Iona Pay & Display
Dublin City Council has confirmed to me that they will ballot the residents of Iona Road for the introduction of Pay & Display parking. The ballot will be conducted over the coming months. For information on how Pay & Display works, the cost of permit etc. you can find more information HERE. If you have any […]
DART underground
On December 14, 2011 An Bord Pleanala advised me that they have granted permission to Irish Rail to go ahead and construct a DART underground service between Inchicore and East Wall in Dublin. You can read the full permission HERE. The decision by the board to grant permission was not surprising but what is most […]
Reilly’s Bridge bottle-neck
I continue to follow-up with DCC for a solution to the manual crossing at Reillys Bridge on the Ratoath Road. Earlier this year An Bord Pleanala granted permission for a fly-over bridge and the latest update I received from Dublin City Council indicates that “Irish Rail’s consultants are finalising the contract documents for the realignment […]
Dublin City Budget
At the Dublin City Council meeting dealing with the 2012 Estimates I made the following statement as leader of the Fianna Fail Group. Fianna Fail group believes it would be irresponsible of us to vote for these estimates: 1. We are not opposed to the principle of competition for the bin service however we […]
Phibsborough Road Works
Dublin City Council has begun a programme of carriageway renewal works across the city which if you have driven or cycled on any of the work that has been completed I am sure you will agree it is a great job and makes a huge difference. We are getting some of the benefit of this […]
Finglas Road Improvements
Work on the Finglas Road/Prospect Way road carriageway renewal begins on Thurs 27th of October, the entire road surface from Prospect Road to The Willows will be resurfaced over a 3 week period. Daily updates will be available HERE. All the best, Mary.
Pay & Display, Self-Employed
Dublin City Council are proposing to amend the Parking bye-laws to allow self employed people obtain 2nd parking permits in residential areas with Pay & Display. The Briefing Note on the proposed amendment to the Bye-Laws together with a copy of the draft Bye-Laws and the current Bye-Laws may be inspected during normal office hours […]
Mountjoy Sq Coach Parking
I was happy to work with and support the residents of Mountjoy Square in their campaign to save one of the few residential Georgian squares in the city from becoming a bus and coach park and to have the square restored to regular use. Dublin City Council have confirmed to me that the coach parking […]
Dublin Bus Network Review
Following my representations on behalf of constituents, Dublin Bus informs me that it has revised its proposals for the Finglas East, Glasnevin and Drumcondra phase of Network Direct. The finalised details are now live on the Dublin Bus website and can be found by HERE. Some of the key revisions include: 1) Route 13/a will be […]
Taxi Regulation
I believe Taxi regulations should be changed to prohibit convicted criminals from operating taxis. The revelations regarding the taxi industry in the Prime Time Investigates programme point to significant issues of public concern. The most worrying was the fact that 6,000 taxi drivers or one in every seven taxi drivers has a criminal record. This is […]