The body of a young man was recovered by the Coastguard at approximately 9.30pm after an intensive search operation at Laytown in County Meath. The body has been taken to Navan Hospital where a postmortem will take place.

It has been officially confirmed that retailer JD Sports in Drogheda is relocating from the Laurence Shopping Centre to a larger store at Scotch Hall, Marsh Road. See this week's issue for the full story. Pick up a copy from or go to droghedaleader.ie #drogheda

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The funeral of Lord Henry Mount Charles of Slane Castle takes place today at noon in St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Slane. rip.ie/death-notice/h…

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Happy 100th birthday to local woman Millie Coyle. Go to page 8 for the full story www. droghedaleader.ie

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Keep an eye out for this week's issue in our branded stands in shops and supermarkets across Drogheda, Mid Louth and East Meath. You can also read the newspaper online at droghedaleader.ie

Drogheda man kayaks 1,650kms around the coast of Ireland Read all about Richard Skelly's adventure on page 8 droghedaleader.ie

Gardaí are investigating an assault that occurred at Laytown Train Station in County Meath on Thursday 24th July between the hours of 9:00pm and 9:11pm.

Services are suspended between Skerries/Malahide due to a tragic incident on the line. Northern commuter services are operating between Skerries and Dundalk/Drogheda. DART services are operating as expected. Dublin Bus will honour rail tickets in the affected area. Transport for Ireland

Louth County Council has stated that it recently completed the acquisition of 18 high-quality social housing units across several residential developments in the Ballymakenny area of Drogheda. #drogheda

This week's issue is out tomorrow. You can also read the newspaper online at droghedaleader.ie

Keep an eye out for this week's issue in our branded stands in shops and supermarkets across Drogheda, Mid Louth and East Meath. You can also read the newspaper online at droghedaleader.ie

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A water outage in parts of North Drogheda and Mid Louth is required to facilitate essential works today. It may impact Newtownstalaban, Beaulieu, Queensbourgh, Baltray, Sheetland Road, Seapoint Road, Termonfeckin Village, Termonfeckin Road and surrounding areas from 10am to 4pm.

Fine Gael nominee for the Presidential election, Mairead McGuinness from Louth, has stated that she has made the very difficult decision to withdraw her name on medical advice.