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News Archives for June, 2010

30 June, 2010

Suggestion for Alternative Funding for Upkeep of Swimming Pools

Cllr. Larry O'Toole has co sponsored a motion to Dublin City Council, which if successful may save the three Dublin Swimming Pools 9Coolock, Sean McDermott St, and Crumlin) which are under threat of closure.. Read full article


22 June, 2010

Stardust Planning Application Rejected by Local Councillors.

Cllr. Larry O'Toole has welcomed the support of his fellow councillors for his proposal to reject the planning application on the Stardust site. Read full article


18 June, 2010

Head Shop Bill Unworkable

Sinn Féin councillor Larry O'Toole, member of Dublin North Drugs Task Force, has described the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill published today as unworkable and far short of what is needed Read full article


16 June, 2010

Cuts to lone parents mean spirited and counterproductive

Councillor Larry O'Toole at Leinster House earlier.

Speaking today outside Leinster House at a picket against new cuts in Social Welfare to lone parents and in advance of speaking on the The Social Welfare Bill later this evening Read full article


16 June, 2010

Futureprint closure "devastating"

Commenting on the closure of Futureprint in Baldoyle with the loss of 112 jobs, Sinn Féin representative Mícheál Mac Donncha described the news as "a devastating blow". He pointed out that the Government had to bear a large part of the responsibility for the decline of the Irish printing sector by allowing major State printing contracts, including exam papers, to go to Britain. Read full article


15 June, 2010

Santry Stadium being supported as pre training centre for London Olympics.

Cllr. Larry O'Toole has welcomed Dublin City Council's support for Morton Santry Stadium in its endeavours to sell its facilities for pre-Olympic Training/pre games base for the London Games in 2012. Read full article


15 June, 2010

Dial to Stop Drug Dealing' funding extension welcomed.

Sinn Féin councillor Larry O'Toole has welcomed today's announcement that funding for the highly successful Dial to Stop Drug Dealing initiative has been extended till the end of the year and repeated his call for the scheme to be put on a permanent footing. Read full article


11 June, 2010

Sun beds Regulation Bill Welcomed by Cllr. Larry O'Toole

Sinn Féin leader on Dublin City Council, Larry O'Toole has today welcomed the publication of the Irish Cancer Society-initiated Sun beds Regulation Bill. The bill would make it an offence for a business to allow a child use a sun bed Read full article


2 June, 2010

Thousands of postcards delivered to An Taoiseach demanding jobs

Thousands of postcards delivered to An Taoiseach demanding jobs. Read full article


1 June, 2010

Call for boycott of Israeli goods after massacre

Mícheál Mac Donncha of Donaghmede Sinn Féin (with poster) at Israeli Embassy protest. He is accompanied by Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD who travelled to Cyprus with the aid convoy but was prevented from going further, and Mary Lou McDonald, SF vice-president

Local Sinn Féin representative Mícheál Mac Donncha has called on shoppers and retailers on the Northside to refuse to handle goods from Israel after the Israeli Defence Forces attack on the humanitarian aid convoy Read full article