Ace AC’s under 18 Athlete Eimear Cooney travelled to Leeds UK at the weekend to run for Team Ireland in the U20 Celtic Cross Country on Saturday. Ireland travelled with a team of four with Louth athlete Dearbhla Allen also on the team alongside her. Eimear isn’t just a Cross Country specialist, she is the…
Retains position as party Spokesperson for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform Local Labour TD, Ged Nash has been appointed chairperson of the Parliamentary Party and Labour spokesperson on Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform as the party announced its new front bench today, at Leinster House. With a total of eleven TDs and two…
For many, the desire to create a more sustainable world exists —but the path to making a meaningful impact may be unclear. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Advocate Training is more than just a training, it’s an opportunity to connect with like-minded people, gain hands-on experience in designing and implementing informed SDG Action Projects, and…
This July, Droichead Arts Centre celebrates 35 successful years of promoting the arts in Ireland’s biggest town. In that time it has encouraged many local artists in all artistic endeavours from visual, musical, drama or film and has also played host to visiting artists from around Ireland and abroad. The Centre is a multi-disciplinary centre…
The speed limit on rural, local roads has today changed from 80 km/h to 60 km/h as part of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy and is one of a range of measures intended to reduce fatalities and protect all road users. The ‘rural speed limit sign’, which is used as an alternative to numeric speed…
The first housing development constructed using 3D Construction Technology (3DCP) has been completed by Louth County Council. The infill housing development at Grange Close, Dundalk, Co. Louth, consists of three A2-rated, two-storey, three-bedroom terraced houses, each with a gross internal area of 110m². This innovative pilot project is the result of a collaboration between Louth…
Sinn Féin TD for Louth Joanna Byrne has called on the newly appointed Government to urgently address the shortage of childcare places for families in Louth. Responses to parliamentary questions submitted recently by Deputy Byrne to the newly appointed Minister for Children show that 17 pre-school services closed in the last number of years in…
Louth composer Donnchadh Mac Aodha has been announced as this year’s winner of the prestigious Seán Ó Riada composition competition which celebrates new works from Irish composers and is held in collaboration with the Cork International Choral Festival and Chamber Choir Ireland. Donnchadh Mac Aodha’s winning composition, ‘Babel’, will have its world premiere at St….
Louth Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) have launched a new programme aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of female athletes. The partnership was established to gain a deeper understanding of female health and physiology to better support players throughout their careers, as participation in Gaelic Games among girls…
In what promises to be the gig of the weekend, contemporary Drogheda folk artist SJ McArdle will be joined by Graham Henderson (Fairground Attraction, Moving Hearts) for an intimate acoustic show full of songs and stories in the Purple Room at the Crescent Concert Hall this Saturday, February 8th. SJ is a songwriter, musician and…
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