Louth County Council aren’t exactly covering themselves in clover of late. A fortnight ago, as we were still coming to terms with the ramifications of their failed PANCR funding application, it emerged that they had been omitted from a €19m Failte Ireland fund to improve facilities for outdoor water-based activities because they hadn’t even applied for it. Now it…

Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of 16-year-old Charmaine Kelly, who is missing from the Rathmullen Road area of Drogheda since last Thursday, 22/04/2021. Charmaine is described as being 5’6″, with brown hair, of slight build with blue eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact Gardai in…

Family run business is raffling company shares The first Irish distillery to produce hand sanitizer when Covid arrived last year, is now the first distillery in Ireland to raffle part of the company. Bronagh Conlon of Listoke Distillery says making hand sanitizer, “saved the business; we will always be doing hand sanitizer.” Her daughter Sarah,…

Irish Water is working with Louth County Council to carry out repairs to restore water supply to customers in various parts of the South side of Drogheda following a burst water main on the Dublin Road. Crews are working to repair the burst as quickly and as safely as possible but Irish Water say that customers…

Logbook data is necessary in the management of declining salmon stocks Inland Fisheries Ireland is requesting all salmon and sea trout anglers who have not returned last season’s (2020) angling logbook and unused gill tags to do so immediately. The logbooks and unused gill tags are necessary to provide vital data to make evidence-based decisions…

The HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme is reminding people to be SunSmart and protect themselves from skin cancer as more relaxed Covid-19 restrictions come into effect. “If you’re planning on playing tennis or golf, if your children are resuming outdoor sports training, or if you’re going on a trip to the zoo, don’t forget to…

The Louth County Library Service has been playing a blinder throughout the coronavirus pandemic, their home-based activities have been an absolute lifesaver for many people. Their book delivery and audio book services have been invaluable but that is just the tip of their iceberg. They have also organised or taken part in an amazingly varied…

Could there ever be a better way to increase confidence and fitness, both physical and mental, in a child than athletics? Training hard to improve your personal performance for the benefit of your team has so many life lessons for young people. And then of course there’s the sheer joy of building lifelong friendships! Having…

Joe Hammel is really looking forward to a pint of Guinness. It’s not that he has a drink problem, it’s just that having run 3,100 kms in the past ten months to raise funds for Crumlin Hospital, he has developed a bit of a thirst! On July 1st last year Joe set out to run…

After many months of asking by Deputy Fergus O’Dowd the Environmental Protection Agency has finally installed an Air Quality Monitor in Drogheda.  Welcoming the development Deputy O’Dowd said “The EPA confirmed to me that the new Tier 2 FIDAS monitoring unit was installed at the Newton Cross Cemetery on the Termonfeckin Road on Wednesday, April…