DUNDALK’S FREE NEWSPAPER School strike action withdrawn as agreement secured Page 4
Reunion to mark 50th anniversary of legendary Dreamcoat production
New Vape Laws don’t go far enough says Cllr Fisher
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Wednesday, 10th September, 2025. Vol. 18, Issue 37 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
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Angry McGuinness demands traffic calming measures at accident blackspot By Paul Byrne DUNDALK South Councillor Shane McGuinness has called on Louth County Council to stop building houses and to stop giving planning permission until they make a notoriously dangerous stretch of road on the R132 between the Fairways and Jackie Murphy’s safe. Cllr McGuinness was speaking in the wake of a serious accident on Monday morning when a man and a woman were taken to hospital following a collision between a motorbike and a car. The motorcyclist, a man aged in his 40s, and the driver of the car, a woman in her 70s, were brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital following the collision for treatment of non-lifethreatening injuries. This accident came just eight days after two cars ended up on their roofs in a field narrowly missing a bus stop after colliding on the same stretch of road. Cllr McGuinness, who has been campaigning for traffic calming measures on that particular stretch of road for a number of years said that it is well beyond time that something was done to make the road safer. Continued on Page 2
Caoimhe and Anna’s ‘Hair raising’ experience
Bay Estate sisters Anna and Caoimhe Nixon with parents Denice and John. The girls raised just over €2500 for the Cara Cancer Support Centre by donating their hair to the Little Princess Trust.