ABP sponsor culinary arts at Dundalk IT
ABP Beef, a division of the Ardee-based ABP Food Group, has generously agreed to sponsor the Dundalk IT hospitality department for the current academic year. They will supply DkIT Hospitality with beef...
View ArticleNational Pen wins Exporter of the Year award
Local company National Pen Promotional Products Ltd won the Irish Exporters Association’s overall Exporter of the Year Award 2013 at a dinner at The Convention Centre Dublin last night. Tánaiste and...
View ArticleRatepayers vote for five more years of Dundalk BIDS
Dundalk BIDS (Business Investment District Scheme) Chairman, Brian O’Neill, has thanked the ratepayers of the town for a majority vote in favour of supporting the continuation of the Dundalk BIDS...
View ArticlePre-tax profits at Heinz fall by 22%
Pre-tax profits at the main Irish arm of US food giant Heinz fell by 22% last year. New figures from HJ Heinz Manufacturing Ireland Ltd (HJHML), who have a factory in Dundalk, show profits fell to...
View ArticleLong-term parking in Dundalk to be reduced to €2
The price of all-day parking in Dundalk is set to fall by a euro per day from €3 to €2. The price cut in the town’s long-term car parks was agreed upon at last night’s meeting of Dundalk Town Council,...
View ArticleNew tea room opens in Dundalk
It may have gone unnoticed in the build-up to Christmas but a new vintage style tea room called Ruby’s has opened in Francis Street. The new venture is located in the former Café Metz/Cáca Milis...
View ArticleAppeal issued for stolen watches deceased father had left his sons
A public appeal has been issued after two watches that a father had left his sons prior to passing away late last year from cancer were stolen from a house in Blackrock on Saturday night. Local...
View ArticleFerry from Greenore to Greencastle given the go ahead
Louth County Council has given the go ahead to build a new ferry terminal linking Greenore and Greencastle in Co Down. The proposal by Limerick-based Frazer Ferries will see the construction of a...
View ArticleDundalk IT student opens Easter-themed pop-up shop in Clanbrassil Street
A local business student has opened up a pop up shop on Clanbrassil Street called ‘The Easter Egg Hut’. The new store, which is located at 36 Clanbrassil Street next to Wendle’s and opposite L’Isle de...
View ArticleO’Dowd hits out at Adams over water claims
Louth TD Fergus O’Dowd has hit out at his constituency rival Gerry Adams over the Sinn Féin president’s claim last week that there was nothing wrong with the quality of water in the Dundalk area. Last...
View ArticleThe Easter Egg Hut returns to Dundalk
The Easter Egg Hut is back in Dundalk having reopened in the last few days. Originally set up last year by Dundalk IT business student Declan Curran, it proved a huge success in selling a range of eggs...
View ArticleNash appointed Labour spokesperson for workers’ rights
Local Labour Party Senator Ged Nash was this week appointed as his party’s national spokesperson on Labour Affairs, Workers’ Rights and Equality. The new position is a direct follow on from the...
View ArticleDundalk IT launches new part-time prospectus for 2016/17
Dundalk Institute of Technology today announced the launch of its new part-time Prospectus for 2016/17 which includes more than 60 programmes across business, law, accountancy, engineering, computing,...
View ArticleDundalk IT students to benefit from major investment
Dundalk Institute of Technology has announced a significant investment of €750,000 in its IT infrastructure and laboratory equipment, signalling a major boost for current and incoming students in...
View Article38 local jobs at risk as Teva Pharmaceuticals plans to close Dundalk facility
Drug giant Teva Pharmaceuticals, best known for making Sudocrem, is set close one of two laboratories in Dundalk which could lead to 38 jobs being lost. The decision was made to as part of a worldwide...
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