Social Media Job Search
On Thursday 13th Dec from 1.30pm to 2.30pm The Business Information Centre in the Central Library, in the Ilac Center will host a FREE workshop on Using Social Media to Find a Job. The Workshop will be facilitated by Greg Fry. Greg Fry runs a business called CareersCoach.ie and also is a lecturer at the Digital Marketing […]
2013 City Budget
Approval of 2013 Dublin City Council Estimates is premature and should be deferred until after December 6th– Statement from Cllr Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fail Group Leader, Dublin City Council. “Dublin City Councillors will meet tomorrow Monday 26th November 2012 to consider and approve the 2013 City Council Budget. The Fianna Fail group believes that […]
Smithfield Horse Fair
Dublin City Council are proposing to regulate the Smithfield Horse Fair and have drafted Smithfield Horse Fair Bye-Laws. These bye-laws are currently out for public consultation. DCC is seeking feedback from the general public to these proposed bye-laws and fees. Submissions should be made in writing before 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 29th November 2012. Please click here for more […]
Grangegorman Public Realm
The Grangegorman Development Agency has applied to Dublin City Council for Planning permission for the construction of the public realm and site infrastructure and includes that part of the public thoroughfare Grangegorman Upper and Grangegorman Lower, all located within a 28.69 Hectares Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) at Grangegorman, Dublin 7.The application is for a 10 […]
Cancel Metro North Levy
I have renewed my call to Dublin City Council to suspend the Metro North Development Contribution Scheme that compels property owners along the previously proposed Metro North route to pay €1000’s in additional levies for a project that is not going ahead. The scheme needs to be suspended because it is bad practice for Dublin […]
Review of Special Event Licences needed
Dublin City Council must review how Special Event Licences are sanctioned in Dublin following July’s concerts in the Phoenix Park. I welcome the fact that MCD, the OPW, the Gardaí and Dublin City Council special Events Licensing Department attended the meeting of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee that I chaired today. The Phoenix Park […]
Joint Policing Committee
I will Chair the next meeting of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee in City Hall on Thursday September 6th at 9.30am. Items on the agenda include Garda reports for Dublin Central, review of the concerts held in the Phoenix Park in July 2012 and the Strategic Response Groups report “A Better City for All”. The […]
Ramp Repairs
There is a problem in the City with speed ramps deteriorating. I have raised this issue in past and requested that ramps on Blackhorse Avenue, the Old Cabra Road and other parts of our area be repaired. At the September 2012 meeting of Dublin City Council I asked the Manager to please advise when the ramps on Lindsay, […]
Smithfield (NWIC) Local Policing Forum
The next meeting of the North West Inner City Policing Forum will be held on Wednesday the 5th of September 2012 in the Holy Family Parish Centre, 13 Prussia Street, Dublin 7. This meeting will be held from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. All members of the local area are invited to come along and address any issues […]
Phoenix Park Concerts
MCD, the event promoters for the Swedish House Mafia concert held in the Phoenix Park in July made contact with me today and we discussed my proposal to review the Phoenix Park concerts at the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee. The role of the Joint Policing Committee is to review crime in the area, examine […]