About Drogheda Cycling

The idea for the Drogheda cycling Group was started by Local resident Noel Hogan in 2020. Noel wanted to help develop a culture of safe family friendly cycling in the Drogheda area. It quickly became apparent that there was a real need for cycling advocacy in the Drogheda area. This need was due to the lack of infrastructure and general poor safety for cyclists on the roads in the area. Noel became active on social media, and quickly found support from the people of Drogheda.

Since the group’s first social media posts, interest has increased, and likeminded local cycling advocates and enthusiasts have gathered around this call to arms. The group as it became, first met in March 2021, and have since become a formal Group centred around our mission statement and shared objectives. There is real momentum and energy in the group, and we call on anyone in the locality who shares our vision for cycling in Drogheda to get involved. If you agree with our mission statement below and want to help, please make contact.

We hope to achieve this by:

• Lobbying decision makers on a local and national level to improve infrastructure and facilities for cyclists.

• Working with local stakeholders in Drogheda and the surrounding area, to advocate for and promote a cycling culture in the Drogheda Area.

• Being inclusive and allowing everyone who believes in our core aims to contribute to our policies.

• Promoting our message by hosting events, working with media outlets and utilising social media.

• Develop and promote a cycling culture in Drogheda by holding community cycling events such as the Sunday Cycle family event.

• Gathering and publishing data on cycling in Drogheda and surrounding areas

• To propose and map new cycling routes and to promote the development of an integrated cycle network in Drogheda and surrounding areas.

• Working with the Active Transport Department of the Louth and Meath County Councils to provide local knowledge via consultation.

• Making submissions on proposed active travel projects in Drogheda and South Louth to both the Louth and Meath County Councils

• Encourage the development of social enterprises that promote cycling in the Drogheda Area such as a Bicycle upcycling community workshop.

• Advocating and promoting for cycling friendly business in the area. We do this by championing and promoting local businesses that take up the cycle to work scheme, provide employee and customer bike parking, shower facilities for employees who commute by bicycle etc.