Fine Gael Councillor Noel Rock has welcomed news that tourism figures continue to rise. He was speaking after Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures for the first quarter of this year were released. “According to today’s figures, 2014 looks set to be the fourth year of consecutive growth in overseas visitor numbers coming to Ireland. Since […]
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City Council 2014
PRESS RELEASE – FINE GAEL WITHDRAWS FROM DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL NEGOTIATIONS 12 noon, Friday 06/06/14 The Fine Gael Group on Dublin City Council has pulled out of negotiations over the formation of a ruling coalition for Dublin City Council. “ We have engaged in the negotiation process in good faith to see if we can […]
noel | | Uncategorized |
Ironman Coming To Dublin
Dublin will be the venue for an IRONMAN 70.3 set for August 2015 and Dublin will also host a full distance IRONMAN in 2016. IRONMAN 70.3, based in Dublin, will take place in August 2015 and will provide an early opportunity for athletes to secure points for the 2016 World Championships. Since its inception in […]
noel | | Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Uncategorized |
Ballymun Shooting Requires Action
Ballymun Local Representative Rock Condemns Ballymun Shooting Ballymun Local Representative Noel Rock has today strongly condemned the shooting dead of a man in his 40s outside a school in Ballymun today. “This kind of shooting in broad daylight is becoming depressingly frequent, and this criminality must be stamped out. A shooting outside a school in […]
noel | | Ballymun, Recent Local News, Uncategorized |
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 |
Dublin FF Cllr Proposes…Nothing
Dublin FF Cllr Wants To Hand Over Power of City Council and Avoid Budget Decisions McAuliffe Using The Kind Of FF Decision Avoidance Tactics That Brought Us The Troika Fine Gael’s Glasnevin candidate Noel Rock this morning slammed Fianna Fáil Cllr. McAuliffe’s statement which called on Dublin to emulate Donegal by voting down its budget, […]
noel | | Ballymun, Recent Local News, Uncategorized |
Bin Days To Change March 2014
Starting in March 2014, all commercial waste operators working in the Dublin City area will have to coordinate their collections and collect on the same day. This will, it is hoped, reduce disruption to quieter residential areas by only having bins out on the side of the road one day a week, as opposed to […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Recent Local News, Santry/Whitehall, Uncategorized |
Ballymun Civic Alliance Launch
I was delighted to attend the launch of the Ballymun Civic Alliance this week. As the Fine Gael representative for the area, and the only one in attendance, I was glad to show my support for the future of Ballymun as this group comes together to progress the opportunities, issues and concerns that face Ballymun. […]
noel | | Ballymun, Uncategorized |
Public Transport Meeting
Next Wednesday I will be hosting a public meeting in the Maples Hotel on Iona Road. The topic for discussion will be public transport. How can we improve it in both the short term and the medium term? How is it working for Glasnevin and Drumcondra? Can we make it better? Will Luas extension and […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Santry/Whitehall, Uncategorized |
Hoax Fire Calls Cost Dublin €3.5m; Have Doubled Since 07
Fine Gael Representative Noel Rock has outlined what he called “an alarming rise in hoax fire calls taking place across the Dublin City Council area”. Mr. Rock, who represents Fine Gael in Drumcondra and Glasnevin, said: “This is an urgent problem. Dublin City is the only place in the entire country where hoax phonecalls outnumbered […]
noel | | Ballymun, Glasnevin/Drumcondra, Santry/Whitehall, Uncategorized | Drumcondra fire, Drumcondra local, Glasnevin/Drumcondra |