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
DCC gave away O’Devaney Gardens without guarantees of affordable housing On the evening of 4 November 2019, Dublin City Council officials and councillors from a range a political parties (Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein, Labour, Soc Dems, Greens and some Independents) handed over a hugely valuable piece of public land, owned by the people of Dublin […]
Development Plan for Chivers’ Factory Site, Coolock: Fine Gael backs Greed.
By Councillor John Lyons, Independent Left Interview between Pat Kenny and myself, for Newstalk, 22 October 2019. The Fine Gael pro-developer planning system in action: we on Dublin City Council rezoned the old Chivers’ factory site in Coolock from industrial to residential in October 2017 on the advice of the following assessment from DCC’s planners: […]