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The Lacey Report:  February – March – April

The Lacey Report:  February - March - April

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.

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Smyth’s Pub to face Wrecking Ball

Smyth’s Pub to face Wrecking Ball

Well-known Dublin 4 pub, Smyth’s of Haddington Road, is to be fully demolished and rebuilt following the granting of planning permission by Dublin City Council. The pub’s website describes it as “one of Dublin’s great pubs” and a “D4 Gem”. It has long been popular with an eclectic,

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Google Community News Update. The Factory At Bolands Mills Reborn: Community Arts Hub Opens

Google Community News Update. The Factory At Bolands Mills Reborn: Community Arts Hub Opens

Looking out to Grand Canal Dock, The Factory at Bolands Mills has been a landmark on Dublin’s cultural map for years. Legendary names like The Bolshoi Ballet, U2, and David Bowie have spent time here, recording and rehearsing. Now reopened, and fully renovated by Google,

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St Matthew’s Restored

St Matthew’s Restored

A new short film by Pat Larkin tells the story of the refurbishment of St Matthew’s Church, Irishtown. The film starts with an invitation to enter this wonderful old church by the current Rector of St Matthews, the Reverend Leonard Ruddock.

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Caring for the Community through the ages

Caring for the Community through the ages

Christmas is a time when we think of those less financially secure or suffering an illness. Irish people are particularly good at investing time and money in making life better for their fellow human beings. There are numerous examples of this,

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More Than Bricks and Mortar

More Than Bricks and Mortar

It’s no secret that Dublin is going through a big housing crisis. Dublin accounts for 70 per cent of all homeless people with 6,935 adults and 3,165 children without homes in the capital. This means that the number of homeless in Dublin city surpassed 10,000 for the first time in March of

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Proposed Conversion Of St Werburgh’s Church To Arts Venue

Proposed Conversion Of St Werburgh’s Church To Arts Venue

DCC Chief Executive, Owen Keegan presented a report to the July meeting of the South East Area Committee on the proposed works to convert the historic St Werburgh’s church for use principally as
an arts venue.

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Muckross Park House
Site under threat as owners seek re-zoning

Dermot Carmody A site around the historic Muckross Park House in Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, which includes the original house, buildings associated with the old convent and school and surrounding green area would be rezoned if a recent submission to Dublin […]

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Wetherspoons to open new docklands premises

Wetherspoons to open new docklands premises

British owned establishment, JD Wetherspoons, will be opening another pub in central Dublin next week.

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“Housing For All” Radical Solution Or More Of The Same?

Dermot Carmody The government’s Housing For All plan was launched on September 2nd, replacing the Rebuilding Ireland plan of 2016, with the Taoiseach Micheál Martin saying it would “provide the basis for a long-term sustainable housing system for this and […]

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