Drogheda

Kyran Durnin: Where does the death of suspect Anthony Maguire leave the investigation?

Death of one suspect will not end investigation but greatly complicates murder inquiry that already posed huge challenges for gardaí

Wed Dec 18 2024 - 19:00

Kyran Durnin murder: Gardaí expect further arrests for range of crimes in case

Anthony Maguire (36), arrested last week in the case, was found dead on Tuesday

Wed Dec 18 2024 - 17:35

Kyran Durnin case: Man with history of violence now suspect in murder investigation

Gardaí conclude search at Drogheda house as second of two suspects is released without charge

Sat Dec 14 2024 - 06:00

Kyran Durnin case: Man held for questioning released without charge, as search of property concludes

Gardaí say details of search are not being released ‘for operational purposes’

Fri Dec 13 2024 - 12:12

Kyran Durnin investigation: Search to resume at Drogheda house after man arrested

Gardaí questioning man in connection with suspected murder of boy who went missing two years ago

Fri Dec 13 2024 - 01:00

Drogheda data centre would compromise ability to comply with carbon limits, An Taisce warns

Company seeks planning permission for three-storey facility

Tue Dec 10 2024 - 17:08

Irish Cities in Crisis: A ‘call to arms’ on the challenges of housing a rapidly growing population

A wide-ranging compilation of essays by the Irish Cities 2070 think tank, which is backed by the Irish Academy of Engineering and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland

Sat Nov 30 2024 - 06:32

Punctuality of trains at Connolly continues to decline

Irish Rail received more than 1,000 written complaints after new timetable was introduced

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 16:34

‘We are family away from family’: The players putting Amsterdam on the hurling map

The European hurling champions went to Drogheda on Saturday in search of a little bit of history and, in doing so, helped show the essence of what a GAA occasion should represent

Mon Nov 11 2024 - 06:00

Kyran Durnin case: No further searches planned as investigators ‘consolidate’ leads

Tusla report on its involvement with Kyran and the Durnin family raises issues of concern, says Minister

Tue Nov 05 2024 - 06:00

Kyran Durnin case: How can a child go missing for two years?

Locals in Dundalk express bafflement and shock at disappearance of boy in 2022, when he was aged six

Sat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00

Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí receive ‘huge volume’ of information from public on missing boy

Detectives no closer to making arrests amid claims the State’s child protection system had ‘failed’ Co Louth boy

Fri Oct 25 2024 - 06:00

Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí finish dig in Dundalk back garden without finding fresh evidence

Forensic examination of Emer Terrace house and wasteland outside complete, with focus likely to shift to Drogheda

Thu Oct 24 2024 - 15:30

Family member reported Kyran Durnin missing 24 hours after Tusla alert

Family member claimed mother and son were noticed missing on same day Tusla indicated it was notifying Garda of concerns

Thu Oct 24 2024 - 06:00

Gardaí to search former home of Kyran Durnin (8) in Dundalk, Co Louth as investigation ramps up

Gardaí took possession of former home of Durnin family after securing District Court order

Tue Oct 22 2024 - 12:46

Roderic O’Gorman asks Tusla to send files on Kyran Durnin to National Review Panel

Minister says there will be ‘consequences’ for any State body found wanting in case of boy (8) who gardaí believe was killed two years ago

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 13:19

Missing Drogheda boy Kyran Durnin was taken out of his school two years ago

Officials assumed the eight-year-old boy had moved to a school in the North

Thu Oct 17 2024 - 20:36

Kyran Durnin: Why case of missing child is now a murder investigation

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Thu Oct 17 2024 - 06:15

Silverbacks: Easy Being a Winner – Deeper, better songs as band benefit from taking their foot off the pedal

The Irish band have returned with deeper, better songs on their third album in four years

Thu Oct 17 2024 - 05:00

Gardaí suspect boy (8) may have been killed up to two years before he was reported missing

Murder investigation opened after gardaí fail to find any indication that Kyran Durnin is still alive

Wed Oct 16 2024 - 17:55

Drogheda’s Southgate Shopping Centre sells for heavily discounted €22.5m

Major mixed-use scheme is sold in two lots for a fraction of the €120m spent on its development in the early 2000s

Wed Sept 25 2024 - 05:40

Three- and four-bed houses on old mill site in Drogheda from €355,000

Castlethorn’s development brings 43 homes designed by O’Mahony Pike to the market in Louth town

Tue Sept 24 2024 - 05:45

Culture Night 2024: Wondering where to begin? These 20 events around Ireland caught our eye

From Seamus Heaney to hipster Dublin, and salon jazz to retro synthesisers, thousands of events will be going on across Ireland on Friday, September 20th

Tue Sept 17 2024 - 05:15

Man accused of disposing of Keane Mulready-Woods’ body parts to face non-jury trial

Stephen Carberry (46) also accused of setting fire to car and acting to impede investigation into teenager’s murder

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 13:23

Community ‘heartbroken and bereft’ after sudden end to Zara Murphy’s bright life, funeral Mass hears

Drogheda teenager collapsed during Louth School Girls League match last week

Tue Jul 16 2024 - 13:57

Three arrested after fans invade pitch following Louth derby in Oriel Park

Dundalk’s 4-2 win over Drogheda United was followed by a pitch invasion during which fights broke out

Sat Jul 13 2024 - 14:23

Woman (50s) receiving treatment for serious injuries following collision between car and lorry in Co Louth

Incident happened at Ballymascanlon at lunchtime on Tuesday

Tue Jul 09 2024 - 21:50

BD factory in Drogheda to close with loss of 200 jobs

Long-standing medical technology company says it took decision following a review of its manufacturing supply chain

Wed Jul 03 2024 - 12:50

TD condemns racial abuse of election candidates

Fergus O’Dowd highlights case of party colleague whose posters he claims were defaced by the Irish Freedom Party

Thu May 23 2024 - 19:50

How long might commuters be waiting for the Dart to Drogheda?

Eamon Ryan defends timeline saying it takes ‘time to build public transport infrastructure in this country, it does take time’

Thu May 23 2024 - 06:00

Plan to extend Dart services to Drogheda within three years

Dart+ Coastal North will see electrified line connect commuter stations such as Donabate, Balbriggan and Skerries

Tue May 21 2024 - 06:00

Garda arrested in connection with fatal St Patrick’s Day hit-and-run in Co Louth

Former hurler Niall McEneaney found unresponsive on Rathmullen Road following incident in Drogheda

Wed Apr 10 2024 - 19:21

Garda suspended as part of fatal hit-and-run inquiry in Drogheda

A car registered to the off-duty garda was involved in a fatal collision with a pedestrian in Co Louth on Sunday

Sun Mar 17 2024 - 14:42

Steel plant gets permission to expand despite local opposition

Dominican Contemplative Nuns among those objecting to the plans

Fri Mar 01 2024 - 18:28