Drogheda Life

There has been much debate in recent times, and various suggestions put forward, about what should be done with the Old Abbey Shopping Centre which is in a derelict condition and a total eyesore in the main Street of Ireland’s largest town. It has been suggested that it should be turned into a car park…

Louth members of Ireland’s tenants’ and housing union, Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) will be joining an all-island housing demonstration on Saturday July 5th in Dublin City Centre and are encouraging anyone who would like to join them on the march to make contact. The march is being held in response to the rapidly escalating…

This week in the Civic Offices, Drogheda, Canon Eugene Sweeney presented the overall prize in the Saint Oliver 400 art competition to Arina Ryzhakova from Whitecross National School in Julianstown, whose work stood out among the 1,800 entries from over 100 schools across Ireland.   Arina’s winning piece, was chosen for its artistic merit,  creativity, and…

Just over a week after crowds filled Laurence Street for the 15th Drogheda Motor Show, organisers have confirmed that 22 new vehicles were sold on the day, representing more than €900,000 in sales. With the average price of a new car in Ireland now estimated at €41,200 (according to a recent Irish Independent report), the…

In June of 2024 Drogheda Life featured the news that Drogheda author Joanne Ryan Curran had published her first novel, The Cards That Changed My Life. Today we are delighted to announce that it has been longlisted for the prestigious 2025 CAP Awards (Carousel Aware Prize) for Irish Independent authors.  The Carousel Aware Prize for Independently…

Drogheda and District AC’s sprinting talent was on full display at the Irish Milers Club meeting this weekend at Morton Stadium, Dublin, with three club athletes delivering impressive performances in the highly competitive men’s 400 metres. Leading the trio was Andrew Kelly, who burst out of the blocks with intent and set a blistering pace…

Equality Not Care, a grassroots lobby group, initially founded to campaign against the care referendum and led by several people with disabilities, older people, family members and advocates has launched a new campaign called ‘Equality Not Cruelty’. The new campaign is focussed on the urgent reform of HIQA and ensuring that ill treatment and violations…

At last week’s Dail Public Accounts Committee meeting, Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne raised directly with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris the need for a fully operational community policing unit for Drogheda . Speaking after the meeting, Deputy Byrne said “huge strides have been made in local policing in recent years, but the foot has come off…

Labour’s Finance Spokesperson, local TD Ged Nash, has launched a campaign urging people across Ireland to contact their pension managers/trustees or investment providers to ensure they are not, directly or indirectly, investing in enterprises operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, registered or headquartered in Israel, or supplying the Israeli Defence Forces with goods or services….

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) has called on the Government to invest €9 million in dementia supports and services to address major inequity of access across the country. The ASI is calling on Government to improve equity of access for people living with dementia and family carers through investment in community day care services, dementia-specific home…