Councillor Dermot Lacey

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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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  • Councillor Expenses (Letter to the Editor)

    4th June 2012 The Editor, Letters Page, The Sunday Independent   Dear Editor, Your correspondent Michael O’Meara ( letters 3rd June) seems to think it is acceptable to refer to me and my fellow Councillors across the country as “Vultures”. As someone who has been re-elected to Dublin City Council in 1999, 2004 and 2009…

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  • Labour Councillors to table motion on Greyhound Rubbish Collection

    DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL LABOUR GROUP Wednesday 18th January 2012 LABOUR CITY COUNCILLORS TO TABLE MOTION ON GREYHOUND RUBBISH COLLECTION The Dublin City Council Labour Group has today continued to express its disappointment at the behaviour of the Greyhound Waste Management Company and Dublin City Council management and will be raising the issue at the Finance…

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Draft Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017

    The proposed amendments to the Draft Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 will be on public  display from 18th August 2010 to 15 September 2010 at the following locations in the South East Area during normal office opening hours: Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 Ringsend/Pembroke Area Office, Portview House, Thorncastle Street, Ringsend, Dublin…

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  • South East Area Committee

    Regular readers might be interested in the motions I put down at today’s South East Area Committee of Dublin City Council.  The motions, and the City Manager’s responses, are below: Item 1 Motion from Councillor Dermot Lacey This Committee requests the Manager to arrange a clean up and tidy up of the old graveyard adjacent…

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