A fresh push has been made in the Dail for the Government to get the proposed new Drogheda North Train Station up and running. It was made by the local Sinn Fein TD Joanna Byrne at Leaders Question and at a recent meeting of the powerful Public Accounts Committee, of which she is a member….
Five of Louth County Council’s public parks have once again earned the prestigious Green Flag Award, the international standard for excellence in parks and green spaces. The awards were presented by An Taisce at the National Trust for Ireland at a ceremony in Maynooth Campus on Wednesday, 12 November. This year, 128 Irish parks, gardens,…
The median price of a house in Louth has increased again, the latest CSO property price figures for September reveal. It is now Three Hundred and Fifty Thousands euros to buy a property in the county compared to €349,000 in August – an increase of €1,000. The average price in neighbouring Meath is €394,999, one…
It was confirmed this morning that Queen’s University Belfast and Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT) have announced a groundbreaking partnership between the two colleges. This will also be the first cross border university of its type in this country. It means that anyone who goes to DKIT can obtain a degree from Queens which is…
Drogheda will be hit by mild arctic type weather conditions over the next few days. It is expected to miss some sleet and snow forecast for high ground in parts of Monaghan, Cavan, the North and Northwest. There will however be widespread ground frost and some icy patches in places as temperatures tonight vary between…
Drogheda is to get a new walking trail through the historic Dale. There is a temporary path there at the moment running from the back of Bullies Acre down through the fields, the Dale and onto the Marsh road. Now Louth County Council has earmarked 230,000 euros for the project for next year’s Budget. Local…
The Boyne Valley Walking Festival has been awarded €45,000 in funding, Deputy Paula Butterly has confirmed. The allocation comes under Fáilte Ireland’s new Strategic Festival Tourism Portfolio, announced this morning by Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, which will support 38 festivals nationwide over the next three years. Deputy Butterly said she was…
A public meeting is to be held in East Meath over the increasing failure to secure a new Garda station for the area. The move comes amid growing local frustration at the state of the current station in Laytown,which is tiny, outdated, can only accommodate a small number of Garda members,is not fit for purpose…
The owner of Scotch Hall is looking to build a new hotel and 172 apartments on the derelict site next to the Marsh Road shopping centre. Cinema tycoon Paul Anderson paid 21 million euros for the complex in 2023. One of his companies, Hall Scotch Venture 2, has applied to Louth County Council seeking planning…
Fianna Fáil TD Erin McGreehan has announced that Family Resource Centres will see a further rise in their core funding from January 2026. The minimum annual allocation for centres will move from €160,000 to €180,000, with Tusla providing the increase directly. The uplift will bring 100 of the 126 centres nationwide up to the new…
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