Extend HGV ban ?
When the 5+axel HGV ban was being introduced in Dublin City in 2007 I succeeded in getting the Navan Road, Cabra, Phibsborough, Drumcondra and East Wall included in the cordon or exclusion zone. Now Dublin City Council is considering extending the current operating hours of the HGV 5+ axle Cordon in Dublin City, and are […]
Incinerator Waste
The Local Government Audit report of Dublin City Council for the year ended 31st December 2011 was presented at the monthly meeting of Dublin City Council in City Hall last night. The Statutory Audit report “is an external commentary on financial management and financial prudence within Dublin City Council.” The report is extremely critical of […]
€1 Christmas Parking Promotion
From this weekend Dublin City Council is offering an on-street parking price promotion in Dublin City centre from €1 per hour every saturday and sunday in December. The promotion will apply in Dublin city centre’s core trading area. This comprises over 800 on-street parking spaces. A special promotion sticker has been put on parking meters where […]
Social Media Job Search
On Thursday 13th Dec from 1.30pm to 2.30pm The Business Information Centre in the Central Library, in the Ilac Center will host a FREE workshop on Using Social Media to Find a Job. The Workshop will be facilitated by Greg Fry. Greg Fry runs a business called CareersCoach.ie and also is a lecturer at the Digital Marketing […]
2013 City Budget
Dublin City Councillors will meet this evening, Monday 26th November 2012, to consider and approve the 2013 City Council Budget. The Fianna Fail group believes that the uncertainty caused by lack of clarity from Government on key issues of Property Tax and Water Services make it impossible at this time for Councillors to make an […]
Cabra Policing Forum
The Cabra Local Policing Forum meeting will take place on Tuesday 26th November at 7.15pm in the John Paul II Sports and Community Center on Ratoath Road, Cabra, Dublin 7. This 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 issues […]
Local Policing Forum
There will be a public Local Policing Forum consultative meeting for the Shandon Phibsborough area on Thursday 29th November at 8pm in the Club Room, St Peter’s Church. This 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 issues […]
2013 City Budget
Approval of 2013 Dublin City Council Estimates is premature and should be deferred until after December 6th– Statement from Cllr Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fail Group Leader, Dublin City Council. “Dublin City Councillors will meet tomorrow Monday 26th November 2012 to consider and approve the 2013 City Council Budget. The Fianna Fail group believes that […]
Walk Dublin
Walk Dublin is a new FREE mobile wayfinding application launched by Dublin City Council today that will be of assistance to people who are visually impaired, visitors and tourists in the city. It is voice activated and it complements the recently installed wayfinding and signage scheme that has been erected around the city. The function of […]
Iona Road Public Lighting
At the November meeting of Dublin City Council I requested that the street lighting on Iona Road be improved to address concerns over public safety following the mugging of an elderly couple on Iona Road one evening in October 2012. Following is the reply I recieved from the City Manager: CITY MANAGER’S REPLY: The lighting […]