Local groups receive €38,000 funding for community centres

Muirhevnamor Community Council will put the money towards the running of the Muirhevnamor Community Centre

Two local groups have each received €38,066 as part of a €3.2 million fund to support the operation of community centres and facilities by 91 not-for profit companies nationally.

The funding for the Muirhevnamor Community Council Limited and Cooley Complex Limited was announced by Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection Kevin Humphreys yesterday.

The contracts will enable the provision of a broad range of services to improve the well-being of children, older people and families in disadvantaged areas or where essential services are lacking.  The contracts represent the renewal of existing contracts, for periods of up to three years, from January 2016.

Horseware Ireland launch new Dundalk headquarters

The Horseware HQ

Horseware Ireland yesterday launched their new headquarters at the Finnabair Industrial Estate in Dundalk.

Coming 30 years after its establishment and 15 years on from when their factory in Quay Street burnt down, the opening was performed by Minister Kevin Humphreys.

Horseware, which is one of the leading manufacturers of equestrian clothing worldwide, currently employs around 120 people in Dundalk with owner Tom MacGuinness, from Dromiskin, hoping of expanding this in the coming years.

The new facility includes 16,000sq ft of office space and also features a factory shop. All sales, marketing and financial work for the company is carried out here while it is also the base for its European warehousing.

184 local authority houses in Louth in mortgage arrears

A total of 184 local authority houses are in mortgage arrears in Co Louth, according to new figures.

The information, obtained by Labour TD Kevin Humphreys, shows that 92 loans in the county are in arrears for less than three months, 15 are in arrears for between three and six months and 77 are in arrears for more than six months.

Indeed, the figure could be even worse as the Department of the Environment does not hold data for loans which are more than a year in arrears.

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