Cllr Naoise Ó Muirí, Fine Gael, has called on the Government to name Dublin airport after one of Ireland’s major cultural icons in line with it’s own strategy of Irish cultural promotion. It has been reported in the media over the last number of days that the Government is proposing to re-name Dublin Airport “Seán […]
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Penguin stolen from Dublin Zoo found on street
RTE – Thursday, 8 July 2010 14:15 Gardaí are searching for three men who stole a penguin from Dublin Zoo this morning. The penguin was bundled into a bag and taken away in a taxi at around 11am. The men told the taxi driver it was a rabbit and they were dropped off in Dublin’s […]
OECD Report and the Irish Economy
RTE carried a brief item on the latest OECD report on the Irish economy, which can be seen at the following link: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0707/oecd.pdf Embedded within the report are two sentences that will together run a chill down the spine of the unemployed Joes/Josephines in Ireland:
Search Party Required for Gormley Advisor – Ó Muirí
Cllr. Naoise Ó Muirí Chairperson, Environment and Engineering Strategic Policy Committee Dublin City Council Search Party Required for Gormley Advisor – Ó Muirí Fine Gael Cllr. Naoise Ó Muirí has today (Wednesday) called on the Minister of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley TD to send out a search- and -rescue party to urgently […]
Good news on those Swimming Pools
Just to explain the update on the 3 x City Council swimming pools that have been under financial strain. As a result of negotiations between FG/Labour and city management late last year during the budgetary process for 2010, the city manager allocated €600,000 to the swimming pools to keep them operational while City Council explored […]
Search and Rescue Party Needed for Gormley’s Agent
Fine Gael Cllr. Naoise Ó Muirí has today (Thursday) called on the Minister of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley TD to send out a search-and-rescue party to locate a ministerial appointee who was charged with carrying out an independent report in relation to the Poolbeg waste-to-energy facility. On the 5th of March this […]
National Play Day – for the Little People…
(I have been going to this every year for the last few years – DCC put on a great show…)
DCC Swimming Pools – Operating Costs
This is the second in a series of posts setting out the facts in relation to the City Council swimming pools that are under financial strain. The slides below provide a breakdown of the operating costs on a pool by pool basis for 2009: Swimming Pools ppt Once again the figures are pretty stark; there is […]
The Politics of Poolbeg Waste-To-Energy
Stephen Collins has a well-assembled article in the Irish Times today on the potential conflict of interest for John Gormley in his handling of the foreshore licence for the Poolbeg W2E plant:
Free Events in July…
Free events are appreciated by everybody at the moment…There is something happening for everybody in Dublin in July… Events in July 2010
