Category: News

Drogheda Homeless Aid (DHA) provides accommodation, care and support for the growing number of people who experience homelessness within our community.  DHA have a 22 bed hostel and 9 transitional and long term housing. DHA are currently seeking a  Manager  The Manager’s role is to provide clear leadership, develop and implement strategic and operational planning,…

A presentation has been made to three members of the Duleek/Bellewstown GFC Senior Ladies football team ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland Final. East Meath Councillor Stephen McKee, who is also Chairperson of the Ladies Section of Duleek/Bellewstown GFC, said; “We are all so proud of the achievements of Kate and Orla Byrne and Monica McGuirk in…

Cannabis plants worth an estimated €384,000 have been seized and three men arrested earlier today during a large-scale Garda operation led by the Louth Divisional Drug Unit. The search operation was carried out targeting the cultivation and manufacture of cannabis for the purpose of onward sale, supply and distribution in Drogheda and the surrounding areas….

Full time Coordinator to be appointed soon Local TD Fergus O’Dowd, has today met with the new Geiran “Drogheda Implementation Board” which is being chaired by Michael Keogh and hosted by the LMETB.  The Drogheda Implementation Board has been formed to drive the recommendations made by Vivian Geiran in his “Creating a Bridge to Better…

Meath County Council Library Service has announced a programme of events for readers and budding writers, to be delivered by Meath Writer-In-Residence, Fiona Sherlock.  Edit and Pitch Masterclass, Tuesday 7th September @ 7.30pm: With the return of publishing book fairs, it’s a good time to dust off that book and pitch it to agents and publishers!…

The results are in from an exciting project overseen by Sonairte – the National Ecology Centre with funds from The Heritage Council made available under this year’s Community Heritage Grant Scheme. The principal objective of this project was to assess the archaeological heritage potential of the site and the history and condition of the buildings…

Independent Councillor Kevin Callan has hit out at Louth County Council for reneging on a commitment made to him in July that they would repair the roads at the Ballymakenny Road/ Crushrod Avenue junction before the schools return. Callan told Drogheda Life that he had been raising the matter for four months, and a temporary…

Eleven community organisations in the Drogheda area have between them been allocated 79 new positions in Community Employment (CE) and Tús schemes in an announcement today by Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys and Minister of State, Joe O’Brien. Among the organisations to benefit from today’s announcement (number of jobs in brackets) are: Central Community…

Meath County Council has been shortlisted in no less than five categories of the Excellence in Local Government Awards. Chambers Ireland, the representative group for Irish business, released the shortlist for the 2021 awards which are held in partnership with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and highlight the positive impact of local…

Drogheda & District Chamber Council has signed a strategic partnership with Adare Human Resource Management that will provide its members with expert human resource management services.  Adare Human Resource Management is one of Ireland’s best-known and respected providers of Employment Law, Industrial Relations (IR), Human Resource Management (HRM) and Health and Safety Services.  The partnership…