Drogheda Life

Plans by E-commerce giant Amazon to build three huge data centres at the IDA Business and Technology Park at the Donore Road on the Meath side of Meath/Louth boundary have received a setback after the national environmental watchdog, An Taisce, lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála.  Work is well underway on the first of the…

Second level teachers and youth workers in County Louth are being offered the chance to apply for a bursary to train online as a registered Story Exchange facilitator this summer. The acclaimed CPD training is being offered by national youth empathy education charity Narrative 4 and is based on an evidence-based methodology which teaches young…

Drogheda United have announced that Killian Phillips has signed a new deal with the club. The teenager, who turned 19 in March, made his first senior appearance for the club in a friendly away to Dundalk in July 2020. Phillips remained with the first team squad for the remainder of the 2020 season, being named…

Larry Staudt is a retired engineer who has spent lockdown grafting away in a small workshop at the back of his house redesigning the acoustic guitar . Having played guitar since the age of 14 Larry must have been delighted when he came to live on the Chord Road – just like Guitar George, he knows…

“Minister needs to ramp up pressure on the industry and extract some fairness for people” Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash has welcomed a preliminary report showing a drop of 50 per cent in awards in personal injury cases and has called for a significant cut in insurance premiums for personal and business customers. “The time…

Meath Partnership is to host an open discussion and information sharing event on the importance of integration, particularly volunteering to support integration for migrants and refugees. The online event ‘Lets talk integration in Ireland’ will have Mr Roderic O’Gorman Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as a keynote speaker. There will also be…

Last month Drogheda Life brought you the news that Wogan Build Centre were running a raffle to raise funds for the Barrett family from Highlands in Drogheda whose three sons suffer from a debilitating and rare condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS).  EDS attacks all of the internal organs but there is nowhere in Ireland…

Advance booking essential on Intercity and Enterprise services due to 50% capacity restrictions Weekend line works affecting Heuston and Connolly routes With on board capacity reduced to just 50% due to Covid restrictions, Iarnród Éireann is continuing to see very high demand for weekend Intercity and Enterprise services.  Many trains are already sold out for this…

Clogherhead’s Dreadnots GFC has teamed up with the charity Jigsaw Ireland which is at the forefront of understanding the mental health needs and experiences of young people, to help raise awareness about children’s mental health.  On Saturday 24th July at 11am they’ll be taking part in a walk “Around The Head For The Head”.  Since…

Drogheda’s top Garda thanks local people for their “phenomenal” support in war on drug gangs Drogheda’s top Garda, Chief Superintendent Christy Mangan, has thanked local people for their “phenomenal” support in the battle against the drug dealers and criminal gangs that have blighted so many lives in the Drogheda area. Chief Superintendent Mangan was also…