Councillor Dermot Lacey

rathmines

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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  • Report to September Labour Party Constituency Council

    City Council: Following the Summer break the City Council resumed meetings on the 5th September. Among the issues dealt with on the night were: The provision of Public toilet facilities, planning permission for the new National Children’s Hospital and waste collection service. Housing, Social and Community affairs Strategic Policy Committee: The City Council has now…

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  • Rathmines Pool to Open on 27th September

    The new Rathmines Leisure Centre, including gym and swimming pool, will be fully open to the public from Monday 27th September onwards. This is great news, and an excellent development for the village and the surrounding areas. For more information on the facilities and prices, please see this leaflet (pdf).

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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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  • The Year in Review

    Report on 2009 Activities to the Labour Party’s Dublin South East AGM – January 2010 2009 has been one of the most dynamic years in a long time. Labour in Dublin built on our previous successes with no small contribution from Dublin South East. In Pembroke –Rathmines winning three seats was quite simply unprecedented and…

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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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  • 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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  • Need for Public Information Meetings

    Arising from the meeting last night in the RDS on the City Development Plan and as promised, I have tabled the following Emergency Motion for the next meeting of the South East Area Committee.  I believe it encapsulates the request and intention of those present.  It is also something that I would like to see…

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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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