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Feargal Quinn looking for butcher shops in Dundalk.
Feargal Quinn’s Retail Therapy is a six part series for RTÉ One where retail innovator Feargal Quinn offers advice to retailers who are struggling to stay afloat in the current economic climate. The series is looking to champion independent Irish retailers who represent individuality on the streets of Ireland’s towns and cities. Feargal is passionate about helping businesses who are putting it up to the multinationals and offering Irish consumers something different than they would get anywhere else in the world. Feargal will help these businesses to eradicate their weaknesses, exploit their strengths and identify a unique selling point which will make them stand out from the competition and attract customers to their door.
Last year’s series was a great ratings success and the businesses involved have reported an improvement in both sales and staff morale as a result of their involvement in the programme.
The series will be on air at the beginning of 2011 and we will be filming over the next six months.
We are looking for Butcher Shops, so anyone who is interested should get in touch either by emailing retailtherapy(at)animo.ie or calling Laura on 01 6468246
How to stay healthy
- Be active for at least 30 minutes of aerobic activity five times a week.
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Eat a healthy diet -- eat more fruit and vegetables and fresh foods; eat less fat, fries and convenience foods.
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If you smoke, stop -- the risk of cardiovascular disease is reduced by half, one year after quitting.
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Have regular blood pressure and cholesterol checks with your family doctor.
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Find out about your family history and the signs and symptoms of heart disease.
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Drink in moderation -- consume no more than 14 standard drinks per week.
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Enjoy life. Take time out for yourself and keep in touch with friends.
Irish Independent
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Dundalk Group Players, under the direction of Tommy Clarke, performed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat over 40 times in the Town Hall and around the area in 1977. They also travelled to Ostrava Poruba in Czechoslovakia. One of the performances in Dundalk took place in the mall of the Dundalk Shopping Centre.
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Irish Walled Towns Day and Heritage Week
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Carlingford in County Louth, is planning an extensive programme for the national celebration of Irish Walled Towns Day and Heritage Week this year! 2010 promises the visitor a unique heritage experience and guarantees ultimate enjoyment for the entire family. The town which is an original walled town and virtual outdoor museum of Medieval Ireland is marking the 800 year commemoration of King Johns Castle and the town will be going back in time to recreate the environment and ambience of the occasion of the Kings visit in 1210. A family of 8 people will live in Taaffe's Castle which has been uninhabited for 400 years and will eat, sleep and survive for an entire week exactly as they did during the medieval period. .
The general public are invited to visit them thorough out the week and view how families lived during that period. The 8 volunteers will engage in foraging for their food, cooking their meals, playing medieval games, milking goats and tending to their animals throughout the 7 days. The ‘family’, selected from over 100 applicants will arrive in the village at 3.00 on Sunday 22nd August.
The public are also invited to visit the bustling, diminutive medieval village to the fore of the castle where trades from the period will be demonstrated including candlemaking, butter churning, honey making and the building of an original Irish Curragh which will be constructed on site over the 7 days and raffled on Sun 29th.
Visitors and locals are encouraged to dress in costume throughout the festival and anyone dressed in period clothes will be able to join the family in various social activities like the barbque that will take place on Wednesday 25th in the ‘medieval village’. The activities of ‘the family’ within the vault room will be broadcast live in Taaffe’s Castle bar every day until 9.00pm.
Make sure and not miss the grand finale of the week on Sunday the 29th when the family is released from Taaffes Castle!
For details or bookings please contact The Cooley Peninsula Tourist Office. 00 353 (0 ) 42 937 3033 info(at)carlingford.ie www.carlingford.ie
The Argus
Dundalk Democrat
