Luas for Cabra and Grangegorman
Today An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for Luas BXD to Grangegorman. It will connect the existing two Luas lines and extend the service to Cabra, via Grangegorman. This is great news for Dublin, Grangegorman and Cabra and removes one of the final obstacles to the project. Now it is up to the Government to […]
Development should be supported
The Governments decision in November of 2011 to cut the capital budget by €750m in 2012 was a devastating blow to our economic recovery. One of the projects that was directly affected by the Governments decision was Metro North. At the time the Government indicated that the Metro North underground service to Dublin Airport would […]
Phoenix Park Concerts
The Dublin City Manager, John Tierney, welcomed my idea to bring the issues raised relating to the concerts in the Phoenix Park to the JPC in September. In reponse to my request for all special event licences to be withheld until after the JPC he advised me that “Dublin City Council currently has a number of event […]
Save 16 Moore Street
It is a real disgrace that an appropriate and meaningful memorial has yet to be created at the site of the National Monument on Moore Street. I commend the relatives, friends and supporters of the Save 16 Moore Street Campaign and have always been happy do anything I can to support the objective of creating […]
Liberty House re-development
Dublin City Council received approval from the Department of the Enviroment on the 27th July 2012 for the redevelopment of Liberty House. The funding will provide for the demolition of the existing blocks E+F and the construction of 56 new residential units, a basement car park and a small community building. Residential accommodation will include […]
New Central Bank HQ in North Wall
The Central Bank of Ireland has submitted an application to Dublin City Council to develop the office building on the corner of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street. The application seeks amendments to the previously granted permission and if approved will provide a new office building with parking and other ancillary services in an […]
The Rotunda Hospital
We can be very proud in Dublin Central to have the worlds’ oldest Maternity Hospital, The Rotunda Hospital, and for me there is no place more special because it is where my three children were so expertly delivered into this world. The Rotunda Hospital has a pending planning application to demolish the existing single story […]
WANTED : Tall Ships Volunteers
The Tall Ships will be sailing into Dublin port next month and 1000s of visitors are expected to come into the city to see them. The Tall Ships race organisers are looking for volunteers to help out with the event. So if you are over 18 years old and are interested in getting involved you should […]
North Strand & Ballybough Community Forum
The next meeting of the North Strand and Ballybough Community Policing Forum will be held on Monday 9th July @ 6.30pm in The Larkin Center, 57-58 North Strand Road, Dublin 3. As Chairperson of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee I have worked with the Gardai and Dublin City Council to put in place local policing forums in all parts […]
Dublin Gay Pride Parade
I will be joining Ogra Fianna Fail tomorrow for the Dublin Gay Pride Parade which starts at the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square at 2pm. In the tradition of a true republican party Fianna Fáil has had a ground-breaking record of achievement for the LGBT community, from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to […]