Drogheda Life

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…

Garages are too small to house a car! Over a decade after she wrote a newspaper article about their plight, Senator Alison Comyn has been contacted by residents of Strand Cottages on the busy port road who are still suffering from dire parking conditions, poor access to their houses and speeding cars damaging their own…

The Love Drogheda Gift Card, Love Drogheda BID’s (business improvement district) shop local gift card programme, passed a significant milestone in 2024 with sales of €200k. This success is not only a testament to the growing popularity of local shopping but also a reflection of the vital support from businesses like The Marcy Hotel/Nelly’s Drogheda,…

Fine Gael TD Paula Butterly has said that the new Jobseekers Pay Related Benefit (JPRB) which is being introduced today will act as a safety net for workers across the country. Deputy Butterly said that the new JPRB will increase the amount of support for those who lose their job by more than 50%. The…

Drogheda & District AC member, Tadgh Donnelly from Clogherhead smashed his personal best while leading the Iona University men’s outdoor track team at the 10,000m Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina on Thursday night. Tadgh set an incredible time of 28.40 which beat his previous personal best by 41 seconds which means he can now…

Ace AC had a national Gold and Silver in the space of a few minutes medals at the All Ireland Indoor Championships held in Athlone at the weekend when firstly Lorcan Forde Dunne secured a brilliant Gold by only fractions of a second, in the Boys U18 1500M, to become the Irish Indoor Champion.  Due…

The atmosphere was electric at TUS Athlone IT over the weekend as Ireland’s finest young athletes converged for the All-Ireland Indoor Championships and among them, the determined and dynamic athletes of Boyne AC delivered a string of powerful performances that left a lasting impression. Ryan McMahon, one of Boyne AC’s rising stars, lit up the…

  Sundays just got a whole lot better! The Crafty Traders Market returns tomorrow, Sunday March 30th from 12 PM to 4 PM is back for their first market of 2025 and this year they’re operating from a new venue, The Greenmount House Bar and Restaurant. “We are so excited to be collaborating with a…

Despite large numbers of patients waiting on Emergency Department trolleys and having to close their doors on several occasions due to the overwhelming number of patients, a new 15-bed, state of the art, modular unit at the Lourdes Hospital which is completely kitted out and ready to go, lies empty because there are no staff to…

Dabbling in the supernatural can be a dangerous business – as the Duleek Drama Players discover in their new production Death by Fatal Murder. The comedy murder mystery by Peter Gordon opens in Drogheda’s Droichead Arts Centre on Tuesday, April 8th and runs until Saturday, 12th. Set in an English country house during WW11, this humorous…