The London Free Press

“Many hearts are broken and shattered,” mourners at the funeral of Louth father-of-six David McBride heard on Friday.

‘Many hearts broken and shattered’ after tragic death of Louth father-of-six in crash ↗

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Farmland prices In Louth are now among the highest in the country alongside Meath and Dublin, according to the Irish Farmers Journal Land Price Report 2025.

Farmland prices in Louth amongst the highest in the country ↗

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DERRY CITY v SLIGO ROVERS

League of Ireland previews: Team news, talking points and verdicts ahead of the big kick-off ↗

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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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