The application was originally conceived and developed by South Dublin County Council and was rolled out to all other County Councils country-wide through the pre-December 2012 period.
The application, that you can find at fixyourstreet.ie, consists of a publicly accessible web site with associated mobile technologies on which non emergency issues such as graffiti, road defects, issues with street lighting, water leaks/drainage issues, and litter or illegal dumping can be reported.
Think about a scenario, you are walking on the street and you realise there is Graffiti on the side of the road, being a responsible resident of your area you decide that you would like to report it to the local council.
In earlier days the process was to search for the number of your local county council and then ring them to report of the issue after talking to a receptionist and then a support call centre operative. After going through all this pain the possibility was that you will never know what happened to the report.
Fix Your Street enables anybody to submit reports about graffiti, leaks and drainage, potholes and damage to roads and paths, street lighting, and public green areas: you can use the app, email, tweet #fysie, or the contact form on the site to report a problem in your area.
The application is now available all over Ireland and sports aroun 50 reports per day, raning from faulty street lights, illegal dumping, graffiti and green areas overgrowing.