Laura Hogan

North East Correspondent

The hostel has increased its capacity by turning some single rooms into doubles

Manager says Drogheda hostel cannot take more residents

Drogheda Homeless Aid provides a 29-bed hostel for men in the Co Louth and Co Meath areas. Around 140 people come through the door each year.

Regional • 26 Jan 24

The Brigid 1500 festival will mark 1,500 years since her death and celebrate her life and legacy

Festival commemorating St Brigid to open in Co Louth

A festival to commemorate the life of St Brigid will begin in Co Louth later today. The Brigid 1500 festival will mark 1,500 years since her death and celebrate her life and legacy.

Leinster • 26 Jan 24

It is the second year of the 'Your Roots Are Showing' conference

'Your roots are showing' - folk music event in Dundalk

Showing their roots and hoping to branch out, folk music artists have been gathering in Dundalk, Co Louth, this week at a music industry conference.

Leinster • 21 Jan 24

DUP MLA Gordon Lyons speaking in the Northern Ireland Assembly chamber in a recall to nominate a speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Stormont Assembly suspended as DUP blocks speaker vote

A bid to elect a new speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly has failed and the session has been suspended.

Ulster • 17 Jan 24

The Assembly has been effectively collapsed for almost two years

NI Secretary outlined 'generous' package to parties

The Northern Ireland Secretary has said he outlined a "generous financial package" that would be "available from day one of a re-formed Executive" to party leaders during talks today.

Politics • 15 Jan 24

Management plans to reopen the mine in the second quarter of this year

Around 200 job cuts proposed to reopen Tara Mines

Workers at Tara Mines in Co Meath have been asked by the company to express their interest in a proposed voluntary severance scheme.

Leinster • 05 Jan 24

Dáire Gorman pictured with Jurgen Klopp in Anfield

Liverpool fan 'on a high' after meeting club stars

A young Liverpool football fan from County Monaghan is "still on a high" after meeting some of the club's biggest stars.

Ireland • 28 Dec 23

Siobhán McKenna of Tearmann said there is a need for more refuges all around Ireland

Domestic violence 'too huge a problem' for one dept

A national network of domestic violence refuges and support services has warned that a new agency set up to tackle the issue should not become a dumping ground for Government departments.

Ireland • 23 Dec 23

Eight lottery winners, including people from the US and Chile, along with their guests, were present in the chamber for the solstice, describing the experience as 'magical'

Watch: Newgrange onlookers observe 'magical' solstice

The passage at Newgrange was partially illuminated during the Winter Solstice as hundreds of people gathered at the Co Meath site to celebrate the event.

Leinster • 22 Dec 23

Pte Seán Rooney was killed while on duty in Lebanon last December

Pte Seán Rooney remembered at Oriel Park soccer match

The late Private Seán Rooney has been remembered by his family, friends and Defence Forces colleagues at a soccer match in Dundalk today.

Regional • 09 Dec 23