Drogheda Life

Scoil Ui Mhuiri in Dunleer was one of four LMETB secondary schools in Louth that participated, along with and three schools in Belfast, in the cross-border Advanced Manufacturing Pathways Schools Project, a pioneering cross border, cross community peace building initiative. At the Showcase event in Belfast recently, Scoil Uí Mhuirí in Dunleer, O’Fiaich College, Bush Post Primary School, Coláiste Chú Chulainn in Dundalk were joined…

Costs increase in 2025 for both primary and secondary school parents The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) has published the results of its 2025 Back to School survey which tracks the costs and impacts of children returning to school as well as broader cost of living factors.   Conducted by i-Reach in June 2025, 729…

A year ago today, Don Thornton, a teacher in St. Mary’s school, set out to cycle 11,000 kms this year to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Tredagh Lodge Day Care Centre – that’s one kilometre for each person in Ireland diagnosed with the disease. True to his word, Don has cycled for at least an…

McHugh’s Venue proudly presents Drogheda’s ONLY regular comedy night, Deadly Craic Comedy Club (formally known as the Crescent Comedy Club) on Friday July 25th. We are now in a brand new venue, on a brand new night, with a brand spanking new name!  For around a tenner, on the last Friday of every month, you…

Louth County Council Temporary Closing of Roads – Section 75 Roads Act, 1993 To facilitate Road Improvement Works Louth County Council hereby gives notice of its intention to close the under mentioned roads to public traffic, for short durations of not more than five days from 12th August 2025 to 11h August, 2026 to facilitate Road…

LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ROAD Section 75 Roads Act, 1993 (Roads Regulations 1994) Louth County Council hereby gives notice of its intention to close;  The L-20018-80 Mount Avenue Dundalk between R-934-0 Castletown Road and R-178-1 Carrickmacross Road to vehicular traffic to facilitate the construction of a new ESB infrastructure.                                                                                               The extent of the…

A new collection of eight postcards depicting key events in Louth between 1912 and 1921 has been launched by Louth County Council and are available free of charge in your local library. The collection, an initiative of Louth County Council’s arts office, and funded under the Decade of Centenaries programme in 2024, is available through…

Under glorious sunshine and clear skies, the 2025 Boyne Swim took place on Saturday, July 12th, in Association with Aura Leisure, attracting 154 swimmers from across Ireland to Drogheda for what is now considered one of the country’s most iconic open water events. Swimmers took to the historic River Boyne in pursuit of the Ronan…

SIPTU representatives have confirmed to Drogheda Life that bus services in Drogheda were suspended for three hours last Friday evening (11th July) following two serious incidents of anti-social behaviour which resulted in damage to a Bus Éireann vehicle. SIPTU Organiser, Andrew Quigley, said: “Only last month, SIPTU members in Drogheda raised serious concerns relating to…

Drogheda’s Boann Distillery has helped craft a landmark blended whisky to celebrate The British and Irish Lions partnership. Named after the year of the Lions’ founding, 1888 is a luxury blend that unites grains and malts from five distilleries across Ireland and Britain. These include Platin Road-based Boann, Echlinville (Northern Ireland), Cameronbridge (Scotland), White Peak…