People in County Louth are being invited to contribute stories and memories about community midwives in the 19th and 20th century as part of a project led by the National Museum of Ireland. The stories can be submitted to a national history and heritage archive, available at www.ouririshheritage.org. The lives and contributions of a number…
As part of ongoing inquires by the Detective Unit based at Coolock Garda Station, a residential property in Bettystown, Co. Meath, was searched under warrant earlier today, 19th February 2025. During the search, a 9mm CZ handgun with three fully loaded magazines was recovered along with an improvised handgun (subject to ballistic examination). In addition…
As part of ongoing inquires by the Detective Unit based at Coolock Garda Station, a residential property in Bettystown, Co. Meath, was searched under warrant earlier today, 19th February 2025. During the search, a 9mm CZ handgun with three fully loaded magazines was recovered along with an improvised handgun (subject to ballistic examination). In addition…
John and Jackie O’Connell’s Valley Inn restaurant at Mullary just over 10kms north of Drogheda, is in the running for a prestigious ‘Yes Chef’ Award in the Local Restaurant category. Drogheda man Shane Smith started Yes Chef magazine, “The Magazine for Lovers of Good Food” in 2007 and the national Yes Chef awards came along…
John and Jackie O’Connell’s Valley Inn restaurant at Mullary just over 10kms north of Drogheda, is in the running for a prestigious ‘Yes Chef’ Award in the Local Restaurant category. Drogheda man Shane Smith started Yes Chef magazine, “The Magazine for Lovers of Good Food” in 2007 and the national Yes Chef awards came along…
A remarkable evening of remembrance and revelation took place at the Boyne Valley Hotel in Drogheda last night as retired Army Commandant Leo Quinlan, son of the late Commandant Pat Quinlan, delivered an inspiring talk on one of the most controversial and overlooked chapters of Irish military history—the Siege of Jadotville. Organised by the Veterans…
Brian Sherwin, a first time author who has just published his first book at the age of 79, has connections with Drogheda that go back all his life. His mother Kathleen Fullam, was a daughter of Jack Fullam who farmed at Staleen, Donore. “I spent lots of childhood holidays in Staleen and visited Drogheda many…
Drogheda & District athlete Nuala Reilly will no doubt be celebrating for some time to come her win, as part of the Irish women’s 4 x 800m indoor relays team, that smashed the world record in a new time of 14min 16.72 in the National indoor arena in Abbotstown. The win is all the…
Drogheda & District athlete Nuala Reilly will no doubt be celebrating for some time to come her win, as part of the Irish women’s 4 x 800m indoor relays team, that smashed the world record in a new time of 14min 16.72 in the National indoor arena in Abbotstown. The win is all the…
Drogheda and District Chamber is looking forward to a new era of cooperation and constructive engagement with the newly elected TDs in the region following a meeting in the Boyne Valley Hotel yesterday. Attended by Paula Butterly (FG), Erin McGreehan (FF), Joanna Byrne (SF) and Ged Nash Lab), the gathering heard from chamber members who…
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