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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 […]

Sandymount Village   Forthcoming events on Sandymount Green in the month of June SAMRA Community Day Sunday 9th June 2pm Children’s Races Medals Raffle Teddy Bear’s Picnic Prizes Fun for All     WB Yeats Birthday Thursday 13th June 11:30am Readings Poetry Music     Bloomsday Celebrations Sunday 16th June at 11:30am Readings Poetry Music Refreshments

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 […]

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 […]

Cllr. Kieran Binchy submitted the following question to the February meeting of the South East Area Commitee, and was delighted to receive confirmation that the dangerous pothole on the main street of Ringsend will be tackled by the Council. Q16. Councillor Kieran Binchy To ask the manager to fill and fully repair the large pothole outside the Ringsend Library, (in […]

COPY of letter to the Local Election Boundary Committee from Councillor Kieran Binchy calling for Sandymount to be re-unified in any re-drawing of the local election (Council) boundaries Local Area Boundary Committee, Room 1.77 The Custom House, Dublin 1 By email 23 January 2013   Dear Secretary,   In my capacity as the Fine Gael Councillor for the South East […]

Letter from Councillor Kieran Binchy to the South East Area Manager, January 2013.   Dear Area Manager,   I understand that the City Council now has an extra vacuum machine and team dedicated to tackling dog dirt on the south side of the city. This is welcome, as this is a growing problem which is dangerous, unhygienic and unpleasant. The […]