{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/69297e54b2165f0cdfb6a3c3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Louth’s €1.2m Fleadh Debt ‘an Unacceptable Burden on Taxpayers’ - 28/11/2025","description":"<p>Louth councillors have hit out at the controversial €1.2 million bill left behind after Drogheda hosted the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2018 and 2019.</p><p><br></p><p>The council confirmed at their Budget 2026 meeting that it will begin to make annual payments of €100,000 to clear the debt accumulated by the Fleadh taking place in the Louth town.</p><p><br></p><p>Speaking at the meeting, Cllr. Maeve Yore said she and other councillors had raised their concerns over a number of years about the more than €1 million, and who was responsible for paying it.</p><p><br></p><p>Councillor Yore joinsed us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}