What’s their problem?
It would appear the main argument they came up with was “we want to protect democracy by having less democracy”. Retards
Why should a Dublin mayor preside over Fingal? We are the only county to persistently rebel against the administrative boundaries imposed on us by the English. Fingal shall never again be ruled by the Mansion House.
+1 Rocko. A bloody land grab by jackeens is all this amounts to. Let the Royalists have Dun Laoghaire, but they’ll never take Balbriggan.
Fair play. They said the new bunch would fix the potholes. We love our potholes.
Crimea and howth, 2 proud peninsulas that refuse to submit to their supposed administrative overlords. We will decide if we want a mayor. We will neither be ruled by Main Street (swords) nor mansion house. We are a proud and peaceful people but know that if you try to make us submit to the authority of the mainland you will face the anger of the entire archipelago.
Up Fingal! Saving small businesses. We have reduced rates on SMEs by 14% to encourage local business. If decisions like this were taken out of our hands we would be subject to the vagaries of a Mansion House who has no appreciation for our dear land and vibrant economy.
Yes TS?
What are you up to
He’s about to go for a pint I believe
I’m just tidying up the forum a little.
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Year of traffic restrictions for busy north Dublin route
OLIVIA KELLY Dublin Editor
One of north Dublin’s busiest commuter and tourist routes faces a year of traffic restrictions and diversions, including a 4½-month road closure, from next month.
Clontarf Road, which runs along north Dublin bay, is set for major disruption from February 16th to facilitate the construction of a €25 million water main serving more than 160,000 homes and businesses.
The work will require the closure of the southbound side of Clontarf Road, used by thousands of motorists to access the city on their morning commute, from the junction of Howth Road to Watermill Road, a distance of 1.5km.
The closure will last for 18 weeks, during which time traffic coming into town from Howth and Sutton will be diverted on to the already congested Howth Road for a distance of 3km.
A stop/go traffic-management system will be in place further north on Clontarf Road from the Howth Road junction to Bayside as well as on part of Watermill Road for more than five months. However, motorists can expect restrictions for about 12 months, Uisce Éireann said. Bus diversions will also be in place.
The work is a “critical project required to stabilise supply” for existing properties and enable the delivery of 12,000 new homes in north Dublin, Uisce Éireann programme manager Jessica Dale said.
“The network in northeast Dublin is over 100 years old in some parts and it’s under pressure. Customers can regularly experience issues of pressure loss due to the demand on the network.”
The work “is going to cause disruption to both the local community and also commuters. We’re very conscious of that and we are making every effort to minimise the disruption,” she said.
“There’s been extensive engagement with Dublin City Council and Dublin Bus, and that is ongoing and will continue throughout the project.”
The road works are just the first phase of construction of the 6km water main. Next year Uisce Éireann will replace the section from the Wooden Bridge to Hollybrook Road. However, this work is not expected to require road closures.
Has Fingal ever said yes?