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Further bus changes in Finglas, Glasnevin, Drumcondra

Cian Ginty — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:35:14 +0000

Dublin Bus is making further bus route changes in Finglas East, Glasnevin, and Drumcondra as part of its Network Direct service cutting project.

Dublin Bus says routes 13 and 13a will be merged into the 13. Route 19a will be renamed the 19 and the current 19 will be merged with the 83.

It says that the 11/a/b will also operate as the 19, but it appears that this effectively means that the route will no longer operate as the 19 only serves a small portion of the 11 routes.

The new 19 will extend to serve Charlestown Shopping Centre, and Route 140 will be extended cross city to Rathmines, Terenure, Tallaght (The Square) and Kiltipper.

Some streets and areas will no longer be covered, see dublinbus.ie for details.

Dublin Bus continues to list the cuts in the no 4 bus as an “improvement”; it said it is including the no 4 to inform customers for changes already made. However, it would not answer in what context it sees a frequency cut of 30% on weekdays and 66% on Sundays as an improvement.

The following buses (some routes part of previous changes) at the below frequencies are due to serve the areas covered by the above mentioned buses:

Route/Peak/Off Peak
4         15          15
13       10          15
17a     10          20
19       10          20
83       15          30
140     10         20

MORE: Finglas, Glasnevin, Drumcondra changes on dublinbus.ie
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River Dodder flood study to be shown

Cian Ginty — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:41:23 +0000

Public information days are to be held this week on the on the River Dodder flood study, hosted by Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council.

The Dodder starts in the Kippure Mountain flows throught countryside and then through urban areas including Tallaght, Rathfarnham, Rathgar, Milltown, Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, and Ringsend, where it meets the Liffey Estuary.

The city council notes that the river has overflowed its banks on numerous occasions causing damage to adjacent properties. It says on August 25 1986, flooding due to Hurricane Charlie damaged over 300 properties, and reservoir dams in the Dublin Mountains were within millimetres of being overtopped.

The open days are to be held on Wednesday June 30 from 3pm to 8pm at South Dublin County Council’s Tallaght Library, and at Dublin City Council’s main foyer at Wood Quay on Thursday July 1 from 3pm to 8pm.

The Dodder Flood Study project team are to be at hand on both days to take questions and comments from members of the public.

The River Dodder Catchment Flood Risk Assessment & Management Study is also available on Dublin City Council’s website.

IMAGE: Photo of Hurricane Charlie flooding at Ballsbridge, from the Dodder SEA Scoping Report, used the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations

26 Dublin school reports released

Cian Ginty — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:15:18 +0000

School inspection reports were publiched on the website of the Department of Education and Skills on Thursday.

The release includes 12 whole-school evaluations (WSE) of Dublin primary schools, one whole-school evaluation at post-primary level and 13 stand-alone subject inspections at post-primary level.

The department says whole-school evaluation reports look at the school’s management, planning and management of resources; the effectiveness of teaching and learning; its arrangements for student assessment, supports for students, provision for minority groups and home-school links.

Responses from a school’s board of management – if available — can be found at the end of reports.

Reports can be viewed here, a list of all the schools included are below:

Primary Schools

St. Joseph’s National School, Tivoli Road, Dunlaoghaire
St. Patrick’s BNS, Ringsend, Dublin 4
St. Catherine’s NS, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8
Zion Parish Primary School, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Whitechurch NS, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
St Kevin’s Girls’ NS, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24
Scoil Íosa, Tymon North, Tallaght, Dublin 24
St. Damian’s NS, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
St. Audoen’s NS, Cook Street, Dublin 8
Scoil Chaitríona na mBráithre, Baggott Street, Dublin 2
Scoil Mhuire Senior National School, Blakestown, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
Scoil an Chroí Ró Naofa, Ballygall, Dublin 11

Post-Primary Schools and Centres for Education

Holy Family Community School, Rathcoole
Newark Comprehensive School, Blackrock
Meánscoil Chroimghlinne, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Stratford College, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Templeogue College, Templeogue, Dublin 6W
Terenure College, Terenure, Dublin
Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Coolock, Dublin 17
Coláiste Choilm, Swords
Portmarnock Community School, Portmarnock
St.Aidan’s Christian Brothers’ School, Whitehall, Dublin 9
St.Mark’s Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Collinstown Park Community College, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Moyle Park College, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Tallaght Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24