300% increase on Dublin housing lists
There has been a 330% increase on social housing waiting lists in Dublin City under this Government which at first denied and continues to totally fail to address the chronic housing shortage. Labour and Fine Gael have forced 100s and 1,000s of men, women and children into homelessness. They stubbornly refuse to consider increasing rent […]
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Education Policy Launch
Education Policy launch
Every parent wants the best education for their child. Most parents want to send their child to school locally. A failure to reform school admission policies, abolition of dedicated career guidance, school completion and DEIS programmes is limiting access to and damaging the quality of education being delivered in Dublin Central. It is preventing young […]
Reinstate Phibsborough Local Area Plan
Phibsborough Plan Rejected
The rejection of the Phibsborough Local Area Plan (LAP) at the meeting of Dublin City Council earlier this week is a major set-back for our area. It is a body blow to the local community, to the many residents and voluntary groups who worked so hard for many years and it also a huge waste of public […]
“Gender Quota” legislation should be scrapped.
From the outset I believed the “Gender quota” legislation introduced by Minister Phil Hogan on behalf of this Government was fundamentally flawed. It is a poor response to the under representation of women in the Dáil. It requires all political parties to field minimum 30% female candidates at the next General Election or face a significant cut […]
Cabra Shooting Unacceptable
When gun crimes occur on residential roads with open green spaces where children play daily it is time for the authorities to wake-up and acknowledge that their approach to crime in our community is failing. As a founding member of the Cabra Community Policing Forum I work with residents, elected representatives, the local authority and […]
Boycott Bank of Ireland
The outrageous announcement by Bank of Ireland a bailed-out pillar bank to restrict face to face cash withdrawals to amounts over €700 is unacceptable. People should boycott Bank of Ireland unless they back down and drop this policy. This change of practice will present huge difficulties for many people but most especially the elderly. […]
Mary with Cabra Post Master Andrew Kelly
