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Wednesday, 3rd December, 2025. Vol. 18, Issue 49 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Anxious crowd vow to continue Greenway fight By Paul Byrne AN anxious crowd filled the hall in Cooley last Thursday night, with every seat taken and people lining the walls as residents gathered to confront the consequences of the Emerging Preferred Route Corridor unveiled Tuesday. The scale of the turnout reflected not just concern, but a deep emotional exhaustion that has settled across the peninsula from young families to elderly neighbours who have lived on this land all their lives. Louth County Council, with the support of Trans-
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port Infrastructure Ireland, is developing proposals for the Dundalk Bay to Carlingford Greenway project. According to the Dundalk Bay to Carlingford Greenway website the greenway will provide dedicated pedestrian and cycle facilities through the Cooley peninsula and will reconnect communities by active modes of transport. The greenway connects to the existing Carlingford Lough Greenway, facilitating a continuous cross-border greenway from Dundalk, Co. Louth Isabella Nordon, Young Volunteer of the Year 2025 and Ryan Hayes, First Aid & Ambulance to Newry in Co. Down. Unit Member of the Year 2025, both Dundalk branch, Irish Red Cross pictured at the Irish Continued on Page 2 Red Cross National Volunteer Awards 2025 in Croke Park.
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