Councillor Dermot Lacey

May 2012

Post Archive


  • Time for some new commentators (Letter to the Editor)

    This letter was published in the Sunday Business Post on May 27th 2012. Dear Editor, That tired old commentator Tom McGurk, allied to that other tired old commentator Vincent Browne, have been regurgitating their same tired old nonsense now, for decades, in  both print and on screen. Rather than the new Political Party that they…

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  • Dublin Mayor

    This article first appeared in the Sunday Times’ “Think Tank for the 21st Century” on May 27th 2012. “Let us choose our own Mayor” asked Justine Mc Carthy, Sunday Times 8th May. I agree. For Ireland’s sake, Dublin needs to run Dublin. The present situation in which an array of Quangos, unaccountable State Bodies and…

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  • Your Dublin, Your Voice – share your experience of living, working or studying in Dublin

    I’ve just received an update on the latest ‘Your Dublin, Your Voice‘ survey, which I thought would be of interest to readers.  More details below. Dining out is now the favoured social activity of Dubliners. The city centre is preferred to the suburbs by people aged 18-30. Grafton Street is the capital’s most popular area,…

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