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Flood Warning

Met Éireann issued a weather warning for Dublin valid until 6 pm on Wednesday 17th. October. They forecast that “some local flooding is possible from the rain but coastal flooding

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Cabra’s Got Talent

Applications for the best talent show ever staged in Cabra are being accepted from 7pm this evening at Chillax Youth Cafe in The Boogies.  Anyone with talent and ambition won’t want

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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

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Property Tax

Being in Government is rarely easy and governing in difficult financial circumstances is always going to be challenging. However what Roisin Shortall demonstrated last week is that being in Government

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Route 83

I am glad to see that the campaign by bus users of the old 19 now 83, whose campaign I have supported, has resulted in Dublin Bus amending the new 83 Bus Service to better

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Smithfield Horse Fair

Despite the fact that there has been a horse fair in Smithfield since the 1700s in recent times Dublin City Council repeatedly stated that it had no role in the

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Small Business Loan Fund

There are some fundamental flaws with the Micro Enterprise Loan Fund that is part of the Governments job creation “initiatives”. They say it will make up to €25,000 available for small

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Cabra’s Got Talent

I am so proud of the young people from the Chillax Youth Cafe in Cabra who with help from Dublin City Council, Cabra Youth Services, volunteers and me are organising

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Excessive Salary : Update

On the 14th of September I wrote about the excessive salary being advertised for the role of Head of Student Experience at UCC. I wrote to Ministers for Education, Finance

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