Drogheda Life

The Gardaí are winning more and more battles in the war against dealers of illegal drugs in Drogheda. For the second time in a week Gardai have seized drugs worth in excess of €10,000 in Drogheda in searches under Operation Stratus which was set up to disrupt organised crime. On Saturday last, May 1, members…

Author Steve Downes, formerly of this parish but now living and writing in Edenderry, County Offaly, has just published his latest book, a murder-mystery novella called ‘The Italian Lady’. Set in the west of Ireland in the late 19th Century, when the grand house was still the focal point of society life, this book tells the…

A quick glance at Facebook is enough to prove that there are some very talented photographers living and working in the wider Drogheda area and they will be interested to hear that Clean Coasts’ 12th annual ‘Love Your Coast’ photography competition is now open for entries. Photogrpahers have till 9 am on the 30th August 2021 to submit their best images. Last year’s overall competition winning…

BT Ireland has announced the return of the virtual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) in January 2022 and is calling on Louth students to get their thinking caps on. For the second consecutive year, Europe’s largest national Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) event will be a virtual affair taking place from the…

Tomorrow, Wednesday the 5th of May is the World Health Organisation’s Hand Hygiene Day around the world.   The HSE’s National Lead for Antibiotic Resistance and Infection Control, Professor Martin Cormican, says: “Most years when Hand Hygiene Day comes around we have to ask ourselves how do find a fresh way to talk to people about the…

Council members of Drogheda & District Chamber met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Simon Coveney TD, last Friday to discuss development plans for the town and other key issues including Brexit, the ongoing response to COVID-19 and the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor (DBEC).   Following a comprehensive brief from the Minister on agreed…

When a group of youngsters set fire to a pile of pallets on the burrows at Clogherhead Beach yesterday evening they very quickly lost control of it and it began to spread through the dry grass. It was only the quick thinking of people enjoying the bank holiday weekend in caravans beside the Blue flag…

Gardaí investigating the murder in January 2020 of a 17-year-old boy from Drogheda have arrested three men in Dublin following searches conducted in the city this morning, Monday 3rd May 2021. The searches, conducted by Mountjoy Detective Unit, were carried out under provisions of Section 10 of the Criminal Justice Act (Miscellaneous Provisions), 1997, at…

Many people living in the Boyne Valley region have a very special love for the ancient monuments that are a fascinating and valued feature of the landscape and a priceless part of our heritage. Unfortunately there are also those who have no respect or love for them whatsoever as is evidenced by certain mindless individuals defacing…

Jewel Akber is inviting customers to join the 49 staff members and 10 managers from his four MACE stores in County Louth in their “Tour de MACE” static cycle store event in May and June to raise funds for Down Syndrome Ireland. On each Friday and Saturday, from Saturday next, May 7th, one of Jewel’s…