The Impac Long List was announced this morning at Pearse Street Library.
Further information from
www.impac.ie
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Launch Winter Programme of Events - 1.11.09_109
Photocall, Launch Winter Programme of Events - 1.11.09_109
Originally uploaded by Lord Mayor of Dublin
The aim of the programme is to encourage families to travel to the City Centre and to enjoy the many family oriented cultural activities on offer. Whether your interests are in the arts, culture, heritage, music or drama or simply in good shopping and market experiences there must be something in the programme to interest you.
Brighten up these dreary winter days by visiting the City Centre and experiencing the City at its best.
Further information from:
http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/Events/SummerInDublin09/Documents/DUBLIN%20CITY%20COUNCIL%20WINTER%20PROGRAMME.pdf
Monday, November 02, 2009
Songs from the North Lotts, Book Launch - 23.10.09_21
Songs from the North Lotts is a fabulous collection of songs written and performed by Paul O'Brien, who grew up in East Wall and who now lives in the Netherlands.
Paul's songs are beautifully crafted words and music based on the strong traditons of the community of East Wall and North Dock.
East Wall is a wonderful community wedged between the city & the sea. The maritime tradition and labour history of the area and community are celebrated in the songs and images of this work thus preserving the previously undocumented history of Dublin’s East Wall.
I would like to extend my congratulations to Paul and the local community for their very successful collaboration in this fine production.
More information available at www.paulobrien.eu
Paul's songs are beautifully crafted words and music based on the strong traditons of the community of East Wall and North Dock.
East Wall is a wonderful community wedged between the city & the sea. The maritime tradition and labour history of the area and community are celebrated in the songs and images of this work thus preserving the previously undocumented history of Dublin’s East Wall.
I would like to extend my congratulations to Paul and the local community for their very successful collaboration in this fine production.
More information available at www.paulobrien.eu
Twelve Days in May - The last days of James Connolly
Twelve days in May is a play by Frank Allen, and will be staged in the Liberty Hall Theatre from 9th to 28th November. I recently hosted a pre-publicity launch for the play in the Mansion House.
The play is directed by Peter Reid and has an impressive cast of professional actors.
This play is a must for anyone seriously interested in Labour History. The play also provides an important insight into the development of women's rights in the early 20th century.
I would urge everybody to make it their business to attend this play.
The play is directed by Peter Reid and has an impressive cast of professional actors.
This play is a must for anyone seriously interested in Labour History. The play also provides an important insight into the development of women's rights in the early 20th century.
I would urge everybody to make it their business to attend this play.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Dublin Lord Mayor Welcomes End of MTL Strike and Praises Workers and Local Community
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Emer Costello, has welcomed the end of the fifteen week long MTL strike at Dublin Port. The Company, Peel Holdings, has agreed to the Labour Court recommendations on job retention and redundancies. A meeting will take place today, (Friday, 23rd October) to negotiate the return to work.
Dublin Port area has become a 21st century success story for our city and its people. The citizens of Dublin, and particularly the local communities take great pride in this success and also in the strong traditions of Dublin Port. For that reason I was, along with the workers and local community, deeply concerned and alarmed at the situation which had developed at MTL as the dispute continued week on week.
I visited the MTL workers at the Port during the strike and I agreed with them and their union representatives that the best way to resolve the matter was through the tried and tested dispute resolution machinery of the State rather than court actions and legal threats. It is a source of great relief to all those who were involved in the dispute that MTL has accepted the Labour Court recommendation.
I wish to pay tribute to the workers for the dignity and resolve they displayed throughout the dispute and also to the local community for their support. I hope that the differences of the past can now be set aside and we look to the future of ensuring that Dublin Port remains the success story that it is for the country’s imports and exports.
It is also a salutary lesson that the best means of resolving such disputes is to fully utilise the State’s industrial relations machinery.
ENDS.
Dublin Port area has become a 21st century success story for our city and its people. The citizens of Dublin, and particularly the local communities take great pride in this success and also in the strong traditions of Dublin Port. For that reason I was, along with the workers and local community, deeply concerned and alarmed at the situation which had developed at MTL as the dispute continued week on week.
I visited the MTL workers at the Port during the strike and I agreed with them and their union representatives that the best way to resolve the matter was through the tried and tested dispute resolution machinery of the State rather than court actions and legal threats. It is a source of great relief to all those who were involved in the dispute that MTL has accepted the Labour Court recommendation.
I wish to pay tribute to the workers for the dignity and resolve they displayed throughout the dispute and also to the local community for their support. I hope that the differences of the past can now be set aside and we look to the future of ensuring that Dublin Port remains the success story that it is for the country’s imports and exports.
It is also a salutary lesson that the best means of resolving such disputes is to fully utilise the State’s industrial relations machinery.
ENDS.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Dublin, European Capital of Sport Launch - 29.09.09 216
http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/SportsFacilities/Documents/dublinsport_final_web.pdf
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Dundalk Town Awards Night -
On Thursday 17 September, I was deeply honoured to receive a Civic Welcome in Dundalk Town Hall from the Town Council.
Members of my family and my good friend Joanne Cartwright were persent for the occasion which made it all the more special.
Central Area City Neighbourhood Awards - 9.09.09
Lord Mayor Cllr Emer Costello with Residents from De Courcey Square, overall winners of the Central Area Dublin City Neighbourhoods Competition 2009 -
“I would like to extend my congratulations to residents, businesses and schools within the Central Area who have dedicated so much time and effort into working together to improve and enhance their local area and the results of their work is obvious for all to see. It is their collective commitment to these Awards that really ensures that our City is a great place to live and work in” said the Lord Mayor.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Women & the EU, Meeting with Margot Wallstrom Vice President ofEuropean Commission
Margot Wallstrom the Vice-President of the European Commission was in Dublin today. I had the honour of chairing a discussion forum with her on the theme of "Women in Europe".
The Commissioner outlined the successes of Europe on a wide range of issues from waste management to workers' rights and from gender equality to insitutional reform of the European Union.
The meeting was attended by Proinsias de Rossa MEP, Nessa Childers MEP, Susan O'Keeffe, and Cllr Niamh Bhreathnach.
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