Ard Easmuinn News Today

Local Green Party Candidate Gerard Crawley has called for the protection of the Furry Glen area between the Ardee and Carrick Roads.

A Dundalk family who have their hearts set on bringing a vacant property on leafy Mount Avenue back to life say they got the shock of their lives when a quote from Uisce Eireann to connect to the waste water mains dropped through the door.

It's estimated by scholars that St Brigid died around 1500 years ago and so this year celebrations will be in full swing nationwide and indeed in Co. Louth the birthplace of the saint.

On Thursday night we headed for the Dundalk Golf Club where the Blackrock Tidy Towns were celebrating their 30th anniversary by hosting a table quiz and a good sized crowd turned out specially for the competition.

On Saturday night I headed for the Carrickdale Hotel where the Dundalk Chamber Of Commerce were hosting their Louth Business Awards and as was expected the best of the glitz and glamour were in attendance for this huge night on the social calendar.

From festivals to live theatre performances, illuminated visual displays, exhibitions, craft workshops and dedicated school projects, the wee county will be home to a series of unique events to mark the 1,500th anniversary of ‘St. Brigid’s’ passing.

New cloak to be launched by students of St Brigids Special School, Ard Easmuinn

On Friday night I headed for the rooftop restaurant in the Crowne Plaza for a rather special party. The evening was being run to pay homage to retiring De La Salle school principal Patricia O’Leary from Dromiskin, Raymond Lamont and to the late school secretary Gina O’Reilly from Kilcurry and a large crowd had turned to support the evening.

Gardaí responding to reports of a car being taken, found it lodged in an embankment, with a number of people trying to push it free, Dundalk district cou...

One of the main link roads around Dundalk is set to close for a year to facilitate the construction of the €7million Mount Avenue link road.