éirígí Dublin Northeast annual hunger strikers' memorial GAA match.

Update on the Stardust Memorial Park

Several weeks ago éirígí Dublin Northeast Representative Ciaran Heaphey was contacted by local residents about the deteriorating conditions in Stardust Memorial Park. Heaphey contacted Dublin City Council's Environmental Complaints Hotline regarding the Park on behalf of the community.

Heaphey maintained contact with them for several weeks In order to put pressure on Dublin City Council to improve conditions in the Park, local éirígí activists distributed over 2,000 newsletters urging residents to contact Dublin City Council, quoting a complaint reference number.

Recently there have been some positive developments. Due to the large number of residents contacting and complaining to Dublin City Council regarding the Park, the general dumping and litter situation has improved.

Speaking in relation to these developments, Ciaran Heaphey said: ''Due to the pressure from many of us in the local community, Dublin City Council has been forced to listen and act.This positive development demonstrates the power of community spirit in our area. We in the local community will continue to monitor developments in the park.'' 

éirígí Dublin Northeast Representative Ciaran Heaphey can be contacted regarding this or any other issues on the above contact details.

Stardust Memorial Park

As many local residents will be aware, the condition of the Stardust Memorial Park has continued to deteriorate. The park is a very valued local amenity for families in our community.

Due to anti-social behaviour, large areas of the park have been burned. As a result many local people have been deterred from using the park. Smashed bottles litter the park and the water in the park has been polluted. Due to the many cutbacks of the Fianna Fail and Fine Gael/Labour Governments, there are no Park Warders in Stardust Memorial Park. This lack of warders has been detrimental to the Park.

éirígí Dublin Northeast Representative Ciaran Heaphey has been taking local residents' concerns on board regarding the park. Heaphey contacted Dublin City Council's Environmental Complaints Hotline regarding Stardust Memorial Park. All the communities concerns raised, were logged with a council representative.

 

Ciaran, speaking about the issue said: “It is an absolute disgrace what has happened to the Stardust Memorial Park. I would urge local residents to contact Dublin City Council via the Environmental Complaints Hotline on 1850 365 121 and to quote the complaint reference number of 11242. With enough pressure from the local community we can improve the condition of Stardust Memorial Park.
If the council refuses to act on community concerns pressure needs to be applied by the community."

Delegation in opposition to Clonshaugh Sewage Plant

On Tuesday 18^th July éirígí Dublin Northeast Representative Ciaran Heaphey led a delegation of local residents at an information meeting regarding the proposed Clonshaugh Sewage Plant in the Hilton Hotel on the Malahide Road.

Speaking after the meeting Ciaran said: “I and several other residents attended the meeting in order to voice our objection to the building of this huge sewage plant. We voiced many of our objections and health and safety concerns to representatives of the proposed project. We also learned that the operating of this plant will be in private hands if built. This added further to our many concerns to the construction of this huge sewage plant.”

Ciaran continued: “There is huge opposition to the construction of this plant. At one of our weekly stalls last Saturday, several hundred people signed a petition objecting to the building of this plant. We in éirígí with our neighbours in the Coolock area will continue to monitor the progress of the planning of the plant and continue our opposition.”

Home & Water Taxes - The Fight Goes On!

Over the last two years éirígí has been to the fore of the campaign against the introduction of new home and water taxes in the Twenty-Six Counties. In Coolock, Artane and Donaghmede éirígí activists have worked with the local community and other political groupings to build mass opposition to these two unjust taxes.

During this time éirígí activists have helped organise more than fifteen public meetings in the area – meetings that have given local people an important opportunity to get together, share ideas and organise resistance to the home and water taxes. Arising from these meetings a series of public protests were held outside the offices and clinics of local government TDs. éirígí activists have also organised numerous information stalls and delivered tens of thousands of information leaflets to homes across Coolock, Artane and Donaghmede.

The first phase of the campaign saw thousands of homeowners in north-east Dublin join with hundreds of thousands of others in a mass boycott of Labour and Fine Gael’s “household charge”. Before the deadline for payment of the “household charge” was even reached it was clear that this new austerity tax had been defeated. The “household charge” boycott, which was the largest act of civil disobedience in this state in decades, showed what the people are capable of when they act together.

Following the defeat of the “household charge” Labour, Fine Gael and their Troika masters went back to the drawing board and came back with the new “property tax”. In order to ensure compliance with their “property tax” the government gave the Revenue Commissioners a range of unprecedented, draconian powers including the ability to deduct the tax directly from wages, social welfare payments and even personal bank accounts. In the face of such undemocratic and intimidatory measures many people have understandably paid the unjust “property tax”. But the fight against the “property tax” and the soon to be introduced water tax is far from over.

Speaking about the new home and water taxes éirígí’s local representative Ciaran Heaphey said, “By working together, communities across the Twenty-Six Counties were able to defeat the “household charge” through a mass boycott. In response to this defeat the government changed its tactics, so we too have to change our tactics to ensure that the property and water taxes are also defeated.

“This government have effectively removed people’s ability to boycott the property tax, so we need to build political pressure in other ways, including through protest, civil disobedience, direct actions and next year’s local elections. Everyone has a role to play in building opposition to these taxes.

“In the next few months the mass installation of water meters is set to begin. It is essential that these installations are met with widespread community resistance. éirígí have produced an information video showing people how to disable the water-meter chambers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTIV2GNF-g&list=TLLkZeTidu4lI

“I would encourage people to take a look at the video and start thinking about what they can do to prevent the introduction of unjust water taxes in our community.”

éirígí Dublin Northeast Annual Hunger Strike Memorial GAA match.

éirígí Dublin Northeast Annual Hunger Strike Memorial GAA match. 

The memorial match this year will take place on Saturday the 14th of September at Inis Fail's GAA club, Malahide Road (Balgriffin end) beginning at 4pm. 

Northside V Southside team selections. Northside going for the three in a row.

The game will be followed by a function with "The Invincibles" in the clubhouse. 

For 3.00 euro you get the match, the draw and then into the function, which promises to be another great day for the family.

Link to the event page on our facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/542395412464376/

Residents show anger at the huge fires in Kilmore.

Local residents have voiced their anger with the current situation off the Castletimon Road. Over the last few summers there has been an increase in massive re-occurring fires being lit in the field just off the Castletimon Road in Kilmore.

The height of the grass in this field is a huge problem this being the reason the fires gain such momentum. The residents who have complained regularly to the Dublin City Council seeking a solution and asking for it to be cut down to a normal level have been met with the same old excuses.

During the summer months there is always an increase of fires being lit in the field which combined with the high grass causes a huge volume of smoke closing in on the nearby homes filled with young children and elderly citizens.

This not only causes a danger for the locals facing the mentioned pitch but could be fatal if somebody passing across the pitch was to be caught up one in of the fires, the thick smoke and high grass combination could turn the situation tragic.

Commenting on the situation éirígí Dublin Northeast spokesperson Ciaran Heaphey said: “The situation has a simple solution; Dublin City Council needs to step up to the mark and finally rid the area off the Castletimon Road of the huge grass and weeds. This will mark a step in the right direction to fighting the huge blazes. I have contacted the council on behalf of the residents and I am still awaiting a reply.”