Gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the N53 near Hackballscross, Co. Louth this morning Tuesday, 4th May 2021 at approximately 10.30am. The collision involved two cars and a lorry. The driver of one car, a male aged in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the…

Droichead Arts Centre has announced details of a varied and busy online arts programme for May which contains something for everyone including theatre, music, literature and visual arts as well as fun for families.  Highlights include Droichead’s Theatre company in residence, Tailtiu Theatre’s new interactive production called Amergin’s Tale and On A House Like A Fire by Michelle Read & Brian…

“It’s time the government stopped paying lip service to our key workers and instead made sure they are properly valued” Labour TD Ged Nash has  described Government plans to delay a scheduled rise in the legal minimum rate of pay for security personnel to the 1st September as “a slap in the face” for key…

The Gardaí are winning more and more battles in the war against dealers of illegal drugs in Drogheda. For the second time in a week Gardai have seized drugs worth in excess of €10,000 in Drogheda in searches under Operation Stratus which was set up to disrupt organised crime. On Saturday last, May 1, members…

Author Steve Downes, formerly of this parish but now living and writing in Edenderry, County Offaly, has just published his latest book, a murder-mystery novella called ‘The Italian Lady’. Set in the west of Ireland in the late 19th Century, when the grand house was still the focal point of society life, this book tells the…

A quick glance at Facebook is enough to prove that there are some very talented photographers living and working in the wider Drogheda area and they will be interested to hear that Clean Coasts’ 12th annual ‘Love Your Coast’ photography competition is now open for entries. Photogrpahers have till 9 am on the 30th August 2021 to submit their best images. Last year’s overall competition winning…

BT Ireland has announced the return of the virtual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) in January 2022 and is calling on Louth students to get their thinking caps on. For the second consecutive year, Europe’s largest national Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) event will be a virtual affair taking place from the…

Tomorrow, Wednesday the 5th of May is the World Health Organisation’s Hand Hygiene Day around the world.   The HSE’s National Lead for Antibiotic Resistance and Infection Control, Professor Martin Cormican, says: “Most years when Hand Hygiene Day comes around we have to ask ourselves how do find a fresh way to talk to people about the…

Council members of Drogheda & District Chamber met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Simon Coveney TD, last Friday to discuss development plans for the town and other key issues including Brexit, the ongoing response to COVID-19 and the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor (DBEC).   Following a comprehensive brief from the Minister on agreed…

When a group of youngsters set fire to a pile of pallets on the burrows at Clogherhead Beach yesterday evening they very quickly lost control of it and it began to spread through the dry grass. It was only the quick thinking of people enjoying the bank holiday weekend in caravans beside the Blue flag…