“Government support for the arts is not an afterthought—it is essential.” – Senator Alison Comyn Senator Alison Comyn has been appointed by An Taoiseach as Seanad Spokesperson for Arts, Culture, Media, and Sport, a role she says she is delighted and honoured to embrace. Speaking on her appointment Senator Comyn said, “Government support for the…
There is good news for drivers, walkers, and farmers today after the Government agreed to spend an extra €364,298 for local road improvement works in County Louth. This comes on top of the €373,479 euros previously allocated and brings the total amount to €737,777 euros. The money will be allocated to Louth County Council…
My wife Jenny and I went for a couple of pints in McHugh’s pub yesterday evening. Something we haven’t done for a while. We had a lovely chat and the Guinness was great as always and, as usual, the time for heading home came all too soon. Off we went anyway, holding hands like two…
Dundalk Institute of Technology’s Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music is home to an exciting and innovative range of programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level including creative media, film and TV production, music, and theatre. Students have access to state-of-the-art facilities including TV and recording studios, performance spaces and discipline-specific lab spaces. They…
Louth Volunteer Centre has put out a call for enthusiastic community volunteers for the Leinster Fleadh 2025 which is set to take place in Drogheda on 11th – 13th July 2025. This is your chance to be part of an unforgettable celebration of traditional Irish music, dance, song, and culture – right here in the heart…
Funding of €26m for Meath and €10m for Louth has been announced today for regional and local roads in the two counties as part of a €626 million national investment programme for 2023 announced today by Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. and Minister of State Jack Chambers T.D. The funding package will allow…
The HSE has announced details of an MMR catch-up campaign to protect against measles due to a rise in cases of the disease in the UK and Europe with three clinics in County Louth offering the service. Dr Lucy Jessop, Director of the HSE National Immunisation Office, explained: “Measles is highly infectious and can be…
The Tullyallen Christmas Tree lighting Ceremony will take place on Monday 12th December 2022 at the later time of 7pm in the village square. Fr Dooley will bless the tree, Santa has agreed to flick the switch for us again and is telling us that he is arriving in style this year so we…
Every year in the run up to Christmas volunteers for the charity Team Hope, an Irish Charity working to help impoverished children in Eastern Europe and Africa, send thousands of shoeboxes filled with gifts to some of the poorest children in the world. Last year almost 2,000 boxes of Christmas joy were donated from generous…
It was an absolute pleasure to visit Ms. Costigan’s 4th class in Duleek G.N.S yesterday to hear about a project they’re working on which has them so excited that they’ve written to President Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Education Minister Norma Foley to tell them about it. The girls in Ms Costigan’s class…
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