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Stillorgan & Dundrum Families to See Childcare Relief with New Fee Caps Families across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown are set to see a hard cap placed on early learning and childcare fees starting this September, a move welcomed by local Fine Gael Councillor Eoin O’Driscoll. The upcoming measures mean that roughly 12% of childcare providers will be… Read more: Stillorgan & Dundrum Families to See Childcare Relief with New Fee Caps

The most significant local issue this month was the decision by the DLR County Council Executive to remove the long-promised swimming pool at Glenalbyn from the three-year Capital Programme. The old Glenalbyn pool closed in 2013, and for years €10 million had been ringfenced by the Council for its redevelopment. That commitment has now been… Read more: Council Update – May 2026

Young children in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to get free book bag – Cllr. Eoin O’Driscoll Children leaving pre-school in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown are invited to visit their local library to pick up a free book bag on starting school as part of the Little Library Initiative, a Fine Gael Cllr. Eoin O’Driscoll has said. Cllr. Eoin O’Driscoll… Read more: Young children in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to get free book bag – Cllr. Eoin O’Driscoll