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This year, the 60th (official) Drogheda St Patrick’s Day parade will make its way through the town centre streets, attracting well over 30,000 spectators.

A host of parades and festivities take place this week-end around the county as people celebrate the National holiday.

The suspect was arrested following a search of his home in Drogheda

Last week Judge Eirinn McKiernan highlighted during a sitting in Dundalk how no new extra sittings were currently available to allocate hearing dates for contested cases

Fire fighters attended the scene for over three hours

For Dearbhail McDonald, "The Last Nuns in Ireland" is both a personal and public attempt to make some kind of peace with a complicated spiritual and cultural legacy. 

The town's largest hotel is to become a centre for international protection applicants

Tributes have been paid locally to the journalist Charlie Bird, who lost his brave battle with Motor Neurone Disease on Monday at the age of 74.

Roderic O'Gorman has ruled out 'dual-use' of the hotel

Think of community involvement and volunteers in Drogheda, and a certain few people who have made massive contributions spring to mind.