Month: September 2019

Lord Mayor Paul McAuliffe tonight announced the winners of the Dublin City Neighbourhood Awards 2019. All the winners were presented with a special certificate and prize fund at a ceremony in the Hogan Suite, Croke Park, Dublin 3. Tonight’s winners include: Donnybrook Tidy Towns – The Best Urban Village Finglas Tidy Towns – Runner-Up The […]

Environment Feature News

Fingal County Council – Master Composter Training & Volunteer Programme

Interested in learning about nature-based solutions to food and garden waste? We have a small number of places left on the Master Composter Training & Volunteer Programme which is being organised in conjunction with the Stop Food Waste Programme. Closing date for applications is tomorrow,Friday September 27. More information at https://bit.ly/2kJeSHk

Environment News

Council to admit fault over Tallaght wetland damage

South Dublin County Council will issue a new statement on the destruction of a wetland area in Tallaght admitting that it was wrong to spread silt from a nearby pond on the urban biodiversity hotspot. The Herpetological Society of Ireland (HSI) discovered on Saturday that a wetland area it was monitoring in Sean Walsh Memorial […]

Fingal County Council move forward with plans for new pedestrian and cycle bridge in Donabate

A new pedestrian and cycle bridge in Donabate has moved a step closer after Fingal County Council announced it has begun the Part 8 planning permission procedure. The bridge will be built over the Dublin to Belfast Railway line at Corballis, Donabate. The proposed bridge will cross over the railway line south of Donabate train […]

Cyc-lok – Enabling More Cycling

Louise and Stephen Murphy founded a start-up company in County Carlow that would seek to revolutionise cycling security in a rapidly changing urban landscape. In 2014, Louise and Stephen Murphy founded a start-up company in County Carlow that would seek to revolutionise cycling security in a rapidly changing urban landscape. Cyc-Lok Ltd. is a completely […]

Feature Housing News

Builders: 310 Council Homes for €51.4m

A building consortium has put an estimated price tag of €51.4m on 310 houses it is to sell to South Dublin County Council for social housing. Adwood Ltd – a consortium of established Dublin builders Adroit and Maplewood – has lodged fast-track plans with An Bord Pleanála for 1,034 residential units at Kilcarbery, 2km west […]

News

Work begins on new Civil Defence Headquarters – Clare County Council

Clare County Council signed contracts with Jada Kelly RAC Joint Venture for the delivery of a €2.7 million upgrade and refurbishment of a building in the Quin Road Industrial Estate in Ennis, which will become the new location for the Clare Civil Defence Headquarters. The Quin Road Campus will incorporate a modern Civil Defence Headquarters […]

News

Mayo County Council Broadband Project wins Ireland eGovernment Local Government Award

Mayo County Council has received an Ireland eGovernment Local Government Award for it’s Telecommunications Asset Register Project at an awards ceremony in City Hall, Dublin, on September 11. The project will see Mayo County Council install ducting across the county in both urban and rural areas. This is being done as part of planned works […]

Project EDWARD and Make Way Day

Reducing on street obstacles to help improve safety within the public space for pedestrians, cyclists and those who are disabled called for this Project EDWARD (European Day Without a Road Death) and Make Way Day. Project EDWARD (European Day Without a Road Death) Day returns on Thursday, 26 September 2019 with the key objective that […]

News

Grant Introduces the Aerona3 R32 Air Source Heat Pump Range

Image: Grant Aerona3 R32 range Leading manufacturer of heating technologies Grant has unveiled the latest addition to its extensive product portfolio – the Grant Aerona3 R32 air source heat pump range. The new range of A+++ heat pumps, available in outputs of 6kW, 10kW, 13kW and 17kW, incorporates the more environmentally friendly R32 refrigerant which […]

Education Feature News

Make Way Day – Local Authorities Support Disability Groups

By admin 23 September 2019

Fingal County Council, along with 19 other local authorities, will support local disabilities groups as they hit the streets on Make Way Day, which is taking place on Thursday September 26. The groups will provide friendly reminders not to: • Park on the footpath • Forget your bins or use illegal sandwich boards • Carelessly […]

Taoiseach travels to the United Nations and Los Angeles on diplomatic and trade mission

By admin 23 September 2019

The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, today (Monday) begins a 5 day diplomatic and trade mission to New York and Los Angeles. The Taoiseach’s programme in New York is centred on the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, where he will join Heads of State and Government from around the world for a series of Leaders’ […]

Cork Celebrates its ‘Latin Rebel’ with Colombian Ambassador Visit

The Colombian Ambassador to Ireland will help Cork celebrate one of the city’s unsung heroes, General Daniel Florence O’Leary, during ‘Daniel Florence O’Leary Day’ this Saturday. Daniel Florence O’Leary’s impact on the political history of Latin American is widely recognised at the highest levels nationally and globally. O’Leary, as aide de camp to Símon Bolívar […]

News

‘Full steam ahead’ at official launch of Wainfest 2019

It was full steam ahead for Wainfest 2019 as Cathaoirleach Nicholas Crossan, along with pupils from St Eunan’s Primary School Raphoe launched this year’s programme at Oakfield Park on Tuesday (17th September). Wainfest is Donegal’s Children’s Arts and Book Festival, which is developed each year by the energetic and inspirational team at Donegal County Council’s […]

News Technology

Lord Mayor officially opens ClickDimensions European hub on South Mall

Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. John Sheehan formally opened the new Cork City offices of U.S. digital marketing technology company ClickDimensions at 10 South Mall this afternoon. ClickDimensions has already brought 22 highly skilled jobs to their new location on South Mall and plan to hire another 28 people by the end of 2020. They […]

European Mobility Week – ‘Car Free Day’ Malahide on Sunday, September 22

As part of European Mobility Week, @Fingalcoco is holding a ‘Car Free Day’ in Malahide on Sunday, September 22. New Street area will be closed to traffic from 10am – 2pm (exceptions for buses, PSV’s, emergency vehicles and local access) to allow pedestrians and cyclists move freely in the vicinity for the morning. Local businesses […]

Culture News

The Fingal Festival of History Launches at Swords Castle