Category: News
Droichead to premiere Darren Thornton ‘Inside Out’ documentary
Droichead Arts Centre has announced that Inside Out, a documentary film about the experience of young and old during the Coronavirus crisis, will premiere on Friday, 12 March at 8pm on their YouTube channel. Produced in association with Droichead Arts Centre, directed by Darren Thornton and funded by Creative Ireland under the Creativity in Older Age Scheme, Inside…
Major community effort results in three new defibrillators
Casual passers-by could have been forgiven for thinking there was a major incident in progress at the Black Bull on Wednesday as the car park of the popular watering hole was crammed with emergency service personnel and their vehicles. In fact An Garda Síochána, Fire Service, Ambulance, Cú Chulainn Blood Bikes, Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and…
Nolan sisters supporting most important Daffodil Day ever
Music legends Anne and Linda Nolan have opened up about their experience of cancer during Covid-19 as they urge people to get involved with this year’s Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on March 26. The sisters were diagnosed just days apart in the early part of the pandemic and have spoken about how their experience…
Louth Oyster companies receive €311k in grants
One of the best ever one-liners from the comic genius Billy Connolly is: “Did you hear about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel? Just thought we’d get that in because it’s Friday and we’re bored and it’s not often we get news about shellfish or aquaculture. Two County Louth Oyster…
Surveying for National Broadband Plan continues across Louth
As part of the National Broadband Plan, Louth will see an investment of €33M in the new high-speed fibre network. National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Plan (NBP) today announced that surveying work in several areas of Louth is well underway. There are 8,344 premises…
United Park renamed ‘Head in the Game Park’ to highlight mental health issues
The name of Drogheda United Football Club’s home ground has been changed today from United Park to ‘Head in the Game Park’. Head in the Game is the name of a group of football fans who want to start a conversation about mental health and well-being within the League of Ireland community. In early 2020,…
Munster calls for grants to help hospitality sector adapt premises for outdoor dining
Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Tourism, Imelda Munster TD, has called on Minister Catherine Martin to provide grants to the tourism and hospitality sector to help with the cost of adapting their premises for outdoor dining. She says businesses must be supported in their preparations for what is expected to be a very different, and difficult…
New stamp celebrates women’s rights campaigner ‘Jane, Lady Wilde’ ahead of International Women’s Day
In advance of International Women’s Day on Monday next, An Post has issued a new stamp celebrating the renowned 19th century Irish nationalist and feminist writer, Jane, Lady Wilde (1821-1896) whose pen-name was ‘Speranza’. She came to prominence in famine-stricken Ireland in 1848 when she wrote an unsigned revolutionary editorial in ‘The Nation’, the organ…
CCTV legislation must be updated to catch illegal dumpers – Smith
Labour Councillor Pio Smith has said that the law that prevents councils from using CCTV cameras to catch illegal dumpers needs to be updated rather than spending hundreds of thousands of Euro every year cleaning up the mess they leave. “The scourge of fly tipping and illegal dumping in Drogheda and surrounding areas has been…
Boyne Fishermen seeking donations for boathouse upgrade
The Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and Recovery Service (BFRRS) is one of those organisations that is right at the very heart of the local community. They are the ultimate professionals at what they do, which is not always a pleasant task, and they put themselves on the line, day or night and in all weathers, to…