Drogheda Independent

27/09/2025

A 42-year-old convicted killer has been fined and disqualified from driving after he refused to provide breath samples following his arrest on suspicion of drink driving

A 42-year-old convicted killer has been fined and disqualified from driving after he refused to provide breath samples following his arrest on suspicion of drink driving.

27/09/2025

Over 3.4 tonnes of marine litter was removed from Louth’s coastline during the An Taisce Clean Coasts programme’s annual ‘Big Beach Clean’

Over 3.4 tonnes of marine litter was removed from Louth’s coastline during the An Taisce Clean Coasts programme’s annual ‘Big Beach Clean.’

27/09/2025

He was apprehended three months after the incident

A 32-year-old man who damaged an unmarked Garda car as he drove off at speed, has avoided a disqualification after the district court accepted his plea of guilty to a lesser charge.

26/09/2025

President Michael D. Higgins took up office when the majority of today’s first year students were just three or four years old, becoming a somewhat permanent fixture for most of their young lives.

Indeed, this longevity means young people haven’t had to consider who should replace him, says Dundalk Institute of Technology SU president Gerry O'Brien

"Young people need to be more informed of the power they have as a voter,” says DkIT Students Union President, Gerry O’Brien.

26/09/2025

The defendant accepted that he couldn’t be carrying blades around and said it was never his intention to use it

A 24-year-old man ran from gardaí after exiting a parked car he had broken into, the district court has heard.

26/09/2025

“We all need to care for each other a little more, and look out for each other a little more. That’s not a new idea, but I think we need to return to it a little bit"

It’s a long way from Holles Street to the African Bush. But when Dr ­Harry Barry’s wife, Brenda, began to go into labour with their second child in rural Tanzania, the experience gained as a young medic in the Irish maternity hospital stood to him.

26/09/2025

He is accused of unauthorised possession of an unbranded 9mm Luger calibre semi-automatic pistol and ammunition

A judge has given the prosecution a “last chance” to obtain DPP directions in a case of alleged gun and ammunition offences.

26/09/2025

A 30-year-old panel be**er has been convicted of drug driving after a judge ruled that a timing error and misspelling of his name on a form could “in no way be classified as a fatal to the prosecution”.

A 30-year-old panel be**er has been convicted of drug driving after a judge ruled that a timing error and misspelling of his name on a form could “in no way be classified as a fatal to the prosecution”.

26/09/2025

Budget 2026 is less than two weeks away with measures around social welfare, college fees, minimum wage and cost-of-living set to be decided upon by the Coalition.

Budget 2026 is less than two weeks away with measures around social welfare, college fees, minimum wage and cost-of-living set to be decided upon by the Coalition.

25/09/2025

Residents across Louth are being urged to safely dispose of old paints, chemicals and other household hazardous waste at a free collection day taking place next month.

Residents across Louth are being urged to safely dispose of old paints, chemicals and other household hazardous waste at a free collection day taking place next month.

25/09/2025

A 49-year-old motorist unfamiliar with the area collided with another car at a south Louth crossroads, Drogheda Court has heard.

25/09/2025

Denis Cummins, Chair of Drogheda Civic Trust, said the organisation was proud to support the commemoration and the poet’s enduring values of social justice, equality and creativity.

The life and legacy of poet, patriot and political activist John Boyle O’Reilly were remembered at a special commemoration held at Dowth on Sunday, September 21st — 135 years after his death.