Geting ready for Phizzfest 2012
I recently met with Phizzfest and the Phibsborough Business Association and agreed to help them with preparations for Phizzfest 2012. Following on from that meeting local members of Fianna Fail and I undertook the first job which was to remove the poster ties from the lamp posts in the area. I have also got a […]
Phoenix Park Concerts
There are very serious issues to be addressed following the events at the concerts in the Phoenix Park last weekend. Considering three young men lost their lives, seven people were assaulted and hospitalised, thirty people arrested, forty five call-outs by the fire service, numerous weapons and other items ceased by the Gardai and significant littering, vandalism and […]
EU Presidency Internship Opportunities
Ireland is set to hold the EU presidency in 2013 and the Government is recruiting to fill a number of intern roles. The internship opportunities are with the department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The deadline for applications is Monday July 16th 2012.
Lord Mayor of Dublin City
It is truly depressing that people who should know better, met tonight in City Hall, and in a time of unprecedented economic hardship in the city agreed to splurge €1m on the purely ceremonial role of Lord Mayor of Dublin. There was no discussion at the Annual General Meeting of Dublin City Council of the […]
Lord Mayor of Dublin City
As Fianna Fail Group Leader on Dublin City Council I am recommending to my colleagues that we abstain from the election this evening of a Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor for Dublin City. The role of Lord Mayor of Dublin City is powerless, expensive, undemocratic and in the current economic environment a political indulgence […]
Constituency Boundary Review
The Boundary Commission Report released yesterday carves-up Dublin Central and divides the constituency in three. It recommends taking the two Navan Road electoral areas and putting them into a four seat Dublin West Constituency, putting two of the Glasnevin and Drumcondra Electoral areas into three seat Dublin North West and keeping Cabra and Phibsborough with […]
Aung San Su Kyi
Today Aung San Suu Kyi will arrive in Dublin today. Among her engagements will be a meeting with President Michael D Higgins. I hope the good weather holds for a concert in her honour organised by Amnesty International in the Grand Canal Theatre and receive Amnesty’s Ambassador of Conscience Award. There is a great line […]
Z15 Institutional Land Zoning
There was a special meeting of Dublin City Council on Monday 11th June 2012 to consider the court judgement regarding DCC’s definition of Z15 land zoning in the Dublin City Development Plan. The following motion was passed by the elected representatives: “Having considered the terms of the High Court judgement (Reference 2011 No.56JR) that this Council remit […]
Summer in Dublin
Dublin City Council’s latest update from Met Eireann is that up to 25 millimetres of rain is forecast from 9 am this morning until 9 am tomorrow (Saturday). A further 15 millimetres is forecast from 9 am on Saturday til 9 am on Sunday. City Council staff will continue to monitor the drainage network including […]
Summer in Dublin
Met Eireann has issued a preliminary weather warning to Dublin City Council, forecasting 40 millimetres of rain from midday today (14/6/2012) until midnight tomorrow (15/6/2012). Dublin City Council advised me that the city’s rivers, streams and drainage network will be monitored and the City Councils drainage staff will be in regular contact with Met Eireann. […]