Education Policy launch
Every parent wants the best education for their child. Most parents want to send their child to school locally. A failure to reform school admission policies, abolition of dedicated career guidance, school completion and DEIS programmes is limiting access to and damaging the quality of education being delivered in Dublin Central. It is preventing young […]
Minister must explain why NEW Mater Hospital is closed to sick and injured.
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar needs to explain why the Mater Hospital is this afternoon turning away sick and injured people from its Emergency Department. This is a state of the art purpose built hospital. It cost more than €280million and took twelve years to deliver. The only possible reason there can be for telling people […]
Reinstate Phibsborough Local Area Plan
Reinstate Phibsborough LAP
For ten years as a City Councillor I worked with residents and officials to protect and develop Phibsborough as a prime urban village. Like many others I was dismayed to recently learn that the Phibsborough Local Area Plan (LAP) that we had worked on for many years was recently rejected by Councillors. The Phibsborough Local […]
Phibsborough Plan Rejected
The rejection of the Phibsborough Local Area Plan (LAP) at the meeting of Dublin City Council earlier this week is a major set-back for our area. It is a body blow to the local community, to the many residents and voluntary groups who worked so hard for many years and it also a huge waste of public […]
“Gender Quota” legislation should be scrapped.
From the outset I believed the “Gender quota” legislation introduced by Minister Phil Hogan on behalf of this Government was fundamentally flawed. It is a poor response to the under representation of women in the Dáil. It requires all political parties to field minimum 30% female candidates at the next General Election or face a significant cut […]
Cabra Shooting Unacceptable
When gun crimes occur on residential roads with open green spaces where children play daily it is time for the authorities to wake-up and acknowledge that their approach to crime in our community is failing. As a founding member of the Cabra Community Policing Forum I work with residents, elected representatives, the local authority and […]
Boycott Bank of Ireland
The outrageous announcement by Bank of Ireland a bailed-out pillar bank to restrict face to face cash withdrawals to amounts over €700 is unacceptable. People should boycott Bank of Ireland unless they back down and drop this policy. This change of practice will present huge difficulties for many people but most especially the elderly. […]
69% increase in Burglaries leaves homeowners terrified
A recent report from the Central Statistics Office indicating a 69% increase in Burglaries since 2007 in the Dublin West Garda Division that includes Cabra confirms what local residents have been living with for the last few years. As Chairperson of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee 2009-2014 I worked with local Gardai and local residents to […]
Mary with Cabra Post Master Andrew Kelly
