Blackrock Road to close for two weeks for resurfacing

Part of the Blackrock Road (R172) will be closed between its junctions with the Red Barns Road/Long Avenue and Hardy’s Lane (Finnabair Industrial Park) from Monday April 27^th to Monday May 11^th to facilitate road resurfacing works.

The road will be closed from 7.30am to 6.30pm each day with local access only permitted during these times.

Diversions will be in place via the Inner Relief Road, passing Dundalk Retail Park.

Meanwhile, the LP3097-0 road at the Railway Bridge in Lower Faughart will also be closed to public traffic from Friday April 27^th to Monday May 4^th between the hours of 7.30am and 6.30pm.

Local access only during these times, with diversions in place.

Dundalk Gardaí continuing to investigate reports of assault on woman in Riverside Drive

The entrance to Riverside Drive

Gardaí are investigating reports of an alleged assault on a woman in the Riverside Drive estate on the Red Barns Road last month.

The attack on the woman, said to be in her 30s, is said to have occurred between 2.30am and 3am on Sunday February 22^nd.

The woman was found by a neighbour in the garden outside her house, who then alerted an ambulance. She was then removed to hospital having sustained injuries to her arms and legs.

The woman is said to be receiving counselling following the attack and Gardaí are anxious to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time.

If you know anything about the incident please call Dundalk Garda Station on 042 9335577.

Dundalk ghost estate set to be completed with homes now on sale from €183,000

An artist’s impression of how The Towers will look from the Red Barns Road

The new estate will be located on the site of the old Towers house

Plans are in place to complete a Dundalk ghost estate.

The Towers estate on the Point Road has been lying idle for a number of years but now Black and White Construction, headed up by local man Niall Wiseman are looking to complete the project.

Indeed, local estate agents DNG Duffy have begun to promote the new builds with enquiries now being taken for the homes, which are set to be located opposite the entrance to the Red Barns Road.

The energy efficient houses will offer uninterrupted views of the Mourne Mountains and 9ft high ceilings on the ground floor.

A four bed detached house in the estate is available at €295,000, a four bed semi is €230,000 while a three bed semi has a €183,000 asking price.

Further details are available on www.dng.ie or by contact Keith Duffy of DNG Duffy at 042-9351011.

The Towers was previously a castle-like residence that was built by local businessman Thomas Craig around 100 years ago. In more recent years the Mackle family, who still reside locally on the Lower Point Road, had owned it.

The 3 bed semis in The Towers

The 4 bed semis in The Towers

The 4 bed detached homes in the Towers

One person hospitalised following collision in Dundalk

The scene of the crash at the Point Road/Red Barns Road junction

One person has been hospitalised following a crash at the Point Road/Red Barns Road junction this evening.

The incident happened shortly after 7pm when two vehicles collided at the turn.

Dundalk Fire Service were called to the scene in order to help free one of the occupants of the car.

They have since been removed to hospital but the nature of their injuries are unknown at present. It is not believed they are life threatening.

The road is expected to remain closed for the next hour or so.

Dundalk man given suspended sentence for possession of child porn

A Dundalk man has been given a two year suspended sentence for possessing child porn in cartoon and written fiction form.

Simon Fallon (38) from the Red Barns Road pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court to possessing over 1,600 images and 18 stories of child porn at his home and at his former work at Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 in October 2010.

A doctor’s report said that Mr Fallon had no sexual attraction to children but found that he met the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers – which leads to difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication.

The court heard that a colleague of Mr Fallon’s had found files containing stories, which he later admitted to downloading because he had no internet at home.

He said he realised the fiction depicted young children but said he didn’t condone similar actions in real life.

Judge Patrick McCartan suspended a two year sentence for two years after saying he was impressed by the manner in which Mr Fallon had sought rehabilitation.

Meanwhile, in Manydown Close

 

Christmas must be here judging by the spectacular array of lights on this home in Manydown Close, just off the Red Barns Road.

If you spot some very festive decorations or have some of your own why not email them to us at news@talkofthetown.ie

The Red Barns Road

Check out this superb shot of the Red Barns Road by Darran Rafferty, who is certainly catching the eye with some of his photographs of the area.

You can view more of Darran’s work on his canvas site here.