“Reports that the RTE lands at Donnybrook are to be rezoned should not be taken as conclusive” according to former Lord Mayor of Dublin and local City Councillor Dermot Lacey. “While the text of RTE’s submission to the Draft City Development Plan has been released following a formal request submitted by me that is all [...]

Press Release Cllr Dermot Lacey, Labour Party City Councillor for Pembroke-Rathmines and former Lord Mayor of Dublin, has branded Minister John Gormley’s proposals to set the salary of the new Mayor of Dublin at the same level as that of a cabinet minister as disgraceful. He has also reiterated his challenge to Bertie Ahern to [...]

“Now that the Minister for the Environment and Local Government has finally announced his decision on a directly elected Mayor can I first of all welcome this as a step forward. I have campaigned for this for over six years now. It of course follows the recent statement of support for a directly elected ‘Lord [...]

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 [...]

Press Release Ruairi Quinn TD and the Labour Team in Dublin South East – Councillors Mary Freehill, Kevin Humphreys, Dermot Lacey, Oisin Quinn and local representative Maria Parodi, have expressed their disappointment with the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency to grant a licence for the Incinerator in the Poolbeg Peninsula. They called on the [...]

The President of the Irish Planning Institute should get some facts rights before taking cheap shots at elected Councillors according to the former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Dermot Lacey. In my experience it has been Councillors and not the planners who have defended good quality planning and the City Development Plan. So, before President [...]

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 [...]

I am an Irish Republican. It should not be necessary to say it – but it is – I am a Democratic Irish Republican. I believe in the principles of Republican Government in rule of law as determined democratically and at the lowest possible level. I am a citizen of this Republic of Ireland and [...]

Local Labour Party Councillor and former Lord Mayor has recently been appointed Chairperson of the South Inner City Local Drugs Task Force. The South Inner City Task Force is one of 14 such Task Forces established by the Government as part of the National Drugs Strategy response. The Task Force area runs from Ringsend to [...]

Statement by Councillor Dermot Lacey Labour Party – Pembroke Ward 25th June 2008 As part of his ongoing campaign to have Fitzwilliam Square Park opened to the public, former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Dermot Lacey recently requested the City Management to pursue the opening of the Park during a debate on the future development [...]