Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
Recommendations range from relocating the Garda station and improving public lighting, to developing a “historical military quarter”, to bringing in an education and learning campus.
Some councillors say their personal transport experiences impact their work as public representatives. Others say they strive to remain objective.
An HSE spokerson said it is committed to funding the drugs task forces and is not moving away from funding prevention work.
In an NTA assessment from August last year, route 75 was listed in “the 5 worst performing routes in each of the previous 4 periods”.
These were among the issues Dublin City Councillors discussed on Monday evening at City Hall, during their January monthly meeting.
While it varies from school to school, some teachers say they face low pay and precarious work. They hope this joint labour committee might bring improvements.
Demand is still there for a little world where kids can learn the rules of the road, and road safety, said a council spokesperson.
For more than 30 years, members of one family have shepherded animals from their small farm in Enniskerry to Dublin’s city centre.
A six-week programme to improve community connectedness got serious when it came to the competition for the best coddle. “It got very competitive,” said Craig Keeley.
The council, which owns the mill, is planning a public consultation on what to do with it. One group is already working on a plan to restore it to its original use.
A low-emissions zone is an area from which vehicles with high emissions, or major polluting vehicles, are banned – or which they are charged a fee to enter.
They say they’re concerned current plans might just push problems downstream. A spokesperson for South Dublin County Council says they’ve taken that into account.