Louth receives third highest amount of State help for funeral or burial costs
Louth had the third highest number requiring help with funeral or burial costs across the country last year. New figures from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection show that 121...
View ArticleFr Edward Rocks RIP
The Funeral Mass will take place this afternoon of local Redemptorist priest Fr Edward Rocks CSsR. The popular local priest, who hailed from Park Street, passed away peacefully at the weekend in Our...
View ArticleDundalk IT student Patricia passes away suddenly in Offaly
The death has occurred suddenly of Dundalk IT student Patricia (Tricia) Hanlon at her home in Tobberleheen, Ballinagar, Tullamore, Co Offaly. Tricia died on Monday 12th August, She was a second year...
View ArticleFuneral of Kenneth Fagan to take place this afternoon
The Funeral Mass will take place later this afternoon of Kenneth Fagan, whose body was found last Tuesday night in the Lennon Melia area. The 23-year-old from Ashling Park had been missing since the...
View ArticleEamon Carroll funeral to take place on Friday
The Funeral Mass of Eamon Carroll will take place this Friday morning. The 33-year-old was killed in the early hours of Tuesday morning after being struck by a Garda patrol car on the main...
View ArticleFormer Dundalk and Drumcondra winger Willie Coleman passes away
The death has taken place of former Dundalk FC and Drumcondra star Willie Coleman. A lively winger with electric pace, he joined Drumcondra is the 1954-55 season, scoring twice on his League of Ireland...
View ArticleSharkey calls for postmortems to take place at weekends
Councillor Tomás Sharkey has called for postmortem examinations to be carried out in local hospitals at the weekends. At present no postmortems take place at weekends unless requested by the State...
View ArticleGardaí renew appeal for witnesses to Mulligan murder
Gardaí have renewed their appeal for witnesses following the murder of local taxi driver Martin Mulligan on Monday morning. The 53-year-old father of two was discovered lying in a pool of his own blood...
View ArticleFuneral Mass of murdered taxi driver Martin Mulligan to take place this morning
The funeral Mass will take place in Dundalk this morning of murdered taxi driver Martin Mulligan. The 53-year-old, who died after being stabbed three times while working at Carnmore in Kilcurry in the...
View ArticleDundalk taxi drivers pay touching tribute to murdered colleague Martin Mulligan
Dundalk’s taxi drivers paid a touching tribute to former colleague Martin Mulligan in the town centre today. The 53-year-old was murdered after being stabbed three times during the course of his work...
View ArticleAmazing footage of the crowd in Blackrock today for Garda Golden’s funeral
Check out this wonderful video from Niall Carroll of the crowd in Blackrock today for Garda Tony Golden’s funeral. The footage was recorded at the request of Garda Golden’s wife Nicola so that their...
View ArticleFuneral arrangements made for former local TD Brendan McGahon
The funeral arrangements for former local TD Brendan McGahon, who passed away last night, have been made. The 80-year-old, who served in the Dáil from 1982 to 2002, will be reposing at McGeough’s...
View ArticleFire victim Seán McGee to be laid to rest today
The Funeral Mass will take place this morning of fire victim Sean McGee. The 84-year-old from Donaghmore in Kilkerley passed away in tragic circumstances on Saturday following a fire in his home. He...
View ArticleRobert McLoughlin to be laid to rest on Thursday
The Funeral Mass of Robert McLoughlin, who died after being struck by two cars close to his home on the Newry Road in the early hours of Saturday morning, will take place this Thursday. The...
View ArticleFuneral of Dunleer murder victim Cameron Reilly to take place on Monday
The Funeral of Dunleer murder victim Cameron Reilly will take place on Monday. The 18-year-old Dundalk IT was strangled and beaten to death in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Last night his...
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