Drogheda Life

Gardaí and Revenue officers have today seized approximately 90 kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €1.8 million in County Louth. This seizure was made as a result of a joint operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Louth Divisional Drugs Unit. One man…

Drogheda’s Kevin Leech is returning to Rás Tailteann in 2025, determined to finish what he started in 2023.after a crash forced him to withdraw. The local cyclist, who competes as a guest rider for Connacht Cycling, is eager to complete the race after a strong finish in 2022.  Leech, a proud member of Drogheda Wheelers,…

The atmosphere at the Louth Championships on Saturday was hot, heavy and humid and the competition serious. With record-breaking numbers entered this year, the event was split across two weekends and Boyne AC made their presence felt from the very first event on day one. Massive credit must go to club coaches, Keith, Ken, Andrew, Alan,…

Louth Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne has been appointed to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, the most powerful of the 28 political panels. Deputy Byrne who is the Sinn Féin front bench spokesperson on Communications, Media, Art, and Sport has also been appointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Media, Art, and Sport. She…

Four Louth County Council-supported projects were recognised at the prestigious 2025 Irish Construction Excellence (ICE) Awards, which were held at the Convention Centre in Dublin on Thursday, 1st May. The ICE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the construction sector in Ireland, showcasing innovation, quality, and impact across a range of disciplines and project types. Innovation…

Sinn Féin Councillor Debbie McCole has thrown down the gauntlet to other Louth County Councillors to take up the challenge of the upcoming Raft Race which takes place on Sunday 1st June. Cllr McCole said “The ‘Battle of the Boyne’ raft race will raise funds for the Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and Inver Colpa Rowing Club….

  The Boyne Music Festival returns this summer with a dynamic programme of chamber music, song, jazz, workshops and tours in some of the Boyne Valley’s most stunning historic locations. This year’s motto Where We Meet is an invitation to acknowledge the beauty in gathering, returning, and reflecting on what we have in common.  Founded…

While carrying out an operation linked to the seizure of cannabis valued at €190,000 on Tuesday 29th April, 2025 in Ardee, Gardaí attached to the Divisional Drug Unit at Drogheda Garda station found 20 pipe bombs. During the course of the search, they found twenty pipe bombs. A cordon was established and the Army Explosive…

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency in conjunction with North East Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG), reminds potential applicants in Counties Louth, Dublin and Meath that the Coastal Community Development Scheme is open for applications until Tuesday 20 May 2025.  The Fisheries Local Action Groups are a community-led local development initiative, whose primary…

Over the past few months a cross departmental team from the Lourdes Hospital co-ordinated by Aoife O’Neill has been working with Autism Support Louth&Meath to raise awareness of autism in the hospital. The aim is to develop an understanding of accommodations which would help support an autistic adult or a parent bring an autistic child to…