Council moves on plan for 5,000 homes on lands between Inchicore and Ballyfermot
The changes will be gradual, said a council planner. “It’s not an overnight, you know, deployment of four or five thousand units in an area.”
“I fear that this is a closure by stealth,” says Labour Councillor Declan Meenagh.
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The 300-year-old council-owned building in the Liberties, which is leased to An Taisce, has been at the centre of a dispute over planning.
For several summers, the road along the north-east side of the triangular park has been pedestrianised at the weekends.
It has commissioned a study to weigh up the future of the Mercy Convent gate lodge, the Goldenbridge Integrated Services Complex, and the old library.
These were some of the issues discussed at the most recent meeting of the council’s environment committee.
“We are more than capable of speaking for ourselves,” says Leo Kavanagh, national secretary of Physical Impairment Ireland.
It could also help smooth the way for the redevelopment of St Patrick’s Athletic FC’s home ground Richmond Park, which is next to the river.
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After all, councillors are charged with “Scrutinising the performance of local authorities against priorities and targets set”, the Department of Local Government says.
The roll-out of a flood alleviation scheme along the river might require relocating Woody, said a Dublin City Council engineer.
Former council planner Kieran Rose says the council has lost the plot. “It’s crazy,” he says. “If we do this we are giving up on the city.”