Posted by Cian Ginty
Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Featured Updates, Fingal, News, South Dublin
Monday, February 28th, 2011
Draft long-term transport plans for the Dublin region have been released for public consultation. The Great Dublin Area Draft Transport Strategy 2011–2030 was released today by the National Transport Authority (NTA). As well as covering all of Co Dublin it includes Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. Unlike previous plans of its nature the strategy has legal [...]
Posted by Niall Farrell
By area, Dublin City
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
Next week sees the Dublin City Russian festival take place, with the week-long festival including a Pancake Day event on Sunday March 6 in Temple Bar. Street theatre, face painting and food stalls will line Cow’s Lane for Pancake Day, but events in the Russian festival will start tomorrow with a photography exhibition in the [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
City Centre, Dublin City, News
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
Gardai say they arrested a woman at a north inner city guest house under the Drug Trafficking Act. “Herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €300,000 — subject to analysis — was seized, yesterday evening, when Gardai searched guest accommodation in the north inner city area of Dublin,” said Sergeant Seán Mac Seoin. He said a [...]
Posted by Niall Farrell
News
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
Three hundred thousand euro worth of herbal cannabis was seized by Gardai yesterday evening in the north inner city. Gardai seized the drugs after they searched guest accomodation, in in an operation led by detectives from the Garda National Drugs Unit and Revenue Customs Service. A woman in her forties was arrested and is currently [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Fingal, News
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
A man was arrested after Gardai found an estimated €0.9 million worth of drugs in north Co Dublin. Gardai estimate that the amount of cannabis resin, subject to analysis, has a street value of €900,000. A premises was searched by members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Units and a man in his 40s was arrested. He is currently detained at [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, News
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
At least three former Green Party TDs and candidates in the general election have conceded defeat. UPDATE AT 7.32pm: Eamon Ryan has now also conceded according to NewsTalk, but party leader John Gormley refused to do the same on RTE One television. On his party’s survival, Gormley told RTE: ”What we have to do now as a party is lick [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty and Niall Farrell
Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Featured Updates, Fingal, News, South Dublin
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
All Dail seats have been filled in Dublin. Labour is the largest party in Dublin with 18 seats, followed by Fine Gael with just one seat less. Dun Laoghaire was the last area to finish counting, where Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP/ULA) got the last seat and the fourth for the United Left Alliance. Sinn Fein [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Dublin City, News
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Kilmainham Gardai are appealing for help in tracing 16-year-old Patrick Doyle. Patrick was last seen on Thursday evening in the South Circular Road area of Dublin City. “Patrick is 5’11” in height, of slim build with light brown hair and blue eyes. When last seen he was wearing a light grey hooded top, dark colored [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Clondalkin, News, South Dublin
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
UPDATE: Renewed appeal, updated photograph A car which a Clondalkin woman was last seen in has been found in Bray. Gardai say that 38-year-old Esra Uyrun was last seen leaving her home at Collinstown Grove, Clondalkin, in a Grey Renault Twingo, at around 7.15am on Wednesday. The car has the registration number 08-D2-3067. Esra is 5’3” in height, [...]
Posted by Cian Ginty
Ballyfermot, Dublin City, News
Friday, February 25th, 2011
A woman in her 70s has died in hospital after being hit by a car last night. The woman was struck by the car on the Ballyfermot Road at around 10pm on Thursday. She was taken to St James Hospital and later pronounced dead. “There was no one else injured. The road was closed for [...]
