Well here we go – another year and Yes another “The Lacey Report”. I have found this a useful way to communicate my work as your Councillor. However if any of you have any ideas as to how I could improve the style or content please let me know
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We are delighted to share details of our upcoming lunchtime talks in Pembroke Library. These take place at 1pm. Please note, booking is required and is made directly with Pembroke Library: pembrokelibrary@dublincity.ie / (01) 222 8450 Wednesday 12th February:
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People’s final wishes around internment are changing with more opting these days for cremation. Therefore, Columbarium Walls are becoming a more familiar sight in Irish cemeteries as the amount of burial space diminishes. They have a rich history dating back to ancient times
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It is testimony to the generosity of the people of our community that there are, not one, but two ‘Christmas-lights’ fundraisers to spread the joy at Christmas, one in Bath Avenue and another in Donnybrook. Mr Tilly, who has been sharing
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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Our Tidy Towns Groups in Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Ringsend and Sandymount have been out in force all year planting, painting, sweeping, cleaning; helping make our villages extra colourful for all to enjoy. Dublin City Council’s South East Area Office
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During September and October, Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team, in partnership with Ballsbridge, Donnybrook & Sandymount Historical Society, Ringsend & District Historical Society, and both Ballsbridge and Donnybrook Tidy Towns Groups,
Read more →Following the excitement of the Local Elections, I had the great fortune to travel Ireland in my Camper Van and experience once again the beauty of our Country. From Wicklow to Kilkenny, to Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary – with a short trip to Donegal.
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Donnybrook, once a thriving village, has in recent years succumbed to the invasion of the dreaded high-rise. With the new monstrosity at the bottom of Eglinton Road, and a six-storey, 85-unit co-living complex where Kiely’s once stood already a fait accompli (adding to that the disappearance
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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
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