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Blue Flag Status for Merrion & Sandymount Strands
(Motion to Dublin City Council) DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL SOUTH EAST AREA COMMITTEE 8th December 2008 Item No. 2 Motion from Councillor Dermot Lacey This Committee requests a report on what steps it would be necessary to take for Sandymount and Merrion Strands to achieve full Blue Flag Status and to report on what steps are…
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Good News for Morehampton Lane
After many years of lobbying I am delighted to report that we have now secured €99,000 towards the reconstruction of the carriageway along Morehampton Lane, Donnybrook. It is expected that the works will be carried out by April/May of next year but will definitely be undertaken during that year. As the largest Party on the…
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Gormley Must Put an End to Poolbeg Incinerator
Press Release Ruairi Quinn TD and the Labour Team in Dublin South East – Councillors Mary Freehill, Kevin Humphreys, Dermot Lacey, Oisin Quinn and local representative Maria Parodi, have expressed their disappointment with the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency to grant a licence for the Incinerator in the Poolbeg Peninsula. They called on the…
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Dodder Master Plan & River Gang
I have been pushing for the development of an overall master plan for the Dodder and am pleased to say that the draft River Basin Management Plan has now been published and is available from Dublin Council: www.dublincity.ie. The City Council’s “River gang” will be available to carry out on the spot local clean ups…
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Scully’s Field, Milltown
The campaign to secure Scully’s Field as part of the Dodder Linear Park is ongoing and I have used every opportunity to continue to raise this at City Council level. Following the publication of new regulations about building on floodplains the City Manager has agreed to write to the Minister for the Environment seeking funds…
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A Little Piece of Ranelagh History
A little piece of Ranelagh history is to be marked following agreement by the City Council to re-erect the name plate for Moran’s Cottages. The Cottages are a small enclave just off the Ranelagh Triangle and were once owned by the local Moran family. While the area is not in charge of the Council and…
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River Dodder Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study
The River Dodder Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study is a major study into how we can improve and protect the River Dodder and the communities along side it. I was involved in initiating the study, and it makes interesting reading. The Report is available in The Pembroke Library and on the Dublin City…
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Register to Vote
It’s that time of year again – the Electoral Register is being prepared. At Dublin City Council, we’ve come up with a poster to encourage those who may not have been born here, but still have a right to vote, to register. As readers may or may not know, anyone can vote in Local Elections…
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Councillors say house tax will not offset funding cut – The Irish Times
Dermot got some more coverage in today’s Irish Times on the subject of Minister Gormley‘s new second house property tax. councillors said the money would not offset the 5 per cent reduction in local government funding from the exchequer, and that local authorities were being used as tax collectors for the Government. “This is a…
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Flooding & Drainage Issues in St Alban’s Park, Sandymount
Residents in St Alban’s Park, Sandymount, have recently been having some problems with flooding and drainage issues. I put a question to the City Manager at the last meeting of Dublin City Council. You can see the reply below. While I am reluctant to put onto a blog precise details as they relate to individual’s…
