culture Day in Dundalk Grammar School Louth house prices rise 3% in a year

THE 4th annual celebration of culture Day took place in Dundalk Grammar School turning the school into a sea of colour and creating an atmospheric vibe and buzz making it not like any other day.

Whether their own culture or their adopted culture for the day, the colour of the attire made for fascinating imagery and brought the spirit of the day to life. This was a day to celebrate culture, and with over 50 cultures in the school, students were determined that their culture was going to get highlighted. While having pride in their school uniform, this was their opportunity to show their diversity and to demonstrate their pride in their culture, in a sense to celebrate their difference.

In highlighting difference, it was also to raise awareness of the richness of the different cultures, thus, to encourage greater understanding and mutual respect, and to show how much mains at five weeks, the survey shows. sell also remaining static at six weeks.

THE average price of a second-hand, three-bed semi in county Louth rose by 3% in the past year, according to the latest national survey by Real Estate alliance.

It was very much student led. Stalls, foods, cafe, musicians, flags, posters, decorations.

The concept of culture Day started in 2018, and continued in 2019. Break for covid in 2020 and 2021, and then back as a lower key event in 2022. But this year it was back in style.

The organisers were delighted to welcome to their celebration on the day the Indian ambassador to Ireland, ambassador akhilesh Mishra, and his wife, Mrs Reeti

Mishra. The ambassador and his wife embraced the whole celebration and enjoyed the event. other guests to attend included:

The Spanish Embassy - ana alonso (education advisor), The Swiss Embassy - Valerie Swan, Irish Japanese association - Verity Swan (IJa Member and Rotarian) and Margaret Morley (Rotary club District Governor and Rotarian), and Irish austrian association - Ulrike Schoeller (Vice President).

Three-bed semidetached home values in the county remained at €260,000 during the first three months of 2023, the Q1 REa average House Price Index shows.

By concentrating on the actual sale price of three-bed semis, the survey provides an upto-date picture of the

Daffodil Day in Dundalk!

Kieran Clarke, President Dundalk Lions Club; Louise Mackle, tara Mackle and Dundalk Lions Club Coordinator tadhg o’Sullivan.

second-hand property market in towns and cities countrywide.

First-time buyers made up 50% of the market during Q1 with 53% of buyers moving out from the cities.

The average time taken to complete a sale re-

In Dundalk, the average price for a three-bed semi remained static at €240,000, with time to sell this quarter falling by one week to three.

“For the first three months of the year the market has been buoyant, despite a shortage of property,” said Michael Gunne, of REa Gunne Property, Dundalk.

The average cost of a similar property in Drogheda is €280,000, the same as the previous quarter, with the time to

“The price gap is widening between new homes and second-hand homes and there is good value to be had in the second-hand market,” said Darina collins of REa o’Brien collins, Drogheda. across the rest of Ireland, the actual selling price of a three-bedroomed semi-detached rose by 0.6% over the past three months to €293,343 – representing an annual increase of 5.3%. each person and culture, although different, actually had in common. as part of the day long celebrations, the students put on a celebratory concert in the afternoon to celebrate culture through song, dance, poetry and music. The Day was organised meticulously by a diligent and hardworking team of 6th year students, ably assisted by other teams of students, each team performing their own particular function to bring the whole concept together.