Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister Varadkar this week visited a growing business in Dublin North West, Joe Duffy Motors, who are now one of the biggest employers in Finglas with 400 staff, and a brand new business in Drumcondra, the Lovely Food Company, which opened last year. These two businesses typify the kind of thing […]
Why should I vote for Noel Rock? – I was the only Councillor on Dublin City Council who did not claim any expenses. The average Councillor took home €12,000 in unreceipted, unvouched expenses. I was the only Councillor of any party to reject these, and to work to bring about reform here: I don’t believe […]
Fine Gael General Election candidate for Dublin North West, Noel Rock, has said that the new Burglary Act will help keep repeat burglars off the streets in the Dublin City and improve the safety of our community. “I believe we need to be tough on crime. This week, I am glad to see the Minister […]
“A second-level educate together school for the Northside is something that is clearly needed. I am delighted to see that the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together have come together to announce the are delighted to announce the opening this September of a new Community College in partnership with Educate Together. […]
Dublin City Council are pleased to announce that the following Bring Centres will also open on Sunday 3rd 10th 17th January only from 10am – 4pm to facilitate the recycling of Christmas trees and additional Christmas packaging: Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock, Collins Avenue, Dublin 11 Collins Avenue, Dublin 9 (opposite DCU entrance) […]
In December I sought an urgent review into Dublin Bus schedules, as frequent overcrowding on peak time services contrast starkly with a newly-announced increase in DART services, which will now arrive every ten minutes instead of every 15 minutes, from early 2016. When services reach Glasnevin, Drumcondra or Finglas South in the morning, people are […]
Fine Gael General Election candidate for Dublin North West has spoken of “huge frustration and disappointment in the community” as the badly-needed new secondary school for the Dublin North West area has been relegated to a secondary list in new school building projects programme, which was announced today (Tuesday). “Obviously investment in education is […]
Fine Gael General Election candidate, Noel Rock, today welcomed the latest official employment figures from the Central Statistics Office, which show that 135,800 extra jobs have been created since the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs was launched at the beginning of 2012. This latest report also shows: • The unemployment rate has hit 8.9%, the […]
Fine Gael General Election candidate for Dublin North West, Noel Rock has welcomed today’s announcement of a number of measures which will kick-start new housing construction and enhance supply at more affordable prices. A number of actions will be initiated from January of next year which include: • Enhanced supply of more affordable starter homes […]
, Fine Gael’s General Election candidate Noel Rock has slammed Sinn Féin’s Dublin City Council Budget which has decided to leave the burden of rates on small business owners completely unchanged, despite recent figures obtained by Councillor Rock which shows that rates bills are currently over €100m in arrears. Speaking on the matter, Councillor Rock […]