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 […]
Naming new Liffey bridge
As the construction progresses there is increasing interest in the naming of the new bridge over the Liffey. Dublin City Council received 85 official nominations along with almost 10,000 supporting submissions, including e-mails, direct correspondence and petitions. At the meeting of Dublin City Council’s Commemorative Naming Committee yesterday, the 85 nominations were shortlisted to 17. (see […]
Employment Networking
On Friday 17th May 2013 IENetworking will host a talk on “Positive Psychology in Business” in the Motor Tax Office, 3rd Floor training room, Queen Street, D7 from 10:00 – 13:00. Alan Duffy will discuss techniques to improve business relations, enhance communication with potential clients and maintain great health in body and mind. Alan is experienced in […]
Dublin Litter Crises
Dublin City Council Central Area Manager today met with City Councillors for the Central Area to brief them on the illegal dumping/litter crises. At the meeting the Central Area Manager, Charlie Lowe, advised Councillors that Dublin City Council is collecting 1,000s of dumped bags every day and incurring €100,000s in costs to dispose of the […]
Docklands SDZ
The Docklands Strategic Development Zone Draft Planning Scheme is currently on public display until 10th May 2013. As part of this process, members of the public are invited to a number of Drop-In Sessions to talk with staff from the City Council about the Draft Scheme. The dates and times for these Drop-In Sessions – […]
Dublin City rubbish
This week Dublin City Councillors agreed to spend an extra €1.4million on waste management services to try to clean up the mess that they created by privatising the bin service. More than a year ago, myself and some other Councillors strenuously opposed the secret deal done by the City Manager, with the support of Labour […]
Dublin City Cultural Quarter
Dublin City Council, The OPW and Kennedy Wilson today announced a €2.5m investment in a new City Library and a Vision Document for a new Cultural Quarter in Dublin City. I welcome the announcement of investment on Parnell Square to build a new City Library in the former Colaiste Mhuire buildings and the commitment from Kennedy […]