Monday, March 15 2010

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Head-ing for trouble

A FINGAL doctor has warned people using so-called 'legal highs' are 'dicing with death' after a new service delivering the products to homes in Swords began trading. In the week the Government announced an impending ban on a number of items on sale in 'head' shops, leaflets were dropped through letterboxes advertising a 'home delivery service'.

Unfair to single out Aldi and Lidl

A PERCEIVED discrimination against the discount stores like Aldi and Lidl is to be removed from the latest draft of the County Development Plan as councillors went against the recommendations of county planners. Cllr Anne Devitt (FG) said that dealing with 'discount stores' as a separate category in terms of planning regulations for retail outlets, 'discriminated' against two particular operators, namely Aldi and Lidl.

Ahoy there Boston!

THE volunteer crew from Skerries RNLI Lifeboat Station are Boston bound. An official invitation to participate in the city's St Patrick's Day Parade was received by the volunteer crew at the end of last summer. Senior helm and trip organiser, Eoin McCarthy said: 'After much discussion, the crew decided it was an invitation not to be refused and so they started saving.

High-flying Dubs punish Mayo's lack of firepower

Dubs now genuine contenders for league decider PEERING down at their rivals from the peaks of the top division is an unusual occurrence for modern-day Dublin football teams, but that's the splendid view they currently enjoy following their productive trip to Castlebar yesterday.

In Pictures

  • Sam Kirwin of St Maurs gets his medal from Denis Forde at the Gormanston Indoor Hurling competition.
  • Diane McKenna and Kevin Pearson in the Old Boro.
  • Michelle Martyn and Lorraine Pearson in the Old Boro.

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