Congrats to Howth it has been ranked as the cleanest town in the country in the latest survey by the Irish Business Against Litter organisation. The town has topped the organisation’s annual litter league ahead of Fermoy, Cavan, Sligo and Dungarvan. The An Taisce report for Howth found the following: Dublin Approach Road: Clean to…
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Developer halted at Edros site Howth
Back in January Socialist Party local representative in Malahide-Howth Brian Greene battled to save the zoning of the old Edros site in Howth as the County Manager and the local councillors tried to push through a material contravention and allow for the building of 60+ apartments on amenity lands. The developer & council succeeded and…
Drynam Hall Estate Management Fees – Update
October 2008 Following on from a successful meeting organised by the Socialist Party on 16th September in the Kinsealy Inn on the management company rip off, residents in attendance agreed to form a campaign with the aim of abolishing the management company for houses and restructuring of the company for apartments only, with more accountability…
Brickfield plans halted (for now)
Socialist Party Update Brickfield plans halted (for now) Following the successful public meeting of Save Our Park in mid July the following has transpired. * Fingal County Council is (for now) not proceeding with plans to build 170 units on Brickfield. * Na Dubh Ghall GAA have been given the permission they were seeking to…
Battery take back scheme begins September 26th
From 26 September 2008 onwards all battery retailers will be required to take back, free of charge, waste batteries including rechargeable batteries including those incorporated into electrical and electronic equipment and/or battery packs. Any person depositing waste batteries at the premises of any battery retailer will not be obligated to purchase any product or products…
128 miles from Howth lies Sellafield
One of our nearest Nuclear Plants Sellafield which lies 128 miles from Malahide – Howth will take 112 years to clean up at a cost of €92 billion euros according to a Westminster report released this week. As the site is still accepting orders of waste nuclear fuel from around the world the true cost…
No 2 Lisbon Socialist Party press conference
Press Conference 06/06
Fishermen to Hold Demonstration at Ports & Dáil Eireann
I strongly support the actions taken by the FIF. Irish Fishermen must not be priced out of the sea by fuel taxes & costs nor cheap fish imports. Minister Brendan Smith TD and Minister of State Tony Killeen TD must act fast from Ireland’s perspective & secondly via the EU Maritime Affairs Commissioner & the…
no nonsense ‘no’ debate on Lisbon Treaty
last night in Swords I chaired the no nonsense ‘no’ debate on Lisbon mp3 64kbits 90 minutes. Speakers Clare Daly Socialist Party & Patricia McKenna Green Party.