Flanagan On Friday: From forgotten dancefloors to uncomfortable truths
It’s hard to believe that you could buy a newly built house in Drogheda in the not too distant past…
Flanagan On Friday: When Boroughs Die and Towns Pay the Price
A LOCAL councillor has claimed this week that Louth County Council “has failed” Drogheda. Who knew, apart from anyone who…
Flanagan On Friday: A Booming Ireland With No Feelgood Factor
Ireland is supposed to be booming but I can’t remember a time where there was so much public angst, anger…
Flanagan On Friday: Shamrock Diplomacy, Carbon Hypocrisy and the Cost of Political Junkets
We’re approaching that time of the year when dozens of politicians and officials are gearing up for their annual St…
Flanagan on Friday: A Generation Locked Out While Government Looks Elsewhere
I hear Drogheda’s now an apartheid free zone – I’m sure Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump will be unable to…
Flanagan On Friday: A Country Growing Fast, With Infrastructure Stuck in the Past
There has been some controversy over the expression that “Ireland is full” but on a basic infrastructure level that cannot…
Flanagan on Friday: A Town Still Waiting Its Turn
It has been suggested a mural would look well on the gable of Barlow House in the New Year and…
Flanagan On Friday: The Broken Social Contract
When previous generations were growing up there was an unwritten social contract which broadly guaranteed that the public would be…
Flanagan On Friday: The Invisible City
The collapse of masonry from a building at the Tholsel junction last Friday thankfully caused no injuries but led to…
