Councillor Dermot Lacey

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  • Christmas Tree Recycling and Waste Arrangements

    It’s always a good idea to plan ahead, so I wanted to let readers know about the various arrangements being made for Christmas waste collection in the area, and, looking even further ahead, for Christmas tree recycling! As Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, there will be no change to normal black and brown bin…

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  • Annual Report to Labour Party Constituency Council

    What a year! A new Government, an additional Labour TD in Dublin South East, a new Labour Councillor in South East Inner City, a new Government and a Labour nominated President. However, it was also a year in which the housing crisis continued to grow, our transport system remained inadequate and disjointed, bin collection services…

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  • Dublin At Christmas

    The Lord Mayor, Cllr Andrew Montague, yesterday launched the official Dublin At Christmas event for 2011. All events are now on a new website www.dublinatchristmas.ie which is the ultimate online guide for Christmas in the city. This super seasonal website is Dublin’s one stop shop for information on all aspects of Christmas in Dublin’s fair…

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  • Community Forum AGM

    Dublin Community TV, as part of a promotion for the Dublin Community Forum AGM that is taking place next Wednesday night, has produced some video interviews. The Forum has invited the Chairpersons of each DCC Strategic Policy Committee to present a report on the work of the Committee and how the Forum might better involve…

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  • Report to September Labour Party Constituency Council

    City Council: Following the Summer break the City Council resumed meetings on the 5th September. Among the issues dealt with on the night were: The provision of Public toilet facilities, planning permission for the new National Children’s Hospital and waste collection service. Housing, Social and Community affairs Strategic Policy Committee: The City Council has now…

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  • Sandymount Village Design Statement

    Dublin City Council has launched the Sandymount Village Design Statement.  This is a great opportunity for the local community to get involved in creating a vision for the future of the village.  I highly recommend reading a copy of the report, which can be downloaded from the Dublin City Council website here (pdf). If you…

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  • Closure of Ailesbury Gadens to Traffic

    Following a request received from Iarnród Éireann, Dublin City Council is considering authorising the temporary closure of Ailesbury Gardens,Dublin 4 (from Sydney Parade Avenue to St Albans Park) for four consecutive Saturday nights/Sunday mornings on 17th /18th & 24th/25th September and 1st/2nd & 8th/9th October 2011 respectively from 22.00hrs each Saturday to 09.00 hrs each…

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  • Herbert Park Family Day

    Herbert Park in Ballsbridge will host a Family Day in August as part of the park’s centenary celebrations. Details: Sunday 21st August 1pm-5pm Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Details from Dublin City Council can be found here.

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  • Update to mid-July

    Report to Dublin South East Constituency Council – July 2011. City Council: Financial pressures and the increasing reduction of Council services continue to dominate the agenda. This will see reductions in street cleansing, slower maintenance response and the possibility of withdrawing altogether from Waste Collection. This central issue of the Financing of Local Government must…

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  • Cllr Dermot Lacey – Update to June 20th 2011

    City Council: The principal concern for the Council remains that of Finance, though listening, watching and participating in Council meetings it would be hard to believe this to be the case. While the case for Local Government reform has been highlighted from time to time –dealing with the thornier issue of Finance is central to…

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