Water Meters in Dublin
On Monday night, at the February meeting of Dublin City Council, my motion “The elected members of Dublin City Council call on the Government to confirm that there will be a free basic allowance and full roll-out of domestic water meters before water charges, in any form, are introduced” was passed and adopted by Dublin […]
Inner City Policing Forum
The date of the next North West Inner City Policing Forum is the 22nd February 2012 and will be held in the Jameson Distillery at 7.OOPM. The NWIC forum covers the area west of O’Connell Street and North of the Liffey as far as the North Circular Road. The forum is attended by local Gardai, […]
Missed Bin Collections
Last week there was a problem with the collection of some brown bins in the city. Greyhound have advised that all brown bins missed last week on small truck Routes will be collected this week. They will be collected on the same day as the green bin collection i.e. if the brown bin was missed […]
Greyhound Bins
At a special meeting of the City Council I put forward eight emergency motions dealing with the Greyhound deal and following is what was agreed: 1. Homeowners in the city must be provided with at least the same level of waste collection service that they had previously received from DCC or real choice of more […]
Iona Pay & Display
Dublin City Council has confirmed to me that they will ballot the residents of Iona Road for the introduction of Pay & Display parking. The ballot will be conducted over the coming months. For information on how Pay & Display works, the cost of permit etc. you can find more information HERE. If you have any […]
Labour & The City Manager
Labour in chahoots with City Manager to privatise bin collections. Dublin City Manager has held secret meetings with Labour City Councillors regarding the privatisation of domestic bin collections in the city. Despite a request from Fianna Fail and Independent Councillors for a special meeting on this issue we were neither invited nor informed to meet the City Manager. How […]
Bins – Special Meeting Request
In light of the serious issues that have arisen with DCC’s withdrawal from the collection of domestic waste in Dublin City, last night with the support of the FF councillors and a number of Independent Councillors I formally requested the Lord Mayor to immediately convene a meeting with the CEO of Greyhound and the City […]
Domestic Bin Collections
From Monday January 16th 2012, after more 140 years, Dublin City Council will no longer be responsible for collecting domestic rubbish in the city. Over the past few months I strenuously opposed DCC’s withdrawal from the domestic bin collection service but unfortunately the majority Labour/Fine Geal Councillors supported the City Manager’s plan. I again raised […]
Bin Collections
As and from next Monday 16th Jan 2012 Dublin City Council will no longer collect household rubbish in Dublin City. Dublin City Council, under the control of Labour and Fine Geal, awarded the contract for domestic bin collections to Greyhound. I objected at City Council to Dublin City Council withdrawing from the collection of household […]
Capuchin Day Center
It was great that Pat Kenny used his radio programme on December 14, 2011 to highlight the great work done by Br Kevin, Teresa and all the staff and volunteers at the Capuchin Day Center on Bow Street. The work they do is truly inspirational. They feed approximately 600 people a day and give out […]