Restorative Justice Week 2024
Every year, the 3rd week of November marks international Restorative Justice Week, this year from November 17th to November 23rd! Restorative Justice is a practice that aims to support victims and offenders of crime by offering them the opportunity to have a mediated meeting, where a trained mediator facilitates a discussion between the victim and […]
Don’t forget to Check the Register!
With Ireland’s next General Election now announced for November 29th, there’s only 3 weeks left to make sure you’re registered to vote! You can check your voting details on checktheregister.ie by just clicking “Check your details”, selecting your local authority and entering your name and Eircode, and it will tell you where your polling station […]
Our Autumn Newsletter Has Launched!
We’d love to invite you all to read our Autumn Newsletter! In it you’ll find a description some of the work the LCSP Support Office and our Partners in the LCSP have done over the last few months across our five sub-groups – Drugs, Inclusion Health, & Anti-Social Behaviour; Family, Youth, Older Persons & Community; […]
Upcoming Hallowe’en Events in the NIC!
There are some spooktacular events coming up in the North Inner City coming up to Hallowe’en! The NEIC’s Big Scream festival is back and bigger than ever, with a full programme of events running from the 22nd all the way up to Hallowe’en night on the 31st! Highlights include the Deadly Hallowe’en Party for the […]
New Recovery Group for Women in the NWIC
Our partners in the NIC Drug & Alcohol Task Force have informed us there is a new women’s recovery group setting up in the North West Inner City. The Connections Group is a new recovery group specifically for women, and will be running from 5-7pm every Wednesday from November 6th, and even has some creche […]
Outhouse Community Casework Service
Our partners in Outhouse have launched a new service for LGBTQ+ people that may be in periods of crisis or vulnerability and be in need of additional supports. The Community Casework Service is designed to provide one-to-one support for LGBTQ+ people experiencing difficulties, helping them build resilience and plan for personal development. The Outhouse team […]
Removal of intimate images
Our colleagues in An Garda Síochána have informed us of a new online process where intimate images can be removed through an online services called Take It Down (ncmec.org) Where intimate images are shared on social media platforms, the images may be taken down by the victim using the ‘Take it down’ facility through the […]
Smithfield 350 Competition
Our partners in the Smithfield Stoneybatter Business Association are running a brilliant competition looking for your ideas for a more beautiful, lively, and loved Smithfield, and give yourself a chance to win €350! Smithfield 350 is a competition to find creative ideas that can help make Smithfield Square a place where the people of Dublin gather, connect, […]
Sean O’Casey Mural
We’re delighted to have had the opportunity to work with local artist Fionnuala Halpin to help make the North Inner City a little bit more beautiful! Fionnuala has been working with residents to design a mural for the wall between Summerhill and Seán O’Casey, with a few of the local kids helping out with the […]
Probation Service clients taking part in Community Service at Mud Island
Enhancing Community Safety is one of the 5 pillars in the Statement of Strategy 2024 – 26 for the Probation Service, enabling positive change, resulting in fewer victims and safer communities. The Local Community Safety Partnership were delighted to introduce our partners in The Probation Service to the amazing project at Mud Island Community Garden. […]
History Events
The LCSP are delighted to have supported a number of history events across the North Inner City over the last few months. Things kicked off as part of our monthly Wolfe Tone Square social events, supported by The Church and the Tram Café. DCC’s Historian-In-Residence Elizabeth Kehoe joined us and local residents from around Wolfe […]
Youth Workers and Community Gardaí Dialogue Coffee Morning
The NIC Local Community Safety Partnership are delighted to support the growing networks between youth services and Community Gardaí in the North Inner City area. Every month, Community Gardaí and youth workers in the NIC meet up for a social coffee morning in Crosscare’s Community Café on Portland Row, as an extension of the work […]
Your Local Councillors
If there are any issues that you feel you need the support of a local Councillor with Dublin City Council have your local representatives listed through their Member Index. Dublin’s North Inner City Local Electoral Area Councillors sit on the Central Area Committee, and their names can be found by scrolling through the list of […]
North Inner City Street Football League
The Local Community Safety Partnership are delighted to be supporting our partners in An Garda Síochána and youth clubs and schools across the north inner city with their 2024 street football league! The league will be held across four venues in the north inner city, on every Thursday in October. Kick off will be 7pm […]
DCIF marks the UN Day of Peace with Conference on Building Peaceful and Resilient Communities in Our Cities
On September 24th, we were delighted to attend an event organized by our partners in the Dublin City Interfaith Forum (DCIF), who marked this year’s UN Day of Peace by organizing a series of events that brought together peers and friends from Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and across Ireland. The program included a one-day conference hosted […]
HSE North Dublin Cocaine Support Programme
We were delighted to attend the Webinar launch of the HSE’s new Cocaine Support Programme yesterday, in partnership with community addiction services across the Dublin area. The HSE and partner organisations in the CHO 9 area have out together 5 short videos on cocaine use, including its negative consequences, triggers, harm reduction tips, and services […]
Health Research Board Interactive Service Map
The Health Research Board have launched an interactive map of publically funded addiction and family support services across Ireland, which you can find here. This interactive map will allow people to easily find the support they need in their local areas, and can zoom in to their neighbourhood to see what supports are available. The […]
NEIC Domestic and Gender Based Violence Networking Event
Our partners in the NEIC Initiative are hosting a networking event in Ozanam House Resource centre on Wednesday the 2nd of October, to be joined by speakers from An Garda Síochána, the SAOL Project, and our co-ordinator in the LCSP, Sonya Keniry. The event will be running from 10:30 to 1:30, and you can register […]
We’ve launched our Summer Newsletter!
We’ve launched our first Newsletter for the Summer 2024 period! In it you’ll find a description some of the work the LCSP Support Office and our Partners in the LCSP have done over the last few months across our five sub-groups – Drugs, Inclusion Health, & Anti-Social Behaviour; Family, Youth, Older Persons & Community; Education […]
Spring 2024 – Fireside Talks
Throughout Spring of 2024, Chair of the Local Community Safety Partnership Eddie Mullins has been hosting Fireside Talks in secondary schools across the North Inner City community. So far, we have held these with Larkin Community College, O’Connell Secondary School, and the Brunner (St. Paul’s CBS). Eddie has shared about his own background, his career […]
Drug Related Intimidation info session
Our DRIVE Project Lead Jack Sheeran and Inspector Kenneth Hoare facilitated an information session in Ozanam House on drug related intimidation. Inspector Kenneth Hoare discussed the Drug related Intimidation Reporting Programme, a means for victims of DRI to speak confidentially with Inspectors in An Garda Síochána for advice on safety when experiencing drug related intimidation. […]
Read our North Inner City Community Safety Plan
After extensive consultation with Dublin’s North Inner city community, including its residents, professionals, and public representatives, we are proud to publish our Community Safety Plan for 2023-2026. The Community Safety Plan addresses how issues of community safety and perception of safety are addressed by the NIC’s Local Community Safety Partnership and an overview of our […]
Launch of Community Safety Plan
After a year of work, we finally launched our Community Safety Plan for 2023 to 2026 on 8th September 2023 in Diamond Park, attended by Minister Paschal Donohue and Minister Helen McEntee, who formally launched the plan. The plan will lay the cornerstone for the Partnership’s work towards making Dublin’s north inner city a safer […]
Preparations underway for the Community Safety Plan
Preparations began for our Community Safety Plan on the 19th September and 8th December, across two days where our partners met in Blackhall Place and in DublinTown offices, working through submissions from community members and compiling our vision for community safety. This was done with the support of Invisio, who were a great support to […]
Visit to Derry
Members of the LCSP travelled to Derry in September for a two day information event hosted by Derry Strabane Policing and Community Safety Partnership, PCSP. Attendees were joined by Assistant Garda Commissioner Hillman, Assistant Secretary General on Criminal Justice Policy Ben Ryan, Olivia Keaveney Probation Services Deputy Director, and Darragh Bailey Probation Services Regional Manager […]
Re-Opening of Fitzgibbon St Garda station
We were delighted to attend the re-opening of Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station as a new community-based policing in the North Inner City. As part of the North East Inner City Project and the Mulvey Report, An Garda Síochána have opened a new hub for community-based policing with a bespoke Crime Victim Support Suite, along with […]
Public Consultations and Recent Local Virtual Neighbourhood Meetings
In April 2021, a series of well attended online public consultations took place where The Community Partnership sought to hear the ideas of residents and users of the North Inner City on the safety issues that are currently affecting our communities of the North Inner City. Details of the meetings were communicated by a multimedia […]
Bike Marking for our Food Delivery Community
In early 2021 the Local Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) met with a representative group of delivery drivers to discuss their ideas, and concerns about their safety in Dublin’s North Inner City. These meetings were held following a series of increased tensions, and two tragic incidents which had occurred within the North Inner City. A number […]
Youth Cafe
In September the Local Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) invited young people who live, socialise, attend school, or worship in Dublin’s North Inner City share their ideas and opinions on matters that affect young people’s safety within our communities. The objective of our youth engagement programme is to ensure that local youth voices have an ongoing […]