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A youth choir that was established in May 2019 in response to the effect the gangland violence was having on children in the Moneymore area of Drogheda has been shortlisted for an award in the Irish Council for Social Housing Community Housing Awards 2021. Members of the Loving Life Choir wrote and recorded their very…

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on all fundraising for the last 18 months so Ace Athletics really had to put their thinking caps on to find different ways to raise funds for their club. Last year club coach Angela Kearney ran a half marathon in Oldbridge Estate with various members of the club joining…

Being a board member of a charity or community and voluntary sector organisation can be a wonderful opportunity to share skills, experience and perspective for the good of our community. It can be hugely rewarding and offer opportunities for personal and professional development. Voluntary board members play an essential role in the not for profit…

Here’s your guide to what’s happening in the Drogheda area over the next week, September 9 to 16 courtesy of the Drogheda Tourist Office. Thursday Sept 9th                   Farmers Market –– Rock Farm, Slane (C15 FNP4) 11am – 4pm. Food and Craft stalls Funfair – Cassely’s Funfair in Matthews Lane 5.30pm – 9.30pm Drive in Bingo – In aid…

A new programme called THRIVE has been introduced by the Regional Development Centre at Dundalk Institute of Technology 9DkIT) to help women launch STEM careers and businesses. With support from Enterprise Ireland, AIB and Local Enterprise Offices in Louth, Cavan and Monaghan, the programme builds STEM capability, confidence and connections for female entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, non-STEM…

Group looks forward to development of Active Travel cycle routes in Drogheda National Bike Week takes place from 12th to 18th of September and the Drogheda Cycling Group, which is campaigning for more facilities to make cycling safer in Drogheda is holding two events to mark the occasion. The first of these events is a…

Together for Hospice, representing 26 hospices nationwide, is calling on the Irish public to host a socially distanced or virtual coffee morning on Thursday 23rd September to help raise vital funds for their local hospice. Together for Hospice alongside its long-term partner Bewley’s want to make this year’s event bigger and better than ever and…

€20 million would allow PANCR house-building to commence says City Status Group Reactions to Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien’s “Housing for All” plan differ wildly but the Drogheda City Status Group says that the scandal of Governments ignoring Drogheda’s  “shovel ready” 5,000 home PANCR project must end. In a statement issued to Drogheda Life the group…

Brain Busters programme a fun-filled, educational challenge Fifth and sixth year primary and secondary students up to Junior Cert are being invited to enter An Post’s inaugural, “Brain Busters” programme which was announced today by writer and explorer of space activities Dr Niamh Shaw. To secure the opportunity to represent their school at the An Post Brain…

An ITV programme to be broadcast next week is expected to shed new light on the story of a baby boy who was found abandoned in a phone box in Laurence Steet in 1965. Late one night in May 1965 Paul Murphy, then a junior reporter with the Evening Press newspaper and also into amateur dramatics,…