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Drogheda locals are still celebrating their FAI Cup victory and Labour stalwarts joined them on Thursday to launch the party's 'football manifesto'

Labour TD Duncan Smith: It was all about football in Drogheda on Thursday. Picture: X/Labour

They are still celebrating in Drogheda.

From Laurence's Gate to the end of West Street, the claret and blue bunting remains up in celebration of Drogheda United's unlikely FAI Cup victory at the weekend. The club's flags hang in the shops along the street, from butchers to hairdressers to wool suppliers.