Drogheda Life

A mighty team of just under 40 Drogheda & District runners – second only to the home club – joined approximately 1,800 runners from all over Ireland, including the very best Ireland has to offer, to take part in the annual favourite which incorporates the national 10k road race Championships. The attractive route takes runners…

At the invitation of the County Louth Society in New York, officials and elected members from Louth County Council travelled to the Big Apple to take part in this year’s St Patrick’s Day festivities. The delegation was made up of Louth County Council Chief Executive, David Conway, Director of Strategic Economic Development, Thomas McEvoy, Louth…

The Boyne Rivers Trust is looking to hire a Farm Advisor to work in the catchment in County Meath providing advice and support to farmers on nature and water-friendly farming practices. The Farm Advisor will work with farmers, across the Boyne catchment, to identify potential changes in agricultural and land management practices, intended to bring…

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless officially opened the €26 million Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCE) in Dundalk yesterday. This state-of-the-art facility for Louth Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) represents the largest single capital investment in the Further Education and Training sector to date. It will…

Now in its 61st year, the Drogheda St Patrick’s Day Parade is back bigger than ever and this year’s theme, “Drogheda 2025 – The Parade of Champions”, celebrates the town’s sporting, cultural and historical achievements. Festival Highlights Friday 14th March Fireworks Display – 8PM over the River Boyne Carnival & Market – All day at…

  Young artists who submitted entries to this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition are currently having their works evaluated as the judging process gets underway. Pictured is preliminary adjudicator, Tara Butler-Frey admiring two of the entries received from Drogheda this year – a work entitled ‘7 Years Ago’ (left) by a pupil from the Arthouse,…

Drogheda schools do exceptionally well also The Wee County has a history of producing top class business people and this tradition seems set to continue if the results of the 2025 Louth Student Enterprise Awards, which were announced yesterday, are anything to go by. Projects by students from Scoil Uí Mhuirí in Dunleer, a village that…

“The people of Drogheda are watching and waiting” The first 2kms section of the Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR) took almost 20 years to bring to fruition and it seems the government is tackling the final section of the road that will cross the Dublin-to-Belfast rail line with the same degree of urgency. It…

Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau supported by the Louth South Divisional Drugs Unit seized cocaine and cannabis, with an estimated potential street value (subject to analysis) of €1.94 million, in Drogheda earlier today, Wednesday 12th March 2025. The operation started shortly before 9.00 am this morning when officers intercepted a…

The third annual “Boxing Clever” programme was launched last week at The Red Door Project in Drogheda. The programme, supported by Louth County Council’s Healthy Ireland Fund, integrates boxing training with mental health support and QQI Level 5 Addiction Studies & Level 4 Health Related Fitness education and promotes a holistic approach to recovery that…