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Dundalk chamber would like to invite you to participate in the Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic, which takes place on Friday 26th August 2011 in Dundalk Golf Club, Blackrock Co. Louth.

The Golf Classic has grown from strength to strength and is one of the highlights in the golfing calendar with over 45 teams playing on the day. It is an ideal occasion for entertaining colleagues, customers or business associates in an enjoyable, relaxed, sporting and social outing where participant’s enjoyment will be our priority. Great golfing, excellent food and plenty of goodies given on the day with over €1400 worth of prizes to be won.

Cost per team of four is €300 including dinner. A Tee Sponsorship will cost €150. We already have 25 teams booked in to date.

If you are interested please contact the Chamber Offices immediately as the event was heavily booked last year and tee off times will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so make sure you are included in this great day out.

We look forward to you and your team joining us on the day. If you would like to book a team call Brenda on Tel: 042 9336343 or email me to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

International distribution and logistics specialist Castlecool has announced the second phase of its Food and Business Park development at Lough Egish, Co Monaghan. Ideally located to service the needs of Ireland’s resurgent food and beverage industries, the 62 acre Castlecool Food and Business Park is already home to a variety of national and international brands including Rangeland Meats, Swift Fine Foods, Malone Meats, ASM Feeds, Olhausen Meats, Cassidys and Vion McGees Foods.

Operating successfully since 2006, some 30 acres of the Park has been developed to date. This second phase will see the remaining 32 acres being made available to companies interested in serving the island of Ireland and export markets.

The Castlecool Food and Business Park has been designed with the specific needs of the island of Ireland’s food industry in mind. It also boasts a 2 million gallon per day potable water supply, its own on-site electricity supply substation, piped natural gas and an effluent treatment system more than capable of handling all the needs of occupants. The units range in size from 7,000 square foot to 20,000 square foot.

Services and facilities available at the Castlecool Food and Business Park include secure parking facilities for customer vehicles; dock levellers with an indoor tautliner loading facility, making it an ideal location for cross docking; weighing facilities for any vehicle from a small van to a large HGV; and support services such as telesales, administration and other outsourcing functions through Castlecool.

In addition, Castlecool’s own Lough Egish 180,000 square foot (16,800 sq metre) facility offers eight segregated stores which range in temperature from ambient, chilled, and frozen.

Companies located in the Food and Business Park can also avail of the services provided by the Lough Egish facility which include national and international distribution capabilities, and groupage services to the UK and Europe. The facility also offers multi-temperature control logistics services; state-of-the-art chilled, frozen and ambient storage environments; top quality vendor management processes; and administrative and business process outsourcing.

A free conference for businesses in the North and the South entitled 'Developing your Cross-Border Business' held last week in county Monaghan has highlighted the challenges that lie ahead for businesses as well as the opportunities to move from a state of surviving to thriving. The conference also pointed out the challenges that face not only businesses, but also the banks and NAMA.

Organised by Border People in association with the IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council and supported by Morgan McManus Solicitors, this event attracted delegates from both the public and private sectors in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Dundalk Chamber in association with The Nestling Project held their Strictly Come Dancing on Friday 3rd June last. The Judges on the night were – Alvaro Lucchesi, Niamh Roddy, Anne-Marie Hamill & Pat Roddy. The dancers were introduced by Pat O’Shaughnessy MC for the night. Other entertainment included performances from Funky Feet, Crystal Ice and Elvis.

The top five couples did a dance off and the judges decisions was final. 1st Place was Grainne Hoey of Jagged Edge and Shane Kelly of Sunhill Nursing Home, 2nd Jonny McGailey of Boylesport and Niamh Ward of Harvey Norman, 3rd Claire Byrne of Mizu and Stephen Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick Electrical. Other awards included Most Glamorous Couple which went to Irene Daly of Holy Family Community Creche and Stephen Duffy of Pennys and Most Improved Dancer went to Emma Brennan and Brian Byrne of Harvey Norman.

The show on the night was produced by Alicia Grills Grant of The Studios. Special thanks to Mizu for hair and makeup, Jim McDonnell of Tony McDonnell Menswear for sponsorship of dress hire, Harvey Norman for sponsoring the Green Room, and all the staff at Oriel Park. Details and photos of the show can be found on www.facebook.com/strictlycomedancingdundalkchamber.

The Nestling Project promotes independence and well-being in later life through better integration of services to support ageing-in-place. Ann Marron and Pat Kerins work closely with older people in the community, supporting access to appropriate services and building the social networks of older people.  

“Strictly Come Dancing was a great event and we are proud to be associated with it”, said Ann Marron. “We have a great community spirit here in Dundalk as evidenced by this very successful event organised by the Chamber of Commerce.  Having worked on the Nestling Project for a number of years, I’ve personally seen the strong community spirit here in Dundalk.   Fundraising is very tough in the present climate and the Nestling Project is very grateful for the support it has received from Dundalk Chamber of Commerce through Strictly Come Dancing. This money will help ensure that we can continue to offer a variety of activities which ensure a better quality of life for our older people. Some of which include Tai Chi, horticulture, the choral group, historical events, social outings to a variety of locations, and volunteer befriending in the home”.

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has extended the closing date for entries to the eight annual sustainable energy awards to 30th June 2011. The Awards sponsored by ESB Electric Ireland honour individuals and organisations that demonstrate excellence in the management and use of energy and are committed to implementing more sustainable energy practices. For more details click here.