Greyhound Independent Review
I have recently learned that Dublin City Council paid way above market pricing for waste collection services in 2012. This raises new questions about the secret deal done between Dublin City Council and Greyhound. City Councillors must insist that we get a better deal for 2013. In 2012 Dublin City Council paid Greyhound €2.4million to […]
Cabra shooting
I was shocked to hear of the shooting dead of a man tonight in a pub in Cabra. This is a truly awful event and the people of Cabra are horrified. As Chair of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee and founding member of the Cabra Community Policing Forum I know the good work the […]
Incinerator
Dublin City Council’s own Audit Committee has issued a report that contains damning criticism of Dublin City Council’s management of the multi-million euro Poolbeg incinerator project. The report’s findings are highly critical of Dublin City Council’s mis-management of the incinerator project that has already cost the public more than €90million. The report finds that procurement rules […]
Property Tax
Next Tuesday the Dail will pass the Finance act that will provide for collection of the Property TAX. The Fianna Fail group on Dublin City Council has consistently opposed the introduction of a property tax. At Monday night’s meeting of Dublin City Council, as leader of the Fianna Fail group, I will propose a motion […]