Na Fianna Spring Fair
The annual Na Fianna Spring Fair takes place on Sunday 3rd March 2013 from 1pm. As well as being a great day for the family the Spring Fair is a very important fundraiser for the club. The club is accepting any donations so if you can bake a cake, have a spare bottle or some […]
Smithfield Horse Fair
Sunday March 3rd 2013 will see the first Smithfield Horse Fair to operate under the new casual trading bye-laws. The fair will run from 9am to 1.30pm is family friendly and free to the general public. In addition to the traditional horse fair Dublin City Council has organised a cultural programme including a photographic exhibition, […]
Seasonal Work
Dublin City Council is accepting applications for temporary summer work on Dollymount Beach and in DCC leisure centre and swimming pools. For more information please click here.
Poolbeg Incinerator
At the Februray 2013 meeting of Dublin City Council Councillors were advised that they will have to wait at least another month for a report from its Audit Committee into the findings of the extremely critical Local Government Audit report for 2011. The Local Government Auditor’s report for the financial year of 2011 criticised Dublin […]
Mater Emergency Department
I welcome the announcement that the new Emergency Department at the Mater Hospital will open on Sunday 17th February at 10pm. To facilitate opening the new Emergency department Emergency services will be suspended at the Mater for 18 hours. The Department will close to walk-in (self arrival) patients from 4am until 10pm on Sunday 17th February. […]
Pelletstown Train Station
Irish Rail has made an application to Dublin City Council for PLANNING PERMISSION for a new train station in Pelletstown with a connecting pedestrian bridge and access from Ashington and Royal Canal. Full details of the application are available HERE. The deadline for submissions is March 6, 2013. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of […]
Cluid Housing
Dublin City Council has confirmed to me that CLUIDS planning application for senior citizen housing on the grounds of The most precious blood church has yet to receive funding from the department of the Environment. The planning application was submitted to Dublin City Council on the 17th December last and a decision expected in February. Once […]
Free Electrical Recycling
Following my previous request to Dublin City Council for a free electrical waste collection they recently advised me that WEEE Ireland will do a collection on Saturday 9th February from 10.00am-4pm in Naomh Fionbarra GAA Club. This is a great opportunity to get rid of that old kettle,toys, tv, radio or any household item with […]
North Strand Ballybough
The next meeting of the North Strand Ballybough Community Policing Forum will be on February 11th, not February 4th. The meeting will take place on the 11th in the Larkin Center, 57-58 North Strand Road, North Strand, Dublin 3 @ 6.30pm. This is an opportunity for people living and working the area to meet with the Gardai, Dublin […]
JPC Public Meeting
There will be a public meeting of the Central Area Joint Policing Committee on 7th February 2013 @ 7.00 p.m. in the Ballybough Community Centre. There will be a review of the work undertaken by the JPC, Garda and Dublin City Council during 2012, a presentation of the JPC, Garda and Dublin City Council plans for 2013 followed by […]