The Ranelagh Arts Centre will be having a fundraising sale this Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th October in aid of the Ranelagh Arts Festival. 

You can help by dropping in donations of books, vinyls, collectibles etc, or head down and see what treasures you might find.

For full details click here.

An Garda Siochana will be running an exhibition on crime prevention on Sunday 28th September 2014 in the Stillorgan Park Hotel.

This is a free event focusing on home, vehicle and personal security.

Click here for more details

The Sean Moore Community Awards for ‘exceptional community service’ are open for nominations. These awards are open to any person, or organisation, from the Dublin 2, 4 or 6 areas, who have made an exceptional contribution to the community. A nominee could be a good neighbour, a long serving youth/community leader or a resident’s association leader.

The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Clanna Gael Fontenoys on 20th February 2014.

If you or your organisation knows of someone who deserves this award, send your nomination outlining the reasons why your nominee should receive an award to the following address by Friday 7th February:

The Chairperson

Panel of Judges, Sean Moore Community Awards,

c/o News Four,

Community Centre,

Thorncastle Street,

Dublin 4.

Three arts organisations could move into the Harcourt Terrace Police Station before the end of the year.

As part of the budget last year, Minister Alan Shatter announced that he would be rationalising the number of Garda Stations around the country. Some stations were closed to ensure that more Gardaí could be kept on the streets in our communities. In Dublin City, Harcourt Terrace Police Station was one of the stations closed.

For those who do not know the building, the picture above gives an idea of it attractive appearance.

I have received numerous representations from constituents, concerned that this building might fall into disrepair. I have been in correspondence with the Office of Public Works in relation to the plan for the building and they have been actively working on identifying suitable occupants for this premises.

I have been informed by Minister Hayes, responsible for the Office of Public Works, that it is planned that three arts organisations will be re-located from Dublin Castle to this building before the end of the year. This is very welcome news for the area.

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The app version of the website Dublintown.ie is today available  for iphone and android.

This free app acts as guide for places and events happening in the city centre.

For more information click here.

The Royal College of Surgeon’s Ireland in association with REACH is offering free one to one grinds to any students living in Dublin City Centre who are preparing for either Junior or Leaving Certificate. For further information click RCSI Grinds. For queries or to register email reach@rcsi.ie or call (01) 402 2364.

Sandymount Tidy Towns has organised their second Greenway Walk to take place this Saturday the 20th of October at 11am.

The walk will start from the Green in Sandymount and will be followed by tea in the Christ Church Hall.

For more information please click Greenway walk October 20th

A series of five lectures organised by St Andrew’s Resource Centre and Trinity College Dublin, will begin on Thursday the 1st of November. The theme of the series is Trinity and its neighbours, centring on historical figues such as Daniel O’Connell and King Sitric and their connection to areas in the city centre. For more information on this lecture series click Trinity and Its Neighbours

Thank you for your letter regarding St. Mary’s Day Centre in Rathmines. I appreciate you taking the time to write to me about this matter.

This issue was brought to my attention some months ago by Joan Steadman and Father Sheehy.

Following our discussions I then spoke to the Health Service Executive in order to get further details of the plans for St. Mary’s and the area in general. It is true that the HSE is planning to consolidate services to save money, but also, to try and better manage the huge problems with sick leave within the organisation and how this impacts on the delivery of services. The aim insofar as St. Mary’s is concerned is to ensure that sick leave does not mean that the centre would have to be closed on a given day.

This is the explanation that was given to me though I am looking into it further given the importance of the service, the people who work there and those they look after. As I write this, it is my understanding that no final agreement has been reached.

I understand the importance of this facility for the community and I am actively working to address any curtailment of services. I have been in touch with the Minister directly on this issue, she has responded to me and we will be discussing the matter further.

Thank you very much for your interest.

All the best,

Eoghan