Finalists unveiled for Blackrock Seaside Festival

The entrants for the Festival Queen competition in this year’s Blackrock Seaside Festival

The official launch of the Blackrock Seaside Festival took place last night with the entrants for the Festival Queen competition revealed.

Each of the entrants will be looking to succeed last year’s winner, Emma Neary, when the festival kicks off on Friday August 9th.

This year’s festival is sponsored by  The Fairways Hotel, Ruby Nu, Mizu, Mint by Baldwins, Paula Kavanagh Photography and Sheba Boutique. Meanwhile, the festival queen finalists are sponsored by Tres Belle Hair Salon, Harrisons, The Bay View, Klassic Cabs, Panama Cafe, Riva, Centra Blackrock, The Windsor, The Home Bakery and Cafe Acqua.

This week’s Argus

The front page of this week’s Argus

In this week’s Argus, the front page story is how an O Fiaich College Leaving Cert student is having to organise her dad’s funeral following his death in a car crash in Dundalk on Friday night. There’s also a report on a story previously featured on Talk of the Town, in which Windsor owner Donal McGeough chased down a thief. There’s also coverage of O’Hanlon’s Take Away serving their last bag of chips while there’s a 16 page pull-out featuring pictures from all the sixth class primary schools in the area as they prepare to head for secondary school.

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Windsor owner foils robber in Dundalk

 

Thanks to Ronan for bringing our attention to an incident which happened in Dublin Street and Park Street this morning.

A thief, reported to have been from Drogheda, tried to flee from the Dublin Street area having stolen a sum of money. He was pursued, however, by Windsor owner Donal McGeough, who caught up with him at the Kingfisher on Park Street.

The thief failed to get anything in the end and was passed on to Gardaí after the incident.

Source: Ronan of Heino (Twitter)