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I’m looking for gardener to do small amount in garden every few weeks (cutting grass along the road & weeding small front flower patch). Max half an hour’s work. Any suggestions?

Once again no water in Donabate (Tuesday march 21, 1pm) and no warning. Happening now every few days and I don’t see any outrage from any local representative. I rang Irish Water last week about another outage. Had to listen to a load of corporate malarkey about customer care blah, blah. They didn’t...

Ken, many thanks

Any recommendations for getting the fan on no defrost freezer repaired? Out of warranty so no help from manufacturers.

On the second day of no water in Donabate I noticed this morning that the lorry which cleans the roads around the building works was filling up his tank from a standpipe on the New Road !

The current Garda “slow down” campaign does not seem to appeal to drivers on the Distributor Road. Yea it’s a pain for some that it’s only 60 on this “empty” road but that is its speed limit and some of us “saddos” do stick to it. That doesn’t give anyone the right to pass out on a bend (happened th...

Another afternoon ruined by the constant house alarm going off in the Strand. Listening to this house alarm becoming a regular occurrence over the past few weeks. No idea which house it is but if you live on the Strand & have an alarm, please have some consideration for your neighbours. No one i...

Is it only me, given my advancing years ! Twice this week I’ve nearly been run off the new road because I was doing the speed limit! Silly me I always thought that the speed limit was just that, a limit not a target. Apologies to the blond lady lady in the Audi for not going fast enough for you. Sad...

Thank you for that recommendation

Can anyone recommend a good window cleaner, please. Thank you.

So agree with this comment. Sad for staff losing hours & pay. Both staff & customers seem to have become an inconvenience to supermarkets ! Being forced to use these tills by SuperValu in Donabate who have been making a huge profit for years as there is no where else in the village. One Sund...

Finally got an answer back today from Bus Connect over wrong maps for new routes being delivered in Donabate. Their explanation is that as we are covered by two areas - Donabate & Portrane - it is the reason they sent us the Portrane & Balbriggan, Lusk map etc. Wouldn’t give me much confiden...

Can’t get over all the new new houses in Donabate being sold on basis of getting on train into town. Someone should sue developers for false advertising. Standing room only from first train at 6.36. After 9 only one train an hour into Connolly. Good luck getting on a train into town & apologies ...

Great idea to have another bus into town in the morning but why oh why is it running so close to the Dublin bus timetable? Perfect excuse for Dublin bus to stop their service which they have wanted to do for ages. Given that the first train into town is now standing room only from Donabate why not r...

Yesterday on the 3.40pm train from town, a group of around 15 very well dressed lads around 13/14 years old got on the train in Malahide. They kept asking if train stopped in Donabate & called someone to say they’d let them know when they arrived in Donabate. In Donabate they gathered at the sta...

Need plumber to do small job before it turns into bigger one. Can anyone recommend a plumber who still does small jobs? Thanks

I came to Donabate 16 years ago. If I could afford it I would move because the plans for the town are going to ruin the area and the lives of those leaving here. Trains are packed - even the first one in the morning is standing room only and this is before the kids are back in school. I currently li...

We SERIOUSLY need some competition to Supervalu.

Yes, saw this the other day...........gave me a good laugh !!!

This is crazy. We all saw a few weeks ago what happened when there was an incident on the line and there were no trains. the 33D was full before it even got into the village. Many of us who travel into the city do not have parking at our jobs and cannot use our cars. The trains are getting more and ...

For the past few days, the machine for tagged on your leap card has not been working on one of the platforms in Donabate. If you haven't been able to tag off using your leap card, you will be charge the fare to Drogheda and not Donabate. If this has happened to you, you should write to customer.care...

This is really really bad news - and so sorry to hear. His meat is wonderful and so much better than Supervalu.

Never shop in Supervalu unless it is a complete emergency. Never buy anything that is unwrapped as I don't trust their meat or deli counter (use the butcher in the centre - so much better). Prices are a rip-off and their fruit and veg are disgusting. Only positive comment is that most of the staff a...

Desperate for a window cleaner in Donabate. Any recommendations ?

In the summertime, I make sure I have all my shopping etc done by 12noon latest, because of problems accessing my home, due to beach, golf courses and ice cream shop. If I need to go out later in the day, I allow an extra 15/20 mins to get out of Donabate. People seem to feel they can block roads, d...