Monday, December 31, 2012 12:00

DRAFT bye laws to crack down on the controversial Smithfield horse fair will face their final hurdle at this month’s meeting of Dublin City Council. The bye laws, which are expected to be rubberstamped by the councillors, will mark the end of an era for the monthly fair which will now only take place twice a year under the proposed changes. More...

Monday, December 31, 2012 12:00

A SAVAGE cut to a Northside community service has sparked a bitter war of words between a local Labour TD and a Fine Gael councillor. Deputy Patrick Nulty (Lab) and Cllr Kieran Dennison (FG) locked horns over a funding cut of 11 per cent (€100,000) to the Blanchardstown Area Partnership (BAP). More...

Monday, December 31, 2012 12:00

SOUTHSIDE carers have spoken of how they are facing an increasingly difficult struggle to look after their loved ones in the New Year as the cuts announced in the budget hit home. In the budget on December 6, the Government announced that it was cutting the carers’ respite grant, which is intended to help carers take a break or holiday, from €1,700 a year to €1,375. More...

Monday, December 31, 2012 12:00

A NORTHSIDE soldier has told how he and his colleagues have bonded through their experiences of having children with autism.  The 106th Infantry Battalion, made up mostly of soldiers from Dublin, returned from a six-month tour of Lebanon in November. More...

Monday, December 31, 2012 12:00

DUBLIN City Council has been urged to deliver on a proposal it made four years ago to redevelop a local park that has been derelict since the 1980s. Residents who live on Neagh Road, in Kimmage, claim the council agreed in 2008 to refurbish the park, which is known locally as the Neagh Road playground, at a cost of €750,000. More...