Northside Partnership

Just over a year ago, residents and staff from various organisations in Darndale and Drogheda began a new programme which aimed to develop solutions to the challenges posed in their areas. The place-based Leadership Development Programme was created in response to an increase in gang-related activities in the two localities, and to encourage greater collaboration between residents and those working in the community, such as gardaí and HSE and community development staff.

In response to shootings and the activities of crime gangs in Darndale in Dublin and Drogheda in Co. Louth, a new place-based Leadership Development Programme was launched recently. It has high aspirations in areas beset by gang crime.

Ahead of the launch of a tendering process for delivery of job activation programmes, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection commissioned Indecon to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of Local Employment Services. Here, editor Allen Meagher dives in to the results.