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. […]
Property Developer Bypasses Clongriffin Residents
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 […]
New Playground For Kilbarrack
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 […]
O’Devaney Gardens: Public Lands for 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 […]
Housing Development Plan for Chivers’ Factory Site, Coolock: Fine Gael backs Greed.
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 […]