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For many years Dublin Bus has been promising a link from Finglas to Cabra via Broombridge. The Bus has been campaigned for by local residents groups and by agencies who serve both the Finglas and Cabra communities. In response, In recent weeks the Government has been heralding a new service in the area with posters…
At yesterdays Area Committee there was unanimous support for a motion which called on the Department of Housing to clarify their position regarding the Government’s Scribblestown PPP. This motion arose from a meeting between Minister John Paul Phelan, Minister for Local Government and Electoral Reform and Scribblestown Residents at which it was suggested that Councillors…
Over the spring and summer of 2017 the issue of scrambler bikes has become much worse in the area. Bikes on the old tip head has long been a problem for residents in Dunsoghley and this year we have seen more bikes using Tolka Valley Park and Kildonan Park. Any use of motor bikes in…
Last Friday I attended the latest public meeting of the West Finglas Tenants and Residents Association regarding the Abigail centre. The City Council are on record that this site is not an appropriate location for these services. The community, local councillors and local council staff have developed a plan which they believe will see better…
For many years residents in the Finglas and Glasnevin area have complained about the over use of particular estates by driving testers and driving instructors. Following representations which I made to the Department and the Road Safety Authority, I am pleased that the Road Safety Authority has now agreed to ‘contact’ all registered driving schools…
Tonight the entire Ballygall community send their best wishes to the staff of Tansey’s newsagent. Unfortunately in recent months we have seen similar crimes in Finglas West and last year at the shops in the Willows. However the blatant and violent nature of this attack on a man doing his work is truly shocking. There…
A really amazing performance today by Ali Dempsey in St Canices Graveyard. In a wonderful piece written by Finglas’ own Dermot Bolger, locals were treated to a tale about a girl coming of age, about her hidden talent, about her relationship with a father taken too soon. Tears and laughter rang out across the gravestones…