The Drogheda City Status Group is to hold a high level meeting with the Junior Local Government Minister John Cummins in the new year.
Spokesman Anthony Murphy confirmed they hope to finalise a date when the Dail resumes after the Christmas break.
The meeting was due to go ahead last November but was cancelled after the Minister’s wife had a baby, a month earlier than expected.
Mr Cummins is currently reviewing local government in Ireland amid speculation of returning power to many urban areas like Drogheda who lost Corporations and Urban District Councils as a cost cutting measure in 2014.
However the Drogheda City Status Group believes Drogheda needs more than the old Corporation with its own Town Clerk back and should be given its own local authority with a CEO and the same powers as a county council.
There is speculation within the government of giving Drogheda City Status but with a deputy CEO under the auspices of Louth County Council. Kilkenny city is run in a similar fashion.
Ministers fear the loss of the Drogheda area in terms of population and revenue would be devastating to Louth County Council.
The Drogheda City Status Group plans to intensify their public campaign in 2026 and is appealing to all Drogheda residents to lobby their local politicians on the issue.
