DP Crossroads

03/06/2026

Welcome back to The Brook 🍻

Come join us this Saturday 6th June from 9pm!!
Going to be a great night of music 🎶🎶

03/06/2026

🚨 Rising insurance premiums are a major headache for many charities and community groups. The Alliance for Insurance Reform needs your help by completing its annual insurance survey.

🕐 It takes less than one minute, and the information gathered is shared with government ministers, national media and others to highlight the ongoing challenges that insurance costs pose to community and voluntary groups across the country.

The questions are straightforward and general, with no specific financial information required.

Survey link 👉 : https://f.mtr.cool/ihckctclws

03/06/2026

To mark the end of our Spring/Summer 26 season, Lambay Cinema Club is pleased to present The Ballad of Wallis Island – the hit 2025 UK comedy that one

03/06/2026

Urgent Need for Increased Public Health Nurse Staffing in Donabate

Public Health Nurses are the backbone of community healthcare. They support families from the very first days of a newborn’s life, provide essential developmental checks, deliver care to our elderly and vulnerable neighbours, assess needs in the home, promote independent living, manage chronic illness, provide wound and palliative care, and ensure people are connected to the wider health system when they need it most.

Yet despite this vital role, Donabate a community of almost 15,000 people has been left with only 2.5 Public Health Nurses. This is an alarming ratio of 1 nurse for every 6,000 residents, far below what is needed to deliver safe, timely, and comprehensive care. With rising birth rates and a growing elderly population in the area, this shortfall places enormous pressure on staff and raises serious concerns about whether our most vulnerable residents are receiving the full range of services they deserve.

This situation is not sustainable. It is not fair to our community, and it is not fair to the nurses who are doing everything they can under impossible conditions. Additional Public Health Nurse staffing must be provided to Donabate without delay.

The current Health Centre originally built to serve just 2,000 people has seen little improvement over the decades and is no longer fit for purpose. For years, the HSE has acknowledged the need for a Primary Care Centre in Donabate. The decision last year to abandon the planned facility on Turvey Avenue, on the grounds of “value for money,” was deeply disappointing and entirely at odds with the needs of a rapidly expanding community.

A modern Primary Care Centre is not a luxury. It is a necessity. Donabate cannot continue to grow without the healthcare infrastructure required to support its people.

I have raised this matter directly with the HSE, and Duncan Smith TD has brought it to the Minister for Health. We await their responses and will consider further action as needed. Our community deserves a health service that is properly staffed, properly resourced, and capable of meeting the needs of every resident from newborns to older adults.

02/06/2026

We are so happy to share our Donabate summer camp planned for the summer! 💛👀

If you are looking for a relaxing and supportive environment for your child you have come to the right place!

For any enquiries please email [email protected]

02/06/2026

Fingal Arts Office and Fingal Libraries invite applications for the Swords Cultural Quarter Poet in Residence 2026–2027.
This year-long residency will support a poet living in or from Fingal to become a creative connector across Arts, Libraries and communities in Swords during a significant period of cultural development.
About the Residency:
This is not a studio-bound position, but a connective and outward-facing role. The selected poet will act as a cultural weaver—linking people, places, and ideas across Swords Cultural Quarter.
The poet will:
Develop and present new creative work;
Connect artistic practice with public life;
Build meaningful relationships across libraries, arts spaces and community settings;
Lead audiences on a shared literary journey culminating in, and extending beyond, the launch of Culture House;
The residency will help shape a shared cultural narrative across Swords at a moment of transition and growth.
The poet will be provided with dedicated desk space at The Carnegie, Swords for the duration of the residency.
The closing date for application is June 5th 2026 at 5:00PM. Please see our website or the link in bio for where to apply and full application brief.

02/06/2026

02/06/2026

Is your child is starting school this September? To celebrate this new chapter, you can pick up a free book bag from your local library! The books help children with the big step of starting school. We hope this small gift will encourage children to join the library and lead to a lifelong love of books and reading!

02/06/2026

Calling All 18 - 25 year olds

Do you use Chat GPT, Gemini, Claude or other AI services to help you with your mental health?
We want to hear from you.

UCD School of Computer Science is conducting a survey to find out how young adults across Ireland are using Language Learning Models to assist their well-being and mental health.

You can take part in this survey at the link below:
https://f.mtr.cool/vyxmbqeido

02/06/2026