Drogheda Life

Supports available for businesses ready to re-open As the economy gears up for a phased re-opening, the team at the Louth Local Enterprise Office (LEO) have a range of supports available to help local businesses get up and running again. “Re-opening your business after months of restrictions is not as simple as just turning the…

Plans are at an advanced stage to develop a Central Vaccination Centre in Drogheda Institute of Further Education (DIFE).  “We are working with colleagues in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital who are currently operating from the site” an HSE spokesperson told Drogheda Life.  “We expect to deliver up to 1,500 vaccinations per week to members…

Dealers “cause nothing but mayhem” Superintendent tells JPC meeting The most senior Garda in Louth says while Gardai have taken “comprehensive action” against drug dealers, “we have a lot more of them to take down and out of operation.” Chief Superintendent Christy Mangan also told a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee for Drogheda that drug dealers,…

Outcomers Drogheda has announced the third in their series of Free LGBTQ+ Well-Being Workshops – How LGB People Can Support Transgender Members of our Community, which will be presented by Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) – next Thursday 20th May @ 7.30pm. The aim is to increase your knowledge and awareness of the lived experience…

Two local children are remembered at the Maria Goretti Centre  The sister of a boy with special needs who died from sepsis just four months ago, has raised over €12,000 for a respite centre that he loved. Aoibhínn Sharkey (14) from Tullyallen, loves cycling, as had her brother Sean (16), and within weeks of his…

With just 11% of its land covered with trees, Ireland has the lowest tree cover of all European countries but students at several local schools are doing their bit to improve the situation by planting trees in and around their schools. Trees provide many benefits including providing oxygen, recycling water, regulating humidity and controlling air…

Magnet fishing raised at Meath County Council meeting East Meath Cllr Elaine McGinty has called for an ‘urgent plan’ for the River Boyne that incorporates cleaning, water quality and the monitoring of the removal of materials from it. Cllr McGinty (Labour) said,”in the past few weeks the spotlight has been firmly on the River Boyne.” She said there…

Sinn Fein Councillor Tom Cunningham has accused Louth County Council of ignoring the issue of illegal parking in Crooked Street, Clogherghead. He says that money that was supposed to have been spent on remedial work has been spent elsewhere. Cunningham told yesterday’s Drogheda Borough meeting that illegal parking on the street, especially at busy times,…

AIMS group campaigns for improvements in maternity services At a protest by members of the Association for Improvements in Maternity Services Ireland (AIMS) this morning outside Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital over restrictions due to COVID-19  was Orla Kerbey and her six months old daughter. Orla and her husband Bill had a pregnancy loss in 2019 as…

Drogheda & District Chamber has been busy supporting its members throughout the pandemic and its activities have caught the attention of the Sustainable Business Impact Awards who have shortlisted them in two categories. The first nomination comes in the Most Successful Policy Campaign category for the Chamber’s work on the M1 Corridor project in conjunction with…