Friday 24 May 2013
We headed for the Tain Suite in the Fairways Hotel where 'Da Show Hi' an entertainment filled fundraising night was taking place to help raise money for the North Louth Hospice being run by Paul Brady and the Brady Bunch and featured amongst its acts The Muppets, Mrs Brown's Boys, Grease, Sister Act and the Rat Pack to name but a few.
Legendary fiddle player John Sheahan who played with the world famous Irish band The Dubliners dropped into Dundalk Grammar School to speak to the junior school pupils about his life and work as a musician.
DUNDALK artist Barry Jazz Finnegan is featured in an evocative new advertisement for Tullamore Dew whiskey.
THE talented TY group at St Vincent's will take to the stage with a brand new, original stage play, 'Definitely, Maybe' next week.
THE 3rd Annual Carlingford National Poultry Races are set to take place on the Folklore Park beside the Sailing Club, Ghan Road, Carlinford on Sunday May 19th at 2pm.
A GROUP of Norwegian tourists visited Carlingford recently where they were treated to an insight into Irish folklore and traditions by Kevin Woods of Carlingford and Mourne Region.
Dundalk fiddle player extraordinaire Zoe Conway is joining legendry musicians Dónal Lunny and Máirtín O'Connor for a Music Network tour of Ireland.
On Tuesday night we headed for the Carroll Buildings in the DkIT where the Play With Art exhibition featuring the work of creative P.L.C. students of O'Fiaich Institute of Further Education showcasing Art and Design, Photography, Graphic Design, Multimedia and Games Design.
We headed for the Tain Suite in the Fairways Hotel where 'Da Show Hi' an entertainment filled fundraising night was taking place to help raise money for the North Louth Hospice being run by Paul Brady and the Brady Bunch and featured amongst its acts The Muppets, Mrs Brown's Boys, Grease, Sister Act and the Rat Pack to name but a few.
'Hints of Ancient Light' is the latest exhibition by Omeath artist Patricia McAteer which is currently on display at the Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre Donore, Co. Meath.
In exciting news for their fans, the Magic Numbers One, of the UK's best-loved bands, are heading out on the road this autumn for a tour which takes in a date at Dundalk's own Spirit Store on September 24th.
Minister Fergus O'Dowd has welcomed the decision of the North South Ministerial Council to back the Carlingford Oyster festival, taking place in August.
The delicious Taste of Carlingford festival is happening this coming Saturday and Sunday, May 11 and 12.
Country singing sensation Nathan Carter is to headline this year's Táin summer festival's open air concert on Dundalk's Market Square.
Vantastival may have started off as a get together for VW camper van enthusiasts with a bit of music on the side, but now the music is firmly centre stage at this family friendly festival which took place at Bellurgan Park over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Dara Molloy is swapping the stage for the catwalk when she takes competes in the final of the Tempted Boutique Model Search competition 2013 this coming Sunday, May 12th.
Castlebellingham film-maker Brid Maloney, who died last year at just 30 years of age, is being remembered in a special concert organised by Dundalk musician Donal O'Connor which takes place in the Black Box, Belfast on Thursday, May 9.
NEGOTIATIONS have been taking place between Louth County Council and the management of the massive waste water treatment plant at Soldier's Point about what will happen when the facility loses millions of litres from the Harp Lager brewery when Diageo shuts down the site in the early autumn.
A 22-YEAR-old man who was caught attempting to steal home heating oil from a tank at the Louth GAA Centre of Excellence in Darver was in breach of a suspended sentence, the Circuit Court heard last week.
THERE'S good news for the town centre with two positive developements on Clanbrassil Street with the opening of a homewares department in Houstons and the relocation of the Gift and Art Gallery to new premises.
THERE was a big crowd of rail enthusiasts, from Thomas the Tank Engine fans to steam engine buffs, at Dundalk's Clark Railway Station for the visit of the Engine 461 which was travelling to Dublin last Thursday for an excursion organised by the Dundalk Railway Heritage Society in conjunction with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland.
ONE of the most senior Garda officers working on the Adrian Donohoe murder cases has said the Garda killer – whose identity they know – is 'battling with their conscience'.
A DROGHEDA man who admitted drug dealing was jailed for six years after gardai seized cocaine valued at €140,000 from his home.
A 22-YEAR-old who robbed a teenage boy of his phone after punching his pal in the face was carrying a tube of Pringles crisps when he attacked them outside a shopping centre in Dundalk, while he was on bail for a public order offence.
A DUNDALK man who ordered crisp packets filled with cannabis from South Africa over the internet was caught when customs officers spotted the packages at Dublin Airport and got an undercover official to deliver them.
TWO MEN who beat an African taxi driver in Dundalk because he asked them for the correct fare had the cases against them adjourned once again after the victim said he was still suffering from the effects of the attack.
HAVING led Dundalk Chamber of Commerce through some of the toughest economic challenges, Paddy Malone stood down as president this week.
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