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A heartfelt plea by a small independent retailer in Drogheda has captured the attention of the community, but she’s hoping it’s not too late.

Smashed windows, petrol bombs, threatening phone calls; the drug feud in Drogheda may have dropped out of the national headlines, but for terrified families right across the town, the intimidation associated with drug debts is worse than ever.

"You have breast cancer”.

Members of the Rathmullen community have been taking part in searches for missing teen Josh Markey (18), as gardai have renewed their appeal with fresh information about his disappearance.

The writer and author Maya Angelou once said “try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud”; words which could have been penned to describe Barbara Carr.

Peter Whelan , the Aontú representative in Meath East, has issued a plea to parents and children thinking of buying fireworks this Halloween to please think of older people and animals who are frightened by loud noises. “This time of year you will see kids gathering up pallets and tyres etc for bonfires for Halloween, bit this is also the time that fireworks start going off all over the country.” he says. “These fireworks can cause terrible fear in the elderly and also for dogs, so I ...

The family of a young boy who was knocked down in his own front garden by a teen riding a scrambler are calling for urgent action on curbing their usage.

A glorious golden sun is shining down on the Railway Park in Ardee, as a tree is being planted for those who have lost their lives to suicide.

Ask most Irish people what they know about polio, and their knowledge might not extend much beyond the vaccination we all got when we were young.

Just two years after 100 new jobs were created in Drogheda, BD (Becton Dickinson) has announced 60 of those positions will now be shed over the next 15 months.