Drogheda Life

Mayor of Drogheda, Cllr. Paddy McQuillan, met with the Moldovan Ambassador to Ireland, Larisa MiculeÈ› yesterday, Thursday 19h of September, to discuss the use of the Civic Offices by the Moldovan community in Drogheda as a polling station for the upcoming Moldovan election and referendum. The meeting touched on many issues of common interest, including…

Saint Peter’s Church of Ireland in Drogheda is one of 21 built heritage projects across County Louth that have been awarded funding for conservation and restoration works. Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, announced that a total of 676 heritage projects across every county will benefit from…

The people of Drogheda are being asked to gather at the Ramparts at 4.30 this afternoon, Friday 14th January to take part in a vigil for Ashling Murphy the young primary school teacher who was murdered as she jogged along the banks of the Grand Canal near Tullamore in County Offaly. The organisers of the…

  Drogheda Classical Music is back from September 2024 to April 2025 for what promises to be one of the most exciting seasons yet featuring some of the biggest names in classical music including Barry Douglas, Celine Byrne and BBC Cardiff Singer of the World prize-winner Claire Barnett-Jones.  The 2024/25 season will feature some the…

With inter-county travel possible once again, and museums and galleries allowed to reopen earlier this week, the Minister with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’ Donovan T.D., has announced that admission charges to all fee-paying open OPW heritage sites are being waived. “Since the careful and gradual easing of restrictions in late…

Because under one sunrise, we’re brighter together One year on from when the country went into lockdown, Pieta’s services are in demand more than ever and they badly need the public’s support.  Electric Ireland is proud to support Pieta for a ninth year and together with Pieta are encouraging people to register at www.darknessintolight.ie to…

Labour proposes a dedicated departmental team for child poverty “Our children deserve better. They deserve access to a public childcare place to learn and to grow, they deserve a warm home with food on the table, and they deserve equality of opportunity when it comes to education.” That heartfelt plea was expressed by Labour Councillor…

Trinity Gardens residents are seeking the public’s support for a public protest they have organised for 1.00 on Saturday the 22nd of January at the Georges Street / Trinity Gardens junction to highlight their opposition to the seven storey apartment block being planned by the building company Urban Life Ltd.  The residents have been fighting this…

The 2.5K Clogherhead Round the Head Swim returns after a two year absence on Saturday the second of July at 12.00 starting from the RNLI lifeboat station in Clogherhead, round the head to the slipway at the harbour. The event organisers, Drogheda Triathlon Club, say they are expecting about 100 swimmers from all over the country,…

The award-winning film charity, Cinemagic, which organises a film and television festival for young people in the UK and Ireland, has launched a search for a young trainee film production crew for the 2022 Cross Border Short Film Academy supported by The Department of Education. A series of film masterclasses and pre-production will culminate in…