Drogheda’s Boann Distillery, owned and run by the Cooney family, has scooped six prizes at the World Whiskies Awards, winning five accolades for its Whistler range – and was also crowned Best Single Pot Still New Make 2021. “We are delighted with this most prestigious award for our New Make spirit,” said founder and managing…

Street sales and community events cancelled for second year running Could the arrival of spring ever have been more welcome? The sight of daffodils in bloom gives us hope of better days to come and that is something we all need this year. The Irish Cancer Society has adopted the daffodil for their annual fundraising…

The Newtown Blues GFC are looking at alternative activities to keep their young members engaged, active and fit during these challenging times.  They are now providing on-line training sessions for all underage members from nursery through to 17-year-olds and it is proving very popular.  “In the past week we will have engaged with close to…

In what must rank as one of the quickest about-turns ever, the Department of Education has revoked its decision to relocate the Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School. Their announcement on February 1st that they had decided to move the school from Mill Road in Mornington to the St. Oliver’s Campus in Drogheda was met with…

The estimated 13,500 family carers in County Louth need to be included in Covid vaccine priority lists, campaigners have insisted. Liz Collins is the mum and primary carer of a teenager with a debilitating skin condition whose worst nightmare came true when she and her husband Gary both tested positive for the virus. Now she…

Well done to students and ISSU on their campaign for choice School profiling must be ruled out now Labour Councillor Michelle Hall has given the news that clarity will be provided to the Leaving Cert class of 2021 after so much uncertainty a cautious welcome but says the next challenge is to get schools reopened as soon as…

The Chair of the Louth East Meath Greens, Anthony Murphy, has welcomed the announcement that €967,316 is to be allocated to Louth and €857,205 to Meath under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for Social Housing, with a target of 68 social homes to be retrofitted across the two counties. Anthony Murphy welcomed the investment to…

Drogheda Credit Union Ltd, will hold its 53rd AGM on Thursday the 4th of March remotely via Zoom Video Conferencing at 7.30pm. All members are welcome to attend. In order to register for this Virtual AGM please have your Drogheda Credit Union Member Number ready and click on the Registration Page. Please note registration will close…

Members of The Drogheda Civic Trust laid a wreath at the Halpin and Moran memorial on the Marsh Road yesterday, Ash Wednesday.  Trust Chairperson Denis Cummins said it was important that civic society remembered the sacrifice of both Halpin and Moran on the one hundredth anniversary of their deaths. “While the date of the killings…

Gardaí have stood down their search for missing person David Dowling (47) following the discovery of a body yesterday, Wednesday, 17th February 2021. David was reported missing ten days ago, on Monday 8th February.  In a statement this morning the Garda expressed their thanks to the media and public for their assistance in this matter. “No…