
Category: News

Four days of exciting music at Contemporary Music Society’s festival
Music lovers may have been deprived of musical diversion for over a year but now, just when it seems there is no end to the enforced silence, along comes the Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) with a full four days of musical excitement. True to the defiant spirit encapsulated in their slogan “New music may…

Labour launch survey on future of towns and villages
The Labour Party is carrying out a major national survey to learn what the people think needs to be done to save our smaller towns and villages. Labour Councillors in County Louth are urging the people of Drogheda, Tullyallen, Termonfeckin, Clogherhead and smaller rural areas such as Sandpit, Monasterboice and Baltray to engage with the…

One Cold October Evening — a celebration of Drawda voices
‘One Cold October Evening’Â is a drama created and performed by members of Drogheda’s Upstate Theatre Project, it started out as a project for theatre but morphed into an audio recording as a result of the restrictions imposed on them by the pandemic. Written and performed by Joanne Kieran, Nadine Winters, David Thornton, Kevin Sweeney and…

Two killed, two injured in three car accident at Dunleer
Gardaà are investigating a traffic collision which occurred this morning just after 8.00 am this morning on the Ardee Link Road, just off the M1 at Richardstown, Dunleer involving three cars clainming the lives of two men and injuring two others. One of the victims, a man in his early 50s who was the sole occupant of…

Hall welcomes Seapoint Beach footpath funding
Money will allow for a full footpath from the beach to the village centre Labour Councillor Michelle Hall has welcomed the grant for extension of footpaths to Seapoint Beach on Strand Road, Termonfeckin. In total, €358,000 was allocated to Termonfeckin and Castlebellingham for footpaths in 2021 as part of the Active Travel Measures funding. “This…

Three-bedroom holiday home to be won in St Mary’s GFC draw
St Mary’s GFC in Ardee have recently launched a spectacular draw with a luxury three-bedroom holiday home as the fabulous first prize. The lucky winner will not only receive the holiday home, which is worth over €50,000 but they will also get €8,000 in cash to go towards delivery and pitch fee’s to relocate it…

Drogheda Cycling welcomes ‘Active Travel’ allocations as a positive first step
The newly established Drogheda Cycling group has welcomed the allocation of €4.6m in funding for several active travel projects in Drogheda town and hinterland. Chairperson Noel Hogan said “We warmly welcome this initiative which will help to make a positive difference to the lives of people in Drogheda. “Credit is due to all those who…

Device found at Oldbridge boardwalk was a viable explosive
The Defence Forces Press Office has confirmed to Drogheda Life that the suspected bomb discovered by a member of the public yesterday at Oldbridge was indeed a viable explosive device. The device, which resembled a mortar, was found by a member of the public out walking the popular boardwalk at around 11 o’clock yesterday morning….

Boyne Boardwallk closed after suspicious device found
By Elaine Keogh A section of the popular boardwalk that forms part of a pedestrian link from the Battle of the Boyne site in county Meath with Drogheda has been closed after a suspicious device was found at Oldbridge this (Sunday) morning. It is believed that the device, which resembled a mortar, was found by…

Great eggcitement at Autism Support Youth Club’s Easter Camp
Good Friday was World Autism Awareness Day and the beginning of World Autism Awareness Month.  More importantly, it was also JP Taaffe’s 16th birthday which was yet another reason to celebrate during the Autism Support Louth&Meath Youth Club’s Easter Camp.       Excitement levels were high among the children as the Easter camp kicked off with an Easter…