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  Dublin County Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dublin County Council was a local authority for the administrative county of County Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.
The county and Corporation of Dún Laoghaire were abolished in 1994, by an Act of the Oireachtas, the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1993, and replaced with three administrative counties, with Fingal to the north, and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown to the east and South Dublin to the south.
Dublin City Council, then "Dublin Corporation", was separate (and still is) from the county and continues to administer the City of Dublin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dublin_County_Council   (233 words)

  
 Dublin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dublin city proper has a population of some 495,000 (CSO Census 2002), though the population of the Dublin metropolitan area is higher, with the development and spread of suburbs and satellite towns continuing into the surrounding areas.
Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce about incidents and characters typical of residents of the city in the early part of the 20th century.
Dublin City is governed by Dublin City Council (formerly called Dublin Corporation) which is presided over by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who is elected for a yearly term and resides in the Mansion House, which first became the residence of the Lord Mayor in 1715.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dublin   (3567 words)

  
 Dublin City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dublin (Gaelic: Baile Átha Cliath, "Town of the Ford of the Hurdles"), capital, county borough, and seaport of the Republic of Ireland, in Leinster Province.
Dublin was the scene of some of the most severe fighting of the Irish rebellion of 1916 and of the revolution of 1919-21, which resulted in the establishment of the Irish Free State.
The Corporation of Dublin donated to the university the grounds and the ruins of the confiscated All Hallows monastery and a building fund was raised by local subscription.
ireland.iol.ie /~dluby/dublin.htm   (1708 words)

  
 Dáil Éireann - Volume 435 - 03 November, 1993 - Local Government (Dublin) Bill, 1993: Second Stage.
Under the Dublin Corporation Waterworks Act, 1861, Dublin Corporation is responsible for the supply of water to certain areas outside the city known as the “extra-municipal areas”.
Section 32 requires the three new county councils and Dublin Corporation in formulating policy and in implementing functional programmes to have regard to the interests of the combined functional areas of all the authorities and their inhabitants and to take all appropriate steps to ensure the co-ordination of relevant policies and programmes (including development plans)...
Dublin Corporation identified the potential development of the Temple Bar area as a cultural centre, a left bank so to speak, and brought forward a development plan for the area.
www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0435/D.0435.199311030007.html   (14283 words)

  
 Dublin’s Water
Dublin is fortunate that water of the highest quality has been on tap for over 120 years, far in advance of most other cities.
The Corporation acquired the mills and weirs at Islandbridge and constructed a 'powerful water-engine' to deliver water through two 150mm wooden water mains to the north city, and thereby relieve the supply situation south of the Liffey.
Dublin Corporation is making strenuous efforts to curb water leakage and has a number of proposals for relaying mains throughout the city.
www.enfo.ie /leaflets/bs22.htm   (3231 words)

  
 RTE News - Dublin Corporation did not expect Ballymun water cuts
Dublin Corporation says that they were not expecting that water supplies would be cut off at the Ballymun complex yesterday afternoon.
The Dublin Fire Brigade confirmed earlier that a flats in Ballymun were extensively damaged by flooding by the flooding.
Dublin Fire brigade spent several hours at the complex yesterday evening; they've described the water damage and damage to the electrical systems as 'extensive'.
www.rte.ie /news/1999/0301/balllymun.html   (289 words)

  
 RTE News - Dublin Corporation warns it is running out of land
Dublin Corporation has warned that it is running out of land on which to build local authority houses.
The amount of people waiting to be housed by Dublin Corporation has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past three years.
Dublin Corporation says that it expects that the latest assessment, due to be completed in coming weeks, will put that figure at 6,500.
www.rte.ie /news/1999/0421/corpo.html   (169 words)

  
 JCDublin | Diamond Playground Project | Junior Chamber Dublin, Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Junior Chamber Dublin (JCD) and Dublin Corporation have joined forces to bring a new community playground to the north east inner city.
We are privileged that at the same time Junior Chamber Dublin to contribute to an inner city project and that they have chosen the playground element of this park as their delivery objective.
Dublin Corporation is very pleased to be associated with Junior Chamber Dublin in this way.
www.jcdublin.com /diamond.html   (837 words)

  
 Page 7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dublin Corporation management and union officials from SIPTU and IMPACT returned to the Labour Court yesterday afternoon to resume talks on the crunch issues in dispute productivity measures to justify a payment of up to nine per cent to firefighters.
Dublin Corporation is believed to be insisting that its capacity to make pay rises is limited because of a cap imposed by the Department of Finance.
Dublin Corporation want to cut 1 firefighter from all district fire crews in Dublin city and reduce fire cover in the Dublin 4 area from two fire engines down to one fire engine and four crew in Donnybrook fire station.
indigo.ie /~capcom/new_page_6.htm   (5526 words)

  
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Dublin City Council is the largest local authority in the country.  It has the responsibility for delivering a wide and complex range of services to a diverse customer base.  Dublin City Council performs both a representational and an operational role on behalf of the citizens of Dublin.
Higher Education Grants is devised by the Department of Education and Science.
Dublin City Council is pleased to host what promises to be a challenging and informative conference.
www.dublincity.ie   (185 words)

  
 ireland.com - The Irish Times - PROPERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The corporation evidently intends to develop and implement a coherent approach to the Dublin street-scape, a necessary aspiration since much of the capital's centre has become overrun with signage and furnishings bearing little if any relation to one another.
These all require a licence from the corporation and the policy document on the subject produced last spring recommends that outdoor seated areas "be enclosed by a system of vertical stainless steel supports with canvas or fabric spandrels, to a design approved by the City Architect's office".
The corporation expects a number of opportunities for encouraging a more coherent approach to the streetscape to arise during the next few years thanks to the installation of the LUAS line.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2001/0531/prop4.htm   (883 words)

  
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DUBLIN) ACT, 1993   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
—On and from the establishment day the Dublin Circuit Court Circuit shall consist of the county borough of Dublin and the counties of South Dublin, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and a reference to the Dublin Circuit in the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1991, shall be construed accordingly.
—On and from the establishment day section 5 (1) of the Juries Act, 1976, is hereby amended by the deletion of the two references to Dublin and by the addition of the words "and the county borough of Dublin and the counties of South Dublin, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown shall form one jury district".
In section 4 (3) the words" and, in the appropriate case, the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire shall be a relevant local authority".
www.irishstatutebook.ie /1993_31.html   (7022 words)

  
 PROTECT KILMAINHAM JAIL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dublin Corporation in its planning decisions and in other areas do not put the interests of its citizens first as is their moral and in deed legal obligation.
Dublin tour buses no longer include Kilmainham Gaol (a national monument) on their city tour itinerary as there is no parking facilities or tourist related amenities at the Gaol.
As for those in Dublin Corporation who have let this project reach this stage it is jus a reflection of their professional incompetences of which I hope we will not have to live with.
www.kilmainham-gaol.com /mar-july.htm   (10747 words)

  
 Dáil Éireann - Volume 98 - 18 October, 1945 - Interest Rates for Housing Loans— Motion.
In view of that experience, the Dublin Corporation, for reasons that will be [457] obvious, as they did not want to see the existing stocks depressed or their future borrowing prejudiced in any way, had naturally to be extremely cautious in the years subsequent to 1939.
Not only is the conduct of the Dublin Corporation impugned in it, not only is the conduct of the Bank of Ireland impugned in it, but also the conduct of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health.
If the money be lent to Dublin Corporation by the banking system, then, instead of having an annual loss of £4,166, the banks would have an annual increase in their income of £20,833.
www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0098/D.0098.194510180028.html   (7419 words)

  
 Dublin Ireland Tour Page
Dublin has been called "Europe's most intimate capital." Step into a local pub and you'll understand that quote immediately.
Dublin Castle was the adminstrative centre of Dublin and Ireland since 1204.
Dublin Corporation offers this great overview of the key sights and sites in the city.
www.dublinn.com /dublin.htm   (823 words)

  
 RTE News - Dublin Corporation considers ban on spontaneous O'Connell St protests
Spontaneous protests may be outlawed on Dublin's O'Connell Street under legislation being considered by Dublin Corporation.
In a separate development, the Corporation is introducing what it describes as a "radical" new traffic plan for the city centre.
It will come into effect next month and the Corporation says that it will mean that significant priority will be given to public transport, pedestrians and cyclists.
www.rte.ie /news/2001/0313/corpo.html   (263 words)

  
 Ireland and Wales ferry, car, train, coach, travel.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dublin Corporation is the Highway Authority for the city of Dublin and its approaches, including the city centre and the Port of Dublin.
Through the corporation's own web site weekly updates of the known delays due to roadworks, road closures and special events are given out.
Dublin Corporation will make available, through automated communications links, data from the SCATS system to enable real time traffic information to be presented on the BRIDGE-IT-1 system both for the central Dublin area and the approaches to Dun Laoghaire Port and Dublin Port.
www.travel-wire.com /index.shtml?info_dublincorp.shtml   (316 words)

  
 The Corporation - dublin - cinema in Dublin
The Corporation - dublin - cinema in Dublin
This is a cleverly produced documentary, taking the Supreme Court's legal definition of a corporation as "a person" and then asking a psychologist what kind of person that would be, the resounding answer is a psychopath.
There's repetition and a lot of ground is covered on the brutality of corporations focusing for sometime on the use of sweatshops in the Third World.
www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/13/pt/0/spid/0854BC6A-F459-4D01-A7F6F2D5D802E0B3.htm   (327 words)

  
 ireland.com - The Irish Times - FRONT PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Conservation workers are demanding that Dublin Corporation warn property owners of the penalties of illegal demolition.
At the time the corporation even took the unusual step of issuing a statement expressing regret that the demolition had occurred, on behalf of the site's owner.
However the Corporation also confirmed that it was satisified that the reinstatement work is now progressing well and last week concrete for the kiosk and first floor was being poured.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2001/0412/prop12.htm   (484 words)

  
 RTE News - Dublin Corporation unveils Inchicore refurbishment plan
Dublin Corporation has unveiled its £60m plan to refurbish the St Michael's Estate flat complex in Inchicore in Dublin.
Dublin Corporation has acquired lands at Goldenbridge Convent which will be used in phase one for senior citizen accommodation and Goldenbridge Housing
News At One: Mary Taylor, the Dublin Corporation project manager in charge of the redevelopment, discusses the initiative
www.rte.ie /news/2001/0612/inchicore.html   (329 words)

  
 FR/134/00 28/02 Kilbarrack Road/Dublin Road Junction – Filter Lights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The traffic signals at the junction of the Howth Road/Kilbarrack Road are in the administrative area of Dublin Corporation and are maintained by them.
The Corporation were requested to examine the provision of a right turn filter from Howth Road to Kilbarrack Road.
Dublin Corporation were requested to provide the right turn filter with the least possible delay and the Corporation has reported that this work will be included for consideration in the context of the preparation of the 2000 Road Works Programme.
www.fingalcoco.ie /minutes/2000/fr/0228/FR20000134.htm   (169 words)

  
 LEDA Measure: Vehicle clamping
Dublin Corporation prepared a set of detailed tender documents inviting bids to provide a Parking Enforcement Operation.
The Corporation's Traffic Control Centre is a key component in the implementation of clamping and is operated in conjunction with Dublin Bus and the Gardai (Police).
Meetings with staff of Dublin Corporation in the Environmental Traffic Planning Section and the Office of the Director of Traffic, 1998.
www.leda.ils.nrw.de /database/measures/meas0285.htm   (497 words)

  
 Chapter 18: Dublin Corporation and the Development of Technical Education
A Dublin Exhibition Centre was planned, for the site which subsequently became UCD in Earlsford Terrace, and the Dublin International Exhibition was held in 1865, staying open for six months.
In this context the RDS was, it seems, hostile, suggesting a perceived conflict of interest between the 'improving landlords' who were the RDS mainstay and Dublin business, despite a shared interest in the upgrading of the teaching of science and the practical arts.
Subsequently in the 1880s the efforts of the Dublin industrial lobby to get technical education in Dublin was frustrated by the preference of Westminster to support cottage industry in the West.
www.iol.ie /~rjtechne/tyndall/tyndall_books/prometheus/abstracts/abs18.htm   (593 words)

  
 Dublin Corporation, Wood Quay, Dublin [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
However after construction began, the remains of the viking city were found preserved beneath the site as well as a long section of the medieval city walls.
This was to be the most important find on the viking beginnings of Dublin was one of the most important viking sites anywhere in Europe.
In the late 1980s the corporation held another competition to finish the site and to place a building along the quay completing the streetscape.
www.irish-architecture.com /buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/quays/wood/wood.html   (331 words)

  
 No. 9/1960: HEALTH AUTHORITIES ACT, 1960
(2) The Dublin Health Authority shall consist of nine members appointed by the council of the county of Dublin, fifteen members appointed by Dublin Corporation and three members appointed by the Dún Laoghaire Corporation.
(4) The functional area of the Dublin Health Authority shall consist of the county borough of Dublin and the administrative county of Dublin, together with, with respect to functions related to the operation of services under the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1958, the administrative county of Wicklow.
(ii) Where a person nominated by the Dublin Health Authority to be a member of the advisory committee ceases to be, or is disqualified for being, a member of that Authority, he shall cease to be a member of the advisory committee.
www.acts.ie /zza9y1960.1.html   (5598 words)

  
 TCM Breaking News - 2001/01/04: Dublin Corporation warned: set budget or face disbandment
Dublin Corporation has been given just one more week by the Minister for the Environment to adopt a budget for the year, or face being abolished by the government.
In a statement, Minister Dempsey said he is taking a very serious view of the failure of the Corporation to discharge its statutory obligations.
He has now set a deadline of January 12 for the estimate to be completed and warns if the deadline is missed, he may consider the ultimate sanction of removing the entire council from office.
archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2001/01/04/story863.asp   (156 words)

  
 Dublin Corporation v. Hamilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
That was a case decided by Judge Shannon in the Circuit Court on an appeal from an analogous application in the District Court for a warrant for possession.
Durcan would further argue that the defendant is entitled to know the reason for the corporation’s desire to recover possession as a matter of fair procedures and that in the absence of such alleged fair procedures the district judge should not regard the application as duly made.
As has been pointed out at the hearing, Dublin Corporation has been providing housing over a great number of years and the court is enti­tled to take judicial notice of how rarely any cases are brought alleging failure to exercise their statutory duties or improper exercise of their statutory duties.
www.ucc.ie /law/irlii/cases/480ss_98.htm   (2384 words)

  
 LEDA Measure: Strategic cycle network
A cycle study was undertaken by Dublin Corporation in 1996.
The Dublin Corporation Plan is an integral part of the DTO Network, which will comprise 360 km of cycleways throughout the DTI area.
The Plan is consistent with the Dublin Transportation Strategy and will require minimal changes in regulations, for example allowing for the introduction of part time cycleways and new traffic signs (enabled in 1998).
www.leda.ils.nrw.de /database/measures/meas0284.htm   (513 words)

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