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Clann Mór, a dedicated provider of community-based residential and respite services for adults with intellectual disabilities, has written to all eight Meath TDs seeking urgent meetings ahead of the Government’s Budget 2026 process. This outreach is part of a coordinated effort with the National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers (NFVSP) to highlight the critical funding and policy needs ou...

It is easier to trace meat in Ireland than it is to trace a missing child - this is the view of the former CEO of the children's charity Barnardos CEO Fergus Finlay.  As Gardaí continue their search for a missing child in Donabate, questions are being asked about why it took so long for authorities to be alerted.  The family were known to Tusla but it is understood the child has not been...

Nominations for president officially open today and columnist at The Journal, Larry Donelly has a piece today in The Journal titled: “ We are finally in the throes of the race for the Áras. Buckle up!!”  In his piece, Larry wrote:   “At long last, after months of speculation, it seems that we have a decent, if not fully complete, idea of who will comprise the field to succeed Michae...

Meath County Council will hold a special meeting to consider the nomination of candidates for the upcoming presidential election. The meeting is set to be held on Monday, September 22. 2025, at 9.30am will be conducted in a hybrid format and is dependent on the issuing of a Presidential Election Order. At the Meath County Council meeting on Monday, members were briefed on the procedures of nominat...

Conor McGregor yesterday posted a video on social media outside Government Buildings calling for people to contact their councillors to ask them to support his presidential bid. To get onto the ballot, Mr McGregor must be either nominated by four local authorities or secure the backing of 20 members of the Oireachtas. During the video, Conor McGregor quoted the Irish Proclamation of Independence a...

Concerns around a visible increase in “rough sleepers” in the Drogheda area were raised at the monthly meeting of the Borough District Council. Cllr. Paddy McQuillan told the meeting that he noticed “a lot more homeless people, who are sleeping in tents” and asked if Louth County Council were engaging with these people.” He said there were a number of locations where this was happening, and querie...

The Children’s Ombudsman is expressing shock that a child who was known to Tusla could have disappeared four years ago. The young boy is now feared dead. Niall Muldoon says he’s extremely concerned that the only response from the Government and Tusla so far to the case has been to refer it to the National Review Panel. A search is expected to continue today and into the weekend for the remains of...

A priest has made an emotional appeal for information as the search continues for a missing child who is feared dead. As we have been hearing this week, Gardaí are investigating the disappearance and whereabouts of the boy, who would be seven years old if still alive  The child last lived in an apartment in Donabate, Dublin. A search of open ground began in Donabate this week after concerns f...

SIPTU is seeking clarity from the Football Association of Ireland over plans to cut up to a third of its workforce. Its members are meeting today to discuss the issue, and the union is criticising the FAI for failing to engage with staff representatives. It's also warning there could be industrial action. Adrain Kane, SIPTU's divisional organiser says everyone affected remains in the dark, and Adr...

Ireland is at a “tipping point” on how it responds to issues around citizenship and national identity, the Taoiseach has warned. Micheál Martin’s comments come after Dublin City Council said it wanted to meet gardai over concerns about the erection of Irish tricolour flags in public spaces across the city, following concerns raised by some residents. The flags have been erected by various groups a...

Bins are going unemptied, soap is not being refilled, and toilet rolls and hand towels are not being restocked at a national school in Meath, as the national strike by school caretakers and secretaries continues. In a letter to parents, O’Growney National School in Athboy said children must now bring their own soap, paper towels, toilet rolls, and a plastic bag to take used towels home each day. F...

A motion by an Independent councillor to remove Coca-Cola products from Meath County Council premises was rejected at the council’s September meeting. Navan councillor Alan Lawes proposed that the council boycott the soft drinks company “because of the genocide in Palestine.” He called for the suspension of standing orders so the motion could be debated as an emergency item. Suspending standing or...

We're being warned weight-loss medications being sold online simply don't work. It has emerged that 400 thousand illegal medicines have been seized in just the first 6 months of this year. While meds like steroids, sedatives and drugs for erectile dysfunction top the list of seizures, large numbers of ozempic-like patches and ampules are being caught. Obesity lead with the HSE Dr. Donal O'Shea say...

The Irish Hairdressers Federation has launched its pre-budget campaign calling for the urgent reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate…. warning that spiralling costs are driving hair, beauty and barber businesses to the wall. The Federation said that the government has failed to grapple with soaring business costs. These include energy, insurance, labour, and materials, leaving small salon-based business...

Meath East Sinn Fein TD Darren O’Rourke TD has today written to the Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth requesting an urgent meeting to question Ministers on the ongoing strike by school secretaries and caretakers. The Sinn Féin spokesperson on Education stated that the impact of the strike, now almost one week old, is severely disrupting the smooth running of schools across t...

Meath County Council is being urged to play a leading role in a campaign aimed at helping victims of sexual harassment and assault in public places to seek help.   The " Ask for Angela" campaign is a proven initiative and a codeword for help designed to help victims of sexual harassment and assault safely seek assistance in public venues. Aontú Cllr Emer Tóibín spoke to us this morning on The...

ICSA president Sean McNamara has said yesterday's decision by the European Commission to push ahead with the Mercosur trade deal is a direct betrayal of Irish farmers, EU climate commitments, and democratic accountability. “The Commission can dress this up any way they like, but make no mistake - Irish and European beef farmers are being sacrificed so that German carmakers and other industrial sec...

Uisce Éireann is encouraging customers to sign up for its free text alert service as it ramps up investment in Ireland’s water infrastructure to unprecedented levels.  Planned capital investment of over €10 billion over the next five years in areas such as leakage reductions, repairs to bursts and outages, and treatment plant upgrades will see hundreds of live projects underway in every corne...

The Presidential election is likely to take place at the end of October, with the necessary legislation to put the vote into motion set to be signed this week. It’s understood there’s a memo going to cabinet tomorrow on the matter and indicates that Friday 24 October as the date of the election. Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne will also sign the presidential order...

Teenagers who are involved in sports and other extracurricular activities are much less likely to use cocaine or ecstasy, a major new Irish study has found. The findings show teenagers were about 50pc more likely to use cocaine and 54pc more likely to use ecstasy if they weren’t regularly involved in sport. Research into the lifestyles of more than 5,000 Irish adolescents, aged 15 and 16, found 3....

Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has called for “a get-tough approach” to those who are caught doing excessive speeds on rural roads, as garda speed vans collect over €32 million euros nationally in 30 months. The MEP has called for a “greater concentration” of speed vans at accident black spots and on rural roads where speeding is “dramatically impacting on road safety”. A total of €1.6 milli...

Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam has met the assistant Garda Commissioner for the Dublin region following the use of the national flag by anti-immigration campaigners in the city. Tricolours have been erected without permission on lamp-posts and other public infrastructure in several areas of the city. Residents in some areas have written to the council asking them to remove the unauthorised flags...

Students and children using Leap cards on trains out of Drogheda will see a dramatic reduction in their fares after an anomaly in new fare structures was finally addressed, according to Louth Labour TD, Ged Nash.   The Louth Labour TD said: “The worst affected cohort of commuters were students and children using leap cards on rail travel to and from Drogheda who, in some cases, saw more than...