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.”
But the Honest2Goodness traders may have been pushing at the wrong door, as the warehouse appears to have new owners.
Some residents of Castle Court still aren’t back in their homes. “It’s awful to think … overnight this can just happen,” says local resident Helen Rooney.
Some of the meetings to discuss the city’s housing delivery and services have moved to closed-door workshops too.
Dublin city councillors at a budget meeting talked about funding to do up vacant social homes, and also for street cleaning.
“Today is the saddest day in Ballymun, when all the till dogs must go their merry way.”
Gazans resident in Ireland who aren’t Irish citizens face high hurdles in getting their family members out of the war zone to join them.
“The trial is the consultation,” Brendan O’Brian said, explaining the new Department of Transport guidelines for medium-sized projects.
“I am dealing with serious cases, people screaming and crying for houses,” says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin.
Two men from the Gwira family attended King’s Inns, one in 1915 and one in the 1950s.
Locals complain that it creates unsanitary conditions and attracts rats.
“You could have it like the Blackrock market, where it’s a hive of activity during the daytime,” says Brian Dempsey.
He suggested that a low-emissions zone for the city centre, and a pay-per-mile model for the Dublin region might be better.