Mayor sets out bold agenda for next year.

Mayor sets out bold agenda for next year.

Employment, Youth facilities, Tourism to receive serious attention

Cllr. Kevin Callan was elected the 412th mayor of Drogheda at the Councils annual meeting held on Monday 20th June.

In his speech to Council the new mayor set out a bold and ambitious agenda where he said his top priority would be job creation and the retention of existing jobs in the town.

“I am firmly of the view that our main concern in Drogheda must continue to be job creation and job protection. In the next 12 months I will be bringing forward to this Council a series of proposals in respect of job creation and schemes to assist the stimulation of existing business and industry in our town as well as ways to attract inward investment to Drogheda”.

The Mayor stated that more interaction between the council and committed himself to having the Lourdes Stadium project and the Youth Café at Fair Street progressed as safe and badly needed youth facilities where young people could socialise in safe environments.

Tourism also was highlighted in the Mayors address with the Tholsel project to be completed within his term of office. The Tholsel itself was described by the Mayor as our towns embassy and the Mayor committed himself to continuing to work in having it made the first stop on the Boyne Valley Trail in cooperation with Failte Eireann.