Drogheda Life

Outages required to facilitate essential works to water network  Uisce Éireann is planning more water outages in Drogheda, on Tuesday 22 October and Wednesday 23 October, from 8pm to 5am each night to facilitate essential works to the water network in North Drogheda.  “Homes and businesses in Drogheda town, along Cord Road and North Road, areas of Yellowbatter…

The Farm Safety Action Plan 2021-2024 aims to reduce fatalities, serious injuries and ill health in the agriculture sector. The Farm Safety Partnership Advisory Committee (FSPAC) has today published its latest Action Plan for 2021-2024. The FSPAC is made up of representatives and experts from a variety of relevant agriculture organisations and is tasked with…

Committee hoping Drogheda will be winning prizes within five years Public encouraged to have their say  Drogheda Tidy Towns Committee have come up with a plan of campaign which they hope will see the town among the winners of the National Tidy Towns Competition within five years.  Following last year’s negative reviews from the Irish Businesses…

The bravery of Matthew Flanagan, a local man who saved three people from drowning in the river Boyne 100 years ago and had Flanagan’s Terrace named after him, has been recalled and his family presented with Drogheda Chamber’s ‘Community Champion’ award. A local painter and decorator by profession, Matthew’s story has long since been part…

By Padraig McCullough  Tredagh Boxing Academy entered a number of boxers into the recent Monkstown International Boxing Cup. It was an absolute feast of boxing over 3 days with 12 international countries represented and the best boxers around Ireland attending.  While the club had mixed results the performances were all extremely good and that’s the…

New 85-space car park to open next month The new R150 Tara Road – Bóthar na Teamhrach, formerly referred to as the Spine Road, which links Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, and includes segregated cycling and walking infrastructure, was officially opened yesterday and a new 85-space car park will open in the coming weeks.  …

Auntú Party local election candidate Michael O’Dowd says that while canvassing in Drogheda recently, numerous residents have expressed their fears about coming into the town centre. “It’s disheartening to hear that such perceptions are deterring people from enjoying our community” he told Drogheda Life. “I believe we must address these concerns urgently. “To restore confidence…

Last Sunday morning, March 30th, several members of the Drogheda Stands With Palestine group and friends took a short but symbolic cycle along the banks of the Boyne to Oldbridge to show their support for a group of Gaza-based cyclists called The Gaza Sunbirds. Since the Sunbirds team was formed in 2020 The Gaza Sunbirds…

“Another great day for East Meath!” says Tolan Bettystown based Councillor Sharon Tolan has welcomed the news announced today that Meath County Council have purchased 5.386 acres of land on the Tara Road for a new Community Centre and other facilities. “I am absolutely delighted” Councillor Tolan said. “The site stretches from the temporary school…

Following on from the closure of the d Hotel, Aontú representative in Drogheda Michael O’Dowd has issued a call for the immediate reopening of the Bettystown Court Hotel and the establishment of a government task force under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach. “This task force is necessary for coordinating swift and effective…