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Councillor Kieran Binchy has met with residents of Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, Sandymount, Bath Avenue, Ringsend, Irishtown, Pearse Square and Creighton St affected by flooding over the last number of years. Once hit by a flooding event, a resident faces a number of issues, and it can continue to affect the resident and their home for years afterwards. The Council has a […]

The Secretary, An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. 09 June 2013   Re: Observation in support of the appeals against the decision of Dublin City Council to grant permission to application 3096/12, your ref PL29S.242003       Dear Sir/Madam,   In my capacity as Dublin City Councillor for the Portobello area I would like to support the […]

Report on the expansion of the dublinbikes scheme (May 2013) Introduction Dublin City Council’s dublinbikes scheme is one of the most successful public bike rental schemes worldwide. When first introduced it was anticipated that there would be five thousand subscribers after the first year of operation.  Currently the scheme has a total of 31,000 long term subscribers with the bikes […]

Question to City Manager City Council Meeting 08/04/2013 Q76. COUNCILLOR KIERAN BINCHY To ask the Manager how many old poles and signs have been removed since the installation of the new fingerpost wayfinding system in the city, what plans are there to remove more, how many old telephone kiosks and boxes have been removed and what plans are there to […]

  Question to City Manager City Council Meeting 08/04/2013       Q77. COUNCILLOR KIERAN BINCHY To ask the Manager for a progress report for the provision of recycling services in City Council housing complexes.     CITY MANAGER’S REPLY: The Contract for the Waste Collection Service in City Council flat complexes has not yet been awarded as negotiations are […]

Cllr. Kieran Binchy’s Spring 2013 Newsletter is currently being distributed to residents in the South East Inner City Electoral Ward, but it is now also available online. It contains news and updates on a range of issues being addressed by Councillor Binchy across the electoral ward, as as well as specific news on Portobello, the Inner City, the South Docklands, […]

Weather Update Issued 12:00 noon 22 March 2013 Dublin City Council weather update issued at noon on Friday: Up to 40 millimetres of rain has fallen since yesterday. Dublin City Council Drainage staff have been monitoring the drainage network including rivers and streams since then and will continue to do so over the weekend. Incidents of localised road flooding were […]

Cllr. Kieran Binchy recently received the following confirmation that the Office of Public Works and Dublin City Council are working with the Irish Insurance Federation to ensure that all works by the council and the OPW are taken into account by insurance companies when offering home and household insurance, or when in particular considering flood cover.     Question to […]

At the February 2013 meeting of the South East Area Committee, Councillor Kieran Binchy tabled the following motion, which was passed unanimously. Although the Council do not have responsibility for waste collection under current legislation, Cllr. Binchy tabled the motion to communicate to Greyhound that the communities represented by Cllr. Binchy and his nine colleagues are outraged and disappointed by […]

13th February 2013 The Traffic section of Dublin City Council recently installed souble yellow lines on a section of Arnott St. They did so without consultation with local residents. It does seem that one local councillor was involved in the decision, but the other councillors were not consulted. Cllr. Kieran Binchy was contacted by residents after the double yellow lines […]