Recent Press Releases
Louth County Council has successfully prosecuted a further offender under environmental protection legislation.
At Drogheda District Court on January 12, Mr Martin Joyce, Primatestown, Ashbourne, Co Meath pleaded guilty to two charges under the Waste Management Acts 1996, relating to offences in May 2011. On two separate occasions, Mr Joyce was stopped by members of An Garda Síochána and found with end-of-life (“scrapped”) vehicles on board a vehicle transporter.
Cllr Kevin Callan, Mayor of Drogheda, has welcomed the announcement by Coca-Cola that they are creating an additional 100 jobs at their operation in the town.
The jobs boost comes at the company's Global Business Shared Services unit.
Drogheda has been honoured in Slovenia with a silver award in a European competition established in 1975 to promote quality of life in urban and village communities.
Cllr Kevin Callan, Mayor of Drogheda, has hailed the town’s achievement in securing a gold medal in TidyTowns 2011 having improved further on its strong 2010 score.
Environmental personnel from Louth Local Authorities will return tomorrow (Thurs, Sept 1) to resume an evidence-gathering operation at a 140-acre site in the county where materials recovered today (Wed) indicate the lands may have been used for illegal and environmentally harmful activity.
Drogheda Borough Council has secured funding of €307,000 from the Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport that will allow the local authority improve accessibility for people with disabilities and energy efficiency at the Aura Drogheda Leisure Centre owned by and operated for the Council at Marley’s Lane.
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