News from around the 32 Irish counties

DONEGAL
Top names in Irish music came to Donegal last Monday to take part in a concert supporting the ongoing protest against a proposed high-power line across miles of rural Donegal.
"Don't forget why we're here," said Moya Brennan, who hosted the concert in the Meenaleck pub that her father, Leo Brennan, started. Last Monday night's SOS (Save Our Scenery) concert was held to support the ongoing campaign against plans to erect a high-power line.
 (Source: Donegal Democrat)

DOWN
A new privacy case launched at the Northern Ireland High Court could have groundbreaking implications for Press freedom, it has been claimed. Lawyers disclosed the potential significance of Co Down woman Roberta Campbell's widening action against a tabloid newspaper. Ms Campbell is claiming damages for libel against the publishers of the Sunday World over an article, which also referred to Downtown Radio DJ Dougi Marshall.
(Source: The Belfast Telegraph)

DUBLIN
Wealthy residents including Bono and Enya have had access to their exclusive Dublin road closed for four months due to a landslide. Residents of Vico Road, Dalkey -- known as the city's millionaires' row -- have been inconvenienced since January over the road closure. One resident's garden bank collapsed on to the road four months ago, but works to repair the mess only began last week, causing a massive inconvenience to its famous residents.
(Source: The Evening Herald)

FERMANAGH
A Massive 44% drop in the combined postal/proxy vote in Fermanagh South Tyrone may have a decisive impact on the outcome of the recent Westminster election. In what is already expected to be the most closely called contest in the North, it now seems likely that there could be no more than a handful of votes between Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew and unionist independent Rodney Connor.
(Source: The Fermanagh Herald)

GALWAY
The Environmental Protection Agency has labeled Tynagh Mines as the most hazardous mine site in the country, with arsenic levels 1,600 times higher than safety limits – posing a potential risk to thousands of people across East Galway. In a separate recent report submitted to the EU Commission it was established that 420 tons of cyanide was used in silver ore processing on site - that's the same lethal gas used by the Nazis during World War II. Tynagh is now recognized by the European Commission as the “main source of concern of heavy metal contamination in the country”.
(Source: Galway News)

KERRY
A 20-turbine wind farm proposed in the Glenflesk area, which was refused by Kerry County Council due to fears that it could pollute Lough Leane, may yet go ahead after the decision was appealed to An Bord Pleanála.
(Source: The Kerryman)

KILDARE
The beautiful surroundings of Newbridge’s Green Road educational campus were compared to Áras an Uachtaráin the week before last – by someone who really knows what she’s talking about!

 President Mary McAleese visited the two schools based at Green Road, in buildings which formerly housed the Sundai International School. 

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The beauty of their new surroundings was emphasized to the children by President McAleese, who said that the expanse of green areas and trees reminded her of the presidential residence.

 She told them that they were “very lucky” to have the opportunity to learn in such pleasant surroundings.
(Source: The Kildare Nationalist)
   
KILKENNY
He trains in Kilkenny by lifting his own car and all the hard work has paid off for Tullaroan's James Fennelly, who was named Ireland's Strongest Man for the second year in a row the Monday before last. James, 26, who tips the scales at 19 stone, lifted cars, pulled a truck and carried a skip to defend his title in the annual Strongman competition in Cork, beating 15 other big men to keep hold of the King Fionn Trophy - named after the legendary giant Fionn McCool.
(Source: The Kilkenny People)

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