“Drogheda is growing at an enormous rate and the next five years will tell the tale. Now is the time to push and push hard and create significant employment centres locally.”
So said Drogheda Chamber President Hubert Murphy at a reception in the US Ambassador’s residence in the Phoenix Park last Thursday.
“Drogheda has seen key investment from US firms, in both the tech world and in sports, and let’s hope this will continue into the future.
“It is vital that Drogheda and its hinterland positions itself as an ideal location to do business as part of the M1 Corridor with our neighbours in Dundalk and Newry,” Murphy continued.
“We are at a landmark stage when it comes to opportunity, and we need to embrace that by selling the area to foreign investment and cross border cooperation.”
The ongoing engagement by American companies in Ireland formed a key part of an address at the same meeting from Joseph Kennedy, the US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, who said the support of American firms was crucial and he was delighted with the support his work was receiving.
Mr Kennedy also spoke highly of the need for apprenticeships – something he has seen in operation in Belfast – and that’s a vision shared by Drogheda.
“Martin O’Brien and the LMETB and the team at DIFE are doing enormous work in that sphere and as a chamber we see huge benefits for the workforce in the years to come” he said.
