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People of a certain age will remember that the river Boyne at Drogheda used to be absolutely filthy, on sunny days it smelled to high heaven. This was caused by the widespread and unfcontrolled pollution that had gone on since time immemorial and the worst offenders were the local authorities in Drogheda and in town’s upstream…

The mum of a teenage cancer patient has expressed her ‘forever thanks’ to LMFM presenter Gerry Kelly whose Lenten campaign of walking and no alcohol has raised over €12,000 towards her son’s treatment.  Popular Late Lunch front-man Gerry decided to walk for 40 days and abstain from alcohol for 40 nights to raise funds and…

“The future of enterprise in Louth is looking really strong” was the reaction of Louth’s Local Enterprise Office (LEO), Thomas McEvoy, after last week’s Student Enterprise Finals.  Over 900 students from 19 local secondary schools took part online in this year’s Student Enterprise Programme.  A collaboration between LEO Louth and local schools, the online programme…

Local organisers taken aback by generosity of Drogheda people An incredible €6m was raised nationwide for the Irish Cancer Society on Friday last which was the ‘most important Daffodil Day ever’. Of that total an amazing €2.6m was donated by Late Late Show viewers. The money raised will fund vital services for cancer patients and…

The Drogheda LGBTQ Support Group will be marking the 12th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) tonight with a virtual Candle light at 8pm. The event celebrates the resilience and success of transgender and gender nonconforming people and raises awareness of transgender rights. TDoV was founded by activist Rachel Crandall in 2009. Crandall was…

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) has been awarded the international Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of its commitment to advancing gender equality in academia, and in promoting diversity and inclusion for staff and students in higher education.  Welcoming the announcement, Mr Michael Mulvey, PhD, President of DkIT said: We are delighted to receive confirmation of…

Local TD Ged Nash has welcomed a commitment from Education Minister Norma Foley that officials in her department will meet with the Board of the Drogheda Educate Together School to discuss the need for additional first year places for the 2021-2022 school year.  The commitment came in a reply to a Daíl question he tabled…

“We want to be part of the successful development of Drogheda” The Committee of the Love Drogheda BID has welcomed the Geiran Community Safety and Wellbeing Report saying it provides a new pathway forward for Drogheda and highlights the challenges constraining Drogheda and the opportunities to forge a new future for our town.  In his…

Vivienne Byrne and Oisín McGann to receive €8,000 each from Platform 31 Artist Bursary Scheme Two Drogheda artists have been awarded bursaries under the new nationwide artist development scheme Platform 31 which is organised by the 31 Local Authority Arts Offices, in collaboration with the Arts Council to develop their practice and to test new…

Accomplished singer songwriter Kelley McArdle is a young Drogheda woman on a mission and she’s not the type to quit before she can say “mission accomplished.”  Last time we spoke to Kelley she was busy preparing for the release of a new single in aid of the Rape Crisis Centre. That was about six weeks…