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Crowne Plaza Hotel evacuated due to fire
A local hotel had to be evacuated for a short time last night after a fire broke out on one of the residential floors. The Crowne Plaza Hotel was evacuated around 10.30pm after a bag caught fire on...
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Dun Lughaidh to present Hairspray
Dun Lughaidh secondary school will present the show Hairspray this week. There will be three performances on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7.30pm each night. Admission is €10 with tickets...
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Dundalk-born Lyons is Ireland’s fifth richest man
Pearse Lyons grew his fortune by €200m in the last year Dundalk-born Pearse Lyons is Ireland’s fifth richest man, according to the Sunday’s Independent’s Irish Rich List 2014 publication, which was...
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Monaghan hit Louth hurlers with late sucker punch
Just as with their footballing colleagues, the Louth hurlers went down to Monaghan on a 0-15 to 1-11 scoreline in Aughnamullen on Sunday. The Wee County looked set for their first victory of the season...
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Abbotstown, not Dundalk, now earmarked for country’s first indoor velodrome
The National Sports Campus has plenty of scope for future development of something along the lines of a velodrome Dundalk’s hopes of having the first international standard indoor velodrome look to...
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Brendan advances to The Voice of Ireland live shows
Local singer Brendan McCahey last night advanced to the live shows of The Voice of Ireland. Brendan, who worked for a number of years in Beat-It Music store in Blackrock, was the last of this year’s...
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Busy few weeks in Dundalk and District Darts League
Players and supporters enjoying one of the recent darts nights in the Stag’s Head The Dundalk and District Darts League may not have been a feature in the local media over the last few weeks but that’s...
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Adams insists local elderly citizens are being treated disgracefully
Gerry Adams Louth TD Gerry Adams has insisted that local elderly citizens are being treated disgracefully following the latest cutbacks in the Louth-Meath Hospital Group. The Sinn Féin president...
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Dundalk Stadium plans delayed by request for further information
Dundalk Stadium Louth County Council have sought further information from Dundalk Stadium about their plans to widen the existing horse racing track to accommodate all-weather National Hunt jump racing...
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Dundalk RFC end league campaign on a high note with victory over Coolmine
Dundalk concluded their Leinster League Division 1A campaign on a positive note when they ran out 24-5 winners over Coolmine on Sunday. Having already secured second spot, the Mill Road men were...
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Moments in time around Dundalk
Local amateur historian Larry O’Hagan has certainly made a huge impact on our memories in recent years as one of the biggest contributors to the Dundalk Northend and Friends page on Facebook. Now he...
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St Leonard’s Garden to close for maintenance on Wednesday
St Leonard’s Garden St Leonard’s Garden in Seatown will be closed to the public on Wednesday 12th March 2014 for 24 hours due to essential maintenance work. Dundalk Town Council apologies for any...
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Dundalk councillors updated on rent arrears controversy at special meeting...
Dundalk Town Council held a special meeting in the Town Hall tonight regarding the rent arrears controversy. The meeting, which was called by Town Council chairman Cllr Eamonn O’Boyle, gave...
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Toxic diesel sludge discovered dumped at Ballykelly
Three containers of diesel sludge have been found dumped at the ESB substation at Ballykelly on the Carrickmacross-Dundalk Road, close to Louth Village. Louth County Council were notified of the...
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South Pacific coming to Dundalk IT
Dundalk IT’s Ceol Oirghialla will present Rodgers & Hammerstein’s hit play South Pacific this Thursday and Friday night in the MacAnna Theatre. The shows, featuring the DkIT Music Theatre Group...
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Break-in to St Fursey’s NS being investigated
St Fursey’s NS in Haggardstown Gardaí are appealing for information following a break-in to St Fursey’s National School in Haggardstown in the early hours of last Friday morning. The incident happened...
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Our Lady of Lourdes deny claims that hospital’s A&E is closed due to...
The A&E of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is still open according to the HSE The HSE has denied claims that the Accident and Emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has been...
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Teachers protest against Junior Cert changes
Teachers from De La Salle secondary school in Dundalk protesting at lunchtime. Picture: Sharon Lynch Teachers from Dundalk and Co Louth were amongst those who held lunchtime protests against the Junior...
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Dundalk Gardaí investigating Crowe Street assault
The incident occurred at the taxi rank in Crowe Street Gardaí in Dundalk are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault that occurred on Crowe Street last month. The incident occurred in the early...
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Miss and Mr Louth registration night this Thursday
Registration will take place this Thursday night for the Miss and Mr Louth contests. If you have ambitions of becoming Miss or Mr Ireland then you need to start by coming along to the Fairways Hotel...
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