Throughout December 2019 and early 2020 our web developers were working on an exciting new design for Drogheda Life. Up until then the focus had been primarily on building an audience from scratch for our local news service and any income from advertising was being ploughed back into business development. Unfortunately, just as we were…

Sport Ireland has announced  funding of €281,374  for sports in Louth, as part of a €40 million investment in National Governing Bodies for Sport (NGBs), High Performance athlete support, and the network of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) for 2021. This includes funding of €9.5 million for the network of 29 Local Sports Partnerships across Ireland,…

Sinn Féin’s tourism spokesperson, local TD Imelda Munster, has expressed her concern that the €5million allocated to businesses to improve their outdoor dining facilities may not be sufficient. The government’s grant scheme for outdoor dining has two separate funding streams – one for individual businesses and one for local authorities. “The €17million in total for…

Two pipe bombs, gun powder, and a large quantity of ammunition along with a quantity of cocaine and tablets were seized by Gardaí attached to the Louth Divisional Drugs Unit at 11pm last night during a search of a house in Rosevale. The scene was cordoned off and a number of houses in the area…

Child Rescue Ireland Alert is stood down Svetlana Murphy, the 14-year-old Louth girl at the centre of a nationwide search has been located safe and well in the Belfast area.  Tonight she is in the safe custody of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and will be re-united with her family later tonight. An 18-year-old…

In mythology the Boyne River was home to the Salmon of Knowledge but it was a dolphin that was making waves in the tidal river in Drogheda this morning. Believed to be a bottlenose, the dolphin stayed swimming in an area some 7km from the mouth of the Boyne and close to Dominic’s Park, a…

Residents of Trinity Gardens say they will do everything they legally can to prevent an apartment development varying in height from one storey to seven from being built overlooking their estate. Spokesperson Dom Gradwell told Drogheda Life that the resident’s concerns with the proposed development are essentially the same as they were with plans put…

At last, news of a live gig – Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Imelda May has announced that she is to bring her ‘Made To Love’ tour to the newly renovated TLT, Drogheda – on the 3rd of May 2022!  Superstar singer and songwriter Imelda’s sixth studio album ‘11 Past The Hour’ – her first new music…

Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) Alert initiated Gardaí investigating the whereabouts of 14-year-old, Svetlana Murphy, who has been missing since Monday, say they now have serious concerns that she may have been abducted and there is a serious risk to her health or welfare. They have issued a Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) Alert. At approximately 4pm…

Vaccinations of those aged 65-69 who have registered will begin this week in the HSE Vaccination Centre in Simonstown GAA Club in Navan, Co Meath. Vaccinations will also begin at the Vaccination Centre at the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk, Co Louth The vaccine being offered to people aged 65 to 69 is called COVID-19 Vaccine…