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Wednesday, 8th August, 2012. Vol. 5, Issue 32 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth. Tel: 042 9320888. Fax: 042 9329676. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Louth Roses get ready

Page 8

Great response to Oriel event

Youth award for Kelly

Pages 10 & 12 1

Mountain bed push for children’s hospitalA locAl man’s efforts to raise money for the ‘Fix crumlin’ hospital appeal proved a huge success as over a hundred people joined him in his trek across the cooley mountains.

Oliver O’Shaughnessy de-cided to raise money for the ‘Fix Crumlin’ hospital appeal after seeing at first hand the terrible conditions that the staff are forced to work in. Oliver’s son Daniel suffers from a disease called severe aplastic anaemia which means his bone-marrow is unable to produce red and white blood cells.

As a regular visitor to Crumlin, Oliver was moved to try and help the hospital raise some much needed funds to rebuild the crum-bling building.

“Our six year old boy Dan-iel is an outpatient in Crum-lin and the staff up there have been absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately though the building is falling down around them and they need to raise €8 million to help raise funds for the renovation of the cardiac and cancer care facilities “

Oliver made a bed with the words ‘Fix Crumlin’ embla-zoned on the front and set out from Fitzpatrick’s pub in Lordship as he made his way across the Cooley mountains into Carlingford. Thankfully the weather gods were kind to Oliver and the rain stayed away as he began his trek.

“I was delighted with the response we got to our ap-peal” said Oliver after he had completed the walk.

“The walk probably tookcontinued on Page 22 Daniel O’Shaughnessy is joined by other children on the walk

By Niamh KirkOn foot of the review of the Jocelyn Street/Chapel Street carried out by an engineer from the national Transport Agency, Dundalk Town Council and O’Donovan Consultant Engineers the original layout of the junction was found to be in need of improvement. A number of improvements to the current layout are to be carried out after the town council approve the new plans. However that will have to wait until after the summer break when the council meets again in September. The plans include changes to be made to the road mark-ings and traffic signals at the junction. See Page 13

Changes willbe made tocycle lanes

By Paul Byrne

DunDalk leaDer 8th august 20122

Francie Byrne and John Lambe with their paintings from St Oliver’s art classes. See Page 10

Blackrock Road RaceBlackrock ac are hosting a four mile road race around Blackrock on Sunday august 19 at 5pm.

The event is open to runners, joggers and walkers aged 18 and over. The race will start on Main Street and will feature cash prizes for top runners.

registration is €12 and can be made at www.ru-nireland.com with entries closing on Friday august 17 at 6pm. Entries on the day from 3pm to 4.15pm.

race numbers and time chip to be collected on Saturday august 18 at Blackrock community cen-tre from 1pm to 3pm on race day.

For details contact 087 2411374, 086 3224508 or contact [email protected].

NEw car sales in co louth have tumbled even further according to the latest statistics from SIMI .

There has been a drop of 21% in new car sales across the county com-pared to the same month last year with louth holding about 2% of the national market. The fig-ure does not look set to improve as traditionally new car sales drop off in the latter half of the year. currently only 1,502 new cars were sold in

the county since the be-ginning of the year.

Sales in petrol cars have plummeted as the price of fuel increases, sales of petrol cars now make up around one quarter of the market. Buyers everywhere are overwhelmingly opting for the running value of diesel cars and they now make up just over 74% of all sales.

alternative fuel cars are struggling to make any significant impact on the market with elec-tric, hybrid and flexi fu-els combined make up

less than two percent of annual new car sales.

louth’s drop of 21% goes against the national trend which saw a slight increase on sales in July compared to the same month last year.

alan Nolan, Director General of SIMI says the increase shows that there is still value out there for consumers who are tak-ing advantage of strong offers from the Industry.

“There is no doubt that the current level of sales is being driven by the industry seeking to pro-long the selling season

and car buyers are con-tinuing to benefit from this with great value out there at the moment.”

This time of year is the annual tipping point where many would-be-buyers hold off purchas-ing until the new year. More than 70% of all annual new car sales happen in the first four months of the year. The Director of SIMI want to see the government ad-dress the ‘hugely disrup-tive impact of the sea-sonality’ in the industry by creating two registra-tion periods January to

New car sales fall by 21% in Co LouthJune and July to Decem-ber. He said he would “address this problem and protect jobs and businesses by spreading sales evenly through the

year. It would also ben-efit car buyers who pur-chase later in the year by more clearly identifying these cars for valuation purposes.”

By Niamh Kirk

DunDalk leaDer 8th august 2012 3


Many of the scenes in Good Vibrations were filmed in Dundalk

Good Vibrations, the film biography of Terri Hooley fa-ther of the Belfast Punk scene much of which was filmed in Dundalk, has had its first screenings.

well known locations like the Spirit Store on the Quay and the red bricks of Broughton Street made their debut on the silver screen along with many locals who were cast as punked-up ex-tras.

Filming took place last Sep-tember in armagh and Dundalk with the locality being chosen because “there are parts of Dun-dalk that look very much like

Belfast in the 1970s. Belfast has changed a lot in the last 30 years, if you were away 20 or 30 years you wouldn’t know the place at all” according to Hooley speak-ing when the Dundalk location was selected.

The film depicts how one man with a great passion and drive became an instrumental player in the punk movement in the North. Terri set up the record store Good Vibrations in the early 70’s on one of Belfast’s most bombed streets, Victoria Street.

Despite the troubles the shop became a hub for music lov-ers and became the home of the record label that launched The Undertones and many more.

It also looks to Terri’s home life which became wrought with friction as his relationship with music took precedence.

over the past three weeks Good Vibrations had it first screening at the Belfast Film Fes-tival where it won the audience award for best Feature Film.

The awards and accolades keep rolling in as it received. The Best Irish Feature award at the Galway Film Fleadh and was the opening film in the 47th Karlovy Vary International film Festival.

The acclaimed film will make its way around a number of film festivals before going on general release later this year or early 2013 according to distributors.

First screening oftown-based movie

By Niamh Kirk

Money claimed in Dundalk court following robberya sum of €625 which was part of a larger amount on money stolen from a car in 2011 and held by Gardai was claimed by two men at Dundalk court on Thursday.

Judge william Hamill was asked to decide what to do with the money when a part-heard Police Property application came before him. one of the claimants previously gave evidence regarding his

right to the money.Gardai Inspector

Martin Beggy told that the €625 was in possession of the Gardai after a man charged with stealing the money subsequently died.

It was stated sums totalling €1,270 were stolen in Drogheda on March 2 last from a vehicle belonging to Heineken.

The Inspector said that a son of the deceased man said he

lent him money and it was part of the money, the ownership of which was at issue.

a second man told the court he lent the deceased man €150 that he was short to buy a car on the morning the Gardai stopped and searched both of them. They took money from both of them.

Inspector Beggy said that the application was purely to do with the money taken from

the deceased man, who said he was going to rent a house. a course of action was open to the claimant to make a claim.

The Inspector said the Gardai were seeking to return the money to the drinks company.

Judge Hamill opted to do that on hearing a company representative who said it was money that a delivery man collected.

Thomas Mc-

Conville, Donn

McArdle, Co-

lin Mulligan and

Darren Meehan

at the Dundalk

FC fundraiser in

Oriel Park


Many of the scenes in Good Vibrations were filmed in Dundalk

It also looks to Terri’s home life which became wrought with friction as his relationship with music took precedence.

over the past three weeks Good Vibrations had it first screening at the Belfast Film Fes-tival where it won the audience award for best Feature Film.

The awards and accolades keep rolling in as it received. The Best Irish Feature award at the Galway Film Fleadh and was the opening film in the 47th Karlovy Vary International film Festival.

The acclaimed film will make its way around a number of film festivals before going on general release later this year or early 2013 according to distributors.

First screening oftown-based movie

Money claimed in Dundalk court following robbery

the deceased man, who said he was going to rent a house. a course of action was open to the claimant to make a claim.

The Inspector said the Gardai were seeking to return the money to the drinks company.

Judge Hamill opted to do that on hearing a company representative who said it was money that a delivery man collected.

Thomas Mc-

Conville, Donn

McArdle, Co-

lin Mulligan and

Darren Meehan

at the Dundalk

FC fundraiser in

Oriel Park


Pictured are: The children of St Olivers National School Carlingford welcoming the Canadian Ambassador Loy-ola Hearn, Oliver Tully Chairman of Louth Co Co, Professor David Wilson (a native of White Abbey, Belfast), President of DkIT Denis Cummins, Andrew Griffith, Chairman of the Board of DkIT and the great great grandson of D’Arcy Magee, D’Arcy Magee Quinn

THE case of a 29 year-old mother who has admitted to stealing food and clothes to take care of her five young children was again ad-journed on Thursday last.

The holiday sitting of Dun-dalk court was told by solicitor Sean T o’reilly the situation with Guna levcenkov with ad-dresses at Beechmount Drive and athlethan, racecourse road remained that she received abso-lutely no state assistance.

He said she had “no desire” to engage in shoplifting and was awaiting the outcome of appeals for state aid. She was thankful for the help of Dundalk people and assistance from the members of the local latvian and lithuanian community.

She had an ESB bill of over €1,215 and owed approximately €900 rent to her landlord who

had been more than understand-ing of her circumstances.

Judge Hamill adjourned 12 counts of shoplifting to august 30 and remanded her on continu-ing bail. He would defer finalis-ing the case until a date when Mr. o reilly was present but the case couldn’t go on endlessly.

The charges are in respect of offences on dates between July 2010 and January last involving stealing of items from stores in Dundalk and Drogheda.

Inspector Martin Beggy, pros-ecuting, said she hadn’t come to further Garda attention.

However, Mr o’reilly said that she admitted since her last appearance in court she was stopped five times by shopkeep-ers. They appeared to be aware of her circumstances and simply took the goods off her and didn’t

notify the Gardai.She had gained seasonal em-

ployment and attempted to pay her landlord with the wages she obtained in the legal or black economy.

Judge Hamill asked had he any idea where the appeals were at.

Mr reilly said it seemed to move incredibly slowly. He said that papers were with a barrister in relation to the whole Social welfare matter.

Judge Hamill said unless she paid the ESB bill she could find herself on the side of the road which strangely might bring mat-ters to a head. likewise, if she was in a home with no heat or cooking facilities.

He confirmed it was his wish that the relevant statutory serv-ices be kept informed of the situ-ation.

THE first annual Thomas D’arcy McGee Interna-tional Summer School is being held in carlingford from august 20 to 22.

McGee was born in the village in 1825, and went on to become one of the greatest Irishmen of his generation – a bril-liant orator, popular poet and outstanding journal-ist, a one-time rebel who wound up as a Father of canadian confedera-tion, a man whose career embodied all the major themes and creative ten-sions that ran through Irish and Irish canadian life during the 19th cen-tury, and who remains highly relevant today.

while McGee is well known to most Irish canadians, his memory gradually faded in Ire-land, apart from a hand-ful of his poems that remained in the school

curriculum. That situa-tion is being addressed by the efforts of enterprising and energetic individuals based in carlingford and the nearby Dundalk Insti-tute of Technology. The Summer School aims to put McGee back on the Irish map, and to attract canadian visitors who would like to combine a relaxed trip to Carling-ford with some stimulat-ing talks and discussions on the life and times of McGee, and some lively entertainment in the eve-nings.

The school begins on Monday august 20, with a talk by Dr David wil-son, Professor of celtic Studies, University of Toronto and biographer of Thomas D’arcy Mc-Gee, on the transforma-tion of McGee from an Irish rebel to a canadian loyalist.

on Tuesday, James Quinn of the royal Irish academy will present a lecture on McGee’s Ire-land.

In the evening a din-ner will take place in the carlingford Sailing club and later for those who are happy having a cou-ple of pints and listen-ing to traditional music, there will be a session at Mckevitt’s Hotel that evening.

The Summer School winds up on wednes-day morning with a dis-cussion of the ways in which McGee’s career can speak to the need for reconciling the differ-ences and divisions that have characterised Irish life, involving conor Murphy, MP and Jim wells.

To register, contact Tommy Fegan at [email protected].

Stealing food and clothes for her family

D’arcy McGee Summer School in carlingford

Cancer FundraiserThe Irish Cancer Society is launching a new fundraising event ‘Run Walk & Roll in Louth for Cancer Research’. They are inviting communities across Louth to run, walk and roll in just about anything with wheels- scooters, skateboards, wheelchairs, prams, bikes - as long as it doesn’t have an engine.Not only will you help support Irish Cancer Society Research but you will also bring your friends and families together for a great, fun day out. CallSave 1850 60 60 60 for more information.

NewSin Brief


notify the Gardai.She had gained seasonal em-

ployment and attempted to pay her landlord with the wages she obtained in the legal or black economy.

Judge Hamill asked had he any idea where the appeals were at.

Mr reilly said it seemed to move incredibly slowly. He said that papers were with a barrister in relation to the whole Social welfare matter.

Judge Hamill said unless she paid the ESB bill she could find herself on the side of the road which strangely might bring mat-ters to a head. likewise, if she was in a home with no heat or cooking facilities.

He confirmed it was his wish that the relevant statutory serv-ices be kept informed of the situ-ation.

Stealing food and clothes for her family

D’arcy McGee Summer School in carlingford


DUNDalk Fc are gearing up for an exciting friendly against champions league holders Chelsea at Oriel Park next Tues-day evening, 14 august with kick-off at 7pm.

The game will be the first time the lilywhites have enter-tained foreign opposition in a friendly since the visit of nine-time la liga winners atlético Madrid three years ago.

Indeed, oriel Park is no stranger to European giants, having entertained the likes of

Liverpool, Celtic, Ajax, Porto, PSV Eindhoven, Tottenham Hotspur, red Star Belgrade and more recently Levski Sofia in UEFa competition.

chelsea were last season crowned European champions and also won the English Fa cup, and the london Blues are set to travel to Ireland with a youthful squad but one that con-tains exciting prospects.

It promises to be a real treat for the Dundalk footballing public and people of the North

East. Tickets have been keenly priced for the game, making it very affordable for all.

“we are delighted to be wel-coming a team with the stature of chelsea. we have been pro-moting the game for the last 6-8 weeks so we’re hoping for a big turnout,” said Dundalk Fc Gen-eral Manager Paul Johnston.

“There has been very big in-terest from around the country, with ticket sales linked to Bel-fast, Dublin, cork, limerick, waterford, Galway, Mayo, cav-

an and right around the country.“Many of those areas have

chelsea Supporters clubs and they have bought tickets in numbers, with some supporters clubs buying over 50 tickets for the game.

Tickets for the match are sell-ing extremely well, and those planning to attend are advised to purchase in advance.

Supporters should note that all Juvenile (U16) Stand tickets are now sold out, while only a limited number of adult Stand

tickets remain.The prices are as follows:

Stand: adults €15. Ground: adults €10, Juveniles (U16) €5. Family tickets are also available for the Ground: 2 adults & 2 children €20, 1 adult & 2 children €15.

Tickets are available over the phone or at the oriel Park of-fice (phone: 042-9335894), as well as the TCCM Office at the Square, Harvey Norman in the retail Park and Jack Murphy Jewellers in Newry.

THe countdown to the Rose of Tralee is on as Louth’s two Roses ready themselves for a tour of Ireland before landing in Kerry for the start of the festival on August 17.

Patricia Marmion and claire lynch will rep-resent the wee county in what promises to be a great occasion and louth rose, Patricia Marmion, admitted that she just can’t wait for the event to begin as she makes her fi-nal preparations.

“It’s all systems go at the moment. My dress is being made by Bernie Mccann in cooley as

we speak so it’s begin-ning to feel very real now. I’ve sort of been busy all summer and I haven’t re-ally had a chance to think about it but it’s starting to hit home now and I’m get-ting very excited.

Patricia who starred for louth ladies on Sun-day as they cruised past Derry to reach the all Ire-

land Semi-Final expects to have plenty of support in Tralee for the five day festival

“I will have a big sup-port there with a lot of my friends and family and a load of my class from col-lege are making the trip down as well.

“I’d like to say a big thank you to all my spon-

sors who have helped me out so far and hopefully everybody who comes down to support me has a great time in Tralee” says Patricia.

rather than being a contest where rivalries may fester, she says all the girls are there to have a bit of fun.

we’re going down there to help each other and the fact it is a com-petition does not even get mentioned, we are all just going down there to have a laugh.” she adds..

Patricia is not the only louth rose who will grace the Tralee stage this year with Stabannon’s claire lynch making the long

journey from australia to represent her adopted city of Melbourne.

claire’s sister Deirdre says half of Stabannon will make the trip to Tralee to cheer on the Melbourne rose.

“claire leaves australia next Wednesday and will be back with us in Staban-non on Thursday for a fly-ing visit before she meets up with the rest of the roses for a tour around the country” explains Deirdre.

“we’re actually just back from spending a month with her over there and she’s starting to get really excited about the big event.

“She’s got her dress and all that sorted out and she’s really looking for-ward to meeting all the other roses.

“She is friends with the louth rose Patricia Marmion already so it’ll be fun for the two of them hanging out with each other in Tralee.

“I reckon half of Sta-bannon are planning on making the trip to Tralee so Claire definitely won’t be short of support ” laughs Deirdre.

The rose of Tralee festival starts on Friday august 17 and runs until Tuesday 21 when the rose of Tralee will be crowned by Daithi o Se.

Dundalk host European champions chelsea

Two Louth Roses set to bloom in Tralee

HistoryWho was known as the Maid of Orleans?Cartoon & ComicsIn the Wacky Races, who was the only driver never to have won a race?Rock and PopTony Hadley was the lead singer of what 1980s British group?SportWhich League of Ireland club is nicknamed The Candystripe Tigers?IrelandIn what county are the villages of Castleisland and Ballydesmond?BooksWhich adventure novel is subtitled The Sean Cook?LocalWhich then sitting Dundalk UDC councillor made headlines by leaving Fianna Fail to join the newly-formed Progressive Democrats in 1985?

MoviesIn what 1984 Wes Craven horror movie did Johnny Depp have his first starring role?Political ScandalsWhich of his former cabinet members claimed to have had an affair with Prime Minister John Major?TelevisionIn what BBC TV sit come did Nicholas Lyndhurst play Ron-nie Barker’s son?This Week’s StinkerHam gravy was the first love of what cartoon character.

Pete Treanor’sweekly Quiz

—this week’s answers—

1. Joan of Arc 2. Dick Dastardly 3. Spandau Ballet 4. Derry City 5. Kerry 6. Treasure Island 7. Jim Cousins 8. nightmare on Elm St 9. Edwina Currie 10. Going Straight. Stinker – Olive Oyl

Claire Lynch Patricia Marmion

By Paul Byrne


TIPPErary goalkeeper, Brendan cummins, is closing in on the record of Poc Fada titles after claiming his sixth victory on Saturday afternoon. cummins is now just one short of the record held by cork legend, Ger cunningham.

Despite inclement weather and mist covering annaverna Mountain on Saturday morning the M Don-nelly Poc Fada all Ireland went ahead.

Due to weather conditions and with the health and safety of com-petitors. their back-up teams and spectators in mind it was decided to run the main Poc Fada on a double lap of the secondary course instead.

The weather lifted after contestants had started the amended course and the competitions concluded in warm sunshine.

The results were unique as three competition winners were as in 2011 Brendan cummins retained his title to claim his sixth crown, followed by ruairi convery (Der-ry) and Graham clarke (antrim) in third place.

Patricia Jackman (waterford) won her fourth national title in a row. one poc ahead of Martina Mc-Mahon (cork) with rachel Mona-ghan a very close third placed con-testant.

The 2011 Under 16 contestant

killian kiely (offaly) was eligible to defend his title and he did so two shots ahead of colum Fenton (cork).

Brendan cummins and kevin Mckernan (antrim) with a com-bined score of 86 pocs won the co-mortas Beirte competition. with the combined totals of pre-competition draw determination deciding the results.

Gaa President liam o’Neill and camogie President aileen lawlor were both present at annaverna to present Prizes to those placed and an individual inscribed crystal vase to all contestants. Sponsor Martin Donnelly also attended on the day.

Cummins closes in on Poc Fada record with his sixth win

Brendan Cum-

mins and Patricia

Jackman retained

the All-Ireland

Poc Fada titles

they won in 2011


Frank McCann Ollie NearyMary Smyth Patricia McAleavy

By Paul Byrnelouth actor colin

o’Donoghue’s star continues to shine with the recent an-nouncement that he has been cast as captain Hook in US network aBc’s fairytale dra-ma once Upon a Time.

colin, from Drogheda, has strong connections to Dundalk with his mother and grandpar-ents hailing from ravensdale while he also spent plenty of his teenage years in the town having been educated in the Grammar school in Dundalk.

31 year old colin shot to

fame last year starring along-side anthony Hopkins in Hollywood blockbuster ‘The rite’. The supernatural thrill-er proved to be a huge success across america and got colin recognised by movie execu-tives in la. o’Donoghue had made an audition video for

The rite in a friend’s home studio in Drogheda and sent it to the United States.

o’Donoghue will make his debut in episode 4 of ‘once Upon a Time’ and is described by aBc as “a handsome pirate ship captain who never shies away from a fight.” Although

he gives off a gentlemanly air, he is truly vindictive in na-ture. The captain will play a pivotal role in the bad fortune that has befallen Storybrooke. colin is also an accomplished musician and is a member of well established Irish rock band ‘The Enemies’.

louth actor lands another major role in USa

TALenTeD artists from St Oliver’s nursing home in Dundalk have used their considerable talents to produce a cal-endar featuring paint-ings of some of the most striking images in Co Louth.

art classes have been offered to the residents of St oliver’s for a number of years under the guid-ance of art teacher carol wallace.

according to carol the works will feature in a calendar which will be available in a number of businesses around Dun-dalk whilst the original paintings will be placed around Dundalk town centre as part of the ‘art Trail’.

“we meet up every Thursday morning and

St oliver’s artists display paintings

we have a very enthusias-tic talented group who tap into their creative spirit to help create these wonder-ful paintings you see be-fore you today.

The calendar features images from around the county including Back-rock beach, castle road, the Proleek Dolmen and ravensdale forest.

ollie Neary from louth Village who painted a

beautiful image of castle-town Bridge says that the art classes are a great way to pass the time.

“I started painting here about seven or eight years ago and it’s some-thing I really enjoy do-ing. It’s kind of relaxing and you get a sense of achievement when you finish your picture” he explains.

Mary Smyth from

culhane St. In Dundalk echoed these sentiments saying that painting was a great way to spend a morning. John lambe and Francie Byrne agreed saying that the art group provides a great outlet for the residents to show off their talents.

“we have great craic here and it’s a lovely way to spend a few hours on a Thursday morning. we’re

looking forward to seeing our paintings on display and we’re already think-ing about what we plan to paint next” laughs John.

art classes are spon-sored by St Vincent de Paul and the calenders are available from august 15 and can be purchased from Jacqueline woods, ozone Boutique, Gift and art Gallery, St Vincent de Paul, Modern Fash-

ions, BoI, aIB, riva on Earl St, Imperial Hotel, Pulse Pacemaker, car-roll’s bookshop, catwalk boutique and the Dublin St picture framers who framed all the images for the artists.

all funds raised will go towards St oliver’s while the original paint-ings will be on display as part of the ‘art Trail’ from august 15.

Chciałabym Wam polecić wycieczkę do hrabstwa Antrim w północnej Irlandii.Trasę można pokonać w jeden dzień. Jeden dzień, który przy dobrej organizacji czasu będzie obfitował w różnorodność wrażeń i ciekawych miejsc.Z Dundalk najlepiej wyruszyć około 8:30, tak by do pierwszego obektu dotrzeć na 10tą.Jedziemy M1 w kierunku Belfastu, nastepnie kierujemy się na M2 i lotnisko międzynarodowe, na północy Belfastu a następnie zjeżdżamy na A12, już na Carrickfergus.Tu nasz pierwszy postój - największy w Irlandii Zamek nordycki. Po przekroczeniu murów twierdzy, otwiera się przed nami nowy, fascynujący świat. Wielkim plusem Carrickfergus jest jego niepowtarzalny charakter. Zamek stanowi twierdzę z prawdziwego zdarzenia, położoną na klifie, nad zatoką. Posiada: opuszczaną kratę, baterię dział, obwałowania od strony morza, a nawet lochy ze znajdującymi się w nich figurami imitującymi więźniów. Z obwarowań rozciąga się przepiękny widok na morze Ir-landzkie. W Carrikfergus ył też “podobno” Guliwer.Tą drogą dojeżdżamy do mostu linowego zamieszczone-go na klifach i łączącego stały ląd i maleńką wysepką, most nazywa się Carrick a rede rope bridge; w okresie letnim czynny od 10:00 do 19:00; od recepcji do samego mostu wiedzie nas kilometrowa ścieżka grzbietami klifów; opłata jest pobierana tylko za przekroczenie mostu, ceny są bard-zo zbliżone jak te w Carrickfergus. Most przekraczamy dwa razy. Przy ładnej pogodzie i natężonym w związku z tym ruchu turystycznym przy wejściu jest podany przybliżony czas oczekiwania na wejście na most. Mijamy Groble Olbrzyma i najpierw udajemy się o 1 mile dalej, do miasteczka Bushmills.Groble Olbrzyma są czynne do 20tej latem. niestety obec-nie już są płatne, za to cetrum turystyczne jest naprawdę świetnie zorganizowane i wyposażone, w cenie biletu są audioprzewodniki,także w języku polskim.następnie znów Bushmills, tym razem tylko przejeżdżamy, by kilka mil za miasteczkiem zatrzymać się przy ruinach zamku Dunluce, malowniczo usytuowanych na klifie, nad oceanem.Zanim wjedziemy do Portrush by znależć w nim drogę do domu, lądem zajmie nam podróż powrotna około 2 gidzin. Miłego zwiedzania! Agnieszka Boniewicz

By Paul Byrne

Former footballer Tom Mc Nulty talks to Johnny Mc Gailey about football and the club at the Dundalk FC Fundraiser in Oriel Park on Sunday night

Mickey O’Kane, Chris Caulfield and Damian Smiley Bailey

Fearghal, Brendan and Gerry MaloneGerry Malone, David Gray, Oufkir Ahmed and Alan Gray

Peter Cherrie (Dundalk FC), Tom McNulty and Donal Greene (Dundalk FC).

Tanya Mc Cann and Sinead Mc Guinness

Orla Taaffe and Deirdre Fisher

Dundalk FC Fundraiser Night

David Corcoran and Niall Gallagher


Former footballer Tom Mc Nulty talks to Johnny Mc Gailey about football and the club at the Dundalk FC Fundraiser in Oriel Park on Sunday night

Fearghal, Brendan and Gerry Malone

Orla Taaffe and Deirdre Fisher


Kelly McGlynn (back left) pic-tured with Cian O’Rourke, Ci-ara Lynch, Sarah Doyle, Matt McCoy, Edel McEnteggart, Marita Bayly at the awards ceremony

cElTIc supporters club held their aGM on Monday July 23 in the Stags Head Dundalk.

The large attendance re-elected liam cassidy as chairman and Stephen Johnston as treasurer.

The remainder of the commit-tee is as follows: Shane Mullen-

Secretary, Michael casey- Pro with other members Tony Hugh-es, cathal Mulholland and Nigel Mckee.

The club would like to extend an invitation to all club members old and new to a start of season Bar-B-Que in the Stags Head on

Saturday august 11 at 6pm fol-lowed by DJ Franko.

The usual ‘Premiership chal-lenge’ starts on Saturday august 18 with a winning prize of €700. Entry costs €10 and names can be left behind the bar in the Stags Head.

celtic Supporters club hold aGM

kElly McGlynn from kilkerley Foroige club was one of five teen-agers from louth to receive a leadership award at a gala ceremo-ny in Dublin.

The teens received certificates in recog-nition of their efforts demonstrating a desire to lead from the front and set a good example to their peers through positive decision mak-ing and actions.

The louth teens were joined by more than 260 other young people from across Ireland and around the world during a gradua-tion ceremony to mark the end of the 4th an-nual Foróige albert Schweitzer leadership

Top award for Kelly

for life International youth conference.

The leadership pro-gramme and annual conference is run by Foróige in partnership with IccUSa, the Irish chamber of com-

merce - United States of america. The pro-gramme is open to teen-agers in every country and the conference was attended by young del-egates from the Uk, USa, canada, Pales-

tine, India and Nigeria. Hollywood star Matt

Mccoy acts as the ongoing ambassador to the leadership pro-gramme and mentored the young delegates all week.


Front: Neil Murphy, John Moran, Conor Noonan and Colin Mulligan; Back: Niamh Mo-ran and Cormac Myers

Rachel Bailey with Mickey and Roisin McKenna

Jason Mc Conville, Dave Mc Cann, Aoife Lynch and Conor Murphy

Liam Burns (Dundalk FC) and Niall HeartyCiara McGonigal and Brian SavageRobbie Rafferty and Eamonn McCann

Declan Moran Catriona Joyce, Moira Carroll and Rosemary Coleman

Richard Kennedy with David and Alan Gray

Fearghal Malone, Mickey Foley and Stephen Copas

Serena Myles and Francis Kearney


DJ Aidan Mc Elevey and Robbie Mackin

Emer Moran and Steve Baughen

Dean Arrowsmith with Dundalk FC player Peter Cherrie

Gerry Clarke won a signed jersey in the raffle at the Dun-dalk FC Fundraiser in Oriel Park on Sunday night

Karen Cooke and Maria Mahony

Michelle Moran and Richie Gorman


The controversial junction entering Chapel Street

aNyoNE wishing to celebrate Heritage week can take part in two walks that are being organised in the cooley Peninsula.

a road walk will take place on Sunday august 19 leaving the Sportsmans at 11am, taking in Mount Pleasant House, the Proleek Dolmen and other sites on route. adults €10 - children free, to include light picnic lunch.

a Mountain walk will take place on Sunday 26, leaving Dulargy School, ravensdale, at 11am, taking in the Sweat Houses, lissachiggle stone enclosure, leaba Paragasta, cuchullain’s Bed (in Folklore). adults €10 to include picnic lunch. Guide, music on the mountain and €5 donation to Temple St childrens hospital.

Heritage week in cooley walk

oN foot of the review of the Jocelyn Street/chapel Street carried out by an engineer from the National Transport agency, Dundalk Town council and consult-ant engineers the original layout of the junction was found to be in need of im-provement.

a number of improve-ments to the current layout are to be carried out after the town council approve the new plans. However that will have to wait until the council meets again in

September. The plans include

changes to be made to the road markings and traf-fic signals at the junction. Business owners in the area will welcome plans to widen the road to facilitate access to chapel Street by heavy goods vehicles and emergency vehicles who faced difficulties access-ing the area following the implementation of the two lane cycle track.

Town Engineer, cather-ine Duff said “The analysis of this important junction

has been very useful and generated some valuable adjustments that we can now make to ensure that the junction is as safe as possible for all road users.

“There is always a care-ful balance to be struck in this type of work between the competing require-ments of motorists, pedes-trians and cyclists. overall, our programme to make the town safer for cyclists and pedestrians is having a positive impact on safety.”

Safety of the cyclists is

paramount to the project’s organisers and the NTa has accepted an invitation from Dundalk Town council to review the entire Smarter Travel infrastructure pro-gramme in the town which will help shape the rollout of similar schemes in cities and towns across Ireland. .

The final stage in the smart travel scheme is only in its infancy and it is ex-pected that the cycle tracks will see an upsurge in use as the on-road and safety training amongst the 4000

Changes will be made to cycle lanes following reviewpupils in the nine partner-ing schools continues. cu-chulainn cycling club will be working with young people to create a gen-eration of confident and safe cyclists that should help reduce congestion in the town centre and close to schools, particularly in morning and at home time.

as the student popula-tion of Dundalk is set to grow dramatically in com-ing years, the cycle lanes are an opportunity to pre-vent chaos at school gates as students will be capable of travelling safely to and from school themselves. The real test of the suc-cess of the cycle lanes will come when the students give their verdict as they take to the roads this com-ing academic year.

By Niamh Kirk


Phil Simmons with members of Dundalk Cricket Club

DunDALk Cricket Club has been featured as a part of the Under-dogs series on RTe one’s John Murray Show.

The spotlight was shone once again on the rising stars of Irish crick-et as the rTE show visit-ed the club’s grounds in Dromiskin last week to catch the team in train-ing and interview some of the members.

The show followed the progress of the first team who have shot up through the divisions in the Irish cricket league since their foundation in 2009. They are cur-rently placed third in the leinster Division Nine and expect to continue on their impressive form by winning the com-ing games this august

dundalk Cricket Club under the spotlight

and September and see themselves through to another promotion.

John was shown around the club’s grounds and met with the members who hail from Ireland, England, India, Pakistan, Nepal and australia.

They spoke with John

about the origins of the club and how they all came to be involved. John was even given the chance to have a go at the willow-on-leather himself and gave a cred-itable display of his bat-ting prowess.

The show is due for broadcast on rTE radio

1 on wednesday morn-ing of august 8, so tune in to hear Dundalk’s for-midable cricketers tell their own story.

Irish National team coach Phil Simmons was also there to give some tips and advice to the ever impressive team. He shared his

philosophy on sports and cricket and told the senior team he thought that any sport should be played as something that they enjoy.

His words are likely to be well heeded as he is among Ireland’s most successful cricket coaches to date.

Car Boot SaleA car boot sale will be held in St Patricks GFC Lordship in association with the Irish Heart Foundation on Sunday August 19th from 10.30 am to 3pm. Refreshments in Car Boot Cafe. Call 087-2559405 or 087-6479715.

Volunteers NeededHave you thought about volunteering, like to give something back to the community? Why not get in touch with the Louth Volunteer Centre. They are urgently looking for new volunteers for lots of volunteering opportunities for long term and short term tasks. Opportunities exist in areas such as Social Care, Charity Shops, Befriending, DIY / Gardening, Festivals, Marketing. Check out the website for more information www.volunteerlouth.ie

NewSin Brief

FrIDay brought the most competitive field yet to Dundalk for “Friday Night 8-Ball Pool” at The Sportsmans Bar.

Ten Players from louth and sur-rounding counties made the event as new Irish tour players John Dugdale, David Hanratty, Damien carberry at-tempted the weekly challenge.

Damian made a great tournament debut making it to the semi final on his first attempt.

However, aidan kinsella defeated David to make it to the final for the fourth successive occasion

The second semi final between Bar-ry keane and Patrick Mcardle was all one sided. Unlike last week when Bar-ry coming back from 2-0 to beat Paddy 3-2, Patrick wiped the board knocking out last week’s runner up an impressive 3-0 victory.

Patrick then took on Aidan in the fi-nal and produced some fast enjoyable pool and both took their chances as it went 1-1.

But with odds stacked in his favour, aidan again showed how much the

tournament meant to him by quickly running out the Final 4-1.

Dundalk’s “Friday Night 8-Ball Pool” attracts some of the best pool players from the Dundalk area and sur-rounding towns and counties.

The Sportsmans Bar have Two world championship Supreme Tables provid-ing the best quality tables for 8-Ball.

ahead of the upcoming “Dundalk Pub Pool league”, Dundalk pubs will be notified of team entry details before august 10th.

a meeting will be held to inform all captains of tournament rules and league draws before august 24th.

This league will run every Thursday night in the pubs of Dundalk during September and october.

This event will be held at The Sportsmans Bar on a Saturday where every team will play on the main table through out a full day event.

Teams can enter now by contacting Barry on 0876274866.

any pub with a pool table can apply to take part.

dundalk Friday Night 8-Ball Pool League

Tomas GerocI think it really depends on the crime. In certain cases I can see where the death penalty should be allowed but it definitely should depend on the severity of the crime.

Brendan ConachyI don’t think that the death penalty is the answer. Tougher jail sentences is the way to go. There’s no use giving a man 20 years in prison and letting him out after ten.

Terence BurnsI think the system is fine the way it is. They’ve been wrong before. You could be framed or anything and the next thing you’re on death row.

Brian SavageI’d be totally against it to be honest. I just don’t think it’s right to take another person’s life. Jail is enough of a punish-ment I think.

Vincent CallanI definitely do not think that it should be introduced. You can’t legislate for miscarriages of justice. Mistakes cannot be rectified after you’ve killed someone.

QUESTION:Are you foror against the death penalty?

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DUNDalk court heard on Thursday that a 29-year-old local man, anthony cunnane, who was put back for community service and medical reports to be prepared on him was not present because he had ob-tained work on a cruise ship.

Judge william Hamill agreed after seeing the con-tract of employment to adjourn the case to august 30 for his solicitor to obtain instructions from him. The Judge said he otherwise would deem he was not suitable for community service.

The defendant with addresses at Seafield Lawns and afton Drive had 16 counts in respect of driving without insurance, driving licence, and tax and NCT certificate on three separate dates adjourned from a sitting in april.

It was stated then two of those were on successive days on September 27 and 28 last and the other on January 9 last. on each occasion the Gardai seized the vehicle. His solicitor said the defendant disposed of the vehicle.

Peter Lavery explained on Thursday that the de-fendant made contact with the Probation Service that he had taken up employment on a cruise ship and showed his contract of employment.

The defendant was somebody who had a history of trying to work. He worked as a chef in the past, but wasn’t able to continue in that line because of injuries he sustained when young.

Judge Hamill remarked that Mr lavery better get on to him to find out when he was coming back.

Judge adjourns case against man who secured work

By Niamh Kirk


Huge crowd support Dundalk FC fundraiserBy nIAMH KIrK

The effort to see Dundalk FC Trust take over the struggling club continued over the weekend as people flocked to events at Oriel Park to show their support for the Lilywhites. The Project Oriel gig in the Youth De-velopment Centre saw revellers make the most of the Bank holiday week-end to show their

support for the club. Four bands en-tertained a buoyant crowd late into the night as the raffle prizes were dished out and the dance floor hopped.The Malarkeys, The Curtain Thieves kicked off the show. Later, Jinx Lennon, whose music is long credited with having deeply set socially conscious dimension, encour-aged everyone to

show their support for the local institu-tion. Lennon admit-ted not knowing that much about football but lent his support because he was well aware of the importance of keeping local estab-lishments alive and the ruinous effect its closure would have. Fun and funky seven piece The Trampz delivered one of their signa-

JInx Lennon is on the move again as after a sensational performance at the Save Dundalk FC fundraiser. The positive voice of a disenchanted generation will be catch-ing the end of the Olym-pic celebrations as he is set to perform at the Marathon Irish Festival in London on Saturday August 11. The marathon Irish event celebrates Irish Culture through crea-tive arts and runs over two months in London’s East End.The festival hosts some of Ireland’s most rel-evant artists, musicians and thinkers and Jinx is billed to play along side Mark Corcoran at the free event. Jinx has a busy schedule over the next few weeks as he takes to stages at some of the seasons remaining festivals. He was featured at the Liss Ard Festival the night before the musical effort to Save the Lilywhites. Festival goers in Water-ford as well as London will also be treated to one of Jinx’s unique per-formances. The local laureate has also been busy behind the scenes as he penned the music for the Pat Mc Cabe/Kevin Allen’s joint movie production ‘’The Ballad of Honky Mc Swaine’’ which pre-miered at the Flat Lake film festival this sum-mer. He enlisted mem-bers of the charisma charged The Trampz, who also entertained at the Project Oriel gig, to play a combination of these two musical forces should not be missed.

Jinx is on the move

Jinx Lennon sees a bright future for Dundalk FC

ture cool and charis-matic performances that would have left many a reveller wanting to borrow

one of the clubs ‘magic sponges’ for their dance-weary limbs.

MiChaeL Brunnock, former member of Little Place and The Van winkles as well as long time collaborator with Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry is making a welcome return to ireland and stopping off for a gig in the Spirit Store as a part of his tour. Critics have had difficulty getting Michael Brunnock to fit into a particular genre, his traditional, rock folk meets singer songwriter gives his performances an air of intrigue. his latest album, The Orchard, was released only last month and features collaborations with Julia Stone, ari hest, Joe Sumner and Glen hansard. Michael won this year’s prestigious award for Best Original Song at the 2012 David di Donatello italian acadamy awards. The winning song ‘if it Falls, it Falls’ is from the movie soundtrack for This Must be the Place [2012].

Michael Brunnock is returning to The Spirit Store.


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novena to the Sacred Heart. Dear Heart of Jesus

In the past I asked you for many favours This time I ask you this special favour

(Mention Favour)Take it dear heart of Jesus and place it within

your own broken heart Whereyour Father sees it Then in his merciful eyes it

will become your favour, not mine.Amen.

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novena to the Sacred HeartDear Heart of Jesus

In the past I asked you for many favours This time I ask you this special favour

(Mention Favour)

Take it dear heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart Where

your Father sees it Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour,

not mine. Amen.

Say this prayer for 3 days. Promise to publish it and the favour will be granted.

never known to fail.n Mc A

Family Noticesin memoriam announcements , anniversaries, Birthday Remembrances, thanksgivings & acknowledgements.

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Novena

Dear Sir,IT is good news that coun-cil officials have descended from their ivory tower and agreed to review the cy-cle lanes fiasco. Albeit this will mean extra cost to the taxpayer, and the wanton destruction of the mature trees in Stapleton Place.The proliferation of cycle lanes on our streets would lead one to think that our own council are planning to twin the town with those cycling cities, Am-sterdam and Shanghai.Most people would find it acceptable in principle to have cycle lanes- with a ca-veat. The lanes should only be painted and not hinder access for emergency or delivery vehicles, cause inconvenience to busi-ness people and residents, make driving hazardous or motorists, or endanger cyclists.Many would accept it is a brilliant idea to convert unused railway lines into cycling lanes. Such a con-cept would prove a boost to tourism.What is not acceptable is to have our once admired wide streets butchered in the process and turned into alleyways. It is not ac-ceptable to have the cycle lanes separated by bol-lards and kerbs. nor is it acceptable to have build-outs from off the large footpaths large enough to accommodate an Army

tank.One can visualize the kerbs being covered by a heavy snowfall, invisible to cyclists, motorists and even pedestrians attempt-ing to cross the road. It’s an accident waiting to hap-pen with the inevitable compensation claims to follow.One of the arguments put forward for these cycle lanes is because it will en-courage school children to cycle to school. Those who put forward this view need a reality check. Do they honestly believe that parents will allow their children to cycle with the de rigueur of heavy bags of school books on their backs?Do they honestly think they will cycle in our in-clement weather? Do they not realise many children have no option but to make use of the family car because there is no con-venient public transport

available to them?These cycle lanes in their present form have found favour with a section of people coming from an en-vironmental point of view. I would remind them that motorists pay road tax and insurance, taxes that help to pay for the building and maintenance of roads – in-cluding cycle lanes.The Government is anx-ious to widen the tax base. Might it not be timely to compel adult cyclists to pay road tax and insur-ance? After all, they are road users too.I have no wish to stereo-type all cyclists as reckless, however, there is a size-able minority who believe that they are exempt from the traffic laws.So, before the cycle lanes are officially opened and the promised tsunami of cycles descend on them, the powers that be could do a worthwhile service for exasperated motorists

by pointing out to cycle enthusiasts a few basic rules of the road.1—All traffic travels on the left hand side of the road2—Traffic lights are meant to be obeyed by all.3—One way street means all traffic travels in one direction4—Footpaths are only for pedestrians.Yours faithfully,NiChOLaS McCOurT

Dear Editor,I HAVE to agree with all that P Duffy said in your paper last week. I drove bread vans in Dundalk for many many years and to me this whole cycling set-up is a weird and very, very dangerous for everyone walking, cycling and driv-ing.Yours,eDwarD McarDLeath Leathanracecourse road

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Some of the large crowd of participants that took part in the bed push on the Cooley Mountains over the weekend

THE festival of lughna-sadh was one of the four great festival celebrations of the ancient Irish. It was a time to celebrate the har-vest and enjoy the fruits of the year’s work.

on Sunday august 12, a celebration of this festival will take place in ravens-dale with a fun filled day of harvest themed events for the whole family to enjoy. The lughnasadh Festival will be held at an cuige, which is located in raven-sdale Village, opposite the Old Post Office, from 2pm onwards.

The aim of the lughna-sadh festival is to celebrate the harvest of the gifts of the land and the gifts of everyone in the com-munity. The day’s events will include a guided walk through the celtic year Garden, children’s gar-den crafts, storytelling, poetry,circle dances, and a dream sharing space for dreams achieved and those

yet to be realised. at 6pm, a ritual cel-

ebration of lughnasadh will be held followed by a shared evening meal and ceol agus craic around the bonfire.

This event is being or-ganised on a voluntary basis and there is no cover charge, but please donate what you can on arrival to help cover costs. Parking will be limited so car pool if possible or use public transport.

Everyone is welcome to attend some or all of the events and if staying for the shared meal, please bring cold food and/or drinks to share. There will also be a “Great Giveaway” so bring something you would like to give away and in ex-change take home some-thing you would like to keep.

contact 042-9371901 or email [email protected].

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us about three and a half hours and we had up to hundred people join us as we made our way across the Cooley mountains. I’d like to thank everybody for coming out and supporting us and making the event a success” enthused a delight-ed Oliver.

Oliver and the rest of the bed push team finished the night off in Fitzpatrick’s were a raffle was held to raise even more money for the appeal.

“We had a great night in Fitzpatrick’s and I’d like to

thank them for putting on food for us and looking af-ter us on the evening. I’d also like to thank the Mul-ligan family from Ard Eas-muinn who played tradi-tional music for us for free.

“At this stage we’ve raised thousands of euro and the money is still coming in so I’d sincerely like to thank everybody for coming along and helping us out” he add-ed.

Donations for Oliver’s appeal can be lodged in the Permanent TSB bank Clanbrassil St. Dundalk. Frances Gribben Cancer Trust. Account Number- 87193488. Sort Code

THIS year’s Carling-ford Oyster Festival takes place this weekend with promises of fun and games for all the family as well as oysters galore.

Featuring Morgan’s ocean Fresh carlingford oyster Pearl competition: 12 ladies will compete for the crown in a weekend of fun filled activities as they

bid to be crowned carling-ford oyster Pearl 2012.

The fun programme be-gins with its opening recep-tion on Thursday evening and continues through the weekend with a colour-ful Festival Street Market, lively street entertainment, artisan craft & Food Stalls and local restaurants offer-ing delicious fishy dishes, chowders and local cuisine.

The Sailing regatta on

carlingford lough and Guided Medieval tours of carlingford are all to be enjoyed.

The world renowned carlingford oyster Festival offers a four day fun-filled festival for the whole fam-ily is packed with tradi-tional children’s activities including Magic Show, build a Sand castle, Face Painting, the ever popular Teddy Bear’s Picnic, world

crab Fishing champion-ship, Free kayaking in the Harbour, children’s Funfair and Bouncing castles.

Featuring the kiddies oyster Pearl welly Hunt where the whole family can forage on the shores of Carlingford Lough to find treasures hidden within the shorelife and seashells.

This year’s festival fun kicks off tomorrow Thurs-day august 9 and will run

until Sunday evening when the carlingford woyster Pearl will be crowned in the Four Seasons Hotel, carlingford. Tickets For The oyster Pearl Final and End of Festival Dance are available From the Four Seasons Hotel, carlingford arms, The Van Takeaway and ann campbell Jewel-lers Dundalk. Tickets cost €10.

Huge crowd turn out for mountain bed push in aid of kids’ hospital

More than oysters at carlingford festival

lughnasa festival

THe construction industry in Co Louth continues to suffer as there has been a 31% drop in the number of planning applications since last year.

The latest figures from the na-tional Housing and Construction index show that Co Louth has among the lowest levels of appli-cations for planning and are on a par with Mayo and Clare who have seen a similar fall off in ap-plications.

There were 240 applications to the local authorities for the time period in 2011 but the number dropped off to only 170 for the same period this year, Only Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal saw an in-crease in applications this year.

The National Housing Construc-tion Index by Link2Plans indi-cates current and future housing construction activity on national, regional and local level. using two key data sets they can gauge how the construction industry could progress over the next 12 months and how it actually fares.

By measuring the level of plan-ning applications we can get an

insight into the sentiment and potential future activity in the sec-tor. But for a real insight into ac-tual housing construction activity researches looked to the number of commencement notices. In this respect Co Louth fares better as is has seen only a 13% fall in the number of commencements this year. There total of 91 commence-ments between January and June 2011 while there were 81 during the same period this year. The 13% drop places Co Louth mid table on the national Index.

The survey, the information for which was provided by local authorities and complied by the nHCI also looks to the number of those who follow through on plan-ning applications. The figures are taken over a 6 month period from January to June.

As an economic indicator the continued drop in planned and actual builds is far from a hopeful reflection on the local construction industry. However there is some hope on the horizon as the latest figures from the CSO indicate that there has been an increase in peo-ple working in the retail industry within the county.

Drop in number of planning applications

By Niamh Kirk

By Paul Byrne


MerC e300 hYBriD

Merceds Benz have just an-nounced details of the latest ad-dition to the E-class range. The E 300 BlueTEc Hybrid saloon has a claimed official fuel consump-tion figure of 23.3kpl/65.7mpg on the combined cycle, with co2 emissions of 109 g/km, when fit-ted with 16-inch wheels. The estate records 22.2kpl/62.8mpg and emits 116 g/km of co2. Powered by 2,143cc, four-cylinder diesel engine the E 300 BlueTEc Hybrid produces 204 hp and deliver-ies 500 Nm of torque is mated to a 20 kw electric motor mounted within the 7G-Tronic Plus auto-matic transmis-sion powered by a 19kw lithium-ion battery. The

hybrid system has no impact on the load carrying ca-pability of either the saloon or es-tate. The hy-brid power plant allows the E 300

BlueTEc Hy-brid salon to ac-celerate from 0-100kph/62mph in 7.5 seconds, were the estate takes 0.3 seconds longer. The top speed for the sa-

loon is quoted as 241kph /150 mph and 232kph /144mph for the estate. The E 300 BlueTEc Hybrid should arrive here early 2013.


MerC e300 hYBriD

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