Autumn leafs

November 14, 2016

During the autumn and winter months Dublin City Council collects hundreds of tonnes of leafs from main roads. Dublin City Council does not clean-up or collect leafs from residential areas but it does provide equipment, bags and collections free of charge for residents groups removing leaf fall from their areas. Residents in Dublin Central can contact Dublin City Council to arrange collection and removal of leafs on Tel: 1800248 348 or email: litter.central@dublincity.ie

Japan

I was proud to represent the Oireachtas Committee for Enterprise, Tourism and employment on our recent delegation to Japan. For almost 70 years Ireland has enjoyed strong diplomatic relations with Japan. Ireland opened it’s first embassy in Tokyo in 1974 In 2025 Ireland renewed and strengthened its presence in Japan

Post Office Network

Since the 1700’s Ireland’s Post Offices have continuously evolved to serve our communities. Mary welcomes the Minister of State reaffirming the Government’s commitment to supporting a sustainable future for our post office network. It is essential. The postmasters have acknowledged how important State intervention and Government support was to ensure

National Development Plan

As Fianna Fáil Spokesperson for Dublin, Local Government and Heritage Mary thanks Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers and his team for their positive engagement on the revised National Development Plan. Jack will reveal full details of the revised, expected to be close to €100billion, National Development Plan on Tuesday July 22,

Protection of Retail Workers Bill

In April 2025 Mary introduced the Protection of Retail Workers Act 2025, a Bill aimed at amending the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to create specific offences for assaulting, threatening, harassing, or abusing retail workers while they are carrying out their employment. Retail workers across Ireland are on the