The long-stalled Sandymount cycleway has been granted approval to proceed following a pivotal Court of Appeal ruling. However, how Dublin City Council plans to act on the judgement remains unclear. The High Court had originally ruled in favour of a local resident, Peter Carvill of the Serpentine Avenue,
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In 2002 a report by Barry and Partners noted that a flood warning system should be installed linking gages in the Dodder catchment and water level records in the river to a central control system. This contributed to the development of two tidal flood forecasting and warning systems
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This has been a really active few months with several meetings of the City Council, two meetings of the Area Committee and lots of local community and residents meetings/ events. I like it that way though – meeting and engaging with local people is what makes this job most interesting.
Read more →Now that the weather is beginning to improve I have enjoyed being out and about with my colleagues Ivana Bacik TD and Cllr Fiona Connelly as we engage in regular walks around the area and calling on people in their homes. This is a really good way to engage with constituents on their concerns.
Read more →By the time you are reading this the General Election will be over. Dublin Bay South will have elected four TDs to represent the area for the next Dail term. Whoever they are I wish them well and look forward to working with them as I have with many TDs over the last thirty + years.
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First things first. “Thank you”. Thank you to the nearly two thousand people who gave me their Number 1 vote and the very many more who gave me subsequent preferences at the recent Local Elections. As the late Dan Spring TD said to me many years ago, “It is an honour
Read more →At the time of writing this I am in the closing stages of the 2024 Local Elections campaign so I want to thank all the very many people who have met us at their doors, on the streets and at meetings. The courtesy of so many and the intelligent, relevant questions shows our
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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
Read more →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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