News & Events
Successful Small Grants Fund Projects Announced.
Drogheda Implementation Board announced on Monday 22 May that they have awarded over €125,000 to 21 community projects in the Drogheda and Laytown/Bettystown area. The projects cover a wide variety of thematic areas aligned to recommendations of the Guerin Report...
Drogheda Implementation Board welcome the allocation of funding to progress Moneymore Townland Community Hub
Drogheda Implementation Board was set up in late 2021 after the publication of the Geiran Report on Community Safety and Wellbeing in Drogheda. The report included over 70 recommendations to improve community safety and wellbeing which were listed as actions in the...
Second Drogheda Implementation Plan Progress Report published
The Minister for Justice, Simon Harris TD published the second biannual Progress Report on the Government’s plan to improve community wellbeing in Drogheda and its surrounding areas on Thursday 30th March 2023. This plan was published by Government in July 2021 in...
Drogheda Implementation Board announce new grant fund for community organisations
Drogheda Implementation Board are delighted to announce a new grant fund for community groups in the Drogheda - East Meath (Laytown/Bettystown) area. The Board secured an additional €100,000 in dormant accounts funding for 2023 and are allocating all of this...
Minister Simon Harris addresses members of Drogheda Implementation Board structures
This morning a meeting of members of all 5 Drogheda Implementation Board structures was held in the Lourdes Community and Recreation Centre in Yellowbatter, Drogheda. The meeting was addressed by interim Minister for Justice, Simon Harris who commended members on...
2022, a year in review
We issued our final update email of 2022 today, with links to our November and December update notes and an insight into some of our activity across the year. Click here to view the email and here to go directly to our year in review document. If you are not...
#AskForAngela initiative launched in Drogheda
Ask For Angela, a safety campaign that allows people to discreetly signal if they need feel unsafe on a date or night out, was launched today in Drogheda by An Garda Siochana, Drogheda Implementation Board and community partners including the Vintners Federation,...
First Drogheda Implementation Plan Progress Report Published
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has today, Monday 7th November, published the first biannual progress report on the Government’s plan to improve community wellbeing in Drogheda and its surrounding areas. The Progress Report published today by Minister...
New Community Safety Website launched
At the core of the work of the Drogheda Implementation Board is Community Safety. On 1st November Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, launched a new community safety website. Speaking at the launch the Minister said: "Gov.ie/communitysafety is a practical...
New Apprentice Training Centre of Excellence for Drogheda
We were delighted to attend the announcement by Minister Simon Harris today of a new Apprentice Training Centre at its location on the Donore Road, Drogheda. Speaking at the announcement Minister Harris said “We know we need a lot more apprentices in Ireland, we...