Agency seeks permission to build Metro West

Metro West will be much like Luas

Following the Minister for Transport’s orders, the Railway Procurement Agency are proceeding in looking for permission for the Metro West light rail line. Although funding has yet to be earmarked for the route. Much of the fully overground line goes via undeveloped lands, which is likely to give rise to calls that the project’s route is developer-led at a time when most developers are [...]

Gardai ask for help tracking missing people

Gardai are seeking the public’s help will with two separate cases of missing people, a woman from Clondalkin and a teenager boy from Dalkey. Gardai at Dalkey are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 14 year old Paddy Cash. He was last seen on Saturday, the July 31 2010, wearing a navy blue [...]

One arrest after drug raid

Gardai said this afternoon that they have seized drugs worth €300,000 and sum of money. Officers from Rathfarnam and Tallaght were involved in the search of the house off the Neilstown Road in Clondalikin yesterday. A 22 year old man was arrested. He is being held at Rathfarnham Garda Station under section 2 of the Criminal [...]

Looney blames FF for bin price hike

Brown bins

Fianna Fail are to blame for the recent increase in bin charges in the South Dublin County Council region, says Labour councillor Dermot Looney.

Bin collection changes for South Dublin

Wheelie Bins

South Dublin County Counil (SDCC) have announced changes to the waste collection scheme in South Dublin which see the charges for bin collection increase and black and brown bins move from weekly to fortnightly collection. The charge for collection of a black bin (for general waste) is to increase from €8 to €10.50, while the [...]

26 Dublin school reports released

School reports

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

Mayor elected to South Dublin County Council

Mayor Eamonn Maloney

Councillors in South Dublin County Council elected Labour Cllr Eamonn Maloney as the new mayor of the area, the local authority said this evening.

Inchicore to Lucan greenway opened

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A greenway, for pedestrians and cyclists, along the Grand Canal between Inchicore and Lucan was opened today. Although now officially opened, the greenway is not fully complete, with some construction still on-going. The 8.5km off-road route goes from the Lock Road, near Adamstown and south Lucan, to the Blackhorse Luas stop at Inchicore. Areas along [...]

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