Shortly after 11:00 pm on Monday, gardaí in Drogheda stopped a van in Ardee, recovering cocaine valued at over €200,000.

Rowan O'Neill is staging the gig to give back to the Irish Cancer Society and all in the oncology unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, in Drogheda

Shine worked as a senior registrar at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda from 1964 to 1995.

Stephen Carberry (47) of Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4 and Glen Bride (31) of Mount Olive Park, Kilbarrick, Dublin 5 appeared briefly before the three-judge, non-jury court this morning

They were arrested after the drugs were found during a raid of two homes and a business in North Dublin and Drogheda in Louth on Wednesday.

Two males, aged 30s and 40s, were arrested pursuant to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, on suspicion of facilitating and enhancing drug trafficking for a criminal organisation

Kyran, who would be eight years old if still alive, was reported missing in August and a murder investigation was launched in October.

An Garda Síochána have been unable to locate Kyran, who would now be eight years old.

Two men, aged in their 20s, were arrested and are being held at stations in the Garda North Western Region. 

He has since been transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and his condition is described as critical.

Kyran, who will be eight years old if he is still alive, has not been seen since May 2022 when he was six

Foul play is not suspected in the death of Anthony Maguire, whose body was discovered at his Drogheda home on Tuesday.

The Irish schoolboy was potentially missing for two years before authorities were alerted earlier this year.

The man is being detained at a garda station in the east of the country.

Officers suspect the boy, who was reported missing in August, might have died in 2022 when he was six.

The conservation and heritage charity called on Louth County Council to refuse planning permission for the data centre project

The collision occurred between Julianstown and Duleek, 2km south of Drogheda.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher, the State's special rapporteur on child protection, said the case was deeply concerning

Gardaí took possession of the property on Monday after being granted a District Court order.

The eight-year-old was reported missing from his home in Drogheda, Co Louth, on August 30th and is presumed dead.

The 8-year-old from Drogheda, Co Louth was reported missing from his home in August, but gardaí believe he has been missing for more than two years.

Kyran Durnin was reported missing from his home in Drogheda, Co Louth on August 30th, 2024.

David Cullinane also said a public inquiry, requested by victims of Shine, should ‘absolutely’ be set up.

The body of a man aged in his 30s was found on Wednesday night.

Zara Murphy, 13, died after becoming ill during a football match in Drogheda, Co Louth, last week.

Zara Murphy (13) was pronounced dead at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda on Thursday evening after falling ill during a soccer match in Termonfeckin

A teenage girl has died in Louth after taking ill during a soccer game

Two men have been arrested and charged as part of the investigation into the murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods

The sanction follows a finding that the radiographer, Ugochukwu Owoh, was guilty of professional misconduct and poor professional performance over three separate incidents

Baby Sofia Wlodarczyk was pronounced dead less than 24 hours after her birth

A male pedestrian aged in his 40s was killed in the incident in Drogheda during the early hours of Sunday

Local councillors in the Co Louth town will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss Government plans to convert the 113-bed D Hotel.

Bus transfers are operating between the impacted stations

The seizure was made at a house in Drogheda on Tuesday

The case involved a mother and daughter who claimed up to €150,000 damages between them against Tesco for defamation of character

A fitness-to-practice inquiry of CORU – the regulatory body of health and social care professionals – heard the radiographer, Ugochukwu Owoh, made admissions to a series of allegations about his conduct at the hospital last year.

Mr O'Dowd represents the Louth and East-Meath constituency