Councillor Dermot Lacey

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Post Archive


  • Thank You

    Now that the posters are being taken down and the offices cleared I can reflect on what an honour it remains to be elected by your own community to represent them on Dublin City Council. I recall the words the late Dan Spring said to me many years ago “It is easy to be elected…

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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 – 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…

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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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  • Pembroke-Rathmines – New Electoral Boundaries

    As some of you may know, the new areas for the Local Elections have now been determined and Donnybrook is now part of the new Pembroke-Rathmines area.  That area will elect six City Councillors, and Labour has selected Councillor Mary Freehill, Councillor Oisin Quinn and me to contest. We believe it is possible to retain…

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  • Let Battle Commence

    We had a great Selection Convention in The Mansion House for the Pembroke-Rathmines and the South East Inner City wards.  The Selection Conventions were chaired by well known blogging politician, Dominic Hannigan, and hosted by the Dublin South East Labour Party.  Kevin Humphreys and Maria Parodi were selected for the South East Inner City –…

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  • Grants Announced – Donnybrook & Rathmines

    I was delighted to see that St. Mary’s Tennis Club in Donnybrook has been awarded €165, 000 from the Sports Capital grants scheme today. The Club is very active in Donnybrook and provides a range of sporting and social opportunities to a cross section of the community including the local schools. Earlier this year I…

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