Drogheda Life

Casual passers-by could have been forgiven for thinking there was a major incident in progress at the Black Bull on Wednesday as the car park of the popular watering hole was crammed with emergency service personnel and their vehicles. In fact An Garda Síochána, Fire Service, Ambulance, Cú Chulainn Blood Bikes, Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and…

Music legends Anne and Linda Nolan have opened up about their experience of cancer during Covid-19 as they urge people to get involved with this year’s Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on March 26.  The sisters were diagnosed just days apart in the early part of the pandemic and have spoken about how their experience…

One of the best ever one-liners from the comic genius Billy Connolly is: “Did you hear about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel? Just thought we’d get that in because it’s Friday and we’re bored and it’s not often we get news about shellfish or aquaculture. Two County Louth Oyster…

As part of the National Broadband Plan, Louth will see an investment of €33M in the new high-speed fibre network. National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Plan (NBP) today announced that surveying work in several areas of Louth is well underway. There are 8,344 premises…

The name of Drogheda United Football Club’s home ground has been changed today from United Park to ‘Head in the Game Park’. Head in the Game is the name of a group of football fans who want to start a conversation about mental health and well-being within the League of Ireland community. In early 2020,…

Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Tourism, Imelda Munster TD, has called on Minister Catherine Martin to provide grants to the tourism and hospitality sector to help with the cost of adapting their premises for outdoor dining. She says businesses must be supported in their preparations for what is expected to be a very different, and difficult…

In advance of International Women’s Day on Monday next, An Post has issued a new stamp celebrating the renowned 19th century Irish nationalist and feminist writer, Jane, Lady Wilde (1821-1896) whose pen-name was ‘Speranza’. She came to prominence in famine-stricken Ireland in 1848 when she wrote an unsigned revolutionary editorial in ‘The Nation’, the organ…

Labour Councillor Pio Smith has said that the law that prevents councils from using CCTV cameras to catch illegal dumpers needs to be updated rather than spending hundreds of thousands of Euro every year cleaning up the mess they leave. “The scourge of fly tipping and illegal dumping in Drogheda and surrounding areas has been…

The Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and Recovery Service (BFRRS) is one of those organisations that is right at the very heart of the local community. They are the ultimate professionals at what they do, which is not always a pleasant task, and they put themselves on the line, day or night and in all weathers, to…

Gardaí spat at and had urine thrown at them during anti lockdown riots The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has received a commitment from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris that he will revisit the resourcing of public order units and the priority vaccination of Gardaí following the riots in Dublin last Saturday. GRA President Frank Thornton and General Secretary…