Drogheda Life

Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 14-year-old Calum Kavanagh, who has been missing from his home in Carlingford, Co. Louth, since Wednesday 1st November 2023. Calum was last seen in Dundalk on Wednesday 1st November 2023 at 2.50pm. He is described as being approximately 5 foot 6 inches in height,…

By Sean Collins It is a prominent building close to a busy junction on the North side of Drogheda, somewhere that many of us pass on a daily basis without giving it a thought. For his look at local landmarks and history this week, historian Sean Collins reveals some of the stories associated with the…

By Sean Collins Set back from the pavement in Laurence Street, sandwiched between the Bank of Ireland and the entrance to the Laurence Shopping Centre, is a beautiful building that is now vacant but was once a Church and community hall. These days the building is largely forgotten and is unused except for the occasional…

Blackrock and “The House” in Cox’s Demesne go forward to national finals Louth County Council has nominated two entries to represent the county in this year’s Pride of Place competition, both of them from the North of the county. Blackrock, which is currently the holder of the Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town accolade, has been entered into…

There was widespread grief and shock on both sides of the Atlantic over the weekend as news filtered through of the shooting dead of Tullyallen woman Denise Morgan on Saturday at her home in New York.   Denise died in the early hours of Saturday morning at her apartment home in the Queens area of…

Three of Louth’s beaches – Clogherhead, Port, and Templetown – have retained their Blue Flag status for 2025, while Seapoint beach in Termonfeckin has been awarded a Green Coast Award. The awards were presented by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne TD, at a ceremony held at Kilmacoe, Co. Wexford, overlooking Curracloe’s…

The Cathaoirleach of Louth County Council, Councillor Pio Smith, has officially re-launched the Gum Litter Taskforce’s (GLT) after a break last year because of Covid. The GLT is an environmental initiative that was established in 2007 to create awareness among people about the need to reduce the litter from chewing gum and to dispose of it…

For many Drogheda families a visit to Dublin at Christmas was always a treat for the children. The lights and the carols were always fantastic but the highlight for many was the live crib. The crib was always a firm Christmas tradition and beloved institution for many, young and old, and although it was in…

A spokesperson for the “Safeguard Drogheda A&E Campaign” has told Drogheda Life of a mother being told to put her child to sleep in her car in the Lourdes Hospital car park on one of the coldest nights of the year. Michael O’Dowd, who is also the Aontú Representative in Louth, has described the chaos…

People living in the Rathmullen area of Drogheda, in the Riverbank and Highlands estates in particular, have been complaining for years about the lack of safe access to the Boyne Trail greenway which runs close to their homes.  Back in February 2019 the Fianna Fail local election hopeful Anthony Moore said it was scandalous that…