Navan Road & Pelletstown Forum
The next Navan Road and Pelletstown Local Community Policing Forum will take place on Thursday 14th of March 2013 at 7pm in the Community Room, River Centre, Rathborne Village, Pelletsown. This forum is an opportunity for people living and working the area to meet with the Gardai, Dublin City Council and elected representatives to discuss and address […]
Phoenix Park Concerts
On Friday evening I was advised by Dublin City Council that event promoters have applied for Special Event Licences to hold three concerts this summer in the Phoenix Park. I am sure nobody forgets the mayhem that occurred last year when Swedish House Mafia played and public order was greatly disrupted by anti-social behaviour and […]
Deaf Village Ireland
I was delighted last week to join the local and national Deaf and hearing community for the official opening of Deaf Village Ireland in St Josephs on the Navan and Ratoath Road. This is a fantastic development not just for the deaf community but also for the local hearing community. Well done to everybody […]
Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee
The next meeting of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee will take place on Monday 11th March at 9.30am in Dublin City Hall. This is the first Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee to be WEBCAST live. Mary
Mountjoy Community Forum
The next Mountjoy Local Community Policing Forum will take place on Tuesday 12th March at 7.30pm in the An Oige Hostel, 61 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 1. This forum is an opportunity for people living and working in the area to meet with the Gardai, Dublin City Council and elected representatives to discuss and address issues of concern. As Chair […]
DEADLINE TODAY
Today is the deadline for submissions to Dublin City Council regarding the planning application from Irish Rail for a new train station to serve Pelletstown and Ashington. They propose to locate the train station in Ashington Park with a connecting pedestrian bridge and access from Ashington and Royal Canal. Full details of the application are available HERE. The deadline for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]