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Win a year’s free parking in Dublin

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With all the roadworks in town at the moment this might make coming to Dublin with your car slightly more pleasant! Win a year’s free parking in Dublin City this Christmas #WinDubparking
Dublin City Council and Parking Tag are getting into the Christmas spirit by giving away a year’s free parking in Dublin city to one lucky winner this December. They will also be awarding spot prizes of €100 Parking Tag credit on 12 randomly selected days between 1st and 24th December.
Anyone can enter the competition at www.parkingtag.ie to be in with a chance to win.
“Dublin City Council runs a parking promotion every December because we want to encourage people to come into the city centre over the festive season to shop, socialise and do business. This is the first year we’ve offered a prize rather than a discount and we expect it to be very popular”, says Eithne Gibbons who heads Dublin City Council’s parking section.
Commenting on the promotion on behalf of Parking Tag, Jim Deignan, Managing Director at Payzone Ireland, said: “We are delighted to be involved in another great promotion with Dublin City Council. We hope that this competition will create greater awareness of Parking Tag and encourage people to drive into the city this Christmas, availing of the easy to use pay-by-phone parking service, as they go about their business.”
The winners will be awarded Parking Tag credit and will join the 70,000 registered motorists who already use their phone to pay for parking. Parking Tag makes parking in Dublin city easy – once registered, you can pay for parking via app, text or phone call. Parking Tag even reminds you 10 minutes before your parking expires and you can extend your stay without returning to your car.

Parking Tag now accounts for 25 per cent of Dublin City Council’s parking revenue and is an increasingly popular alternative to paying at parking metres.
Dublin City Council and Parking Tag will select the lucky winner of a year’s free parking on January 5th 2015.The winners of the €100 Parking Tag credit will be announced on Dublin City Council’s social media channels during December.
For terms and conditions see www.parkingtag.ie

Ambulance log book reveals what happened at the Easter Rising

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Dublin City Council has acquired a unique Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance log-book which covers the period of the Easter Rising, 24-29 April 1916. The log-book relates to Tara Street Fire Station and records hour-by-hour the response of the Dublin ambulance service to those injured in the Rising.

Details are given regarding the call-out of ambulances throughout Easter Week, giving names, addresses and ages of victims with an account of injuries suffered and the name of the hospital to which they were delivered. Victims include civilians (including children) and military personnel – but not members of the Irish Volunteers or Irish Citizen Army, as each garrison had its own cohort of nurses. As the week progresses, there are more entries recording fires in the city and towards the end of the week, both the ambulance and fire brigade are forbidden by Lieutenant Myers from responding to calls within the area of the Rising, as he deemed this to be too dangerous. Inserted into the volume are loose-leaves giving an account, compiled in July 1916, of the activities of Thomas Street Fire Station during the 1916 Rising.

Lord Mayor Christy Burke will be presented with the Log-Book in the Mansion House at 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 20th November 2014. The Lord Mayor remarked “I am delighted that Dublin City Council has obtained this important contemporary record of the 1916 Rising. This volume details the impact of the Rising on Dublin and particularly the citizens who were caught up in these historic events. It also records the bravery of those who staffed the ambulance and fire brigade services, continuing to look after the public even under fire.”

The volume will be available for viewing from Monday 24th November at Dublin City Library & Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Plans are also underway to digitise the volume and to publish its contents on Dublin City Council’s website.

Big Christmas Tree Lighting ceremonies around Dublin

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The Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke and Dublin City Council would love you to get along to some of the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremonies taking place around the city in the coming weeks.

The Lord Mayor will switch on the lights of the city’s biggest Christmas Tree in O’Connell Street on Sunday 30th November and local councillors will deputise for him at the many local tree lighting ceremonies around the city.

Dublin City Council has provided approximately 30 Christmas trees which will be switched on in local communities in preparation for the festive season from 26th November until 4th December.

The Lord Mayor said “Local Tree Lighting events are a great way for communities to mark the beginning of the Christmas season. Children love this magical time of year. I would like to congratulate Dublin City Council for organising ceremonies all over the city.”

A full list of ceremonies is available at this link.

Property Tax deadline looming

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Dublin City Council advises that making contact with their offices or the NPPR Bureau by e-mail before the deadline can freeze any additional penalties that might otherwise come into effect on 1st September 2014.

The six month period during which further NPPR late penalties cease to accumulate in respect of non compliant properties is due to expire at midnight on Sunday 31st August 2014. Persons wishing to settle their liability can still do so online at www.nppr.ie

Significant numbers have paid the NPPR liability since the 1st March and many more payments are being processed at present. Dublin City Council is aware that many more people want to settle their NPPR liabilities before the expiry of the deadline on 31st August. Some people may need to clarify aspects of the liability and as a consequence significant numbers of people are making contact by telephone to our offices. Due to the huge increase in the numbers calling local authority offices, not all callers will get through and we apologise for this inconvenience.

Any person who wishes to settle their NPPR liability and cannot get through to local authority offices by telephone can have further late penalties frozen by making contact with either the National Bureau by e-mail at support@nppr.ie or by making contact with Dublin City Council by e-mail at nppr@dublincity.ie before the expiry of the deadline on 31st August 2014 indicating the property for which they want to settle the NPPR liability and giving their contact details. Any person who doesn’t have access to e-mail may correspond in writing with us at NPPR Unit, Block B, Blackhall Walk, Queen Street, Dublin 7, by the deadline of 31st August 2014. Staff dealing with the NPPR liability will make contact as soon as possible after 1st September to make the arrangements for settling the liability.

Dublin City Council will deal with all cases presented to them on an individual basis taking into account the circumstances of the property owner.

Sunday timetable this Bank Holiday Monday

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On Bank Holiday Monday 4th August 2014, a Sunday timetable will operate on all Dublin Bus services.  A full Nitelink service will operate on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd, there will be no Nitelink service on Sunday 3rd August.

The following diversions will also apply:

Rock ‘N’ Roll Dublin Half Marathon Diversions, Monday 4th August

Diversions due to Dun Laoghaire 10k Road Race

Customers can also get updates on Facebook, follow them on Twitter @dublinbusnews or call their customer service line on (01) 8734222, lines open from 08:30 – 18:00hrs  (Monday to Saturday excluding bank holidays).

 

Be a child just a little longer with a Leap Card

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From today the child Leap Card upper age limit will be extended to all children until their 19th birthday. To avail of the child fares a customer, 16 to 18 years inclusive, must use a Personalised Child Leap Card and there is no cash alternative.

Application forms can be downloaded from www.childleapcard.ie. There is no requirement to be a school goer, any customer under 19 years can avail of child Leap fares or capping. Children 12 to 15 years, who previously required a Personalised Child Leap Card to avail of under 16’s fares, can now use an anonymous Leap Card.

The completed application form must be authenticated by presenting a valid photographic ID, i.e. Driving Licence, Learner Permit, Passport or Garda Age Card. The Dublin Bus Information Desk, O’Connell Street will authenticate and accept application forms.

The Schoolchild (School Hours) fare, €0.70, will be available until 7.00pm Monday to Friday and until 1.30pm Saturday. The Schoolchild (School Hours) fare will only be valid during school terms, from Monday 25th August, but will be available to all Child Leap Card users regardless of destination.

For further information visit www.childleapcard.ie

 

Lord Mayor opening book of condolence for Gaza

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Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke, has announced that the City of Dublin will open a book of condolence for victims of the current conflict which has resulted in loss of life in Gaza and Israel.

The public will have an opportunity to sign the book at The Mansion House, Dawson Street, as follows:

Friday, August 1st : 10a.m. to 5p.m.

Saturday, August 2nd: 10a.m. to 5p.m.

Monday, August 4th: 11.a.m. to 4p.m.

The Lord Mayor says “I have opened a Book of Condolence to allow the public express their feelings for all victims of this tragedy and to highlight our concern at the loss of life on all sides of this conflict.

I call on all the protagonists to refrain from any action which may result in more civilian casualties and would reiterate that the conflict can only be resolved through negotiation.”

Dublin House Project

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Dublin City Council will launch the Dublin House Project on Monday 21st July at 11 a.m. on the site to be advertised for sale at 29/30 Fishamble Street, Dublin 8.  The Lord Mayor, Christy Burke and the City Architect, Ali Grehan will be attending the launch.

Dublin House is an initiative of the Housing Department through the City Architects’ Division to promote the potential of small-scale residential development in the inner city and inner suburban areas. It is a trial initiative to enable people to be citizen developers by facilitating them to design and create their own bespoke homes for themselves in the city.

The Lord Mayor said ahead of the event: “I am delighted that Dublin City Council is introducing the Dublin House project as another initiative to encourage and enable families to live in the city centre. I look forward to seeing this initiative succeed in this historic part of the city.”

Ali Grehan, City Architect, said: “Promoting diverse owner-occupied city centre family- friendly homes is the underlying aspiration of the Dublin House project. This offers households an opportunity to come together as a group to design and develop the site in a way that suits their housing needs today and into the future. Through this innovative project Dublin City Council also wishes to address the under-provision of this type of housing delivery in the city centre and hopes that this can be replicated elsewhere.”

 

Sports Centres holding Open Day

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Dublin City Council has announced an Open Day at a number of its state of the art Sports and Fitness Centres around the city on Saturday, 7 June 2014 from 10am to 4pm.

 

The Council’s Sports and Fitness Centres at Ballymun, Markievicz, Dublin 2, Ballyfermot and Finglas and Irishtown Stadium will open their doors with FREE sport for all.  Activities such as swimming lessons, spin classes, a tag blitz in Irishtown and much much more will be the order of the day.

 

Promotional offers will also be available on Saturday.  For example at our leisure centre in Ballymun an 11 month membership deal will be available at a fantastic rate of €210.  This centre provides a 4 lane 25m pool, a children’s pool, waterslides, saunas, steam room, aerobic studio and gym. All activities are supervised by our fully qualified sports staff.

 

At our Markievicz Sports and Fitness Centre in the heart of the city you will find everything you would expect from a modern fitness facility.  A 25m pool providing regular aquafit classes, a fully equipped gym and fitness studio will help you with your fitness regime at lunchtime –  all supervised by qualified sports personnel.

 

Our Irishtown Stadium is the proud holder of the Ireland Active White Flag Award, a quality award offered to the leisure industry in Ireland.  The Stadium boasts an 8 lane x 400m international running track, fully equipped gym, aerobic studios, 5 all weather pitches, an Astroturf pitch and a full size grass soccer pitch.  Yet another great city centre location to get your work out!

 

“Dublin City Council is holding this Open Day to let everyone know about the great sporting facilities available to them on their doorstep. Getting fit and staying fit has never been easier with our wide range of fitness classes. Our enthusiastic and dedicated fitness instructors will guide you through each workout, helping you stay

motivated and focused on your fitness goals. There are also few skills more important to children than learning how to swim. Whether for sport or fun learning how to swim properly in a safe and fun environment will provide them with a lifelong skill they’ll never lose.  Check out our link http://bit.ly/opendayleisure   and pop down on Saturday to your nearest Sports and Fitness Centre” said Jim Beggan, Sports and Fitness Services Facilities, Dublin City Council.

 

For further information on what is happening on the day in your area and indeed in all Dublin City Council Sports and Fitness Centres please log onto http://bit.ly/opendayleisure

 

IRONMAN coming to Dublin in 2015

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The Lord Mayor, Oisín Quinn and Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Dublin City Council, will announce today that Dublin will be the venue for an IRONMAN 70.3 set for August 2015 and Dublin will also host a full distance IRONMAN in 2016.

IRONMAN 70.3, based in Dublin, will take place in August 2015 and will provide an early opportunity for athletes to secure points for the 2016 World Championships.

Since its inception in 1978, IRONMAN has developed into the largest user-based endurance race series worldwide. Every year over 200,000 athletes participate in IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 races.

Speaking at the announcement the Lord Mayor said:- “Today’s announcement is of tremendous importance to Dublin in terms of the economic value of an IRONMAN for the host city. Thousands of athletes from all over the world take part in these races and I am delighted to have been instrumental in bringing these two events to Dublin and realising one of my primary objectives during my term of office as Lord Mayor of Dublin.”

Minister Varadkar said: “I’m delighted that Dublin will host an Ironman event for the next two years. Triathlon is one of the fastest growing sports in Ireland, and the Ironman brand is world-famous. Hosting this global event will boost Ireland’s reputation as an outdoor adventure destination, and showcase Dublin city and its mountains and scenic bay.  It will also be a boost to our efforts to get more people involved in sport, and grow the profile of triathlon inIreland.”

Thomas Dieckhoff, CEO of IRONMAN Europe, Middle East and Africa commented, “We are extremely proud and excited to be expanding the IRONMAN European Tour to Ireland. Dublin has a heritage of hosting major sporting events and offers a perfect platform for IRONMAN. Full details of the race will be available later in the summer but with the popularity of IRONMAN events meaning athletes are committing to races now to secure a place in the most popular events for 2015, both parties wanted to announce the event early, to allow athletes to plan Dublin into their 2015 season.  We look forward to a long and successful partnership as we grow IRONMAN in Ireland – with the option of adding a full distance IRONMAN triathlon in 2016.”

Our photo is from IRONMAN Lake Tahoe.