As part of a review of future transport needs in Fingal/North Dublin, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, today (Monday) announced a short-list of six project options to serve one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, encompassing Swords and Dublin Airport. Speaking on the issue, Glasnevin, Finglas, Drumcondra and Ballymun […]
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Forget Busking, Council Needs To Ban Bureaucracy
Dublin Fine Gael Councillor Noel Rock today blasted Dublin City Council’s “absurd proposal” to place a limit on busking throughout the City Centre, with time limits, distance limits and permits, highlighting that it would “create an absolutely unworkable bureaucratic burden where you’d have City Council workers roaming the streets with trundle wheels, noise detectors and […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Exposing NAMAs €200m kick to taxpayers in Sunday Times
In the course of my Council work I was dismayed to recently come across this information. I immediately worked to expose this absolute disappointment for the taxpayer, where we have been deprived of €200m due to what I would consider to be mismanagement by NAMA. You can see my comments on the issue below and […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Dublin’s Northside sports clubs to benefit from extension of rate exemption
Dublin Northside sports clubs to benefit from extension of rate exemptions – Rock Fine Gael Dublin City Councillor Noel Rock has today, (Wednesday) welcomed the announcement by Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Simon Harris TD, that an amendment is to be made to ease the rates burden on many local sports clubs. […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
€700k Sports Capital Grants Locally
Rock Welcomes €700,000 Sports Capital Investment For Area Dublin North West Fine Gael representative Noel Rock today welcomed the Sports Capital Grant announcements, with over €40m being invested in sports clubs right across the country – a 33% increase from the previous round, overseen by Fine Gael Minister Michael Ring. Speaking on this, Cllr. Rock […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Irish Whiskey Museum €150k Funding
Fine Gael’s youngest Dublin City Councillor Noel Rock has today welcomed the announcement from Minister for Tourism, Transport and Sport Leo Varadkar that funding will be made available for the Irish Whiskey Museum. Speaking on the issue, Cllr. Rock said: “Tourism is a vital growth industry in Dublin city right now – we see that […]
noel | | Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Thank You
I am delighted to have taken the third seat in the Ballymun Ward on Dublin City Council. The result comes against the backdrop of a difficult day for both Government parties in local elections. Congratulations to Noeleen Reilly (SF) and Cathleen Carney-Boud (SF), both of whom were elected on the first count. I was elected […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Educate Together Second Level
I have been a longtime supporter of the Educate Together Second Level campaign, and have been glad to work to advance their cause with the Department of Education as we continue to work together and explore solutions. It is clear that, based on the numbers currently enrolled at primary level, the changing local demographics in […]
noel | | Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Unemployment Down Again
Unemployment is once again at its lowest in five years, as we can continue to bang on every door and leave no stone unturned in the hunt to create jobs, turn the tide of emigration and reduce unemployment. The unemployment rate in April fell to 11.7% from 11.8% in March. This is a decrease of […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Posters: Any issues? Contact me.
Posters are up now, which means campaigns are in full swing. It’s a huge effort to get posters up for an election – teams are made up of volunteers, and in our case we had fifteen volunteers spread across six teams on the evening. It was a herculean effort, with two of our teams running right […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |