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CáCa Milis for Green School St. Mary’s Baldoyle

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Last Friday I went down to St. Mary’s Secondary School for the raising of their 4th flag. I was deputising for Cllr. Clare Daly. I was able to sneak Charlotte & Sophie in and we met their big sister Vanessa and all the teachers & dignitories . The School are the first secondary school in Ireland to get 4 green flags. There is only the 5th flag left to collect. 

 

let them eat cake - green school's 4th flag

let them eat cake - green school's 4th flag

after a quick ICT investigation down at Baldoyle Library (where internet access is free) I shot the newest flag to fly in Baldoyle.

4 green flags

full mast - 4th green flag for St. Mary

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Congrats to St Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

 
Big congrats to St. Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle who have done it again,  Green Flag number 4. We had C.O.W. in our house as my Daughter Vanessa cycled to St. Mary’s on Wednesdays (and every other day too!) so well done Vanessa (Green) Greene.

Baldoyle a wash with Green Flags

Baldoyle a wash with Green Flags

Press Release -
St Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle has done it again!
St Mary’s The Green Machine Winners

 

Having won the 2006 Fingal Environmental Group of The Year Award and the very prestigious 2008 Green Award for the Greenest School in Ireland at the national Green Awards in the Burlington Hotel in December and then being short listed for the 2008 Living Dublin Environmental Award, the school was awarded their fourth green flag for sustainable travel on the 4th March 2009 at the An Taisce Green Flag Ceremony in Croke Park.

This green school was commended by also receiving a certificate for their outstanding achievement in improving the environmental quality of the school and community over the past two years. This was achieved by the hard work of the green school committee under the supervision of Pauline Griffin, Green School Co-ordinator, who organised the implementation of travel schemes which encouraged students to cycle or walk to school instead of travelling by car. Over 50% of the students now walk to school on Wednesdays and the number of days students who cycled to school every month increased from zero to thirty one days from October to February this year.

There were many varied initiatives including

WOW – Walk on Wednesdays

Car Pooling

Park and Stride

COW – Cycle on Wednesdays

Walking Bus

The Golden Boot Award

Travel Action Days

Golden Helmet Award

Bicycle Shed Built

COW Poster Competition

Raffle for a Bicycle

St Mary’s has been involved in the Green School Programme for the past ten years and were the first secondary school in Fingal to receive a green flag for waste management in 2002. Since then, St. Mary’s has been awarded two further Green Flags in the areas of Energy Conservation and Water Conservation. This fourth Green Flag for Sustainable Travel makes the school unique in its number of Green Flags.

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I hope to get some photos of the flag raising on Friday.

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3G plan mobile mast at Bayside Square

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

PRESS RELEASE 04/02/2009

3G plan mobile mast at Bayside Square

Following contacts from local residents, Malahide Howth local election candidate with the Socialist Party Brian Greene has learned that 3G Threefold has applied for an exemption from planning to erect mobile phone antenna on a building at Bayside Square Sutton.

“The fact that mobile phone companies continue to site masts beside residents is baffling. Attempts to engage communities in the process of mast locations has been met with a wall of silence from mobile phone companies and their agents. What residents and mobile phone users need is the sensible siting of masts where the community has input. The exemption route that mobile phone companies use excludes the community from the last line of defense by refusing an opportunity to inspect that plans adhere to the rigors of the planning laws.” according to Mr. Greene

Back in 2005 Mr.Greene led a successful campaign to remove mobile phone masts from beside the boys primary school in Baldoyle. “Today like in 2005 the ‘Precautionary Approach’ is what scientists and communities call for when considerations are being made about the location choice of mobile phone antenna.”

Communities are denied the planning process when these exemptions are applied. Exemptions were introduce by the Fianna Fail Government in 2001. There are very few criteria that do not allow for the exemption to succeed allowing companies to attach disguised antenna to an array of commercial & public buildings. However communities unhappy with the proximity of a mast can successfully protest and remove antenna as the 2005 Baldoyle case proved. “Residents need to be vigilant, masts are springing up at closer and closer centres as technology ‘improves’. Through people power the balance can shift and communities can halt the erections of unwanted masts in their areas.”

There is also word that Meteor are seeking an exemption to build a station at Portmarnock Sports and Leisure Centre. Baldoyle Against Radiation has worked with other campaign groups throughout Ireland following the landmark 2005 An Bord Pleanála decision. If you require more details on the Baldoyle campaign contact BAR@Dublin13.com

linked post Baldoyle Mast Removal

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100 Buses & 250 Dublin Bus jobs to be axed.

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Dublin Bus Serving the entire community

Dublin Bus Serving the entire community

FF / GP government are using the economic crisis as a smokescreen to put the boot into public transport. While Dublin needs 300+ extra buses, the plan is to cut 100. Plans to bring a 31C to Baldoyle between 10am and 4pm to boost the degraded 32b service and an extension of the 29A service to Baldoyle now look in doubt.  So much for Green policy in government. This is a political decision made for economic reasons dictated by the transport minister. Quick to capitalise on the misfortunes of the traveling public are Fine Gael who want the axed routes to be given over to private operators. (where is that A1 private service to the Airport)

We need leadership. Not headless chickens. The Green Party in Government continue to live up to the sell out they pursued by supporting Fianna Fail while public transport and the general public suffer. We need more not less public transport and less private cars on the clogged roads of our capital city.

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Brickfield plans halted (for now)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Socialist Party Update Brickfield plans halted (for now)

Following the successful public meeting of Save Our Park in mid July the following has transpired.

* Fingal County Council is (for now) not proceeding with plans to build 170 units on Brickfield.

* Na Dubh Ghall GAA have been given the permission they were seeking to site Dressing Room Containers on the site of the abandoned council depot beside the school.

* Following the recent flooding of the East Coast the Minister for the Environment has promised to bring forward legislation to prevent development on flood plains. Fingal County Council acknowledge that Seagrange Park including Brickfield is on a flood plain.

 

Brickfield Baldoyle

Brickfield Baldoyle

 

 

This is an excellent gain for the community. Its a win win situation for Baldoyle & Bayside. Na Dubh Ghall GAA get a permanent siting for changing rooms and the disused depot will get a community use that
will assist its security needs within the park. Its great to see one of Dublin’s fastest growing clubs finally get facilities so close to where the club holds its training sessions.

The Socialist Party welcome this move by Fingal County Council and also the news that the Malahide Howth Area Committee is not pursuing the proposed rezoning / housing development at the Brickfield site which is zoned open space. (Northside People 23rd July)

Community and sporting use of amenity lands must take precedence over infill development where according to CSO figures 46,000 houses remain unoccupied in the Dublin area.

Protection of the flood plain is paramount. The fact that building on flood plains has been common practice despite warnings shows that the planning laws serve the developers not the community. Vigilance is still required as this is not the first time we have had to deal with this issue nor may this be the last.

issued by: Brian Greene, Socialist Party Dublin North East

[previous Brickfield coverage.]

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