In 2015, as a City Councillor, Mary supported Dublin City Council’s acquisition of Dalymount Park in order to save the historic grounds. Mary recently visited the stadium with Fianna Fáil Minister for Sport, Thomas Byrne TD, where they discussed the redevelopment of the stadium with Bohemian’s Chief Operating Officer, Daniel Lambert. Dalymount is an integral…
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Dalymount Development Update
In 2015 Mary supported Dublin City Council buying Dalymount Park to save this historic football stadium. In 2019 the then Government approved funding for Dublin City Council to appoint a design team to prepare redevelopment design plans. Mary recently received an update from Dublin City Council outlining the work of the design team to date,…
Dalymount Development Update
In 2015 Mary supported Dublin City Council buying Dalymount Park to save this historic football stadium. In 2019 the then Government approved funding for Dublin City Council to appoint a design team to prepare redevelopment design plans. Dublin City Council currently aims to make an application for planning in May 2023 and hopes to commence…
Dalymount regeneration
Mary actively champions the regeneration of Phibsborough as a prime urban village at Dublin City Council. When re-elected in May 2019 Mary secured the inclusion of redevelopment of Dalymount as an objective in the Dublin Agreement 2019-2024. Unfortunately its regeneration is largely dependent on the redevelopment of the shopping Center (in private ownership) and Dalymount…
Sale of Public Lands
At the January 2020 meeting of Dublin City Council, Mary called for Councillors to reject the CEO’s proposal to sell-off €90m of public land. The disposal of public assets is a reserved function of Dublin City Councillors i.e. public land can only be sold with the approval of elected City Councillors. Mary urges all City…
Phibsboro SC Re-development
As promised during the local election campaign, Mary submitted a motion to the first meeting of Dublin City Council calling for Dublin City Council, the developer, Tesco and Bohemians to meet with DCC and local City Councillors to resolve the dispute and agree a way forward. The motion appeared on the agenda as follows:”The elected…
Phibsborough
From when Mary was first elected in 2004 she championed the redevelopment of Phibsorough as a prime urban center. The redevelopment of Phibsborough Shopping Centre and Dalymount stadium are critically important for regeneration of our prime urban centre and should be undertaken in an integrated way. It is more than four years since DCC acquired…
Phibsborough Shopping Centre Planning Application
An application for planning permission to re-develop Phibsborough Shopping Centre has been made to Dublin City Council. The application includes the old Des Kelly site, part of Dalymount and aims to deliver a significant increase in retail space as well as 340 new student accommodation places. Full details of the planning application are available here or…
Dalymount Stadium
Dublin City Council recently purchased Dalymount Park in Phibsborough and commissioned an initial feasibility study on possible future options for redevelopment of the stadium, click here for a copy of the study. A redevelopment plan will be required before any work commences and that is dependent on DCC getting Government funding. DCC has committed…
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…