Fingal Joint Policing Committee
Notice of Public Meeting
A public meeting will be hosted by
the Fingal Joint Policing Committee
for residents of Howth,
Sutton and Baldoyle
at The Racecourse Inn,
Racecourse S.C.,
Baldoyle, Dublin 13
at 7.30 p.m.

Wednesday 25th November, 2009
Residents of the above areas are invited to attend the meeting to make observations and address questions to the members of the Fingal Joint Policing Committee on matters relating to crime and anti-social behaviour with a view to improving public safety within local communities.

Any queries in this regard
should be addressed to:
Fingal Development Board,
P.O. Box 174, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin
or by emailing jpc@fingalcoco.ie

Cash stolen in raid on Howth post office

[20/03/2009] Gardai are investigating a robbery at the post office in Howth, North Co Dublin, this morning. Two men entered the premises shortly before 10am and smashed the glass partition at the counter. They then escaped with an undisclosed sum of money.

The raiders were in their late teens and early 20s. Gardaí are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward.

Under Section 36 of the Garda Siochana Act 2005, Joint Policing Committees were established to provide a forum where a Local Authority & the senior Garda officers responsible for the policing of that area, with the participation of Oireachtas members & community interests can consult, discuss & make recommendations on matters affecting policing of that area. And sometimes they meet in public. It just happens that they are meeting down the road from the Howth Post Office in the Marine Hotel Sutton on next Wednesday March 25th at 19:30pm.

from the press advert: 

Fingal Joint Policing Committee Notice of Public Meeting

A public meeting will be hosted by the Fingal Joint Policing Committee for the Howth/Sutton/Baldoyle area: The Marine Hotel, Sutton Cross, Dublin 13 at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 25th March, 2009 

Residents of the Howth/Sutton/Baldoyle area are invited to attend the meeting to make observations and address questions to the members of the Fingal Joint Policing Committee on matters relating to crime and anti-social behaviour with a view to improving public safety within local communities.

Written questions may also be submitted in advance by residents of the Howth/Sutton/Baldoyle area to: Fingal Development Board, P.O. Box 174, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin or to jpc@fingalcoco.ie no later than Friday 20th March, 2009 at 5.00 p.m.

in case you need to call the Gardai

Socialist Party Howth Malahide local election candidate Brian Greene has slammed the Eircom decision to axe 2151 pay phone call boxes by April. The privatisation of Telecom Eireann caused Ireland to slip in international tables of Internet speeds because Eircom dragged its heals in high speed Internet infrastructure, now it is removing some peoples only high speed access via WiFi at its call boxes, and the last resort to make an emergency phone call on the street when you are without a mobile phone, power or credit. 

“Eircom enabled many of the countries phone boxes for Wifi access and sold this advantage of free access to its customers. Now Eircom is axing call boxes as phone call revenue & advertising revenue falls. How much profit must Eircom make before service provision is secured?” asks Mr. Greene

As an example the pair of call boxes at Sutton Cross are selected to be removed after March 16th. “While we campaign for the sensible citing of mobile telephony we must defend call boxes for their social needs too.”

Eircom’s wish to axe 50% of call boxes nationally, also makes for a poor and shortsighted decision. Within a year or two fourth generation (4G) mobile telephony will be seeking many more close proximity & closer to the ground installation sites. As phone boxes remain planning exempt for the old incumbent and are free to use unregulated WiFi spectrum some of the call boxes would make excellent sites for 4G boosters. 

“It is the drive for profit and not the provision of a public utility that is driving the privatised Eircom to destroy our states network of phone boxes. It is as stupid as the removal of the Hill of Howth Tramway 50 years ago this June.” said Mr. Greene.

Anti Nuclear campaigner Brian Greene who runs the ShutSellafield.com website says “The myth that Sellafield is a power plant is the biggest deception of all. The plant was first used in the race for the A-Bomb and now it is the world’s nuclear dumping ground taking shipments from all over the world via the Irish Sea.”

Brian Greene who is the Socialist Party candidate in next years local election for the Malahide – Howth area says “Having the worlds most used nuclear dump on our doorstep has always been worrying but the safety record at the plant has been getting worse. Last year was the 50th anniversary of the nuclear fire at Windscale, and now the plant & its decommissioning are being sold to for profit businesses in a privatisation programme. Safety is threatened by a squeeze on wages and a race to the bottom that sees the plants bosses attacking the workforce’s pay & conditions on an ongoing basis.”

“Nuclear power is being cited as a solution to peak oil & the speculated over priced oil situation. Nuclear power will not power a car. Until a satisfactory waste solution for radioactive material is found Nuclear Power is not the answer.” said Mr. Greene