The Agenda

The “extraordinary” lack of bus services from Louth to Meath has been slammed in the Dáil.  Louth Fine Gael TD Paula Butterly raised the issue during a recent debate on bus services. Deputy Butterly said: “When I want to take a bus or train from Belfast to Dublin, Dundalk or Drogheda, the routes have improved. By rail or bus, they are absolutely excellent and even on the hour”. Hosted on Acas...

St Vincent De Paul is asking the Government to use 2026 to tackle the scourge of child homelessness. Latest figures from the Department of Housing found over 5 thousand children were living in emergency accommodation in December. That's a 15 per cent rise on the previous 12 months. Louise Bayliss, Head of Social Justice and Policy at St. Vincent De Paul, says families with teenagers find this time...

UPdate on Carrol village in dundalk  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mother left pullng her out at lack of special school places  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vote in Dail or emergency winter allowance  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FIE warns stratgeic gas bill undermines energry security and climate laws  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Water issues still in the dundalk areas , Anti social behaviour in Dundalk  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Minister of Foreign affairs Helen Mc Entee has said she does not see a situation where the Govt will join the board of peace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Work is expected to start on Ballymakenny Village - a new retail centre on the Ballymakenny road in Drogheda in the next few months. With thousands of new residents moving into the Northern Cross route area there are currently no shops or amenities in the locality apart from the M1 Retail Centre. Most people either have to walk a good distance or drive to Yellowbatter, Hardman's Gardens or Kierans...

Louth TD Joanna Byrne has called for urgent reform of Ireland’s emergency mental health services, warning that the current system is failing people in crisis and placing lives at risk. Speaking ahead of a Sinn Féin motion on emergency mental health care, Deputy Byrne said tens of thousands of people present to emergency departments each year while experiencing severe mental distress or suicidal id...

A councillor has raised concerns about the growing number of potholes around the M1 Retail Park with the daily surge of traffic in the area. Councillor Eric Donovan has raised the issue with the company that owns the retail park and is hoping something can be done about it. He said: "The M1 Retail Park is getting a bit out of hand recently with the defects on the road between the two roundabouts....

Children as young as seven years of age are being used as drug mules in Drogheda. The shock revelation was made by Fine Gael TD Paula Butterly who was informed of the problem by a number of teachers in the locality. She said: "Following on from engagement with a number of schools in Drogheda, I have growing concerns that increasingly children as young as seven are being used as drug mules and as y...

This morning on The Agenda this morning we spoke to local resident and business owner in Ardee, Marcelle, who opened up to LMFM about how Storm Chandra has left her home and business premises badly damaged. Marcella described the devastating damage that has been done by Storm Chandra. Marcella, who was very frustrated and angry with the situation, called out local politicians live on air and asked...

A man whose wife died in the Omagh bombing has described a new board game about the Troubles as a “slap in the face to any decent person”.  In 1998, the Real IRA detonated a bomb in the County Tyrone town, killing 29 people and injuring a further 220.  Among the dead was Philomena Skelton, who was a 39 year old mother of four children.  On the day of the bomb, she and her family had...

Louth Fianna Fáil TD, Deputy Erin McGreehan, is one of the TDs in a group of Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators who are calling for regulation to ban the use of scramblers on public roads and green spaces. The group of TDs and Senators released a joint statement today saying that they met Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, following the tragic incident in Finglas on Sunda...

Dozens of homes and businesses across the country were damaged in significant flooding that also caused serious disruption to road, rail and air travel following a deluge of rain during Storm Chandra on Tuesday. Met Éireann forecasters warned the worst is not over and said flood risks will “persist for the rest of the week”, due to continued rainfall and slow drainage. However, Wednesday is due to...

Local Councillors Raise Concern  Over Proposed Night-Time Closure of Kells Garda Station It has come to the attention of Cllr Sarah Reilly (Fine Gael) and Cllr Sean Drew (Fianna Fáil) that there are plans to close Kells Garda Station during night-time hours. The councillors have also learned that as part of a nationwide restructuring model there is no longer a Garda Superintendent stationed i...

age Advocacy has issued an invite to survivors of institutional abuse in Meath – to engage with its information and advocacy support services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A campaign is calling for official recognition, protection, and funding for Brigid’s Way, a long-established pilgrimage route from Faughart, Co. Louth, to Kildare, ahead of Brigid's Day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  Meath Partnership have launched the Meath Community Preparedness Alliance, a new, voluntary, and confidential community safety initiative. It aims to protect the county's most vulnerable residents—such as older people, those living alone, or individuals with health/mobility issues—during emergencies like storms, power outages, and flooding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

independent MEP for Ireland South Michael McNamara admitted dodgy boxes are a “huge problem” but said the TV industry was partly to blame for the huge number of users.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The most recent figures, which were released to Sinn Féin spokesperson on Mental Health, Sorca Clarke TD, show that last November the Dublin-Northeast HSE area had the third highest overall waiting list, with 190 children waiting for more than a year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are joined on the line now by investigative journalist & special correspondent with the Irish Examiner, Mick Clifford, who wrote a piece over the weekend titled: “Why the Enoch Burke saga is bigger than one teacher or one school”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has said the confirmation of a case of the bluetongue virus in Co Wexford is "deeply worrying". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taking a new scheme in Kells as an example, Sinn Féin TD for Meath East, Darren O'Rourke, said the so-called "affordable" housing schemes being promoted by this Government are nothing short of a disgrace - failing on every measure that matters to working people in Meath and across the state. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.