Category: News

Paycheck Plus has announced that long time staff member Brona Grogan has been appointed to the organisation’s Board of Directors. Bróna is an ACA, TMITI, GPMI and IPASS qualified accountant with more than twenty years of financial and operational management experience. As Chief Operating Officer of Paycheck Plus, Brona plays a pivotal role in implementing…

Over €4.7m in capital funding has been allocated for Louth Hospitals in the Health Service Executive’s Capital Plan for 2021 which was published today (August 4), and approved by the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. The total Health capital allocation nationwide in 2021 is €983m for the construction and equipping of health facilities. This investment…

Up to 20% off popular destinations including Barcelona, Lisbon, Nice and Paris – Valid on travel up until 20th October 2021 if you book before August 9th  Aer Lingus has launched a flash sale of up to 20% off European travel for those planning a late summer getaway. For those yet to book their summer…

Louth is to receive a total of €260k, and Meath €320k, to support the enhancement of streetscapes and shopfronts in rural towns and villages as part of a new €7 million national fund announced today by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD. The Streetscape Enhancement Initiative will provide funding to property…

Sean Loughrey and Sadhbh McDonough, both from Bettystown, and Feargal Quinn from Termonfeckin are among 22 young people from youth theatres across Ireland who are involved in this year’s National Youth Theatre (NYT) production staged by the Abbey Theatre. This is a biennial event in which the young people work together for a year and…

Where are we now? It’s a question we’ve all asked at some stage in these uncertain times of pandemic, fake news and misinformation. Where are we now? Is also the name of a podcast sound/music series by thirtythree-45. Which of course, leads us to the next question, which is : What is thirtythree-45? The answer is that…

An intriguing highlight of the Drogheda Arts Festival programme still to come is a video screening taking place on Sunday 15 August, on to the walls of Nevada Jacks in Stockwell Street, of Dumbworld’s production of Drive By Shooting and Two Angels Play I Spy which is a unique blend of opera, street art and…

McGeough welcomes new traffic management plan at Salterstown Pier  Sinn Féin Councillor Pearse McGeough has welcomed new signage outlining a new traffic management plan at the Salterstown Pier area. Following consultation with local residents, Cllr McGeough brought a motion before the Ardee/Mid-Louth Council In September, seeking a traffic management plan to alleviate what he described…

The Educational Skills Learning Opportunities ESLO) programme, an LMETB funded Local Training Initiative based in Boomerang Youth Centre and Café, Fair Street, Drogheda is currently recruiting for their upcoming programme starting September 2021.  The programme aims to support learners to re-engage with learning in a supportive and encouraging environment. Together with developing education and employment…

Gardaí concerned for his welfare, seek public’s assistance tracing him Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15 year-old Eamonn Canning, who has been missing from the Duleek area of County Meath, since yesterday, Sunday, 1st August, 2021. Eamonn is described as being approximately 5 foot 11 inches in height with…