Councillor Dermot Lacey

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Post Archive


  • Annual Report to Labour Party Constituency Council

    What a year! A new Government, an additional Labour TD in Dublin South East, a new Labour Councillor in South East Inner City, a new Government and a Labour nominated President. However, it was also a year in which the housing crisis continued to grow, our transport system remained inadequate and disjointed, bin collection services…

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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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  • Grow it Yourself

    If you’re interested in growing your own food, you might like to know that there is a GIY (Grow It Yourself) branch in Rathgar/Terenure. The group meets on the first Monday of each month at 8pm in Rathgar Junior School on Grosvenor Road in Rathmines. Entry is free. The next meeting is on December 6th,…

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  • St Luke’s Hospital Book

    I’ve just seen a copy of the new book “Cancer in a cold climate” by Enid O’Dowd. Subtitled “The story of the shafting of St. Luke’s Hospital”, Enid addresses the letdown of St Luke’s and its patients by the Department of Health and the HSE. The book is available directly from www.originalwriting.ie at €15 +…

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  • An Overdue Update

    It’s been far too long since I posted here and when I look back through my diary I see what an amazingly active period it has been. At Labour Party level we have see the successful conclusion of the Lisbon Referendum campaign, the first meeting of the new Central Council and the continued leadership of…

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  • Summer

    After a semi-restful Summer, things are beginning to move again. Arriving home from my holidays it was great to see that the nine new Affordable/Social houses in Beech Hill are nearly finished and will be ready to move into soon. I have also spent some of the “down time” of the Summer getting to know…

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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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  • Christmas Recycling & Bin Arrangements

    The arrangements for Christmas bin services have just been announced. Black & Brown Bins There will be no collection on Christmas Day.  Bins due to be collected on Christmas Day will instead be collected on Saturday 27th December. There will also be no collection on New Year’s Day.  Bins due to be collected on New…

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  • Education Cuts

    While we have had some political success in forcing the Government to reverse the removal of the automatic entitlement to a Medical Card for the Over 70s, we have not so far been able to persuade them to reverse the cuts in education expenditure.  These cuts will seriously impact on the ability of schools and…

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