The Community Centre Investment Fund is now open! Funding will be available under 2 Categories, with grants of between €10k and €100K available: Funding is available for: Application Guidlines and Forms can be found HERE.
Paradise Place Educate Together
Mary was delighted to visit the Educate Together School on Paradise Place with Minister Norma Foley to celebrate the schools new patronage. St Mary’s Primary School is the first Catholic National School in the country to transfer patronage to Educate Together. Thank you to the staff, students, board of managment and parents for a great…
Important Voting Information
Please read the following before you go to vote on Friday (especially about ensuring that your Ballot Paper is stamped correctly). When the person at the desk crosses off your name and goes to give you your Ballot Papers, please watch that they stamp them / perforate them correctly. If they forget to stamp /…
Cabra Parkside
Congratulations to all Dublin City Council staff at Cabra Parkside Sports and Community Centre at in John Paul II Park. Cabra Parkside Community Sports Centre is a multi-functional facility serving the social and recreational life of communities within the Cabra area. Located on Ratoath Road, the centre is open seven days a week and the…
Youth Empowerment
Thanks to Minister Mary Butler for supporting Cabra for Youth and Sphere 17’s innovative and succesful Listen Project. This free youth counselling service is designed to improve young people wellbeing through one to one support. The Listen Project is a youth counselling service for young people aged 12-21 years. It provides a safe space in…
Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire
Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuires new school on Dominick Street is a complex and challenging site. The delay in the project is deeply dissapointing. Following Mary’s representation, an additional expert project manager has been appointed to the project. The project manager will work to ensure that the school is completed on schedule. The original timeline for completion…
Drumcondra Autism Friendly Village
A huge well done to everyone at Drumcondra Autism Friendly Village on their official launch. Mary was delighted to attend their succesful launch and hear about their plans to make Drumcondra an autism friendly village. The group is a volunteer-based initiative lead by parents of autistic children living locally. Their work will help make Drumcondra…
Drugs Committee
Mary has been appointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Drugs Use by Micheál Martin. The committee will examine the the reccommendations made by the Citizens Assembly, engage with stakeholders & experts and submit a report on their findings. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use was established to consider the legislative, policy and operational changes…
Save Our Hall
Great news for the Save Our Hall campaign. Mary has been informed that the Corpus Christi Hall will be available for use by the community in the evening time. The hall and the stage will also remian unchanged. Mary will continue to work with the Save Our Hall group, the Corpus Christi Parish and the…
Sustainable Skills
The need for climate action presents us with a unqie chance to learn practical skills. The Rediscovery Centre are running a circular living programme. Project ECCO is free programmes which teaches key reuse and repair skills. The next project intake starts in September 2024. Register for Project ECCO HERE. The Rediscovery Centre is the National Centre…