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The arts provided solace during the darkest days of the pandemic, offering a source of entertainment, escape and comfort during lockdown. From getting lost in a book, to watching movies, from listening to music to streaming live performances, people turned to the arts as a way of
At the same time, with venues around the world closed, all those people responsible for bringing the arts to us - the musicians, the performers, the singers, the dancers, the visual artists, the directors, the stage crews, - found themselves out of work.
Here in Louth, our arts venues faced a similar scenario as their doors were closed for most of the past year yet they managed to find new ways to reach out to audiences, not just locally but around the world.
A beautiful image of local girl Kate McShane by Drogheda Independent photographer Paul Connor caught the eye of RTE star Ryan Tubridy last week, who sent a video message to his young fan.
Kate, who is the daughter of local couple Fiona and John McShane, was featured last week in our special on parenting a child with Down s Syndrome. Paul managed to capture Kate s sparkling personality as she was engrossed in a book, and Fiona thought Ryan, who promotes book-reading amongst youngsters, would get a kick out of it. To get the little message was deadly, we really weren t expecting it at all, says an elated Fiona, clearly also a fan!
2021 will mark a very important year for Boyne Rovers and indeed a great anniversary.
It was 40 years ago that Parkview s renovation was completed and games began at the venue. The Drogheda Independent was there to report on it.
In blazing sunshine, the Mayor, Ald. Fergus O Dowd performed the opening ceremony paying tribute to the magnificent work Boyne Rovers had done in transforming a wasteland into a wonderful pitch at a cost of £35,000.
Bishop James Lennon blessed the new facilities and prayers were said for all the past members of Boyne Rovers.
Their new ground was the result of nearly seven years of hard work. They were first given the land at Parkview in 1974 and had been working on it for years,
After weeks of upheaval, tears, shock and anger, the decision to relocate the Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School to a site at St Oliver s CC was finally reversed last week.
What appeared to be a snap decision to build a new 500 student school on the Rathmullen Road in the space of a few months caused outrage amongst everyone concerned with the Mill Road school.
But students began their own campaign to stay in their present home and the pressure eventually brought its reward - with a hint of common sense thrown in.
Educate Together confirmed that the Department of Education had reached agreement in principle to purchase a permanent site for the school which incorporates its current temporary site on Mill Road, so that a permanent building can be constructed at the school s current location.