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 [...]

There will be an open day today for the proposed new Metro stops at St Stephen’s Green, O’Connell Bridge and Parnell Square today. You can view details of the plan at Dublin City Council Civic Offices on Wood Quay from 12noon until 8pm.  I’d encourage everyone to go along and have a look at what [...]

At the An Bord Pleanala hearing into the proposed developments in Ballsbridge last Thursday (23rd July), I told the Inspector hearing the appeal that the choice before An Bord Pleanála was whether to uphold the integrity of the Development Plan process by refusing permission or to throw out the entire process and allowing unplanned development [...]

The An Bord Pleanála oral hearing into the proposed developments on the former sites of the Veterinary College and Jury’s Hotel in Ballsbridge begins today. The hearing is open to the public, and will be held in the RDS. Many local residents groups are parties to the appeal, including: Nutley Residents Association, the Pembroke Road [...]

Dermot is quoted in today’s The Irish Times, responding to the ridiculous decision by Minister Gormley – against his own local government policy – to remove zoning powers from City and County Councillors. NEW PLANNING legislation which will limit the power of county and city councillors to rezone land is to be introduced by Minister [...]

I’ve just received word that, from next Monday (21st July), the Post Office in Ranelagh will be moving to Centra on the Triangle. Hopefully, the great local service can continue to be delivered from the new premises. On a related note, we need to keep fighting for the re-opening of the Rathgar Post office, which [...]

The new Dublin Bay Task Force has been launched.  I’m delighted to be a member of the task force, and to be the only member from the southside of the city and county. The Task Force is being established to debate the future of Dublin Bay from Howth Head to Dalkey Island.  In particular, we’ll [...]

Former Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Dermot Lacey today called on Dublin City Officials to halt the erection of any further J C Decaux signs pending a full Road Safety report on the proposed locations. Video, courtesy of Jazz Biscuit: His call comes in the wake of the statement by the National Council for the [...]

Dermot will be on the Tubridy Show with Dave Fanning at 09:30 on Friday. He’s part of a panel discussing scouting, and the 100th anniversary of the movement in Ireland. Listen to him on RTÉ Radio 1.

Article submitted to The Irish Times Over the last few weeks a number of articles and letters have appeared in The Irish Times in relation to the Centenary and historical antecedents of the Scout Movement in Ireland. While in many ways fair, none of them, in my view captured the spirit, ethos and sheer value [...]