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Our next meeting will be on Thursday, 12th August at 7pm in the usual location – Training Room 1, 1st floor, Dublin City Council building on Wood Quay, Dublin 2.

See you all there!
Mark

Here’s a map and showing the location and here’s a list of ways to get there:

• Luas
  • Four Courts on the Red Line from Tallaght, Connolly and the Point (map)
• Dart & Suburban trains
  • Tara St – allow a 15 minute walk (map & directions)
  • Heuston – allow a 20 minute walk (map & directions).
• Dublin Bikes
  • Christchurch Place outside Jurys Hotel (map)
  • Upper Ormond Quay across the river, beside Grattan Bridge (map)
• Dublin Bus
  • From Aston Quay – 25, 25A, 26, 51D, 66, 66A
  • From IFSC – Route 90
  • From St. Stephens Green – 92
  • From Docklands – 151
  • From Tara St Dart and Dame St – 37, 39, 39A, 39B and 39C
• On-street parking
  • On-street parking is located across the river, in front of the Four Courts building.

Irish Nationwide is considering taking over remedial works on a north Dublin apartment complex that is ‘deteriorating’ because of building defects. [...] Council official Kieran Cunningham said that remedial works will be necessary to roofs and balconies while there are also problems with cladding. He said on-going problems are now reaching a ‘crescendo’ with the buildings’ deteriorating and that balcony railings will be in danger of falling off because of rust. [...] Coalport has still not carried out the fire safety works agreed in the complex.

You can read the full story on RTE.ie. While it makes for grim reading for owners and residents of Priory Hall, it does mean there’s a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. It’s not unthinkable that other banks might do the same in an effort to shift unsold apartments sooner rather than later. We spoke to NAMA last week about this issue and, while they’re not promising anything right now, we’re hopeful that they will use some of their budget to do the same.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, July 8th at 7pm in the usual location – Training Room 1, 1st floor, Dublin City Council building on Wood Quay, Dublin 2. We’ll be keeping you up to date on the progress of the MUD bill, our meeting with NAMA and any thing else people want to talk about on the night.

See you all there!
Mark

Here’s a map and showing the location and here’s a list of ways to get there:

• Luas
  • Four Courts on the Red Line from Tallaght, Connolly and the Point (map)
• Dart & Suburban trains
  • Tara St – allow a 15 minute walk (map & directions)
  • Heuston – allow a 20 minute walk (map & directions).
• Dublin Bikes
  • Christchurch Place outside Jurys Hotel (map)
  • Upper Ormond Quay across the river, beside Grattan Bridge (map)
• Dublin Bus
  • From Aston Quay – 25, 25A, 26, 51D, 66, 66A
  • From IFSC – Route 90
  • From St. Stephens Green – 92
  • From Docklands – 151
  • From Tara St Dart and Dame St – 37, 39, 39A, 39B and 39C
• On-street parking
  • On-street parking is located across the river, in front of the Four Courts building.

Update: Good news – it looks like the second stage might happen just before they close for the Summer. If it does, it means work can continue during the summer. Fingers crossed time!

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If all this is double dutch to you, it means the Seanad has completed it’s work on the bill and now it moves to the Dail. It will be debated a few more times, some changes will be made and at some stage (hopefully Autumn but there are no guarantees), it will be voted on and present to the President to be passed into law. Yes, it’s slow going but it’s still moving (which is great) and they’re still listening to us and taking on board our advice.

We’re meeting regularly with the Law Society, the Department of Justice and some political parties to keep pushing the importance of the bill and to remind them of the remainder of our wishlist.

The issue of completion is still outstanding, we’re still working on that and the Dept of Environment is also looking at it (from a different angle). There are also problems with the bond, house rules and the apportionment of service charges but we’ll keep battering away at those.

You can download a copy of the bill as it stands right now.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, June 10th at 7pm in the usual location – Training Room 1, 1st floor, Dublin City Council building on Wood Quay, Dublin 2. We’ll be keeping you up to date on the progress of the MUD bill and discussing a topic that is more important than ever – controlling costs and spending in a management company.

See you all there!
Mark

Here’s a map and showing the location and here’s a list of ways to get there:

• Luas
  • Four Courts on the Red Line from Tallaght, Connolly and the Point (map)
• Dart & Suburban trains
  • Tara St – allow a 15 minute walk (map & directions)
  • Heuston – allow a 20 minute walk (map & directions).
• Dublin Bikes
  • Christchurch Place outside Jurys Hotel (map)
  • Upper Ormond Quay across the river, beside Grattan Bridge (map)
• Dublin Bus
  • From Aston Quay – 25, 25A, 26, 51D, 66, 66A
  • From IFSC – Route 90
  • From St. Stephens Green – 92
  • From Docklands – 151
  • From Tara St Dart and Dame St – 37, 39, 39A, 39B and 39C
• On-street parking
  • On-street parking is located across the river, in front of the Four Courts building.