Dublin City Council

DCC NOTES: Active Travel Scheme Briefing And Hidden Disability Parking For Sandymount

Dermot Carmody South East Area Committee Gets Briefing On Ambitious Active Travel Programme Councillors at the meeting of the South East Area Committee (SEAC) on July 11th were briefed by the head of the Active Travel Programme Office Andy Walsh […]

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IGB Site new Cultural Hub updates

Geneva Pattison Dublin City Council have recently released updated plans for the Cultural Hub section of the Irish Glass Bottle development site. The application is to amend the Cultural Hub “meanwhile uses” section of the Phase 1 Permission, to allow […]

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DCC NOTES

Compiled by David Prendeville APRIL Councillors Tara Deacy and Deirdre Conroy put forward the motion that the committee support an urgent investigation regarding the speed and behaviour of traffic on the stretch of the lower Crumlin Road between Sundrive Road […]

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The Editor’s Corner

There is only one topic dominating the news now, the war in Ukraine. The idea of one nation invading another is something we thought we left behind in the Middle Ages. Sadly we were wrong. Putin’s fragile ego has caused […]

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DCC Notes For October / November 2021

Compiled by David Prendeville October A motion was put forward from Councillor Dermot Lacey that the South East Area Committee support the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN) and the trade unions, SIPTU & Forsa, in their opposition to the new […]

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DCC Notes for August / September 2021

Proposed Flood Defences In Sandymount Discussed Compiled by Dermot Carmody DCC Senior Engineer Gerry O’Connell gave a presentation to the SEAC meeting of September 13th on the Sandymount Coastal Flood Defence Scheme. The scheme is in two phases, with Phase […]

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Is Merchant’s Arch to be demolished?

This week the news emerged about the shocking decision to demolish the iconic Merchant’s Arch area in Temple Bar and building a new hotel in it’s place.

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DCC Notes for June / July 2021

Compiled by David Prendeville June Councillor Dermot Lacey put forward a motion, agreed, that requests a working group be established to review future use of the former School of Music building now vacated by the CDETB which could include cultural […]

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DCC Notes for SEAC meeting, July 2019

Compiled by Eoin Meegan Fresh from the May elections the South East Area Committee (SEAC) got proceedings underway on July 8th with Cllr Dermot Lacey (LAB) taking up his new role as Area Committee Chairperson. The meeting began with a […]

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Litter goes home

It took a while but midway through the summer holidays the playground at Sean Moore Park was finally opened. Dublin City Council also quickly added the necessary protective netting behind the goal of the back pitch, in time to have […]

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