Getting ready for Wednesday's Public Meeting, Fight the Water Tax !

éirígí Dublin Northeast activists have been busy over the past week publicising tomorrows public meeting in the Kilmore community centre. 

Over the past few days éirígí members have delivered hundreds of leaflets advertising the meeting to households throughout the greater Coolock area and also advertised the upcoming meeting through our regular stall at the Northside shopping centre. 

The meeting will give the people of the Dublin Northeast community a chance to discuss the next step in the fight against the water charges and listen to the speakers including éirígí Dub Northeast spokesperson Ciaran Heaphey speaking on the topic.

All welcome.

Public Meeting on the water charges, Kilmore community centre.

Call on residents of Kilmore to be alert

éirígí are asking members of the Greater Kilmore community to be wary following a recent increase in home burglaries.

Residents in Kilmore have reported that the number of home robberies has shot up in recent months within the area and they are worried by the lacklustre response to the problem. The response to the residents’ concerns over the issue has been very weak by the Gardaí who have failed to really act on the ever worsening problem.

Speaking on the issue éirígí Dublin Northeast spokesperson Ciaran Heaphey said: “The recent increase in home burglaries in Kilmore is distressing for the residents. I would urge everybody to be on the lookout for their neighbours especially the elderly or anybody who may be vulnerable to these robberies.

He continued “A strong community spirit is the first step to defeating this problem. We need to make sure the community is standing together as one on the problem. As most people know in the area, the only people they can rely on are themselves and neighbours to help defeat the problem.”

éirígí will be hosting a public meeting on the water tax issue on Wednesday 25th September at 7.30pm in Kilmore Community Centre. We can make room at the end of the meeting for this issue, where a local resident will give people a run down on the problem.''

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.”