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Committees
Following the Local Elections I have been appointed to the following boards and committees: Local: Rathmines – Pembroke Partnership. Lansdowne Road Stadium – Project Monitoring Committee. Chairperson –South East Area Policing Committee. I have also been recently invited to serve on the Board of the Royal Hospital Donnybrook Voluntary Housing Association. City Council: City Council…
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Dublin Mayor debate must move beyond expenses
The proposals from the Minister for the Environment and Local Government for a directly elected Mayor are of course a welcome step forward. Despite the fact that they remain just proposals, there is a real need to move the debate forward now beyond the issue of expenses, the Mansion House and all what we might…
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One Week to Go!
Well, only a week to go and it’s all over – the Local Election campaign that is and what a campaign it has been. With a huge focus on the National economic crisis, Local Government matters have not really had a look in. Nevertheless I have tried to raise matters such as changes to a…
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St Alban’s Park and Dublin Planning Guidelines
Before yesterday’s Rathgar public meeting mentioned earlier, I attended a joint meeting of the Dublin Regional Authority and the Mid East Regional Authority where we finalized the first Draft of the Regional Planning Guidleines that will now go out for Public Consultation. Yesterday afternoon I was in St. Alban’s Park where hopefully we are inching…
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Rathgar Public Meeting
There was a well attended and well run Public meeting held last night ( 21st April) hosted by the Rathgar Residents Association. The formal was simple all those on the Panel had two minutes to introduce ourselves and there then followed a Question and Answer session. All three Labour Councillors attended as did most of…
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Planning, PDs and Scouts
While clearly the Budget was the Political event of the week local politics and activities continue. Monday saw the monthly meeting of the South East Area Committee. On the Planning side I had requested that the planning application for Dunluce on Anglesea Road be included on the agenda. This is a substantial development with 28…
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Eamon Gilmore Video
The famous Eamon Gilmore video, which was shown at the Labour Party Conference on Saturday, and has received quite a bit of comment in various places, is now online. You can see it here.
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Nominated to Dublin Transport Authority
I was delighted, at the March monthly meeting of the Dublin Regional Authority, to receive the support of my colleagues on the Authority for nomination as its representative to the proposed Dublin Transportation Authority. Despite the fact that the Authority has members drawn from the four Dublin Local Authorities and from Fianna Fail, Fine Gael,…
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Eamon Gilmore – Local Issues – A New Neighbour
It’s been a busy few days starting with the Labour Party NEC on Saturday. There, the main business was discussion on Motions for the National Conference, recommendations regarding the 21st Century Labour Commission and the state of the economy and our response as a Party. What was palpable was the huge respect for Eamon Gilmore…
