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THE people of Dundalk have achieved their aim of making it into the Guinness Book of World Records thanks to almost 5,000 Santa’s taking part in last Friday evenings fun run. More significant is the fact that the Santas delivered … Continue reading →

After 10 months of writing and rehearsing, production and filming, the service users, staff and volunteers of RehabCare Resource centre, Carroll Village Dundalk are at last ready to launch their first feature film, The Dream Machine’ at the IMC Cinema … Continue reading →

Local student Conor Begley is celebrating after receiving an excellence in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) award at the prestigious SciFest@SFI Discover competition. The event, the national final of SciFest 2013, was held at the Science Gallery, Trinity College … Continue reading →

A young Dundalk man who was touched by the scenes of devastation of Typhoon Haiyan has used his talents to help raise money for the victims. Kaya Kalyon joined with two friends to play classical music in The Marshes shopping … Continue reading →

THE people of Dundalk will literally have the world at their feet on Friday night as the town is ho-ho ho-ping to enter the Guinness Book of World Records with over 4,000 people preparing for the Santa Run. Not only … Continue reading →

A NEW tenant on the former Harp Lager site in Dundalk is expected to create up to 30 full time jobs. Cellulac, the first company to convert brewery facilities for the sustainable production of lactic acid from second generation (2G) … Continue reading →

Realt na Mara student Eden Leavy Cassidy wowed the judges at the Primary Schools Science Week competition with her eerie picture of an evil microbe which helped her win first prize in the 4th-6th Class category. Fifth class pupil Eden … Continue reading →

Damien Higgins has once again thanked the people of Dundalk for their generosity towards the annual shoebox appeal. Almost 400 boxes which equates to 3029 parcels were loaded on to a truck on Monday morning on the Avenue Rd bound … Continue reading →

Volunteers collecting money for the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines were the victims of a sickening crime when a man stole money from their collection bucket on Friday afternoon. The callous thief showed the depths to which a … Continue reading →

When Kevin O’Callaghan headed off to work last Friday morning he had to adjust his work route for the first time since 1967 following Coleman’s butchers decision to move their business from Clanbrassil St to the Castletown Rd. Kevin, a … Continue reading →