It is proposed to put a large  offshore wind farm in Dublin Bay – see below for details  in relation to same. This could have major benefits and it could have serious adverse effects in respect of views of Dublin Bay.  The photomontages for the windfarm, together with the EIS, are on display until the [...]

It is extraordinary, indeed somewhat surreal, that once again we are having a debate on the introduction of a Property Tax/Council Charge in the absence of virtually any contribution from those who actually work within the local government sector and who try to make a dysfunctional system work at all. Instead we have had myriad [...]

The City Council has just published the street sweeping schedule, which may be of interest. Essentially, the 3,500 streets in Dublin are organised into 4 categories that determine how often they are swept.  The highest footfall streets (such as Grafton St) are attended to at least daily, while smaller, less busy, streets are swept quarterly. [...]

City Budget 2013 I am delighted to report that we secured agreement on a balanced and progressive Budget for the City at our Estimates meeting just before Christmas for 2013. In addition to continuing the pattern of reducing the commercial rate we managed to provide for a number of initiatives across the City – in [...]

Greyhound has informed me that if your current bin day falls on Christmas Day, St Stephens Day or New Years Day, your collection day has been changed. All other collections remain the same as scheduled. Christmas Collection Schedule Collections scheduled for Christmas Day will be carried out on the preceding Saturday, 22nd December Collections scheduled [...]

BRING CENTRE OPENING TIMES Opening hours for Bring Centres located at Collins Avenue (Opposite DCU entrance) Oscar Taynor Road, Coolock , Windmill Road, Crumlin Gulistan Terrace, Rathmines are listed below. CLOSED OPEN OPENING HOURS Sunday 23rd Dec 2012 Sat 22nd Dec 2012 10am – 4 pm Mon 24th Dec 2012 Thurs 27th Dec 2012 9am [...]

Annual report to the Dublin South East Labour Party Election as Group Leader: During the year I was delighted to be elected the new Dublin City Council Labour Group Leader in a contested election. The immediate task of the Group is to secure agreement on the City Budget for 2013 in the context of massively [...]

A household bulky waste / junk collection service will this week in many areas of Dublin South East.  The following streets will be covered: MONDAY 12/11/2012 PARK AVE ST JOHNS RD WILLOW FIELD KIRK WOOD PARK LANE PARK COURT TUESDAY 13/11/2012 MERRION RD TO AILSBURY ROAD DODDER VIEW COTTAGE/BALLSBRIDGE AVE  /HERBERT COTTAGE SERPENTINE TEC SERPENTINE [...]

Earlier this month, we agreed an important motion at Dublin City Council’s Protocol Meeting held on the 7th June 2012. 1. Motion in the name of Lord Mayor Andrew Montague, Cllr. Dermot Lacey and Cllr. Gerry Ashe This Committee requests the Manager to examine how all Dublin City Council Centres and other facilities such as [...]

I’ve just received an update on the latest ‘Your Dublin, Your Voice‘ survey, which I thought would be of interest to readers.  More details below. Dining out is now the favoured social activity of Dubliners. The city centre is preferred to the suburbs by people aged 18-30. Grafton Street is the capital’s most popular area, [...]