Across the city, parents snatch their kids out of the way of red-light-breaking drivers
Despite years of talk, a promised national strategy on red-light cameras is yet to be published – let alone implemented.
The new budget, approved by councillors at a meeting on 3 December, is up 7.5 percent from this year, to €389 million.
The HSE isn’t maintaining them well, or doing necessary upgrades – maybe it’s time it hands them over to the council, tenants and local councillors say.
“They just blamed biodiversity,” says Geraldine Dunne, director of Southside Traveller Action Group. “They didn’t even try to challenge the discrimination and racism.”
An inter-departmental group is going to have a think about it, and make recommendations in the first half of 2025, a Department of Housing spokesperson said.
These were two of the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a recent meeting of their North Central Area Committee.
On Monday, they saw new designs for a spot at the corner of Dame Street and South Great George’s Street.
It’s time to shift strategies, some say, and ramp up lower-density affordable-purchase housing there instead.
At a recent meeting, they detailed plans to modernise Glovers Court, and part of Pearse House, without tearing them down.
They’ve pleaded for Martin Property Consultants to deal properly with leaking sewage, mould, cracked walls, and dripping ceilings.
Here’s a sample of what came up at a recent council meeting for the Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Castleknock and Ongar areas.
“The private rental market is not a solution to the housing crisis, most particularly for Travellers. Councils are also failing to deliver.”