of him. Sad-ly this year the family were affected once again when Zoe’s Grandmother, Majella Stewart passed away after a fight against cancer.

Each year for the past three years the family and their friends have hosted a selection of events to raise funds for Relay for Life from Come Dine With Me’ style events to the Rhythm for life concert in Blackrock. They have raised a considerable

she could arrange to donate her locks to the Rapunzal Foundation - which helps people with hair loss by

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Zoe Stewart will have her hair cut at Marshes SC this Sunday.

Sunday could prove to be a glorious day of sport for County Louth with both Dundalk FC and the Louth Ladies GAA team in action this weekend.On Sunday afternoon Dundalk FC are bidding to reach their first FAI Cup final since 2002 when they beat Bohs to lift the cup for the ninth time. Meanwhile, the Louth Ladies GAA will face Antrim in the All Ireland Junior Championship Final. See Page 6

Big weekend for sport

By Niamh Kirk

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Peter McKeown, Kevin Haughey and Gavin Duffy at the Podracer CD launch in The Castle Bar.

CounCillor Con-or Keelan has again urged Dundalk Town

Council to ascertain how soon the land landfill site on the newry road can be developed for amen-ity purposes which

Keelan wants landfill site turned into public parkcould possible include a park and three foot-ball pitches.

Cllr Keelan’s request comes on the back of an article in last month’s Irish Times which out-lined plans for a ‘Cen-tral Park’ type project

on the grounds of a former dump on the Kinsale Road in Coun-ty Cork.

Speaking at last Tuesday’s town coun-cil meeting Cllr Kee-lan urged the council to contact the Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency with a view to looking into trans-forming the dump on the Newry Road into a park.

“I read the article in the Irish Times regard-ing the project on the

Kinsale Road in Cork and I was surprised at the speed in which they seem to be getting things done. They have earmarked the par to be formally opened in two years time and fully completed by 2018.

“With this in mind I have asked Dundalk Town Council to con-tact the EPA and the people behind the Cork project to determine how we should pro-ceed if we want to do something similar with

our dump. I hope to get some information back for our next council meeting next month.”

The Dundalk land-fill was closed in 2005 and is currently under the supervision of the EPA.

By Paul Byrne

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CounTy louth VEC has said that ‘significant progress’ is being made in planning for the establishment of Dundalk’s new post-primary school. in July the Minister for Education and Skills, ruairí Quinn, T.D., announced that Co. louth VEC will act as sole patron of a new 1,000 place post-primary school in Dundalk, which will have first year students on site by September 2014.

CEo of the VEC, Dr. Pádraig Kirk, stated that construction of the new school is expected to commence early next year and is currently at the design stage,

while the name is expected to be announced in the near future.

The VEC received 841 parental expressions of interest for the Dundalk school as part of their application for patronage to the Department

Dr. Kirk said, “we will soon be contacting all of those parents that supported our patronage applications to update them on progress.

“Enrolment forms for the new schools will be made available before the end of this year for first year students starting post-primary school in September 2014”.

Two more fuel laundering plants foundGArDAI and customs officers have discovered two fuel laundering plants near the Border.

The plants were found three miles apart at Aghafad, near Carrickmacross in County Monaghan, and Muff in County Louth.

They had the capacity to launder a combined 20 million litres of fuel a year, the revenue Commissioners said.

Two Louth men, aged 47 and 54, were arrested at the County Monaghan site, where thousands of litres of toxic waste were found.

Gardai seized lorries, a Mercedes car and fuel laundering equipment at the two sites.

Revenue said the operations were part of an ongoing crackdown and were carried out following surveillance activity.

Progress on new school

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Damien Higgins (left) at the opening of the 2011 Relay for Life

CO Louth VEC has revealed that its planning application for the development of an extensive out-door sporting facility at Dunleer has met with local authority ap-proval.

Earlier this year the VEC lodged a planning application with Louth Co. Council for the development of sporting facili-ties on a seven acre site adjacent to its second-level school in the mid-Louth town. The planning application was made as part of

a VEC development proposal to the Sports Capital Programme 2012.

The programme, which is be-ing administered by the Depart-ment of Transport, Tourism and Sport, aims to foster an integrated and planned approach to develop-ing sports and physical recreation facilities throughout the country.

If successful, the VEC project will involve the construction of a new full-size 400m running track, a grass football pitch, a jogging

track, tennis courts, javelin, high-jump, long-jump and shot putt facilities and changing rooms, as well as perimeter fencing and floodlighting.

CEO of the VEC, Dr Pádraig Kirk said that, “this is great news for the VEC, our project partners and the whole Dunleer commu-nity in general. A lot of effort was put into preparing this planning application and I want to thank everybody involved for their hard work”.

DaMiEn Higgins, mission chairman for the Dundalk relay for life has urged the peo-ple of Dundalk to at-tend this year’s event which will take place in the Marshes Shopping Centre this Sunday.

The event which will take place over 12 hours aims to raise some much needed funds for the Irish Cancer Society as well as being a celebra-tory event which hon-ours current and former cancer patients, their families and friends.

According to Damien the relay will also focus on promoting four serv-ices that are available to anybody who has been affected by cancer.

“The relay for Life event will raise vital funds for the Irish Can-cer Society who don’t receive any Government funding. Money raised at the event will go toward their community based support services that help people with the dis-ease and their families.

“This year we are pro-moting four important services that are avail-able to people in the Louth area. We have the free-phone number 1800

A MAN who was described in Dun-dalk District Court as trying to turn his life around in order to become a better father to his new son.

Stephen Maguire of 22 Maple Close, Avenue Road, Dundalk, was charged with possession of an article with intent to cause injury following an incident on January 20 this year.

Gardai had been called to a report of a disturbance in Bridge St at 8.45pm that day. Maguire had a baseball bat which he discarded over a wall. The

bat was recovered and the defendant arrested.

His solicitor, Dermot Monahan, stated that his client had a poor record but was trying to put his life in order following the birth of his son. He was determined to put his past behind him and to be a good father to his son. He asked that his client be assessed for community service.

Judge Flann Brennan adjourned the case until November 21 pending a report.

New sports campus one step closer

Man wants to be better fatherSeparated

ParentsThe next Tuesday meet-ings of Parents Sepa-rated Support Group are due take place on: Octo-ber 2 and November 6. Meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday of every month at Social Services Building, 15A Clanbrassil Street. There is a minimum attendance policy, so those wish-ing on attending phone 0857303609 to confirm.

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200 700 which is an in-formation point for all aspects of cancer. “says Damien

“We have our ‘Survi-vors supporting survi-vor’s programme which is a one-to-one support programme, providing emotional and practical support to newly diag-nosed patients.

“We will also be tell-ing people about the night nurse programme which provides end of life care for cancer pa-tients and their families in their own home.

“Finally we will be showing people where some of the money from

relay for life goes with regards to research into the disease and various studies which are taking place. Not many people realise this but Ireland are actually one of the world leaders when it comes to cancer research” ex-plains Damien.

“It is massively im-portant to raise aware-ness about the disease, and encourage people to get screened as early di-agnosis is key in fighting the disease. People need to made aware of the symptoms and to know what to look for.”

The relay for Life will begin at 9am on

Sunday October 7 in the Marshes Shopping Centre and will run for 12 hours. The event will include a packed timeta-ble providing fun for all the family including ka-raoke competitions, live music and the candle of hope ceremony.

There will also be a special children’s lap with the theme of prince and princess which will take place at 1.50pm. All children are invited to dress up as their fa-vourite prince or prin-cess with a prize on offer for the best dresses boy or girl.

Call to support Sunday’s relay for life event

By Paul Byrne


Lotto WinnerMaria Kinsella from Cortown, Dunleer, a €5,000 winner at the National Lottery’s 25th Anniversary Prize Giveaway Draw in the Royal Hospital Kilmain-ham is pictured with draw hosts Jedward and Marty Whelan.

SunDay could prove to be a glorious day of sport for County louth with both Dundalk FC and the louth ladies Gaa team in action this weekend.

On Sunday afternoon Dundalk FC are bidding to reach their first FAI Cup final since 2002 when they beat Bohs to lift the cup for the ninth time. In what has been a tough year for the Lilywhites, the FAI cup has proved a welcome distraction and Sunday’s semi-final against high flying St Pats in Oriel Park should be a game to savour.

Dundalk manager Darius Kier-ans acknowledged that his young side face a tough task in reaching the cup final but insists his side have nothing to fear on Sunday.

“It’s a massive game and it’s a great opportunity for our young lads to win a cup early on in their career. To get to a cup final would lift the whole place and give eve-rybody a lift. We’ve already beaten Pats this year and that was down in their place when we had only ten men so it can be done” explained Darius.

“Hopefully the fans will come out and support the boys in what is a huge match and give them all the

support they need.” he added.Tickets for Dundalk’s crunch

semi-final are available from Dun-dalk FC, Photospeed in the Long-walk, the tourist office and also the Marshes shopping centre informa-tion desk. There will be a draw at half time for two tickets for the forthcoming international between Ireland and Germany. Anybody who buys a ticket for Sunday’s semi-final will automatically be eligible to win the coveted tickets. The match kicks off at 3.55pm

Meanwhile, the Louth Ladies GAA team will be aiming to bring back silverware from Croke Park on Sunday afternoon where they will face Antrim in the All Ireland Junior Championship Final. This

is Louth’s second final in recent years and they’ll be looking to go one step further than in 2010 when they were beaten by Limerick.

Sunday’s game is bound to be a close affair but the Louth ladies will go into the final with confi-dence having already beaten An-trim in this year’s championship. The game throws in at midday and the Louth Ladies will be hoping for a big crowd in attendance to help them see off their opponents.

For those who can’t get enough sport, the Louth Senior Champi-onship Final will also take place on Sunday with champions, St Patricks, hoping to defend their title against a Dreadnots side ap-pearing in their first ever decider.

DEBATErS ranging in age from secondary school students to the ac-tive retired from across Louth and the northeast are being invited to take to the soapbox at Dun-dalk Library next month

as part of a European debating competition.

The winners from the Dundalk competition on October 18 will receive an Apple iPad and a trip to Brussels along with the chance to represent

their region in a na-tional final at Farmleigh House with a first prize of €1,000.

The topic for debate will be the age-old is-sue of whether ‘Youth is wasted on the young’.

Entries for the Dun-dalk soapbox competi-tion on October 18 can be made through www.europedirect.ie or by calling to Dundalk Li-brary.

ANNAGASSAN and District Historical Socie-ty will hold their third ex-cursion of 2012, as Bryan Rogers will conduct a his-tory tour around Dillons-town and Willistown near Annagassan. Assembly is at St. Finnian’s Church, Dillonstown at 2:30pm. Car parking spaces are available.

During the loop walk,

Bryan will outline some of the stories associated with the Dillonstown and Willistown lower ar-eas. The tour will see the house where Sylvester Heaney lived prior to his execution during the Civil War.

It will then proceed to the old Willistown School and Bryan will outline some of its his-

tory. From there we will walk down Willistown Lane Lower where the tour will discuss the his-tory of the area including the Ward’s old forge, the salmon smokery and the people who lived in this little community.

The group will then walk along the Dee riv-erbank past Willistown Weir, constructed as part

of Manning’s Glyde Dee Drainage scheme in the 1840s. The tour will re-join the road near Bal-lygassan House, which was burnt during the civil war.

Part of the walk is very muddy so wellie boots are essential. Cost is €5 and children are free. New members are always wel-come to join the society.

Big weekend on the local sporting front

Call to enter debating contest

Annagassan Historical Society

By Paul Byrne

David Crawley, Darius Kierans, Peter Cherrie and Liam Burns


Altercation at Carroll Village junction A woman who was in-volved in an altercation with the girlfriend of her former boyfriend had the case against her ad-journed until December 19 at Dundalk District Court.Sonya Muckian, 27 Dublin St, Dundalk, was driving a car in which her boyfriend was a passenger at the Carroll Village junction on Sep-tember 9, 2010, which pulled across a car be-ing driven by her former boyfriend.An altercation between the two males followed, while the defendant tried to connect with the fe-male passenger in the other car, and shouted abuse at her.Solicitor, Frank McDon-nell, explained that his client was in full employ-ment and had never come to the attention of the Gardai before. He stated that there had been no blow struck dur-ing the incident.

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THE Knockbridge Vintage Club are hosting Knockbridge’s Got Talent as part of the Knockbridge Vintage Day 2012 on October 7. If you can sing, dance, are a member of a band, group, a magician, impressionist or can entertain in any way then this is the competition for you.

Knockbridge’s Got Talent is open to all, regardless of level of ability, age or where you are from. The only requirement is that you register. Reg-istration for the competition is free but there are limited places avail-able.

There will be three judges on the day who face the hard task of select-ing the champion for the coveted title of the Knockbridge’s Got Tal-ent Champion 2012 and the brilliant cash prize of €250. There will be

many other brilliant prizes up for grabs including the “People’s Choice Award” where spectators will have a chance to vote for their favourite act on the day.

The talent search is now underway so get your entries in today. If you are a singer, musician, dancer, varie-ty act, magician, or any other form of entertainer and you think you’ve got what it takes, the Knockbridge Vin-tage Club would love to hear from you. To register, please email your details to [email protected]. Applications will only be accepted by email.

All applicants will be notified be-fore the Knockbridge Vintage Day. If you require more details check out the Knockbridge Vintage Club Face-book Page or contact 087 6272227.

Knockbridge’s got talent


A DuNDALK group set up to campaign for the rights of self employed has been invited to meet with a Government sub-committee to discuss their concerns.

The Dundalk Self Em-ployed Alliance was formed earlier this year and hope to make an im-pression on public repre-sentatives today (Wednesday) at Leinster House.

One of the founding members of the alliance, Jock McArdle, explained that the aims of the group are quite straightforward.

“As self-employed people, all we are look-ing for is equal rights with PAYE workers.

“If you are self-em-ployed, it doesn’t matter what contribution you make, you don’t get the same rights as PAYE workers if you become unemployed.

“We want a situation where we can make the same contributions and get the same benefits. At the moment if we stop working, we are not classed as unemployed but put into a different category”, explained Jock.

Those concerns will be voiced at the meeting with the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection, which is made up of 22 TDs and Senators, and joining

Jock on the delegation will be Barry Connolly, Cathal Cassidy, Denis Dolan, Derek Watters and Fred Matthews.

“We made a submis-sion to the committee and they invited us to attend a meeting, while our case has also been supported by TD ray Butler who himself was self-em-ployed”, continued Jock.

The Dundalk Self Em-ployed Alliance, meets every Tuesday in the Chestnut Café, Long Walk, and are open to new members joining them. The hope is people with similar concerns in other towns will create similar groups to create a nationwide network.

Self-Employed alliance group heading to Dail

1. NatureWhat name is given to the fruit of the oak tree?2. Cartoons & ComicsWhat is Fred Flint-stone’s home town?3. IrelandBy what name is Dublin’s Monument of Light better known?4. SoapsWhich popular movie star, then a little known actor, played the part of Randy in the original series of Dallas?5. Toys and HobbiesWhich British doll was introduced by Pedigree toys in Britain in 1963 in a bid to rival Barbie6. Rock and PopWhich rock star, popular from the 1950s onward was famous for his ‘Duck Walk’ dance?7. Irish HistoryWho in 1920 was the first Irish Republican to be executed since the leaders of the 1916 Rising?

8. BooksWhat is the name of Nick Hornby’s book, charting his days fol-lowing the fortunes of Arsenal FC?9. SportWhich three-time world champion F1 driver, later became a champion pigeon shooter?10. LocalIn what year was Rawson’s Shoe Factory destroyed by fire?StinkerAccording to the American Folk Song, who died by taking her ducks to water while wearing size nine shoes?

Pete Treanor’sWeekly Quiz

—this week’s answers—

1. Acorn 2. Bedrock 3. The Spire 4. Brad Pitt 5. Sindy 6. Chuck Berry 7. Kevin Barry 8. Fever Pitch 9. Jackie Stewart 10. 1970. Stinker : (O My) Darling Clementine.

The winners of the luxury hamper at the Irish Heart Foundation car boot sale in Lord-ship on September 23 were Denise and Alisha Ryan who received their prize from Venora O’Brien. The IHF are grateful to all who supported the event.


Separated Parents meetThe next Tuesday meetings of Parents Separated Support Group are due take place on: October 2 and November 6. Meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday of every month. Cost €5 to include refreshments on arrival. From 7.30 to 9pm at Social Services Building, 15A Clanbrassil St. Please note there is a minimum attendance policy, so those wishing on attending, need to confirm their intentions with Val on 085 7303609.

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THErE was more good news on the jobs front last week when pet products innova-tors and manufacturers, radio Systems Corpo-ration, announced they were opening their Eu-ropean Headquarters in Dundalk.

Radio Systems Pet-Safe Europe Ltd will be fully operational by Janu-ary with David Verdon as European Operations Manager at the helm. David is described as “an experienced operations professional with three previous uS multina-tional start-ups under his belt and leadership roles

at Luzern Technologies and Palm Global Opera-tions.”

The company will cre-ate 56 jobs will be created in total over the next three years but they are taking on 25 people by the end of December and there are already 20 full-time associates with the com-pany at the moment cov-ering a number of differ-ent positions.

The company will operate a multilingual customer services cen-tre, finance, order man-agement, supply chain and human resources departments from the El-gee Building in Market Square. Mr Verdon has said that overall they have

not encountered many difficulties getting peo-ple that they were look-ing for. Languages are only one element of the skill set required for the job and it has in general it has not been a problem. He added that he “is very happy with the quality of applications that they re-ceived and the calibre of people they have hired so far.”

The opening of the new office follows on from comprehensive market research and evaluation and will result in the crea-tion of 56 new jobs over the next three years. The investment is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.

Euro headquarters provides jobs boost

John Brady, from Dundalk won €22,200 on last Saturday’s National Lottery Winning Streak TV game show held in RTE. Pictured at the presentation of winning cheques were from left: John Brady, winning participant; Eddie Ban-ville Head of Marketing The National Lottery and Marty Whelan, game show host. The winning ticket was bought in Londis Castletown Road

By Niamh Kirk


Zoe sets the tone for inspiring weekendContinued from Page 1

manufacturing natural hair wigs from donated hair. And her parents delightedly agreed.

She’s not nervous about getting her hair cut but is a little about doing it in front of a big crowd, However Team Top of the Pops will be there to support her. Zoe is already

planning another big step for charity and wants to do a parachute jump.

Ever-generous Zoe, who plays Gaelic for the Ger-aldines, is going to be missing their trip to the Ladies All Ireland Final is only a little disappointed but is much more looking forward to knowing that another young

girl or boy who needs it will have a natural hair wig. This is in an extremely limited supply for those who need it most, because it must be un-dyed and untreated it is large-ly only younger people who can donate the 12” of hair.

All Zoe has to do is to make the cut , after growing her hair for more than one year it

must be specially prepared before her aunt , hairdresser Lisa Owens from Blackrock, cuts it at Rely for Life.

You can sponsor Zoe through Fusion Hair Salon in Blackrock or though the http://www.mycharity.ie/e v e n t / t o p _ o f _ t h e _pops/?ref=nf#.UGNxb0S5-Kw.facebook account.

The annual Relay for Life in aid of the Irish Cancer So-ciety are inspirational events, each year they gain momen-tum as more people are touched by the charity’s pur-suits to raise awareness and funds while celebrating those who have battled cancer and remembering those who have been lost to it.

W Polsce wrzesień to czas sezonu grzybowego. Tu w Ir-landii zbieranie grzybów nie jest zbyt popularne, choc deszczowa aura sprzyja grzybni. W okolicy nie ma też specjalnie lasów i borów, ale przecież tu wystarczy jeden dorodny swierk i w jego cieniu aż roi się od maślaków czy borowików.Oto co na temat grzbobrania znajdziemy w encyklopediI:“Grzybobranie – pozyskiwanie owocników grzybów ze stanowisk naturalnych.”W krajach północnosłowiańskich masowo zbiera się wiele gatunków dzikich grzybów do celów spożywczych. W przeszłości istniały zwyczaje związane z grupowym zbi-eraniem grzybów, których literacki obraz znajduje się w Panu Tadeuszu Adama Mickiewicza. Grzybiarstwo może być też źródłem zarobku, np. dla ludności sąsiadującej z lasami. Współcześnie w Polsce stanowi często rodzajhob-by lub zajęcia rekreacyjnego.Kosz z grzybamiZwyczaj zbierania grzybów nieodzownie wiąże się z prawem do korzystania z lasu. Zbieranie możliwe jest jeżeli: las jest własnością prywatną zbierającego, zbierającemu przysługuje taki serwitut (w przeszłości dwór udostępniał ludnościwiejskiej drewno, runo leśne, grzyby czy chrust), las należy do przestrzeni publicznej (w Polsce obecnie większość lasów stanowi własność Skarbu Państwa zarządzaną przez Lasy Państwowe i każdy może w nich zbierać grzyby).Prawo do zbierania grzybów nie obejmuje gatunków chronionych, obszarów chronionych (w tym tzw. szkółek) ani prawa do eksportu.W polskim klimacie większość gatunków grzybów jadal-nych dojrzewa w okresie od późnego lata do późnej jesieni (tj. najczęściej od sierpnia do października), w związku z czym grzybobrania odbywają się także w tym czasie. Szybki wzrost grzybów wymaga utrzymującego się przez kilka dni wilgotnego podłoża (tj. wymaga deszczu).Przed konsumpcją grzyby muszą zostać poddane suszeniu, marynowaniubądź gotowaniu (składnik zup i sosów).Pamiętajmy także o niebezpieczeństwie związanym z zatruciem się trującymi grzybami. Bądźmy ostrożni i zbier-ajmy tylko te grzyby, co do których mamy stu procentową pewność. Udanych spacerów!

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A NEW European e-learning course for Busi-ness Advisors, www.business-advisor.eu has been launched to help entrepreneurs update their skills and adapt their services to changing business needs. In today’s economy tools that can help businesses to grow and provide employment are not only welcome they are much needed.

With the inconsistency in the standard of busi-ness advice available, high quality support can help business succeed and thrive. The School of Business at DkIT is proactively linking to busi-ness and connecting academic expertise to the real world through this free online programme that is available to all. l Our picture (on left) shows: Back Row (left to right): Canice Hamill (Canice Consulting), Catia Furtado (SPI), Cathal Kearney (DKIT), Cecile Rousseau (EBN) , Fiona Oster (DKIT).Front (left to right): Monika Woytkiewicz (Szc-zecin University), Denis Cummins (President, DKIT), Michael Johnson, (DLRCEB), Mihaela Constantinescu (CCINT).

new European e-learning course at DkiT


Gold medal for Dundalk womanLinda Tierney from Coe’e Road, Dundalk, won the gold medal in the recent Irish Photographic Fed-eration ‘Best Print/Slide’ category.This competition is open to all club members in Ireland and what makes the achievement more outstanding is the fact that Linda only started her interest in photogra-phy less than five years ago.To win the event, Linda beat off competition from all the major clubs in the country and she is now regarded as one of the best in Ireland.Linda is a member of “An Tain’ photo group which begins its 2012/13 in September. It meets eve-ry Monday at 8pm in Clan na Gael clubrooms and everyone is welcome to come along and bring a camera.

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A NuMBER of long serving staff members, including teaching, ad-ministrative and care-taking staff, re-cently retired from service with Co. Louth VEC.

Teachers Ita Honan and Mary Cor-rigan retired at the end of August. Ita was employed as a teacher with the VEC since August 1991, based initially at the Ogra Dun Dealgan Centre at Chapel St. later moving to at the FAS Community Training Workshop at Mulholland Avenue in Dundalk.

Since 1999 Mary was based at the Tara Education Workshop at Chapel St. in Dundalk. Mary’s retirement co-incided with the closure of the Tara Workshop this summer. Mary was the most senior teacher at the cen-tre prior to its closure. She played a key role in many developments and initiatives at the centre over the years and had earned the respect of genera-

tions of learners that passed through the centre.

VEC administrative staff member Veronica Duffy retired at the end of August. Veronica commenced her employment with the VEC as a tem-porary clerical officer in 2002 having moved there from banking.

School caretakers Kevin Keelan and Seamus Thornton retired from service at the end of August. Kevin commenced his work with the VEC in September 2003 and was based at O’Fiaich College in Dundalk. Sea-mus started work with the VEC in November 2002 and was based at Bush Post-primary School.

The Committee and the CEO con-gratulated all of the retiring staff members for their tremendous work and outstanding achievements during their time with the VEC and wished them health and happiness in their retirement.

long serving staff at VEC retire

First prize in the Seafield Lawns Garden Competi-tion was won by John and Mary McGuone. The winners are pic-tured with Martin Bellew and Tony Hartigan

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Beekeepers’ MeetingCounty Louth Beekeep-ers Association have or-ganised a meeting in the Teagasc Centre, Dublin Road Dundalk. For Thurs-day October 4 at 8pm to 10pm.The programme for the night is as follows:1. Talk on Cut Comb and how to make beekeeping easy by Tom Shaw2. Beekeeping for begin-ners by Philip McCabe3. Presentation of Certifi-cates to the 31 new mem-bers who passed their Preliminary Beekeeping Exams. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Killanny PlaygroundKillanny Playground Com-mittee presents the offi-cial opening of the parish playground on Sunday October 7 from 2pm to 6pm. The committee will provide bouncy castles for all ages, BBQ and sweet shop on the day also, games, raffles and music. All proceeds of the day will be used to reduce the outstanding loan of €33,000. Entrance fee is €5 per adult and children are free.

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Sophie McGinnI do think people are going a bit crazy trying to get the very latest phones all the time. I have the iPhone4 and I’m pretty sure that there’s not a whole lot of difference between it and the latest one.

Paudy ByrnePersonally I think people are getting a bit carried away with smartphones. I think the hype around them is over the top. I use my phone to call people and to text and that’s more than enough for me.

Conor WintersI do think that the obses-sion with phones has gone overboard at this stage. I can’t understand people who would queue for hours to get the latest phone. It’s a bit much in fairness.

Ryan WashingtonI would be into smartphones myself. I have an iPhone and I find that they are great for getting sports news and using it for Wi-Fi. I’d tend to use the phone quite a lot actually.

Sean MacAonghusaWhile I think queuing up for the latest smartphone is a bit over the top I would be into my smartphones. I’d use them regularly to check email, get the latest news as well as weather updates and the like. I do find them very handy I have to say.

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aT Tuesday night’s meeting of Dundalk Town Council, there was unanimous cross party for a motion calling on the Finance Minister to end the price differ-ential between road diesel and marked diesel.

The motion was proposed by Green Party Councillor Mark Dearey who explained that the issue was now the business of this council, as the toxic sludge residue from the washing of marked diesel was now threat-ening water courses and public health within the town bound-ary.

“ i see it as our duty to protect our water courses and public health” said Cllr Dearey “ and

now the local authority that is most affected by the toxic im-pacts of diesel laundering is de-manding action from the Minis-

ter for Finance.“The Council speaks with au-

thority on this matter and we speak unanimously. We now ex-

pect a response”, continued Cllr Dearey.

“The price difference between marked and road diesel creates an economic incentive. remove that price difference and you destroy the incentive.

“My motion also proposes that the Minister introduces a registration and rebate scheme so that farmers and other off road users of diesel pay the same as for road diesel but claim back a rebate every three months as happens in new Zealand for off road petrol use.

“ i noted in my comments at the Council meeting, that the iFa opposed such a scheme when addressing the oireachtas

Transport Committee earlier this year. i urged them to re-consider their position given the scale of the problem we are now dealing with in louth and the loss to the exchequer at a time when every tax euro matters.

a phased rebate introduction starting in the winter months when fuel useage is lower should be possible. in time the quarterly rebate will then cover the excise incurred in the next quarter. The IFA’s support would i believe, be a necessary precondition for the Minister to acceed to what the motion proposes and i look forward to their considered response on this matter”, he added.

Council unites to end diesel price differential

Cllr Mark Dearey


it is the time of year when people are begin-ning to make plans for their office Christmas party. For many it is one of the highlights of the year, but there can be some pitfalls. Here are some do’s and don’ts of office Christ-mas party etiquette aimed to keep your job, reputation and dignity in one piece. Do attend. Your office party is not an optional event. Even if you despise the thought of spending a whole evening with the people you work with every day, it’s a good idea to make an appear-ance. It shows that you are part of the team. Don’t dress inappropriately. And do dress professionally. The venue will deter-mine the dress code so make sure you know what it is. “Women are advised to stay away from slinky dresses, low-plunging necklines,

short-short skirts or tight-fitting trousers”, according to workplace etiquette expert Pamela Holland. And, men “should refrain from unbuttoning more than two buttons on their shirts and wearing over-ly fitted shirts that show off their muscles”. Do some schmoozing. This is a good time to talk to people you wouldn’t normally come across and, of course, the boss. This could help you in the long term in terms of forging alliances, helping to get things done or just raising your profile. But...... Don’t talk shop. Do you want to be seen as the office bore? The of-fice party gives you the chance to get to know people as people not just ‘Julie from accounts’.Do drink in moderation. Excessive drinking is the number one cause of office party ‘incidents’. Remember, it is a mara-thon not a sprint and it is

likely that you will have a long evening ahead of you. But, by the time you realise this you may have already consumed enough alcohol to sink a battleship and not quite be with it. Stick to your limit, drink slowly or al-ternate between alcohol and water and, if it’s too late for that, then switch to soft drinks and mince pies. And resist the temptation to indulge in tequila shots or flaming drambuie or you may end up losing more than your inhibitions. Don’t make a move on a colleague. After a few hours and a few beers even Bar-bara from credit control can look like a goddess. But, before you make a bee-line for the person you’ve had your eye on all year, do yourself a favour, stay put and think, ‘Is this a good idea?’ ‘Probably not’, is the likely answer. Do watch your language. Remem-ber the reason why you

are at the Christmas party in the first place is because you have a job. Avoid saying things you wouldn’t say on a nor-mal office day. Don’t leave too soon. Tequila slam-mers with the girls from HR may be more ap-pealing than your de-partment’s party. But, unless you have made a holy show of yourself, stay for at least a couple of hours even if it is the most boring party ever. After all, it’s your boss that you need to impress when it comes to getting a promotion. Above all, enjoy the party. Strive to be remembered for the right reasons and not for your lustful antics or David Brent dancing. And, in the words of the great man himself from “The Office”, when asked how he would like to be remembered, he replied: “Simply, as, the man who put a smile on the face of all who he met.”


John Rankin with Michelle and Sandy Sheelan

Darren McMahon, John Morrissey and Sinead Leonard

Karen Coburn and Lorraine Sloan

James Crehan and Davina Hearty

Podracer launch new album in Castle Bar

Paddy McBuckfast and Christopher Blair Damian McGuirk and Steve Halpin Tom Hanratty and Katy Morgan

Eilish Fahy and Rachel McArdle Jean McGuinness, Eoin McDonnell and Kerry Moran


Early to bed and early to rise it’s not

worth a damm if you don’t advertise


Harvest Festival at Green ChurchSt Nicholas Parish Church, (the Green Church), Dundalk is presenting a Harvest Concert on Friday october 12 at 8pm. The Choir of St Nicholas and Friends will perform much loved pieces and have invited The Cloughmore Male Voice Choir from County Down to sing a selection from their extensive repertoire. Also taking part in the concert are the beautiful chil-dren’s voices of the St Nicholas National School choir.Heading the line up for the concert the choir is delighted to welcome back Miriam Blenner-hassett as guest Soloist. Miriam is a founder member of the highly successful group Anúna, the National Chamber Choir and The Drawing Room opera Com-pany, and she has sang for opera Ireland in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Puccini’s Madam But-terfly as well as numerous other performances, broadcasts and recordings, both at home and

Harvest Festival at Green Church

ºPost Primary Students are invited to get involved in the seventh annual Paramerica Spirit of Community Awards which acknowledges the outstanding acts of volunteering by Ireland’s Youth. Any students who give some of their time to their community either in Ireland or abroad, are encouraged to apply.

All that is needed is to apply through their principles by who will review the applications, and then nominate two students, one for

Annual youth volunteer awards


Choice set to reformLONG-time followers of Dundalk’s music scene will be happy to hear that the locality’s contribution to the post-punk move-ment Choice have re-formed. Not only that but their single ‘Always in Danger’ has been featured on the recently launched compilation album Strange Passion - Explora-tions in Irish Post Punk, DIY and Electronic Music 1980-83. Choice will be performing with Jinx Lennon at his concert in the Dundalk Gaol on October 8 . Jinx said that he is very excited to see the band perform. “they were very inspiring to local musicians like my-self who saw them on Irish tv performing their songs and playing locally”

Harvest Festival at Green ChurchSt Nicholas Parish Church, (the Green Church), Dundalk is presenting a Harvest Concert on Friday october 12 at 8pm. The Choir of St Nicholas and Friends will perform much loved pieces and have invited The Cloughmore Male Voice Choir from County Down to sing a selection from their extensive repertoire. Also taking part in the concert are the beautiful chil-dren’s voices of the St Nicholas National School choir.Heading the line up for the concert the choir is delighted to welcome back Miriam Blenner-hassett as guest Soloist. Miriam is a founder member of the highly successful group Anúna, the National Chamber Choir and The Drawing Room opera Com-pany, and she has sang for opera Ireland in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Puccini’s Madam But-terfly as well as numerous other performances, broadcasts and recordings, both at home and

aboard.“The St Nicholas Choir is fondly known throughout the local community for the annual “Carols by Candlelight” service, which at-tracts a full multi-denominational

audience of music lovers every year,” commented Sharon Eveson, Director of Music. “Following the success of last year’s Harvest concert, we are once again holding this event over the “Harvest Festival” weekend in St Nicholas’ when the Church will be decorated with flowers, fruits and vegetables to give praise to God’s Bounty.”Tickets at €15 are available from oriel office Supplies, The Ram-parts or by phoning Toymaster at Forkhill, 048 30 888 808. The ticket price includes a wine recep-tion in The Wellington Hall at 7pm prior to the concert. All proceeds from the concert will go to the Wellington Hall Restoration Fund.For anyone wishing to visit the Green Church over the Harvest weekend to see the decorations and displays, the church will also be open to the public on Saturday 13th october from 10am to 4pm. There will be live music from Zoe Conway and free guided tours of the church.

Harvest Festival at Green Church

Support act Souls rocked Corbetts at the Podracer Album Launch on Saturday night.

The ‘Green’ Church

ºPost Primary Students are invited to get involved in the seventh annual Paramerica Spirit of Community Awards which acknowledges the outstanding acts of volunteering by Ireland’s Youth. Any students who give some of their time to their community either in Ireland or abroad, are encouraged to apply.

All that is needed is to apply through their principles by who will review the applications, and then nominate two students, one for

each of the Junior and Senior categories. The junior’s are students up to 16 while the seniors are students between 17 and 19 years of age. The deadline for Applications is the 24 October and nominations are revealed on November 9th.

Judges will select 20 finalists who will each receive a certificate of merit, €500, an engraved silver medallion and an invitation to the Gala Awards dinner to be

held in March. Two All-Ireland

Youth Volunteers of the Year will be selected at the awards dinner. Each will receive €1,000 for a charity of their choice, a gold medallion and an all-expenses paid trip to the united States to attend the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards ceremony.

The application form and further information about Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards can be downloaded from www.pramerica.ie/spirit.

Annual youth volunteer awards


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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

In loving memory of Seamus Reilly,

late of Roskeagh, Kilcurry, Dundalk who’s40th birthday occurs on 1st October.

Some friends are FOREVER

Sometimes in life, you find a special friend.Someone who changes your life by being a part of it.Someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop;

someone who makes youbelieve that there really is good in the world.

Someone who convinces you that there is an un-locked door just waiting for

you to open it.This is forever friendship.

Thinking of you every day. Aidan, Bronagh, Ciara, Shauna & Laura

Birthday Remembrance

Garden competition in Seafield LawnsSecond prize in the Seafield Lawns Garden Competition was won by Sean and Sheila Gordon. The photo shows Martin Bellew and Tony Hartigan presenting the prize


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Builder

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Early to bed and early to rise

it’s not worth a damm

if you don’t advertise

Bathrooms

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Skips

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CHEVRoLET TRAXDetails filtering through of the new Chevrolet Trax which should be due here early 2013. The com-pact SUV has a foot print of 4,248 mm in long by 1,776 mm wide with a wheel-base of 2,555 mm, which is slightly lon-

ger than a Nissan Juke. With the seats up, the boot can car-ry 358 litres of cargo. There are total of eight seating combi-nations available, in-cluding a 60/40 split rear seat and a front passenger seat which can be folded flat which increases the

maximum load space to 1,370 litres. The Trax en-gine comprises three engines – a 1.4 litre turbocharged petrol unit, a 1.6 litre petrol engine and a 1.7 litre turbo-diesel engine. The 1.4L turbo petrol engine is only avail-able as an AWD (4x4)

system and outputs 140 hp, producing a maximum torque of 200 Nm. The AWD system is also avail-able on the 1.7 litre diesel unit. The 1.7 diesel engine (avail-able in manual with either 2WD or AWD all-wheel-drive) will output 130 hp and produce a maxi-mum torque of 300 Nm. Available with a six-speed manual or automatic trans-mission (not avail-able with AWD). CO2 emissions for the 1.7L diesel en-gine are 120g/km. All powertrains with manual trans-mission come with Start/Stop function-ality. There may be a choice of two trim levels for the Trax, similar to the UK trim levels. The

LS trim level features 16-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning, re-mote central locking, rear parking sen-sors, front fog lights and auto headlights together with Blu-etooth compatibility. The LT trim level adds 18-inch alloy wheels, a rear parking camera, light-sensitive rear view mirror and leather steering wheel and gear knob, as well as the Chevrolet Mylink infotainment system as standard. Mylink allows content from smartphones to be viewed on seven-inch colour TFT screen. A dedicated navigation app is available to download onto com-patible smartphones displaying the route from the smartphone onto the system’s touch-screen.

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