Fingal County Council is Local Authority of the Year.

Fingal County Council has been named as the Local Authority of the Year at the 2016 Excellence in Local Government Awards which is organised annually by Chambers Ireland.

It is the second time in seven years that Fingal has won the Overall Award which is given to the local authority that best exemplifies the hard work, innovation and enthusiasm that goes into the delivery of Local Government services. Fingal County Council also won the Heritage and Built Environment Award for the Digging History Project at Swords Castle.

Ian Talbot CEO Chambers Ireland; Paul Reid, Chief Executive Fingal County Council; Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal Damien English TD;Niamh Boyle President Chambers Ireland; Mayor of Fingal, Cllr. Darragh Butler; Cllr. Anne Devitt FCC; Cllr. Kieran Dennison.

The expert judging panel described Fingal County Council as a leader in its vision for the future development of the locality and the broader economic region. In outlining their reasons for selecting Fingal as the best of the 31 Local Authorities across Ireland they said:

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Public Consultation begins on New Water Source for Dublin

As part of its remit to deliver a sustainable and resilient national water supply, Irish Water has commenced the fourth round of consultation on the Final Options Appraisal Report (FOAR) which identifies the Preferred Scheme for meeting the future needs of the Eastern and Midlands Region as well as the EIS Scoping Report for the Project. The fourteen week consultation period commences on November 8th 2016, and runs until February 14th 2017.

The report traces the three year process which began with the review of the Need for the Project (March 2015), then progressed through review of ten Options (June 2015), to more detailed examination of four options, shortlisted to two, with identification of an emerging preferred option in November 2015.

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