Connolly SHD
At the November meeting of the Central Area Committee Cllr Mary Fitzpatrick called for Dublin City Council to reject the Connolly SHD proposal for 741 “build to rent” residential units on a 7 acre state owned site adjacent to Connolly Station. This is a hugely important state owned site with the potential to provide […]
Faussagh House Dereliction
Mary continues to pursue a resolution to the abandoned and derelict site to the rear of the Faussagh House on Faussagh Avenue. Mary recently asked the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council for an update on action DCC is taking to address the dereliction and if DCC will consider purchasing the site. In reply Dublin […]
Connolly SHD
At the November Central Area Committee Mary called for the proposed Strategic Housing Development at the rear of Connolly Station to be rejected in its current format because this proposal for 741 tiny, build-to-rent apartments is cheap and falls far short of what this hugely important site in our capital city deserves. 98% of the […]
O’Devaney Gardens
Mary is determined that Dublin City Council will deliver social and affordable housing and introduce the Vienna style housing model of affordable rental in Dublin City. In October, Mary and her colleagues rejected a bad Fine Gael / Sinn Fein proposal for O’Devaney Gardens: only 30% social housing, un-affordable housing for average earners and no guaranteed […]
O’Devaney Gardens, An Alternative
Affordable housing will never be delivered in Dublin City unless there is a change in Government policy and the State invests in its provision. O’Devaney Gardens is a 14 acre prime state-owned site in the heart of our capital city with enormous potential to deliver social and affordable homes. De-tenanting of the former local authority […]
Connolly SHD
An application for planning permission for a Strategic Housing Development of 741 residential units in 8 blocks to the rear of Connolly Station has been made to An Bord Pleanala. The application was submitted to An Bord Pleanála on 16th October 2019, who are now in the process of validating the application. The last date for observations/submissions […]
Phibsborough Dereliction
After ten years Mary’s determination to address and reverse dereliction on Connaught Street is paying off. Dublin City Council compulsorily purchased 19 & 21 Connaught street, is renovating them and restoring them to family homes.
Stoneybatter Greening
Dublin City Council propose developing a plan to increase greening in Stoneybatter. Dublin City Council are inviting local residents and businesses to get involved in designing the plan by participating in a number of workshops. For more information about the Greening project please click HERE and to register for the workshops please email: greeningstoneybatter@dublincity.ie
O’Devaney Gardens
It is more than three years since the Government proudly announced its intention to develop O’Devaney Gardens as its flagship housing development under Rebuilding Ireland. Today, following the absence of funding, government commitment and most of all, political will, O’Devaney remains a vacant, abandoned site and wasted opportunity to use public land to deliver desperately […]
Fruit & Veg Market
Mary’s motion to re-develop the Fruit and Vegetable Market in Smithfield was unanimously supported at the September 2019 meeting of the Central Area Committee. The motion was as follows: The Central Area Committee support the expeditious re-opening of the former wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market, Dublin 7 as a municipal fresh food and produce market […]