Louth’s youngest GAA club the Cuchulainn Gaels have applied for outline planning permission to build new clubrooms at their ground at Knocknagoran in Omeath.
The application to Louth County Council also includes a proposal for a new waste water treatment system and all associated works, with the local authority due to decide on the matter by June 16th.
The peninsula club are 10 years in existence this year having been founded in 2005.
More than 3,000 people in Co Louth under the age of 25 are not registered to vote, according to new figures compiled by the National Youth Council.
In the build-up to the marriage equality referendum on May 22nd, the youth council found that 3,220 people in Louth between the ages of 18-25 had not been added to the electoral register as yet.
Any young person who is 18 years of age on or before May 22nd is eligible to vote. If you are not currently registered, you can do so by downloading and filling in the RFA2 form at www.checktheregister.ie. This form must be brought to and stamped at a Garda Station where the applicant is required to bring ID and then return it to the local authority before close of business on Tuesday May 5th next.
Barrack Close, where the incident occurred
Two local Gardaí came to a man’s rescue earlier today after his house suffered a gun and arson attack in the early hours of the morning.
The incident happened at Barrack Close, off Barrack Street and close to Hyde Park, around 1am.
A number of gun shots were fired at the front door and a front window of the house before what is believed to have been some form of petrol bomb was thrown through the window, causing extensive damage to the front room of the property.
After being alerted to the incident, two local Gardaí fored their way into the house where they found a 33-year-old man asleep in an upstairs bedroom.
They then pulled him from the house before an ambulance and Dundalk Fire Service arrived.
The scene was preserved after the incident, with a forensics team carrying out a technical examination.
Anyone who witnessed anything in the area at the time is asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station on 042 9335577 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
38 Seatown
An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanala against Louth County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for five new homes in Seatown.
Valentine Mongey was given the go ahead earlier this month to demolish 38 Seatown and build five new dwellings in its place.
However, two appeals have now been lodged against the local authority’s decision to grant conditional planning permission.
It had been hoped to construct a 3 bed terraced house, two 2 bed apartments and two semi-detached 3 bed houses.
38 Seatown, a three bed end of terrace house on a large site with land beside it, was bought for €110,000 in October 2013.
Ahmed Mostafa from the Egyptian Embassy will travel to Dundalk next week to with companies interested in discussing potential business with the African country.
Mr Mostafa has been invited to the town on Wednesday by Dundalk Chamber of Commerce and will holding meetings from 10am to 4pm in the Oriel Hub at Finnabair Business Park on the Coes Road.
The meetings are on a one-to-one basis and will last 30-35 minutes each.
If you would like to book a slot for a meeting with a representative from your company and the Egyptian Embassy, then please email Annmarie at projectadmin@dundalk.ie or phone 042 9336343.
There is no charge for this event and slots are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is one of seven around the country where X-rays may have been misread.
The Irish Times reports today that thousands of X-rays and other scans have been reviewed and hundreds of patients recalled after errors were discovered in the work of three locum radiologists employed by the Health Service Executive.
The worst affected hospital was Bantry in Cork, where 4,388 scans and X-rays taken between May and September 2013 were reviewed and 50 patients recalled, with one of them given a late cancer diagnosis as a result of the mistakes made.
The locum who worked in Bantry went on to work in a number of other hospitals, including the Lourdes. As a result, the Drogheda hospital is carrying out preliminary audits of his work to see if X-rays were correctly assessed.
In 2008, the HSE reviewed more than 6,000 X-rays and scans of a radiologist in the Lourdes Hospital.
Dundalk FC have been awarded a UEFA licence by the Independent Club Licensing Committee of the FAI.
The licence allows them compete in this season’s Champions League, with the three other Irish clubs who qualified for Europe last season also gaining their respective licences to compete in the Europa League.
Meanwhile, Dundalk FC fans based in Dublin are being invited to attend a meeting on Monday May 11th.
The Dublin Lilywhites Supporters’ Club will hold their next meeting in The Mercantile on Dame Street at 8pm that night.
All supporters of the club are welcome to attend.
The Louth GAA team will hold an open night on Thursday May 7th at their centre of excellence in Darver.
The night, which gets underway at 7pm, is a chance for you to meet the players and to get your picture taken with them ahead of their championship match with Westmeath in Drogheda on May 17th.
All are welcome to attend.
A teenage boy has died after a van which had been stolen just outside Dundalk crashed in Belfast last night.
The 17-year-old was killed after the silver Transit van, which had been stolen from alongside the N1 near Carrickarnon earlier that evening, collided with a barrier on the M1 between the Blaris and Saintfield junctions at around 10.50pm.
The teenager has yet to be named although the PSNI have seized a red Ford Mondeo from an address in Lagmore, west Belfast. It is believed it was travelling with the van at the time of the accident.
The PSNI have appealed for anyone who saw either vehicle before the crash to contact them.
Penney’s in the Marshes Shopping Centre are currently hiring part-time retail assistants for the summer months.
Candidates must have continuous availability from June to September and be available to work evenings and weekends, including Sundays and public holidays.
Further details are available here.
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