A suspect device was found inside the premises at Marley Court in Drogheda and the Army Bomb Disposal Unit was called in but no explosive material was discovered.

Gardai in Dundalk are appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault on a 12-year-old girl in the town by two other girls.

Potholes are so big in one county Louth estate that a local duck mistook one for a pond.

South Africa’s Christo Lamprecht became the youngest winner in the 76-year history of the East of Ireland Amateur Open — and the first from overseas — at a sun-baked County Louth.

Latest: Gardaí are continuing to talk to young people in Dunleer, as they investigate the murder of teenager Cameron Reilly.