Drogheda Life

Artist Joy Gerrard’s new exhibition, Precarious Freedom, now on at the Highlanes Gallery in Drogheda, explores her response to the public protests around Brexit and the murder of Sarah Everard. What happens when democratic processes express and produce social division?  How are the outcomes of democratic processes resisted and critiqued? How does protest make use of…

Prices rising by almost €1,000 per week Huge demand and a lack of properties coming onto the market have meant that house prices are rising faster in Drogheda than in any other part of the country – and they are also selling quicker. In the last quarter alone the price of the average second-hand three-bed semi…

St. Nicholas Gaelic Football Club welcomed Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to their club grounds at Pentony Park on Friday last, 25 June 2021. The purpose of the Commissioner’s visit was to highlight and strengthen the working partnership between An Garda Síochána, St, Nicholas GFC and the Holy Family Community. Founded in 1977, St. Nicholas GFC…

Cllr Sharon Tolan says the life rings are essential for safety East Meath Cllr Sharon Tolan has put a video on her Facebook page warning people that four life rings had been removed from their case holdings in Mornington. In the video, recorded this morning (Sunday), she said she was in Mornington and was “really…

Families of addicts to be left without support if closure goes ahead  One of the 77 recommendations made by Vivian Guerin in his report into criminality and drug use in Drogheda commissioned by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee was that the State funding of just €7,500 for the Family Addiction Network (FASN) should be reviewed…

 “Council putting plans in place to ensure its upkeep” – Declan Power As we approach the season for the blessing of the graves in parishes across the country, families who have lost loved ones will be busy cleaning around family graves, cutting grass and bringing flowers to remember those that have fallen before us. Many…

Droichead Arts Centre and Connect Family Resource Centre will be hosting the premiere of “Around the Corner”, an inspiring new film they created with funding from Louth Leader Partnership on Thursday next, 1 July at 4pm.      Around the Corner, is a new uplifting film project created in the heart of Moneymore, Drogheda, and…

A new charter for the East Border Region (EBR) was launched in Newry on Wednesday 23rd June at a hybrid event with 50 people attending in person, and 150 joining online.  The EBR is a local authority led organisation serving a population of just under 1 million people, spanning six local authorities, along the east…

Ballymakenny farmers are delighted to feature in this years Leaving Cert Ballymakenny farmers Maria and David Flynn featured in this year’s Leaving Certificate paper for Business students. Maria is probably Ireland’s most famous potato farmer especially with the success of the SpudShack ‘drive thru’ she opened during the lockdown last year. Everyone knows she loves…

Irish Water is working to replace over 1 kilometre of problematic water mains along the Donore Road and in the Donore Industrial Estate with high density plastic pipes. Works will also involve laying new water service connections from the public water mains to customers’ property boundaries and connecting it to the customers’ water supply. Irish…