Education grants from DLRCoCo
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is now accepting online applications for Higher Education Grants. Click here for further details on how to apply.
2010 Community Awards
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has called for submission for the 2010 Community Awards, and is encouraging community groups from across the County to enter. The Awards programme is the Council’s way of honouring the enormous variety and wealth of projects being run by community volunteers across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Community groups can enter…
DetailsDLRCoCo Environmental Awareness Programme – Autumn/Winter 2010
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has just announced its Autumn/Winter 2010 Environmental Awareness Programme, with something on for children of all ages. To start things off, this week the team is hosting a series of eco-conferences for secondary school students in County Hall, Dún Laoghaire, where students will have an opportunity to question a panel…
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Dublin City Council vows to remove ‘eyesore’ poles
Article from The Sunday Times of the 3rd of October 2010
DetailsOpen House Dublin Returns to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Press Release – 29th September 2010 Open House Dublin Returns to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Explore Your City’s Architecture The opportunity to visit architect-designed private residences, historic buildings and new landmarks is offered by the annual Open House Dublin weekend, and there is plenty on offer this year in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Run by the…
DetailsDLR asks pupils to ‘Draw their way to school’
Press Release – 1st October 2010 DLR asks pupils to ‘Draw their way to school’ Following Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s programme of events during European Mobility Week, the Council is delighted to announce a new art competition for local primary school pupils focusing on how they travel to and from school. The…
DetailsWorks on Seapoint Avenue
On two occasions during recent years vehicles have accidentally left the road on Seapoint Avenue, demolished railings and ended up on or adjacent to the DART line. In view of the significant safety risks raised by these incidents, the Council applied to the National Roads Authority to make funding available to carry out a…
DetailsWorks on Avoca Avenue
This week (4th-8th October 2010), from 8am to 6pm, there will be traffic lane and footpath restrictions in place to facilitate the dishing of footpaths on Avoca Avenue. A stop/go shuttle system will be in place from 9am to 4pm.
Congratulations to EnviroCom 2010 Finalists
The EnviroCom Awards are offered by the County Development Board to recognise and honour Dún Laoghaire Rathdown’s private and public organisations engaged in outstanding and innovative environmental management. The 2010 EnviroCom Finalists: Waste Prevention Engaging Communities in an Environmental Project >50 Employees Baxter Healthcare, Deansgrange 3M, Carrickmines Bank of Ireland Operations Centre, Cabinteely DELL,…
DetailsDublin Mountains Partnership Consultative Forum
The Dublin Mountains Partnership (DMP) was set up in 2008 to improve the recreational experience for users of public lands in the Dublin Mountains, while recognising the objectives and constraints of the various landowners. The DMP now wishes to form a consultative forum to engage with local people living and working in the Dublin…
DetailsClosure of Killiney Hill Road
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has made an order to temporarily close sections of Killiney Hill Road on a phased basis from 3rd August to 15th October 2010 inclusive. The closure is to facilitate roads restoration and ancillary works. A Traffic Management Plan will be in operation and diversions will be signposted. Local and pedestrian…
DetailsDrainage on Cross Avenue/St. Margaret’s
Earlier this year, residents of Cross Avenue and St. Margaret’s brought to my attention that the footpath on Cross Avenue near the entrance to St. Margaret’s was flooding regularly after heavy or prolonged rain. Similarly, residents in St. Margaret’s showed me where the drains at the end of the road were almost totally blocked.…
DetailsSafety works on Grove Avenue
Extensive re-surfacing works were carried out on Grove Avenue in August/September. I have been pushing the Council hard to include these works in the 2010 Roads Programme as a matter of priority since the condition of the Avenue had become so bad. Last May, I spent two hours with two senior engineers from the…
DetailsRoad works: Frascati Centre, Blackrock
Roadmaster Construction will be upgrading the bus stops at the Frascati Centre in Blackrock from the 20th of September to the 1st of October 2010 between 8am and 6pm each day. Traffic Management will be in place.
Road works: Deansgrange
In Deansgrange, there will be restrictions to traffic lanes and footpaths, from 10am to 4pm and 8-11pm, to facilitate public lighting installation works until the 1st of October 2010.