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Contractor Appointed to LDA’s First Affordable Housing Project in Partnership with DLR

By Ryan Harmon 28 June 2022

The Land Development Agency (LDA) has appointed the contractor for the development of 597 new homes at Shanganagh, Co. Dublin, with work on site to commence in September. The affordable housing project is being delivered in partnership with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLR) and will be devoted 100% to affordable and social homes. On completion, […]

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DLR Wins Cycling Infrastructure Award for Coastal Mobility Route

By Ryan Harmon 22 June 2022

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLR) is honoured to receive the first Cycling Infrastructure Award 2022 for the Coastal Mobility Route (CMR) from the European Cycling Federation. The Award was presented to Conor Geraghty, Senior Engineer at the Velo-City Conference. Over the last number of years, the ECF have witnessed a notable boom in cycling throughout […]

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Second Dublin Climate Action Week from 12th-17th September

By Ryan Harmon 20 June 2022

The second Dublin Climate Action Week (#DCAW22) will take place from Monday the 12th to Saturday, 17th September 2022. The week, which is being organised and delivered by the partnership of South Dublin County Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Codema – Dublin’s Energy Agency and the Dublin Climate Action […]

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21 New Homes for Older Persons in Ballinteer

By Ryan Harmon 9 June 2022

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (dlr) is pleased to announce the delivery of 21 new homes at Broadford Court, Ballinteer, Dublin 16. The development, which is arranged around an enclosed landscaped courtyard, also has a community room, and underground parking. The scheme has been designed to provide suitable accommodation for older persons and is well served […]

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Launch of Operation IRENE

By Ryan Harmon 3 June 2022

Operation IRENE 2022 was launched on Tuesday, 31st May at Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Hall, by Chief Superintendent Matthew Nyland (DMR East) This campaign has run for many years and is a targeted multi-agency operation to combat underage alcohol consumption and consumption of alcohol in public places throughout the Dublin Metropolitan Region and for us specifically […]

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Stillorgan Road Cycle Improvement Scheme Opens

By Ryan Harmon 8 April 2022

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in partnership with University College Dublin have opened the Stillorgan Road Cycle Improvement and improved accessibility to UCD Campus. All works were made possible with the receipt of 100% funding from the National Transport Authority. The completed works have provided: New entrance to UCD campus Upgrade of Stillorgan Rd/ Foster’s

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Accessible Swimming ‘Poolpod’ Installed at dlr Leisure Loughlinstown

By Ryan Harmon 23 March 2022

A new state-of-the-art lift system called Poolpod has been installed at the dlr Leisure Loughlinstown centre to support the work of the centre and to provide easy and independent access to the swimming pool. Poolpod is a sleek and modern pool lift which offers a dignified and quick means of access for all visitors who […]

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DLR County Council Launches Tully Park Phase 2

By Ryan Harmon 23 September 2021

An Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (DLR) County Council, Lettie McCarthy, Interim Chief Executive Tom McHugh, Director of Services Anne Devine and Sarah McCullough, Project Manager – Landscape were on hand with Niall McElwaine from Clonmel Enterprises on Wednesday 22nd September to mark the launch of the construction of Tully Park Phase 2 within the Cherrywood […]

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An Air Quality Plan for NO2 in Dublin

By Jack Mullen 26 July 2021

The four Dublin Local Authorities (Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council) are preparing an Air Quality Plan to improve levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in ambient air in Dublin. Why Are They Doing It? In 2019 there was an exceedance of the annual limit value […]

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Georges Street Lwr, Dún Laoghaire to be pedestrianised as part of dlr Summer Streets initiative

By Jack Mullen 25 June 2021

Following an extensive public consultation process, and a significant level of public support, at 70% of the responses,  Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council plan to proceed with the Dún Laoghaire Summer Streets initiative, including the pedestrianisation of George’s St. Lower, which is planned to start on Monday 5th July at 11:00 am and continue until the

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dlr pilot Ireland’s first disabled accessible EV parking & charging bay

By Jack Mullen 21 May 2021

Dlr Press Release 20/05/21 As many of us move or consider moving to Electric or Hybrid Vehicles, dlr’s Public Lighting Section have increased the amount of self-charging parking bays across our county. Moving forward we are also very conscious that disabled drivers are also starting to consider electric vehicles as a viable option. An Cathaoirleach, […]

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Stories From Isolation

By Jack Mullen 22 April 2021

Photo 1 (L – R): Councillor Una Power, An Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Rónan Ó Muirthile, Head of Faculty, Film, Art & Creative Technologies, IADT Conor Peoples, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Co Communications Officer Bernadette Meagher, FÍS Manager, IADT Deirdre O’Toole, Lecturer, IADT Dlr / IADT collaborate on project to bring students’ COVID

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Robert Burns Q&A

By Jack Mullen 16 February 2021

In last weeks discussion we spoke to Robert Burns who is the Director of Infrastructure, Sustainable Mobility and Climate Change at Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. In this podcast, Robert along with Jack Mullen, spoke about a variety of different, yet interrelated topics. Developments in walking, cycling, public transport, e-mobility were discussed by Robert.

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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Annual Progress Report Published

By Jack Mullen 9 February 2021

Pictured above: An Cathaoirleach, Cllr Una Power. Image courtesy of Una Power Via Twitter. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council exceeds its 2020 energy efficiency target, as first Climate Change Action Plan is published. Following the February meeting of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the first Annual Progress Report of the Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024,

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YUKÕ Toyota Car Club launches in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

By Jack Mullen 27 January 2021

Irish car sharing company YUKÕ, in partnership with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, has launched its’ car club operation in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. All the cars supplied on the YUKÕ fleet are self-charging hybrid automatic vehicles. As part of the initial 4-month agreement, cars will be available on the following streets:Crofton Road x 2, Carmanhall Road, Heather

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Cherrywood town centre developer challenges Council’s €31.4m bill

By Jack Mullen 12 January 2021

The developer of a new town centre in Cherrywood in south Dublin has brought a legal challenge over a local authority’s demand for €31.4 million in development contributions. Hines Cherrywood Development Fund ICAV claims there is no lawful basis for the demand issued last August by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Hines says it had […]

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Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council agrees on €211 million budget

By Jack Mullen 26 November 2020

Elected Members for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have voted to adopt Budget 2021 which provides for over €211 million in expenditure on critical service provision, an increase of almost €19 million on 2020. The annual revenue Budget provides funding for a very broad range of services from road, cycle lane and foot path maintenance, […]

Culture News

Restoration of Marlay Craft Courtyard

By admin 21 September 2018

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have announced the Official Opening of the newly refurbished Marlay Craft Courtyard units in Marlay Park. The Craft Courtyard is a protected structure that has been restored by the Council, and will facilitate the work of creative studios and shops in the refurbished building. Fine art, jewellery, artisan textiles, skincare and […]

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Hines Granted Planning Permission For Cherrywood Town Centre Development

By Nick Fitzgerald 31 May 2018

International real estate firm Hines has been granted planning permission by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to build a 2.1 million square foot town centre at Cherrywood. The project, at a cost of €1 billion, will include 1,269 build-to-rent apartments and 585,000 sq ft of retail and office space. Leisure space is also in the planning. Hines have […]

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Twelve New Social Houses Completed For Centre of Dún Laoghaire

By Nick Fitzgerald 30 May 2018

Twelve new social houses have been completed in the centre of Dún Laoghaire at George’s Place. The ten 2-bed terraced houses and two 2-bed semi-detached houses are part of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s housing delivery target of 1,563 social housing homes by 2021. It is expected that the social houses will be available for dlr tenants in the coming […]