Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has organised a number of family-oriented events in our parks during May as part of the OWLS (Outdoor, Wildlife, Learning, and Survival) programme. Events are free and open to the public, but booking is essential as spaces are limited. To book, or for more information, you can contact Andrew Fleming…
DetailsOn Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd May 2010, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will not be collecting black bins or bags. Householders are asked to put their black bins or bags out on the week before or the week after the bank holiday. The Green Bin Collection due on Monday, 3rd May will be…
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Killiney Beach Awareness has organised it’s annual beach clean-up on Saturday 24th April 2010.
Meet at the main Killiney Beach car park at 10am. Litter pickers, gloves and bags are provided.
For further information contact the Council’s Beaches Section on (01) 205-4748
The ‘Check it Fits’ Roadshow will be visiting Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, on Saturday 8th May 2010. Come along between 10am and 5pm, in your car, with your car seat and child, to Nutgrove Shopping Centre, where the experts will make sure your child is safe. Advance Pitstop will also be…
DetailsFrom 12th to 23rd April 2010, between 10am and 4pm, there will be lane restrictions at various locations on Kill Lane and Abbey Road to facilitate surface ponding repair works. Two-way-traffic will be maintained at all times.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council published its Draft Final Report of the “Review of Cycling in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown” in February 2009 (see the full document here). You can also view the National Cycling Policy Framework 2009 here. The Council is about to publish “County Cycling Policy – Cultivating a Cycling Culture”, which will act…
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Killiney Beach Awareness has organised it’s annual beach clean-up on Saturday 24th April 2010.
Meet at the main Killiney Beach car park at 10am. Litter pickers, gloves and bags are provided.
For further information contact the Council’s Beaches Section on (01) 205-4748
A series of nature walks and talks have been organised by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to celebrate Biodiversity Day (22nd May) and the International Year of Biodiversity. All events are free and open to members of the public. Saturday 15th May: A bat walk in Cabinteely Park – join the Council’s Biodiversity Officer…
DetailsCall to prioritise infrastructure to boost jobs by Michael O’Regan EMPLOYMENT Barry Ward (Blackrock, Dublin) said that real and effective regulation could not be measured by the numbers of forms filled in or boxes ticked. The businesses hurt most by that kind of regulation were small enterprises, he added. “While…
DetailsLetters to the Editor The Irish Times, 16th July 2009 Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill Madam, – I read with dismay the ill-informed views of Michael J McCann (July 9th) on new criminal justice legislation and the motives of criminal lawyers in writing to this paper. As long as we in Ireland couch…
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