Drogheda Life

Over the past few years Tony and Ger Smith and their team at GOODWOOD Fuel based at 24 North Strand, Drogheda have been in the vanguard of a revolution in the way we think about fuel. Firewood is their business but their mission is about much more than simply keeping us warm. Their products will…

Everyone loves a flutter on the BoyleSports Irish Grand National. The race was not held last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic but will feature on the final day of the Fairyhouse Easter Festival on April 5 so, get your pins out to pick a winner.  Burrows Saint, which gave Willie Mullins his first success in the…

The Board of Drogheda United Football Club say they are dismayed at the decision of the Government not to approve funding for the Northern Cross Route in Drogheda.  In a statement issued this afternoon they say the decision has significant implications on their plans to build a new stadium and training centre for not just…

The picture above is an illustration of the neglect and lack of imagination by both central and local government when it comes to the development of Drogheda. The Council provided a tap so that people tending graves in the graveyard at Newtown could put flowers in vases of water. Nice thought but it was installed…

With credit and debit cards fraud on Irish online shoppers running at €22 million in 2020, that’s up 50% on the previous year, an Garda Siochana has issued some timely advice. Online Shopping fraud is where the buyer doesn’t receive the goods after making payments, receives fake/counterfeit goods or goods not as described. The seller…

There is good news today for people with reduced mobility and parents with buggies as Irish Rail and the NTA have announced that lifts are to be installed at both Laytown and Gormanston Train Stations and that a new “Changing Places” toilet facility is to open at Connolly Station. The welcome developments are part of…

There has been intense Garda activity in the Rathmullan Park and Hillview areas of Drogheda all day today. Gardaí are carrying out a search of wasteland between the two estates as part of their investigation into the murder of a male juvenile in January 2020. Local Gardaí are being assisted by the Louth Divisional Search…

This bloody virus has turned everyone’s life upside down. With everything stopped, including work for many thousands of people, we’ve lost all sense of time and routine and we can’t get to see our friends or anyone else for that matter and even if we did everywhere is closed and all events are cancelled. So…

There has been much speculation and confusion about the proposed Outdoor Dining Scheme with people anxious to get out and enjoy a meal with friends and restaurants just as anxious to serve them. But Failte Ireland are saying that, contrary to social media commentary this scheme has not been announced or launched yet as it…

The HSE has said that Drogheda is high up their list of locations for a new Ambulance Service base and that they are considering several options as regards the siting of the base. They were responding to queries from Labour Deputy Ged Nash who had raised with them the need for a new, fit-for-purpose National…