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Beach night gets the crowds out
NIGHT Owl left Joan and all the gang to enjoy the rest of the night and headed over to Wards where there was a good few people out enjoying a drink on this particular Friday.
Westcourt hosts Joan's big bash
NIGHT Owl headed out on the town on Friday last to see who was out enjoying the Drogheda nightlife. We first headed over to the Westcourt Hotel where Joan McEvoy was celebrating a very special birthday.
Celebrating on the double for twins' 21st
because he has been the best of friends with my boys since they were about two years old,' she jokes.
Eastern delight at Fran's party
THERE was a touch of eastern delight at Fran Murray's recent 50th birthday party, as her two Japanese house guests got to see how to live it up, Drogheda-style!
Talent search starts here
TALENTED schoolchildren in the region are set for a shot at stardom thanks to a new school stars competition to be staged in the TLT later this year.
STRAIGHT TALKING: Government's childcare policy bordering on a joke
THE fact that Ireland is the most expensive country in Europe for childcare is hardly surprising. The only thing that's surprising is that a survey was needed to divulge the information in the first place. Support for working parents from the Government is miserly at best, and I say that as a parent who has just finished with the childcare system.
AIDAN WRITES: Something must be done to stop this endless carnage
THERE will come a time, Minister Dempsey, when you will look back upon your political career and, probably in a quiet moment somewhere, ask yourself what real difference you actually made to people's lives. Although many will remember you for what you believe are the wrong reasons such as disappearing on a sun holiday when the country was frozen to a halt, or your use of government transport at the taxpayers' expense, many others will remember you for the far more important things you achieved.
ON THE MONEY: Uncompetitiveness with Britain is costing us dear
FROM 1928 until 1992 the value of the Irish Pound was always one pound Sterling. During that time the level of prices was much the same in Ireland and Britain. The one-toone link of the Irish Pound to Sterling was broken in 1992 and some years later we joined the Euro.
THE WAY I SEE IT: In defence of our dentists
WHEN the first British troops encountered their German enemy in World War 1 they immediately noticed the good teeth of the German soldiers. The British have never been renowned for the health of their teeth and we Irish are further down the scale when it comes to oral hygiene.
MY WORLD: Hair straighteners put the heat on men
MONDAY morning, 8.30 a.m. and nothing out of the ordinary has yet occurred. The man of the house is inching his way through the rush-hour traffic and is on course to be seated at the office desk by 8.55am. Easily.
Inside Lifestyle
- COMMENT: We need to do more to preserve life on our roads
- PLATFORM: We must face up to the end game of our housing crisis
- A great weekend of music in town
- Hen parties night away in Barroco
- COMMENT: Sustaining NRA's idle staff not the road to go down
- STRAIGHT TALKING: Solution to downloading is sweet music to my ears
- PLATFORM: Bank's decision to pull out of Irish market is truly shocking
- MY WORLD: Saying goodbye to a true motoring love
- Q&A: Does size matter when it comes to planning?
- AIDAN WRITES: RTE's top earners could do with a hard dose of reality
- THE WAY I SEE IT: Nothing simple with education
- ON THE MONEY: Decisions in Berlin will have huge bearing on us
- LETTER: Maradona would not get game with Nicks
- LETTER: Thank goodness for the right to vote
- LETTER: Have to be known to get a match
- Grennan's rocks for Kevin's 40th
- Bride takes centre stage on big day
- Golden moment for happy couple
- BMW X3 offers excellent value and economy
- Strange Glue plotting gig with Snow Patrol
- STRAIGHT TALKING: We need to challenge the sexualisation of children
- COMMENT: They won't tell us what's going on
- PLATFORM: Squeeze on local hospitals will affect the next general election
- MY WORLD: The neverending war against moobs
- ON THE MONEY: Employment in the private sector has collapsed
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