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Louth Barn Owl Project appeal for suitable nest boxes locations. Louth Barn Owl Project are a group of volunteers who set up the Louth Barn Owl Project in October 2021.    Drogheda Tidy Towns want to help spread the word ‘Owl Nest Box Sites Needed” We are hoping that landowners out there in Louth /Continue reading “County Louth Appeal – Suitable Barn Owl Nest Box Sites Needed”

As part of National Spring Clean, Drogheda Tidy Towns are organising a spring clean-up event.  Spring Roads Clean-Up  Where: Meeting at Costa Coffee, M1 Retail Park (Retail Park at Mell) Date: Wednesday, 12th April at  Time: 6:30PM. We would love to see all our amazing Drogheda Tidy Towns volunteers and community groups out in full force! Are youContinue reading “National Spring Clean, Drogheda Tidy Towns are organising a spring clean-up event. “

If you are reading this see it as a sign you should invest in the move from Peat Compost To Homemade Compost! In this blog, I will explore why giving up buying peat compost is important, and provide some alternative methods for composting that are kinder to the environment. Peat compost has long been aContinue reading “A Sign You Should Invest in Moving From Peat Compost To Homemade Compost”

Thanks to a partnership led by Drogheda Tidy Town, Louth Leader Partnership, and in conjunction with local residents we collaborated to raise funds and work towards the creation of The Glen Biodiversity Park.  The efforts over the last 2 years has been to create a biodiversity park in The Glen, and to enhance the naturalContinue reading “The Glen Biodiversity Park, Drogheda”

The Liscorrie Resident Association over the course of the last two weekends have worked tirelessly to tackle littering and improve the appearance of their estate, as well as Bog Lane and Cross Lanes. The LRA is a group of residents who are committed to making a positive impact on their community. Their most recent projectContinue reading “Liscorrie Resident Association Spring Clean!”

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about” Thanks to The Boyne River Trust, and The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) for coordinating such an amazing Boyne River Clean Up Event! Thanks to the amazing support of our volunteers, we were able to remove a significant amount of litterContinue reading “The Boyne River Clean-Up was a massive success!”

Tonight March 26 at 8.30 p.m., we hope the residents of Drogheda will join us in observing Earth Hour. between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. by turning off all of their lights, or as many lights as you can for 1 hour! The World Wildlife Fund has created the global initiative known as Earth Hour.Continue reading “Drogheda Tidy Towns are taking part in earth hour, are you in?”

Over a month ago a member of the Drogheda Tidy Towns committee attended the Drogheda Cycling official launch of their proposals for the Dual Carriageway in Drogheda at Barbican Centre. The Drogheda Cycling team truly gave a terrific presentation on how we can improve and make cycling safer in our wonderful town whiles creating aContinue reading “Drogheda Cycling group proposals for the Dual Carriageway in Drogheda”

Drogheda Tidy Towns and Community Partners, Boyne Rivers Trust and The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) are organizing our Annual River Boyne Estuary Clean Up, Baltray River Boyne Estuary, April 1st. We will meet at Queensborough car park which overlooks the mouth of the River Boyne near Baltray, a couple of KMs from Drogheda townContinue reading “Annual River Boyne Estuary Clean Up, April 1st”

Today 21 March is World Down Syndrome Day. On this one day we have a chance to make a change. A better chance that any other day! Help spread awareness and support. Happy World Down Syndrome Day. Did you know World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), 21 March, is a global awareness day which has beenContinue reading “Happy World Down Syndrome Day”