Pelletstown Station
Irish Rail have awarded the construction of the new Pelletstown Station at Ashington Park to John Sisk & Sons. It is estimated that construction and commissioning of the station will take approx. 15 months. The new train station will be located between Ashtown and Broombridge on the Maynooth commuter line and is expected to serve […]
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
Wheelchair users can often struggle to access public transport. Transport for Ireland have set-up a register with contact details for all licensed wheelchair accessible vehicles in the country. To find a wheelchair accessible vehicle near you, including taxi drivers, please click HERE.
Connolly SHD
On Friday last, An Bord Pleanála granted fast tracked planning permission for a development including over 700 “build-to-rent” apartments beside Connolly Station. In light of this decision, there was unanimous support for Mary’s emergency motion to Dublin City Council, calling for newly elected TDs for Dublin Central to stop the give away of public land. […]
Irish Deaf Society
The Irish Deaf Society has carried out interviews with Dublin Central Candidates from various parties in advance of General Election 2020 on Saturday 8th February. Mary was delighted to be invited to be interviewed as part of the process. You can see the full interview below.
Save 16 Moore St
Mary was delighted to deputise for the Lord Mayor and to join with 1916 relatives and Moore Street traders at the Save 16 Moore Street workshop in Dublins Mansion House today. This campaign aims to protect the historic Moore Street 1916 Battlefield, described by the National Museum as the most important and significant modern Irish […]
NEIC Sail Training Voyages
Dublin’s North East Inner City’s (NEIC) Initiative has been tasked with oversight of the long-term social and economic regeneration of the area. Last summer 30 people from the North East Inner City of Dublin took part in the NEIC Sail Training Voyages aboard the tall ship Pelican of London and the Dublin based vessel Brian […]
Housing in Dublin Central
Young working people in Dublin have little or no prospect of having their own home. They’re crippled with rents, living in fear of constant eviction or unable to move out of their own parent’s homes. There are more than 10,000 people homeless and 4,000 of them are children. And yet there are acres of state […]
Lindsay Road Dumping
As a resident of Lindsay Road, Mary is conscious of the all too frequent illegal dumping at the top of the road near Harte’s Corner. Following Mary’s representations DCC Public Domain Office has advised that Greyhound have been asked to remove their two bags, sighted recently by a resident, and that the litter warden will […]
Traffic Calming Clonliffe Road
Following representations made by Mary in respect of complaints of speeding on Clonliffe Road, DCC’s Transport Advisory Group conducted a speed survey on the road recently. Feedback from the Transport Advisory Group was that the average speeds along the road were well within the speed limit. The group also concluded that the road contains many […]
Early Childhood
Rising to the Challenge As a mother of three children Mary is acutely aware of the value of a positive childhood experience. Early childhood in particular is of critical importance to parents, policymakers and our wider society. Mary is happy to do all she can to support three proposals from Early Childhood Ireland which will […]