O’Dowd

weeks from the HSE ranging from €1,000 to €1.6m. “Recipients in Louth include €1.6m for Saint John of God Community Services, €227k for Praxis Care, €146k for the Rehab Group Community Support, €117 for the Irish Wheelchair Association and €57k for the Order of Malta Regional

Services in Drogheda. Our local Voluntary organisations play a vital role in protecting and caring for the most vulnerable in our society, they assist directly with people with disabilities, older people, those suffering from addiction, mental health problems and life-limiting illnesses.O’Dowd added

“The extortionate inflation we have seen over the last two years has led to our local frontlines community and voluntary services facing huge pressures.

“All eligible organisations will shortly receive a letter from the HSE confirming the amount that they will receive and the terms of the fund.”

??? QuIZ ???

1—Which Irish actor won best supporting actor at the baftas on Sunday evening?

2—Who hosted the TV gameshow The generation game between 1971 and 1977 and again between 1990 and 1995?

3—With his image commonly worn in pendants and displayed in cars, who is the patron saint of travellers?

4—The famous Hollywood sign originally had which four letters on the end?

5—Can you name the world renowned structural engineer who grew up in dundalk who worked on the Sydney Opera House, louvre Pyramid and Centre Pompidou?

6—If there are two full moons in a calendar month what is the second full moon called?

7—Which Irish Taoiseach was in office when Ireland qualified for the 1990 World Cup in Italy?

8—With which band was Indian yoga guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi associated with?

9—Caviar is made of the pickled roe of which fish?

10—Athos, Porthos and Aramis formed which literary trio?

The Stinker—Can you put the continents in order from largest to smallest. Continents being South America, north America, Antartica, Australia, Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Answers: 1—Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin, 2—Bruce orsyth,f 3—Saint Christopher, 4—LAND, 5—Peter Rice, 6—Blue Moon, 7—Charles J Haughey, 8—The Beatles. He was the founder of Transcendental Meditation and became the group’s Spiritual Advisor. 9—Sturgeon, 10—The Three Musketeers. Stinker: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.