GOVERNMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM – DROGHEDA IS A CITY
‘City Manager’ pledge for Drogheda by Government must be delivered. The Drogheda City Status Group (DCSG) welcomes the commitment from senior Government figures, including the Taoiseach and the Minister for Housing, to appoint a City Manager for Drogheda. It has been described by the group as a “watershed moment” for their 14-year campaign. “Finally, after fourteen years of campaigning, we have an acknowledgement from the Government of the ‘elephant in the room’ – the fact that Drogheda is Ireland’s newest city,” said Anna McKenna, chairperson of DCSG. Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien recently told a gathering of people at the Drogheda launch of Alison Comyn’s election campaign for Fianna Fáil that a specific focus on Drogheda, as Ireland’s largest town, was needed. The Minister told that gathering there would be a specific focus through a city manager or deputy county manager for Drogheda to “drive the projects that are needed” for the gro...