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INSIDE: Gathering at the Mill Theatre to promote Arts P8
May 26, 2011
A MOUNTAINOUS TASK: Two local
fundraisers to climb Kilimanjaro P4
Brushing up on skills: Seniors show their art GALLERY owner Fionnula Nolan
Soccer: Wayside claim the LSL Sunday Senior title Page 32
was delighted to welcome Leone Boland to the Dun Laoghaire Art Gallery for an art exhibition with a difference. Held as part of Bealtaine 2011, which celebrates the wisdom, contribution to society and skills of older members of the community, several elder artists from all across the region were showing their work at the gallery, with a number of Dundrum artists displaying their work. Picture: Geraldine Woods
Full Gallery on Page 10
Sports Awards: May’s nominees for Dublin prizes are announced Page 29
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DLRCC owed €15.9m in waste charges Householders’ major impact on 2010 arrears
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MILLIONS of euro are owed to Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) in unpaid waste charges. At a council meeting last week, DLRCC said that, at the end of 2010, waste charges due to it from household-
ers amounted to a massive €15.9 million. DLRCC said it was owed a further €146,185 from commercial customers. However, in a response to Independent councillor Victor Boyhan, DLRCC said that the balance at the end of 2010 represented a
41% reduction on the 2008 outstanding arrears figure, and constituted “a significant reduction in the level of arrears”, which was reflective of the council’s continuing efforts to maximise its income collections. Full Story on Page 2