Priority Areas announced for 2021 US-Ireland Research Funding Programme

Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced the six eligible programme priority areas open to Northern Ireland research institutions under the 2021 US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Call in Agriculture.



Are you eligible for a vaccine in Northern Ireland? Check before you book

The public has been asked to keep playing its part in ensuring the smooth running of Northern Ireland’s vaccination programme. That includes not booking a Covid-19 vaccination in Northern Ireland unless you meet the eligibility criteria.



Getting things done – Lochee Park #dundeewestend

Last summer, it was good to report the provision of a new picnic table in Lochee Park.

This has been well-used and, at the request of residents, I asked the City Council’s environment management team some time ago if further picnic tables could be provided.
I am pleased to advise I had a positive response to this and recently asked for an update on timescales.
In the past week I received the following feedback :

“Picnic tables are ordered and should be coming next week. We will look to install as soon as we can.”



Unite against racism and stand up for racial equality – Lyons and Kearney

We must all unite against the scourge of racism and champion racial equality in our society, Junior Ministers Gordon Lyons and Declan Kearney have said.



Temporary Traffic Order – West Marketgait, West Port Roundabout and Hawkhill


From the City Council :

Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating bus priority improvements.  The Order is expected to be in force for 3 weeks from 22 March 2021.  Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months. 

The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all vehicular traffic in (1) West Marketgait northbound from its junction with Nethergate to West Port Roundabout, (2) West Port Roundabout on the south side of the outer lane and (3) Hawkhill from West Port Roundabout to Brown Street.

An alternative route will be available southbound via West Marketgait, Dudhope Crescent Roundabout, Lochee Road, Polepark Road, Brook Street, Guthrie Street, Horsewater Wynd and Hawkhill and northbound via Nethergate, Perth Road and Hawkhill.

For further information, please contact the Network Management Team, City Development Department, Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, DD1 1LS – phone 433275.