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How would you like to win an exclusive training session for your local school or club with Ireland rugby superstar Johnny Sexton? That is the special prize being offered by the convenience store group MACE to customers in County Louth. This very special prize will see the winner(s) get the chance to learn from one…

Clean Coasts are asking people around Ireland to give up single-use plastic as a way to enjoy and protect our coast  In July, Clean Coasts are asking people around Ireland to join them for the Plastic Free July challenge as part of their Enjoy and Protect campaign. This year, the programme is focusing on how to refuse single-use plastic when enjoying the…

Mornington resident raises €41,000 for Crumlin Children’s Hospital A year ago today Joe Hammel left his home in Mornington and took the first steps on a journey that was to change his life. Joe had set himself a challenge to run ten kilometres every day for a full year to raise funds for Crumlin Children’s…

Feedback is helping to shape a high quality plan for the Westgate area Following a call last month by Louth County Council inviting interested parties to express their views and aspirations for the Westgate area of Drogheda, over 700 people have taken part in an early public consultation on the regeneration of the area. Record…

Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 12 year old Reece Thornton, who was last seen in the Drogheda area on Monday 28th June. Reece is described as being 5′ 4″ in height, of slim build with short brown hair. When last seen he was wearing a dark coloured tracksuit. Anyone…

Playing music is good for the soul. Within seconds of sitting behind a set of drums for this photo yesterday, Catrina Culligan the Co-ordinator of Drogheda’s Boomerang Youth Club in Fair Street was making “music” and giggling like a little schoolgirl! The reason for Catrina’s impromptu performance, in which she was joined by Lead Youthworker…

Eoin O’Boyle is a 23 year old man from Drogheda, he runs a vape and CBD store in Southgate Shopping Centre and has recently started a podcast called ‘OB After Hours’ in which he discusses topics such as mental health, wellness and alternative therapies with his guests.  “As a 23 year old in Ireland I…

Young people locked out of the legitimate aspiration of home ownership Labour TD Ged Nash has warned of a return to a Celtic Tiger style housing market which he says is locking young people out of the legitimate aspiration of home ownership leaving them to fend for themselves in a rental market characterised by sky-high…

Tomorrow, the first of July, is a date that Drogheda’s LGBTQ community has been looking forward to for ages because it’s the start of Pride month. Drogheda LGBTQ Support Group and Drogheda Pride have been very busy bees for the last few months getting ready for Drogheda Pride. Like almost everything else this year Drogheda…

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) has launched a suite of part-time programmes in Agriculture, in association with Teagasc Agricultural College, which will commence in September 2021.  The Bachelor of Science in Agriculture is a part-time, Level 7 degree developed by DkIT in partnership with Teagasc Agricultural College at Ballyhaise.  The programme is aimed at holders…