Visit www.fairerbudget.com to contact Fine Gael about our proposals for recovery. Below, photograph of Deputy Michael Kennedy applauding Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan’s savage Budget along with the rest of the Fianna Fail Parliamentary Party.
Howth/Malahide Fine Gael Councillor Alan Farrell has today Wednesday said that the Fianna Fail government decision to reduce tax relief for non first time buyers is a disgrace and shows a fundamental disregard for the hard pressed home owners who have traded up or moved during the boom. The decision of the government to reduce tax relief from 20% to…
Local services face crisis after Budget. Fine Gael’s Howth/Malahide Councillor Alan Farrell, today (Tuesday) said the announcement that the Local Government Fund has been cut by €25 million will result in huge pressure on local services in every village, town and city in the country. “This fund pays for many of the day-to-day activities such as waste collection and disposal,…
Boundary Commission Report – Democratic deficit widened by Gormless Guidelines. The local authority boundary commission has released its findings for Fingal County Council’s administrative area. The decision of the boundary commission comes as no surprise to Councillors in Fingal, given the overly prescriptive, short sighted guidelines issue by the Minister for the Environment. Allowing the fastest growing local authority in…
Yesterday, Malahide Castle hosted a wonderful free family fun day. The event which I would estimate attracted close to 10,000 people throughout the day was held together by a very popular Farmers Market. Bouncy Castles, Face painting, puppet shows, interactive sports as well as car racing, soccer skills and a dog show (www.dogtrainingireland.ie) were on hand to entertain the thousands…
On Friday the 13th I was on hand to reopen the wonderful new playground at Malahide Castle, there has been a playground in Malahide Demesne since 1988, when the Department of the Environment made a grant available to the then Dublin County Council of £15,000 from Lottery funds towards the construction cost of £45,000!!. The economic climate of the late…
On Wednesday June 11th I had the pleasure of reopening Garristown Library after several months of refurbishment work. The facility which includes over 8,500 items is housed in a wonderful purpose built library building which first opened its doors in 1912. Garristown Library has managed to maintain its quaint village feel yet houses 21st century technology and facilities such has…
On Monday May 19th I had the privilege of hosting the Chief of Staff of the Mayor of Boston, Ms. Judith Kurland in Malahide & Swords. Judith and I met in Boston in October 2007 when I was selected to take part in the Young Political Leaders Programme through Boston College, USA. The informative ten day visit was previously run…
Following a petition completed by almost 150 residents in the Feltrim area, Fingal County Council are to put out on public display documents relating to the closure of the laneway between Drynam Drive & Melrose, Kinsealy. The laneway has been subject to controversy in the past when in 1999 the then Council sided against residents wishes in voting through a…
Having read through 130 pages of Minister Gormley’s green paper on local government reform of yesterday, it strikes me as it did Olivia O’Leary that in order to have a true accountable powerful Mayor of Dublin City, that individual must be given authority which surpasses even that of a Minister. Do you think that the Fianna Fail cronies will allow…