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Community Constituency Crime Louth Newry Newry and Armagh

Newry Man In Court Over Gun and Ammo Seizure

A man from Newry and a man from County Louth have appeared in court in connection with the seizure of 18 firearms and more than 900 rounds of ammunition. The seizure happened on Friday in Ardee in County Louth. Mark McCourt, 33, from Edencrieve in Newry, and 27-year-old Conor O’Brian, from Kilpatrick, Ardee, both appeared […]

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Community Louth

MISSING APPEAL for Kayleigh Hafford

A renewed appeal has been issued for help in tracing 15-year-old Kayleigh Hafford who is missing from the Tallanstown area of Co Louth since Saturday 11 May. Kayleigh is described as being approximately 1.62m (5’4″) in height, of medium build, with dyed blonde hair and blue eyes. She is known to frequent the northside of […]

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Community Council Government Lifestyle Louth Louth County Council

Dundalk Library Celebrate 30 Years In Roden Place

Louth County Council are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Dundalk Library at Roden Place throughout March and April, with a number of events for all ages. These include a special anniversary edition of the ever-popular table quiz for older adults, ‘Storytime’ sessions for children and the main event held on April 11th, a panel talk […]

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Dáil Éireann Government Infrastructure Louth

€9.4m million for Regional and Local Roads Projects in County Louth for 2022

Local Fine Gael TD for Louth and East Meath, Fergus O’Dowd, has welcomed news confirming that €11m will be made available to complete much needed regional and local roads projects in Louth and East Meath in 2022. O’Dowd said “The Minister for Transport has confirmed the 2022 allocations today which will see a number of […]

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Community Louth

Is Long-Term Leasing a Housing Crisis in Waiting? – Byrne

Each year the Council sets out its aims and targets for delivery of its services and this year’s plan has been described as ‘vague, un-ambitious and a missed opportunity’ by Sinn Féin Councillor Joanna Byrne but she was especially critical of the inclusion of the ‘Long Term Leasing’ delivery plans. Cllr Byrne is opposed to […]

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Community Louth

‘Council’s Service Delivery Plan Vague, Un-ambitious and a Missed Opportunity’

Sinn Féin Councillor Joanna Byrne has blasted Louth County Council’s Annual Service Delivery plan as vague, un-ambitious and a missed opportunity to aim to improve services throughout the County. Issues with the plan dominated December’s full council meeting when Cllr Byrne highlighted a lengthy list of areas where she felt the plan did not aspire […]

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Climate Community Louth

Solar Bins Welcomed at Clogherhead, Co. Louth

Sinn Féin Councillor Tom Cunningham has welcomed the arrival of several new solar bins at Port Beach and Little Strand Beach and described the new additions to the area as ‘helping in the on-going battle to keep our beaches clean.’ In June 2019 Councillor Cunningham successfully brought a motion to the Council asking for an […]

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Business Community Louth

National Pen , Dundalk Job Losses a Hammer Blow – Ó Murchú

The news about the job losses at National Pen has come has a ‘hammer blow’ to the workers in the Dundalk facility, Louth TD Ruairí Ó Murchú has said. The news came in a company statement which said that it will cease its fulfilment operations at the centre and move the jobs to the Czech […]

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Health Louth

Cllr Joanna Byrne: Allow Fire Personnel to Assist in Ambulance Call-outs in Louth

With unprecedented challenges facing the Health Service, Sinn Féin Councillor Joanna Byrne has welcomed confirmation given this week by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) that Fire and Rescue Personnel can now be deployed to assist them as first responders. Cllr Byrne has called on Louth County Council to urgently consider this for County Louth.  Cllr […]

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Crime Louth

Gardaí Arrest Man in Relation to Disappearance of Giedre Raguckaite

Gardaí in Dundalk investigating the disappearance of Giedre Raguckaite in May, 2018 have on Monday 10th January, 2022 arrested a man.  He was arrested and was detained at a Garda station in the midlands pursuant to a warrant under Section 42, Criminal Justice Act, 2006. On Monday 10th January 2022, in relation to the disappearance […]

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Community Louth Sport

Recent Dundalk Late Night League Welcomed

Young people from different backgrounds have found that soccer is the international language that can bring them together, thanks to a Garda initiative that has been running in Dundalk for the last number of months. The Late Night League, which has been running in the town for 12 years, is funded by the Children’s Services […]

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Community Louth

€70k in Funding Awarded to Animal Welfare Organisations in Louth – O’Dowd

Funding of over €70k has been awarded to local animal welfare organisations in County Louth, a Fine Gael TD has confirmed. Fine Gael TD for Louth and East Meath, Fergus O’Dowd said, “The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today (Wednesday, December 15) confirmed funding of over €70k has been allocated to Louth […]