Council

Fingal County Council has welcomed the publication of the Emerging Preferred Route for Luas Finglas, the proposed extension of the Luas Green Line from Broombridge to Charlestown in Fingal, which has the real potential to deliver on Project Ireland 2040’s vision for future growth and development on the northside of the city and in the wider Fingal area.

A 100% waiver of commercial rates applies for a 6-month period from 27 March 2020 to 27 September 2020 to all ratepayers except a small number of categories. 

Fingal County Council has reaffirmed its commitment to support and assist local businesses following the announcement of the Government’s €7.4bn July Stimulus package which sets out a range of measures aimed at stimulating the economy following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Joint venture SEAC Live is a series of live music concerts of folk, traditional and contemporary Irish music presented by the Séamus Ennis Arts Centre.  They will be streamed from Studio 1 at the iconic Windmill Lane Recording Studios in Dublin’s Docklands.  The next concert features Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh with Gerry O’Beirne & Donal O’Conor at 8.30pm on Saturday July 25th

The ancient skeletal remains found in Rivervalley Park, Swords earlier this year have now been retrieved and are undergoing specialist analysis.

It has been a tough few months for everyone including the arts but thanks to the fighting spirit of the artist community, this year’s Dublin Plein Air painting festival runs from Monday 20 to Sunday 26 July and will bring artists from all over Ireland to paint outdoors (en plein air) around Fingal.

Irish Water working in partnership with Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Meath County Council has recently completed energy efficiency lighting redesign and retrofit projects at a number of large treatment plants. Inefficient lighting systems at Leixlip, Ballymore Eustace, Swords, Malahide and Navan plants have been upgraded to more energy efficient lighting systems.

Fingal County Council undertook a major End of Life Vehicle (ELV) operation at Dunsink Lane, in Finglas yesterday comprising 80 personnel.