St Finbar’s Court
Following demolition of the former Senior Citizen complex, St Finbars Court in Cabra West Dublin City Council is preparing an application for planning permission to build a new Senior Citizen complex on the site. Following Mary’s request Dublin City Council is holding a consultation meeting with locals on Thursday October 3rd, 2019 at 7pm in […]
O’Devaney Gardens
After more than ten years, on October 7th 2019, Dublin City Councillors will vote to accept or reject a proposal for the redevelopment of O’Devaney Gardens as detailed in the City Managers Proposal HERE. Mary believes public land such as O’Devaney Gardens should be used to provide affordable public housing. Unfortunately despite Government identifying O’Devaney […]
Local Property Tax
At a special meeting of Dublin City Council on Monday 23rd September 2019 Mary’s motion on behalf of the Fianna Fáil group to maintain LPT charges for Dublin City Homeowners was passed with the support of Sinn Féin, Fine Gael, Independent and People before Profit City Councillors. In general terms Fianna Fail is opposed to […]
O’Devaney Gardens
Dublin City has become unaffordable for average earners to live in. One of the main reasons Mary sought election was to champion the delivery of affordable homes for working people in our community. Mary believes passionately that everyone should have a secure affordable home. Mary believes Dublin City needs to adopt the Vienna Housing Model […]
Central Area Committee, Sep-19
Mary represented the interests of the people of the Cabra Glasnevin ward of Dublin City Council at the September 2019 Central Area Committee. You can watch the meeting HERE Among the issues discussed were housing proposals for O’Devaney Gardens, Infirmary Road and St Finbars Court. Mary also raised issues around traffic, parking, waste management and […]
Ventry Park Redesign
Dublin City Council has advised Mary that they will hold a public meeting on Wednesday 25th September 2019 at 7pm to allow residents of Ventry Park and surrounding streets to have their say about what they would like to see / have in the new designed Ventry Park. Mary hopes as many residents as possible […]
St Finbar’s Court
Dublin City Council advised Mary that demolition contractors will be on site at St Finbars Court, Kilkernan Road from Monday 26th of August. Demolition is expected to take eight to ten weeks. Dublin City Council intends seeking a Part 8 Planning Approval to develop high quality, one bedroom senior citizen accommodation on the site. At the […]
Botanic SHD
In June 2019 following strong observations from Mary and others An Bord Pleanala refused planning permission for 299 apartments on the Smurfit site on Botanic Road. On Friday 26th July, a new site notice was displayed on the Smurfit Site, see attached photo of site notice. The notice states Scanron Limited intends applying to Dublin […]
Cabra Hills, Update
Work on the excavation of the former CIE site on the Cabra Road for the construction of 420 apartments will continue until November 2019. In response to Mary’s representations on behalf of surrounding residents on Quarry, Cabra and Carnlough Roads Walls Construction made the following commitments: • No works will commence on site before 7am […]
Connaught Street Dereliction, Update
For more than a decade Mary has campaigned to get Dublin City Council to tackle dereliction in our community. Finally, in July 2019 Dublin City Council confirmed to Cllr Mary Fitzpatrick that it is finalising acquisition of 19 & 21 Connaught Street, Dublin 7. The Transfer of Ownership to DCC is expected to be […]