Among the main contentions, if not the main one of this local election, is the Dereliction of our town. #Drogheda
Today as people go to the polls, an absentee landlord in conjunction with an inactive and dysfunctional County Council and the lack of a proper local authority have led to the closure of the last original street of old Drogheda. Neither the Normans nor the latter-day English colonialists ever managed it, but today Narrow West Street is officially closed to the public.
Dereliction is vandalism. It is civic terrorism, and it is criminal.
A space that could be a community hub, a small trader, a shared space, and yes could even provide someone with a home is instead in danger of collapse.
Meanwhile, the far right stir up hatred and resentment, preferring to demonstrate against people instead of working with communities.
Today as people go to the polls, an absentee landlord in conjunction with an inactive and dysfunctional County Council and the lack of a proper local authority have led to the closure of the last original street of old Drogheda. Neither the Normans nor the latter-day English colonialists ever managed it, but today Narrow West Street is officially closed to the public.
Dereliction is vandalism. It is civic terrorism, and it is criminal.
A space that could be a community hub, a small trader, a shared space, and yes could even provide someone with a home is instead in danger of collapse.
Meanwhile, the far right stir up hatred and resentment, preferring to demonstrate against people instead of working with communities.
Meanwhile, the center left and center right equally talk a lot, but rather than take on the absent landlords, the profiteers, the vested interests - call it for what it is their sponsors and friends, they instead kowtow and make plan after plan, all based on some gentrified version of never never land.
An entire building is left to wreck and ruin, like the Hebble Sand, only decaying for longer. An entire street, historic and once vibrant town, is now let die and collapse, family businesses closed, and all for the sake of what?
Some weeks ago, we in Drogheda 4 All posted signs across town highlighting the Dereliction of our town, calling out the vandalism of the landlord class. Sadly, like so many others, we continue to be ignored.
No doubt, similar to the faux horror when the grammar school was destroyed, there will now be an outcry, but will there be a solution?
Drogheda 4 all call on all stakeholders to now get out of the trenches and work to save what is left of narrow west street. We need court orders, we need compulsory purchase, we need change.
Dereliction is vandalism. #DerelictionIsVandalism
Below are just some of the buildings left to rot.
Some weeks ago, we in Drogheda 4 All posted signs across town highlighting the Dereliction of our town, calling out the vandalism of the landlord class. Sadly, like so many others, we continue to be ignored.
No doubt, similar to the faux horror when the grammar school was destroyed, there will now be an outcry, but will there be a solution?
Drogheda 4 all call on all stakeholders to now get out of the trenches and work to save what is left of narrow west street. We need court orders, we need compulsory purchase, we need change.
Dereliction is vandalism. #DerelictionIsVandalism
Below are just some of the buildings left to rot.
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