Riverwood Residents Association

Riverwood estate, Carpenterstown, Dublin 15

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Meeting with Gardai about recent burglaries

November 26, 2020 | Posted in General, Meetings

Yesterday evening the Riverwood Residents Association committee met with Sergeant Rory Carey who looks after Community Policing from Blanchardstown Garda Station. We raised residents’ concerns about recent burglaries in the estate and get feedback.

Sergeant Carey advised:

  • Burglaries seemed to be targetting houses specifically to get jewellery or gold. Burglars appear to be profiling resident,s so are aware where it is more likely that there will be more jewellery/gold in the house.- Access is via back doors or patios where glass is removed or locks are forced.
  • Similar to activities last year where there was spate of robberies in D15 area over Christmas period. Gardai suspect criminals coming in from South Dublin to perform these robberies.

These properties weren’t randomly selected but have been watched and picked out where the burglars suspect they can get valuables. The Riverwood Residents Association believe that “cold callers” coming door-to-door offering services and those delivering leaflets may be involved in targeting households for burglaries at a later time.

In light of these events, residents are advised to:

  • ensure a well maintained house alarm – house alarms werer not switched on or in operation in last 2 robberies- get outdoor sensor lights – front and back
  • consider getting CCTV – may assist in any activity on your property or your neighbours
  • take photos of your jewellery/gold with any markings – consider storing in a safety deposit location.
  • communicate any suspicious activity to Gardai and also pass this info to Riverwood Aware text alert service so we can distribute

All residents need to be more vigilant and aware of strangers and unfamiliar cars in our neighbourhood. Clearly houses are being monitored to see when people leave. If you are suspicious about anything ring 999/112 – this will always be answered and call logged and appropriate priority assigned. Take down car details and reg plates and pass onto the text alert service as well, so we can broadcast to other residents.

Sergeant Carey has said that he can arrange to get a Crime Prevention Officer to call or advise residents with respect to options about securing their property. He committed to raising additional resources and patrols with the Superintendent.

If anyone wants to discuss anything about these incidents they can contact Sergeant Carey at Blanchardstown Garda Station on (01) 666-7020 or via email at rory.p.carey@garda.ie.

Link to Garda Crime Prevention Website – Crime prevention

Garda Meeting – do you have concerns?

October 9, 2018 | Posted in General, Meetings

Contact us with any Garda related concerns so that we can bring them to a Garda meeting on 18 October.

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AGM & Clean Up Day – Thank You

April 15, 2018 | Posted in General, Meetings

Thank you to everyone that attended the AGM on Wednesday and helped during the Clean Up on Saturday.

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Thanks for attending the AGM

May 15, 2017 | Posted in General, Meetings

Thank you to those that attended our AGM last week. Mark’s presentation described the committee’s work of the previous year and included the usual request for more residents to join the committee. FixYourStreet.ie The easiest way to report issues to Fingal County Council is through the FixYourStreet.ie website. The search facility on that website is […]

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AGM on Monday May 8th at 8pm

May 5, 2017 | Posted in General, Meetings

Riverwood Residents Association are holding their AGM on Monday 8th May in St Patricks Community Centre at 8:00 PM Agenda: New School Estate Maintenance Security and Text Aware Service Planning and Development in Carpenterstown The Association needs more representation from each road across Riverwood in order to effectively deal with the issues that impact the […]

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Meeting with Gardai – 6 October 2016

October 13, 2016 | Posted in General, Meetings

Read a summary of our meeting with Gardai and other residents associations. Includes advice on protecting your property.

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AGM 5 July 2016

June 30, 2016 | Posted in General, Meetings

Riverwood Residents Association AGM on Tuesday 5th July 2016 at 8pm in St Patrick’s Community Centre

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First look at draft Fingal Development Plan

December 3, 2015 | Posted in Fingal County Council, General, Meetings

Councillor Roderic O’Gorman is hosting a public meeting about the draft Fingal County Development Plan 2017-23. The meeting is on at 8pm on Tuesday 8th December at Diswellstown Community Centre (behind St Patrick’s National School). He will have maps and laptops with the draft Development Plan on them. As a county councillor he can submit […]

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Promoting Riverwood Residents Association

June 26, 2015 | Posted in General, Meetings

Thank you to the extra residents that turned up to the monthly meeting earlier this week. We are planning an awareness campaign to promote the residents association to those that may not know that we exist.

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AGM Notes

June 11, 2015 | Posted in General, Meetings

Thank you to the residents that took the time to come to the recent AGM. You can download the slides shown at the AGM.

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Riverwood Aware

Riverwood Aware is a free text alert system for residents.

To register for the service please text 087-760-4369 with your name and address (to allow for alerts for specific roads).

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