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Greystones Newsletter of Winter 2006

Green party councillor Deirdre de Burca was recently appointed as Chairperson of the new Bray Town Council Joint Policing Committee. Recent legislation introduced by the Government placed such committees on a statutory footing.
The legislation specifies that these committees should include councillors, officials, members of the Garda Siochana and representatives from local Chambers of Commerce. The [...]

Green Party councillor Deirdre de Burca says that the 2007 budget agreed last Monday by Wicklow County Councillors contained “no surprises”. She says the biggest change made by councillors to the Manager’s proposed budget was the reduction of the commercial rate in the county from 5.9% to 4.9%.
“I welcome the 40,000 euros discretionary spending that [...]

72ND PLENARY SESSION 

Thank you, Chairman.  Chairman, I would like to welcome the Minister and Tánaiste to the Forum and thank him for his presentation this morning outlining the Progressive Democrat’s vision for Europe.  I am sure Minister McDowell would be aware that the former Leader of the PDs Mary Harney had said that she felt that [...]

Green Party councillor Deirdre de Burca has called on Wicklow County Council’s planning section to take prompt enforcement action following the recent ruling by the High Court that quarrying activities at Ballylusk quarry, on the outskirts of Ashford village, are unauthorised.
De Burca says that the High Court’s decision that the quarry’s activities are unauthorised follows [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca has claimed that the recent decision of Wicklow County Council to rezone 80 acres next to Charlesland in Greystones for a large out-of-town shopping centre and residential development was “another very bad planning decision for Greystones”.
The Green Party councillor made her remarks following a recent meeting of the council [...]

Green Party General Election candidate, Deirdre de Burca said: “This is not a Green budget. Excluding the Rural Environment Protection Scheme, less than €300m of new money has been allocated to environmental measures, and over 90 per cent of this will go on buying carbon credits. The Government is allocating €270 million on carbon purchases [...]