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 […]
Docklands SDZ
I welcome the publication today of a draft Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Plan for Dublin’s Docklands which has the potential to stimulate economic and social regeneration of Dublin’s Docklands. The SDZ must deliver regeneration for the entire community and correct planning mistakes of the past. The exclusion of parts of the North Wall, where there […]
Mountjoy Community Forum
The next Mountjoy Local Community Policing Forum will take place on Tuesday 12th March at 7.30pm in the An Oige Hostel, 61 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 1. This forum is an opportunity for people living and working in the area to meet with the Gardai, Dublin City Council and elected representatives to discuss and address issues of concern. As Chair […]
Mater Emergency Department
I welcome the announcement that the new Emergency Department at the Mater Hospital will open on Sunday 17th February at 10pm. To facilitate opening the new Emergency department Emergency services will be suspended at the Mater for 18 hours. The Department will close to walk-in (self arrival) patients from 4am until 10pm on Sunday 17th February. […]
North Strand Ballybough
The next meeting of the North Strand Ballybough Community Policing Forum will be on February 11th, not February 4th. The meeting will take place on the 11th in the Larkin Center, 57-58 North Strand Road, North Strand, Dublin 3 @ 6.30pm. This is an opportunity for people living and working the area to meet with the Gardai, Dublin […]