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Despite Covid-19 restrictions and a reduced footfall in West Street, the Drogheda Rotary Club raised a remarkable €6,800 for local charities with their annual Remembrance Tree Appeal in the week running up to Christmas 2020.  Although this sum was well down on previous years it is still an amazing achievement considering they were working under strict…

Sinn Féin Councillor Pearse McGeough is urging families being intimidated by drug pushers to ‘speak up and speak out’ about it to the Gardaí.  Cllr McGeough said that if a son or daughter runs up a drug debt which they are unable to pay, the criminals are targeting the whole family to recoup the money. …

“The Council needs to find ways to utilise CCTV cameras to catch these criminals dumping their rubbish.” The illegal dumping of rubbish around Drogheda needs to stop. Not only is it disgusting to look at, it is also ugly and unhealthy and is dragging what was once an attractive heritage town into the gutter. Civic…

Deputy Ged Nash has been in contact with several of the most senior HSE officials in the country this morning in an effort to resolve the failure by the agency to execute the scheduled delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to the No. 47 Medical Practice on Fair Street.  “As a result of my engagement with very…

After climate change, the biggest single issue impacting the lives of people in Drogheda and Ireland generally, even bigger than the pandemic, is the housing crisis. Yesterday we published an article in which Councillor Joanne Byrne called out the government for failing the people of Louth with housing policies that have resulted in a wait…

Host a ‘Virtual Bake for Brain Injury’ and raise funds to make a life-changing difference to brain injury survivors Acquired Brain Injury Ireland (ABII) wants you to help ‘bake’ the world a better place and raise some dough during Brain Awareness Week this March. This annual fundraising event usually takes place within community centres, schools,…

Next week is Local Enterprise Week and Thomas McEvoy, Louth County Council’s Head of Enterprise, has invited local businesses to be part of it.  “Starting on Monday 1st March, Local Enterprise Office Louth are proud to offer a great selection of free online events for business” Thomas said. “We’re also teaming up with our colleagues…

Everyone’s getting fed up with lockdown at this stage but the lovely and very inventive people at the Louth County Library Service have plenty of ways to keep your mind active and your body relaxed. Quite apart from their excellent offering of free e-books and comics they have the following activities coming up in the…

City Group applauds the result of politicians and community campaigning together The Chairperson of the Drogheda City Status Group, Anna McKenna, has applauded the successful campaign led by parents, pupils and staff of Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School (DETSS) saying that it taught the powers that be a hard lesson. The campaign secured the full…

Having moved their public programme activity online, Highlanes Gallery, and a host of artists, art historians, others, as well as audiences from children to adults have been connecting and engaging in old ideas, new ideas, expressions, forms and finding creativity and dynamism and even social connection is still possible now.  Aoife Ruane, Highlanes Gallery Director…