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Dreams come true for local families Wednesday, 5th December, 2012. Vol. 5, Issue 49 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth.

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By Paul Byrne and Niamh Kirk

It has been a memorable week for three local families as they saw their dreams come true just in time for Christmas.

The Bingham family from Bay Estate are rejoicing after picking up their €3.6m cheque from the National Lottery, while two other young people have had their own reasons to celebrate.

Alex Meehan has hit the headlines after realising the dream of appearing on the Late Late Toy Show, while Grace Gartland had the joy of meeting her heroes, Jedward at a special event.

Gerry Bingham was

Gerry and Marie celebrate. See Page 16

joined by his wife Marie, sons Alan and Gerard, daughter Niamh and his five grandkids as they travelled to Dublin to collect the winning cheque, but he admits it took a while to realise they had actually won.

Alex with Ryan Tubridy Page 16

Although news broke last Sunday that the sole winning ticket of the jackpot was sold in the north east, Gerry was completely unaware that he was in possession of the winning ticket until Monday evening when he decided

Grace with Jedward. See Page 14

to sit down and check his numbers.

Meanwhile, Alex Meehan, made the most of his dream appearance on The Late Late Toy Show as he caught the imagination of the nation by chatting to host, Ryan Tubridy, ‘as

Gaeilge’.

Grace Gartland’s fouryear wait to meet her heroes, Jedward, proved very worthwhile as she got a special invitation to meet the Dublin twins at the Wax Museum.

See Pages 14 & 16

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Fears over safety of Square crossings for something done about the Cllr Martin Bellew trian crossings has once again asked Square before

By Paul Byrne

to be body gets killed trying pedes- to cross the road.

At the November at the some- town council meeting he called on the council to paint black and white road markings and provide flashing amber lights on all polls.

“I sat at the square this evening and watched eight people trying to cross the road from the Square over to Earl St. I counted four cars that didn’t stop at the pedestrian crossing during this same period and I really thing we need to do something about this” explained Cllr Bellew.

“Something is very wrong with the pedestrian crossing if cars aren’t stopping to let people cross. We can either take it away altogether or do something about it be-

Fears have been expressed over safety at the Square crossings

fore somebody gets killed” he added.

“We were told at a previous Town Council meeting that consultants appointed by the council were looking at the issues of flashing lights and road markings at the Square. I am again asking if there has been any progress with regards to these flashing lights?”

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erine Duff said reports will issued about the pedestrian crossings and brought before the council as soon as possible.

Cllr Oliver Morgan also raised the matter of pedestrian crossings at the November Town Council meeting urging the council to standardise all of the towns pedestrian crossings to “minimise the present

chronic disruption of traffic flow and consequent danger to our road users” In his motion, Cllr Morgan said the engineers’ reports should “contain an evaluation of the possibility of making all these pedestrian crossings easily and safely usable by the physically impaired”.

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Man was reading Grammar students prepare for trade fair paper while driving

A man who came to Garda attention for driving erratically on the motorway was observed reading newspaper placed on the steering wheel.

Michael Gerard Dinsmore, 54 Ganna Way, Warrenpoint, Co Down, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving after admitting to “only taking a brief glance at the paper”.

Dundalk District Court heard that at 8.20am on November 23, the defendant was spotted driving erratically and

going from lane to lane on the southbound carriage of the M1.

An unmarked Garda car pulled up alongside him and observed that he had a newspaper on his steering wheel.

The defendant, who stated that he hadn’t lost control of the car, was fined €200 by Judge Flann Brennan.

He warned Mr Dinsmore that he would be disqualified if he repeated the offence.

By Brendan Lawlor Every year Dundalk Grammar School has their annual Christmas Trade Fair. There are only two years that take part in this trade fair, they are Transition Year (4th) and the First Years.

The trade fair is great for transition but it is even better for first years because it gets them an insight to business and also how it works.

The idea of the trade fair is to design your own product, sell it at a stall and hopefully make some money.

However, the money isn’t all for the people who sell the goods as a percentage of the profits go to charity.

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Christmas trade fair is open to anybody family, friends and people who want to come in and even have a look at the great ideas.

The day of the fair there will be different

types of fun and entertaining things to see and do, such as Dundalk the Grammar School choir singing a wide range of Christmas songs.

There will also be refreshment from coffee

Green award Bagel Bar Dundalk, located in Marshes Shopping Centre Food Court, has been acknowledged in the 2012 Green Business Awards for their energy initiative.

Recently involved in the “Louth Energy Efficiency Pilot” run by the

Local Authority, Chamber of Commerce and National Stakeholders SEAI & FÁS, the unit took part in the pilot with an intern from FÁS reviewing their energy costs with an objective of a 10% saving.

stall, run by Laura Farrell, Cheryl Rowntree, Poppy Van Dyke, Grace Keegan and Catherine McMahon, while there will also be raffles from different stall during the day.

The First Years can be nervous coming up to the trade fair but by the end of the fair the entrepreneurs will be confident about everything.

Sean Bird and Cormac Smyth are in this year’s trade fair and what they love about the trade fair is that they are making Christmas decorations out of wood.

They love this idea because Sean and Cormac have a big interest in woodwork.

Brendan Lawlor and Jake Fannin are running a tuck shop in Dundalk Grammar School for the last four weeks.

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The young debaters from Coláiste Rís will head for Longford this Wednesday evening full of confidence as they are set to perform in this year’s All-Ireland SemiFinal of Comórtas Díospóireacht Uí Chadhain. This is the national debating competition, orgnanised by Gael Linn, for schools where the teaching is conducted through the medium of Irish.

This year’s Junior team is captained by Conchúir Ó Beaglaoich, a past-pupil of Muchgrange National School and is assisted by Bearnard Mac Thoirealaigh

Conchúir Ó Beaglaoich, Hannah Ní Fhionnagáin and Bearnard Mac Thoirealaigh

and Hannah Ní Fhionnagáin, both past-pupils of Scoil Rois, Carrckmacross.

The team’s achievement is all the more impressive as this is their first time to represent the school in Irish

debating.

The Dundalk school will compete against Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair, Scoil Chiaráin, Indreabhán and current All-Ireland Junior Champions Pobalscoil na Ceathrúna

Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe.

Coláiste Rís are the current senior champions, a title the school won in January last in Trinity College, Dublin.

The motion before the house will be Aoibhinn

beatha an fheirmeora in Éirinn – happy the life of the farmer in Ireland today. Coláiste Rís will oppose the motion and will go head to head with their arch-rivals from Carraroe, whom they have met annually at the business end of the competition for the last few years. As usual the debaters will be accompanied with a large group of supporters.

Should Coláiste Rís be successful in Longford on Wednesday night coming they will appear in their ninth consecutive All-Ireland Final, which will take place at the end of January.

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Paul Jackson, Mill Road, Dundalk, was warned to take responsibility for his actions or end up in jail by Judge Flann Brennan who imposed a 12 month suspended sentence.

“The problem in this case is not drink, but that he was violent”, stated Judge Brennan.

“The world is full of people who

drink too excess but they don’t resort to criminal offences or violence.

I have given him chances but it is time Paul Jackson started to take responsibility for his actions.

“If you do anyth ing like this again in the next 12 months you will go to jail”, he added.

The court heard that Jackson was at a family wedding in the Carrickdale Hotel on May 10 this year when Gardai were called after a window had been broken.

Gardai called to the defendant’s room and he became abusive. He struck one of the officers on the nose with a full can of beer, causing swelling.

Pepper spray was used to arrest him.

The damage caused was valued at €430.50.

Solicitor, Frank McDonnell, stated that the Probation Service believe there is hope for the young man if he can stay away from alcohol.

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Judge is not impressed by the delusional evidence of witness The quality of evidence given by a defendant at Dundalk District Court prompted the judge to order a psychiatric report on the man.

Judge Flann Brennan stated that he was most unimpressed by the evidence given by Fergal Sheehy as he faced a number of public order charges.

“I don’t believe a word of what he says and I think there is something wrong. There is a delusional quality to his evidence and for that reason I will remand him in custody for a week for a psychiatric report”, stated the judge.

The court heard that Sheehy, who had various addresses at Ashbrook, Drive One, Muirhevnamor and Avondale Park attended Dundalk Garda Station on June 25 and continuously rang the bell. He had

a strong smell of alcohol and demanded to talk to a particular Garda who was not in the station.

The incident took place in the early hours of a busy Saturday night/Sunday morning and the defendant refused to leave. He was subsequently arrested.

Sheehy told the court that he was out for a walk with his dog and just called into the station to enquire about the investigation into an alleged assault on him.

On April 14 this year, Gardai were called to a disturbance at 6.50am at Holly Park, Bay Estate, where Gardai saw Sheehy on the street. His ex partner said he had been knocking on the door and would leave.

The defendant was told to leave and abused Gardai before walking

away. However, when Gardai returned three minutes later he was back at the house.

He had been drinking from a container and there was a smell of alcohol.

Sheehy stated that he was simply calling to the house but accepted that he was not co-operative.

At 8.30am on May 29 Gardai received a call from a resident at Holly Park where they found Fergal Sheehy.

He was drinking from a container and there was a smell of alcohol.

He was arrested after becoming abusive to Gardai.

Sheehy stated that he was taking his dog for a walk on that occasion and had stopped to ask his ex for a light. He said he had been drinking an energy drink.

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A new Táin for the Dundalk’s Market Square

Two Dundalk artists have used the legend of the Táin as inspiration for a new mural which they have just completed.

Sited at the back wall of the Tourist Office on the Market Square in Dundalk’s town centre, this new depiction of the Táin is the work of Barry Finnegan and Killian

Walsh and depicts characters and the landscape of the Táin.

“The installation of the Táin sculptures as part of the redevelopment of the Market Square this time last year made the link between Dundalk and the Táin more real. These sculptures by John Behan re-

ally bring home the link between Dundalk and the best known Celtic saga in the world. And this mural by Barry and Killian further reinforces the link” said County Arts Officer, Brian Harten, who along with the Engineering Section of Dundalk Town Council, commissioned the

two artists to design and install the piece.

“Dundalk Tidy Towns have been hard-working and innovative in their efforts to improve the appearance of the town, and Louth Local Authorities are delighted to work hand-in-hand with the Tidy Towns committee to create artworks

which make Dundalk a more visually attractive place in which to live and visit, and which strengthens Dundalk’s links to its heritage.” says Senior Executive Engineer, Padraig O’Hora, who supervised the mural’s creation.

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their appeal to tourists.

The Award ceremony is due to take place on December 7 and Failte Ireland are keeping the virtues they found in Dundalk under wraps until then.

Tourism Minster Leo Varadkar stated: “This new award is an important step towards recognising those Irish towns and villages which are working hard to make Ireland even more attractive for tourists.”

Huge interest in new Irish secondary school There was a huge attendance at the recent information night held in respect of the new

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“The large attendance confirmed that a very high level of demand exists for all-Irish education at this level in this area and it vindicated our decision to proceed with the establishment of Coláiste Lú”, he stated.

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Grace finally gets to meet Jedward RNLI Christmas event

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She waited four long years to meet her two heroes and last week Grace Gartland from Ashling Park in Dundalk finally

got to meet Ireland’s most famous twins as Jedward met the eleven year old at the waxworks museum in Dublin.

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“I heard that Jedward were appearing in the wax museum to unveil their sculptures so I emailed Lisa Jameson in the museum asking could she sort out a meet and greet for us and thankfully she replied and said she would organise it for us” explained Grace’s mother Niamh.

“We travelled up to Dublin last weekend and not only did Grace get to see the boys they were actually hanging out with us for almost two hours.

It was a bit mad just chatting away to John and Edward for so long. I

have to say they were absolutely dead on and they are really funny lads” added Niamh.

Grace, whose bedroom is a shrine to the Lucan duo, said she was amazed to finally meet her heroes and admitted it was a day she will never forget.

“I couldn’t believe that I got to talk to them and hang out with them for so long. I’d wanted to meet them for so long so it was great to finally get to talk to them. I’ve been showing my friends all the pictures we took with Jedward and they’re all very jealous” laughed Grace.

It was definitely one of the best days of my life so far” she added.

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Creative sparks Stage show group set to have a whale of a time will be flying

By Jessica Shields

Creative Sparks will be flying at the Louth Creative Community Hub Open Day this December 15.

The open day is an opportunity to visit the new eco friendly state of the art facility. On the day local crafts people and creative businesses will host free make and do sessions on Christmas card making, festive gift tags, storytelling, decoupage boxes, cupcakes decorating, Christmas games, festive felt ornaments, iPad Garage Band jam session, poems for greeting cards, winter mono prints and floral table arrangements.

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The talented actors from RehabCare are promising their audience a ‘whale’ of a time when the take to the stage for their production of Pinocchio this week.

The group were spotted carrying their giant whale in Dundalk this week as they continued their preparations for the show which continues tonight (Wednesday) to Friday in the Town Hall.

The group has over 40 people involved with the production and tickets cost €10 and €5.

All the proceeds from

Chris McKevitt, Jason Kelly, David Moore, John Clinton, Dermot Phillips and Kyle Norton get ready for the production of Pinocchio

the show will be split The group have debetween RehabCare and cided to put their own Crumlins Children’s unique spin on the tale of hospital.

Pinocchio and hope that

Man got a wife and driving ban

A young man who came to Dundalk with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend got more than he bargained for when he came to the attention of Gardai.

Andrew Connors of 14 Rossfield Ave, Tallaght, not only ended up with a wife and child on the way, but was also disqualified from driving for 20 years and given two months in prison at Dundalk District Court.

The defendant was stopped by Gardai at the Dublin Road on July 11 this year and initially gave a false name. He was not insured and had been disqualified for 25 years in 2009.

Solicitor, Sean T O’Reilly, stated that his client wanted to apologise for his actions. He has since got married and his wife is expecting their first child. He is currently serving a three month sentence.

In imposing the sentence, Judge Flann Brennan warned that the defendant was unlikely ever to get insurance with his record.

Clermont Chorale Christmas concert Clermont Chorale presents its Christmas Concert in St Nicholas Church (Green Church) Dundalk on Sunday December 16 at 7pm.

The choir will sing some of its new repertoire, but the emphasis will be on Christmas music.

Making its first public appearance will be the newly formed St Vincent’s School Chamber Choir and the Dublin-based Elise String Quartet.

Special guest is

soprano Sadhbh Dennedy.

This is the first of a series of concerts

by Clermont Chorale.

The choir will stage a cabaret and supper in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in February, host internationally acclaimed Galway choir Cois Cladaigh in March and tour New England, USA in April.

Tickets for Sunday night’s concert (don’t forget, it’s at 7.00 pm) will be available at the door for €10

everyone who comes Noses definitely won’t along to the perform- be growing when the ance will enjoy it just as actors are asked if they much as the original. are excited as Paudie

Murphy a programme facilitator explains that the group have been working hard with the production since June and everyone is more or less ready to get up and perform on stage.

Paudie would also like to say a big thanks to Clan na Gael GAA Club for offering them room for rehearsals over the past few months.

Tickets are available from the Dundalk Town Hall Box Office now.

For further information on the production call directly to the Town Hall Box Office at 042 9392919 or contact Sandy in RehabCare on 0429328766.

Please help me, I think I have won the Lotto

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By Paul Byrne

“Can you help me please? I think I’ve won the lotto” Those were the words spoken by Gerry Bingham from Bay Estate last Tuesday morning as he rang lotto headquarters in Dublin to confirm that he was the sole winner of the almost €3.6 million jackpot.

Gerry was joined by his wife Marie, sons Alan and Gerard, daughter Niamh and his five grandkids as they travelled to Dublin to collect the winning cheque.

News broke last Sunday that the sole winning ticket of the jackpot was sold in the north east as lotto players from all over the region frantically checked their numbers. However Gerry

Gerry and Marie Bingham with their Lotto cheque

was completely unaware that he was in possession of the winning ticket until Monday evening when he decided to sit down and check his numbers.

“I hadn’t heard that the winner was from the north east and I was just going through my usual

Monday routine really. I went to Mass on Monday morning, did the meals on wheels route and then just went about my day as normal” explained Gerry.

“Usually I’d just scan the lotto ticket in the shop whenever I’m in town to check my num-

bers but for some reason I decided to check them at home on Monday evening.

Gerry checked the numbers on and was in shock as he realised that he had all six numbers.

Having double checked with his wife Marie the couple still couldn’t be-

Thought he had permission to drive ex-girlfriend’s car A man who mistakenly believed he had the permission of his girlfriend to use her car also fell foul of the law after crashing the vehicle are leaving the scene.

Sean Byrne of Ravanny, Louth, appeared at Dundalk District Court to face charges of taking a vehicle without authority, driving without insurance and failing to stop, as a result of the single vehicle crash.

The court heard that on March 11 this year, Gardai attended a road traffic accident at Martin’s Cross, Dundalk, although the driver had left the scene.

After the owner of the car reported the vehicle stolen, Gardai questioned Sean Byrne who admitted taking and crashing the car for which he had no insurance.

Solictor, Frank McDonnell, stated that

this was not the normal case of unauthorised taking, as he believed he had the implied permission of his then girlfriend, with whom he is no longer in a relationship.

While he had no specific consent to drive the car, he had previously driven it and had been named on the insurance policy at one stage.

His girlfriend regularly stayed at his house and

on the night in question had been out with his sister when she left the car.

He had attempted to get a loan to buy another car for the victim, and also offered to have it repaired which was not accepted.

Judge Flann Brennan fined the defendant €100 in each case and disqualified him from driving for a period of two years.

lieve they’d won the jackpot and rang their son for further confirmation.

“We were shaking but we still weren’t 100% sure so we rang our son Alan and called out our numbers to him. He checked them and came back to us and said if we had those numbers we had just won the lotto jackpot.

“The house has been mad all week with all our children and grandkids staying with us and it’s only really now that the house is quiet again that the feeling is beginning to sink in. We have no immediate plans for the money and we’re just going to relax and enjoy the feeling for a while before making any decisions.” added Gerry.

News

in Brief Library events

Louth Co. Libraries hope to end the year with cheer. Upcoming events in December include Christmas Storytelling on Saturday December 8 at 3pm.

An evening with John W. Sexton, Science Fiction Poet, Author & Novelist, takes place on Tuesday December 11 at 6.30pm.

The annual Christmas Table Quiz for Retirees will be held on Thursday, December 13 at 2.30pm. Tables of four.

Refreshment and prizes galore.

A Carol Service & Christmas Fare with the Polish School Dundalk, on Saturday December 22 at Noon.

Alex steals show on the Late Late Alex stops for a chat with Ryan Tubridy

By Niamh Kirk

Young gaelgoir Alex Meehan has become the star of this year’s Late Late Toy Show after exchanging cúpla focail with presenter Ryan Tubridy on Fridays show.

The five-year-old sped onto the set of the Toy Show waving from the tractor he had been asked to test drive through the set. Although it wasn’t planned, Ryan knelt down to have a chat with Alex.

Despite the impromptu chat Alex confidently announced he was from Blackrock in Dundalk.

He went on to take Ryan and the audience by surprise when he asked in perfect Irish. “Conas ata tu? An bhfuil tu go maith agus any scéal agat?”

The question got a round of applause from the audience and clearly impressed the RTE presenter who replied saying he was “Go han mhaith” (very good) and asked after Alex.

Keeping up the bantar Tubridy asks if Alex has any craic?

“Níl” he replied and headed off on his tractor to the sound of riotous applause.

Alex was selected from 20,000 applicants who wanted to test out toys for the 2012 Toy Show. His proud mum Sharon says he is a natural entertainer, his confidence and outgoing personality convinced them to send in a tape of Alex demonstrating to the show’s producers.

Initially he was asked to do a ‘drive through’ on the show.

“On arriving to the studios he spotted the green tractor and added the horse he named ‘Billy’ to the trailer before his first practice when he simply drove through the set. But anything can happen on live television and ‘Tubs’ took the opportunity to chat to Alex on air.

The clip of Alex’s appearance has been hugely popular online with almost 70,000 hits

on YouTube. His parents find his online success amazing. It also meant that his aunt in the US and uncle in Canada have been able to enjoy their nephew’s appearance on national TV. He has been recognised out shopping and his class mates can’t know enough about his experience on Ireland’s most famous show.

“It’s a great achievement for him, that he had the confidence to do it” said his mum Sharon Meehan. Both his parents and his big sister Saoirse say they are very proud of Alex.

Alex’s attended an Irish speaking preschool and is currently at Scoil Dun Dealgan where he has continued to learn Irish. His parents who encourage him to speak ‘As geailge’ when possible are grateful to his muinteoir for teaching him Irish so well. Ms Meehan said “it is amazing to see how well he picked it up and how well he can speak it.”

Photos from Saturday’s First Muslim Intercultural Day in Dundalk which took place in The Assembly Hall The Ramparts Dundalk on Saturday 1 December 2012. The day was officially opened by Jennifer Green, Cathaoirleach, Dundalk Town Council

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Over to you QUESTION: Are you looking forward to Christmas?

Anne Murphy

Sharon Casey

James Hoey

I always look forward to Christmas I have to say. I love the whole buzz around the streets and getting a few days off work. It’s nice to have time to meet up with family and friends as well.

I absolutely love the whole Christmas period. I like seeing the lights around town and getting presents and everything about it really. Except the snow. I can’t say I like that.

I used to love it when I was a kid getting presents and all that and then as a teenager it was good fun going out having a drink with friends. But at this stage it doesn’t mean much to me. It’s definitely more for kids I’d say.

Holly’s horse haven care for abandoned animals

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No, I’d have to say I wouldn’t be a fan of Christmas really. It’s a sad time especially if you’ve lost people over the years. It can be a lonely time thinking about loved ones who are no longer around.

Stephen McGivern Yeah I do enjoy the whole buzz around Christmas. It’s nice getting a couple of weeks off school and it’s good craic going out with friends over the holidays.

that matches every outfit

By Paul Byrne

A charity set up to care for abandoned and unwanted horses have launched a campaign to raise sawareness for the forgotten horses sall around the country. t Holly’s horse haven is an Omeathbased not for profit charitable eorganisation run by Elaine Duffy and her husband Joe. The pair aim to improve the lives of neglected and atrisk horses and ponies, through direct intervention, education, community noutreach, the raising of awareness, gand through hands-on horse rescue, trehabilitation and re-homing. s The pair now intend to become Holly’s horse haven is trying to raise spioneers in implementing a sustainable awareness programme of care and rehabilitation in Carlingford which will begin at tfor abandoned and neglected mountain 8:30pm. Everybody is welcome to attend and we hope to outline our tponies and horses. e According to Joe, members of the strategy to identify all horses currently public can help them achieve their roaming in the Cooley mountains” goal by signing an online petition to explained Joe. help raise awareness of the situation.

That strategy involves finding out r “We have set up an online petition exactly how many of the horses in the ywhich we hope people will support mountain areas are actually abandoned and help spread the word about the and how many are in ownership. Joe dreadful situation facing abandoned is hopeful that any owners of horses lhorses and ponies in the Cooley in the Cooley mountains will come lmountains. forward and help the horse haven e “We have also organised a public determine exactly how many horses nmeeting for December 12 which need to be helped. owill take place in the Foy centre k Współczesna wersja n Św.

Mikolaja została l spopularyzowana r przez holenderskich o Protestantów Nowego dZwyczaj obdarowywania grudnia, Św. Mikołaj zagląda Amsterdamu.

Niektórzy

się prezentami 6 grudnia (tzw. Mikołajki) ma swoje początki w średniowieczu. kObchodzone są one na cześć Świętego Mikołaja, biskupa Miry. Urodził się on w Licji (dzisiejsza Turcja) ok.

280 roku. Od dzieciństwa był bardzo pobożny. Dlatego rodzina zdecydowała, że poświęci on swoje życie kapłaństwu. W 300 roku został biskupem Miry. Po śmierci rodziców otrzymał spory spadek. Rozdał go biednym i potrzebującym.

Według legendy darowizny przekazywał anonimowo.

Jedna z nich mówi o tym , że biskup Miry umożliwił 3 ubogim pannom wyjście za mąż. Dyskretnie podrzucil im posag.Stąd tradycja podkladania prezentów. Nocą z 5 na 6 grudnia chowa sie je pod poduszki, umieszcza w wyczyszczonych butach lub dużej skarpecie. Z tym zwyczajem związana jest kolejna historia, e prawdopodobnie anglosaska. Otoż bardzo

przez okna do domów. Gdy zobaczy wyczyszczone buty, zostawia upominek.

Gdy nie widzi butów lub są one brudne, zamiast prezentu zostawia zgniłe ziemniaki. W polskiej tradycji pamięć o Św. Mikołaju jest podtrzymywana przez kolejne pokolenia.

Wzmianki o tym można znależć w tekstach z XVIII wieku. Dzieci otrzymywały jabłka, orzechy, pierniki i drewniane krzyżyki. W czasach komunizmu w nazwie ‘’ mikołajki’ pomijano słowo ‘’święty’’.

Postać Świętego Mikołaj znana jest na całym świecie, np. : Santa Clous w USA , Bobbo Natale we Włoszech, Mikulas w Czechach, Julemanden w Danii. W wielu krajach kojarzy się on nie tylko z otrzymywanie drobnych upominków.

Uchodzi on również za patrona szczęśliwych małżeństw, opiekuna piekarzy. Miał zapewniać bezpieczeństwo marynarzom, rybakom.

Czuwał nad ich szczęśliwym

twierdzą, że postać Św.

Mikołaja, przedstawionego w czerwonym kożuchu, w czapce i z długą białą brodą jest efektem jednego z najbardziej udanych zabiegów marketingowych w historii. Powstała w latach 20-tych XX wieku, na zlecenie koncernu CocaCola.

Mikołajki można obchodzić na wiele różnych sposobów od tradycyjnego ‘’udawania’’ Mikołaja, który skrada się do domów, poprzez jawne obdarowywanie się upominkami, Można brać również udział w imprezach kulturalnych i zabawach ‘’mikołajkowych’’, organizowanych dla dzieci.

Bez względu jednak na to, który wątek tradycji jest nam najbliższy, należy pamiętać co było jej początkiem. Pamiętajmy, że dobroć i bezinteresowność są zawsze w cenie. Każdy z nas , w każdej sytuacji może zostać Świętym Mikołajem.

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Family Notices

In Memoriam Announcements , Anniversaries, Birthday Remembrances, Thanksgivings & Acknowledgements.

Novena Novena to the Sacred Heart 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 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) B.

Ryan Donnelly, Jack Mc Gailey, Annette Donnelly, Fiona McGailey, Elaine Mc Cann, Damien Higgins, Linda Stewart, Bill Tosh, Elaine Gillespie, Deirdre Brannigan and Sharon Gore at the cheque presentation for Relay for Life which took place at the site of the commemorative tree on Friday.

News

in Brief

Carol Service

There will be a Candlelight Christmas Carol service with the Lowry Singers from Armagh in St. Mary’s church Ballymascanlan at 5pm on Sunday December 9.

We are now taking Family Notices

CV Clinic

Our weekly Deadline is 4pm Fridays prior to Wednesday publication, contact Niamh or Noeleen for further information. Tel 042 9320888

PREMISES TO RENT/FOR SALE ATTENTION BER’s now required for Better Energy Home Grants. For BER certification at affordable prices contact Robert Mulholland 087 6091906 www.louthber.ie ADVERTISE YOUR HOUSE Premises for rent or sale to 60,000 readers a week from €5 Telephone Dundalk Leader 042 9320888 DOUBLE ROOM For Rent, Dundalk. €70 per week, no bills. Car parking.

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WINTER SOLSTICE EVE IN YOGA FOX STUDIO FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER 7-10pm or Saturdy 15th 2-5pm TICKETS €30 includes solstice meditations CD, non-alcoholic drink & Christmas cake yogafox@eircom.net facebook: yoga fox studios. 087 9765153 EASY BEGINNER GUITAR COURSE For adults. Starting in Spirit Store Jan 17th Monday nights 7.30 - 8.30pm. 10 week course €100. (€10 per lesson).

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PALM READING Entertainment for hen parties/birthdays/private parties/Ladies nights and 1 to 1 sessions.

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On December 7 Worklink will be running a Free CV Clinic from 9:30am to 1pm which will be set up at O Fiaich College of Further Education.

Unemployed jobseekers are invited to come along to spend 30 minutes on a one-to-one basis with one of Worklinks qualified Careers Advisors. As CVs play such an important part in job seeking people are invited to take advantage of this event.

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PLANNING NOTICE LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL. We Paddy & Lorraine McArdle intend to apply for Permission for development at Drumnasillagh, Ravensdale, Dundalk, Co. Louth. This Development will consist of a Single Storey dwelling with Garage, Wastewater Treatment System and All Associated Site Works. This planning application maybe inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority at Louth County Council, County Hall, Millenium Centre, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Tel 042 93 35457 during working hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee of €20-00 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Grammar rev up for schools F1 challenge

By Jessica Shields

Dundalk Grammar School is once again flying the green flag to mark the start of another team entering the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge.

Following the great success of the Octane Racing who represented Ireland in the World Championships in

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Malaysia in 2011, Dundalk Grammar School has decided to have another go.

Six students forming the team Infinity F1 are working together hoping to follow the footsteps of Octane Racing and reach the World Championships with a podium place next autumn.

After a long week

of pressure the team submitted their fivepage plan to F1 Schools in the hope of earning themselves a place in the F1 Grid.

The team manager, Erin Maguire, has said that even though there is a lot of pressure the thought of getting to the world finals is a great motivator.

Teachers and

mentors, Scott Nowell and Paul Murphy are also confident in the team reaching the next stage of the competition and have said they will just have to wait and

Town Council and the Arts service of Louth Local Authorities together have explored a number of options to utilise the full potential of the facilities in the town hall.

It has been decided to amalgamate the existing facilities into one entity, an Arts

Centre incorporating the Táin Theatre, The Space, The Basement Gallery, Maeve’s Bar and the box office facilities.

Senior Executive Officer David Storey said that the Town Council are currently looking at the possibility of setting

up a separate company to run the new arts centre.

“The town hall has magnificent facilities but unfortunately we are just not using them enough. Unfortunately due to the public service recruitment embargo a new venue manager cannot be

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see what news comes in three weeks time.

Infinity’s next event in relation to the project will be happening at the Grammar’s Christmas Enterprise Fair which

will be happening in the new Multi Purpose Hall on December 13.

Here the team will be talking about the project and selling their merchandise.

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Employment service

Dundalk’s Department of Social Protection is to start offering a new employment service by the end of the year. However, those in receipt of Social Welfare will face cuts to the payments if they do not engage in the process.

Intreo is an integrated support service designed to provide tailored employment for both employees and employers. It will combine the function of FAS, Community Welfare and Social Protection in order to help people get back to work.

The Department of Social Protection say that the new service will lead to decisions on applications being made quicker and will monitor the clients progress. They will also offer services to employers where they refer suitably skilled candidates on when positions arise.

There will be a focus on ensuring that people on the Live register will take up the opportunities when they are offered through incentives and penalties. There will also be incentives offered to prospective employers in the area to stimulate job creation.

New plans provide a boost for arts scene in County Louth

By Paul Byrne

The arts in County Louth is set to receive a huge boost as plans are put in place to amalgamate the existing facilities in the Town Hall into one entity.

The Town Clerk’s Office of Dundalk

recruited so we have decided to look at the possibility of setting up a separate company limited by guarantee to run the centre.

“This company will comprise of a minimum number of seven members and will ideally include a solicitor, accountant, an

person with experience in the arts field, two councillors and two others”, he explained.

The next step in this process is to set up this new company and it will require two elected members to be nominated to sit on the board of this company.

It is envisaged that

this company will be established in the first quarter of 2013.

County Arts Officer Brian Harten hopes that the process will result in a more cohesive unit which will offer a wider range of activities in the town hall.

“Obviously the facilities we have are

not being used to their full extent and we are hopeful that this project will increase activity in the gallery, the two theatres as well as the bar. We envisage that the public will have a much wider range of shows, performances and exhibitions in 2013.” added Brian.

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Good news for savers and borrowers Blackrock Girl at Dundalk Credit Union AGM Guides toy appeal The launch of the Blackrock Girl Guide Toy Appeal in conjunction with SVP at the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Sunday December 2, was a great success.

Despite the weather the local community turned up to support what is now a real Christmas treat, the arrival of Santa, the lighting of the tree and now of course the Girl Guide Toy Appeal.

Some of the Girl Guides, Eileen, Melissa, Saidbh and Carissa were there to receive the toys and were once again

overwhelmed with the generosity within the community.

It was a great start to the Toy Appeal which will run from now until December 16, with depots in the local Centra, Vivo and Greengates stores.

Centra will once again match each toy given with a selection box.

The organisers urge all in the community to support this worthy cause and encourage our children to help others in need this Christmas.

Please don’t forget the teenagers and one

suggestion might be to buy gift vouchers.

The Christmas Show will take place on Sunday December 16 at 4pm, Blackrock Community Centre.

It promises to be a family fun filled show with some carol singing form the Ladybirds, Brownies got Talent, and a spectacularproduction of ‘Grease1.5’ from the Guides.

Entrance fee is €3 per adult and €1 per child. There will be a tuck shop serving tea and coffee, sweets etc and a raffle in aid of the Toy Appeal.

The Chairman of Dundalk Credit Union, Pat Muckian, told a packed and very successful AGM in the Town Hall on Tuesday night last, that the Credit Union had an excellent year.

“The payment of a competitive dividend on all shares while having one of the lowest personal loan rates (6.99% APR) of any Credit Union or financial institution in the country means good news for both savers and borrowers in Dundalk Credit Union” said Pat. Tom D’Arcy, Credit Union Treasurer presented a detailed report on the very healthy financial position for the Credit Union.

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for the year are a credit to the efforts of the Management, Staff and Board and are indicative

of the prudent and efficient manner in which they have carried out their duties.

The AGM re-elected the following Directors: Tom D’Arcy, Celia Farrell, Ida Lewis, Jim Kelly, Pat Muckian and Briege Roddy. Meanwhile, Briege Whyte was re-elected to the Supervisory Committee and Alan Farrelly was appointed as Auditor.

At a meeting of the new Board of Directors which was held immediately after the AGM concluded, Pat Muckian was re-elected as Chairman of Dundalk Credit Union.

Tom D’Arcy was reelected as Credit Union Treasurer, Pat Donaghy was elected as Credit Union Secretary and Martin Hegarty as ViceChairman of the Board of Directors.

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There was another accolade for Dundalk as the 24 Hour Art Gallery was given the a Supporting Active Communities Eirgrid at the 9th Annual Excellence in Local Government Awards.

The Gallery consists of the 34 pictures of old Dundalk on 17 lamp posts around the town centre. The images are particularly pro-

nounced during winter when the hanging baskets are down.

Receiving the award on the night Town Council Chair, Jennifer Green said: “Of course, we were only accepting it on behalf of a large number of people involved in the Open 24 Hours Art Gallery and I must congratulate everyone who has been involved

in bringing this project to life so colourfully”.

“To receive this award in the first phase of the Gallery initiative is fantastic. I know the people behind the Gallery are planning for future exhibitions and initiatives and I am looking forward to seeing the fantastic images on Dundalk’s main streets in the future”, she added.

Killanny Christmas Bonanza Killanny playground committee presents a Christmas Bonanza day on Sunday December 16 at 2pm in the Killanny Playground, in Killanny.

The day will start with the grand entrance of Santa to his grotto in the playground at 2pm. Kids will be able to visit Santa from 2pm to 6pm with an entrance fee of €5. Each child will be presented with a selection box from Santa.

The option to have your photo taken will also be available on the day.

Also arranged for the day will be an Outdoor Christmas market in the church car park from 2pm to

6 pm. Anyone that wishes to have a stall on the day can contact Laura Haughey on 087 2488490.

The cost of a stall is €10. Refreshments will be also available on the day, tea /coffee and Christmas treats.

The committee have decided to organise this fun Christmas day as a result of the very successful official opening day held last month that raised over €6000.

The outstanding figure owed now stands at €25,000. The committee are extremely gracious to everyone that has made donations at the gate also and hope this will continue.

Band’s video is a big hit Local Nu-metal band I’d Fight Gandhi’s video for their single InstruMental is making big impact online with almost 5,000 YouTube hits in just over one week. The video was created by Failsafe Films, an award winning Production Company which was co-founded by band member Ian Hunt Duffy.

“I’ve mostly directed ads and short films, but this was my first music video, as well as the bands first video, so I wanted to try and do something a bit different,” said Ian. The video was shot in an old factory in Dublin this September as a parody of cult classic movie Fight Club, from which the band get

their name. It depicts the famous scene of the Fight Club when the aggressive malcontents form the circle to see two contenders battle it out. But this version has a humorous twist instead of bare knuckle boxing; it’s a game of slaps. “[You] have all these grown men being really competitive and taking it all very seriously, even though it’s basically a children’s game. We thought that could be a funny idea for a video so we went ahead and started developing it,” said Ian. The band was grateful to the many extras who took part in the shoot. “We begged and annoyed everyone we knew on Facebook in the run up to the

shoot. Thankfully a good few friends took pity on us, and we managed to get a great turnout on the night.

We were also lucky enough to get some great actors and a tireless crew on board, and as you can see in the video everyone really came together and got into the spirit of things” said Ian. The track was recorded between the US and Ireland and features Lord Nelson from US rap metal band Stuck Mojo. A version of the track had been previously recorded but recently underwent a reedit at Westland Studios.

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Bobby McCarthy returns to the Spirit Store On Saturday December 22, local performer Bobby McCarthy kicks off

Christmas celebrations in the Spirit Store.

A stalwart of Dundalk’s

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Given the time of year, it is expected that Chris Rea and Bing Crosby will also get similar treatment.

Tickets are now available on www.spiritstore.ie and given that this show has been a sell out for the last three years, you’d want to get your skates on!

There will be lots of festive fun for all ages.

The Music Generation Louth Junior Strings Orchestra will perform. There will be homemade gingerbread to decorate, a chance to make your own Christmas wreaths and decorations, face painting, raffle, bottle stand, gourmet BBQ and lots of Ravensdale Holly for sale.

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Transport Yamaha and Suzuki are motorcycle manufacturers from what country?

Crime Jack ‘The Hat’ Mac Vitie was murdered by members of what Londonbased gang?

Kids TV Angelica Pickles was a character in what 1980/90s cartoon series?

Food and drink What type of confectionary is made of heated egg white plus sugar?

Local What Dundalk politician once claimed that the symbol of Ireland should be changed from the harp to the fiddle Pot luck What had king George V1, Porky Pig and Arkwright in ‘Open All Hours’ all got in common?

20th Century politics Which Asian country was ruled by Ferdinand Marcos?

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Celebrity Which French movie star made the village of St Tropez world famous as a holiday resort?

Sport Bruce Buck is the chairman of what English premiership club?

Movies In what movie did Clint eastwood play a late night radio presenter?

Stinker Only 2 singles have reached the top ten in Britten and Ireland in the 70s, 80s, and 90s hot chocolate’s ‘you sexy thing’ was one what was the other.

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A Dundalk man was disqualified from driving for four years after admitting to a charge of failing to produce a sample for Gardai. Dean Kearney, 481 Ashling Park, Dundalk, was arrested on May 30, 2010 and taken to Dundalk Station where he failed to undergo an intoxiliser test. The defendant, who is now living in Ballinasloe, was also fined €300.

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Man parts company with solicitor as case begins A Dundalk man who parted company with his solicitor just before his case was heard at Dundalk District Court represented himself on a charge of failing to produce a breath sample and criminal damage.

Terence Maughan, 56 Glenmore Park, Muirhevnamor, took issue

with the performance of his solicitor just as his case was called. The solicitor offered to withdraw and when the defendant continued to vent his disapproval, he stated that he had little option but to withdraw.

As the defendant, who is serving a nine-month sentence, was anxious to have the case

heard on the day, he opted to represent himself.

The court heard that on July 3 the defendant was arrested on suspicion of drink driving but failed to give a sample of breath.

Maughan also faced a charge of criminal damage arising out a call to Gardai to attend Glenmore Park on July

22. The officers were told that a day earlier the defendant had been in a fight with another man and put his elbow through the window of a car.

In each case, the defendant was convicted and sentenced to six months. He was disqualified from driving for 10 years and other charges were taken into consideration.

More Christmas cheer will be arriving as the Dundalk Art Group exhibition and sale of paintings will be taking place in the Longwalk Shopping Centre on December 6 to 8. Hanging of the paintings will take place on Wednesday 5th Dec.

Pro-Life Holy Hour A Pro-life Holy Hour will take place in the Rosary Centre, at the Dominican Friary, Dundalk on Friday December 7 at 7pm. All welcome.

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