Enter the MS Ireland Virtual Balloon Race Next Sunday, May 30th, is World MS Day when the charity Multiple Sclerosis Ireland asks us all to support the over 9,000 people in Ireland living with MS, the most common debilitating neurological condition affecting young adults in Ireland. The theme of this year’s World MS Day is ‘connections’…

Drogheda Arts Festival is back for 2021, with an exciting summer programme of music, theatre, podcasts, family fun and visual arts taking place over the summer, celebrating everything that is great about the Arts.   Music has always played a huge part of the Drogheda Arts Festival and the organisers are excited to bring three outstanding musical…

The iconic piece of early medieval jewellery is recreated in a Graffiti workshop The Tara Brooch was found near the shorelines of Bettystown Beach in 1850 and in recent days it can be seen in a far more modern form on the Bettystown seafront. It was recreated by young people involved in the East Coast…

One of the big lessons of the covid pandemic has been the important contribution made by volunteers within the community. Volunteers have made a huge difference to the lives of people in local communities throughout County Louth and yesterday their work was recognised by the Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities,…

“Minister Foley must ensure Drogheda Educate Together SS is delivered within 18 months” Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster has expressed concerns that the building of the Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School on the Mill Road in Mornington is only now at pre-planning stage and may not be ready to open until 2024 or later.  Teachta…

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has announced an improved voids programme for 2021 which will provide funding for the refurbishment and re-letting of approximately 3,000 social homes this year.  Of that 3,000 total, some 115 vacant local authority homes in County Louth are expected to be brought back into…

The Public Health Department North East is urging people in Louth and Meath to limit their social contacts and avoid gatherings to protect Leaving Certificate students in the run-up to next month’s exams. They say that the majority of COVID-19 cases in schools in the North East have been linked to cases outside the school…

I won’t pretend to understand what their music is about, I’m way older than their target audience and grew up in a different world, but when a video released by a member of the local drill outfit A92 gets almost half a million views in its first week, they must be doing something right. Yes?…

“It’s going to be very difficult, but we’ll prepare the best we can” – Tim Clancy. Drogheda United travel North to Ballybofey tomorrow evening (Friday, May 21st) to face Finn Harps in a fourth versus fifth clash in the Premier Division. Tim Clancy’s side come into this game having beaten St. Patrick’s Athletic 3-1 at…

St Mary’s Diocesan School students and staff have a long and proud history of supporting people affected by Dementia whose voices are often drowned out in the hubbub of modern day life. Over the years they have organised all manner of events to raise funds and awareness of the condition that affects one of the…