Months on, council still investigating ethics complaints against independent councillor
Two councillors have lodged complaints with the council against independent Councillor Gavin Pepper. But there’s been no conclusion yet to those processes.
“We've gotten broken promises before from Dublin City Council, but this all feels different. We’ve never had this commitment before.”
The council abandoned plans to buy a space in Belmayne as officials couldn’t carry out a proper evaluation to ensure there weren’t defects, emails show.
A ground-floor strip, supposed to be the library, has sat empty. Dublin City Council just gave permission to the current owner to convert it to four apartments.
The council owns 11 hectares in Belmayne, perhaps enough for 1,000 new homes. One councillor wonders why the council isn’t working faster to develop it.