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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: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Mountain bed push for children’s hospital By Paul Byrne
A 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 decided 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 crumbling building.
“Our six year old boy Daniel is an outpatient in Crumlin 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’ emblazoned 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 appeal” said Oliver after he had completed the walk. “The walk probably took Daniel O’Shaughnessy is joined by other children on the walk Continued on Page 22
Changes will be made to cycle lanes By Niamh Kirk 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 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 markings and traffic signals at the junction. See Page 13