This morning, along with other councillors, I visited the new sustainable social housing scheme at the corner of Newtownpark Avenue and the new Monkstown Link Road, opposite the Texaco garage. Benamore Park and Court consist of 41 units, from 1 to 3 beds, comprising apartments, duplexes and town houses. It is planned that these homes…
DetailsPressure reduction notice for Tuesday night 2nd February 2010 DLRCoCo emergency update blog – click here. Due to the ongoing crisis in the water supply situation in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council all of the county remains subject to pressure reductions until such time as the water supply situation stabilises. However, significant incremental progress is…
DetailsWater Supply Update Water is being restored to those areas of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County which were without water overnight. However, it will take some hours for supply to be restored to all affected areas and in some cases even longer. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council contains a high proportion of older housing stock with associated…
DetailsPressure reduction notice for Monday night 1st February 2010. Due to the ongoing crisis in the water supply situation in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the whole county remains subject to pressure reductions until such time as the water supply situation stabilises. You can check the DLR emergency updates blog by clicking here. Due…
DetailsYou can view the proposed changes to the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Draft County Development Plan by clicking here.
If you want copies of the meetings of the Council in respect of this plan (4th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 19th and 23rd of November), please e-mail me at bward@cllr.dlrcoco.ie.
Following repairs completed yesterday (Saturday) to watermains on Georges Street, Dún Laoghaire and Military Road, Killiney, normal water service has been restored to surrounding areas. Water supply has also been restored to all areas affected by pressure reductions last night as previously notified. Please note that there will be no mains shutdown/water off today in any area of the County. However pressure reductions will apply…
DetailsFine Gael Councillors have ensured that commercial rates, payable by companies operating in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, have been REDUCED BY 2%. We have also ensured that rates have not increased since before 2004. Here’s how we compare to some other councils where rates were reduced: Carlow -1% Controlled by Fine Gael & Labour Donegal -3%…
DetailsLocal residents will be aware that the mobile phone company, Meteor, recently installed a large base station or mobile phone mast at TEK FC in Deansgrange, for which permission had not been granted. Meteor cannot be allowed to behave this way. An enforcement notice was served by the Council on Meteor on the 29th of…
DetailsI note that the two street lights at the bottom of Booterstown Avenue, which have been out of order since before Christmas, have now been repaired. I was in contact with the Council and the ESB on numerous occasions over the last number of weeks to have these lights repaired. The delay was caused by…
DetailsPolitical brief An impressive list of lawyers are standing in next week’s elections. But why do they bother? Dearbhail McDonald reports Saturday May 30 2009 For months, he has been pounding the streets and pressing the flesh to procure a No 1 vote. Barry Ward, a barrister and first-time local election candidate for Fine…
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