Bord Bia Marketing Fellowship
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, in partnership with Bord Bia, has announced a third intake to the Bord Bia Marketing Fellowship. This intensive 12-month action learning programme gives successful candidates the combined opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with some of Ireland’s most respected food companies and also gain a postgraduate qualification. Participants’ time […]
Navan Road Gridlock
Major traffic delays on the Navan Road is being caused by extra traffic diverted due to important roadworks on Blackhorse Avenue (click HERE for more). While nobody doubts the need for repairs to the awful state of Blackhorse Avenue, the gridlock on the Navan Road is just too much ! DCC’s traffic engineers plan is to have […]
Opportunities at Google
It’s great to see Google committing to buy more property in Dublin and to further recruitment. Click HERE for more on the announcement. The Fianna Fail government has taken on board genuine criticism in recent times but it is worth reflecting on some of the positives to come out of this period too. Investments by Google, Facebook […]
Dublin’s Historic Houses
If you want to get a better appreciation of Dublin’s historic homes, please read the following letter I received from the Irish Georgian Society today.The Irish Georgian Society and Dublin City Council are partnering to present a 12-week lunchtime lecture series in March, April and May 2011. A team of leading conservation experts, a number of […]
Blackhorse Avenue Roadworks
Further to my UPDATE yesterday, today I received the following response from Dublin City Council Road Maintenance Services: Dear Cllr Fitzpatrick, Further to your enquiries concerning Blackhorse Avenue, please be advised that Road Maintenance Services is currently assembling a tender in order to appoint a contractor to carry out reconstruction works on Blackhorse Avenue in the […]
Blackhorse Avenue Roadworks
For months I have been asking Dublin City Council to repair Blackhrose Avenue – the road surface has been in an appalling condition. Yesterday DCC finally advised me that this weekend, weather permitting, Road Maintenance will repair the stretch between Villa Park & Nephin Road. The work from Villa Park to Baggot road is progressing […]
Employment Opportunities
As part of my continuing drive for job creation in our area, I’m delighted to announce that the Tolka Area Partnership have been awarded 40 places under the TUS programme for the benefit of local community, voluntary groups and organisations. The TÚS Programme provides for 19½ hours work per week for people who are in […]
Grangegorman contracts
Hegarty Demolition were awarded two contracts recently for work on the Grangegorman campus. Any employment queries should be made directly to Hegarty Demolition, 17 Main Street,Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Their telephone number is 01 4905058. Click on http://www.maryfitzpatrick.ie/ for news in Dublin Central
Navan Road / Pelletstown Policing
In October 2010 as Chairperson of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee I chaired the first meeting of the Navan Road and Pelletstown Policing forum. The next meeting of the Navan Road and Pelletstown Area Policing Forum will be held on the 1st February 2011 in the community room at The River Centre, Rathborne 7.00pm. […]
Reilly’s Bridge bottle-neck
On Tuesday 21st of December 2010 Dublin City Council advertised its intention to apply to An Bord Pleanala for permission to build a fly-over bridge to replace the existing hump back bridge a.k.a. Reillys Bridge on the Ratoath Road. The plans are available to inspect in the Cabra Library on the Navan Road and Dublin […]