Drogheda Life

This day next week Drogheda man Emmet Quinn will be heading West on his bicycle to raise funds for the children’s charity Barretstown. On Thursday next, August 19th, Emmet will saddle up and set out from Wicklow Head, Ireland’s most Easterly point and head for Dunmore Head on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry which…

Second-level schools in Drogheda and throughout Louth are invited to take action in response to the climate emergency through a new Climate Action and Energy Award. The national electricity grid operator EirGrid, has launched a three- year partnership with non-profit organisation, Young Social Innovators (YSI). Young Social Innovators empowers and supports young people to develop…

The next “drop-in” session at which you can learn about Louth and Meath County Council’s Joint Local Area Plan for Drogheda and East Meath takes place in Drogheda Library, tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13. Staff from both Councils will be available to assist those interested in making submissions ahead of the closing date of Thursday, 15th…

A delegation of campaigners opposed to the M1 toll is to travel to Dáil Éireann on Wednesday, October 25th to engage with politicians about their concerns regarding the Drogheda toll which made a profit of €8.1m in 2021 for the toll operators Celtic Roads Group. Motorists in Drogheda have been complaining for many years about…

Cycling and walking infrastructure projects in Louth and Meath are to receive Active Travel Investment Grants to the tune of €19m (€5,285,000 in Louth and €14,135,000 in Meath) it was announced today. Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, has confirmed that the National Transport Authority (NTA) has allocated €290m in funding to Ireland’s local authorities…

Fourteen people are waiting for beds in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital after the bank holiday weekend They are being treated on trolleys in the emergency department.   The figures were released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Trolley Watch team.   There are currently 428 admitted patients waiting for beds in hospitals across…

Sonas Bathrooms and Technological University (TU) Dublin have announced the winners of the 2025 Bathroom Design of the Year with Drogheda’s Amy Byrne taking third place.  Students of the Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Design, led by one of Ireland’s best known Interior Designers Dr. Neville Knott, were tasked to create a luxury bathroom…

If the plan, Drogheda: Building a Bridge to a Better Future, lives up to its name it will undoubtedly usher in a new era for a town that has been side-lined for far too long. Vivian Guerin is to be congratulated on the thoroughness of his report and he has handed down a considerable challenge…

  LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ROAD Section 75 Roads Act, 1993 (Roads Regulations 1994) Louth County Council hereby gives notice of its intention to close Rampart Lane, Dundalk to vehicular traffic, to facilitate essential network remedial works. The extent of the road closure will be from the Park Street junction to the Rampart…

The summer sunshine is here, ice creams are in great demand, the mood is up and the town of Drogheda is getting excited for the biggest summer festival that we have seen in the summer since the Fleadh. On Saturday 22nd June, the town will be thronged with thousands of visitors from near and far,…