At a recent meeting of the Docklands Policy Committee, a number of documents were made available, giving an update on the progress of the docklands development. The Docklands Progress Report, prepared by the Docklands Director of Services, gave updates on a whole range of
At last weeks council meeting, I tabled a question to the City Manager on the possible routes that can be explored by Cork City Council in order to develop the Gus Healy Pool in Douglas. Since I joined Cork City Council, it is an issue that arises continuously. The Government recently confirmed that there will be no new [...]
Over the last week, I have had a number of enquiries about the status of the former Dunmahon Service station, on the Douglas Road. As you are aware in February, I advised that the station, had been acquired by a new owner, whose intention it was to reinstate the former use of the site i.e. [...]
I was disappointed with a recent report to the Roads and Transportation Functional Committee. For the last number of months, since the roundabout in Douglas Village was removed by Cork County Council, I have being requesting an that alternative route be provided for traffic coming off the Well Road, and wishing to travel the Douglas [...]
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National Spring Clean takes place during the month of April, 2010. National Spring Clean is Ireland’s most popular, well recognised and successful anti-litter initiative. Now in its 12th year, the campaign encourages every sector of society to actively participate and take responsibility for litter, by actually conducting clean-ups in their own local environment. National Spring [...]
The Cork City Marathon will take place this year on June 7th 2010. Building on the success of the marathon since its inception four years ago, a new route has been announced for this years marathon. Click here to view the route (pdf) There is plenty of help and support available out
Last night in Galway at the 5th Annual Irish Blog Awards, I won in the category “Best Blog of a politician”. This was hugely fulfilling award for me. Over the last year I have tried to develop my Web 2.0 presence and to use my blog to keep people updated on what was happening at a [...]
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