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Wednesday, 22nd August, 2012. Vol. 5, Issue 34 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Tel: 042 9320888. Fax: 042 9329676. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Dundalk move closer to stability

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Bieber fans queue in comfort

Sun shines on Blackrock festival

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Facebook friends walk down the aisleIt was a wedding with a difference for Dundalk cou-ple Elizabeth and David McCabe which may never have happened without so-cial network Facebook.

Elizabeth lived in Cedar-wood Park, and David lived just one door up, but like many these days they didn’t really know each other well despite living in the same neighbourhood. “I’d know him to say ‘hello’ when pass-ing but not much more than that” said Elizabeth.

He sent Elizabeth a friend request on Facebook and she accepted and so the first con-nection beyond neighbourly friendliness was established. But one night four years ago Elizabeth found that her printer was broken and it was the night before an essay

for college was due in at 9am. Saviour was needed and David came to the rescue af-ter Elizabeth sought help from her Facebook friends.

They continued to ‘chat’ on facebook and soon after, he sent Elizabeth a chat mes-sage asking her out and the rest, as they say, is history. They got married in the Re-deemer Church on August 18 when the benefits of life online were called upon once again during the ceremony.

Elizabeth’s brother and niece were unable to attend the wedding, but that didn’t stop them from being there, as in the second row of the church sat a laptop with a Skype feed ensuring family who could be there in person didn’t miss her big day.

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Met on Facebook, now they are married Photo by Gerry Duffy at www.gerryduffy.ie

The pressure on those who haven’t paid the household Charge is on the increase as Louth County Council stressed that there would be a threat to vital services if the funds are not raised.As the second round of letters to those who have not paid are due out in September, Louth County Manager, Joan Martin, pointed out just how important the money is for the local authority.“This money is critical to fund essential local services like public parks; libraries; open spaces and leisure amenities; planning and development; fire and emergency services;

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Pay up or see services cut

By Niamh Kirk

By Niamh Kirk

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Dundalk Community Supporters Trust chairman, Simon Blackmore

Months of waiting finally came to an end last Wednesday morn-ing with students from all over the county re-ceiving their Leaving Certificate results.

Despite the results being available on-line the majority of students preferred to brave the wind and rain and collect their results in person.

Principal of st Vin-cent’s school Deirdre Matthews, said that the majority of stu-dents in the school seemed very happy with their Leaving Certificate results.

“We were very pleased with their re-sults,” she said. “We had three students with over 600 points in the school and two of those achieved 600 points without the bo-nus which is available for maths this year.

“147 students sat their leaving cert in the school this year and 26 of those got over 500 points so it really was a remarkable set of results for this year’s group” added Princi-

pal Matthews.Doireann Roche

from Blackrock was one of the st Vincent’s girls who achieved top marks and she spoke of her delight upon opening her brown en-velope.

“I was nervous opening the envelope and couldn’t believe it when I found out that I got 600 points. Ob-viously I’m delighted with that as it means I can go for my first choice which is medi-cine” explained the delighted 18 year old.

Meanwhile, over at the De La salle Col-lege, Principal Patricia O’Leary said that the majority of students in the school were also happy with their re-sults.

“Most of the stu-dents I spoke to last Wednesday were hap-py with their results and overall the results are up on last year. this was the result of a lot of hard work from the students and I wish them all very well as they head off to third level in September.

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Wait for Leaving results comes to an end

GeRRy Matthews’ dif-ficult reign at Dundalk FC looks to be nearing an end after a deal in principle was reached between the Dundalk Community Support-ers Trust and Fastfix last Friday.

A statement released by the club last weekend confirmed that a deal had been reached between the two parties which they hoped would bring some much needed sta-bility to the club.

“While there are a number of legal issues that need to be finalised, all parties are now con-fident that all the major obstacles have been suc-cessfully negotiated.”

Consortium repre-sentative Ciaran Bond stated: “Our immediate plan is to stabilise the club’s finances. This will be achieved through a three-year sponsorship package that will be factored around current sponsorship frameworks. The due-diligence proc-ess has revealed that the

Dundalk FC step towards stability

financial situation at the club is much more seri-ous than anticipated.”

“The successful con-clusion to these nego-tiations, while bringing stability to the club, does not solve all the club’s problems. We have al-ready this morning ad-dressed a very serious creditor that demanded immediate attention. A major concerted effort will be required between now and the end of the season”

Speaking on Tuesday morning, Trust chairman Simon Blackmore said he hoped the deal could

be finalised in the next week or so but insisted that the club still needs help from its fans if it’s to survive.

“Obviously this deal is good news for the club and we will be doing our utmost to make sure we bring back stability in Oriel Park. At the mo-ment we are waiting on a Fastfix representative to come back from his holi-days and when that hap-pens we are confident we can tie up the loose ends and officially take over the club.

“But I have to empha-sise that we still need

people to come out and support our various fun-draisers and to join the trust.

“We have our com-edy night with Ardal O’Hanlon next Thursday August 30 in the Crowne Plaza and we’re hoping to have an evening with Giovanni Trapattoni in the YDC in September so we’d asked people to support both these eve-nings.

“We need to clear all the debts before we can move the club forward and hopefully bring the good times back to Oriel Park”, concluded Simon.

By Paul Byrne

By Paul Byrne

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LoCaL peopLe ShowgenerouS SpiriTDown Syndrome ireland, as they recieved a cheque of €2500 euro last week with the much needed funds the result of a music fundraiser night. The Stephen Lynch Memorial night, which took place in the Lisdoo arms highlighted the truely gen-erous spirit of local people.Locals, took to the floor and left their worries behind them as they were entertained by the many musicians performing. The funds rasied go straight to the Louth/Meath branch of Down Syndrome ireland, helping them continue the invaluable support and resources they provide for people with Down Syndrome

Jenny-Lee Fleming, roisin Butterly and andrew Kelly celebrating the Leaving Cer-tificate results

TwO young students from Jocelyn Street’s Martial Arts School of Fitness, journeyed re-cently to Castlebar to compete in the White Tiger Challenge.

As part of the week-end there was a National Training Camp for those juniors heading off to Slovakia to represent Ireland in the upcoming

wAKO world Kickbox-ing Championships.

Monique Martin, who is part of the Irish Na-tional team and is rep-resenting Ireland in the worlds, had a rigorous weekend of training and practice before she took to the competitive arena against clubmate Enda in the -17yrs advanced weapons division. Deb-

uting her double sword form Monique suc-cessfully demonstrated her skills and achieved Gold, with Enda secur-ing the Silver medal.

The +17yrs divi-sion was next up for the MAS-F pair. Enda performed his Bo Staff form with speed and manipulation. Enda im-pressed the judges and

secured the Gold medal in this section.

In a reversal of posi-tions, Monique took the silver medal.

The two students brought home two golds and two silvers and once again showed that MAS-F produce not only fantastic competitive students but, supportive team-mates.

A 36-YEAr-OLD man who was offered the chance to do commu-nity service in lieu of jail walked out of court before he was free to go.

Judge William Hamill gave David Kirk the option of avoiding jail when he admitted breaches of public order on two dates, and a charge of stealing two bottles of whiskey on one of the dates. The judge agreed to give him bail in a personal sum of €500.

However, the judge after pass-ing on to other cases noticed that the defendant “wandered off into the sunset” and was “unlawfully at large” not having signed his bail form. He said he presumed the Gardai would “perform their functions”.

The defendant of no fixed abode and stated to be residing at the town’s Simon Community, appeared in custody at the holi-day sitting of Dundalk Court on Thursday last after being remand-

ed from the previous week.Kirk who was stated to have 19

previous convictions and served jail sentences was before the court following separate incidents in town in April and earlier this month.

Garda Inspector Martin Beggy said on April 29 last the defend-ant was observed striking a man at Dublin Street. The other man didn’t make an issue of the inci-dent, but the defendant was found with a half bottle and a full bot-tle of whiskey. CCTV showed the defendant taking the two bottles from Tesco.

He was also charged again with threatening abusive and insult-ing behaviour and with failing to comply with a Garda at Point road on August 8.

Sean T O’Reilly solicitor said that the defendant came from an exceptionally hard working and decent family. He was a chronic alcoholic with drug addiction

problems. Since he began repre-senting him all of his offending was as a result of these problems. The public order offences tended to be “attention seeking exercises. He asked the Judge to take into consideration that the defendant spent a week in custody on the present matters before the court.

Judge Hamill said he would give the defendant the chance to address his addiction problems. Kirk said he wished to do com-munity service and was remanded to October 17th to be assessed and a report to be prepared on his suitability to do 100 hours instead of three months in jail.

Judge Hamill remarked the defendant had a real choice to make. He wouldn’t be accepted if he turned up for his appointments with drink. He also wouldn’t deem him suitable unless he paid the €28.89, the value of whiskey that the store was at a loss, by the adjourned date.

Karate students impress in Mayo

Man walked out of court

Separated ParentsThe next Tuesday meet-ing of Parents Separated Support Group will take place on August 21. Those wishing on attend-ing the meetings should confirm their intentions with Val on 085 7303609. Meetings are every sec-ond Tuesday, Cost €5 to include refreshments on arrival from 7:30pm until 9pm at Social Services Building, 15a Clanbrassil Street. Visit our website at :www.parentsseparat-ed.org for details.

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living in the community. The night was organised by anne reilly, Daren Lynch, Mary Callan, Kathleen Duffy and Michael Kelly. Many thanks to the organisers and everybody

who gave their support.The cheque was presented to peadar Keenan from Down Syn-drome ireland L/M Branch (far right) by Daren, honnor and wesley Lynch (left to right).


enjoying Blackrock FestivalSheila and Linda Bell in Blackrock on Sunday after-noon

ON Sunday August 12 the Festival of Lugh-nasadh was celebrated for the third year, in An Cuige, Ravensdale, Dundalk.

The festival included events for all ages, with the children enjoy-ing creating beautiful wreaths and clay figures, using flowers and herbs from the gardens.

The young people were also enthralled with magical tales of how

the god Lugh arrived in Ireland and became the master craftsman, lord of the harvest, who en-sured the full harvest of the gifts from the earth.

The Circle Dancing, which began in the driz-zling rain, appeared to entice the sunshine from behind the clouds, while there was also a space in which people shared the dreams that they held for themselves and for their community. One of

the organisers, Dolores whelan, was delighted with the success of the event.

“A total of 44 adults and children gathered in a circle for the Lughna-sadh ritual.

“We honoured the earth, gave thanks for the gift of life, for the abundance of the earth and to all those involved in producing food and getting it to our tables.

“We gave thanks for

and celebrated the gifts and talents of each per-son in the circle. We danced and sang in true Lughnasadh style.

“We said goodbye to summer and made our commitments for the year ahead. Later we gathered for a truly wonderful shared meal. People brought their favourite food to share and we enjoyed music around the fire”, added Dolores.

Great community spirit at Lughnasadh festival

Louth MS SocietyLouth Branch of MS So-ciety are having a flag day in Dundalk on Satur-day August 25 and they would appreciate your support.

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noel roddy in action

DuNDALK racing driver Noel roddy made a return to racing after a five year lay-off at last weekend’s Phoe-nix Park Motor Races in Dublin mixed fortunes.

Noel started Satur-day’s race from eighth on the grid. He made a great start and was lead-ing the race by lap two, and started to pull out a gap until the safety car came out because of an accident.

After the safety car went back in, and late in the race his brakes were giving him serious prob-lems, however Noel was able to hold on to win the race, with the fast-est lap.

noel back in the fast lane

Sunday’s race “The Dublin Grand Prix” Noel started in seventh position but he soon found out that he had a

clutch problem, despite this he worked his way into second place.

However, on the pe-nultimate lap he was

forced to retire after a gear problem but over-all can be pleased with his comeback perform-ances.


BMX enthusiasts show their skills

The BMX track at ratoath

A suRVey by the National Edu-cation Welfare Board (NEW-B), which recently moved to new of-fices alongside the VEC in Chapel st, illustrates the level of absen-teeism in Louth schools.

The board use a wide variety of measures that operate by collabo-rating to secure better education for children and younger people and in June attendance figures were re-leased for both primary and second level for the 2009/2010 academic year.

The survey showed that the av-erage primary school in the county had an average of six students miss-ing from the ranks per day. Louth also had the fourth highest rate of absenteeism for more than 20 days at primary level average of 12.3 students missing from a Co Louth

school on any given weekday. While many schools in the prov-

ince had at least one student sus-pended during the academic year, Louth was one of four counties in Leinster who had a student ex-pelled at primary level. No details are available on specific cases but a student could be suspended or ex-pelled from a primary school as a result of continuing extremely dif-ficult behaviour or not in keeping with the code of behaviour for that school.

All forms of non-attendance were generally lowest in secondary schools and higher in community/comprehensive schools and voca-tional schools. On an average day in the Co Louth Secondary level school there were seven students absent and around four suspended. Absenteeism for more than 20 days increased at second level with about

16 children out of school for more than 20 days.

Expulsions are also higher at second level, the .016 figure for Co Louth shows the area to be the third best in Leinster for keeping unruly students in school. In general the results show that non attendance is higher in urban schools and al-though suspension are rare in any school they are more common in urban schools.

The average for Co Louth was calculated at the school level and then the average non-attendance is reported for all schools in a par-ticular province. Dr Kirk CEO of Louth VEC said that the attendance could be improved and the county’s ranking could increase if parents and schools addressed the increase in time being taken off in the lead up to breaks like Christmas, Easter and Summer.

School absenteeism ratesrevealed in new study

on Saturday last the young Cuchulainn cyclists headed to the Co Meath town of ratoath to gain experience on an inter-national standard BMX track. The sport, which has featured in the last two olympics, is the fastest growing section within cycling. The club’s BMX section headed up by peter Collins trains at St Mary’s College every Monday. The large group of under-age cyclists got to grips with the tight bends on the track and the fast jumps. The course starts at a high point and sees the riders shoot out of the starting gates to tackle ramps, jumps, bends and generally undulating surfaces. all involved found the track really exciting and are hungry for more action.

By Niamh Kirk


JuDGe William Hamill agreed to vary the bail conditions of a 34 year-old man accused of bur-glary offences at a local shopping centre to allow him attend a drug rehabilitation course lasting 20 weeks.

Kevin McKenna is alleged to have committed the offences in June last at Carroll Village where

he had an address. The charges are adjourned to November 28.

As part of the changed bail terms, he was ordered to stay at a named address until Monday when he was due to enter the re-habilitation course.

Judge William Hamill at the holiday sitting of Dundalk Court on Thursday also imposed fur-

ther conditions on the defendant that include he stay out of Car-roll Village, and not leave the rehabilitation centre except for medical appointments and court appearances.

he also required the defendant to sign on three times a week at Dundalk Garda station when not at the Rehabilitation Centre.

THE weather stayed sunny for another suc-cessful annual rAPID Summer camp which took place in Noel Gor-man Park, Cox’s De-mesne one of the rAP-ID areas in Dundalk.

There were 60 chil-dren aged 6 to 14years in attendance each day at the fun filled FAI Soc-cer Camp.

The camp itself was

organised through the collaborative efforts of the Dundalk rAPID Programme, the Foot-ball Association of Ire-land, with assistance from Co. Louth VEC, Dundalk Community Policing Unit, Dundalk Town Council, North East regional Drugs Task Force and Dundalk FC, who successfully rolled out the Futsal

tournament earlier this year where upwards on 250 children and teen-agers attended from all around the town.

The next RAPID event will be an all girls Intercultural Camp which is to be held in Oriel Park, until August 24 this is aimed at girls between the ages of seven up to 14 years and will run from 10 to 3pm.

This will be followed by a September “drop in” league targeting the 16 to 21 years age group.

For further informa-tion on the Drop in League, please contact Paula Gribben Louth County Council on 042 9392990, Ian walker Co Louth VEC on 042 93968160, or Mick Nev-ille FAI 086 6095463.

Man allowed to attend rehab course

Great skills at rAPID summer camp

participants in the rapid summer camp


Maeve shows off her true coloursDundalk’s Maeve Byrne made it a worthwhile trip to the Dublin horse Show when she scooped one of the event’s top fashion prizes.Maeve was selected as the winner of the ‘Most Colourful Outfit’ on Thursday August 16, after being selected by judges that included rTe’s Brendan Courtney and Lucy Kennedy.The prize for the overall ‘Best Dressed Lady’ winner carried a prize of an €8,000 shopping trip to new York.

Charged withoffences on three daysin a row

A 19-yeAR-oLD youth is charged on three successive days at the end of July last year carrying out two thefts, handling stolen property, making off without paying and drunken driving in the Dundalk area. These are part of upwards of 20 counts faced by Barney McGinley with an address at The View, Five Oaks Village Drogheda.

They also include criminal damage and motoring offences which he allegedly com-mitted in Dundalk, Drogheda and Newbridge between May and October last year.

He appeared in custody at Dundalk Court on Thursday which heard that he handed himself in to Gardai after failing to appear in court, and was prepared to plead guilty.

Judge William Hamill said he couldn’t deal with the charges and put them back to Drogheda Court on September 14th. He fixed bail of self €200 and independent sure-ty of €200 or cash of €200.

he attached conditions that he reside at Kilcronin Close, Clondalkin, abide by a cur-few to be in between 11pm and 7am and sign on at Clondalkin Garda Station three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and also not drive.

Louth County Councillor Tomás Sharkey has described an article in the Evening Herald as “deeply insulting to the people of Louth and the wider electorate.”

The opinion article by Geroge Byrne which appeared in the Saturday edition of the paper describes the people who voted for Gerry Adams as ‘fools’ who ‘deserve everything they get’ and later goes on to describe those who voted for Sinn Fein in Louth as ‘morons’.

The article also had a dig at Dundalk in general commenting that ‘things are bad enough’.

The local Sinn Fein councillor said “The Evening Herald really has hit a

new low with this disgraceful rant.“It is deeply insulting to the people

of Louth and the thousands of people there who voted for Gerry Adams. It is also insulting to the thousands of people across the state who voted for Sinn Féin in the last election.

“This is gutter journalism at its worst and shows up just how biased the Evening Herald is.

“Sinn Féin has gone from strength to strength since the General Election with more and more people agreeing with our alternative policies and proposals. Clearly this makes some people in the establishment media uncomfortable. This does not however give them the right to insult and undermine the democratic process”, he added.

Article insulted Louth people says Sharkey

By Niamh Kirk


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maintenance and cleaning of streets and street lighting – all facilities that benefit everyone in the community.” She went on to indicate that these services would not be able to be maintained if payments were not forthcoming. however no details on the extent or nature of the cuts is yet avail-able and will not be known until September when the council are presented with the revised budget which will be minus €1.3 million which the Government cut from Louth’s funding.

A statement from the local authori-ties also reminded that legal action may soon be on the horizon how-ever they did say that before any proceedings are commenced those who haven’t paid will be written to and given the opportunity to pay. Figures released by the CSO show a compliance rate of 53.3% with 22,131 of the county’s 41,176 homes that are liable having paid the household charge. Separate figures released by the Department of the environment on August 17 show a lower rate of compliance. The league table shows that Louth County Council has had 21,961 payments

generating €2,215,577 million euro for the Government. “I would like to thank people in County Louth today who have paid the household Charge and I am en-couraged by the number of citizens who continue to pay the charge”, said Ms Martin.however not paying the charge is still considered by many to be an act of protest and opponents of the levy are still encouraging people not to pay. As yet it is unclear how the Louth local authorities will manage the potential 10,000 proceedings and how it will affect the administra-tion of justice within the county.

Pay up or see services cut


Sally Turnbo with pretty puppy, Clare Cooney with honey, Donna Mc evoy with Thai, and Fiona Squibb

Witam Was serdecznie. Poniżej druga częśc lekcji języka polskiego sprzed tygodnia. Odmiana nazw własnych:2. Wyraz zakończony jest na -y wymawiane jako [y] lub [i]. Stosujemy wówc-zas odmianę przymiotnikową, pozostawiając w przypadkach zależnych końcowe -y dla odróżnienia od ewentualnych analogicznie odmienian-ych nazw zakończonych na (wymawiane) -e. Przykładowo: Kennedy, Kennedy’ego, Kennedy’emu, z Kennedym, o Kennedym; Valéry, Valéry’ego, Valéry’emu, z Valérym, o Valérym. Wyjątek stanowią nazwiska węgierskie, w których nie należy stosować apostrofu mimo nieopuszczania końcowego -y w odmianie: Ormandy, Ormandyego, Ormandyemu, z Ormandym, o Or-mandym. Nazwiska pochodzenia słowiańskiego zakończone na -sky, -cky itp. odmieniają się tak jak polskie nazwiska zakończone na -ski, -cki, ze zmiękczeniem, a zatem w odmianie nie występuje końcówka mianownika ani apostrof: Kowalsky, Kowalskiego, Kowalskiemu, z Kowalskim, o Kowalskim; Radetzky, Radetzkiego, Radetzkiemu, z Radetzkim, o Radetzkim. UWAGA. W języku węgierskim występują dwuznaki gy, ly, ny o wartości fonetycznej odpowiednio [d’], [j], [ń]. Nazwiska zakończone na te dwuznaki odmieniają się rzeczownikowo, zgodnie z wymową: Nagy [wym.: nod’], Nagya, Nagyowi, z Nagyem, o Nagyu; Kodaly [wym.: kodaj], Kodalya, Kodalyowi, z Kodalyem, o Kodalyu; Arany [wym.: arań], Aranya, Aranyowi, z Aranyem, o Aranyu. Nie należy stosować apostrofu: 1. W odmianie nazw, których temat fleksyjny stanowi całą formę mianownikową: Bush, Busha, Bushowi, z Bushem, o Bushu; Blériot, Blériota, Blériotowi, z Blériotem, o Blériocie; Nicolas, Nicolasa, Nicolasowi, z Nicolasem, o Nicolasie. Choć w ostatnich dwóch przykładach końcowa spółgłoska mianownika nie jest wymawiana, wchodzi ona w skład tematu, o czym świadczy wzór odmiany (jak rzeczowników zakończonych na spółgłoskę). W przypadkach zależnych zwykle wymawia się tę spółgłoskę. Szczególny nacisk należy tu położyć na nazwy zakończone na -y wymawiane jako [j] lub jako dyftong, którego drugim (niezgłoskotwórczym) składnikiem jest [j], albo będące składnikiem dwuznaku wymawianego jako [i] (typowym przykładem będzie angielskie -ey w niektórych wyrazach). Odmieniają się one jak polskie rzeczowniki zakończone na -j, a więc zakończenie wchodzi w skład tematu i apostrofu nie stosujemy: McCartney, McCartneya, McCartney-owi, z McCartneyem, o McCartneyu; (Karol) May, Maya, Mayowi, z Mayem, o Mayu; Dewey, Deweya, Deweyowi, z Deweyem, o Deweyu. 2. W odmianie nazw zakończonych na -a, -o i wymawiane -e: Derrida, Derridy, Derridzie, z Derridą, o Derridzie; Picasso, Picassa, Picassowi, z Picassem, o Picas-sie; Dante, Dantego, Dantemu, z Dantem, o Dantem; Poincaré, Poincarégo, Poincarému, z Poincarém, o Poincarém.Przypominamy również, że:- wciąż poszukujemy chętnych do rozegrania meczu bokserskiego i reprezen-towania w nim Polski.Więcej szczegółów na www.dundalk.pl- Shamrockowy Polski Wieczór Klubowy tym razem zamiast w ostatni piątek miesiąca będzie 7 września, temat przewodni: Festiwal Piosenki Żołnierskiej Kołobrzeg w Dundalku. Zapraszamy!

Agnieszka Boniewicz.

LSPCA look forward to kennel openingThe Louth Society for

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LSPCA) is well on the way to fin-ishing their new ken-nels for our unfortunate four legged friends. For the past six months a team of volunteers has worked tirelessly to ren-ovate an old farm yard on the outskirts of Dun-dalk so that the animals they rescue in the area have a top class facility to stay in before they are re-homed.

Fiona Squibb has been the LSPCA of-ficer for more than 11 years and she is hoping that they will have the new kennels complete soon but when it comes to caring for the aban-doned animals in the county there is no rest. The current residents are fed and walked twice a day and the volunteers dedicate as much time as they have to keeping the dogs happy.

“The more volunteers we have the better, not just because they help get the things done that

need to be done but be-cause playing with the dogs keeps then stimu-lated and happy”, ex-plained Fiona.

Once complete the facility will have dog and pup facilities and a ‘cattery’ where the cats will have plenty of both indoor and outdoor space. There will also be a mock-up living room to help simulate life in a family home and get the dogs some basic training.

The biggest problem facing the LSPCA and

their volunteers is the sheer volume of wild and discarded cats in the area. They estimate they have had to put down more than 30 cats since the beginning of the summer because they are sick, have been poisoned or there is sim-ply nowhere for them to go. The solution to the problem is neutering ac-cording to Fiona.

“What we need is a crowd to go out and trap, neuter and return these cats. If we did that for a few months it

Most Valuable player Ciaran Monaghan with his cup

the local group opposed to the household charge and water tax have called on home owners to continue their protest.

With local authorities plan-ning to send out letters, the Dundalk Campaign against

household and Water tax, point out that these are remind-ers rather than summonses.

the group states that 740,000 people have yet to pay the charge.

The are also calling on mem-

bers of the public to support their campaign. Meetings take place every Wednesday night at 7pm in the Redeemer Resource Centre and all are welcome. Contact 087 7050903 for fur-ther details.

Protest group call for support

Car Boot Sale For HospiceA car boot sale and used furniture sale will take place on Sunday 26th August, in the Read-ypenny Inn Car Park. All proceeds will go to the Ardee Hospice. The cost will be €10.00 per car boot. If you are interested please contact Margaret 086 2381030.

New Members welcomeCastletown ICA welcome new members. Castle-town ICA meet in the O’Hanlon Park Communi-ty Hall every Wednesday evening at 8pm. If you are interested in joining Castletown ICA please contact 087 1303355 to find out how you can join the Castletown branch.

NewSin BriefBasketball trials

AFTER a very success-ful three day Basketball Camp, Kilsaran Dyna-mites prepare for the coming season with free basketball trials being held in Dundalk Sports Complex on Sunday August 26 from 1pm to 3pm.

Dynamites having played over 100 games last season from under 10s to senior ladies are preparing in advance of pre-season tournaments and with a very success-ful Barcelona Cup Tour-nament behind them are looking forward to the start of the 2013 season.

Last week’s camp saw Natasha Kearney pick up the Best Shoot award with Ciaran Monahan winning the most valu-able player of the camp award at junior level.

The senior award most valuable player MVP was won by Na-dine Weldon with Lynn Gregg from Longford winning the best shot award.

Dynamites begin

training for the new season with the senior ladies on Tuesday night August 21 from 8pm new players welcome or contact, Orla on 0872770121

would curb the problem in the long-run and it has worked in other areas. But I can’t do it myself, I’m just one person.”

The LSPCA is hop-ing that with the school year starting more peo-ple will volunteer at the new kennels. The current volunteers love spending time with the animals and though they admit they are frequent-ly sad to see the animals they have bonded with leave the kennels they are always happy to see them go to a loving home.

The LSPCA Kennels will have an official opening soon and in the meantime would like to hear from anyone inter-ested in volunteering or donating to the new shelter.

They are seeking an-ything from cupboards, to blankets, an old pad-dling pool or sand pit, pots and pans and much more. They are also hop-ing to hear from some new volunteers and also to get some fundraising ideas for the coming months.

By Niamh Kirk


Karl Dolan from Cuchulainn Crystal presents to peadar woods trainer of Maytown impact at the hugely successful dual race day at Dundalk Stadium

the Post Polio support Group in Dundalk have launched their ‘Any old coins’ appeal which they hope will raise some much needed funds for the organisation.

Brendan Moore from Post Polio support has urged people to look in old drawers and presses to see if they can find old punts, sterling, dollars etc.

“I’m hoping the public will help us in our ‘Any old coins’ appeal and dig out any old cons they may have lying

around the house. No matter how small the amount we will accept it. It doesn’t matter if you have old 1p, 2p, 5p or 10p. Anything at all will be gratefully accepted” explained Brendan.

All monies raised from this appeal will directly help members of the group pay for services and support.

According to Brendan any large amounts of old coins donated to the Post Polio Support Group can be claimed against your end of year tax returns.

“There’s over €2 million worth of old coins lying in people’s houses in

the North East. Whether it be leftover coins from holidays abroad or simply old punt lying around the bedroom we would urge people to help us out.

“We can also help people claim this money back against their tax and we’d be only too happy to explain to people how this is done if they wish to do so”, explained Brendan.

Anybody wishing to help out the Post Polio Support Group’s ‘Any Old Coins’ appeal should contact Brendan on 083 4036434.

Post Polio Support’s ‘Any Old Coins’ appeal

By Paul Byrne

THE action in the 8 Ball Pool League at the Sportsmans Bar continued on Friday night.

Patrick McArdle reigning Friday Night Champion was back to defend his title along with well known, Aidan ‘Mouse’ Kinsella, the four time win-ner.

The action saw tour regular Patrice rice narrowly missing out on a quar-ter final spot and Niall Donohoe on his tournament debut, beaten by 9-Ball All Ireland Champion, Mark McDonald.

JP Tonar was unlucky to be paired with current champion, Patrick McAr-dle, however he said that its better to lose to the best then to lose in the fi-nal.

The tournament starts every Friday at 8pm with the draw. registration can be made at the bar or on the night.

This week’s tournament draw was made in front of the players on the main stage.

Both Aidan and Patrick McArdle required one match to reach the semi finals. Aidan knocked out Barry Keane in the quarters and was up against Aar-on Callan.

Aidan looked solid against Keane not missing a single shot in the final two racks, but the semi was different.

Things just didn’t work for the Mouse. Aaron swept the table twice and found himself two nil up after 14 minutes. And it looked like this would be Aid-an’s exit.

But in the third rack a loud grunt from the Mouse seemed to clear is frustration and showed come great quality pool to advance to yet another final.

recently crowned 9-Ball All Ireland Champion, Mark McDonald, made it through his first two matches to reach the semi against holding champion McArdle and seemed determined to make an impression.

Mark had the tournament experi-ence, winning an 8-Ball Challenge Tour Stage in Tyrone a few months back, but Ted had the Friday Night ex-perience and knew how much a final place was worth to him. The 3-2 victo-ry was deserved by McArdle but Mark didn’t do much wrong on the night.

Both players had more reasons then ever to capture another Champions Title. Last week Patrick McArdle beat the Mouse 4-1 to claim his first tourna-ment victory, but now he had to defend it. Aidan was playing a lot better this week and showed his determination by winning on a 4-1 scoreline.

The curtain came down on Dundalk Tidy Towns “Beyond the Hall Door” programme for 2012. The weather relented long enough on Saturday August 18 with our visit to the secret gardens of the redemptorist Order. Hosted by Fr Michael

Cusack, the tour includ-ed a wonderful ramble through the grounds where you could actu-ally feel the peace and tranquillity.

There is an open air but covered walk which includes the Stations of the Cross and the group

was treated to a brief his-tory of the redemptorist order in Ireland and spe-cifically their Dundalk history. The visit to the crypt, which is directly under the Sanctuary of the church, was well worth the time we spent there.

Aidan regains his pool league crown

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Katie garland and Melissa Farrell

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they came armed with just blankets and sleeping bags and their mission was simple. to secure tickets for teenage heart-throb Justin Bieber’s O2 concert next February.

Thirteen Dundalk girls had planned to camp on Park St on Wednesday night to wait for the tickets which went on sale at 9am the following morning.

unfortunately for the girls it seemed the weather gods were not Justin Bieber fans as it proceeded to pour down all Wednesday af-ternoon leaving the girls high and not so dry as it looked as though they would have to abandon their plans and return home.

However there was to be a happy ending to this story with news of the girl’s plight reaching Frankie McGrory from Sevens cabs in Dundalk. A Sevens bus was immediately dispatched to the Park St shop and the relieved girls had a roof over their heads for the evening.

Shannon Van Kalkeren and Katie Garland were among the group of girls who camped out for the night and both explained how much Justin Bieber meant to them.

“He is just brilliant and we both love him” they gushed. His

Louth County TD Gerry Adams has re-futed claims by the Irish Independent that he only attended one out of four Dail ses-sions.

A spokesperson for the party said that the report by the Irish In-dependent failed to take into account all his at-tendances to date and the report “ignores July when the Dáil sat 11 days and the Sinn Féin leader was present for each day.”

Sinn Fein asserted that Adams has a 78.5% attendance rate for sit-ting days so far.

An Irish Independent review of TD attend-ances claimed that Mr Adams had one of the worst attendance records in the country. It also claimed that most of the days Deputy Adams missed were Thursdays prompting them to state that this was “effectively giving the Louth TD a two-day Dail week on a regular basis.”

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MS Societyflag dayThe County Branch of Louth Branch of the MS Society are having a flag day in Dundalk on Saturday, 25th August and are calling on all Co Louth people’s support which would be greatly appreciated.

Cursillo MassDundalk Cursillo Mass will be held on Friday August 31 at 8pm in the Marist Oratory, St Mary’s Road. Celebrant is Fr Mark O’Hagan. Refreshments after Mass and all are welcome.

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The Irish Independ-ent say that the figures are taken from the of-ficial Dail register but a spokesman for Deputy Adams said that on at least one of the days Gerry Adams was in at-tendance but did not sign in.

The daily national said that they had cho-sen to look at the first six months of the year as it was a natural break but the Sinn Fein party hit back stating that the July figures should have been taken into account. The article claimed that Adams’ ‘current total is 66 days’ however by the date of publication Sinn

Fein say the total was in fact 78.

Deputy Adams spokesperson detailed his attendances and whereabouts on the days he was not present in the Dail on sitting days which included meet-ings in constituency, at-tending a family funeral and personal injury.

The Sinn-Fein spokes-person also said Adams had attended 16 non-sit-ting days, spoken at 249 debates and received 852 answers to written questions all of which they say is well above average.

“Gerry Adams is an effective Dáil and con-stituency representative for the people of Louth and East Meath and par-ty leader for Sinn Féin. The success of this work and the effectiveness of Sinn Féin’s alternative policies can be seen in the strong support for Sinn Fein and for Gerry Adams as party leader in opinion polls since the last general election” said the party spokes-person.

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voice is amazing and he’s a re-ally great entertainer. There’s no way we’re leaving here without tickets.

“We’d like to thank everyone who helped us. We’re all sleep-ing on the bus tonight and our parents are taking turns to come down and make sure we’re ok”, they explained.

The girls dedication to their hero was rewarded with all 13 fans getting their hands on the much sought after tickets which ranged in price from €54 to

€81.There was unbridled joy as

one by one the girls left the shop waving their tickets in the air. It had been a long night for the girls but with the prized tickets in their possession the girls agreed the wait had been worth it.

It appears the Dundalk girls weren’t the only ones keen to get their hands on tickets with the Canadian’s O2 concert sold out in minutes before a second date was quickly added to cope with the demand.

By Paul Byrne


eilish Byrne, hoping to win a gold medal

the summer of sport is not yet over with the Paralympics due to begin at the end of Au-gust and Dundalk will be getting behind local lady Eilish Byrne as she competes with her horse Youri, a 15 year old Dutch Warmwood.

Eilish was born with Spina Bifida but her love for horses saw her riding on the beach by the age of 12. She progressed to show jumping and soon began competing, how-ever it would be another 20 years before Eilish got involved with Para Eques-trian Ireland.

Eilish, the squads most experienced rider, repre-sented Ireland in Beijing in 2008 where she came fifth.

Eilish is considered to be a cornerstone figure in the Irish equestrian team and has racked up a stun-ning list of achievements as she competed with them when qualifying for this summer’s games. The team has competed at the highest levels in-cluding the European and world championship and achieved a fifth at the

eilish going for gold in London

Concours Para Equestre de Dressage International earlier this year and came second in the European Championships in 2011.

Eilish will compete in three events; the indi-vidual test, the freestyle and as a member of the team. Dressage is about the strong relationship a rider has with the horse. It is a sport of grace, preci-sion and harmony where judges want to see riders create the effect of rhyth-mic lightness through the routine.

The individual test will see her perform a series of pre-determined

movements while in the freestyle she can choose her own movements and music.

The London games are particularly special for riders as this is the first time the Irish Para Eques-trian team has made it to the Games. Eilish will also be competing in this test alongside her three teammates.

Eilish and the rest of the 100 strong Irish Paral-ympic squad will arrive in London on August 24 and prepare for the opening ceremony and first com-petitions which begin ear-ly the following morning.

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Eilish and her team-mates will compete in the scenic Greenwich Park with the

River Thames to St Paul’s Cathedral as the backdrop to the events. They are

expected to return to Ire-land to a civic reception in Dublin on September 10.

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BLaCkroCk beach was the place to be at the weekend, as the inaugural Seaside Fes-tival filled the air with an array of entertain-ing attractions.the two-day event was a huge hit with lo-cals and visitors alike, with huge crowds making their way to the village to sample a taste of the many activities on offer.organising committee member antoinette

watters said the weather had played a big role in the event’s success.“the weather over the two days was fantas-tic” she said.“we kind of based the festival on what we used to have here in Blackrock in the 1980s. we had a tug o war competition, glamorous granny, bonnie baby, loads of music and sandcastle competitions and a fairground for the kids so there was plenty

going on”, added antoinette.as well as all the fun activities there was also a cycle race which brought some of the best amateur cyclists from all over the country to Blackrock to take place in the gruelling 105 km road race.antoinette said it was difficult putting the whole thing together with a committee of just six people but was pleased with how it all turned out.

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Birthday rememberanceNovena to the Sacred Heart

Dear heart of Jesus

In the past I asked you for many favoursThis time I ask for this special favour...

(Mention Favour here)Take it, dear heart of Jesus and place it

within your own broken heart where yourFather sees it. Then in his merciful eyes

it will become your favour, not mine.Amen.

Say this prayer for three days.Promise publication and favour will be granted.

(Never known to fail).B.r.

Novena to the Sacred Heart

Dear heart of Jesus

In the past I asked you for many favoursThis time I ask for this special favour...

(Mention Favour here)Take it, dear heart of Jesus and place it

within your own broken heart where yourFather sees it. Then in his merciful eyes

it will become your favour, not mine.Amen.

Say this prayer for three days.Promise publication and favour will be granted.

(Never known to fail).G. Moore

Novenaeric Collins

18 Cuchulain Tce., Dundalk.

Who’s birthday occurs26th August.

We thank God for the wonderful years we had

full of precious memories.

Stay safe in God’s care. Deeply loved and

missed. XXX Pauline

donald McCrave late of 168 Ceaderwood Park, Dundalk, loving husband, Father and Grandfa-

ther, who’s birthday occurs on Friday 24th August.

As each day dawns and starts a new and each day ends with thoughts of you.Love always, rose and Family

The successful na piarsaigh squad and right, manager paul Burke celebrates with son, Zack

Historic win for Na Piarsaigh

Na Piarsaigh Ladies are celebrating a mag-nificent victory after winning their first adult trophy.The Holy Family par-ish club are just four years in existence but on Sunday evening all their hard work paid off when they claimed the Junior 2 Champion-ship title in a dramatic final against Mattock rangers.

The result was in doubt right up to the end but eventually the Dundalk girls hung on to win by 3-3 to 2-5 and allow team cap-tain, Mairead Nixon, the honour of accepting the trophy.

There were many heroes for Na Piarsaigh

on the night, including Ciara Mills who scored two goals including the winner which came just five minutes from time.

Mills also scored a goal in the first half but her side trailed at the break by 2-2 to 1-1. Chloe Enright found the net early in the sec-ond half to get her side back into contention and they went on to claim victory.

Jenny Donlon was named Player of the Match after an excel-lent display at midfield, while Niamh Lavery, Nicola Gorham and rachel Copperthwaite were also prominent.

The team is managed by Paul Burke, Edel Woods and Deirdre

Ciara Mills 2-0, Rachel Copperthwaite, Maire-ad Nixon 0-1; Sinead Grey, Chloe Enright 1-0, Ciara Mannion. Subs: Victoria Pren-dergast, RacheAml Ri-ordan, Caroline Hayes, Stacey Kearney, Shan-non Madden.

Fisher.Na Piarsaigh’s team

was as follows: Niamh Lavery; Donna Byrne, Nicola Gorham, San-dra McAreavey; Ma-jella Gallagher, Aideen Smith, Samantha Kel-ly; Meabh O’Hagan 0-1, Jenny Donlon 0-1;


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Carrickdale Hotel for the reception. It was one of the happiest days of Elizabeth’s life and the party didn’t end there as they couple held a celebratory BBQ in Kennedys Bar the following day and are looking forward to go-ing on their honeymoon in the coming weeks.

With an increasing number of relation-ships starting online and in particular through Facebook where you can learn so much about someone once you’ve become virtual friends, Elizabeth says she thinks it is a good thing.

“I don’t think David would have asked me out if it wasn’t through Facebook. It can give people a bit more confidence to go ahead and say it to someone because they can avoid the embarrassment of maybe being rejected face to face.”

STABANNON were repre-sented in Tralee on Monday evening when Melbourne rose Claire Lynch took to the stage for the ever popular Rose of Tralee contest.

Claire, an Occupational Therapist, left Stabannon for Melbourne in 2008 and this year became the first Mel-bourne rose to qualify for ten years for the event.

There was great excitement from her supporters when Daithi O Se introduced her as members of the Stabannon ladies football team and the Melbourne St Kevin’s foot-ball team welcomed her on to the stage.

After a brief chat with Daithi in which she dropped the bombshell that she is a keen Daniel O’Donnell fan, Claire proceeded to perform

Claire makes her mark in Tralee

her party piece.After receiving a helping

hand from Daithi to remove her blue and red dress, Claire sporting a pair of shorts showed the Kerry host how to play Australian rules Football.

with her proud parents, Peter and Bernie watching on, Claire showed the audi-ence how to kick pass, hand pass and how to ‘Mark’ an

Aussie rules football. Her routine was lapped up by the Dome audience as she left the stage to huge applause.

At the time of going to press, Louth Rose Patricia Marmion from Cooley was readying herself for her big moment in the rose Dome where she hopes to wow the judges in front of her family and friends who made the trip to Kerry to support her.

By Niamh Kirk

Larry, Geraldine, Sally and Marie Griffin


early to bed and early to rise,

it’s not worth a damm if you don’t advertise

aLL New raNGe roVerthe all-new Range Rover should be avail-able in early 2013. It will be built in the uK at Land Rover’s plant at Solihull. The new range rover’s all-aluminium monocoque body structure is 39 per cent lighter than the steel body in the out-going model enabling total vehicle weight savings of up to 420kg. Which will pay divi-dends in reducing CO2 emissions and improv-ing fuel consumption. There will be a choice of three engines, a V8 super-charged petrol unit, and

two diesels a TDV6 and the excellent TDV8. The air sus-pension has been re-designed to utilize the all-new aluminium front and rear chassis architecture which has vastly improved the range rover’s agility offering flatter corner-ing with improvements to the ride quality. It will also feature the next gen-eration version of Land Rover’s Terrain Response system. The Terrain Response 2 Auto analyses the cur-rent driving conditions and automatically se-lects the most suitable

vehicle settings for the terrain. On the out-side the range rover has been given a cleaner smoother exterior, tak-ing styling cues from the Evoque although perhaps not so radical. The inside has been minimalised in a good way to give the interior a cleaner contemporary look, yet retaining the el-egance and sophistica-tion that is expected of range rover. Meridian has been appointed as range rover’s audio supplier which adds that extra British-ness to the sound quality.

Thought fu l there is 118mm more legroom, the rear oc-cupants benefit from vastly increased space and comfort, with the option of a new two-seat Executive Class seating package for the ultimate in rear-seat luxury, hopefully they have improved rear seat access and door open-ing. There will be a full specification list and prices nearer the Paris Motor Show 2012 in September when we should expect to the see the new range rover in the flesh.

New Seat LeoN

The new third genera-tion SEAT Leon is set to be unveiled at the Paris motor show in September and should be here early 2013. Based on the same platform as the new Audi A3, the five-door model will be launched first followed by a three-door version and an estate in 2013. At 4.26 meters long, the new Leon is around five centimetres short-

er than its predecessor, yet the wheelbase is up by almost six cen-timetres with a larger capacity boot. The new SEAT Leon engine line-up will range from 1.2 to 2.0 litres covering both pet-rol and diesel units. Depending on the engine, transmission options range from five- and six-speed manual gearboxes or

six- and seven-speed DSG dual-clutch gear-boxes. There will be an Ecomotive version that will see Co2 lev-els below 100 g/km with an official fuel consumption figure of 3.8 l/100km, (74.3 mpg) on the combined cycle. Equipments levels and options will include Full Beam As-sistant, which switches automatically between

full and dipped beam, and the ‘Heading Con-trol’ lane-keeping as-sistant, which makes slight corrections to the electro-mechan-ical power steering to prevent the driver from crossing over lane markings. You can even specify Full-LED lights to match the LED daytime run-ning lights, a first on a compact car.

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