Drogheda Life

It’s not ALL doom and gloom these days, here’s a story that will melt many people’s hearts. Last Saturday,17th July, on the hottest weekend of the year, during the longest spell of sunshine in living memory, a dream came true for five young people in the Longwood housing estate on Dublin Road in Drogheda.  Three…

Due to a rapid rise in the number of cases in the younger population, predominantly in densely populated areas, the HSE are to keep the free COVID-19 testing site at Marley’s Lane car park, Rathmullan, Drogheda, (A92 T274) for a further day. This rise in cases includes a number of small clusters of cases with indoor and outdoor social gatherings, house…

Latest song and video to be released at 8.00 this evening Members of the wonderful Voices of the Boyne Community Choir have been spotted in their various ‘pods’ in heritage locations around the Drogheda area in recent weeks. Nothing untoward was going on we can assure you, they were simply shooting their latest video with other talented groups and tonight…

Organiser of 2019 anti-violence protest says implementation plan for Drogheda means help is on the way One local Councillor in particular, Independent Paddy McQuillan, has had a large input into the implementation plan for Drogheda. Having had a chance to study the report over the past two days he told Drogheda Life today that the…

Build your creation on an any Irish beach and submit photos to enter The National Sandcastle Competition is normally held on Bettystown Beach but this year it is going virtual because of Covid19. Entrants are being asked to build their creations on any beach in Ireland and send video or photos to the competiton organisers. Since its inception in 2003…

In response to a significant rise in cases in Louth, the HSE has opened a free ‘walk-in and online self-referral’ COVID-19 testing site at Marley’s Lane Carpark, Marley’s Lane, Rathmullan, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 T274 which will operate for two days.  Today, Friday 23rd July and tomorrow, Saturday 24th, people will have the option to book an…

CREDIT Technology Gateway at Dundalk Institute of Technology has secured funding of almost €500,000 for industry collaboration and research. The two DkIT projects were among 29 successful projects from across the third level sector which between them secured over €6million in funding to assist them in buying world-leading research equipment that will serve the Research and…

Community historian Brendan Matthews will be presenting another in his popular series of heritage walking tours of Drogheda on Wednesday evening next July28th beginning at the Mall on the North Quay at 7.30 pm. Titled “From the Port to Donor’s Green”, Brendan will outline the history of Drogheda Port and the docks area as the…

If the plan, Drogheda: Building a Bridge to a Better Future, lives up to its name it will undoubtedly usher in a new era for a town that has been side-lined for far too long. Vivian Guerin is to be congratulated on the thoroughness of his report and he has handed down a considerable challenge…

The Drogheda Cycling Group are hosting their third open community ride from Drogheda to Baltray this Sunday 25th July at 11.30 AM. This builds on the group’s first successful public community ride from Drogheda to Oldbridge. These events form part of the group’s campaign to promote cycling as the most effective transport option in Drogheda….