‘There’s a real anger in Drogheda that they’re being overlooked again’
Campaigners says cityhood would boost the Louth town’s profile and performance
Drogheda City Status: town crier Sean Callan and Dr Brian Hughes with his report about the Louth town’s future. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Having spent weeks pounding the pavements to get people to sign the petition to make Drogheda a city, Annie McGinley is unusually qualified to give a flavour of local sentiment. She says that “not one person” she has spoken to as she has gathered more than 3,000 signatures, in the newest phase of a decade-long campaign, has opposed city status for the Co Louth town.