Welcome to the Community
Public Meeting on the 6th of November
Future of Dún Laoghaire and how to help shape it
Our latest newsletter is out now, you can download it here. The usual Quiz, Why I Love Dún Laoghaire, Tidy Towns updates as well as information about a public meeting that we will be holding on the 6th of November, plans for the field on Tivoli Terrace South, Dún Laoghaire winning Irelands Greenest Surburb and our plans for an Interdenominational Carol Service in December!
Draft Harbour Masterplan 2025
The draft masterplan for Dún Laoghaire harbour has just been released, with a consultation process that is open until the 28th of July.
If you would like to view the proposals and make your own submission you can see it here. https://dlrcoco.citizenspace.com/infrastructure-climate-change/d-n-laoghaire-harbour-draft-masterplan-consultatio/
Remember: the deadline for submissions is the 28th of July.
Newsletter April 2025
With Phase One of the Living Streets Project starting this month we are going into detail about what to expect. We also have an article about The Oratory of The Sacred Heart, described as the pinnacle of Celtic Revival Art in Ireland, we are privileged to have it in the heart of our town. We also have articles on the Best Decorated House, part 2 of the Craft Beers of Dún Laoghaire article and an interview with the Bike Hub who have some exciting new plans.
There is also the usual articles and news and updates, see it here!
The Boylan Centre – UPDATE
Boylan Centre January 2025 UPDATE:
The Boylan Centre was sold by the Catholic Church to Dún Laoghaire County Council in June 2023, with the aim to hopefully assist in the housing crisis. It is located on here on Sussex St.
The DLCRA wrote to all seven of the local county councillors as well as the directors of housing, the county architect, the Senior Architect Bob Hannon, the Cathaoirleach Dennis O’Callaghan and other council officials expressing our hope that the newly acquired property would be used to add social and affordable housing, preferably with an element for essential workers. You can see our letter here.
The Director of Housing Catherine Keenan wrote a response, which you can see here.
In the Irish Times on the 18th of January 2025, the then Minister of Education Norma Foley, was recorded as saying that the Minister of Housing was working on legislation to enable county councils to put aside “significant accommodation for key local workers.”
We wrote to the Director Housing in DLRCC again hoping that they could consider Minister Foleys comments, see our letter here.
DLRCC responded saying that the development of the Boylan Centre is in its infancy and the tenure mix has not yet been decided. “.. the council has had no instruction or direction at this time from the Dept of Housing”.
Winter 2024 Newsletter is out now!
The Winter issue of our newsletter is out now and has a great interview with Catherine Harris the chair of Tidy Towns Dún Laoghaire. We also have an article written by a resident Craft Beer aficionado on the craft beer scene in the town. The proposed Wind Farms in the bay will be coming up for planning shortly and we have two articles on them. One of the articles in an abbreviated version of this article written by the company behind the farm, The Dublin Array.
We also some of the usual updates on work that we have been doing, the quiz, Why I Love Dún Laoghaire and news from around the town.
You can read the latest Newsletter here.
Harbour Master Plan
Dun Laoghaire County Council is currently looking for submissions on the Harbour masterplan that it is working on.
The closing date for the consultation is the 23rd of October, to give people a better idea of what a Master Plan looks like, the scope of a plan and what an example submission looks like, we have 3 documents that people might find useful.
- Dun Laoghaire Harbour Master Plan 2011
- Economic Plan for DL Harbour 2019
- Sample submission during the previous Master Plan consultation, 2011
To make a submission, please go to the DLRCC consultation page here.
Online Advice from an Garda Síochána
The Gardaí were generous enough to have given the DLCRA two documents that we believe will be very useful everyone. One of them is a report on the 3 most common types of fraud that are taking place at the moment and ways to avoid being a victim. These include Payment Fraud, Email fraud and Phone Fraud. You can see a copy of the report here.
The other document the Gardaí have given us is a handy guide to the golden rules of safe online shopping. You can find it here.
You can find a soft copy of all our newsletters, including our newest issue on our Newsletters page.
If you want to give us any feedback please email info@dlcra.ie
Our Mission
Our mission in the DLCRA is to provide a forum for the residents of Dun Laoghaire Town to work together on areas of common interest to effect change.
A Voice
We want to give a voice to the residents and to help the different sectors of Dun Laoghaire to work together – the businesses, the Council, the community groups— working together to revitalise Dun Laoghaire, restore the town and give our community a pride of place.
Tidy Towns
Many of our members are volunteers & committee members of Dún Laoghaire Tidy Towns.
They meet for clean ups every Saturday at 10:30am outside the church on Marine Road.
Governance / Area
You can find details about our governance including constitution and the geographical area that we cover on the About page.
Get in Touch
Reach out we are always interested in hearing from residents of the town. If there are any issues or worries that you want to raise please feel free to contact us on:
info@dlcra.ie
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