Codling Wind Park is hosting a Public Information Sharing event on May 1st in Sandymount Community Centre. We are inviting people/groups from the community along to view our virtual reality experience and to learn more about the project and Community Benefit Fund.
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What exactly are EcoKidz? It’s very much the brainchild of Mary Coyne and began here in Sandymount. Mary told NewsFour: “We are four preschool and after schools in Dublin 2 and Dublin 4. We wanted to focus on caring for our planet and we encourage our children to recycle and reduce energy costs
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The Dodder Greenway project got underway in February last with the opening of the Ballsbridge to Donnybrook section, a 480 m stretch that runs from Energia Park in Donnybrook to Anglesea Bridge in Ballsbridge and is a welcome attraction for cyclists and pedestrians alike, adding to the greening of our city. The greenway
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Dublin Port Company (DPC) is pleased to unveil a set of bicycle racks that have been recently installed at the Great South Wall to support the growing number of people who are accessing the popular location by bike. This new facility – ideally located at the start of the Great South Wall – will allow up to
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As a wise man in mutton chops once sang, it’s Chriiiiiistmaaaaasss! But surely you knew that already, what with the abundance of tinsel and fairy lights decorating Dublin city streets and shops since late October. Snowmen and gingerbread men – miniature, inflatable, edible
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The Sandymount and Merrion Residents’ Association (SAMRA) has said that the ten-year delay in the start of construction of enhanced flood defences along Strand Road in Sandymount was totally unacceptable. While there are flood defences currently in place, the enhanced flood defences are needed
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The Sandymount and Merrion Residents’ Association (SAMRA) has launched a campaign to stop Dublin Port building a 15-acre container terminal on the Poolbeg Peninsula in Dublin City beside the Irishtown Nature Park, Sandymount Beach, and future homes for 10,000 residents.
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Residents of Sandymount and Merrion have again voiced their opposition to the regular discharge of raw sewage onto Sandymount Beach by Uisce Éireann (Irish Water). The most recent discharge was on 11th May. The sewage discharge occurs 10 and 12 times a year after heavy rain falls flood local drains. To avoid homes in the area being flooded, the sewage is diverted to the beach.
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Clean Coasts are asking the public to get more involved than ever this World Ocean Day and to help out, they will be offerring free beach cleaning kits to communities who register for the big clean up on June 8th. The kits contain branded hi-viz vests, bags and gloves.
Read more →By Timo The Bay is the Womb in whose amniotic waters Dublin was conceived and born, from whose dust it rose like the Phoenix. And like that mythical bird from which its Park is named it needs to be reborn […]
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