Drogheda Life

Irish Water is working with Louth County Council to carry out repairs to restore water supply to customers in various parts of the South side of Drogheda following a burst water main on the Dublin Road. Crews are working to repair the burst as quickly and as safely as possible but Irish Water say that customers…

Logbook data is necessary in the management of declining salmon stocks Inland Fisheries Ireland is requesting all salmon and sea trout anglers who have not returned last season’s (2020) angling logbook and unused gill tags to do so immediately. The logbooks and unused gill tags are necessary to provide vital data to make evidence-based decisions…

The HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme is reminding people to be SunSmart and protect themselves from skin cancer as more relaxed Covid-19 restrictions come into effect. “If you’re planning on playing tennis or golf, if your children are resuming outdoor sports training, or if you’re going on a trip to the zoo, don’t forget to…

The Louth County Library Service has been playing a blinder throughout the coronavirus pandemic, their home-based activities have been an absolute lifesaver for many people. Their book delivery and audio book services have been invaluable but that is just the tip of their iceberg. They have also organised or taken part in an amazingly varied…

Could there ever be a better way to increase confidence and fitness, both physical and mental, in a child than athletics? Training hard to improve your personal performance for the benefit of your team has so many life lessons for young people. And then of course there’s the sheer joy of building lifelong friendships! Having…

Joe Hammel is really looking forward to a pint of Guinness. It’s not that he has a drink problem, it’s just that having run 3,100 kms in the past ten months to raise funds for Crumlin Hospital, he has developed a bit of a thirst! On July 1st last year Joe set out to run…

After many months of asking by Deputy Fergus O’Dowd the Environmental Protection Agency has finally installed an Air Quality Monitor in Drogheda.  Welcoming the development Deputy O’Dowd said “The EPA confirmed to me that the new Tier 2 FIDAS monitoring unit was installed at the Newton Cross Cemetery on the Termonfeckin Road on Wednesday, April…

Throughout December 2019 and early 2020 our web developers were working on an exciting new design for Drogheda Life. Up until then the focus had been primarily on building an audience from scratch for our local news service and any income from advertising was being ploughed back into business development. Unfortunately, just as we were…

Sport Ireland has announced  funding of €281,374  for sports in Louth, as part of a €40 million investment in National Governing Bodies for Sport (NGBs), High Performance athlete support, and the network of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) for 2021. This includes funding of €9.5 million for the network of 29 Local Sports Partnerships across Ireland,…

Sinn Féin’s tourism spokesperson, local TD Imelda Munster, has expressed her concern that the €5million allocated to businesses to improve their outdoor dining facilities may not be sufficient. The government’s grant scheme for outdoor dining has two separate funding streams – one for individual businesses and one for local authorities. “The €17million in total for…