Draft Kylemore masterplan disrespects the city’s oldest Traveller site, say reps
For a start, it shouldn’t allow for up to 15 storeys over the road from the bungalows of Labre Park, says the coordinator of Ballyfermot Travellers Action Project.
He fears not having a place to stay while he’s recovering, so he’s searching, hoping, and waiting.
The current restrictions do need to change, said a spokesperson for the Department of Finance.
“We have waited too long; we desperately need the department to fund this,” says Shay L’Estrange, coordinator with Ballyfermot Traveller Action Project.
A masterplan for the area foresees up to 8,500 homes being built on the lands, as well as schools and sports and community facilities, and more.
The HSE has already put in a planning application to build a primary care centre on the site.
However, councillors disagree over whether rezoning more land will actually lead to more housing being built.
Homes in Parnell Estate have pyrite and fire-safety problems – and for years, auditors and councillors have been pushing the council to sort them.
It’s one of two prominent sites in Dolphins Barn that the Iveagh Trust has been prepping to build out.
Survivors have started to say that they wish they'd never applied for their redress, says Social Democrats Councillor Noelle Brown. “Which is appalling.”
Council managers are on the hunt now for sites.
Changes to funding under the tenant-in-situ scheme mean the council can no longer recoup costs of any immediate refurbishment of the properties.
“Some people have said it's a bit like karaoke.”