Lord Mayor Brendan Carr will launch Dublin City Council’s 2017 Gum Litter Awareness Campaign, today, Thursday, 18th May, at 11.00am in St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. The Campaign is running in conjunction with the National Gum Litter Taskforce Campaign recently launched by Minister Denis Naughten, Minister for Communication, Climate Change and the Environment. Dublin City…
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The country’s first ever Football and Fitness Course for Transition Year students held its inaugural graduation ceremony at the Fingal County Council Civic Offices in Blanchardstown on Monday, May 15 when 25 TY students received their certificates in front of an audience that included their parents and family members. The ground-breaking course provides the young…
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The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has made a Declaration which allows owners or occupiers to remove seagull nests or eggs from their properties within a defined area of Balbriggan. Details of the Declaration and a Map of the defined area are available at:- https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/files/General%20Wild%20Bird%20Declaration%202017_18.pdf Removing seagull nest or eggs can…
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The Minister for State for Housing and Urban Renewal, Damien English, TD, met with Fingal County Council officials today (Monday) to hear at first-hand the work being done to alleviate the housing crisis. Minister English met with Chief Executive Paul Reid, Director of Housing and Community Margaret Geraghty, Director of Planning and Strategic Infrastructure AnnMarie…
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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomed today’s announcements that Dublin City Hall will fly the Palestinian flag between 15th May and June this year, following a vote by Dublin City Council this evening. Sligo County Council also voted to flag the flag from the Council Building between 15th May and the end of the month.…
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On 10th March 2017 the Minister of State for Communities and the National Drugs Strategy Catherine Byrne TD, announced a new €2m Capital grants scheme for disadvantaged urban and rural areas. The scheme is focused on providing small-scale capital grants to help grass roots community projects get underway or take the next step towards completion. The…
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On May 9th the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr. Darragh Butler, re-opened Sluagh Hall. The Hall, located beside Fingallians GAA Club in Swords, will become the new home for Swords Boxing Club and will also be used by Fingallians GAA Club. First opened by Eamon de Valera in 1938, Sluagh Hall was one of a number…
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Dublin City Council has presented an exciting and creative design renewing College Green as a civic space in the heart of Dublin. This new pedestrian priority space will significantly improve the quality of the city’s public realm. Designed by Dixon Jones/Paul Keogh Architects, working closely with Dublin City Council, the newly shaped College Green development…
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Dublin Chamber, the group which represents businesses in the Dublin region, has welcomed Dublin City Council’s decision to alter plans to ban private cars from Eden Quay. In a submission to the Council last month, the Chamber had expressed strong concerns about the lack of information regarding how the displacement of cars was likely to…
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The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Brendan Carr, has called upon the Home Sweet Home campaign to donate its remaining funds to existing housing charities which have decades of experience in assisting the homeless. The Lord Mayor said: “It has been reported today (Tuesday, 2nd May) that the Home Sweet Home campaign has approximately €129,000 remaining…
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