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The senior citizens flats complex at Ballygall Road East, Finglas, which was part of a deep retro-fitting scheme by Dublin City Council. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Dublin City Council is to discontinue its policy of widespread demolition and reconstruction of its older flat complexes in favour of extensive renovation programmes which will see some smaller flats amalgamated to make larger homes.

Throughout the construction boom of the last decade the council pursued a housing regeneration policy which involved the demolition of estates and their redevelopment through public-private partnership deals with property developers.

While the council has redeveloped some complexes using public money, such as the recently completed Thornton Heights on the site of St Michaels estate in Inchicore, others, including ODevaney Gardens in Dublin 7, will not be redeveloped in the foreseeable future.

We cant afford wholesale demolition and rebuilding any more. And, as we have seen, that has the potential to destroy communities, the councils head of housing Dick Brady said.

Instead we will undertake a deep retrofitting of around 1,000 flats to bring them to the same standards as any new-built unit.

On a smaller scale deep-retrofitting has already been used to regenerate a senior citizens complex at Ballygall Road East in Glasnevin, where 80 bedsits have been amalgamated to create 38 larger one-bedroom apartments, all of which are wheelchair accessible.

This was done at a cost of less than 4 million and without the need for demolition.

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WILDER, Vt. - With a one-year-old running around, Elizabeth Smith has her work cut out for her keeping things clean.

When Emerson was born, Smith knew she had to make a change from her normal cleaning supplies that were filled with chemicals. "I used to think the stronger the smell, the cleaner it's getting and the more disinfectant it is," Smith said.

But those products seemed too harsh with Emerson around, so Smith made a change and started making her own in her Wilder home. From an all-purpose cleaner, to dish soap and carpet deodorizer, Smith makes everything you need to clean your home top to bottom.

Once she realized her natural concoctions could be just as powerful, she decided to start Little e Organics. Products range from $7 to $12 -- she sells around 12 products every week at the Hartland Farmer's Market.

Little e Organics has taken over in the Smith household. Her products even replaced her husband's model car collection on the living room shelves. Smith calls Emerson her rainbow baby -- that's because she had a big brother. But Carson died shortly after he was born. "He had a rare genetic disorder so he passed away when he was five days-old," she said.

Emerson doesn't have the disorder. Smith knows conventional cleaning products had nothing to do with Carson's death, but she says not having them in her home put her more at ease. "I'm sure it was in the back of my mind to be a little extra cautious with her," she said.

Now with this rainbow baby running around and sticking everything in her mouth, it's one less thing for Smith to worry about. "It does have a little bit of a vinegar scent but it goes away -- it doesn't linger like those other cleaners," she said.

The basis for most of Little e Organics is lemon infused vinegar. Then Smith adds in things like essential oils to boost the cleaning power. "Tea tree oil has a lot of antibacterial cleaning powers -- and lavender oil does," she said.

Smith says not only are Little e Organics safe and effective, but for all her competition in the green-cleaning products aisle, she has one argument. "I've gone and looked at the labels and I can't pronounce half the things in them," she said.

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Published on August 22, 2014

ABERCROMBIE POINT Around a dozen workers have been coming and going from the new construction site on the west side of Northern Pulp.

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Over the past few weeks, foundations have been laid, steel beams have been fabricated and work continues on the 28-foot cradle that will house the pulp mills new electrostatic precipitator.

So when Environment Minister Randy Delorey issued a ministerial order for the mill to reduce air quality emissions that exceed approved limits by May 30, 2015, it was business as usual for the workers.

Northern Pulp has long been working toward a May 2015 completion date for the recovery boiler precipitator, said mill spokesman David MacKenzie. We believe that we will be able to meet that deadline.

In a release on Aug 21, Premier Stephen McNeil said that the government has heard the concerns of Pictou County residents and is addressing them.

"They are voicing their concerns because they want a healthy, safe and prosperous Pictou County. We all want the same things," McNeil said. "This order makes it clear to Northern Pulp what this government expects of the company so we can clean up the air for residents and the industry can continue to prosper."

The order says the pulp mill is in violation of a term and condition of its approval, by exceeding air quality stack emissions from a recovery boiler.

"This ministerial order outlines several actions that I expect the company to complete between now and next spring," said Delorey. "This legally binding document commits Northern Pulp to cleaning up its emissions."

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A section of the Windward Main Road at Mt. St. George should now have reopened after it was closed to vehicular traffic last weekend.

Explaining the reason for the closure, the Secretary of the Division of Public Utilities and Infrastructure, Gary Melville says, Over the weekend (August 16) the retaining wall failed because it is an older wall.

Traffic had to be re-routed following the partial closure of the popular eastern roadway. Motorists travelling east were advised to use Castara Road and drivers heading west turned off by Caledonia Road and exited through Castara Road.

Most eastern residents say they were grateful for an alternative during the road closure. But, several did express disgust, especially with the behaviour of some of the drivers.

According to a Mt. St. George villager, drivers who were unaccustomed to using the alternative route drove through the village recklessly. Another resident stated that some unfamiliar drivers got lost and reached as far as Hillsborough Dam. He believes this occurred due to a lack of signage throughout the detour route. In his opinion, the two detour signs erected along the Windward Main Road were inadequate.

According to Secretary Melville, repairs to the retaining wall and road began on Monday. The job was completed by workers from the Divisions Development Programme. Melville indicates that DIPU staff worked overtime to rebuild the retaining wall and roadway. He said the roadway should have reopened by Friday (August 22).

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EVERY week The QT publishes the names of drink-drivers who have been in court in Ipswich over the past week.

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AFTER drinking throughout Australia Day last year crashing his car into a retaining wall at a party wasn't enough to convince a serial drink-driver to stay off the road.

Bruce Allen Baldwin, 30, was driving an overloaded, unregistered and uninsured ute, while he only had a learner's permit and was more than four times the legal limit.

After drinking through the day on January 26, 2013, Baldwin overloaded his ute to drive to a Hatton Vale party. He was swerving through traffic and speeding on the Warrego Hwy.

Baldwin, who was out of jail on parole having been imprisoned for torture, arrived at a party where he continued to drink. When one of the passengers wanted to leave, the four piled back into the ute and Baldwin again got behind the wheel. He straight away drove the car into a retaining wall.

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KUCHING: Teo Gek Tiang, who has been residing at Laman Bong Chin off Rock Road here since 1980, is dismayed that a commercial project had partially occupied the only access road to her house.

Met at her residence yesterday, she lamented that the current access road measured sevenmetres would shrink to lessthan five metres upon completion, leaving very limited margin for cars to reverse or exit.

She said the developer had covered up the monsoon drain to cater for the project and what struck her as irresponsible was it further occupied two or so meters along the access road for a retaining wall.

Never mind that they covered the monsoon drain and we would never know whats going on underneath. It is absolutely unacceptable now that they decided to make the only access road of ours narrower.

Do they expect us to do reverse all the way to get to the junction? Ive been living

here for almost 35 years and never have I come across such an irresponsible gesture, totally ignoring how we the residents here feel and the inconvenience caused, she said in the presence of Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How, who is also state PKR vice chairman and a lawyer by profession.

Also present was Teos daughter Su Hoon, who said letters of complaints had been sent to the Land and Survey Department (LSD) and Kuching South City Council (MBKS)

She added that she had also made a police report on Aug 12 against the developer.

As of yesterday, none of the authorities had either responded to the complaint or taken any action.

Su Hoon said some parts of the road had sunken as a result of the construction works which also caused part of the car porch to crack .

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