Stamullen, Donore, Julianstown, Gormanstown, Donacarney, Duleek, Slane, Collon, Monasterboice, Tullyallen, Termonfeckin, Dunleer. also, the large figures of Drogheda residers employed in health and social care work at Our Lady’s Sanitarium to the north of the megacity centre which employs roughly,200 people. The city is crossed in an east- west direction by the River Boyne which runs through the city centre and reaches the Irish Sea roughly 4 kilometres east of Drogheda. This area contains some of the main employers located in the Development 2 Planning Strategy for the Greater Drogheda Area, 2007 THE PLAN AREA IN THE environment OF DROGHEDA 1996 Population 2002 Population Increase between 1996- 2002() 2006 Population Increase between 1996- 2006() Overall in population increase between 1996- 2006 ,02022. The city centre is centred around West Street and touching thoroughfares, the St. It's also the major social, marketable and profitable centre for a ring of growing municipalities and townlets in its outback, i. 1 CSO Census 2006 results, volume 2, table 14 Population Profi le In 1996 Drogheda’s population was,282 rising to,020 in and,090 in 2006. still, as the city and outback" straddles" the counties of Louth and Meath, it has failed to secure inward investment commensurable with it's population and structure, as it's scale has been" hidden" in population data, divided across the twocounties. This effectively creates ONE Drogheda and avoids emotional and political" squabbles," and would be for the lesser good of all citizens in the Greater Drogheda area- who presently number circa,000. The enlightened leaders at the time saw the benefit of incorporating to produce one city, unlike the authors of the current Boundary Report effectively endorses" unruly" planning as to date, there has been poor collaboration between the two original authorities.
