Drogheda is now 50,000 strong - the evidence
Drogheda City Status last night delivered a powerful case for city status. The presentation at The Mill showed irrefutable data proving that Drogheda is Ireland's next city. The OECD and the EU say that 50,000 people in a connected urban space is a city and the CSO's latest housing completion figures suggest that the population of Drogheda is now at 50,000 - an increase of a massive 6,000 people since the last census. And the growth doesn't stop there. The population should be close to 52,000 by Census 2027, and will probably surpass 60,000 by 2030. None of this includes any of the extremely close urban areas of Donacarney-Mornington-Bettystown-Laytown, a mere 650m from Drogheda's edge, Duleek, Tullyallen and more. These communities, heavily dependent on Drogheda for facilities, healthcare, retail, education and more, bring the wider metropolitan area to around 80,000. Drogheda suffers from both geography and administration - being neither a 'county town', or ev...