Phoenix Park Concerts 2013
Event organisers, Festival Republic, have confirmed the following arrangements for the concerts to be held in the Phoenix Park this summer:Details of the Event The events will take place on the Wednesday 10th, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of July. The gate times for the events are as follows: Wednesday 10th July 2013: 18:00 – 23:00 Saturday […]
Royal Canal Clean-up
Dublin City North Volunteering Center is organising a clean-up of the Royal Canal on Saturday, 18th of May, at 11am. Meet at Crossguns Bridge on Phibsboro Road. Gloves, bags and litter-pickers will be provided for everybody. They plan to work from 11am to 1pm to collect as much litter as we can from the canal […]
Docklands SDZ
The Docklands Strategic Development Zone Draft Planning Scheme is currently on public display until 10th May 2013. As part of this process, members of the public are invited to a number of Drop-In Sessions to talk with staff from the City Council about the Draft Scheme. The dates and times for these Drop-In Sessions – […]
Dublin City Cultural Quarter
Dublin City Council, The OPW and Kennedy Wilson today announced a €2.5m investment in a new City Library and a Vision Document for a new Cultural Quarter in Dublin City. I welcome the announcement of investment on Parnell Square to build a new City Library in the former Colaiste Mhuire buildings and the commitment from Kennedy […]
Grangegorman Roadworks
The Grangegorman Development Authority has advised that Sierra the contractor will be carrying out Investigative Roadworks in the Grangegorman area commencing on Wednesday 3rd April 2013 in Grangegorman Lower. The work consists of opening up trial trenches on parts of the road at a time and then closing it again. The road will not be […]
Phoenix Park Concerts
Dublin City Council is considering an APPLICATION for a Special Event Licence to hold concerts in the Phoenix Park this summer. The application is currently available for members of the public to inspect and make an observation or objection. The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday 12th April 2013, for more information click HERE. […]
Docklands SDZ
I welcome the publication today of a draft Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Plan for Dublin’s Docklands which has the potential to stimulate economic and social regeneration of Dublin’s Docklands. The SDZ must deliver regeneration for the entire community and correct planning mistakes of the past. The exclusion of parts of the North Wall, where there […]
North Strand Ballybough
The next meeting of the North Strand Ballybough Community Policing Forum will be on February 11th, not February 4th. The meeting will take place on the 11th in the Larkin Center, 57-58 North Strand Road, North Strand, Dublin 3 @ 6.30pm. This is an opportunity for people living and working the area to meet with the Gardai, Dublin […]
Royal Canal
At the January meeting of Dublin City Council I requested an update on the plan, I have for many years championed, to upgrade the Royal Canal tow path from the IFSC to Ashtown. The Manager advised me that the project is currently divided into three sections;1. Sheriff Street to North Strand at Newcomen Bridge 2. Newcomen […]
New Mater
The new Mater General Adult Hospital opened its new main entrance in the Whitty Building on the North Circular Road, Dublin 7 on January 14th 2013. This replaces the old entrance on Eccles Street. The new entrance is open from 6.30am to 8pm. All public access via the main entrance on Eccles Street ceased from January […]