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The SPAR convenience store chain is trialling a digital ‘Smart Poster’ in its stores in Louth that allows customers to donate to their official charity partner Make-A-Wish Ireland using their mobile telephones. Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people have stopped carrying cash which has had a devastating effect on the charity sector…

The Drogheda City Status Group (DCSG) has welcomed the appointment of Michael Keogh as Chair of the Committee to drive the recommendations and response to the report produced by Vivian Geiran saying it could be the turning point that Drogheda needs. “But,” said DCSG Chair Anna McKenna, “the Chairman can only drive it forward with…

  Have you got a card put away somewhere safe that you’ve forgotten about? Get it out now, there’s €46,000 out there which has yet to be spent! More and more people are seeing the sense in buying Love Drogheda Gift Cards. That’s because they understand the value to the community in shopping local. It’s…

Outcomers Louth are celebrating Pride 2021 and to mark the occasion have produced a special video called “Now You See Us” which takes a look at the journey from the early years when Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people were not as accepted as they are today. The video reflects on the experiences of…

With just a week to go until Farm Safety Week 2021, AgriKids, the farm safety educational platform for children and Flogas are coming together to launch a children’s farm safety handbook.  A collection of safety facts, activities and games, the objective of this fun resource is to get more families talking and engaging on the…

“The Devil will be in the detail” Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster has welcomed the establishment of the Drogheda Implementation Board, on foot of the findings of the Guerin report and that the LMETB will host new structures to deliver services in Drogheda.  “I welcome the appointment of Mr Michael Keogh, a former senior official…

Labour finance spokesperson, Drogheda TD Ged Nash, has described the Government’s decision to provide tax breaks for so-called cuckoo funds leasing homes to local Council as “pathetic”. Speaking in the Dáil last night, Deputy Nash said the policy of tax exemptions for cuckoo funds is economically illiterate and socially destructive. These policies, he said, are being…

Local man Michael Keogh appointed as chairman Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys TD has announced the establishment of a new board, with a Drogheda native at the helm, to drive and co-ordinate a plan to increase safety and wellbeing in Drogheda. The move comes following the report by Vivian Geiran former director of the Probation Service, which…

Weekends between 2pm and 7pm most likely time for thefts to occur Gardaí have advised motorists to secure their vehicles when parking in unattended carparks in coastal and scenic locations, as millions of euro worth of property are stolen from cars each year. The average value of property stolen is approximately €660, with cash making…

Plans by E-commerce giant Amazon to build three huge data centres at the IDA Business and Technology Park at the Donore Road on the Meath side of Meath/Louth boundary have received a setback after the national environmental watchdog, An Taisce, lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála.  Work is well underway on the first of the…