Speech delivered to Citizens and Governance Conference at Dublin Castle, 25th February 2009
I welcome this opportunity to debate with a lot of like minded citizens on the future of our City. I say like minded, not because we all share the same views on how the system works – or should work. Like minded simply [...]

Dermot was in today’s Irish Independent as part of a report showing that property developers now owe Dublin City Council almost €25m.
“Some of it is owed for developments already done, and the rest is for developments that might not proceed,” Labour councillor Dermot Lacey said.
“There is a problem about collection. There’s a fault line in [...]

The Editor, Letters Page, The Irish Times. (Published 12th February 2009)

Dear Editor,
I have been reluctant to respond to the naïve, cheap and silly letters regarding the rejection by An Bord Pleanala of the proposals for the Jury’s/Berkeley Court sites.
The number of references to “well heeled residents” and “leafy suburbs” became boring after a while.
However the [...]

The following article appears in today’s Village magazine.
“Should I stay or Should I go?” So sang The Clash in their classic hit of the 1980’s. According to “Village” it is a question being asked by many members of City and County Councils, particularly in the Dublin area. In the December issue, former Councillor, Mick Rafferty [...]

Statement by Councillor Dermot Lacey
Labour Party Councillor Pembroke Rathmines
1st Februrary 2008
In view of the clear rejection of the Mountbrook ( Sean Dunnes) proposal for Ballsbridge as being inconsistent with the Dublin City Development Plan it is imperative that a full investigation into the process that led to the original decision granting permission be initiated, according [...]