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Drogheda Independent, 14 Oct 2026

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ArticleTwo more men admit their part in town IPAS fire

Two men have admit­ted their involve­ment in last year’s arson attack on an IPAS centre in Drogheda. Josh Devlin (25), Dun Eimear, Bettystown, and Seán Everitt (26), Hare­lawn Green, Clon­dalkin, and formerly Hillview, Drogheda, appeared in cus­tody...

Two more men admit their part in town IPAS fire

ArticleNurse urges sup­port for pink cam­paign

When Louth nurse Car­oline O’Don­nell found her­self fall­ing asleep in the chair on her off duty days, she put it down to being tired from work­ing in the busy Intens­ive Care Depart­ment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hos­pital in Drogheda. It was at the...

Nurse urges sup­port for pink cam­paign

ArticleIs not the right loc­a­tion say coun­cil­lors

Drogheda coun­cil­lors have over­whelm­ingly backed calls to rethink plans for a new play­ground at The Glen, arguing that the pro­posed loc­a­tion is “not suit­able” due to traffic con­ges­tion and road safety con­cerns. The issue was debated at the...

Is not the right loc­a­tion say coun­cil­lors

ArticleAth­letic club have ambi­tious plans for indoor track

More than 150 busi­ness lead­ers from across the M1 Cor­ridor came together for the second annual She Leads con­fer­ence, with Drogheda Cham­ber Pres­id­ent Miriam Simon among those tak­ing a lead­ing role in the event. She Leads 2026 – Women Shap­ing...

Ath­letic club have ambi­tious plans for indoor track

ArticleRemem­ber­ing ‘Beezer’: Blues hon­our club stal­wart

Karen Gor­man with her sis­ter Kerry Lynch and brother Keith Lynch at the Keith Gor­man Memorial Cup Fun­draiser at New­town Blues.

Remem­ber­ing ‘Beezer’: Blues hon­our club stal­wart

ArticleFight­ing to save fam­ily busi­ness over budget changes

ADroghe­davapesho­pown­er­says he is “fight­ing to save” the fam­ily busi­ness he has spent eight years build­ing as a fur­ther increase in duty on vap­ing products is due to come into effect from Janu­ary fol­low­ing Budget 2027. Eoin O’Boyle, owner...

Fight­ing to save fam­ily busi­ness over budget changes

ArticleNo tri­als for second straight week at cir­cuit crim­inal courts in Louth

While there will be no jury tri­als for a second suc­cess­ive week at Dundalk Cir­cuit Court, not all the adjourn­ments were down to the con­tinu­ing strike action by legal aid defence soli­cit­ors. One trial which could have star­ted was put back for...

No tri­als for second straight week at cir­cuit crim­inal courts in Louth