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Bridgefield Car Park – Council’s plan to install parking meters.

7th September 2010

Fingal County Council have put forward a proposal in recent days to add parking meters at the Bridgefield Car Park, Malahide Demesne. The proposal will see the same parking by-laws that are currently applied to on street parking entering Malahide Castle. This proposal is due […]

Sculpture for Howth Harbour on Public Display

12th July 2010

Fingal County Council has just initiated a public display process for the installation of a twelve meter aluminium sculpture for Howth Harbour. The item can be viewed at www.fingalcoco.ie. Below is my submission to the Council on the matter. “As Mayor of Fingal in 2007/8 […]

The Fine Gael Reshuffle

5th July 2010

We in Fine Gael are very fortunate to have an abundance of talent, youth & experience upon which to draw regarding the new Fine Gael front bench. The challenge is now to capitalise on these talents and ensure that the electorate are under no uncertain […]

Head Shop Ban will take longer without FG

2nd July 2010

Eminent Barrister & Fine Gael Justice Spokesperson, Alan Shatter TD has called Government legislation on banning head shops, “deeply flawed”. “Over the last few months, the prevalence of head shops and their potential deadly products has been in the headlines because or repeated failures of […]

What is Cost Neutral?

16th April 2010

In 2008, Fingal County Council completed the building work on several changing rooms beside Malahide Castle’s much famed childrens playground.  These facilities, built at the taxpayers expense remain virtually unused despite the huge investment by the local authority. At a recent area committee meeting, the […]

Council fall at first hurdle as good weather arrives.

16th April 2010

Last weekend marked the first reasonable day, in weather terms that we have had in some time. Naturally, it brought tourists to many a scenic spot around the County. As you may recall last summer, during the June Bank holiday weekend, Portmarnock beach was mobbed […]

Unemployment figure in Dublin North rises, again.

8th December 2009

CSO shows unemployment has grown in Dublin North by 298 in one month. Central statistics office figures released today have shown a marked increase in the numbers seeking unemployment benefit in both Swords & Balbriggan, the two largest towns in Dublin North and the location […]

Traffic Calming for Ard Na Mara

7th December 2009

On Tuesday last, Fingal County Council submitted a proposal on public display for the installation of traffic calming measures to be introduced on the Dublin Road at the Junction with Ard Na Mara. These proposals emanated from a recent accident at this location which prompted […]

Disgraceful act of vandalism deprives sporting groups of much needed facility.

29th September 2009

A disgraceful act of vandalism over the weekend has deprived Malahide sporting groups of their much needed all weather facility at Broomfield, Malahide. The Broomfield all weather pitch has been severely vandalised over the weekend causing an estimated €17,000 worth of damage to the electrical […]

Would NAMA buy your house?

29th September 2009

An interesting idea from Deputy Leo Varadkar which could be of interest to many.