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Questions have been raised about whether a €9m residential drug rehabilitation centre linked to the Church of Scientology will ever open its doors, following major opposition from the local community. The controversial drug facility at Ballivor, Co Meath, remains unopened, almost four years after winning a legal battle with residents. The Ballivor rehabilitation centre is intended to be the first...

Councillor Shane McGuinness is calling for a masterplan for community and sporting sites around south Dundalk, and believes Louth County Council should extend the boundary of the town from its current location at Greengates. Councillor McGuinness was speaking to the Dundalk Democrat following the Dundalk Municipal District October meeting and said that while he thinks the “sports centre in Muirhev...

Longford is the only county to avoid a traffic fatality so far this year as road deaths have risen above last year’s levels. Road-safety campaign group Parc has revealed that fatalities involving motorcyclists and pedal cyclists have spiralled to the highest level in almost two decades. By Sunday, October 26, a total of 139 people had died on the roads so far this year; two more than for the same...

The gardai have completed the preliminary business case for a new station at Laytown. It has been carried out in line with the requirements of infrastructure guidelines and will now be subject to approval by the Dept of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. The progress report on the badly needed new station was given by the Minister for the Office of Public Works, Boxer Moran in reply to a parliam...

A majority of tourism businesses have reported either a decline in revenue or no increase in turnover this summer, according to a new survey by Fáilte Ireland. The latest “Tourism Barometer” survey by the national tourism development authority found 43% of all tourism businesses had reported a fall in income this summer compared to the same period in 2024, with a further 20% reporting no change in...

US President Donald Trump said that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza was not at risk after local authorities reported that at least 50 people had been killed in Israeli strikes, as Israel and Hamas traded accusations of blame for the violence. Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza yesterday after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating the ceasefire, the latest violence in the three-we...

More than 55,000 people have formally registered their objection to being considered as organ donors when they die, new figures reveal. Since the middle of June, new legislation means that when a person dies it can be assumed they wish to donate their organs to be offered for transplant to another patient, but they are entitled to indicate their objections. The HSE set up an “opt-out” register for...

There are concerns about growing hostility towards asylum seekers here. The increase in the number of migrants arriving in Ireland has generated public tension, according to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. It also noted reactions from politicians to certain events can escalate tensions further. Teresa Buczkowska from the Immigrant Council of Ireland says a lot of the anger...

Louth Disability Cycling Club brought their pedal power to Leinster House last week with a special presentation to Oireachtas members and a debate at the Disability Matters committee. Members of the group, which is chaired by Gary Shields, attended the Disability Matters committee, along with Variety – The Children’s Charity’s head of operations, Kevin O’Brien. The committee heard Mr O’Brien outli...

Recently on the programme we spoke to a young Trim mother, named Sarah, who suffered catastrophic injuries during what was meant to be a routine medical procedure for endometriosis last October has been left with life-changing injuries. Sarah Costello told us about how she is now in constant pain, struggles to walk, has nerve damage to her hand, PTSD and ongoing breathing problems. Sarah's injurie...

A Louth councillor said he was “dismayed” at the Revenue response to his calls for more investigation of the “shadow economy.” Cllr. Ciaran Fisher had called for questions to be asked on shops which, he said, appeared to be making profits despite little footfall. Speaking at the October meeting of Louth County Council, Cllr. Ciaran Fisher acknowledged the response from the Revenue Commissioners sa...

Several senior politicians have said a response is needed to the 213,738 spoiled votes in the presidential election. It represents 13 per cent of all votes cast on Friday, and a more than tenfold increase on the number of spoiled votes in the last presidential election, when there were 18,438 invalid ballots. The turnout was 46 per cent, up on the 2018 presidential election, which had a turnout of...

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