Drogheda Local Heroes - Working together for Jobs

Local Heroes is an RTÉ-wide campaign to support Irish jobs, beginning this autumn.

As part of that campaign there will be a number of programmes on RTÉ Television and Radio, including the six-part television programme, Local Heroes -- A Town Fights Back, which will follow the people of one town as they come together to take their economic future into their own hands and start the fight-back for jobs. Drogheda, Co Louth has felt the full effects of the downturn with nearly one third of the town's population unemployed.

Now its citizens have decided they've had enough. Local Heroes -- A Town Fights Back will follow the people of Drogheda as they work alongside Senator Feargal Quinn and an assembled team of experts to kick-start their local economy.

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• drogheda
• drogheda chamber
• RTE
• Ireland
• local heroes
• boyne valley
• louth
• meath

[coolings9788]

i live in Drogheda and i wish i had a job i have looked everywhere here and nothing not even partime they all want level 7 and 8 FETAC. i just feel this town is slowly dieing

[Rainbowman57]

NIce :)

[dolly6703]

Well done,watched it in london.  Proud 2 b irish.

[irishgirl20101]

Miss drogheda loads such a beautiful town,

[mimbubble1]

Lovely, just lovely. We are a mighty town. Sometimes I dont think people realise how beautiful and famous Drogheda is, this could be the start of something. Lets put Drogheda back on the map !!! ; )

[xxxgracexxx111]

From some reason the video made my cry at how drogheda is slowly dieing when I have lived here all my life and love the plase so much i'd hate to see it any worse than it is :')

[squornse]

Many thanks for this post. I'm of Drogheda a few generations removed, so I've come to know well of the unconscionable evil that Cromwell poured upon the town in blood and destruction. What I've also come to know of is the genuine love for the place that my great-grandparents had and of their reluctance to leave. They never made it back, and I've yet to myself, but now I know I've waited far too long and now I must go back.

[101unowho]

this is great, I notice it says fr.Iggy is the parish priest, he`s actually not, he`s just prior of the Augustinians! its Canon Carroll thats the PP of st. peters parish, where this was recorded!

[xGunzNBladesx]

im frm drogheda :)

[TheAlphalioness]

Well done, this has got me thinking! My next supermarket shopping, next pair of shoes, next meal out, whatever it is, I'm heading to Drogheda!