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Wednesday, 27th March, 2013. Vol. 6, Issue 13 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Tel: 042 9320888. Fax: 042 9329676. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Malachy’s Pupils Egg-cited for Easter

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Formula 1success forGrammar Team

Lights OutFestival Queen is crowned

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Sean’s animation sensation winsLocaL national school pu-pil, Sean cotter from car-rickarnon has already estab-lished himself as one to watch in the Irish Film Industry af-ter winning the National ‘De-sign a cartoon character ‘ competition for 7 to 11 year olds at this year’s Dingle Film Festival.

Sean, who is in 6th class at Dulargy National School, created the character ‘Dax crow’. His creation was cho-sen as the winning entry by a panel of Ireland’s top anima-tors. During the festival a framed illustration of ‘Dax was on display for all the leading people in Ireland’s emerging film industry to see.

Sean was rubbing shoul-ders with the finest filmmak-ers, writers and animators in the country over St Patrick’s

weekend as a VIP Guest at the Dingle International Film Festival. one of the high-lights for Sean was meeting the world famous animator, Jimmy T Murakami, director of The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, and producer of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

He also got the opportuni-ty to meet with the heads of some of Ireland’s top anima-tion companies, including Jam Media, cartoon Saloon who made the Secret of Kells, as well as the oscar winning animators at Brown Bag.

Sean won the top prize of a weekend for his family in the 4-Star Dingle Skellig Hotel, a trip to see Fungi the Dolphin, a family pass to Dingle oceanworld But he also won the opportunity to get even more involved in one of Ire-

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Andrew braves the chilly waters of Camlough Lake

GoinG for a swim in the sea wouldn’t be the most appeal-ing of ideas to the average

irish person this week as the snow and biting winds continue to hit the country but for ‘icemen’ Andrew Coyle it’s something he relishes.

27 year old Andrew has set the standard for irish open water swim by becoming the first person in Leinster, fourth

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Andrew Coyle ice swimmerBy Niamh Kirk

By Paul Byrne

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Attending one of the rapidly growing number of Men’s Sheds can sig-nificantly improve men’s health, well-being and home life, according to a survey commissioned by The Netwell Centre.

The first report into Men’s Sheds in Ireland found that 97 per cent of respondents who attend men’s sheds report feeling

better about themselves while 74 per cent experi-enced improved home lives as a result of their experiences with the sheds.

Community men’s sheds are places of be-longing where men can develop skills and pursue interests at their own pace, engage in learning and re-flect on their experiences

through conversations with other men.

The growth of men’s sheds in Ireland has been phenomenal with over 100 being established over a four-year period at a cur-rent rate of one a week, including successful sheds in Dundalk and Droghe-da.

This groundbreaking research involved 445

questionnaires distributed across 52 sheds nation-wide and was carried out by Dr Lucia Carragher of The Netwell Centre at DkIT.

The Netwell Centre de-velops new ideas that en-hance the quality of life and wellbeing of older people and those who care for them.

“The purpose of the re-

search was to analyse the nature and benefits of en-gagement in learning be-yond the workplace to the wellbeing of the men, their families and commu-nities,” said Dr Carragher.

“The results were over-whelmingly positive. These are places that high-light the fundamental hu-man need to belong, and 95per cent of participants

report that the shed is a place of belonging.

“Irish men have always met and chatted at places like football matches and the pub but combining this with manual work that involves fixing, building and repairing is a new idea and the rate it has devel-oped in Ireland is quite remarkable,” added Dr Carragher.

There are just nine estates in Dun-dalk and surrounding areas that have been granted a waiver from the local property tax. This figure shows a sig-nificant decrease from the household charge exemption list where there were over 40 estates eligible for the waiver.

The nine estates listed include five estates in Dundalk (Ard Dealgan, Beacon Court, Cairlinn hall, Clois Delga and harbour hall) with estates in Jenkinstown, Omeath, Carlingford and Castlebellingham also making the list.

The list was compiled using the results of the 2012 National Housing Development Survey undertaken by local authorities. The exemptions for the household Charge were based on the 2011 survey.

Nationally the waiver list has de-creased from approximately 1322 de-velopments to 421 developments.

Speaking about the reasons for the differences between the household and property tax exemption list, Min-ister hogan said:

“It is right and proper that house-holds in unfinished developments should be exempt from payment of the Local Property Tax.

“The number of properties eligi-ble for a waiver reflects the progress made in tackling unfinished housing developments, as well as the more objective approach to categorisation

applied to the 2012 National Housing Development Survey.

“I would urge people not to assume that just because they were eligible for a waiver from the household charge they will be eligible for an exemption from the local property tax. People can contact their local authority or check the local authority website for the list of developments to which the exemption applies.” concluded the Minister for the Environment.

The tax is due to come into effect from the second half of the year.

The deadline for paper returns is 7 May, while online returns can be made until 28 May.

The tax is calculated on the value of the property and is self-assessed by the owner.

Almost 179,000 letters have been issued by the Revenue Commission-ers in relation to the tax.

According to Paddy Donnelly from Louth County Council these estates will be exempt from the property tax for a three year period.

“The housing developments listed are exempt from the new household charge (Local Property Tax) for a period of three years.

“If any of the estates listed for ex-emption are brought up to a finished standard, it will not affect their ex-emption from the household charge over the three year period” he stated.

Men’s Sheds improve well-being

Property Tax

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land’s most celebrated animation studios as he will also play a part in the RTE TV series ‘Roy’ about a cartoon boy who lives in Dublin.

Sean says he is really looking forward to his trip to Jam Media in Dublin to film his role in “Roy” and was thrilled to have won such a terrific prize, and to meet all the leading people in the Irish ani-mation industry.

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Ella Morgan, Niamh McAteer and Laura Bourke at the Beauty Contest at the Fairways on Sat night. The event was in support of St John’s Ward at Crumlin Hospital.

The crowds arriving early at last year’s National Lepre-chaun Hunt. There are 100 Leprechauns hidden on Slieve Foy with priz-es for those who finds them.

There was success for the Marist at the Gael Linn ‘Abair’ public speak-ing competition with student Abdul Moeed deservedly winning first prize in the junior certificate section of the national final.Abair is a Gael Linn public speak-ing competition open to second level schools in Northern Ireland and is organised out of Gael Linn’s

regional office in Armagh City. The aim of the competition is to afford public speaking experience in Irish to students. Each student had to talk for three minutes about a topic. The topic Abdul spoke about at the final was “An Amasóin” / “The Amazon”. Many schools were involved in the competition. At the regional round

he spoke about “Réaltaí Spóirt” / “Sports Stars”. To get to the final Abdul had to qual-ify through numerous heats during the winter before he could put him-self into a position to win the prize. The 100 marks available to each speaker are divided into content, de-livery and fluency all of which Abdul scored very impressively.

Marist pupil wins first place in the nationalfinals of Gael Linn

The National Lepre-chaun Hunt is taking place on Slieve Foy this April 7 and is set to the biggest yet.

The annual event takes place on the only eU Special Protection Area for Little People in the world, which is on Slieve Foy in the Cooley Mountains.

More than 2000 peo-ple joined the search for the Leprechauns last year and helped raise money for charities.

It was just over 20 years ago when Carling-ford businessman, the late PJ O’Hare heard a faint cry on the moun-tain and decided to investigate. He came down from the Mountain stunned having found the suit, bones and gold coins of a leprechaun.

It was this modern legend that inspired the first Leprechaun Hunt which took place on Easter Sunday 1989 at-tracting more than 4,000 people to the medieval town. Today, those who wish to take part need to buy a prospecting license which are avail-

mountain that day. “I am not surprised

at the reception from public and the media about this event. There are so many leprechaun enthusiasts out there who believe in what we are doing here. People feel strongly about pro-tecting our little people, who, we must remem-ber, are the touchstone of our heritage and folk-lore,” he added.

The Meteorologi-cal Society of Ireland recently visited Cooley after a higher than aver-age amount of rainbows seen in the area. The number of rainbows peak during September and March and locals are thinking of applying to the Guinness Book of World records to claim the record for most rain-bows in one area. There were more than 280 reported rainbows in the area last year and if there’s pot of gold at the end of each, the Lepre-chauns of Cooley must be a wealthy lot.

For further details on the Hunt you can visit www.thelastleprechaun-sofireland.com. or call 042 937 3646.

Annual Leprechaun Hunt

able on the day. As the area is under

eU protection and the importance the Little People place on secrecy, 100 leprechaun statues have been used for the hunt. They have been hidden on the mountain and it is up to the pros-pectors to find them down and win a prize.

The organisers have stressed the importance of respecting the habitat in the lead up to the big day. “Slieve Foy is now recognised as the home of the last leprechauns of Ireland and we know there are 236 currently living on the mountain. It is important that they are safe, happy and we

do not allow them to become extinct,” said Frances Taylor from Carlingford Tourist of-fice.

Prospecting licences will be sold on the day at €5.00 per person and registration begins at 1.00pm. Only carriers of authenticated licences will be allowed on the

Abdul Moeed receiving his prize

Man sentenced to 14 days in prisonA MAN with 31 previous convictions who broke a mirror in a pub was sentenced to 14 days in prison at Dundalk Distrit Court.

Martin Smith of 49 Oakland Park, Dundalk, faced charges of criminal damage, intoxication in a public place and, threatening and abusive behaviour at Good Time Charlie’s,F rancis St, Dundalk, on January 18, 2013.

The defence solicitor told the court that his client, who is currently in custody, was attempting to address his addiction problems. He has applied to get into a treatment centre and is awaiting assessment.

Judge Brennan convicted and sentenced him to 14 days.

Easter Sunday commemorationrePUBLICAN Sinn Fein Annual Easter Sunday Commemoration at republican Plot in Dowdallshill cemetery in Dundalk at 2pm

For further details phone Francis Hanratty at 0872368235.

By Paul Byrne

By Niamh Kirk


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Credit Union WinnersStuart Agnew Dundalk Credit Union with Cash winners of €2500 each in the Credit Union Cash draw feom Left Rosena McGuirk Nicholas street Patrica Keating Pearse Park and Martin Dullaghan and Son Jack from Saltown

Left: ‘Unlocked’ modelled by Meabh O’Hanrahan; right: ‘Straight To The Point’ modelled by Orla Murray.

LAST week Taoiseach Enda Kenny revealed that US Vice president Joe Biden will visit Ire-land later this year. The US Sec-ond in command’s ancestry is in the Lordship area in County Louth and there are hopes that he will visit the village in a similar way that Barrack Obama did when he visited Moneygal, County Offaly last year.

Biden’s great grandfather was James Finnegan is a blind fiddler

who was born in County Louth and baptised in the Lordship Parish. He emigrated to the US in 1849, and much of his immediate family including his parents, Owen and Jane Finnegan, followed him to the US the next year.

James married Catherine Boyle in 1866 in Holy Cross church, Ovid, New York and ran a hotel in Rochester, New York for a time. While the Finnegan family set-tled in Ovid, James later moved to Pennsylvania with his wife. They

had a son, Ambrose, who Joe Bi-den frequently refers to as the root of his political values.

Ambrose was orphaned young. Catherine died when he was two and James when he was ten. But he left Ambrose his beloved fiddle and a strong connection to his Irish heritage which has been passed on to his grandson, Joe.

Joe Biden frequently speaks about his Irish Catholic ancestry and refers to his grandfather Am-brose, affectionately as Grandpa

Finnegan. The office of An Taoiseach says

that it is too early to say whether the Vice President will have time to visit the area.

ST VINCENT’S Tran-sition Year students displayed their talent and creativity recently when five teams made it through to the region-al final of the Junk Kouture fashion competition.

The show which was held in The he-lix theatre in DCU featured over 80 cos-tumes from the North eastern region.

Art teachers Leanne Mullen, Caoimhe Woods and Carmel Clyne were delighted when two costumes, Straight To The Point modeled by Orla Mur-ray and Unlocked modeled by Meabh O’Hanrahan, pro-gressed to the National Final which will be held in the Bord Gais Energy Theatre on April 19.

A SoliCiTor expressed his concerns about exces-sive fees being charged for car repairs during a case at Dundalk District Court.

Ciaran Fitzpatrick made

his comments during a case against Thomas Kevin Ward of 37 Fatima Drive, Dun-dalk, who pleaded guilty to damaging the door of a car.

The solicitor stated that a

quote of €578 to repair the damage, which had been given to Gardai, appeared to be high.

He singled out the charge of €300 for labour costs as

one that caused concern.He stated that his client

had €400 to pay to see if this would be sufficient to repair the damage.

The court heard that

on March 21 last year, Mr Ward punched the driver’s door of a car at the Long Walk. Judge William Hamill adjourned the case until March 27.

US Vice President Joe Biden for Cooley?

Solicitor concerned about excessive fees

Michael Morgan QuizSt Josephs GFC are hosting the seventh annual Michael Morgan Table Quiz on Holy Thursday March 28.

All are welcome to the clubrooms to partake in this prestigious quiz, tables of three, four or five are €10 per person and the quiz starts at 9pm.

Again this year the Morgan family have sponsored some wonderful prizes.

divine MercyDivine Mercy Mass and chaplet takes place in Holy Family Church Muirhevnamor, Dundalk Sunday April 7 at 3pm.

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The event avoids busy main roads as far as is possible, starting in Belfast on Saturday 29 June and after a great night in Dublin, participants have the option of finishing off or riding back north to complete the event in Belfast on Sunday 30 June. All necessary back up will be available to accommodate completion of shorter distances.

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Finnegan. The office of An Taoiseach says

that it is too early to say whether the Vice President will have time to visit the area.

on March 21 last year, Mr Ward punched the driver’s door of a car at the Long Walk. Judge William Hamill adjourned the case until March 27.

US Vice President Joe Biden for Cooley?

Solicitor concerned about excessive fees

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Tara Dunne gets arty as she adds the finishing touches to the giant egg.

Cillian Cranney, Senior Infants, St Malachy’s. The early stages of the class projectMs Gray and the Senior Infants class on 2012/2013 Gaint papier mache egg

UNEMPLOYED jobseekers availed of free one-to-one 30 minute consultations with a Worklink Career Advisor on at the very successful Wor-klink Career Clinic which took place in O’Fiaich Col-lege on Tuesday 12th March.

Representatives from the Department of Social Protec-tion and FAS Training were on hand to provide jobseek-ers with information on their range of supports and train-ing programs. There was also information available on Mo-mentum training programs and on courses delivered by DKIT and O’Fiaich Institute of Further Education.

“Feedback from partici-pant jobseekers has been ex-

cellent with the quality of ca-reer coaching, facilities and ease of registration all rated highly by participants” ac-cording to Worklink’s North east regional coordinator,

Deirdre ryan. The Career Clinic is the

second in a series of career coaching events organised by Worklink www.worklink.ie a not-for-profit employment

support organisation which is led by professional volun-teers and has been formed to assist unemployed jobseek-ers successfully transition into full employment.

This jobseeker’s event follows the very successful Worklink Employers Forum which took place a week earlier and which brought together 80 employers who

were addressed by an expert panel of speakers on the sub-ject of employment creation and supports.

Worklink Partners would like to thank their volun-

teer career coaches for their fantastic input; the DSP and FAS for their services on the day and O’Fiaich College for their on-going support.

A MAN who thought he had a chance of buying a car and selling it on for a quick profit panicked when he saw Gardai and as a result crashed the car he was driving.

Michael Taaffe of 14 Fa-tima Court, Dundalk, faced a number of charges including

driving with no insurance and failing to stop at the scene of an accident following the inci-dent on December 16, 2011.

The court heard that on that date, the 24-year-old father of three, had become aware of a car being sold at a low price and he wanted to sell it for

profit. While driving the car he realised that the Gardai had seen him.

As a result, he panicked, drove through a stop sign at Castletown Cross and crashed into another vehicle, before driving off.

Judge William hamill ad-

journed the case until May 1 for a Community Service Re-port as he proposed a sentence of 200 hours Community Service in lieu of four months along with a disqualification for three years on the no in-surance charge. Other matters were taken into account.

MS Gray’s senior infants have been causing quite a stir amongst the St Malachy’s infants school community. The children have been busy work-ing on a mysterious whole class art project over the last three weeks.

The mysterious object began as a ball of paper outside Ms Gray’s classroom and everyone in the school community was invited to observe the work in progress and guess what they thought it might become. it was very hard to tell at this early stage what would evolve from this ball of

paper. As time went by the children constructed the egg shape by adding old scrunched up newspaper bit by bit.

The next stage was to cover the egg with papier mache, this was tre-mendous fun. Then they had a school competition to guess what we were making and the children had some very imaginative ideas! The winner of this guessing competition was Cil-lian Cranny in Ms Martins 1st Class.

When the papier mache was com-plete he class had their design com-

petition to select a suitable design for our art project. The children had some very creative designs but with a class vote Don Nwaaubani won with his colourful rainbow stripes pattern, runners up included Evan Mc Ardle, Aimee Gartlan and Flora Matoqui-ma, they each won an Easter egg.

The class all participated in the final stage of painting the egg. Each child painted a vibrant stripe onto the egg. The completed art project has been on display on the school cor-ridor for everybody to enjoy.

Worklink advice for the unemployed

ON Easter Monday April 1 the Mount-pleasant Sean Craven 5k road race will take place. The venue is clubroom Old Newry road at 12 noon for juveniles and 1pm for senior race.Juvenile road races under 6/8/10/12/14/16 Boys/Girls (1st 6 to count) €2 per child

registration in club.Adult race starts at

Thistle Cross to Bal-lymac roundabout, Carlingford road, left prior to entrance to Ballymac Hotel, Bog road, Thistle Cross ending at clubrooms.

€12 for adults regis-ter in clubrooms prior to race

Presentations and

refreshments and spot prizes will be available in clubrooms after race. Walkers/Joggers are also welcome to take part. The support of all athletes would be appreciated as it the clubs only source of income towards up keep of club.

Hope to see you all there!

Sean Craven 5k raceMan had no insurance and failed to stop at the scene of an accident

egg-citing times at St Malachy’s school

Ronan Dennedy (left), Louth County Enterprise Board, Paddy Malone, Dundalk Chamber, Kevin Empey, Worklink Founder and Michael McCabe, Louth Local Authority.

Worklink volunteers: Paul Smith, Deirdre Ryan, Celine Clinton and Sarah Worden at the Wor-klink Career Clinic

A MAN who was trying to ob-tain information on himself that was stored on a Garda computer system offered a member of the force €500 as an inducement.

Stefan Sharkey of Mullacrew, Louth, Dundalk, appeared at Dundalk District Court charged

Tried to bribe Garda with €500

DUNDALK can boast about many improve-ments in the town despite the tough economic cir-cumstances, and now it can also boast to having among the best workplac-es in Ireland too.

eBay Inc which is made up of both eBay and PayPal businesses employs 2,000 people in Dundalk and Blanchard-stown. It was recognised as the Best Workplace 2013 in the Great Place to Work Awards held in Dublin earlier this month.

Not only that, but it also placed 14th in the Best Large Workplace 2013, and won the ‘Lis-tening Award’ which rec-ognises companies who listen to employees and take on board their ideas and innovations to im-prove their products and services.

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A MAN who was trying to ob-tain information on himself that was stored on a Garda computer system offered a member of the force €500 as an inducement.

Stefan Sharkey of Mullacrew, Louth, Dundalk, appeared at Dundalk District Court charged

in relation to the incident at Courtney’s Bar, Park St, Dun-dalk, on March 11, 2012.

The court heard that Sharkey spoke to an off duty Garda and offered him the money to pass on information from the Pulse system.

The defendant faced a charge that he did do an act calculated to induce a member of An Garda Siochana to a breach of discipline by means of unauthorised com-munication of information.

The case was adjourned to May 23 at 2013.

Tried to bribe Garda with €500

DUNDALK can boast about many improve-ments in the town despite the tough economic cir-cumstances, and now it can also boast to having among the best workplac-es in Ireland too.

eBay Inc which is made up of both eBay and PayPal businesses employs 2,000 people in Dundalk and Blanchard-stown. It was recognised as the Best Workplace 2013 in the Great Place to Work Awards held in Dublin earlier this month.

Not only that, but it also placed 14th in the Best Large Workplace 2013, and won the ‘Lis-tening Award’ which rec-ognises companies who listen to employees and take on board their ideas and innovations to im-prove their products and services.

eBay is top workplace

Louise Phelan, Vice President Global Opera-tions across europe, the Middle east and Africa for PayPal said that the people who work for them are the most critical ele-ment to their businesses success. “We work hard to create a very positive work environment for our teammates so we are de-

lighted to be recognised in this way by Great Place to Work,” she said.

Gary Hagel, Senior Director for europe in eBay’s Global Customer experience organisation said that their employees in Ireland are fantastic and that the recognition is all about them.

“They’re talented,

skilled and passionate about our customers and that’s why we’ve been in Ireland for the last ten years. They’ve made eBay a place where peo-ple love to work and I’m excited that we’re hiring even more great people in Dundalk and Dublin over the next three years” he said.

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Aine rooney, helen Mc donald and Maria harrison.

Megan turner and Lauren Clarke. Alishea Mc Crave with Lorraine and Serena rogers. Ciara Oliver, Margaret hanlon and grace Mcgrath.

Compere, Brian keenan with contestants and their escorts and Patsy rogers, organiser.

Beauty Contest at The Fairways

View of Louth from SpaceCANADIAN Astronaut Chris Hadfeild tweeted this image of Co Louth from on board the ISS space station as it passed over Ireland on St Patrick’s Day. Although it was only his second day as commander of the space station, he dressed up in a green geansaí and marked the occasion by posting pictures of Ireland. Throughout the day he gave followers glimpses of his unique perspective

A MOTHER of five who told Dundalk District Court that she was driving without insurance because of a medical emergency, apologised to Dundalk District Court after admitting that she had made the story up.

Talanikwao Akande of 96 Woodlands, Dunleer, was stopped by Gardai on July 1, 2012, and pleaded guilty to a number of charges including having no insurance, no tax and no NCT.

She stated that she had only

been driving because she was taking two children to the Louth County hospital who were suf-fering from asthma. When the investigating Garda pointed out that she had been travelling south from Dundalk at the time, she clarified that she had been travelling home after attending the hospital.

Judge William hamill stated that the case would rest on whether the defendant could prove she was at the hospital and asked that evidence could be

produced. Ms Akande then stat-ed that the children had not been seen because the emergency department in Dundalk was not open and as a result would not be able to prove her attendance.

However, after further ques-tioning she then stated that she had not been at the hospital.

After a brief adjournment, the defendant’s solicitor revealed that her client had been leaving a friend to the bus station in Dun-dalk on the day in question. She had lied because she was afraid

that she would lose her licence as it was vital for the single mother who needed a car to complete a placement with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innova-tion in Dublin.

“She apologises and knows that she wasted court and Garda time”, the solicitor added.

Judge hamill adjourned the case until April 4 to consider the matter whether he would deal with it in terms of contempt of court or as a no insurance mat-ter.

Woman apologises for lying to courtAuctionCarlingford Sailing Club are holding their third auction this Sunday, April 7.it will take place in the Sailing club house over looking Carlingford Lough.With all proceeds going towards the promotion of sailing.An eclectic mix of lots will ensure something for everyone with bargains galore.Everything must go on the day and viewing begins at 12noon with the auction starting at 3pm sharp.

Butterfly talk Louth-based entomologist, Don Hodgers, will give an illustrated talk on the moths and butterflies in the Spirit Store this April 1 at 8pm.Moths and butterflies, apart from their natural beauty, are critically important as pollinators for agriculture. However, their populations are crashing, along with those of many other pollinator insects. Don will cover local moths and butterflies in terms of what you can find in your back garden, before addressing the topic of moth and butterfly conservation. The talk is free and all are welcome.

nEWSin Brief

Businessin what American city are the headquarters of the Coca Cola corpora-tion?SportFrom what club did Manchester Utd sign Rio Ferdinand?Musicals‘i Talk to Trees’ and ‘They Call the Wind Maria’ are songs from what musi-cal and film?geographyin what US city is Basin St, famous for jazz and blues clubs?Localimmediately before moving to their present grounds, where did Dundalk Young irelands play their home games?Food and drinkWhich Co Donegal-based company produced the Emerald chocolate covered sweet?Classic tVWhich American sitcom was set in Fort Mack-enzie, somewhere in Kansas?

rock and PopThe songwriting team of Holland Dozier and Hol-land worked mostly for what American record label?historyWhich British Field Marshal was born in Ballylongford, Co Kerry, in 1850?Pot LuckWhat irish sports jour-nalist set up the world-wide charity, ‘Goal’?StinkerAt the age of 77, opera singer and actor, nor-man Lumsden, gained fame by playing what fictional writer in a TV advert?

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of Dublin, Cork, Galway and other stand out towns and cities along Ireland

coast.. Although parts of north Louth are obscured by cloud, Dundalk Bay, the

Boyne River and the coast-line between the two can be clearly seen.

A MAN who had been the victim of a number of serious assaults and had concerns for his safety was found to be carrying the blade of a knife dur-ing a search at Dundalk Garda Station.

Gregory Casey of 97 Castleross, Castletown Road, Dundalk, pleaded

MOOREHALL Lodge Ardee have been awarded the status of Ireland’s only accredited Butterfly Centre thanks to their unique work in the field of dementia care.

The award was made by De-mentia Care Matters, who have been working with Moorehall Lodge for the past few years to de-velop the highest standards of care available in Ireland, tailored to the specific needs of people living with dementia and their families.

This specialist dementia care extends through the Moore-hall Living range of services at Drogheda, Ardee and homecare.

Members of staff in Ardee were thrilled to accept the award, the culmination of a long journey over a number of years.

“In Moorehall Lodge Ardee, and Moorehall Lodge Drogheda, we provide specialist care to in-clude activities for residents with dementia-related conditions,” said Director of Operations Sean Mc-Coy.

“Our approach is to live in the

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A MAN who had been the victim of a number of serious assaults and had concerns for his safety was found to be carrying the blade of a knife dur-ing a search at Dundalk Garda Station.

Gregory Casey of 97 Castleross, Castletown Road, Dundalk, pleaded

guilty to a charge of pos-session of knives and other articles at Dundalk District Court.

The court heard that on May 13, 2012, the de-fendant was in the Garda Station on another matter when the blade and han-dle of a knife were dis-covered during a search.

The solicitor for the 28-year-old stated that his client apologised for his actions and accepted that it was unwise to carry such items. he had no intention of doing so again.

The solicitor added that the defendant had dealt with addiction

problems but had been concerned for his safety after previous assaults..

Judge William hamill adjourned the case until April 17 for a Commu-nity Service Report and recommended 100 hours of Community Service in lieu of two months in prison.

MOOREHALL Lodge Ardee have been awarded the status of Ireland’s only accredited Butterfly Centre thanks to their unique work in the field of dementia care.

The award was made by De-mentia Care Matters, who have been working with Moorehall Lodge for the past few years to de-velop the highest standards of care available in Ireland, tailored to the specific needs of people living with dementia and their families.

This specialist dementia care extends through the Moore-hall Living range of services at Drogheda, Ardee and homecare.

Members of staff in Ardee were thrilled to accept the award, the culmination of a long journey over a number of years.

“In Moorehall Lodge Ardee, and Moorehall Lodge Drogheda, we provide specialist care to in-clude activities for residents with dementia-related conditions,” said Director of Operations Sean Mc-Coy.

“Our approach is to live in the

moment – capturing the essence of that moment using visual trig-gers to stimulate recollections and to make emotional connections for that person.

“Our approach called the But-terfly Approach, is to ultimately improve the quality of that per-son’s life allowing them to live their life to the full.

“We cannot yet fix dementia as a condition but we can fix and im-prove how we provide care,” said Carol McLoughlin, Director of

Care at Moorehall Lodge Ardee.“each day our teams use the

approaches developed with De-mentia Care Matters to improve the quality of life for people who live with us.

“Being natural in dementia care involves flitting between people, being still if needed, connecting, creating colour in a flurry of activ-ity, ultimately changing that mo-ment for somebody and improv-ing the quality of their lives – just like a butterfly.”

Man was carrying a knife blade

Moorehall Lodge success

The Butterflies at Moorehall Lodge in Ardee celebrate the new accolade.


SPRING has not yet sprung, but none the less Forget-me-not’s will be flowering next week as the national Organ Donor Aware-ness week kicks off.

Some of those on the waiting list hoping to be called for one of the 200 transplants that take place each year are from Dundalk.

And those from the area who have already been lucky enough to receive a donated or-gan are encouraging everyone to not only carry a donor card, but also to make sure that their wishes are known by family.

one of which is Fa-tima Park resident Mairead Casey who received her life-sav-ing transplant two years ago.

The 47-year-old mother of three began to have problems with

her kidneys 13 years ago. She managing to avoid dialysis treat-ment for a few years, but eventually her kidneys failed. For five and half years she travelled to Dublin and then Newry three days a week for the three hour long treat-ments.

Her youngest son, Aaron was only eight when her dialysis be-gan; her eldest child Charlene stepped up and helped look af-ter her two younger brothers making sure they were up and ready for school on the days their mum had left early for her dialysis.

After the treatment Mairead says she would return home and go to bed com-pletely exhausted to be woken by her children at around 9pm before

they went to bed. She had no quality of life.

The difference a transplant can make, and how quickly it can be felt is nothing short of astonishing. Mairead’s transplant transformed her situa-tion and she is now full of life.

Thanks to generos-ity of 78 deceased do-nors and their families, some 208 transplants took place in Ireland last year; many of these were life saving and all drastically im-proved the quality of life for patients and their families. of all the transplants, the vast majority, 163 were kidney transplants.

There were 50 liver transplants in 2012, down from the previ-ous year but there was a record number of 14 lung transplants. Heart transplants

were also at an all time high with ten performed last year, up six from 2011.

Ireland is sadly lacking in the services and facilities needed to perform more transplants and save even more lives. or-gan Donor Awareness week not only helps remind people about the importance of be-ing a card carrying donor, but also helps raise funds for sup-port services.

Organ Donor cards are available from doc-tors’ offices and phar-macies, or by phoning the Irish Kidney As-sociation on loCall 1890 543639 or Freet-ext the word DONOR to 50050 Smartphone owners can also carry an ecard which can be found on the iPhone app store and Android Market Place.

Forget-me-not organ donor awareness week

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John and Jacqui Brown. Sheila harrison, Ann rooney and Fiona turner. Shauna rogers, Jordan Mc Crave, Aideen Mc Crave and Brighdin keenan.

gary and Brighdin keenan.

Charlene Carbery, tonys Pizzeria restaurant; noelle harrison, thomas rooney & Sons; Orla Mc geeney, Mc Ardle Meats; kathy O’reilly, Fairways; hannah Lawless, intact Business Systems; kathryn O’hara, Lallys Elec-trical and Jenny hanlon, gravity dance School at the Beauty Contest at the Fairways on Sat night. the event was in support of St John’s Ward at Crumlin hospital.

Beauty Contest at The Fairways

Marzan(n)a, Mora, Morana, Morena, Marena, Śmiertka, Śmierć, Śmiercicha – słowiańska bogini symbolizująca zimę i śmierć, przez część badaczy uważana za demona.imię bogini wywodzone jest z praindoeuropejskiego rdzenia *mar-, *mor-, oznaczającego śmierć. Słowacka forma teonimu Ma(r)murienasugeruje ewentualne związki z Marsem (Marmorem, Mamersem, Mamuriusem Veturiusem).Śmierć Marzanny wraz z końcem zimy przeciwstawia ją symbolizującemu wiosnę Jaryle, który rodził się wraz z nadejściem wiosny.Marzanna, jako odpowiednik Cerery, została wraz z Dziewanną wspomniana przez Jana Długosza jako bogini polska.Marzanna to również nazwa kukły przedstawiającej boginię, którą w rytualny sposób palono bądź topiono w czasie wiosennego Jarego Święta, aby przywołać wiosnę. Zwyczaj ten, zakorzeniony w pogańskich obrzędach ofiarnych, miał zapewnić urodzaj w nadchodzącym roku. Zgodnie z opisanymi przez Jamesa Frazera zasadami magii sympatycznej wierzono, że zabicie postaci przedstawiającej boginię śmierci spowoduje jednocześnie usunięcie efektów przez nią wywołanych (zimy) i nadejście wiosny.Kukłę wykonywano ze słomy, owijano białym płótnem, zdobiono wstążkami i koralami. Tradycja nakazywała, aby dziecięcy orszak, z marzanną i zielonymi gałązkami jałowca w dłoniach, obszedł wszystkie domy we wsi. Po

drodze podtapiano marzannę w każdej wodzie, jaka się nadarzyła. Wieczorem kukłę przejmowała młodzież. W świetle zapalonych gałązek jałowca wyprowadzano marzannę ze wsi, podpalano i wrzucano do wody. Z topieniem Marzanny, również obecnie, związane są różne przesądy: nie wolno dotknąć pływającej w wodzie kukły, bo grozi to uschnięciem ręki, obejrzenie się za siebie w drodze powrotnej może spowodować chorobę, a potknięcie i upadek – śmierć w ciągu najbliższego roku. obecnie obrzęd łączony jest z nastaniem kalendarzowej wiosny (w Polsce) 21 marca lub z przypadającym na ten właśnie okres Jarym Świętem.Zgodnie z tradycją, Klub Młodych „Pajęczyna” utopił Marzanne,

właśnie 21 marca. Młodzież wykonana kukłę Marzanny samodzielnie na zajęciach klubu tydzień wcześniej, pod bacznym okiem Ewy i iwony. Była interesująca, ciepło ubrana i niestety nie udało nam się jej podpalić. Może dlatego zima wciąż nie odpuszcza. W Sobotę, 23 marca Polska Szkoła w Dundalk utopiła swoją Marzannę. Zima wciąż straszy wiatrem, ale w końcu odpuści czego i Wam, i sobie życzę. Pozdrawiam wiosennie i serdecznie zapraszam, w imieniu Simul Polonia, do klubowej świetlicy Muirhevnamor w najbliższą środę 27.03.2013 miedzy godziną 11:00 a 16:00 na integracyjny, irlandzko – polsko – afrykański festiwal kultur.Do Zobaczenia

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A MAN who thought his car insurance and licence allowed him to drive a lorry found out that he was not covered after crash-ing into an unmarked Garda car.

Darlington Ogbei-fun, of 29 Mullaharlin

Park, Dundalk, was involved in a minor collision with the car at Mullaharlin Park on April 14, 2012. He had purchased the lor-ry that day but after finding out that he was not insured, he sold it again for €800.

Solicitor, Peter Lav-ery, stated that his cli-ent had €300 in court towards the total com-pensation of €1,373.

When Judge William Hamill asked why he couldn’t forward the €800 from the profit of the sale, he was told

that €450 had been paid in compensation to a neighbour whose car was also damaged in the incident.

The matter was ad-journed to allow fur-ther compensation to be paid.

Thought lorry was covered by car insurance

AFTER ten months of hard work, determina-tion and a strong team effort, Infinity F1, an F1 in Schools team in Tran-sition Year from Dundalk Grammar School has progressed to the F1 in Schools National Finals which will be held in Griffith College, Dublin April 30.

On Thursday, March 7, Infinity F1 competed at the F1 in Schools Tech-nology Challenge region-al Finals against 93 other teams before emerging as one of five to compete in the National Finals.

The Grammar School has had a great amount of success in the F1 Chal-lenge with two teams from the school repre-senting Ireland in 2010 and 2011.

Dylan Clarke, Infinity

under way for the team’s effort at the National Fi-nals where they are de-termined to maintain the Grammar School’s record of success and represent Ireland at the World Fi-nals!

Robert Kierans (F1 Car Design engineer) said “This is the chance of a lifetime; our goal is to represent Ireland at the F1 in Schools World Championships in Austin, Texas this November”.

The journey to the National Finals however is a very expensive one. Marketing & Communi-cations Manager, Craig Mchugh, is appealing for donations of any kind and sponsorship deals with lo-cal companies.

To contact Infinity F1, email the team at [email protected] or you

Students reach finals

F1’s Website Designer, also had his own personal success, as he received the F1 in Schools Region-al Finals award for “Best Team Website” (www.infinityf1.com) and he described the Technology Challenge as “life chang-ing”.

“Before F1, I had abso-

lutely no idea how to code a website or use most of the software I use today, it’s changed my life, I’ve learned a whole new string of skills so far, ones that many individuals don’t acquire until they get to college”, explained Dylan.

Preparations are now


Deputy Gerry Adams, with Diageo workers on Saturday.

SINN FéIN Louth TD Gerry Adams joined Diageo Workers on Saturday afternoon outside the Diageo plant in Dundalk, in demanding that Diageo “agree a fair and equitable redundancy package for the workers.”

The Louth TD invited the workforce to come to Leinster house and brief TDs and Sea-nadóirí on the current state of negotiations with the multi-national giant.

Speaking after the picket the Louth TD said:

“Diageo is a huge multi-national company that last year made billions in profit. It claims to be proud of its Irish

connections but its decision to close the Dundalk brewery and its miserly approach to paying its workforce a fair redundancy package is evidence of a com-pany that places profit before people.

“It is important that Oire-achtas members make clear to the Diageo management our deep disappointment and dis-satisfaction at its failure to deal fairly and properly with the Dundalk based workforce.

“The workers in the brew-ery have made a substantial contribution over many years to what is a very profitable company. They have been loy-

al to Diageo – its time Diageo demonstrated some loyalty to the workers.” urged the Sinn Fein TD.

On January 13 2012 Dia-geo announced plans to close the country’s oldest operating brewery in Kilkenny as part of a restructuring plan that will also result in the closure of its brewery in Dundalk. 253 jobs will be lost in total between the two plants comprising of - 63 Permanent Diageo Job losses in Dundalk- 45 Contract worker Job Losses in Dundalk- 45 Per-manent Job Losses in Kilken-ny- and 100 Contract Worker Job Losses in Kilkenny.

Diageo Workers stand firm

Dear Editor,

i had a great evening last in the Louth County Museum for ‘The Gathering’ a history project that concentrates on the people Dundalk and it hinterlands.This fantastic event was conceived and delivered by the inimitable Harry Lee and ably abetted by Jason Magee who professionally recorded interviews with ex-pats of our beloved Dundalk. Eileen White nee Bradley originally from Barrack Street told of her beginnings with amazing clarity while images of her origins appeared on the large screen. She came home for this events

last night as did members of the Lee Family whom italian native Alvaro Lucchesi senior married into when he took for his lifelong bride their sister Maureen. There was an interview by the famous Jim Corr recollecting his earlier years who with his siblings captured the world on the musical stage. But the coup de tat of the evening was that Harry Lee secured a film interview with non other than big time Hollywood Director John Moore who hails from the Point Road in Dundalk.These fabulous people Jim Corr and John Moore are at the top in the world in their professions and

not only are they ambassadors for our town Dundalk, and Louth but also for ireland. They are proud of their roots, their heritage and we should be so proud of them; i know i am!Congratulations Harry Lee on a great job executed to perfection and you are a true living example of that old adage ‘it’s the stone that the builder rejects that becomes the Corner Stone’ Keep up the fantastic work for Dundalk would be a lesser place without you.

Yours,

dominic Mckevitt, dundalk.

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Sean Watters has been missing since March 12

GARDAí are appealing for help in their search for missing Dundalk resident, Sean Watters. The Sixty-year old from Laurel Grove, Dun-dalk was last seen on Tuesday March 12 in the vicinity of Dundalk retail Park.

He is described as 5ft 4 inches in height and weighs approximately 12 stone; he has fine grey hair and often wears glasses. He was wearing a brown jacket when he was last spotted.

Anyone with information is asked to con-tact Dundalk Garda Station 042 - 9388400, or the Garda Confidential line 1800 666 111.

DuNDALK are well represented at this year’s World Irish Dancing Champion-ships in Boston with a total of 48 dancers flying the flag for the town this week.

The dancers have been training hard in preparation for the championships at the renowned Scoil-Rince Mona Ni Rodaigh in Dundalk and will this week take their place amongst 7000 other Irish dancers in the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel.

Ciara lennon who is one of four teach-ers at the renowned Dundalk dancing school says that every dancer that has made it to Boston should be proud of themselves.

“Even to partici-pate in the World Championships is a

huge achievement” says Ciara. You have to qualify from the regional heats to get there and you have to sacrifice a lot if you want to dance amongst the elite.

“Every single danc-er going to Boston has done themselves proud and we know they will all perform with great credit over there”

“There are forty eight dancers as well as friends and fam-ily who have made the trip so there is a strong Dundalk pres-ence over there this week.” added Ciara

Scoil Rince Mona Ní Rodaigh is a World Renowned Irish danc-ing school located in the North East of Ire-land. over forty years old, the school has a long track record of success at all levels, locally, nationally and

internationally.In addition to train-

ing and practicing, a major fundraising ef-fort was successfully achieved by the school to help towards the costs of sending a con-tingent of almost 50 children to compete in team and solo com-petitions at the World Championships.

The Worlds are held under the ban-ner of An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, or Commission for irish Dancing, created as an authority in 1930 to promote and fos-ter all forms of Irish dance.

In the decades since then, the commis-sion has established regional councils in the US, Canada, Aus-tralia, and other parts of the world. Danc-ers compete in local feisanna, with the highest finishers ad-

vancing to the Oire-achtas, or regional and national competitions, and from there onto the Worlds, which un-til recently have been held in ireland.

Dancers will com-pete in age-grouped solo competitions from under 11 years old up to senior level, which is for dancers over 21 years old. The program of events will also include group events, ceilí and figure dance competitions as well as dance drama.

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Deputy Gerry Adams, with Diageo workers on Saturday.

al to Diageo – its time Diageo demonstrated some loyalty to the workers.” urged the Sinn Fein TD.

On January 13 2012 Dia-geo announced plans to close the country’s oldest operating brewery in Kilkenny as part of a restructuring plan that will also result in the closure of its brewery in Dundalk. 253 jobs will be lost in total between the two plants comprising of - 63 Permanent Diageo Job losses in Dundalk- 45 Contract worker Job Losses in Dundalk- 45 Per-manent Job Losses in Kilken-ny- and 100 Contract Worker Job Losses in Kilkenny.

Diageo Workers stand firm


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Rodney Branigan playing Yamaha guitarsRichard Gilewitz playing Breedlove guitarsSteve Fairclough playing Seagull guitars

Anto Drennan sponsored by Roland & BossAll these Artists will give Demo’s and Clinics during the festival.

Robert Barrett ‘The Drum Doctor’ will give a Master Class in one of the Demo Rooms on Sat 6th between 1pm & 3pm sponsored by Sabian cymbals

Local Bands will be playing live in the marquee beside the during the festival.

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Jack L brings the ‘27 Club’ to town

Jack Lukeman is one of ireland’s most re-spected and best loved performers, in ireland and has often been de-scribed as having one of the most distinctive voices in the music in-dustry.no stranger to Dun-dalk, Jack returns to the Spirit Store this Sunday evening (31st) with his brand new show which he is call-ing “The 27 Club”. The album is an ode to

the work of artists who are members of the ‘27 Club’; the strange grouping of highly tal-ented musicians who died at the age of 27 and at the peak of their fame. Amy Winehouse was the most recent to join the prolific artisits such as Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. The new show pays homage to these mu-sicians who are just some of the legendary

artists that Jack will celebrate the evening.Each musician left be-hind a lasting musical legacy, with songs that freeze forever a mo-ment in time, speak for a generation, or simply give voice to the grief and grace of the hu-man heart.Tickets for the show cost €22.50 with Jack taking to the stage at 8pm.

CoMPoSErS NiGHT The next generation of composers will be exhibiting their work in the Spirit Store this Wednesday March 27. The event is free and features work by six

local student composers and performed by a ternary comprised of a pianist, violinist and singer. the syles range from minimalist, to contemporary classical.


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BeatLeMania50th Anniversary Concert “ The Greatest hits from Love Me Do to Let It Be” 17th May - €20

Friends In Low Places -Rodeo Tour 2013 The Story & Music of

Garth Brooks - 4th May - €24

The Leddy Family Show In Aid of Boyneview & Alzheimer’s Day Care Centre - May 8th €11 inc booking fee

chinese State circusTuesday 23rd April Tickets - €27.50 Family - €82

Man in the Mirror Saturday 18th May - Tickets €25

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The Curtain Thieves on stage.

Market Bar entertainment on Easter SundayA fantastic showcase of original Dundalk bands will take place this Easter Sunday in The Market Bar, Clanbrassil Street. The line-up consists of local acts; The Curtain Thieves, Ri-chardRichard, Catalyst and DJ Federal. Cata-lyst, an exciting new 5 piece indie-Rock band, formed by members of The Swivelled Fall and Manifesto, are set to open the night.

Catalyst will be fol-lowed by one of Dun-dalk’s growing favour-ites; RichardRichard. This band has taken the town by storm with their fresh indie/Dance sound. They have been compared to Vampire Weekend by Golden-Plec magazine and they plan on putting on a great show in the Market Bar this week-end.

The Curtain Thieves, armed with their “ball-sy, wig out rock’n’roll, belted out with a sugar coating of pop melodies”, are set to headline the night. The band, who have

recently been signed to indie label ‘Ruby Music’, have been con-sistently touring the country over the past two years, making a name for themselves and growing in popu-

larity, with catchy sin-gles such as only in the night and Animal. The band is preparing to launch their new single Avocado in the coming summer.There will also be

top class entertain-ment on Easter Sat-urday evening with

renowned contempo-rary covers band ‘The Shakes’ taking to the

stage to entertain the masses. Admission free and music at 9.30pm.

Jinx LEnnOn is set to bring his unique brand of folk-pop-rap to the Spirit Store this thursday March 28. the dundalk based musician is among the most respected songwriters in ireland and will be showcasing many of his newly penned tracks on the night Jinx’s forte is in dealing with aggravating social issues in an up-beat way; you can smile, laugh and dance your way through a show but underlying serious messages are never lost. For St Patricks day he released a wry commentary on the gathering called ‘nothing but Leprechaun.’ “i wanted to say it like it is, people can do without the spin. if you were living here you’d see the hypocrisy of the whole thing,” he said. he deals with universal concerns but with a local angle. the recent protest against Joan Burton in dundalk inspired him to write a new song for the show, ‘Fiasco at the Local Shopping Centre’. “i like to put a local flavour into the show. it is something that i would like to see,” he said. the hSE also get a grilling in ‘the Sultans of Sickness’.he is also celebrated for neither exaggerating nor changing his accent when he performs, grounding his work in the area, making his work truly distinctive and offering a refreshing change to the ear. Singer-songwriter Sophie Coyle will be taking to the stage to accompany Jinx for some of his performances. he is being supported on the night by Captain Moonlight and local musician david keenan whose work is similarly integrated local theme into his work. “it is great to see,” said Jinx, “there‘s not too many doing it,” he added.

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in ireland and only the 36th in the world to become an ap-proved international ice swim-mer by The international ice Swimming Association iiSA.The Kilcurry native took to icey waters of 3.7 degrees Celsius in Camlough Lake as the local sea was too warm to take on the challenge. For an ice swim to take place there are lots of rules. The water temperature must be below 5 degrees Celsius. The temperature must be taken on a minimum of three thermom-eters for 10 minutes each and the average of the three read-ings recorded as the water temperature.You must swim 1,610m or 1

mile and all in regular swim-ming trunks and only one swimming hat. Each swimmer is required to pass a full medi-cal assessment including a successful ECG and a series of acclimatization sessions in-cluding ice baths and plunge pools before being deemed as fit for the event.Each swimmer has a fully manned boat for the journey including a medical team, monitoring the swimmer at regular intervals - the swimmer must respond with thumbs up to the blow of a whistle. Hypothermia signs are constantly monitored with blindness and swimmers coma just some of the risk factors.Andrew who only began

swimming four years ago says he is fascinated with the ef-fects that the icy waters have on the human body.“i’m 27 and never swam regu-larly until i was 23. First i was just training alone in Felda but got talking to people who swam in Camlough during the summer, for triathlon and open water swimming training.“i then began to swim in Camlough regularly and found there to be a great com-munity atmosphere around the lake side with triathletes and swimmers sharing their mutual concerns about water temperature, weather, upcom-ing events etc. “For me the most interesting aspect of the ice swim, and

i say this looking back, was the change in my reactions as i got colder. When i left the water, after nearly 40 minutes in 3.8 degrees, my reactions were frighteningly slow and it’s almost as if i was inebriated with strong liquor, without having experienced the latter,” explained Andrew.Andrew’s swim started at 3:30pm in the afternoon with snow falling. Andrew took to the cold water quick and got up to speed. With each check by the boat crew Andrew gave the thumbs up each time. 90% of ice swimming is in the head so if your mind is in the right place you have a good chance of success. Making it to the half way mark is good for your mind but this

is where the work starts. Up to this point his body has been going into shut down but it’s all about trying to control it as best as you can. Your mind starts to slow down making it hard to talk and see and work things out in your mind.With 1,300m complete An-drew’s, swimming started to slow down. Through 1,400m he started to find it hard to see and his speech started to slow. At this stage the safety crew started to make plans to remove him from the water but Andrew pulled it together and hammered home and over the 1610m/1 mile line to complete what must surely be one of the most daring sport-ing achievements in Leinster this year.

Andrew Coyle ice swimmer Disqualified from driving for three years A WOMAN who pleaded guilty to a drink driving charge was disqualified from driving for three years at Dundalk District Court.

Siobhan ryan, 10 Brickfield Gardens, Newry Road, Dundalk, was stopped by Gardai at St Mary’s road on February 21, 2012.

The 46-year-old who was described as a mature lady of good repute was also fined €200.

Volunteers wantedThe Birches Day care Centre which has been caring for the elderly in North Louth for more than 10 years are seeking volunteers to run in the Flora Mini Marathon this June 3.

The Birches needs to expand to meet the needs of those people in the north of the county with Alzheimer’s and dementia related diseases. In order to meet the needs of those on the waiting list, they hope to begin additional day care services in the locality and throughout the Cooley Peninsula over the next few weeks.

The Birches is only partially funded by hSe North east, so they must raise 60% of the funding required to provide services themselves. Thankfully the generosity of the people in North Louth has helped greatly since it opened in 2000. “Without it we would not have succeeded in maintaining our present level of excellent care,” said Mary Gaughran a spokesperson for the Birches.

They are appealing to volunteers to support them at this year’s mini marathon. The Birches are happy to process the applications for those who are interested, and a T-Shirt, Sponsor Cards and transport will also be provided. The closing date for application is April 24, however once the maximum number of entrees has been reached registration closes.

It is one of the largest charity events in Ireland and registration usually closes before the final date. To get involved contact Mary Gaughran on 0868899197 or email [email protected].

LAST Monday (25th) Elec-tric Ireland and Dundalk Town Council came togeth-er to mark the completion of a €3.3m energy efficiency retrofit project at Cox’s De-mesne in Dundalk, where close to 2,000 residents ben-efited from a range of works on their homes to reduce en-ergy consumption and boost energy efficiency.

Over the last 18 months, Electric Ireland, Dundalk Town Council and the Sus-tainable energy Author-ity of Ireland (SEAI), have worked together to carry out a range of works including attic & cavity wall insula-tion, high efficiency con-densing boiler installation, draught proofing and the in-stallation of 2 zone heating controls to 573 houses in the Cox’s Demesne area.

These works will im-prove comfort levels, re-duce energy consumption and improve the Building Energy Rating (BER) of the housing stock. Speaking at the event to mark the com-pletion of the project, Brid

Horan, Executive Director, electric Ireland expressed her delight at electric Ire-land’s involvement in the Cox’s Demesne Retrofit Project.

“At electric Ireland, we work with customers to help them get the most from their energy and we provide a range of services to help their home run as efficiently as possible. We are proud to be associated with this valu-

able and effective project to-gether with Dundalk Town Council and SeAI and we are delighted that some 2,000 Dundalk residents can enjoy the results of this collaboration. We hope that it is a model that will be fol-lowed in other parts of the country”.

Cllr Jennifer Green, Ca-thaoirleach, Dundalk Town Council, spoke of how Dun-dalk is proud to be leading

the way with the pioneering retrofit scheme – just as it has on several other energy efficiency initiatives.

“It is fantastic that Dun-dalk Town Council is pav-ing the way for other local authorities around Ireland with this latest partnership. It was without a doubt an ambitious project led by ourselves and Electric Ire-land.”

Thanks to the Cox’s De-

mesne residents coming on board and supporting us, the project was carried out on schedule and we can all now benefit from the project’s success and once again set Dundalk as an example na-tionally. Of course, as with any pilot project there are a few bedding in issues and Dundalk Town Council is working with residents to resolve these concerns.”

“The Dundalk Partner-

ship Project was only the beginning of our regenera-tion scheme for Cox’s De-mesne and as we move into Phase II, the Ashling Park Pilot Project, we are thrilled to celebrate reaching this milestone today.”

Dundalk Town Council were co-funded in this ret-rofit project by the Depart-ment of the Environment, Community and Local Gov-ernment.

Dundalk residents benefit from€3.3m investment in energy efficiency

De-Strauss for Youth Orchestra

Jennifer Green, Cathaoirleach Dundalk Town Council, Brid Horan Electric Ireland (centre) and Cox’s Demesne resident Helen Murphy.

Brid Horan Electric Ireland and Cox’s Demesne resident John McMahon.

FANS of cycling, treasure hunts and easter eggs are in for a treat this easter with a ‘Cycle Easter Egg Hunt’ taking place on Easter Monday, April 1, 2013, at 2pm starting from Market Square, Dundalk.

Under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. Please ensure you wear helmet and hi-viz vests.

Route will take place on cycle lanes and on road. Approx time length: 1.5 hours and will finish at Market Square, Dundalk.

The event is being organised by Go Dundalk and Admission is Free. Those who are interested should register by contacting Mary Capplis, Go Dundalk on 042 9332276.

Easter Egg cycle hunt

MeMBerS of the Ardee Youth Orchestra let their hair down before settling down to the serious practice for the National Championships this April 6.

The members dressed up as their favorite stars at the Movie Themed Disco

at the Bohemian Centre, Ardee last week. They all took Part in Easter Themed games such as egg and Spoon races, Pass the egg Parcel, a Fancy Dress Competition and there was an Easter egg for everyone in the audience.

They now have a serious few weeks ahead as they prepare for the IABCB National Championships in University of Limerick on April 6. Both the Intermediate Band under John Gaynor and the Senior Band under Brendan Breslin will be competing.


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furtHer StOcK:DRIVE only as fast as conditions allow, and

remember that stopping distances are up to ten times longer in ice and snow;

Gentle manoeuvres are the key to safe driving in heavy snow.

Wear comfortable, dry shoes: cumbersome, snow-covered boots will slip on the pedals;

Keep to main roads as they are more likely to be gritted.

Clear snow from the roof as well as from windows. Snow piled up on the roof can fall onto the windscreen obscuring your view and can also be a hazard to other road users.

Also make sure that snow is cleared from your headlights and use your dipped lights at all times. Use your fog lights in freezing fog and switch them

AA ADVICE FOR ICE AND SNOWoff afterwards.

How to handle a skid.Most modern cars have ABS – anti-lock braking

system – and many also have Electronic Stability Control. ABS is a brilliant invention. It means that the car automatically releases the brakes and regrips them many times per second. This means the driver can press the brake pedal and keep it pressed – the car does the work for you.

Non-ABS brakes on older cars are different. They simply stop the wheel completely and that means skidding. While there are advanced driving techniques (‘pumping’ the brake pedal) these won’t be learned in a day and it is far easier to manage your driving so that you never need to brake sharply.

Don’t brake fast under any circumstances – if it’s too late and you have already braked, release them immediately, then reapply, quicker but gently.

Reduce acceleration but don’t take your foot off the accelerator completely.

Use the highest gears possible under the conditions, and as you gently brake, move down in your gears to come to a gradual halt.

If you have an automatic, then under normal driving conditions (motorways, etc) it’s best to select ‘Drive’ and let the gearbox do the work throughout the full gear range. In slippery, snowy conditions you can make driving much safer by selecting ’2′, which limits the gear changes and also makes you less reliant on the brakes. Many modern autos have a ‘Winter’ mode which locks out first gear to reduce the risk of wheel spin. Check the handbook if you’re not sure.

27-03-2013

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