Welsh woman elected new director of Samaritans

Wendy Thomas

Welsh woman Wendy Thomas has been appointed as the new director of the Dundalk/Newry branch of the Samaritans.

A native of the Brecon Beacons in South Wales, Wendy spent most of her adult life in London, where she worked in primary education. She eventually became a headteacher and finally an inspector/consultant, before retiring.

Her main interests, outside education, are music, opera, ballet and theatre, both as observer and participant – she was, for many years, a member of the BBC Symphony Chorus.

During this time she was actively involved in a Central London branch of Samaritans, holding the equivalent rank of Deputy Director.

She discovered Rostrevor in 2002 and liked it, and its people so much that she moved there in 2011.

Following this move she joined the local branch of Samaritans as a volunteer.

She moves into her new post as the Samaritans are celebrating their 40th anniversary of establishing a branch in this area.

Ice House Hill Park

 

Thanks to Bernie Bradley for sharing this picture of Ice House Hill Park in Dundalk yesterday. Bernie was disappointed when she arrived at the pond in the park, however, as there were no ducks to feed.

A tourism dream… or are we?

 

Rosemary Lavery asks an interesting question on Twitter, regarding where you take people in Dundalk who’ve never been there?

Carlingford is always mentioned but what if you’re not able to drive? Can you recommend any places worth seeing?

Surely, there are better options than the Roma and St Helena’s Park.

Perhaps more of a focus should be put on improving the number of tourists coming to Dundalk, although the town’s cause isn’t helped by the fact that it has only one town centre hotel.

Is there enough of an emphasis put on bringing people into the town?

Ice House Hill

Thanks to Andrea O’Connor for sharing this superb shot of Ice House Hill from yesterday.