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SAMRA is Dublin's oldest residents' association - serving the community for 60 years. We work on behalf of local residents to protect and enhance this unique locality for today and tomorrow. If you are living in the area we would really appreciate your support  - please join us HERE.

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Dear Sandymount & Merrion Neighbour

Here is a Season's greeting from SAMRA, your local residents association.

I am also taking this opportunity to write to you all on behalf of the SAMRA Committee to give a timely "End of Year" update on our many activities we are engaged in on your behalf. Please click HERE to read the full report. 

 

We have expanded the committee through 2024, closing previous gaps and although we are a team of volunteers with busy lives, we are making increased progress in a number of areas. These priorities were guided by your survey feedback in April this year. This is all included in the newsletter.

 

This will also be shared with our elected representatives with best wishes to them and also to help with any early focus on our priorities that may be helpful as a new government is formed.

We can only maintain this with support from your annual subscription, which remains unchanged - please click HERE to join from just 10 euro annually.

 

We are now making significant progress but can be even more successful with an expanded membership. Although this happily continues to grow, we are still in reality only a small proportion of the overall local area population.

 

So as a request, please share this with family members and friends who live here - with an invitation for them to join.

 

We have set April 29th for the 2025 Annual General Meeting, which we intend to host nearby in the Sandymount Hotel again.

 

Finally the very best wishes from myself and the SAMRA Committee for a Happy and Healthy Festive holiday.

 

 

David Turner - Chair

SAMRA  - Sandymount & Merrion Residents Association

 

Committee and Officers 2024-25

Chair : David Turner; Treasurer : Patrick Smyth; Planning & Developments : Niall McElroy. Membership Secretary : Tom Hill Committee Members : Joan McArthur, Liam Handy, Irene Duffy Lynch, Kristin Hadfield, Jeremy Humphries, Jessica Ryan, Mark Wheeler, Karl Anderson, PJO'Gorman, Claire Wheeler, Margaret Brindley, Nick Seymour, Ciaran Arthur

SAMRA started  with a group of residents of Sandymount concerned at the creeping loss of the seafront as an environmental and recreational amenity for the citizens of Dublin.

 

Since then it has had a very positive impact on local planning, development, and policy matters.  The work is ongoing and there are still enormous opportunities to make the area an extremely attractive community for locals and an enriching amenity for the wider Dublin community.

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