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…

Cabra Community College

Having actively supported the campaign for a co-educate, non-denominational secondary school in Dublin 7, Mary was delighted to join the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) and Educate Together (ET) to announce that will work together to operate Cabra Community College as a co-educate, non-denominational secondary school according to their shared ethos.  Their…

Affordable Homes

For years Mary has campaigned for secure affordable housing in Dublin Central. On behalf of Fianna Fáil Mary successfully agreed ambitious objectives for affordable public housing with Green, Labour and Social Democrat City Councillors in the Dublin City Agreement 2019-2024. The Journal.ie interviewed Mary and other City Councillors about how they intend to challenge and…

Dublin Agreement 2019-24

At Dublin City Councils July 2019 Monthly Meeting, on behalf of Fianna Fáil, Mary proposed the Dublin Agreement and called on all City Councillors to support its ambitious objectives for the city. Click HERE to read the Dublin Agreement. Click HERE to watch webcast of Mary proposing the Agreement to full City Council.

Local Property Tax

Mary says it is unfair that Local Property Tax paid by homeowners in Dublin City is not spent in the city. Mary is calling for Local Property Tax collected in Dublin City to be spent in Dublin City. Mary successfully negotiated an inclusion of this objective in the Dublin City Agreement 2019-2024 with Green, Labour…

Dublin Agreement 2019-2024

The Dublin Agreement 2019-2024 is a progressive five-year agreement between Fianna Fáil, Green, Labour and the Social Democrat City Councillors to champion ambitious objectives for Dublin City.  On behalf of Fianna Fáil, the largest group on Dublin City Council, Mary successfully led the policy negotiations with the Green, Labour and Social Democrat City Councillors. Mary…