. Councillor’s payments and expenses totalled over €3m in two years for Dublin City Council, the largest of the three Dublin councils. Payments to Dublin City councillors cost the city €1.4m in 2008 and €1.6m in 2009. On top of councillors’ normal pay, or ‘Representational Payment’, other expenses accounted for 42% of payments in 2008 [...]
. A Luas extension linking Sandyford with Cherrywood is to open on Saturday October 16, it was announce this afternoon. The Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) said there would be free travel on all of the Luas Green line for the opening weekend. “The RPA is pleased to announce that the opening of the new line [...]
Dublin City Council are to limit access to South William Street and Drury Street for the European Mobility Week’s car free day today. A number of events are to talk place on the streets including a display of cargo bicycles, live music, and a film screening in the evening. See the city council’s cycling website for more details. IMAGE: By Marc [...]
Labour Cllr Andrew Montague said media reports were quite negative about the 30km/h limit in Dublin which, he says, is a success. “I think its clear from the [council's] report – even though how it came out in the press was quite negative – if you look at the analyses it is a success,” said [...]
Image and video from the Liffey Swim 2010 which took place in Dublin on Saturday September 11:
A €8m per year estimate for the planned Mayor of Dublin is “personal conjecture” according to Fingal County Council. The report was shown to Fingal councillors last Monday and was released to Fine Gael. The party said the plans for a directly elected mayor were a costly extra layer of bureaucracy. “This message is clear: Tax hikes [...]
Dublin City Centre’s problems won’t be solved by a new law banning aggressive begging if people are unwilling to even pick up their phone. Even after a ban on begging was ruled unconstitutional, much of the problems with with beggars and ‘junkies’ are already covered by law. Any act of aggression or intimation is covered. Begging at Luas stops and on [...]
NEW: Twitter weekly updates for 2010-09-12 http://bit.ly/b3MJ3W # NEW: Retail decline largely due to economy – report http://bit.ly/bkUcTx # Power failure in the Kilnamanagh area of Tallaght – a number of sets of traffic lights are out (via @aaroadwatch) # Restrictions to Portmarnock Station access remain due to Garda operation – no access to station [...]
Dublin City Council’s lord mayor Gerry Breen said the council are committed to expanding Dublin Bikes to further parts of the city and its suburbs. It a statement to mark the first year of the street rental scheme, Breen said, “The council is also committed to expanding the scheme to other areas of the city [...]
Authors of a report on Dublin’s controversial bus gate believe a decline in city centre trade is largely due to the economy, however the reports includes several warnings on the lack of data. It said that the bus gate or corridor “appears to have accomplished its main goal of reducing the traffic congestion which caused delays [...]
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