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Two disability sports consultants from Dundalk have been honoured for their international contribution to Sport for athletes with Down Syndrome at the recent World Championships for Athletics, Table Tennis and Tennis, held in Nymburk, Czech Republic. The pair was joined … Continue reading →

Louth Fine Gael Councillor John Reilly has described an act of vandalism in Carlingford as “mindless”. The bus shelter in the picturesque seaside village was smashed, while several flower pots were also damaged. “It’s an old cliché to use in … Continue reading →

A RESIDENT in a well-known Dundalk apartment complex beset by problems such as frequent parties and drug use has spoken about her experience there. The problems facing Halliday Mills on Quay Street were raised at a recent Joint Policing Committee … Continue reading →

Friends and family of the late Ava Kelly handed out cheques totalling €35,000 this month thanks to the huge success of their Ava’s Day of Fun fundraiser which took place last month. Ava, from Cardistown just outside Tallanstown was just … Continue reading →

Tributes have been paid around Dundalk for eleven year old Calvin Gray who died on Sunday from injuries he received following a fall at a premises on Clanbrassil St. two weeks ago. The sixth class Redeemer Boys pupil was described … Continue reading →

A Dundalk couple who are campaigning for the Angels Plot in Dowdallshill cemetery to be re-opened have asked Louth County Council to let people know if they intend on agreeing to their request for a memorial stone at the graveyard. … Continue reading →

The initiative is called the Dundalk FC Harry Taaffe Mental Health & Wellbeing Programme and aims to educate and increase awareness about mental health. Former Dundalk FC groundsman and videographer Harry Taaffe, aged 58, tragically died by suicide on July … Continue reading →

Local man Garry Hoey will be on the plane to Turkey at the end of this month as he gets ready for his third world cup with the Ireland amputee squad. The World Cup gets underway on 30th September and … Continue reading →

First year students who are facing commutes from Louth to colleges outside Louth are being discriminated against because the youth travel fare reductions do not apply to them if they are not 19, according to Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú. The … Continue reading →

Tamara O’Connell THE mother of a six-year-old Dundalk girl who needs life-changing surgery is appealing to the local community to rally around her daughter. Lynda Bannon from Belfry Drive is the mother of Zoe Murphy, a little girl who was … Continue reading →