''The Argus'' is a regional newspaper serving

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. The paper is owned by

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, through its subsidiary

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. ''The Argus'' is one of two non-free newspapers serving Dundalk, the other being the '' Dundalk Democrat''. The newspaper is named after Argus Panoptes, a hundred-eyed giant in

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. The newspaper’s staff work from home after the closure of their office in Park Street, Dundalk due to

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and cost cutting measures.

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