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Fairview Residents Association is very pleased that the owners of the CY have adjourned their application for a full pub license, at least for the moment.
This is thought to be a direct result of the public information meeting on the proposed changes to the CY - the pub application being the major issue discussed by the [...]

Click here to see the documents and plans submitted to the court regarding the proposed public house at the former CY site.

The following is one local’s response to last night’s information meeting about the proposed changes to the CY. Approximately 300 people were in attendance. Feel free to leave your own response as a comment [...]

SPILL who are performing FREE in Fairview Park on Sunday next as part of the Dublin Dance Festival.
Fairview Park Playground
Sun 19th May 1.30pm & 3.30pm
This is a Family Event.
Playful and full of fun, SPILL is a cheeky dance celebration of the child within – and it’s coming to a playground near you!
Combining quirky dance with [...]

From April 2013, the Marino / Fairview Knitting and Crochet Circle will be meeting in St. Joseph’s Primary School, Fairview instead of the CY Hall on Phillipsburgh Avenue.
It’s all very handy to find. The school is just opposite Fairview Park and accessed via Marino Mart - just opposite the Post Office. There’s plenty [...]

This map shows the Fairview and Marino areas 100 years ago in 1913.
(Click on it to show a bigger version.)
Some points of interest worth noting include:

Fairview Strand and Philipsburgh Avenue can be clearly seen along with the “RC church” at their junction.
Fairview Park is not there: it is simply the sea.
The River Tolka enters Dublin [...]

Click here to download Fairview Residents Association’s newsletter for November 2012.
It includes articles on the proposed changes to the “CY”, the upcoming Fairview Fun Day & Festival and various snippets. It also lists the FRA Committee members.
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Fairview Residents’ Association in cooperation with the owners of 80 Philipsburgh Ave, formerly the CYMC Club, are holding a Public Information Meeting about the changes the new owners propose to make to the premises.
There has been a huge amount of concern lately about proposed changes to 80 Philipsburgh Avenue (formerly the CYMC Club until the [...]

Kevin Dolan and Bláithín de Burca played in Smyth’s of Fairview at the Forest Friends Charity gig in April 2013.
Bláithín’s background in traditional Irish singing and Kevin’s raw, Dylan-esque talent work well together to form a singer-songwriter duo with roots and influences on all ends of the musical spectrum.
Below is one of their covers: “Dancing [...]

Fairview Residents Association are asking for your assistance to help prevent a ‘Full Public Bar’ (and all the possible consequences including late night drinking / events and anti-social behaviour etc.) being opened in the middle of our neighbourhood at 80

Philipsburgh Ave, formerly the CYMC Club. The CYMC, which has recently been dissolved, only had [...]

Fairview Residents Association and Fairview Business Association are proud to help Dublin City Council with the second Fairview Fun Day & Festival.
It will take place in Fairview Park on Saturday 25 May 2013, from 2pm. to 5pm.
More details will be posted here as they become available, but we already have some great music and [...]

Re 80 Philipsburgh Ave. (formerly the CYMC Club)
Fairview Residents Association (FRA) have become aware that the owners of 80 Philipsburgh Avenue (formerly the CYMC Club until the start of April 2013) have plans to carry out major work to the existing premises; including (but not limited to):

changing the existing club bar to a full public [...]

20th April at 2pm - Admission is Free
Fairview Park Bandstand, Dublin 3

The Five Lamps festival presents An Urban Fleadh in association with Ceoltóirí Chluain Tarbh. Enjoy the atmosphere of a mini fleadh in the heart of Fairview.
Traditional music sessions will take place on the bandstand in Fairview Park. The sessions will run from 2.00pm.
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The Revenue Commissioners have started to issue letters to the owners of properties around the country providing guidance for the new Local Property Tax (LPT). This includes information about the tax, how to pay it and an estimate of the LPT due.
Local Property Tax is a tax payable on the market value of residential properties [...]

Forest Friends Ireland will hold a fundraising event in Fairview to support local tree planting and the Rainforest Conservation Project in Ghana.

Venue: Smyths of Fairview
Date: Wednesday April 17th - doors open at 7:30pm
Donation: €5

This is a great opportunity to listen to a wide selection of talented local artists …
Tickets can be bought from Smyths or [...]

The trees being felled in Fairview Park at the moment are to make way for a gas pipeline. It is part of the East Wall to Coolock gas pipeline project being carried out by Bord Gais Éireann.

The full agreement between Bord Gais and Dublin City Council involving the Fairview Park & Alfie Byrne Road area can [...]

March 2013: Trees are being felled in Fairview Park soon after its new playground & performance area opened and Fairview’s iconic metal footbridge was renewed.

As Fairview-Marino.com ’s “man on the ground”, Roger Bejenaru reports:
I am a resident in Dublin 3 and go very often (every day walking my puppy Labrador) to Fairview Park and I noticed lately that [...]

A new pedestrian bridge across the R105 at Fairview, Dublin was erected in 2012. The new structure replaces an old pedestrian bridge which has been in place since the 1960’s.

It crosses a busy 6-lane highway and was lifted into place overnight so as to minimise disruption to this busy thoroughfare.

Dublin City Council are considering how [...]

Local District Fire Officer Dave Kavanagh will give a talk aimed at older people on safety at home and ‘the message in a bottle campaign’
Venue: Carleton Hall, 53a Shelmartin Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3
Date: Wednesday the 13th February
Time: 2:00pm
The “Message in a Bottle” campaign advises people to keep all medical [...]

Are you interested in knitting or crochet? Would you like to learn or improve your skills?
Whatever your ability we would be delighted to have you join our monthly crafting circle. Organised by volunteers from the Marino / Fairview area, we want to create a relaxed space where people can learn from each other and create [...]

Click here to download Fairview Residents Association’s newsletter for November 2012.
It includes articles on the proposed Fairview Residents’ AGM,  planning issues and various snippets. It also lists the FRA Committee members.
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Featuring Marino, Fairview & Drumcondra
Transmission: RTE 1 - 3rd December 2012 @ 9:35PM
A new RTE Documentary will take viewers on a journey back in time to revisit some of the “horrendous crimes” of the Irish Civil War 1922 -1923. Revealing lost facts and showing the “human cost” of the Irish Civil War.

Presented by Eddie [...]

At its 2011 AGM, Fairview Residents Association decided to help develop a Community Garden in our neighbourhood. Our aim is to grow fresh organic food while working with neighbours & friends in making Fairview a better place to live and work.
Plans got underway in early 2012, and so far we have:

Convened a ‘working group’ [...]

Join the Lord Mayor Naoise O’Muiri in switching on the Christmas Lights  at the Fairview/ Malahide Road. Junction (in front of City Cycles) next Friday 30 November at 6pm.
Get in the Christmas spirit with Music and Song.

The following summarizes planning issues in Fairview in 2012 addressed by Fairview Residents Association:

1.         Site at 21, 27-29 and 31 Richmond Avenue. Reg Ref: 2575/03/x2:
Application considered WITHDRAWN. Statutory consents for planning permissions, including those previously granted, have now WITHERED AND NO LONGER APPLY to the site, nor the part-constructed structure standing on it. Dublin City Council has made [...]

Make your voice heard!
Fairview Residents’ Association’s Annual General Meeting is where all Fairview’s residents get a chance to meet and discuss anything they think is important. New officers are also elected & we take a look back on the year.
Where: The CYMC/LC, Philipsburgh Avenue
When: Monday 19 November 2012 at 8.00pm

Agenda / Clár:

Minutes of 2011 AGM [...]

Singing the Blues Away!
Classes Wednesdays 8pm - 9.30pm
Starting 26th September 2012
Calling All Budding Singers
€10 - The Annesley House (upstairs)
The Susan Tomelty Band perform in Ireland and abroad in the Rock, Soul and Blues genre. This engaging, dynamic and confident singer has tremendous range and power in her vocal performance.
Susan went to Leila Webster in Belfast [...]

Marino and Fairview featured in Sky Atlantic TV Series “Urban Secrets”
Transmission: Sky Atlantic: Thursday 16 August 2012 @ 8PM
Emmy-nominee and OBE, Alan Cumming will host Urban Secrets, an eight-part TV series (every Thursday @ 8pm on Sky Atlantic) that will take viewers on a journey visiting influential urban areas including Dublin.
The Marino / Fairview sequence was filmed in [...]

Gaffney’s pub in Fairview occasionally has some fantastic traditional music on Sunday evenings. Here is a half minute example from July 2012. Enjoy!

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Fairview Park’s new playground & performance area opened today (Saturday 14 July 2012).
In addition to a lovely new wooden children’s playground, the new area, near Fairview’s iconic metal footbridge, also contains a skatepark and a performance area to replace the old bandstand. This is as a result of the long awaited (consultations & construction have [...]

Marino Library / Dublin UNESCO City of Literature will host the following event in July 2012:
“The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker”
a talk by Dacre Stoker, great-grand nephew of Bram Stoker.
Date: Tuesday 10 July 2012 at 11am.
Admission Free - Booking Advised.
Bram Stoker was born in 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent. Stoker was bed-ridden until he started school at the [...]

Marino Library will host the following events in May 2012 as part of Bealtaine 2012:
Tuesday 15th May 11.00a.m
Birdwatch Ireland - Niall Hatch talks about the birds which live in the gardens and parks of Dublin
Wed 16th May 6.30pm
Madams Murder and Mayhem…
Singer Anne Buckley’s Dublin in Song and Ballad. An entertaining and fun selection of the [...]

There will be a Festival and Family Fun Day in Fairview Park on Saturday 26 May 2012.
This event is organised by Dublin City Council & Fairview Business. It is supported by Fairview Residents Association.
Among the features on the day will be:

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Chluain Tarbh
Hip Hop & Big Band
Ann Maguire School of Dancing
The Sam Maguire [...]

The Changing Face of Fairview - Programme 5.
The Changing Face of Fairview is a five part documentary series produced by Near fm volunteer John Haughton. The series explores the history, heritage and local organisations & amenities that make up the area of Fairview & Marino.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Download this program.
Click here for the first three [...]