Archive for the category: ‘Ringsend’

12. 11. 2013

Canon Mooney Gardens Refurbishment Works

The South East Area Office and the Housing Department are proposing to carry out improvement works to Canon Mooney Gardens in the coming weeks.   Funding has been made available from Budgetary Amendments from 2013, from the South East Area Office and from the Housing Department to carry out improvements to the waste water stacks and the public lighting in […]

29. 9. 2013

Update – Dog Dirt cleaning

Motion 1328     Motion from Councillor Kieran Binchy To ask the manager for an update on the street-cleaning machines which were acquired to deal with the dog-dirt problem, including confirmation that they are being operated in Ringsend and Sandymount in the areas previously identified as most needing them.   Report: The hand vac sweeping machine has been in operation […]

12. 9. 2013

August Gully Cleaning

Did you know that when the Council cleans a gully a record is kept, and the records are compiled so that you can be confident that the City’s gullies and drains are being kept clear and effective?   For example, here is the August report, with the number of gullies on each street inspected and cleaned in the area:   […]

12. 9. 2013

Update – September Motion on DDDA wind-down

  Motion 1330     Motion from Councillor Kieran Binchy To ask the Manager for a full update on the transfer of responsibilities for parking, housing, lighting and other services in the docklands area from the DDDA to DCC.   Report: The various services and other public infrastructure held by the DDDA which would be appropriate to transfer to Dublin […]

9. 9. 2013

Motion on DDDA Services – September 2013

Motion from Councillor Kieran Binchy To ask the Manager for a full update on the transfer of responsibilities for parking, housing, lighting and other services in the docklands area from the DDDA to DCC.   Report: The various services and other public infrastructure held by the DDDA which would be appropriate to transfer to Dublin City Council, upon the wind-up […]

28. 7. 2013

LONDON BRIDGE CLOSURE EXTENSION

Councillor Kieran Binchy has been informed that the River Dodder Flood Alleviation Works at London Bridge have been extended to 1st September 2013.   This prolongation of the road closure has arisen by delays with relocating existing services (mainly ESB) within the bridge. Moving services requires outages of that service and this is not under our control. There has also […]

20. 7. 2013

Flooding and Insurance Issues

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 […]

14. 6. 2013

Ringsend Gathering 14th to 16th June 2013

  For more info see http://ringsendgathering.com/

16. 5. 2013

Report on Dublin Bikes Scheme Expansion

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 […]

2. 5. 2013

Docklands Planning – Ringsend Information

The Draft Planning Scheme for the Docklands SDZ  is currently on public display until 10th May 2013. As part of this process, members of the public were invited to a series of 4 Drop-In Sessions to talk with staff from the City Council about the Draft Scheme. Following a request from the local community representatives another session has now been […]