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Dublin City Council Housing

DCC’s Oscar Traynor Road Development Plan

06/10/2020 By John Lyons 1 Comment

Zoning map Oscar Traynor Road near Coolock Lane

And why public land should be used for public housing On 16 November 2020, at a meeting of Dublin City Council, by a vote of 48 to 14 (1 abstention) councillors voted not to gift the 42 acres of prime council-owned land of the Oscar Traynor Road Development in Coolock to the property developer Glenveagh. […]

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Property Developer Bypasses Clongriffin Residents

03/10/2019 By John Lyons Leave a Comment

Clongriffin map

By Independent Left Councillor John Lyons So this is the Irish planning system in action: Gannon Homes wants to construct 1,970 residential units in Clongriffin, along with some office and commercial space yet they have lodged three separate planning applications to two different bodies: An Bord Pleanala and Dublin City Council, thus making it a […]

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New Playground For Kilbarrack

01/10/2019 By admin Leave a Comment

Kilbarrack Playground

After a long struggle, Kilbarrack finally has a new area for children to play in After a protracted effort that began more than twenty years ago, there is finally a new children’s playground in Kilbarrack in front of the Kilbarrack All Weather pitch facing on to Greendale Road at the top of Thornville Road. A […]

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O’Devaney Gardens: Public Lands for Public Housing

12/09/2019 By John Lyons 4 Comments

O'Deveney Gardens protest to build public housing

O’Devaney Gardens is a 14 hectare site right next to the Phoenix Park, and if developed sensibly, could have provided a large number of social and affordable housing units on site, yet instead it is being used to give a huge payday to developer Bartra Capital. Public land at O’Devaney Gardens Given Away for Private […]

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Housing Development Plan for Chivers’ Factory Site, Coolock: Fine Gael backs Greed.

19/08/2019 By John Lyons 2 Comments

Map of the Chivers Factory location

By Councillor John Lyons, Independent Left Update on the plan for the Chivers Site Owners of the old Chivers jam factory site are at it again: breaking commitments previously given, revealing themselves to be nothing but lying property speculators. Three years have passed since Dublin City councillors rezoned the industrial site in Coolock from industrial […]

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