The Argus

Teachers at St Mochta’s NS in Louth Village are using every inch of available space for classrooms, even cupboards, as they await a much-needed extension for the school.

‘Our teachers are working out of cupboards’ – Funding snub leaves overcrowded Louth school at breaking point ↗

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The Louth communities of Blackrock and Castlebellingham are in shock after father-of-six David McBride lost his life in a crash between a car and a lorry near Shercock, Cavan on Monday, February 2.

Louth father-of-six killed in Cavan crash named locally ↗

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The first ever Relay For Life in Ireland was held in Dundalk in 2009 and now the world’s biggest cancer fundraising initiative is returning to the Louth town this year.

Relay for Life returning to Dundalk to raise funds for Irish Cancer Society ↗

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A number of local swimmers who think nothing of entering the icy waves around the Irish coast, either for fun or for charity, have been nominated for the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Awards.

Louth swimmers shortlisted for the ‘Oscars’ of open water swimming ↗

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Heartfelt tributes have flowed following the death of Dundalk musician Siobhán Kennedy on Saturday January 31 in Wremen, Germany, who is remembered as “one in a million - a gifted musician, singer and dancer and a really lovely person, ” who touched the hearts of all those who knew her.

Tributes paid to “one in a million” Dundalk musician Siobhán Kennedy ↗

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Drogheda and Dundalk look odds-on to have local authority status restored in the next few years.

Drogheda and Dundalk set to regain borough councils under new local government reforms ↗

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A father of five caught with €25,000 drugs, less than a year after a €47,000 drugs seizure in a coal shed, has been jailed for four years.

Louth man jailed for four years after drugs found in neighbour’s coal shed ↗

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Dundalk Grammar School is in expansion mode as it has been given the green light to build a new extension.

Dundalk Grammar School given go-ahead for extension ↗

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