Regular readers might be interested in the motions I put down at today’s South East Area Committee of Dublin City Council.  The motions, and the City Manager’s responses, are below:
Item 1
Motion from Councillor Dermot Lacey
This Committee requests the Manager to arrange a clean up and tidy up of the old graveyard adjacent to the [...]

I was on The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1 last Wednesday discussing the proposed post of Mayor of Dublin.  You can listen to the show from the RTÉ website here (mp3).

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 allied [...]

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 26th December.
There will also be no collection on New Year’s Day.  Bins due to be collected on New Year’s Day will [...]

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 the [...]

Following the Local Elections I have been appointed to the following boards and committees:
Local:

Rathmines – Pembroke Partnership.
Lansdowne Road Stadium – Project Monitoring Committee.
Chairperson –South East Area Policing Committee.

I have also been recently invited to serve on the Board of the Royal Hospital Donnybrook Voluntary Housing Association.
City Council:

City Council Audit Committee.
Finance and General Strategic Policy Committee.
Protocol [...]

The proposals from the Minister for the Environment and Local Government for a directly elected Mayor are of course a welcome step forward.  Despite the fact that they remain just proposals, there is a real need to move the debate forward now beyond the issue of expenses, the Mansion House and all what we might [...]

Now that the posters are being taken down and the offices cleared I can reflect on what an honour it remains to be elected by your own community to represent them on Dublin City Council.

I recall the words the late Dan Spring said to me many years ago “It is easy to be elected [...]

Well, only a week to go and it’s all over – the Local Election campaign that is and what a campaign it has been. With a huge focus on the National economic crisis, Local Government matters have not really had a look in.
Nevertheless I have tried to raise matters such as changes to a more [...]

Before yesterday’s Rathgar public meeting mentioned earlier, I attended a joint meeting of the Dublin Regional Authority and the Mid East Regional Authority where we finalized the first Draft of the Regional Planning Guidleines that will now go out for Public Consultation. Yesterday afternoon I was in St. Alban’s Park where hopefully we are inching [...]