What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
Why can’t a litter warden also give a parking fine? This, and other questions, were raised at Fingal County Council’s monthly meeting on Monday.
They’ll mostly be up and down the coastal side of the county, with just four planned for spots inland.
But in the face of stiff resistance from council managers, they backed down – for now, at least.
Here’s some of what Fingal councillors have been proposing at recent council meetings.
The new budget, approved by councillors at a meeting on 3 December, is up 7.5 percent from this year, to €389 million.
The council is now looking to lower the speed limit and – eventually, maybe, install speed ramps.
The HSE isn’t maintaining them well, or doing necessary upgrades – maybe it’s time it hands them over to the council, tenants and local councillors say.
And there’s no prospect of Gannon Properties taking down the fences that block off a stretch of Glen Ellan Road anytime soon.
The move supports Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara, and will help finance its “illegal occupation”, a Polisario Front representative says.
At a meeting Thursday, councillors worried the fee increase would lead to an increase in illegal dumping.
It’ll mean upgrading bus stops, footpaths and crossings on the R127 to make it safe to get to the path to the beach, before upgrading that too, he said.
After digging by The Ditch, and pressure from protestors, ASL Ireland issued a statement Friday meant to appease. Protestors say it’s not good enough.
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