St Josephs Deaf Village

There will be a public meeting in St. Joseph’s school Sports Hall (Navan road entrance) on Wednesday the 6th of June 2012 at 7pm. The meeting is to keep local people informed about the final stages in the construction of Deaf Village Ireland, opening dates etc and to brief people in relation to the proposed […]

Burglaries

At a recent meeting of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee the Gardai reported a significant increase in the number of burglaries in the Navan Road, Cabra and North Inner City areas of Dublin Central. The Gardai are asking residents and property owners to be vigilant and to report any suspicious persons or activity by […]

DIT Development in Cabra

DIT has recently acquired the former Hanay site on Broombridge Road in Cabra.  DIT intends to develop the site as an additional sports facility close to Grangegorman.  In order to develop the site DIT is preparing plans for an all weather floodlit sports pitch and indoor sports, recreational and educational facilities which will require planning […]

Gael Scoil Bharra Nuacht Iontach

Congratulations to the parents, children and teachers of Gael Scoil Bharra on the success of their campaign, which I have consistently supported, for a purpose built Gael Scoil.  This week marked a milestone with the government confirming that GSB is to be included in the five year school building plan.  It is scheduled for building […]

Cabra Community Policing Forum

There will be a public meeting to address concerns in relation to burglaries in Cabra East.  The meeting will take place in Christ the King Hall at 7.30pm on Friday 9th March 2012.  Residents and property owners in the area are invited to attend the meeting. Mary

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 […]