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…

Irish Water and Louth County Council are warning of possible water outages in multiple areas of Drogheda for short periods from 8:00pm tomorrow, Thursday 18 February until 8:00am on Friday 19 February. While works are ongoing customers in the following locations may experience low water pressure and/or water outages: Rope Walk, Bolton Street, Bolton Square,…

There is no doubting the fact that Drogheda is woefully behind the curve when it comes to facilities for cyclists. Of the few cycle lanes that have been installed, few are actually separated from motorised traffic and none could be described as properly safe. The restoration of the ramparts walk and cycle path has been…

 Reduced rates for home-working, family time and charging electric vehicles Readers will remember that a couple of months ago most if not all of the households in Drogheda were fitted with new “smart” electricity meters. Probably not many people thought too much about it except perhaps that it did away with the need for the meter to…