A number of areas of Dundalk may suffer water supply disruptions this week

A number of areas in Dundalk may suffer water supply disruptions this week due to essential maintenance works being carried out by Irish Water.

The works began at 8am this morning and will last until Friday evening at 6pm.

Areas which may suffer disruptions and discolourations include: Boyle O’Reilly Terrace, St Nicholas Avenue, Fr Murray Park, O’Hanlon Park, Woodview Terrace, Legion Avenue, Culhane Street, Demesne Terrace, Patrick Street, De La Salle Terrace, Philip Street, John Street, The Long Walk, McSwiney Street and their surrounding areas.

€1.4m to be spent upgrading roads and footpaths in Dundalk

Part of the N53 at Barronstown which is to be upgraded

A number of the town’s footpaths will be upgraded and repaired as part of proposals by the Dundalk Municipal District for its roads work programme for 2015.

In total 26 different projects have been earmarked for completion this year including road surfacing, restoration, strengthening and footpath repairs.

The total cost of the work would be just over €1.4 million, with a further €1 million earmarked for a 1.3km stretch of the N53 Dundalk to Castleblayney Road near Hackballscross and Rassan on the Barronstown to Hackballscross route. This will be realigned to improve safety, similar to the work that was previously carried out near Fintan Callan’s pub. A further €224,000 has also been allocated to the Barronstown to Newtownbalregan stretch of the same road.

Amongst the footpaths earmarked for repair include the Mill Road to Castletown Cottages, Beechmount Drive, the Castletown Road and Park Street.

The most expensive job at €185,000 is road repairs to a 1km stretch of the Inner Relief Road in Dundalk, followed by a 500 metre stretch at the Bush, which will cost €112,500.

A further €100,000 will also go towards repairs on the Castletown Road.

Other areas earmarked for an upgrade include Maghereagh Cross to Belrobin, Mullabohy Cross to Knockbridge, Rathcor, Grange, Roche Cross to Killin Cross, Dunmahon Cross to the Fane River, the Rock Road in Blackrock, Edentubber, Tullaghomeath, Crossalaney, Legion Avenue and Culhane Street junction, Park Villas and Chapel Street.

The projects will be able to proceed subject to approval.

In total €2.21m has been allocated to Louth’s roads for the coming year by the National Roads Authority. A further €600,000 will be spent on road improvements at Blakestown Cross on the main Dublin-Derry route on the N52, while work will also take place on the Ardee by-pass.

Save Our Town group help Gardaí apprehend intruder in Dundalk

The local Save Our Town community group, who have been patrolling the streets of Dundalk for several months aiming to keep our neighbourhood safe, helped gardaí apprehend a thief in the Legion Avenue/McSwiney Street area of the town last night.

Describing the incident on their Facebook page, the Save Our Town group said: “At around 6.30pm a member of Save Our Town noticed someone acting suspicious, checking cars and vans in the area of Legion Avenue and McSwiney Street.

“He then watched him enter the back of a house. Members of Save Our Town went to a nearby house and asked the lady to contact the Gardaí to tell them that there was a house broken into and a member of Save Our Town were staying with local neighbours until Gardaí arrived.

“Gardaí then arrived and went around the back of the house and the intruder came out a small window, The lady next door to this house had her front door open and the intruder ran in to this woman’s house and went upstairs, Gardaí then apprehended him.

“Stay safe be vigilant!”