Moore Street 1916
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO MAKE A SUBMISSION Dublin City Council recently established a committee to review the plans and make recommendations for the National Monument site on Moore Street. I am the local Fianna Fail representative, leader of Fianna Fail on Dublin City Council and party representative on the Committee. The national, historic, cultural, […]
Mater Emergency Unit Delayed
It is very disappointing that the opening of the new, state of the art, Mater Emergency Unit has been postponed. The new Emergency Unit was due to open last Friday 25th of January but was postponed until further notice. The management in the Mater hospital made the decision to postpone opening the new unit because […]
Community Grants Deadline
REMINDER DEADLINE APPROACHING Dublin City Council is currently accepting applications for funding under their Community Grant Scheme. Key priorities for funding 2013 are community development, social inclusion, children and young people, digital inclusion, integration, marginalised groups and local issues. To download an application please click here. Please note that the closing date is 5pm Thursday […]
Car break-ins
I was woken early one morning recently by our friendly postman who noticed that our car had been broken-into over night. Now to be totally honest they didn’t actually “break-in” because the car had been left “unlocked” (don’t ask who is to blame for that, needless to say I am admitting nothing). They had gone […]
Street Cleaning
Since Dublin City Council withdrew from the collection of domestic waste and the provision of a bin waiver in the city they also abandoned the policy of sweeping streets after bin collections. I have raised this issue with the City Council because it is having a negative impact on the city’s image. It is really important that […]
Community Grants
Dublin City Council is currently accepting applications for funding under their Community Grant Scheme. Key priorities for funding 2013 are community development, social inclusion, children and young people, digital inclusion, integration, marginalised groups and local issues. To download an application please click here. Please note that the closing date is 5pm Thursday the 31st January […]
Docklands SDZ
At the January Meeting of Dublin City Council the City Manager gave a report on the proposed Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) for the Dublin Docklands. I welcomed the work done to date and the Minister’s approval for the development of a strategic development zone in the docklands. Recent socio economic mapping of the area shows […]
New Mater
The new Mater General Adult Hospital opened its new main entrance in the Whitty Building on the North Circular Road, Dublin 7 on January 14th 2013. This replaces the old entrance on Eccles Street. The new entrance is open from 6.30am to 8pm. All public access via the main entrance on Eccles Street ceased from January […]
How to spend €2.2m ??
2013 has started with some good news for Dublin City. The City Council has an extra and unexpected €2.2m to spend this year and I want the money to be used wisely to support services to citizens and employment in the city. On November 26th, 2012 the Lord Mayor and City Councillors of Dublin met […]
Moore Street National Monument
I attended the second meeting of the Dublin City Council Committee established to review the plans and make recommendations for the National Monument site on Moore Street took place in City Hall this morning. The national, historic, cultural, educational, commercial and tourist potential of the site cannot be overstated and must be developed and promoted by […]