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Cold case squad examines pensioner's horrific murder
THE Garda Cold Case team are considering reopening the horrific 1991 New Year murder of Pearse Park pensioner John Kennedy.
Over €660,000 in funding to improve accident blackspots
OVER €660,000 in NRA funding is on its way to improve two accident blackspots at the Boyne Valley Hotel and Beaulieu junction.
Former soldier jailed for hammer attack
A 52 YEAR old former member of the Irish army was sentenced to three years for a ' terrifying' hammer attack on a couple in their Drogheda home.
Public sector exodus
HUNDREDS of experienced teachers, nurses, health care workers and local authority staff are set to retire at the end of the month in order to meet government deadlines which will allow them to retain pensions on 2009 salary figures.
Neighbours hugely shocked by the death of 'quiet and inoffensive' John
JOHN KENNEDY was described by neighbours as a 'quiet and inoffensive' man. His death caused huge grief and shock in and around the Pearse Park area.
Detectives explore murder of father in 2003
GARDA Cold Case detectives are working on aspects of the murder of Lee Conkey near Togher in 2003 to see if a new investigation can take place into the 32-year-old's death.
Marcella took to life in a new city with great ease
THE DEATH occurred recently of Mrs. Marcella Owens, Glendale, Lifford Gards, Ballinacurra, Limerick and formerly of Railway Terrace, Drogheda in the care of the Milford Nursing Home, Limerick.
Landmark site for €700,000
A LANDMARK site on the Dublin Road has been offered to the market with a pricetag of €700,000.
Sleepout raises staggering €42k for Homeless Aid
LOCAL CHARITY Drogheda Homeless Aid's annual sponsored sleepout, which took place outside St. Peter's Church on West St. in December, raised a staggering €42,000.
Number of county council 'cow plots' to be put up for sale
COW Plots, or small parcels of land owned by a Local Authority and traditionally rented to local farmers for grazing use in many cases, have been identified in a county-wide report carried out by Martin Rogers on behalf of Meath County Council.
Inside News
- Oral exam set for Junior Cert French
- Sentences extended for 'vicious' assault pair
- Classes for children
- Council urged to end Cockle Road 'rat run'
- Fr. Sean heading for pastures new
- WILLIE MAKES A COMEBACK AT 79!
- Open mic night in Cellar Bar
- New limits come into effect today
- Councillor fighting to keep the District Court Office in Drogheda
- BOMB SCARE DRAMA NEAR SCHOOL
- Boyne 10k promising to be even bigger and better
- Nash says he wants to secure future of Cottage
- Assault accused found not guilty
- Club seeking mums and other women to play on football team
- Knowledge and experience to be lost from schools
- Gardai investigate almost 20 burglaries in one week
- Residents shocked by events
- IRA membership trial collapses
- Scrap the tax, says Hatrick
- White (38) had epiphany in prison exercise yard
- Took part in seven robberies in three months to feed habit
- Jape are coming to town
- Hundreds of health staff are to retire
- Riverbank estate closer to be taken charge by the council
- Killer jailed over six-week, drug-fuelled crime spree
