Flood Warning
Met Éireann issued a weather warning for Dublin valid until 6 pm on Wednesday 17th. October. They forecast that “some local flooding is possible from the rain but coastal flooding is also a threat due to additional combination of spring tides, low pressure and SE gales and some high seas tomorrow”. Between 1 am […]
Cabra’s Got Talent
Applications for the best talent show ever staged in Cabra are being accepted from 7pm this evening at Chillax Youth Cafe in The Boogies. Anyone with talent and ambition won’t want to miss their chance to enter this competition and win great prizes. Mary
Property Tax
Being in Government is rarely easy and governing in difficult financial circumstances is always going to be challenging. However what Roisin Shortall demonstrated last week is that being in Government is about making choices. At the end of the day, when this Government’s blame game with Fianna Fail, the ECB, the IMF, other European leaders etc.is […]
Cabra’s Got Talent
I am so proud of the young people from the Chillax Youth Cafe in Cabra who with help from Dublin City Council, Cabra Youth Services, volunteers and me are organising a talent contest for young people. The competition is open to any young person aged 10 to 21yrs. Amateurs only need apply. The Talent contest […]
Ramp Repairs
There is a problem in the City with speed ramps deteriorating. I have raised this issue in past and requested that ramps on Blackhorse Avenue, the Old Cabra Road and other parts of our area be repaired. At the September 2012 meeting of Dublin City Council I asked the Manager to please advise when the ramps on Lindsay, […]
Cabra East Flooding
At the September 2012 meeting of Dublin City Council I asked the City Manager to provide a report detailing the cause of flooding of homes on Leix, Offally, Imaal, Cuala and Cabra Road in October of 2011. Has DCC identified possible mitigation measures and will the Manager outline same? Has DCC considered installing an over-flow pipe […]
Primary Care Center
Clarington Properties Ltd have lodged a planning application with Dublin City Council for a purpose built Primary Health Care Center on the site of St Josephs Catholic Institute for Deaf People on the Navan Road, Dublin 7. The application is for a two to four storey Primary Care Center containing a health food shop, café, […]
CABRA TRADERS EVENT
Cabra Business Association is holding its 2nd Cabra Traders Event in St Finbars GAA in Cabra on Saturday August 18th 2012. There was a great turn-out at the first traders event last year and it is expected to be even better this year with something for every age group and interest. Mary
Phoenix Park Concerts
MCD, the event promoters for the Swedish House Mafia concert held in the Phoenix Park in July made contact with me today and we discussed my proposal to review the Phoenix Park concerts at the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee. The role of the Joint Policing Committee is to review crime in the area, examine […]
Luas for Cabra and Grangegorman
Today An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for Luas BXD to Grangegorman. It will connect the existing two Luas lines and extend the service to Cabra, via Grangegorman. This is great news for Dublin, Grangegorman and Cabra and removes one of the final obstacles to the project. Now it is up to the Government to […]