The next Navan Road and Pelletstown Local Community Policing Forum will take place on Thursday 14th of March 2013 at 7pm in the Community Room, River Centre, Rathborne Village, Pelletsown. This forum is an opportunity for people living and working the area to meet with the Gardai, Dublin City Council and elected representatives to discuss and address issues of concern. As Chair of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee I encourage people from the area to come along and engage in the these forum meetings which feed into the priorities for the Dublin Central Joint Policing Commitee. Mary

Revenue Raising Powers for Dublin City
Government confirmed their support for legislation that would allow local authorities charge a small visitors tax if they wished to do so. Dublin welcomes millions of visitors each year. Tourism is vital to our economy, but it also places added pressure on city services — street cleaning, waste collection, public



