Naming new Liffey bridge

As the construction progresses there is increasing interest in the naming of the new bridge over the Liffey.  Dublin City Council received 85 official nominations along with almost 10,000 supporting submissions, including e-mails, direct correspondence and petitions.  At the meeting of Dublin City Council’s Commemorative Naming Committee yesterday, the 85 nominations were shortlisted to 17. (see list below) The shortlisted names will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Committee on 12th June, 2013.
Shortlisted names are ;
Abbey Theatre Bridge

Bermingham, Willie

Connolly, James

Duff, Frank

Gregory, Lady

Gregory, Tony

Hackett, Rosie

Mills, Kay

Plunkett, James

Sigerson, George

Stoker, Bram

Swift, Jonathan

The Patriots Bridge

The Returned Home

Walton, Ernest

Wilde, Oscar

Yeats, W.B. 



The City Council is aiming to have a decision on the naming in autumn 2013 and the new bridge is scheduled to be completed in late 2013.  Mary

Royal Canal Clean-up

Dublin City North Volunteering Center is organising a clean-up of the Royal Canal on Saturday, 18th of May, at 11am.   Meet at Crossguns Bridge on Phibsboro Road. Gloves, bags and litter-pickers will be provided for everybody. They plan to work from 11am to 1pm to collect as much litter as we can from the canal way.  So if you can spare some time to to help out please come along.  Mary

Job Opportunities

The Public Appointment Service has advertised for the positions of Senior Executive Engineer and Assistant Chief Fire Officer on behalf of Dublin City Council.  For details about the jobs please click HERE.  Mary

Employment Networking

On Friday 17th May 2013 IENetworking will host a talk on "Positive Psychology in Business" in the Motor

Tax Office, 3rd Floor training room, Queen Street, D7 from 10:00 – 13:00.  Alan Duffy will discuss techniques to improve business relations, enhance communication with potential clients and maintain great health in body and mind.  Alan is experienced in business application of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.   You can register for this free event HERE.  Mary

Drumcondra Glasnevin Local Forum

The next meeting of the Drumcondra & Glasnevin local community policing forum takes place on Wednesday 15th May 2013 @ 7pm in The Maples Hotel, Iona Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.