Airport Noise

I recently attended a conference in Brussels regards Airport Noise, the conference was organised by the Airport Regional Conference, (ARC) the conference was over one day and a number of International Airports were represented as well as a number of local authorities and community groups. please see the following report: Dear Mayor and Fellow Councillors […]

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The Draft Development Plan

I have just received the Chief Executives Draft written Statement and Appendices on the Fingal  Development Plan. The Councillors can make submissions regards the draft development plan up to the 4th of January 2016. the Draft Development Plan written statement has 12 chapters and around 400 pages, this has to be read and digested and

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Sports Grants Allocation

At the November Council meeting  small sports grants totaling €76,000 were announced, the grants were between €700 to €900 in value to the successful applicants. The Sports Office invited sports clubs throughout Fingal to apply for a small grant under the Youth Sport (Small Grant) Scheme, which is part funded by the Irish Sports Council. 

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Purple Flag For Swords

Swords is celebrating today after learning it has achieved the prestigious Purple Flag status for its evening and night-time economy. Purple Flag is a town and city centre award – similar to the Blue Flag for beaches – which aims to raise the standard and broaden the appeal of town and city centres between the hours of 18:00

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Homelessness Housing Priority

  The Following is  a letter From The Housing Department Fingal County Council re Housing Priority; Dear Councillor, I wish to bring to your attention Circular 31/2015 (as attached) which directs that Fingal County  Council operate its allocation scheme in accordance with the following direction from 7th August to 31st January 2016. ·        That each

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Swords Festival 2015

Friday 17th July Swords Lions Club Event, featuring Hot House Swing Band, 6-10pm (ticket only) Venue: Swords Castle – Chapel For more info contact Swords Lions Club Saturday 18th July Venue:   Main Stage 1.00pm  Fingal Gospel Choir 2.00pm  Swords Gets Talented 3.30pm  Alex Smyth 4.30pm  Joey Gavin 5.30pm  White Chalk 6.30pm  We Were Giants 7.30pm

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