Drogheda, Ireland News

A female garda leaving duty at Balbriggan garda station in north Co Dublin followed five men later arrested in connection with the robbery of a jewellers in the town on Friday afternoon.

Bus Eireann has this morning confirmed the vast majority of services around the country are not operating due to industrial action.

Mothers Against the Odds has been shortlisted in the best documentary category for the Fingal Film Festival 2013 which will be presented today, Sunday, May 12.

With filming of the new series of Love/Hate due to wrap this Friday, star Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has been discussing his character Nidge's journey on the hit RTE drama.

Model and Clonmel native Roz Purcell gave an emotional speech at the end of the charity event Cycle Against Suicide last Sunday.

Louth Local Authorities are investing in the region of 77,000 euros to help bring tourists to Louth as part of The Gathering, through direct grants as well as logistical and promotional support to organisations hosting events.

The newly announced Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin has said "the deliberate decision to deprive an innocent human being of life is always morally wrong". In his address accepting his appointment by Pope Francis, Fr Denis Nulty reiterated the Catholic Bishops' preliminary response to the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill.

The Dublin-based golf club recorded a loss of a 137,027 in the 12 months to the end of April last year, according to accounts just filed with the Companies Office.

Two women, one believed to be in her 50s and the other thought to be in her 70s, were killed in a car crash in Carlow yesterday.

IT'S finally summer and the country comes alive this bank holiday weekend with arts festivals, food fairs, rallies, runs and over 130 Gatherings.

This week sees the the Tall Ships arrive into Drogheda Port on Friday, May 3rd accompanied by a flotilla of local craft of various sizes, as part of the Drogheda Fringe & Maritime Festival.

Firstly he was over the moon at the opening of eBay's shiny hi-tech European operations centre, but then a couple of hours later, he was sick as a parrot over being greeted by a 'guard of dishonour' in the shape of 150 protesting students outside the Dundalk Institute of Technology.

AN award-winning opera singer who was left severely disabled after a failure to properly diagnose the cause of her headaches will receive a 310,000 towards her care needs over the next year.

THE parents of a Lotto winner found dead in the Canaries had returned to Ireland just days before their son's death after holidaying with him.

Two public meetings about the dangers of exposure to radon gas were held in Dundalk and Carlingford this week.