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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:   […]

Dublin City Council is proud to present the 2013 series of Opera in the Open at the Amphitheatre, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, every Thursday lunchtime at 1pm during the month of August. Opera in the Open is an initiative of Dublin City Council as part of its remit to make art and culture accessible to all in the city. Operas […]

Dublin City Council celebrates and supports ‘National Playday’ which is an annual event to promote play and encourage communities to organise energetic and health-focused play activities in their own cities, neighbourhoods, streets, parks and open spaces. The event highlights the facilities available in parks and open spaces and promotes the social and health benefits of active play for children. It […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]