Dublin City Council is developing plans to remove private car traffic from College Green and create a new civic plaza when the LUAS works are completed later this year. Consultants have been engaged to carry out a full Environmental Impact Statement and to lodge the development proposals and all related documents with An Bord Pleanala (expected to be in March 2017). A design team is about to be appointed to develop design proposals for the new Civic Plaza. Dublin City Council are asking the public to make suggestions and give their ideas on the proposed new Civic Plaza. If you have any ideas or suggestions you can make them here. The deadline for submissions is January 26th 2017.
Protection of Retail Workers Bill
In April 2025 Mary introduced the Protection of Retail Workers Act 2025, a Bill aimed at amending the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to create specific offences for assaulting, threatening, harassing, or abusing retail workers while they are carrying out their employment. Retail workers across Ireland are on the
