Drumcondra Road Trees
Dublin City Council are undertaking greening improvement work on the central median on Drumcondra Road Lower and Dorset Street. Before the works commenced 21 of the 22 trees on Drumcondra Road Lower were dead. The works will remove the dead trees and hard surfaces and introduce new trees and ground planting. The new trees will […]
Drumcondra Mens Shed
Mary is delighted to help Drumcondra Tidy Villages set-up a “Drumcondra Mens Shed”. Huge thanks to Rosmini GAA for providing use of their premises and Dublin City Council for guidance and support. The Drumcondra Mens Shed is inviting people living in Drumcondra and interested in undertaking environmental works in our community to get in touch […]
Na Fianna & DCU Partnership
Mary was delighted to deputise for the Lord Mayor at the launch of CLG Na Fianna and DCU’s Community Partnership at Na Fianna’s clubhouse on St Mobhi Road. This 7 year agreement enables shared access to facilities, internships, promotion of the Irish language, cultural activities, volunteering & coaching initiatives. Click HERE to read more about […]
BusConnects, Ballymun & Finglas CBC
On September 19th, 2019 Mary attended the Ballymun and Finglas CBC Community Forum organized by the NTA. You can see the full presentation HERE. There were no more than 50 people in attendance at the meeting from an area with a population of more than 10,000. To encourage increased attendance Mary asked the NTA […]
Support Our Secretaries
School secretaries are vital to the successful running of every school. Yet as employees they are being treated as second class citizens. 90% of school secretaries do not have the same safeguards in place as the other 10% who are employed directly by the Department of Education. These secretaries are at a great disadvantage when […]
Central Area Committee, Sep-19
Mary represented the interests of the people of the Cabra Glasnevin ward of Dublin City Council at the September 2019 Central Area Committee. You can watch the meeting HERE Among the issues discussed were housing proposals for O’Devaney Gardens, Infirmary Road and St Finbars Court. Mary also raised issues around traffic, parking, waste management and […]
BusConnects, Update
The NTA advised Mary that there will be BusConnects Community Forums in respect of the following routes over the coming weeks: Blanchardstown to City Centre in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown on Tuesday 10th September @6.30pm. Ballymun to City Centre/Finglas to Phibsborough in The Axis Centre, Ballymun on Thursday 19th September @6.30pm. Swords to City […]
Up the Dubs!
The very best of the luck to the ladies and mens Dublin GAA teams over the month of August. We are all rooting for you and All-Ireland success!
Botanic SHD
In June 2019 following strong observations from Mary and others An Bord Pleanala refused planning permission for 299 apartments on the Smurfit site on Botanic Road. On Friday 26th July, a new site notice was displayed on the Smurfit Site, see attached photo of site notice. The notice states Scanron Limited intends applying to Dublin […]
Dublin Agreement 2019-24
At Dublin City Councils July 2019 Monthly Meeting, on behalf of Fianna Fáil, Mary proposed the Dublin Agreement and called on all City Councillors to support its ambitious objectives for the city. Click HERE to read the Dublin Agreement. Click HERE to watch webcast of Mary proposing the Agreement to full City Council.