North Strand & Ballybough Community Forum
The next meeting of the North Strand and Ballybough Community Policing Forum will be held on Monday 9th July @ 6.30pm in The Larkin Center, 57-58 North Strand Road, Dublin 3. As Chairperson of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee I have worked with the Gardai and Dublin City Council to put in place local policing forums in all parts […]
Constituency Boundary Review
The Boundary Commission Report released yesterday carves-up Dublin Central and divides the constituency in three. It recommends taking the two Navan Road electoral areas and putting them into a four seat Dublin West Constituency, putting two of the Glasnevin and Drumcondra Electoral areas into three seat Dublin North West and keeping Cabra and Phibsborough with […]
2nd Level Educate Together
There are already three Educate Together Primary Schools in our constituency. In May 2011 the Department of Education gave formal recognition to Educate Together as a Secondary School patron. I am supporting the campaign for a Second Level Educate Together school in the North Dublin City area. In order to prove to the Department of […]
NWIC Policing Forum
The next meeting of the North West Inner City Community Policing Forum is the 2nd May 2012 and will be held in the Jameson Distillery at 7.OOPM. All residents and property owners in the area are invited to attend to discuss with the Gardai, Dublin City Council and Elected Representatives any issues in the area. […]
Burglaries
At a recent meeting of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee the Gardai reported a significant increase in the number of burglaries in the Navan Road, Cabra and North Inner City areas of Dublin Central. The Gardai are asking residents and property owners to be vigilant and to report any suspicious persons or activity by […]
North Inner City Community Policing Forum
The next meeting of the North Inner City Policing Forum will be held on Wednesday 7th of March at 7pm in Store Street Garda Station. This meeting is open to any member of the community to attend so if you have any issues you would like to raise with the Gardai, Dublin City Council or […]
Inner City Policing Forum
The date of the next North West Inner City Policing Forum is the 22nd February 2012 and will be held in the Jameson Distillery at 7.OOPM. The NWIC forum covers the area west of O’Connell Street and North of the Liffey as far as the North Circular Road. The forum is attended by local Gardai, […]
Joint Policing Committee
Every three months I chair a meeting of the Dublin Central Joint Policing Committee in City Hall. I started the December 2011 meeting with a minutes silence for Conor Hickey and thanked the Gardai from Mountjoy for the support they gave his family and the community at the time of his death. The Gardai […]
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 […]
DCC Flooding Update
Since the flooding on the 24th of October I have been following up with Dublin City Council regarding specific flooding events in our area. At the DCC Engineering Strategic Policy Meeting held on December 15th I addressed the issue and the RTE 1 news covered some of my comments. You can watch the full meeting […]