Year in Review: Looking back on the news across Louth in August 2025

5 August
The mother of Private Seán Rooney has launched a scathing criticism of the Lebanese judicial process, branding it a “sham trial” and says that the truth about her son’s death “must not be lost in the hysteria”.
Natasha Rooney has spoken out after the conviction of Mohammad Ayyad, who was sentenced to death - but who remains at large.
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There has been over 12,000 visits to the online searchable database of burials at St Patrick’s Cemetery in Dundalk since its official launch last December, a number that is expected to increase significantly now, following the recent erection of a sign at the graveyard with a QR code that leads to the graveyard database.
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A poignant event took place in Dundalk last Thursday, when a plaque in memory of the Miami Showband was unveiled on the site of the Adelphi Ballroom, a venue where they used to play.
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Louth County Council says it was delighted to welcome the Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) to Market Square, Dundalk, last week as part of its nationwide awareness campaign.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Louth County Hospital and the Cottage Community Hospital, have been awarded Pathway to Excellence designation, the globally recognised and prestigious accreditation from American Nurses Credentialing Centre Destination.

12 August
There are no places for children at crèches in Louth at the moment it has been revealed, with the sector at crisis point, according to Louth TD, Ruairí Ó Murchú.
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Louth County Council has said that it is delighted to announce the appointment of Amanda Branigan as County Librarian and Head of Cultural Services.
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Additional funding of €1 million for the regeneration of Ardee Castle has been secured. The project was already awarded €2.147m in 2019.

19 August
Uisce Éireann (formerly Irish Water) confirmed that it has major works planned for Dundalk, aimed at increasing the capacity of the wastewater infrastructure, among which is the installation of a new wastewater rising main between Coes Rd Wastewater Pump Station (WwPS) and Dundalk Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).
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A local mother and daughter have made an appeal to the community to join them in an attempt to bring Relay For Life, the biggest cancer fundraising initiative in the world, back to Dundalk.
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Dundalk Grammar School has been given the go ahead by An Bord Pleanála, for a new outdoor sports and recreational development, as well as a new ecological park.

26 August
An appeal has been made to Louth County Council to listen to concerns of residents and business owners in the Quay Street area of Dundalk, in relation to plans by the Dublin Simon Community to build 21 apartments at Barrack St.
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There were scenes of excitement, relief, and celebration across Dundalk last Friday as hundreds of local students received their Leaving Certificate results.
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President of Dundalk Instituton of Technology (DkIT) Students Union, Gerry O'Brien, has called on the Government to reinstate the reduction in third level fees that was introduced last year as a temporary measure, as well as a reform of the Student Grant Scheme (SUSI), to help students to achieve their full potential in college.
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The number of homes on which building began in Louth so far this year is less than a sixth of the amount commenced during the same period last year, according to the Government's latest figures
Work began on 258 homes in the first seven months of 2025, just under a sixth, of the 1,604 homes that were commenced in the first seven months of last year.
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With a new academic year due to commence, DkIT announcd two new additions to the Student Services Centre- Brian Óg Corr, Sports & Societies Officer, and Naoise Weldon, Pastoral Care Co-ordinator.