The D Hotel, Drogheda to house international protection applicants

I'd say that apartment is about to become even more affordable.

The new DP centre could just be rumour though?

There must be a point where local businesses start to lobby the govt and local councils for reversals of these decisions, or at least compensation from the state.

Don't worry, one of the lads will be along to burn it down soon.

There will be no preparation.

You can't find or move doctor.

School places already difficult.

Centre of the town already a scum pit.

A town centre hotel in the largest town in the country will have much better security and more vested interest than a rural outpost.

It is highly unlikley to be burnt down and hopefully nobody tries, obviously.

I didnt say it was good for Drogheda. I said quite the opposite.

In relation to the arson, I pointed out its less likley to happen in a large town and i hope it doesnt.

Some absolute odd balls already hanging around the streets across from this hotel. I can't imagine the pubs in that part of town are too happy.

Jaysus. You’re like Facebook on legs!

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Leave Paddy McCabe alone,he an icon of the town!!!

I'd advise you to sit in your car tomorrow evening and Saturday and observe the area. I wouldn't advise living there tbh.

The block next door was gutted for 10 years after being burnt out in Nigeria v Lithuania culture clash. Homeless aid just around the corner n lot of drinking druggies along the river.

Throw 500 asylum seekers each side of the river into the mix now also. Having kids I'd live in a tent in a bog first!

Biggest town in the country left with no hotel .

Fighting for city status and now have no hotel .

LMFM couldn’t get a govt rep on their radio programme this morning , all left to local councillors to take the flak.

And the college you mention is a further education facility with links to other universities. There is no college per se in Drogheda.

I've lived in Drogheda for almost 20 years, I came here just as the town was beginning to boom. Sadly, it's gone way downhill since those heady days, and the loss of the tourist dollar will have a huge impact - it'll close the few amenities that are left, I fear.

Don't be ridiculous, I wouldn't worry about it. I live beside a big DP centre in Dublin, I have never noticed anyone causing any trouble. I'm sure it'll be the same if this goes ahead in Drogheda. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that the people you need to watch out for the most in Ireland are our own scumbags, the vast majority of immigrants be they asylum seekers or not don't seem to go looking for trouble. Something like 20% of our population is now foreign born so of course there'll be a few bad eggs.

It's a good town if you live in a housing estate far away from the **** hole town centre. It's a dump and 1,000 extra international scammers won't help.

Is the D hotel currently open?

What happens the staff - I assume they all lose their jobs now. We really have a **** government that **** on its own hard working people.

The staff lose their jobs, the locals lose a hospitality venue, the hotel owners earn more than they ever did from being open to the public and asylum seekers get comfortable accommodation for free! Its doesnt make sense

I'm living just outside of Drogheda for the last 12 years and its decline has been steady over that decade.

the exit of M&S from Laurence street will be the last nail in the coffin for that place and it will probably resemble the shambles that the Abbey Centre is now within a few years.

the removal of the only substantial hotel in the town and its proximity to Scotch Hall will affect footfall which will lead to other retail tenants closing doors and it could well go down the same route.

narrow west street is a shambles

there is almost nothing appealing about the town now and aside from the odd pub / coffee shop there is nothing to make anyone want to spend any more time than is absolutely necessary around the place

the fact that a massive oil leaking lump of rust can take centre stage in the middle of the Boyne at the heart of the town is the poster of how Drogheda is

What services?

Can't get a GP, schools are full, shops are closing, hospital is overloaded, public transport is about all the place has these days.

I can see the town and environs becoming like Tallaght was - lots of houses, and little else.

I've been out of Drogheda for the past 10 years and every time I visit it's just worse. There are zero initiatives to make the town better and every initiative is geared towards moving people out of the town center towards the retail parks.

Narrow west st is completely abandoned.

The Abbey shopping centre is closed.

West St has casinos, charity shops, pound shops and the largest nail salon I've ever seen.

Scotch Hall and the Lawrences never recovered after 2008. That building site at the back of Scotch Hall has been abandonned for the better part of 15 years and nothing was done with it.

I've friends who live just outside Drogheda, and it's quicker to drive to the Pavillions in Swords than get parking in the town centre.

The mismanagement of Drogheda is near criminal.