Mary welcomes improvements in our public transport system, making it more frequent & sustainable, however she has written to the NTA and the Minister for Transport to express her disappointment at the decision to file planning applications for both these projects at the same time. This will mean that residents affected by these preferred routes…
Category: Glasnevin
Bus Connects Ballymun/Finglas Route
The NTA have submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanala for the Ballymun/Finglas Route of Bus Connects. Following the last round of Public Consultation there have been a small number of changes made to the proposal: A wider footpath is proposed on the western side of Cross Guns Bridge over the Royal Canal on…
Scoil Chaitríona
Mary welcomed the news from Minister Norma Foley of the approval of a new school building for Scoil Chaitríona in Glasnevin. The school building be 500 pupil Post Primary School.
Corpus Christi Church
Mary has been updated by Dublin City Council that further to her nomination form, that Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Glasnevin, has been added to the Conservation Section’s list of nominations to the Record of Protected Structures (RPS). The current priority for the Section in relation to the RPS is the processing of more than 150…
Glenavon House
A planning application has been lodged to develop 52 apartments on the site of Glenavon House (corner of Ballymun Rd/Griffith Ave). The development will consist of 13 1-bed apartments, 9 2-bed apartments, 17 2-bed duplex apartments, 8 3-bed apartments and 5 3-bed duplex apartments. There are plans for 37 car parking spaces and 80 cycle…
Cross Guns SHD- Public Meeting
On Saturday February 13th Mary and Cllr Eimer McCormack hosted public meeting online to review the planning application for the Cross Guns Strategic Housing Development. The application was made to An Bord Pleanala on 1st February 2020 and the deadline for submissions is 5.30pm on March 8th. For info on how to submit an observation…
Cross Guns
Mary & Cllr Eimer McCormack are hosting a public meeting to review a new SHD planning application for 205 apartments at the old bakery site at Cross Guns. The application was made to An Bord Pleanala on 1st February 2020 and the deadline for submissions is 5.30pm on March 8th.The agenda for our zoom call is: Overview…
New FF Councillor for Cabra-Glasnevin
Mary is delighted to announce Fianna Fáil Dublin Central’s newest Public Representative Cllr Eimer McCormack. Eimer has lived all her life in Dublin Central working in customer facing roles, dealing with the public. Mary was proud to support Eimer’s candidacy as a hard working and long-standing member of Dublin Central CDC. I am confident Cllr…
Botanic SHD- Update
An Bord Pleanála has refused the most recent SHD application for the former Smurfit Site (now Daneswell Place) on Botanic Road. For more information click here
DART+West- Update
Due to feedback from residents and public representatives along the route, the public consultation period for DART+ West has been extended until 21st October at 17:00hrs, for details on how to make a submission click HERE The upgrade of the Maynooth line to a DART service will provide a more sustainable, reliable, frequent rail…