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Joe Darling’s target of€10,000 for a trainedcompanion dog, has al-most been reached,thanks to the generosityof the local communitythrough the fundraisinginitiative A Dog for Joe.So far, €7,055 towardthe training of a special-ist assistance dog for lit-tle Joe Darling fromDuleek, has been raised,with just €3,000 moreto go. Joe has been al-located a dog calledWalter through ‘My Ca-nine Companion’. Wal-ter has already startedout on a two year train-ing programme at a costof €10,000. 10 year oldJoe suffers from severeautism and epilepsy.Most recently was aVintage Car Show heldin Sage & Stone, thanksto Ciara Lynch Doyle,Mick and all theirhelpers. So many carsturned up, the weatherwas amazing, musicfantastic, and there wasplenty of hot food, icecream and other refresh-ments available. Theevent raised €1,500with a further €363 inbucket donationsIn Stamullen, an ‘80sfancy dress disco was

held in Whyte’s Loungewhich was both greatcraic and a terrificfundraiser for A Dog forJoe. Organised byMaria Dore’s WeightWatchers, the ‘80s nightraised €1,300.A Monster Raffle washeld, with a top prize ofB&B for two at the Her-bert Park Hotel, Balls-bridge, along withdinner and a compli-mentary chauffeur fortransport! Some win-ners actually returnedtheir prizes to be auc-tioned off for furtherfunds.The fancy dresswas amazing, witheveryone entering intothe spirit. Thanks to DJGlen for keeping theparty going.A number of supportersalso took part in the re-cent Women’s MiniMarathon to raise funds.Coming up are Sheepdog trials at Power’sfarm, Ballmacan (Col-lon/Slane road) on Sun-day 12 July.Joe’s parents Raymondand Carmel are mostgrateful for every dona-tion given, and all de-tails can be found ontheir Facebook page, ADog for Joe Joe.

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Vintage Car Show in Sage and Stone

Joe’s supporters in Women’s Mini Marathon

80s Fancy Dress disco in Whytes

Duleek girl Melissa Shanley will represent Louth in the forthcomingMiss Ireland 2015 contest, whilst Elysha Brennan will represent Meathin the Rose of Tralee – the first Meath Rose ever to qualify for the fi-nals!Elysha (22) is from Bettystown and is a past pupil of Gormanston Col-lege. Her parents are Christine and Donal, and has a brother Sean andKate, twins. Elysha is studying medicine in the Royal College of Sur-geons and his hoping to specialise in paediatrics. She loves performingin pantos and took part in a few shows in the TLT. Unfortunately Elyshawas diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a type of cancer, just beforeher Leaving Certificate, and underwent treatment for it. She is now incomplete remission.Melissa (24) attended the Sacred Heart school in Drogheda, and has justfinished a science course in DIFE. She now plans to take some time outto concentrate on the Miss Ireland final in July, although there are a fewevents lined up before that.Her parents are Pat and Mary Shanley from Main Street, Duleek.Best of luck to both of our local ambassadors this summer!

Meath Rose Elysha Brennan

Donore provided a perfect route forriders on the An Post Rás, with theeventual overall winner Lukas Postl-berger of the Tirol Cycling Team.It was the first time since 1999 thatDrogheda hosted a stage finish that at-tracted thousands to watch. The stagedeparted from the post office on Sun-day morning with local rider, Donoreman Darragh Campbell riding into hishome village. Darragh rides for Amer-ican team, Novo Nordisk. Local indi-viduals and groups wished Darraghwell with banners and flags hangingout to greet him, such as St Mary’sGFC and cycling enthusiast Jim Gor-man. Another local rider was IanRichardson from Slane who took thetitle of Best County Rider.

Miss Ireland Louth - MelissaShanley

Darragh Campbell

Xtreme Style AcademySimpson Stage School has beenrenamed, and have announced thatthey will now be known as XtremeStyle AcademyMary and Kim Simpson aredelighted with the change and arealso thrilled with how well theirstudents performed this year thatthey celebrated with a big partyrecently!

The first patient to benefit from the HSE’s u-turn onproviding one of the world’s most expensive drugs isalready feeling the benefits! John Duggan (33) fromBellewstown is now being administered Soliris, cost-ing almost half a million euro per patient per year!John was diagnosed in 2010 with paroxysmal noctur-nal haemoglobinuria, which causes red blood cells tobe broken down and passed out by the kidneys. Hisquality of life and life expectancy were both affectedgreatly by the condition, but now he is feeling thebenefits of treatment, describing it as a ‘lifechanger’.Following a campaign mounted by his wife Aileenhighlighting the plight of sufferers who were deniedthe drug by the HSE, and supported by local politi-cians, the drug was offered. John will get Soliris onceevery two weeks for the rest of his life. The youngcouple is looking forward to getting on with their lifenow that this major hurdle has been crossed.

Duleek pharmacy is of-ficially launching theirnewly upgraded andupdated premises witha Launch Party week-end on Friday 12 andSaturday 13 June, whenthere will be celebra-tions and prizex, freegifts and celebrityguests!Now 20 years in busi-ness, Duleek Pharmacy,under the guidance ofTom and Kathy Maher,has been a constant

part of the community,delivering expert andpersonal care to the lo-cality. ‘Today’s cus-tomer requires a newtype of pharmacy expe-rience. Self-care andself-medication is on theincrease and there aremore pharmacy visitsfor minor ailments aswell as chronic condi-tions,’ explained Kathy.See more on Facebookor www.duleekphar-macy.com

€430k drug forBellewstown man

Kathy and Tom Maher

The 10th anniversary of thehorrific bus crash that claimedthe lives of five young schoolfriends, was marked withMasses locally and in Loretocollege, Navan, where thegirls had been attendingschool. Memorials mark theirmemory at the school and atMooretown, Navan, site of theaccident.The girls who lost their liveson 23 May 2005 were SineadLedwidge, Lisa Callan,Deirdre Scanlon, Clare Mc-Cluskey and Aimee McCabe,all of whom lived in a 3 mileradius of each other in the Yel-low Furze/Beauparc/Rosna-ree/Kentstown areas. Maythey rest in peace.

Kentstown bus crash

Blooming BrilliantCongratulations to Boyne Garden Centre Slane, who picked up another Gold atBloom In The Phoneix Park in the Nurseries Display. Aileen and her team havebeen gold winners in this section four year in a row.The Discover Boyne Valley stand was as popular as ever at Bloom, with familieslooking for info on the 2-3 day 'Ad-venture in the Boyne Valley' wantinga mix of adventure, heritage and allround entertainment.....let's face it,they won't be disappointed. There’sLoughcrew Gardens & Coffee ShopRathbeggan Lakes Funtasia WaterPark Tayto Park Irish Military WarMuseum Witch's Hill White RiverKayaking & Outdoors Celtic Adven-tures Causey Farm Boyne Valley Ad-venture Club to name but a few.

Congratulations toEamon Watters who camein first at the recent Chal-lenge Cycle Event 80kmand to Niamh Nolan firstin from the 40km.Well done to all the cy-clists who took part on theday and families whoturned out to supportDuleek Bellewstown An-nual Cycle Challenge &

Family Cycle 2015. Manythanks to all who put theirtime and effort into theday to make it a success.Special thanks goes to An-drew Watters, OliverCudden, Ian Cudden, An-drew O'Brien and all thestewards, along with Ann-marie Scully and theMeath Civil Defence. Notforgetting all who helped

out at the club house withregistration and cateringand all who dropped inbuns and cakes, it wasmuch appreciated.

Duleek Fair Day

Fireside SessionsMusic at Carranstown Lodgecontinued over the Bank Holidayweekend, despite the weather,with an amazing line up of locallive talent and some from furtherafield, put together by Duleekmusician Brian Heavey, who de-scribed the event as ‘epic’.The event attracted many musi-cians, critics and dedicated audi-ence. Bands included ShakenEdge, Wa’el Shabo, Mark Do-herty and the Starling Army,

Tom Anderson – who received a

rave review on Joe’s LocalBands! Dublin band The Stolesperformed, as did Davina & TheMessangers, Niamh Flynn ,Chloe Leddy, duo Reilymakay,Marcin Fabisiak Daithi and Philand Andy Casey. Local hero’sRC Lo-Fi The Furry Gilberts,Drogheda Indie/Rock group TheSelfless, Fuzz Gigolo, BlackSvan, Low Light Gathering,Gerry Hodgers and the headlin-ers Guns N Roses Tribute.

Duleek Heritage Group is planning to re-enact the famous ‘DuleekBizarre’ which took place 100 years ago, at this year’s Duleek FairDay. The original Bizarre – a race from Drogheda to Duleek - tookplace over a week in September 1915 and was won by a MrMcHugh from Naul.This year’s race will see just two runners compete – one fromLouth and one from Meath, supplied by local GAA clubs, Wolfe-tones and Duleek GFC. Members of The Men’s Sheds will make awooden cup which will be presented to the winner. The event willbe officially started by the Mayor of Drogheda, as it was in 1915.Duleek Fair Day takes place over two days this year, Saturday 15and Sunday 16 August and promises to be a great event with freefamily fun and entertainment for people of all ages. There will beseveral community events and activities for all the family over thetwo days. Organisers are searching for teams for the ‘Pubs andClubs’ competition. Local businesses and community groups whowant to have a stall on the village green can ring 087 3976089,emailduleekfairday@gmail.com or check out their Facebook page.Closing date June 30.

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Tayto Park’s new rollercoaster, Cu Chulainn, hasopened, with great reports on how high it is and howfast it is! Standing 32 meters high, this ride is thehighest inverted wooden rollercoaster in Europe! (SeeYoutube and Cllr Sharon Keogan enjoying the ‘rideof her life’!)Work began on Cu back in August 2014 and now itweighs more than 900 tonnes, most of it wood, with100 tonnes of steel.Also new at Tayto Park is the Dinosaurs Alive exhi-bition featuring animatronic versions of the mighty TRex and many more dinosaurs. As well as this, there’sa new three carriage road train that will transport vis-itors from one end of the park to the other, a steamtrain track ride and the only 5D cinema in Ireland.

Cu Chulainn roller coaster opens at Tayto Park

Cllr Sharon Keogan and CllrEimear Ferguson at Tayto ParkNiamh Flynn

Ardcath Festival: July 5 Ardcath Festival Fair Day is Sunday 5July 12 noon- 8pm. All are welcome towander the village streets withentertainers, pets for sale, photoopportunities, interesting heritageattractions – and of course, a tea andrefreshment tent!There will be a Soapbox Darby, forapplication forms and specificationsplease see Ardcath Festival 2015Facebook Page or phone Sarah on 087-6380178.

There will also be Wheelie Bin Races,Pet Show, Fancy Dress, Kiddies Disco,Teenager's Football Blitz, Cake Sales,Food Stalls, Face Painting, and variousnovelty races, many stalls and otheractivities for all ages and all interests.The High Nellie Bicycle Run shouldattract even more enthusiasts as wordspreads across Ireland at other HighNellie Runs. It’s a marvellous day outat Ardcath Fair – but don’t forget thatthe date has changed!!

Birthday celebrations

Alison and Una in theirsalon, Elegant Beauty

Elegant Beauty celebrated their1st birthday in style at theirMain Street salon. ProprietorsAlison and Una were on hand topour the bubbly for customerswho were all entered into a freeraffle for beauty vouchers, mealvoucher, hair vouchers, skincaresets, and all received discount ofproducts during the evening.Alison and Una have establishedtheir salon as the place to go forspecial treatments, ongoing skin-care, make up for special occa-sions, spray tanning, beautyqueries, and so much more – sobe sure to pop in and guarantee

that they will be celebrating an-other year in business in 2016!Winner of their Facebook com-petition with the wonderful prizeof an overnight stay to DunboyneCastle & Spa with dinner andB&B is Sally Griffin, Duleek.Congrats! Winners of their clientraffles on the night were ElegantBeauty Gift Vouchers for €20Paula Clarke, Christine McKeown, Bridget Carroll. TheSpire Gift Voucher for €50 Car-oline Maguire. Ygh Hair SalonKay Ferguson. Cocoa BrownGift Set Vicki Mc Keown. EveTaylor Gift Set. Celine Lawlor.

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Slane Irish Whiskey Ltd has been sold to theBrown-Forman Corporation who will investapproximately $50 (€44) million to build anew distillery and consumer experience atSlane Castle, home of Henry Conyngham, theeighth Marquess Conyngham, and his son,Alex Conyngham, the Earl of Mount Charles.The distillery will open in late 2016, and willintroduce new Irish whiskeys in spring 2017,initially using high quality whiskey purchasedfrom other Irish distilleries and then finished to

Slane’s exacting specifications, while thewhiskey made at the new Slane Distillery islaid down to mature. Up to 25 permanent jobsare expected to be created by the deal. Brown-Forman Corporation produces such alcoholbrands as including Jack Daniel’s TennesseeWhiskey, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey,Southern Comfort, Finlandia, Jack Daniel’s &Cola, Canadian Mist, Korbel, Gentleman Jack,el Jimador, Herradura, Sonoma-Cutrer, Cham-bord, New Mix, Tuaca, and Woodford Reserve.

Slane Castle Whiskey

Duleek Foróige fundraiserIt’s a credit to all atDuleek Foróige who re-cently completed a spon-sored walk organised bythe youth at the clubwhich raised over €400for a great cause, Olivia'sSpecial Horses. Welldone guys! To find outmore about Olivia's Spe-cial Horses check themout on Facebook.

News in BriefDuleek Revival ProgrammeDuleek Revival Programme workers arerightfully proud of the work they havedone to the floral ‘Welcome’ and otherflower beds at the entrance to the village.Thanks to Duleek Revival Programmefor planting up the flower beds andkeeping the village clean from litterweekly. The ongoing work from DuleekTidy Towns ensures that the area is bet-ter for all who live, work and visit thevillage.

Street feast in JulianstownA street feast will be held in JulianstownCommunity Garden on Saturday 13June, with an obstacle course, games,face painting, a magician and Punch &Judy show. Admission is €5 per family.

Carers to tour Oldbridge Carers’ Week pays a visit to OldbridgeHouse, Donore on Tuesday 9 June next.Carers will enjoy a conducted tour of

Oldbridge House at 11am followed byrefreshments and a tour of the Battle ofthe Boyne site and Oldbridge House gar-dens. This is the 9th annual Carers’Week and runs from 8-14 June.

Craft FairA Craft Fair takes place at Tesco Bettys-town on Saturday 20 June. To book aspace, contactmlhmurray57@yahoo.co.uk.

Car Boot SaleThe next Car Boot Sale at Colpe Presby-terian Church takes place on Saturday27 June.

Family Day for the DonsAn end of season family fun day for theDons takes place on Saturday 13 June atCastlemartin. This will be followed witha night out in Moran’s that evening, withan outdoor marquee and DJ. Thanks toBrendan Battersby of Moran’s who isproviding the marquee and for his ongo-ing support to the club.

Parish newsParish walk from Mornington to Slane

takes place on Saturday 25 July. TheMeath Diocesan pilgrimage to Knocktakes place on Sunday 9 August. LoughDerg Parish pilgrimage on 19 August.Meath Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdesfrom 12 – 17 September.

Seamus Ennis CentreSeamus Ennis Centre, Naul has a won-derful line up of summer events, fromfree family fun days with circus per-formers, magic shows and a BBQ(charge for food) on Sunday 21 June andSunday 12 July. They have a number ofsummer camps in dance, art, mixedmedia, brick flicks, etc as well as theirusual amazing line up of visual art, liter-ature and a wide range of live music.

Congrats to chess teamCongrats to the Duleek Boys nationalschool chess team who won theDrogheda Schools Championship. Teamcomprised Harry Caffrey, Colm Regan,David Maxwell, Jack Leong and FranekLajszczak.Congrats to the East Coast Cavaliersbasketball team who finished their sea-son with a fun blitz recently. Almost 60

players from 8-15 played indoors andoutdoors at the Colaiste na hInse courtswhere they train every Tuesday night.Check their Facebook page for details onjoining up next season.

Tours of Slane CastleTours of Slane Castle take place duringJune, July and August from 12 – 5pmdaily except Friday and Saturday, al-though it’s open all week during Her-itage Week 22-30 August. Admission €7adults, and €5 for children, students andOAPs. Family €20. Groups pre-bookedonly.

Congrats to Duleek’s Aaron Cliffordwho won the Supertwins Race atthe Adelaide Masters in MondelloPark recently on his motorbike.

The eternal question of ‘What to do with the kids over the summer’is easily answered in this area, as there’s lots to do! Summer campsare associated with many play groups, creches and national schools,as well as local sports clubs. We are lucky to have even more in thegreater Duleek area, with Pudden Hill offering lots for younger kids,whilst still challenging the older ones. Activities at Pudden Hill in-clude karting, paintballing, sof play, archery, shooting simulator, anda new Animal Farm and outdoor playground. There’s also a café andoutdoor picnic area. The Zone extreme activity centre features themore dynamic activities, whilst Huckleberry’s Den and the soft playarea are aimed at younger children’s enjoyment.New to this area is Celtic Adventures – and if it’s excitement yourkid wants – this is it! Activities with Celtic Adventures, who arebased at Newgrange Lodge, Donore, include wall climbing, spacehopper racing, grass sledding, archery, obstacle course, team games,etc. And in the water there’s kayaking, canoing and stand up paddleboarding. All equipment and bus trips is provided and included inthe price. Courses run in Donore from 29 June–3 July and 20-24July and 27-31 July (10am-3pm), costing €120 per child.Activities at Celtic Adventures are suitable for individuals, clubs,groups, organisations, company team building, birthdays, celebra-tions and more. They are aimed at adults as well as youngsters andhave already proved popular with local groups. Celtic Adventures

are playing a big part in Drogheda Maritime Festival as they organ-ise ‘It’s A Wipeout’ challenge! Teams of up to 10 are welcome tocompete.

Donore scouts enjoying Celtic Adventures activities

Indaver Duleek 10K Official launch of the Indaver Duleek10k Road Race takes place on Satur-day 13 June from 5.30-7.30 in theParish Rooms, Duleek.Drop in and say hi to the organisers,who are eager to meet potential partic-ipants! Avail of the €15 Early Bird reg-istration until 27 June. You can alsoregister online on: http://registration.precisiontiming.net/events/preview… For more informa-tion visit www.duleekac.ie or followtheir page on Facebook.

Duleek soccer clubAll-weather pitch is available for teamslots on Wednesday, Friday and week-ends. Meeting room seating up to 60also available to rent. Thanks to spon-sors Duleek Credit Union, IntegralGym and Next Generatoin for sponsor-ing new team gear for both seniorteams this year, and to other local com-panies for their continued support.These include Duleek Car CommercialServices, Omni Signs, Drogheda, NestProperty Solutions, Campus Oil, F.BGroup, St Margaret’s CSC, Car-ranstown Lodge.

Baseball trainingChildren’s baseball training has start-ing in Gormanston. It's on every Sun-day for the summer months at 12 noonand is open to boys and girls aged 5-16.All equipment is provided. Further in-formation contact Colm Gallagher 0879387045.

Meath GAA Summer CampsThe Meath GAA Summer Camp willtake place on Duleek BellewstownGAA Grounds from 6th-10th July2015. Bookings can now be registeredat www.gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps

Meath Minor ladiesCongratulations to Meath Minor ladies– now the Leinster champions who de-feated Wicklow in the final recently.Final score Meath 9-13 Wicklow 2-6.Congratulations to St.Pat’s playersKatie Dowling, Emma White, KatieBrangan & Hazel Callaghan on thisfine win.

FAI Coaching AcademySchoolboys Acadamy, Sportsworld FAICoaching Academy takes place inDuleek Grounds from Monday 27- Fri-day 31 July. Fees €65 per child for full5 days. Further info from Eamon Kelly0876864487.There are 13 SportsWorldFAI Summer Soccer Schools runningin Co. Meath this summer!

Bellewstown Races: July Bellewstown Races take place 2-4 July,with Ladies Day on Friday 3. So dressup for the occasion! Don’t forget to tryout the new Yellow Sam Bar, namedafter Barney Curley’s famous coup ona horse of that name back in 1975when he cleaned out the bookies atBellewstown, making a haul ofIR£300,000 – a cool €1.7million intoday’s money! There are special pack-ages suitable for all punters, includingthe Belter and Corporate rates. Forfurther info and bookings, contact 0419842111 or email: klaybell@eircom.netYou can also book tickets online onwww.bellewstownraces.ie buy online soas not to be disappointed.

‘Men in Motion’‘Men in Motion’ is a new initiative bySt Colmcille’s GFC who are encourag-ing men aged 30 and upwards, to at-tend their new training programme.‘Men in Motion’ is aimed at beginnersand moderately fit men who enjoytraining together and covers jobbing,stretches and light circuit training in afun and friendly atmosphere everyMonday night at 7.30pm in the club foran hour. The training is free to clubmembers, with annual membershippriced at €50. Newcomers can pay onthe night. Check out St Colmcille’swebsite or Facebook page for furtherdetails

Mens marathon relay teamcrossing the finishing line in Newry.(L-R) - Mick Lannigan, Joe Martin andGraham Byrne

Duleek AC batonsand bordersThey crossed the border for the NewryMarathon relay as 3 of the club’s adult mem-bers took part in the 26.2mile course / 42km.In perfect conditions for running GrahamByrne kicked off proceedings by running astrong opening leg out along the towpath to-wards Poyntzpass. Graham then handed overthe baton to Mick Lannigan who ran a storm-ing second leg in what was his return to actionafter an injury enforced layoff. From there itwas down to Joe Martin to take the teamhome and he showed no sign of the blues as hefinished strongly in Hill Street. The combinedtime for t the event was an impressive 3hours50 mins, a time which any marathon runnerwould be proud of.Two days later 37 juveniles and adults wereout in force at the local Star of the Sea 5k inStamullen, where they enjoyed a number ofPersonal Bests. First home for the club wasanother impressive performance by FranPower coming in just north of 19 minutes andfollowed closely by Stephen McKee, RayCassin and Derek Sheridan. Not to be outdoneby their male counterparts the ladies in greenran their socks off and there was a very im-pressive performances by Kate Darcy, LauraDonohoe, Georgina Cassin and Patricia Mc-Glone.Duleek & Distict AC are celebrating bringinghome an impressive 23 county medals so farby adult and juvenile sections so far this sea-son

Duleek AC medalsMeath Track and Field athletics championships took place in Clare-mont Stadium, Navan. A contingent of 13 Duleek athletes competedand brought home 10 medals, a significant increase on last year!There were some great performances across all age groups and cat-egories, particularly among the juvenile athletes with many firsttimers. Fran Power took silver in the masters 3,000m.Ruby Hartford put in a great performance to take bronze in the

under 9 500m. Great performances also by Alisha Clarke, CiaraMcGroary, Naoise Donnell, Megan Nolan and Caitlin Callaghan.In the Under 9 Turbo Javelin Doireann Power took gold and MeganO’Connor took bronze. In the Girls Under 11 600m Chloe Dunnionand Leah Martin finished well.. Aisling Myles put in a great per-formance in the Under 14 girls 200m. Jake Meehan excelled in boththe Under 10 boys 500m and Turbo Javelin.The club congratulates all juvenile athletes who have representedthe club so well at a number of recent events. The track and fieldseason is in full swing and there are a number of local and provin-cial events for the clubs athletes to participate in and reap the re-wards of their training programme.

Right: Under 9Turbo Javelinwhere DoireannPower took goldand MeganO'Connor tookbronze.

Cushinstown AC

Cushinstown AC had six athletes competing at theLeinster Junior track and field championships re-cently, taking home an impressive 7 medals in whatwas a great days athletics!Shane Joyce was phenomenal in winning five indi-vidual gold medals as well as two relay medals toboot! Joyce threw a mighty 54.54m in the javelinand leapt out to 14.00m in the triple jump to claimgold and set two new personal bests. His throw of12.40m in the shot putt was enough to see off clubmate Michael O’Sullivan for the top spot. Michael

also competed in the discus, throwing well to finishsecond and Dónal Kearns came away with the goldmedal in the long jump.On the track. Dónal Kearns ran superbly in the110m hurdles to claim gold and for CaoimheLandy there was a new personal best in the 100m.Luke Redmond and Luke Mc Cabe battled it outin the 100m with Luke Redmond edging out thewin over his fellow club member. Redmond ran avery speedy 11.40s to claim silver and Mc Cabewas close behind with 11.43s for bronze.

The day came to an exciting end with the relay fi-nals. The Cushinstown team consisted of ShaneJoyce, Luke Redmond, Michael O’Sullivan andLuke Mc Cabe. The boys won the 4x100m com-fortably with four excellent performances.The first round of the National League took placein Templemore on Sunday. The club had NiallFlanagan competing for Meath Athletics. Niall rantwo solid races in the 100m and 200m finishing 4thand 5th in a time of 11.25s and 22.98s respectively,earning valuable points for the county.

4 4x400m relay team (L-R): Luke Redmond, LukeMcCabe, Michael O'Sullivan, Shane Joyce

ST. PAT’S GIRLSSt.Pat’s Girls’ Annual Summer League 2015 islooking for help from moms! This year’s sum-mer league will be made up of four teams fromU16 down to U12’s (10 per team approx.) Andthis year’s theme is ‘Moms Know Best.The moms should pair up in twos and put namesforward to manage a team together. Texts toDamien Geraghty on 083-1785411Teams, mangers and team captains will be drawnfrom the hat Thursday 11 June in the Clubhouseat the launch of this year’s league. If there aremore than four groups of mangers x2 volunteer-ing it will be first four pairs out of the hat.Teams will also decide on their own TeamNames and Colours, so come on get involved!This has been great fun for the last few years andit will be rounded off with two finals Cup &Shield with medals for all the girls’ plus trophiesfor winning mangers and of course party for allinvolved.

CONGRATSCongrats to the St Pat’s organisational team whohave made their dream a reality, with the clubnow boasting 3 three sand-carpeted pitches, a ju-venile pitch surrounded by a running track anda full-size floodlight training pitch, 2 Astro-Turfoutdoor floodlight pitches along with a fully fit-

ted gym, as well as astunning purpose-builtsports pavilion withample car and bus park-ing facilities. The sportspavilion consisting of a750sqm indoor sportsarena, changing facili-ties, community meetingrooms and functionrooms not to mention 2fully fitted kitchens. Thefacilities will serve the entire community of Sta-mullen and Julianstown for many years to come,Committee Back row L/R Gareth McDonnell,Kevin Loughlin, Declan Russell, Tommy Reilly,Gavin Kirby, Brendan Byrne, Ollie Gaughran,Malachy Stafford. Front Row L/R Myra O'Fla-herty, Bartle Landy, Jane McKeon, JohnFinnegan, Anthony Woods, Debbie Weldon,Martin Curran, Johnny Purfield, Pat Ryan. Miss-ing from Image : Ian Crawford, Stephen Bren-nan, Adrian Mulholland, Ursula Sheridan, DavidMcKeon, Rosa McNulty, Eadaoin Burns &Daithi Whyte.Congrats to Stamullen GAA player Donal Landywho had the honour of wearing the countycolours for the first time at senior level when he

joined the Meath Senior team for the matchagainst Down at the official opening of the newclub grounds.Congrats to Robin O’Byrne and Annie Branganwho were both successful in making it onto theMeath U12 panel following the recent trials atSkryne. Yasmine Waslsh, Hannah Maloney andLeah Loughran have been selected for the MeathU14 development squad.

MEATH GAA SUMMER CúL CAMP2015 Meath Gaa Summer Cúl Camp atSt.Patrick’s Gaa grounds: Football 6-10 July.Hurling 17-21 August. All camps run from 10amto 2.30pm. Cúl Camp Coordinator is DudleyFarrell 087-9033789. Application forms fromclub or online kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie

St. Pat’s committee

St. Mary’s Donore girls new kit

St Mary’s Donore U12 girls teamwearing their new team gear

Balrath FC U9s win Goal Post Cup

Great score for Balrath who won the Goal PostCup with a score of Balrath FC 7 - 1 RivervalleyRangers. Amazing match and a thoroughlydeserved victory. A big big thanks to all theirsupporters and to the team’s little mascot Jakewho cheered them on throughout and wasoverjoyed at the end!

Well done to Maguire’s Bar & Lounge,Kentstown, whose darts team won the2015 Division 3 championship! The cele-brations lasted a while, and well deserved! So interested in darts are the players inKentstown, that they have invited a for-mer World Champion to play in Maguireson 15 July!Bob Anderson from the Uk, was rankedas the World No 1 for over three years inthe late ‘80s. Nicknamed ‘The LimestoneCowboy’, he will face Kentstown’s finestin July, with proceeds of the charity dartschallenge going to the Jay & Ellie Foun-dation for Autism, and Temple StreetChildren’s Hospital. Sponsorship cardsavailable now.

RESULTS FOR DULEEK &DISTRICT DARTS LEAGUE

Roll Of Honour For 2014 / 15;Premier Div Winners, Whytes, Stamullen,R-Up, Punt Bar, Drogheda;Div 1 Winners, Coast Tavern, Laytown;R - Up, Thatch, Drogheda;

Div 2 Winners, O Neills [B] Duleek;R- Up, Tourist Rest, Rossin;Div 3 Winners, Maguires, Kentstown;R - Up, Grennans, Drogheda.Tom Grimes Cup Winners, Punt Bar,Drogheda;R - Up, Whytes, Stamullen.John Speedy Heavey Cup Winners; ONeills [B] Duleek;R- Up, Railway Bar, Drogheda.Premier Shield Winners; O Neills [A]Duleek;R - Up, Big Toms, Duleek.Group B Shield Winners, Donegans,Monasterboice,R - Up, Matthews, Collon.Singles Winner - Marty Bryan, Whytes,Stamullen;R-Up, Keith Rooney, O Neills [A]Duleek;Doubles Winners, Keith Rooney andJamie Heavey, O Neills, Duleek;R-Up, Stephen Gibney and Brian Smith,Punt Bar, Drogheda.

O Neills [b] Heavey Cup Winners, 2015

O Neills [B] Div 2 Winners, 2015 Maguires, Div 3 Winners,2015

Easter presentation to Children’s

Ward Lourdes HospitalLeague presentationof Easter Eggs forChildrens ward InLourdes hospital,Plus Easter Hamperfor Staff Involved, Allfunded from leaguecharity fund, [furtherallocations later]Childrens WardPresentaionIncludes L/R Princy,Bernie Brennan,Heather Murphy,Kevin Campbell[Chairman] And PatO Brien, LeagueTreasurer.

Results of Annual

Golf Classic

Damien Mullaney won -5 gross (nett63.1)Liam Brien 2nd -2 (nett 66.0)Aaron Fleming 1st Cat 1 level (nett66.6)Donal Nolan 1st Cat 2 +2 (nett 66.9)Ladies Ann McDonnell (nett 75.8)Nearest the pin Chris O'LearyLongest Drive Oliver Cudden.A sincere thank you to all sponsors. Training continues for U12 & U14's

from 6-7pm & U16's from 7-8 pmon Wednesdays on the Duleek pitch;Nursery and Academy as normal11am-12noon on Saturday inDuleek.Congratulations to JamesMcWeeney on making the U14 foot-ball Academy panel.Weekly Bingo takes place every Fri-day evening at 8.30pm in the clubhouse on the Navan Road.

Michael Dowling, Graham Geraghty and Padraig Howard

Congratulations & best wishes to Darragh Farrell & AnnaCallaghan on the birth of their new baby girl Bonnie!Congrats to Ellie O’Reilly, Duleek GNS who won theMeath & Louth schools WB Yeats poetry & art competi-tion. Well done!Congrats to St Pat’s school Navan which won the 'younginnovators' award at this year’s ITLG Silicon ValleyGlobal summit for their Digilab Science project. Usingskills learned at Coder Dojo, the students set up a businessbased on their design of an interactive app, for the teach-ing of science to primary level children.Congrats to Stamullen resident Jason Gough who hasbeen carrying out landscaping work on Gough’s Cornerfor the past few years. He has tidied, cleaned, prepared theground and planted shrubs and flowers in the area of Gor-manston/Stamullen Road, Cock Hill and Watery Lane,which has the place looking really lovely.Congrats to Gormanston artist Gavan McCullough, whohas been shortlisted for this year’s annual BP PortraitAward 2015. Along with other artists, Gavan will exhibitin Listoke House, Drogheda, from 5 June. Other artists in-clude Raphael Hynes, Peter Gibney, Anthony Collins,Jackie Lalor, Sinead Smith, Richard Moore, Ian Hart andNiamh Carroll.Congrats to Duleek woman Geraldine Flynn, currentlyPresident of Drogheda Soroptimists, who recently donated€2,500 to local charities, raised through their ChristmasWreath Appeal. Geraldine said she was delighted to makethe cheque presentations to Homeless Aid, St Vincent dePaul, Samaritans, and the White Ribbon Campaign, aneducation programme to end violence against women, in

memory of Drogheda woman JillMeaghar who was violently murdered inAustralia in 2012.Congrats to Laytown singer songwriterMaria Butterly who is fundraising forMND, Motor Neuron Disease, withmembers worldwide able to use her sin-gle ‘You are my heaven’ to fundraise fortheir own organisation, with proceedsraised going to MND.Maria’s song has been released in Ire-land and is performing well. It can be purchased throughthe IMNDA website for €2 per download, with proceedsgoing to the charity.Maria has lived in Nashville and Los Angeles, but is nowback in Meath. Her style is in the country-bluegrass genre,and was inspired to support MND through a friend’s ex-perience of the debilitating disease.Congrats to Duleek GNS pupils who recently received aCreative School Award in the Ark Cultural Centre, TempleBar, Dublin. Senior Infants class along with teacher MissCostigan, wrote and published their own storybook ‘TheAdventures of Princess Diamond’. Two pupils representedtheir class at the awards, where Molly O’Connell and AvaDinsmore met the Minister for Education.This class also received a prize in the Imaginosity StoryWriting Competition. Judges were so impressed by theirwork that they have invited the whole class to attend Imag-inosity, Dublin’s children’s museum, for a day of learningthrough play and interactive exhibits. Well done!The members and staff of The ELMS Centre, Duleek Busi-

ness Park would like to extend a huge thank you to NoelHeeney, Ann Finger and all at the Duleek Development As-sociation Charity Shop for their generous donation of 1000euros to buy Ipads for the members. Your generosity isgreatly appreciated and we wish you all continued successat the shop. Sinead Calum sang his own composition‘Building Walls’ and the judges commented on his abilityto ‘capture his audience’ and feel that he has a bright fu-ture ahead in the music industry.Congrats to young Colum Agnew who finished in the top10 of the All Ireland Teen Stars competition recently, hav-ing started way back last August.Congrats to Dr Robert Hensey who recently launched abook ‘First Light at the Origins of Newgrange’ at Brú naBóinne, Donore, recently. The book uncovers an untoldhistory at Newgrange of a society who left behind a rich,enigmatic and patterned legacy.Congrats to all who contributed to the recent Nepal Earth-quake disaster appeal held in Stamullen at the recent FirstHoly Communion ceremonies. €525 was raised and allmoney will be delivered to Bishop Michael Smith and thenforwarded directly to the appeal fund in Nepal. Thanks toall who supported this worthy cause.Congratulations to Miriam Smith from Gormanston, whoqualified for the final of the Face of Tempted model search2015. Miriam (26) is a property administrator, and is oneof 15 hopeful models from across Ireland in the finals.Congrats to Carranstown Lodge or the former Tollstone,who are celebrating 28 years in business this month! Welldone on lasting the pace and moving with the times –here’s to another 28!

Happy Birthday to Cianan ConnorArdcath who celebrated his 70thBirthday & his sister Ann CarrollDuleek who celebrated her 60thbirthday. Family & Friends cele-brated in style at Cianans home in ablow up Pub.

Ellie wins W.B. Yeats

poetry/art competition

Congratulations to Ellie O'Reilly, a pupil atDuleek Girls national school, who is thewinner of Meath and Louth schools W.B.Yeats poetry/art competition

Duleek Bellewstown GFC

Table quizDuleek Belewstown GFC is holding a table quizon Saturday 13 June at 8.30pm in BellewstownInn. Table of 4 €50.

Hip hop, dance and RnBBrian Heavey and The Music Rooms is holdingaHip hop, dance and RnB music productioncourse taking place on 15, 16 and 17 June. 3 daycourse for 5 hours per day aimed at buddingyoung dj's, teenagers, limited places.

20 years agoIt’s now 20 years ago since Prince Charles visitedNewgrange! The prince, accompanied by theDuchess of Cornwall, arrived by helicopter to thefarm of Anne and the late Willie Redhouse, beforebeing given a guided tour of Newgrange tumulusby chief guide Clare Tuffy on 1 June 2005.

Julianstown TT Coole Swan teaJulianstown Tidy Towns invites you to a CooleSwan Afternoon Tea in City North Hotel onThursday 11 June at 3pm. Head pastry chefShane Smith of Fallon & Byrne, Dublin will givea cookery demo using Coole Swan liqueur –which of course, is produced in County Meath!Tickets cost €10 and proceeds are in aid of Ju-lianstown Tidy Towns.

Barn Dance in aid of Cancer ResearchBarn Dance in aid of Cancer Research on Satur-day 27 June in Cushinstown AC club, Kilmoon.Garth Brooks tribute band with Trevor Smithwill play followed by popular DJ James McNally'til late. Prizes for best dressed cowboy/cowgirl onthe night. Tickets €25 including free food allnight,with proceeds for Cancer Research Ireland.Three previous barndances organised by the Foxfamily raised over €180,000 in total for charity.There was fantastic support for this great causewith last year's crowd being estimated over 2,500.

Healing MassFr. David Halpin, CC Swords, will celebrate aHealing Mass hosted by True Light PrayerGroup, in honour of St Peregrine, Patron Saint ofCancer, in St Patrick's Church, Stamullen onTuesday, 23 June at 7.30 pm. The Sacrament ofthe Sick will be administered to those afflictedwith cancer after Mass along with blessing withRelic of St Peregrine.

Gormanston beach clean upGormanston beach clean up team meets regularlyat the Delvin railway viaduct to keep the strandfree of litter and rubbish, and to discouragedumping. Anyone wishing to help, contact SeanCrosson at Delvin bridge on 086-2630440.

Moorechurch cemeteryCemetery Sunday takes place in Moorechurchcemetery on Sunday 5 July at 11am. Mass will becelebrated in the cemetery.

Blessing of Colpe gravesBlessing of the Graves takes place in Colpe onSaturday 13 June 7.45pm (after 7pm Mass).Mornington old church Sunday 14 June 7pm.Reilig Mhuire, Pilltown Sunday 21 June 7pm.Calvary Sunday 21 June 3pm. St Peter’sDrogheda Sunday 28 June 3pm.

10k beach walkA 10k Beach Walk organised by Stamullen TidyTowns group takes place on Sunday 21 June at11.30am. Starting at the railway viaduct andDelvin estuary on Gormanston strand, it will endat Mornington Tower where refreshments, a BBQand other entertainment and activities will takeplace. A bus will be provided to take the beachwalkers back to Stamullen village. Cost of partic-ipation is just €10. For further details, contactany member of Stamullen Tidy Towns group whocan be seen out and about cleaning and tidying inthe village every Saturday morning between11am – 12 noon.

Indaver, leading the fi eld in sustainable waste management

Meath Waste-to-Energy Facility

Meath Waste-to-Energy

JUNEl Thursday 11. 3pm. CooleSwan Afternoon Tea in CityNorth Hotel in aid ofJulianstown Tidy Townsl Friday 12 & Saturday 13.Duleek pharmacy LaunchParty weekendl Saturday 13. 7.45pm (after7pm Mass) Blessing of theGraves in Colpel Saturday 13. End of seasonfamily fun day for the Dons inCastlemartin followed by nightin Morans.l Saturday 13. 5.30-7.30pm.Official launch ofIndaver Duleek 10k Road Race.Parish Rooms, Duleek.l Saturday 13. 8.30pm. DuleekBelewstown GFC table quiz inBellewstown Innl Saturday 13. Street feast inJulianstown CommunityGarden.Family admission €5l Sunday 14. 7pm. Blessing ofthe Graves in Mornington oldchurchl 15, 16 and 17. The MusicRooms Hip hop, dance and RnBmusic production course,Duleekl Thursday 18. 9pm. ClonalvyPatron Committee PokerClassic in Donnelly's. €30.00l Saturday 20. Craft Fair TescoBettystown. To book spacecontactmlhmurray57@yahoo.co.uk.l Sunday 21. 2pm CemeterySunday Holy Cross, Duleekl Sunday 21. 2pm SeamusEnnis Centre, Naul. Free familyfun dayl Sunday 21. 11.30am 10kBeach Walk Gormanston toMornington Tower withStamullen Tidy Townsl Sunday 21. 3pm. Blessing ofthe Graves in Calvary,Drogheda.l Sunday 21. 7pm.Blessing ofthe Graves in Reilig Mhuire,Pilltownl Tuesday 23. 7.30 pm. StPeregrine Healing Mass in StPatrick's Church, Stamullenl Saturday 27. Car Boot Sale atColpe Presbyterian Churchl Barn Dance in aid of CancerResearch on Saturday 27 Junein Cushinstown AC club,

Kilmoon. €25 including food.l 27 & 28. Taste of Meath atOldbridge Housel Sunday 28. 3pm. Blessing ofthe Graves in St Peter’s,Drogheda

JULYl 2/3/4 Bellewstown Racesl Sunday 5. Ardcath Festivall Sunday 5. 11am. CemeterySunday with Mass inMoorechurch cemeteryl Thursday 9. Declan Nerneyin City North Hotell 7 - 10. Duleek PerformingArts camp. Cost 3-6 years €55,7-14 €65. Call 086-2645077l Sunday 12. 2pm. Free familyfun day at Seamus EnnisCentre, Naull Sunday 12. Sheep dog trialsat Power’s farm, Ballmacan(Collon/Slane road) in aid of ADog for Joel Wednesday 15. Darts WorldChampion, Bob Anderson inMaguire’s Bar & Lounge,Kentstownl Friday 17. 7pm. Blessing ofthe Graves in The Leck, Donorel Saturday 18 7pm Blessing ofthe Graves in Knockcommon.l Sunday 19. 11am Blessing ofthe Graves Donore. 2pm inDonore Old graveyard.l Saturday 25. Parish walkfrom Mornington to Slanel Sunday 26. 7.30pm.Cemetery Sunday atCrossmacolel Thursday 30. DuleekWomen’s Forum trip to Knock.Booking Ann 041-982341

AUGUSTl Sunday 9. Meath Diocesanpilgrimage to Knockl Saturday 15 & Sunday 16.Duleek Fair Day. For info 087-3976089 or emailduleefairday@gmail.com or seeFacebook page.l 19 August - Lough DergParish pilgrimagel 26/27 Bellewstown RacesSeptemberl 12–17: Meath Diocesanpilgrimage to Lourdes

NOVEMBERl Saturday 21. 8pm.DuleekBellewstown GFCStrictly come Dancing in theTLT