No Carlingford Oysterpearl event this year due to lack of funding

Last year’s Oysterpearl winner Michelle McGrath with 2012 winner Erin O’Connor at last year’s event

The organisers of the popular Carlingford Oysterpearl event have announced that the competition will not take place this year due to a lack of funding.

They insist they will try to bring back the event in 2015, with last year’s Oysterpearl winner Michelle McGrath set to hold on to her crown for another year.

On a more positive note the Carlingford Oyster Festival in association with Morgan’s Fine Fish will take place from Friday August 8^th to Monday August 11^th but it will be on a much smaller scale than last year’s event.

Morgan’s and Parkview Provisions in Newry have been praised for their sponsorship of the event, as well as other local businesses who have saved it from also not happening.

This year’s event will be family-orientated with lots of fun things for children do to including a dance workshop, a fun fair, a roaming street magician, balloon modelling, street theatre, an oyster welly hunt, a teddy bear’s picnic, bouncy castles, a colouring competition at the Four Seasons, kayaking in the harbour, traditional street sports, oyster eating and opening competition and much more.

Live music on Saturday will be from the JCB man Seamus Moore with The Enemies performing on the Sunday.

Fairways family fun day in aid of Women’s Aid Dundalk

The Fairways Hotel will celebrate their 50^th anniversary with a family fun day on Sunday September 1^st.

There will be loads of fun and activities for all the family on the day, including a supervised junior disco, face painting and a fun fair.

For adults there will be craft beer and wine tasting, as well as live music throughout the day from the likes of Who’s Eddie, Eimear Furlong and The Enemies.

The event is open to all and is being run in support of Women’s Aid Dundalk.