Councillor Dermot Lacey

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  • Brilliant evening out canvassing within the three wards in Dublin Bay South ahead of the local elections:

    Myself and my team were out in Pembroke Fiona Connelly in Kimmage-Rathmines Carol Reynolds in South East Inner City

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  • My new book – All the Red Ties

    I’m delighted to be publishing my new book on the history of scouting in Donnybrook, All the Red Ties, later this month.  Please get in touch with me if you would like to order a copy.

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  • Martin McEvoy Conference on Mayoral Governance in Dublin

    I recently participated in the Martin McEvoy Conference on Mayoral Governance in Dublin at DCU.  You can see my contribution here: If you’d like to hear more from the conference, you can see all the contributions on the NorDubCo YouTube channel.

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  • Longboat Quay

    Article published in the Evening Herald, Thursday 1st October 2015 Imagine the joy of moving into your nice new shiny apartment in the nice new shiny Dublin Docklands. Dreams and hopes of a good life ahead. Thoughts of walking to work in shiny new Google land up the road, going to the theatre in the…

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  • Council Matters on Dublin City FM

    On November 20th I appeared on Council Matters on Dublin City FM.  You can see a webcam of the studio discussion in the video below.  

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  • Annual Report 2012

    Annual report to the Dublin South East Labour Party Election as Group Leader: During the year I was delighted to be elected the new Dublin City Council Labour Group Leader in a contested election. The immediate task of the Group is to secure agreement on the City Budget for 2013 in the context of massively…

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  • Dial to Stop Drugs Helpline (1800 25 00 25)

    Earlier this month, we agreed an important motion at Dublin City Council’s Protocol Meeting held on the 7th June 2012. 1. Motion in the name of Lord Mayor Andrew Montague, Cllr. Dermot Lacey and Cllr. Gerry Ashe This Committee requests the Manager to examine how all Dublin City Council Centres and other facilities such as…

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  • Socialist MEP – some cheek (Letter to the Editor)

    The Editor, The Sunday Times. Dear Editor So “never been elected to anything” Paul Murphy MEP, is suddenly an authority on Labour voters (Sunday Times 3rd June) and the Labour Party. For the record, as a member of Dublin City Council since 1993, the voters of Ballsbridge have re-elected me in 1999, 2004 and 2009, along with…

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  • One Dublin – Many Dubliners

    This essay is an updated version of a contribution to Dublin’s Future edited by Lorcan Sirr and published by The Liffey Press. I am grateful for the co-operation of both in publishing this. The Fair City? Dublin is often described as the ‘Fair City’ – but is it? Is it a city that treats its…

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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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