The Agenda

Hundreds of people have come together in memory of Mark, Louise and Evan O'Connor, who were found dead at their home in Co Louth earlier this week. Fr Gerry Campbell led the prayers at a candlelit vigil at the Stonetown Community Walking Track last night. 54-year-old Mark, 56-year-old Louise, and their 27-year-old son Evan were found dead at the O'Connor family home in the Drumgowna area on Monday...

ADHD Ireland say they are proud to announce a wide range of events and initiatives taking place throughout October as part of ADHD Awareness Month.  This year’s theme focuses on connection across life stages and aims to support children, parents/carers/guardians, adults and students living with ADHD. The month-long programme includes an extensive online conference, a national watch party, and...

Ministers across several departments have clashed with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) in recent meetings as fraught negotiations continue within Government over the tightest budget for years. With less than a week before it is announced, no senior Minister had last night agreed their financial allocation for next year as the department holds firm on spending demands, accord...

The US government has shut down for the first time in nearly seven years, after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree a deal to keep the federal government funded. A final round of voting in the US Senate on Tuesday failed to pass a proposal to keep the government funded beyond midnight. The shutdown will hit some public services and lead to hundreds of thousands of federal workers being furlo...

We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Independent Councillor in Navan, Alan Lawes, who took to social media over the past number of days to address the anti-social behaviour going on in Johnstown in Navan at the moment, particularly in the lead up to Halloween. Alan told us about how teens in the area have been using fireworks to harrass, abuse and intimidate locals. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Sport and Louth TD Joanna Byrne TD, has said that grassroots football and support for Irish Football cannot suffer because of government annoyance with the FAI.  Speaking after the FAI appeared before the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Teachta Byrne said: “The hearing was frustrating for all involved.  The FAI were invited to...

The Irish Refugee Council has expressed serious concern over the announcement by the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding a new incentive scheme designed to encourage voluntary returns for people with an outstanding application in the international protection process. This morning on The Agenda we spoke to CEO of the Irish Refugee Council, Nick Henderson, who said t...

Dundalk Chamber of Commerce recently attended the Chambers Ireland, Pre Budget Briefing for Oireachtas members ahead of Budget 2026. Speaking after the event, Dundalk Chamber CEO John McGahon said “We had the opportunity to engage with Louth Oireachtas members on our Budget Submission and our thanks to Deputies Ruairi O’Murchu, Ged Nash and Senator Alison Comyn for their attendance on the day.&nbs...

Shock…. grief…. horror… sadness… These are only some of the words to describe what the people of Louth and many of us all across the country are feeling today. With shockwaves being felt across County Louth and the rest of the country over the past 24 hours since the horrific news broke yesterday of the three family members who were found dead at their home in the Drumgowna area of Co Louth, LMFM...

The Government has confirmed a new tax on vape liquid will take effect on 1 November. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe announced today that the tax will be applied at a flat rate of 50c per millilitre of e-liquid. The measure was formally announced as part of Budget 2025, but was delayed in order to give those in the industry adequate time to prepare.  Founder of OB Vape in Drogheda, Eoin O’B...

We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Fianna Fail Councillor in Dundalk-South, Shane McGuinness, who says “it is such a tragedy that quite a new estate (Stamanaran) in Blackrock is living with the nightmare of losing a large chunk of their Green open space”. After being approached by a large number of residents in Stamanaran last year, Shane raised this at the time with the County Council p...

The first televised debate of the presidential campaign was shown on Virgin Media One on Monday night, hosted by Kieran Cuddihy and featuring the three candidates – Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys and Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin. The 60-minute programme began with opening statements from the three candidates. It was followed by questions on neutrality before moving on to...

Councillor Ejiro O’Hare Stratton has condemned a shocking incident of racial and verbal abuse directed at her in broad daylight on West Street, Drogheda, last Friday, 26th September. The confrontation took place at around 3pm. Councillor Stratton reported that she was followed and filmed by an individual who shouted racist slurs, telling her to “go back to your country,” and questioned her contrib...

Micheal Martin should apologise for his “offensive and insulting” comments on homelessness, Sinn Fein’s Eoin O Broin said. The Dublin Mid-West TD hit out at the Taoiseach’s suggestion that some people in emergency accommodation aren’t actually homeless. Deputy O Broin, Sinn Fein’s housing spokesperson, said: “In August, a total of 16,353 people including 5,145 children were in emergency accommodat...

Following the publishing of proposed guidelines by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) have expressed concerns that they could be facing redeployment or job uncertainty next year if the new proposed guidelines are implemented. The 2025/26 guidelines for the review of SNA allocations outline that there are plans to decrease the level of care identified...

Over a third of claims for the Carer’s Allowance are being rejected each year sparking renewed calls for the means test to be scrapped in the upcoming budget. The Government has said it will increase the income disregard for the carer’s allowance in each budget with a view to phasing it out before the end of its term in office in 2029. New figures provided to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín following a...

Louth Fianna Fáil TD Erin McGreehan has called for urgent reform of the school transport system, warning that families across the county are being left “stranded” by bus cancellations, restrictive rules and what she described as an “unfair lottery system.” Speaking in the Dáil last week, Deputy McGreehan said school transport problems have become an “annual event” for parents in Louth and nationwi...

There will be no border poll on a united Ireland by 2030, Taoiseach Micheál ­Martin has said. Earlier this year, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald renewed calls for a border poll to take place in this decade. The opposition party, which has joined others in backing Independent Catherine Connolly’s candidacy, believe a united Ireland will be an important part of the upcoming presidential election,...

The Irishwoman who alleged she was raped by the suspect in the Madeleine McCann case is assisting the pre-legislative hearing on legislation around the disclosure of counselling records in sexual assault trials. Hazel Behan is one of a panel of 14 people who will take part in a private session of the Oireachtas committee on justice, home affairs and migration on Tuesday for pre-legislative scrutin...

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