Dermot was interviewed in a video by The Irish Times about the proposed development at Eglinton Road. See the video and article on The Irish Times website: Donnybrook residents oppose Avestus plan for €80m apartment block
Labour city councillor Dermot Lacey pointed out that Avestus wanted to demolish six houses and build up to seven storeys on a 0.38 hectare site. “It is too much and too high,” he said.
Cllr Lacey noted that city planners had told Avestus in consultations that the density of apartments in the proposed development was higher than the local area plan allowed.
“Residents are overwhelmingly against this, I have not heard anybody say that they favour it,” he said.
June 12th, 2018 by Webmaster in Dermot in the News | No Comments »
The Editor,
Letters Page,
The Irish Times.
Dear Editor,
The principles underlying your Editorial “Set our cities free” (9th June) were both welcome and timely as we enter into the final twelve months period before the 2019 Local Elections. However your proposed solution of referring the matter to another Citizens Assembly would in my view be a serious failure of Governance.
The fact is that there is already a profoundly sensible model set out in the Local Government ( Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010, introduced by then Minister for Local Government John Gormley with practical amendments agreed with Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, that had passed most stages of the Oireachtas before being cynically and opportunistically opposed by Opposition TDs, despite the fact that it was consistent with their own parties’ policies. That Bill can simply be resurrected with suitable modifications for our other Cities.
However, the reality is that this time next year another set of Local Elections will have taken place and other cynical and opportunistic National Politicians, together with clever but obstructive Officials in The Custom House, will have connived to block any real reform. I would dearly love to be wrong.
Yours sincerely,
Councillor Dermot Lacey
June 9th, 2018 by Webmaster in Letters to the Editor | No Comments »
Dermot appeared on Prime Time this week discussing the current investigations at Scouting Ireland. See the clip on RTE Player here.
April 18th, 2018 by Webmaster in Dermot in the News | No Comments »
Dermot was featured in a story on Newstalk today regarding fines for nuisance unlicensed buskers.
A Dublin councillor has hailed new bye-laws governing busking in the city as a success.
Figures from Dublin City Council show nine street performers were fined a total of €600 last year.
The laws require street performers to apply for permits with restrictions on noise and repetitiveness.
Labour Councillor Dermot Lacey said the relatively low number of fines suggests the new rules are working.
See the full story here: http://www.newstalk.com/Nine-performers-fined-since-Dublin-busking-rules-were-brought-in
April 4th, 2018 by Webmaster in Dermot in the News | No Comments »
I wason Dublin City FM’s Council Matters show on March 14th. You can listen to the entire show here:
March 15th, 2018 by Dermot in Dermot in the News | No Comments »
