O’Brien’s decision will hold back development of Drogheda After 15 years of planning and preliminary work the single most important project for the future development of Drogheda, the Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR), this morning looks as if it is dead in the water. Today Minister or Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Fianna Fáil’s…

Deputy Ged Nash has once again contacted Meath County Council to get the Oldbridge boardwalk, which was the subject of an arson attack in 2018, returned to its former glory. “It was heartbreaking to see the damage caused by the arson” he said adding that he thought the boardwalk is an amazing local resource which…

  In his controversial 2014 book ‘Cromwell was Framed’ Drogheda historian Tom Reilly claimed that the long-held belief that Oliver Cromwell had massacred hundreds of civilians during a siege of Drogheda in 1649 was a myth. Seven years on the dust has just about settled in local history circles but now Tom is at it…

411 women waiting over six months, 113 more than a year Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster has called on the government to do something about the backlog in public gynaecology appointments. She says that there are over 30,000 women on the waiting list nationally, including 1,246 women on the waiting list in Our Lady of…

The Department of Public Health, HSE North East is appealing to the public to keep their guard up to support hospitals and healthcare services as the fight against COVID-19 continues. “We need everyone to continue to adhere to the public health advice and together, we can turn the tide on the COVID-19 pandemic. The resurgence of…

Droichead Arts Centre has announced that Inside Out, a documentary film about the experience of young and old during the Coronavirus crisis, will premiere on Friday, 12 March at 8pm on their YouTube channel.  Produced in association with Droichead Arts Centre, directed by Darren Thornton and funded by Creative Ireland under the Creativity in Older Age Scheme, Inside…

Casual passers-by could have been forgiven for thinking there was a major incident in progress at the Black Bull on Wednesday as the car park of the popular watering hole was crammed with emergency service personnel and their vehicles. In fact An Garda Síochána, Fire Service, Ambulance, Cú Chulainn Blood Bikes, Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and…

Music legends Anne and Linda Nolan have opened up about their experience of cancer during Covid-19 as they urge people to get involved with this year’s Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on March 26.  The sisters were diagnosed just days apart in the early part of the pandemic and have spoken about how their experience…

One of the best ever one-liners from the comic genius Billy Connolly is: “Did you hear about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel? Just thought we’d get that in because it’s Friday and we’re bored and it’s not often we get news about shellfish or aquaculture. Two County Louth Oyster…

As part of the National Broadband Plan, Louth will see an investment of €33M in the new high-speed fibre network. National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Plan (NBP) today announced that surveying work in several areas of Louth is well underway. There are 8,344 premises…