Ruth O'Connell

1 week ago | lmfm.ie | Ruth O'Connell

Louth County Council's place names committee has been asked to look at whether a new housing estate is being called the same name as an existing estate in the Blackrock and Haggardstown area. Fianna Fáil's Shane McGuinness highlighted the apparent duplication at the local authority's monthly meeting.

1 week ago | lmfm.ie | Ruth O'Connell

Two men have been arrested following an almost €5.4 million drug seizure. Twenty kilos of heroin and 37kg of cocaine were recovered in a joint intelligence-led joint operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Eastern Region colleagues, the Meath/Westmeath Divisional Drugs and Crime Units. Both suspects, who are aged in their 60s, are currently detained at a Garda Station in Meath under the Drug Trafficking Act.

1 week ago | lmfm.ie | Ruth O'Connell

Emergency services from both sides of the border responded to a crash on the Dundalk/Castleblayney Road this morning. It's understood three cars were involved in the collision which happened on the N53 about 1.5km on the Dundalk side of Hackballscross shortly after 8 o'clock. Fire and rescue personnel from Dundalk and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene. Initial reports suggest that two people were brought to hospital with non life threatening injuries.

1 week ago | lmfm.ie | Ruth O'Connell

Gardaí are investigating a carjacking at gun point in Dundalk. A taxi was stolen in the incident on Jocelyn Street around 11 o'clock last night, after collecting a fare at a premises nearby. It's understood the passenger, who is believed to be wheelchair bound, was thrown out of the silver Skoda a short distance away. Anyone with information on the hijacking is being asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station on 042 9388400 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.

1 week ago | lmfm.ie | Ruth O'Connell

A north Louth councillor has called for the road markings on a roundabout off the M1 to be repainted. Fine Gael's John Reilly has been told that it's not a matter for Louth County Council. However, he says that action is needed so drivers can see the traffic lanes on the Ballymac roundabout at Junction 18 Dundalk North, which are badly faded: "The white lanes are non-existent.