Local candidate for Glasnevin, Santry, Whitehall and Ballymun, Noel Rock, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the announcement of €600,000 in funding for the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) Support Programme. This annual competition, now in its tenth year, is a nationwide search for people who have innovative ideas and new solutions to solve some of Ireland’s social […]
Santry/Whitehall
DFB Ambulances Must Be Kept
In the last week, a number of people have written to me concerned about proposals to have the HSE take over the current functions of the ambulance service which are provided in Dublin by Dublin Fire Brigade. As we know internationally there are a great many cities where fire brigades provide paramedic service, and provide […]
noel | | Ballymun, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall, Uncategorized |
Tourism Up Another 11% In 2014
Glasnevin, Drumcondra and Whitehall Fine Gael Local Elections Candidate Noel Rock has welcomed the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office for overseas visits to Ireland and predicted a further boost after the travel tax falls to €0 next week. The number of visits to Ireland for the period December 2013 to February 2014 increased […]
noel | | Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Local Crime Public Meeting
I recently hosted a local meeting on crime and crime prevention in the area. The meeting took place in The Comet in Santry and was attended by a number of people in the locality whose lives have been effected by crime or who are working to prevent crime in Whitehall, Santry and Beaumont. As the […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
€30m energy efficiency boost
This year, €30m will be invested in upgrading the energy efficiency of local authority homes, Glasnevin, Ballymun, Santry and Whitehall candidate Noel Rock has noted, with €5.25m going to the Dublin City Council area. The funding is part of a three year jobs stimulus programme that will see the energy efficiency of 25,000 of the […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Local Jobs
Just a quick post to let people now that there are some local jobs available: Il Corvo in Drumcondra are looking for a kitchen porter. If interested, please drop your CV in. Two in the Ivy House, where they are looking for bar and waiting staff. CVs can be sent to info@theivyhouse.ie Two in Anderson’s […]
noel | | Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Croke Park concerts
Please find below a note from the Croke Park Community Officer in relation to the upcoming Garth Brooks concerts in the area. I note that there will be a community information event held on Tuesday Feb 25th, as advised below. Five nights in a row of traffic, parking, noise and disruption is – in my […]
noel | | Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
12.3% jobless – 11% by 2015
Some good news, as below, from Investec: “Today’s release shows that the seasonally adjusted number of people on the Register fell for a 19th successive month to 400,700 in January, which is 11% below the peak of 449,200 recorded in August 2011. The standardised unemployment rate fell for an eighth successive month to 12.3%, a […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Public Meeting: Local Crime
I believe that public forums and meetings are a vital way of keeping in touch with the community on issues of importance. Some politicians hold these at election time, however I believe they are important to have constantly, and this is the third one which I have organised recently. This one is on Local Crime […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |
Sports Capital Grants: Time for Local Club Apps
€350,000 was received locally in last round of funding – one of the highest nationally Fine Gael Local Representative for Ballymun, Glasnevin, Santry and Whitehall today urged local sports clubs to “get your finance committee togged out and get ready to put your best case forward for funding in 2014 as the Sports Grants Application […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall |