“This is the first strategic plan to look at the provision of sport, physical activity and recreation in the city and to plan it out in a strategic way.”
“I see photos of greenways across the country and I’m horrified. You get this wide flat surface … and the nature is secondary, and I think, here, it’s worth saving.”
One window remembers people the community lost, and the other remembers how the community came together to support each other through the difficult time.
The area could be transformed if intense therapeutic services were rolled out for a small number of high-need families, says community planner Andrew Montague.
At the request of some residents, the council recently installed yet another fence in Finglas South, this one blocking a shortcut to the park and a bus stop.
The services are now more expensive, and the companies managing them are less flexible and harder to contact than the embassies were, would-be travellers say.
From managing and maintaining the city’s housing, to keeping the traffic flowing smoothly, to fixing the roads, all sorts of services are suffering councillors say.
As years have passed and the council has not rolled out its proposed 350 bike bunkers, people have been finding their own solutions – but planning is a barrier.
