Christmas Tree Lighting
Dublin City Council will be turning on the lights on the O’Connell Street Christmas Tree on Sunday 24th November. There will be free family friendly entertainment from 3.30pm with the lights actually being switched on at 6pm. There promises to be something for everyone with entertainment from the Army Band, Gospel Choirs and the Monica […]
May The Force Be With You
Star Wars, the movie, are holding open casting at Croke Park this weekend November 23 & 24th 2013. Calling all young actors and actresses ((men aged 19-23 and women aged 17-18)) to open casting for the Star Wars film. The Star Wars casting is scheduled to take place on Saturday 23 & Sunday 24th November […]
Molly Malone
At this morning’s meeting of Dublin City Council’s Public Art Advisory group north side Fine Geal and Labour Dublin City Councillors Breen and McLoughlin blocked the proposal to explore the possibility of moving the Molly Malone statue to Dublin’s north side street market on Moore Street. The Molly Malone statue must be moved from its […]
GPO museum
The GPO, Dublin At the September meeting of the Central Area Committee I proposed a motion expressing members appreciation to An Post for the information they shared with us regarding their plans for the development of the GPO museum. The motion also called on An Post to amend their plans to make the main building, which was the scene […]
Moore Street National Monument
At the July meeting of the Central Area Committee I proposed a motion, which if implemented by the Government would instruct NAMA to make available sufficient funding to ensure the restoration of the National Monument on Moore Street and to provide an appropriate commemoration and interpretive centre in time for 2016. In response to this motion the […]
North Strand
In September I asked the Dublin City Council to arrange for the repair of the road and footpaths on Bayview Avenue, North Strand, which are in a poor condition. The Manager advised me that “Currently Road Maintenance staff are reconstructing several sections of footpaths on Bayview Avenue. No decision can be made in relation to […]
Culture Night
Today, Friday 20th September, Dublin City’s streets and cultural venues will be bustling again this year for Culture Night 2013 from 5pm until late. There are lots of things to do both locally and throughout the Dublin City. For a full list of things happening and places to see click here. Some of Dublin City […]
Directly Elected Mayor
Earlier this year the Minister for the Environment published the governments’ plan for local Government, “putting people first”, which includes the proposal to ask the people of Dublin to vote in May 2014 for or against the introduction of a Directly Elected Mayor. The Lord Mayors, on behalf of the City and County Councillors of […]
Granby Park
From August 22nd to September 22nd 2013 a vacant site on Dominick Street has been transformed into an urban pop-up park. This empty site has been transformed into an imaginative, creative, free public space for everyone to enjoy. Granby Park is a great addition to our city and our area. Upstart, the non-profit voluntary arts collective, […]
Homeless Services
Dublin City Council recently announced that both the Central Placement Service (CPS) and the Homeless Allocation Section of Dublin City Council, have been relocated from 160 Capel Street to Parkgate Hall, 6-9 Conygham Road, Dublin 9. The new office is open Monday to Friday 10am – 12noon / 2pm – 4pm. If you are homeless, rough […]