Conor Macguill News Today

An appeal against a decision to refuse permission for 39 apartments in Dundalk has been rejected by An Bord Pleanála.

TWO Dublin men have been accused of attempting to extort €1.5 million from a Co Louth businessman who had a pipe bomb and live ammunition left outside his home.

A motorist who reversed into a fuel pump causing it more than €9,000 damage has had a resultant summons adjourned for a probation report.

A motorist who reversed into a fuel pump causing it more than €9,000 damage has had a resultant summons adjourned for a probation report.

Glenn Douch (35) was arrested at his home in the town on Sunday.

Keith Hughes (32), Oakland Park, Cox’s Demesne, Dundalk, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment after the court heard about break-ins he carried out.

A woman has told the district court how a man encouraged another female to kill her as she lay on the ground and that he kicked her on the head during an incident more than two years ago.

The defendant pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.

This evening local Fine Gael Senator John McGahon has been acquitted by a jury of seriously assaulting a man outside a local bar and nightclub almost four years...