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After 3 years, I've finally got our counciltracker back online, in case you want to see how Dublin city councillors voted on whether to approve the 2026 budget, and the rent increase that came with it (click in to explore full list)... or 1/ counciltracker-fdecc5cce045.herokuapp.com/dcc/motions/...
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
After 3 years, I've finally got our counciltracker back online, in case you want to see how Dublin city councillors voted on whether to approve the 2026 budget, and the rent increase that came with it (click in to explore full list)... or 1/ counciltracker-fdecc5cce045.herokuapp.com/dcc/motions/...
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Major public transport projects at risk as Govt priority shifts to roads; funding committed to Galway’s second ring road with “€1bn+” cost
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
Major public transport projects at risk as Govt priority shifts to roads; funding committed to Galway’s second ring road with “€1bn+” cost
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the funding ratio between public transport and roads is set to change from 2:1 to close to 1:1. Between 2026 and 2030, public transport is expected to get €10.1 billion, while roads is to get €9.7 billion, while active travel and greenways are expected to get €1.8 billion.
irishcycle.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Major public transport projects at risk as Govt priority shifts to roads; funding committed to Galway’s second ring road with “€1bn+” cost
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…
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This is an absolute disaster. Taking away money from ready-to-go public transport projects so that they can chuck more cash at new roads.
The exact opposite direction we should be going.
(Plus: the more you delay projects, the more they cost. Every time.)
The exact opposite direction we should be going.
(Plus: the more you delay projects, the more they cost. Every time.)
DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is an absolute disaster. Taking away money from ready-to-go public transport projects so that they can chuck more cash at new roads.
The exact opposite direction we should be going.
(Plus: the more you delay projects, the more they cost. Every time.)
The exact opposite direction we should be going.
(Plus: the more you delay projects, the more they cost. Every time.)
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That’s quite an own goal by Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien delaying the Finglas Luas by two years, and stalling on DART+ South West till 2030, on World Sustainable Transport Day, no less. Who needs Judicial Reviews when Fianna Fáil’s running the show?
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
That’s quite an own goal by Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien delaying the Finglas Luas by two years, and stalling on DART+ South West till 2030, on World Sustainable Transport Day, no less. Who needs Judicial Reviews when Fianna Fáil’s running the show?
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Funding allocations for The National Development Plan...
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Funding allocations for The National Development Plan...
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
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This is appalling. A public transport project that could start tomorrow, and would take loads of traffic on the road, but will not progress at all under this government.
DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is appalling. A public transport project that could start tomorrow, and would take loads of traffic on the road, but will not progress at all under this government.
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Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
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Strong local government needs local fundraising. Dublin badly needs investment and councillors can't sit around expecting investment to happen while giving tax cuts for twelve years in a row.
July 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Strong local government needs local fundraising. Dublin badly needs investment and councillors can't sit around expecting investment to happen while giving tax cuts for twelve years in a row.
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There's a real cowardice and dishonesty in Irish politics around taxation.
Even in our small-scale debates in Dublin City Council, you could see it clearly.
Corporation tax revenue won't stay high like this forever, and our political system hasn't got our tax base ready for it.
Even in our small-scale debates in Dublin City Council, you could see it clearly.
Corporation tax revenue won't stay high like this forever, and our political system hasn't got our tax base ready for it.
July 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There's a real cowardice and dishonesty in Irish politics around taxation.
Even in our small-scale debates in Dublin City Council, you could see it clearly.
Corporation tax revenue won't stay high like this forever, and our political system hasn't got our tax base ready for it.
Even in our small-scale debates in Dublin City Council, you could see it clearly.
Corporation tax revenue won't stay high like this forever, and our political system hasn't got our tax base ready for it.
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We risk going back to square one on climate, because we thought the work had been done.
This is very bad news. What's more incredible is that EPP could have outbid the far right and didn't.
The complacency around the threat posed by the far-right to Europe's climate agenda is shocking.
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
The complacency around the threat posed by the far-right to Europe's climate agenda is shocking.
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
The far right’s climate power grab
The Patriots for Europe, a new far-right force in Brussels, has won the right to lead the European Parliament’s 2040 climate target discussions.
www.politico.eu
July 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We risk going back to square one on climate, because we thought the work had been done.
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We passed @greenpartyie.bsky.social Emergency Motion
To oppose stated plans by Minister Browne Government overreach” “undermining of local democracy & it's efforts to undermine the principle of sustainable community development” a “developer-led race to the bottom
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
To oppose stated plans by Minister Browne Government overreach” “undermining of local democracy & it's efforts to undermine the principle of sustainable community development” a “developer-led race to the bottom
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
July 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We passed @greenpartyie.bsky.social Emergency Motion
To oppose stated plans by Minister Browne Government overreach” “undermining of local democracy & it's efforts to undermine the principle of sustainable community development” a “developer-led race to the bottom
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
To oppose stated plans by Minister Browne Government overreach” “undermining of local democracy & it's efforts to undermine the principle of sustainable community development” a “developer-led race to the bottom
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
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North Circular Road plan shows Dublin City’s Active Travel office is not listening to feedback
-- After years of delay, the project covering the least constraint section of the route falls far short of delivering cycling for all. Comment & Analysis: A number of councillors have called for reform…
-- After years of delay, the project covering the least constraint section of the route falls far short of delivering cycling for all. Comment & Analysis: A number of councillors have called for reform…
North Circular Road plan shows Dublin City’s Active Travel office is not listening to feedback
-- After years of delay, the project covering the least constraint section of the route falls far short of delivering cycling for all. Comment & Analysis: A number of councillors have called for reform of Dublin City Council's Active Travel office because of the lack of delivery, and the latest designs of the council's North Circular Road project should only add fuel to those calls.
irishcycle.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
North Circular Road plan shows Dublin City’s Active Travel office is not listening to feedback
-- After years of delay, the project covering the least constraint section of the route falls far short of delivering cycling for all. Comment & Analysis: A number of councillors have called for reform…
-- After years of delay, the project covering the least constraint section of the route falls far short of delivering cycling for all. Comment & Analysis: A number of councillors have called for reform…
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Do the government trust Dubliners to have a more direct say on how Dublin is run?
Whether it's South William Street, Swords, Sandyford or Saggart - we need Ministers to step quietly to the side and allow some autonomy in how we manage our city.
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
Whether it's South William Street, Swords, Sandyford or Saggart - we need Ministers to step quietly to the side and allow some autonomy in how we manage our city.
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
Government ‘clearly doesn’t trust Dubliners’ as vote stalls on directly elected mayor
A decision to stall a public vote for a directly elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, shows the Government “clearly doesn’t trust Dubliners”, it has been claimed.
www.independent.ie
April 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Do the government trust Dubliners to have a more direct say on how Dublin is run?
Whether it's South William Street, Swords, Sandyford or Saggart - we need Ministers to step quietly to the side and allow some autonomy in how we manage our city.
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
Whether it's South William Street, Swords, Sandyford or Saggart - we need Ministers to step quietly to the side and allow some autonomy in how we manage our city.
www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
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As Jim Gavin says "There’s no political will for it. It was a big thing for the Greens in the last government and the appetite for it has gone with this one"
Government need to trust the people to decide & not put fake reasons to prevent a directly elected Dublin Mayor
thetimes.com/world/ireland-…
Government need to trust the people to decide & not put fake reasons to prevent a directly elected Dublin Mayor
thetimes.com/world/ireland-…
https://thetimes.com/world/ireland-…
April 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
As Jim Gavin says "There’s no political will for it. It was a big thing for the Greens in the last government and the appetite for it has gone with this one"
Government need to trust the people to decide & not put fake reasons to prevent a directly elected Dublin Mayor
thetimes.com/world/ireland-…
Government need to trust the people to decide & not put fake reasons to prevent a directly elected Dublin Mayor
thetimes.com/world/ireland-…
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This is incredibly insulting to the people of Dublin. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil never wanted to give power over to a Dublin mayor. Using Conor McGregor as an excuse is just pathetic.
April 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is incredibly insulting to the people of Dublin. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil never wanted to give power over to a Dublin mayor. Using Conor McGregor as an excuse is just pathetic.
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Why are so many people choosing to fly between Kerry and Dublin? The numbers hopping on the short-haul route have grown more than four-fold in three years. dublininquirer.com/2...
Why are so many people choosing to fly between Kerry and Dublin? - Dublin Inquirer
The numbers hopping on the short-haul route have grown more than four-fold in three years.
dublininquirer.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Why are so many people choosing to fly between Kerry and Dublin? The numbers hopping on the short-haul route have grown more than four-fold in three years. dublininquirer.com/2...
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A plan to give Government approval to reforms to the short term letting sector was dropped from the Cabinet agenda at the last minute.
In the current Housing Crisis we need to stop putting our homeless into hotels and tourist into homes!
#homelessness #housing #crisis #ireland #solutions #dublin
In the current Housing Crisis we need to stop putting our homeless into hotels and tourist into homes!
#homelessness #housing #crisis #ireland #solutions #dublin
April 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A plan to give Government approval to reforms to the short term letting sector was dropped from the Cabinet agenda at the last minute.
In the current Housing Crisis we need to stop putting our homeless into hotels and tourist into homes!
#homelessness #housing #crisis #ireland #solutions #dublin
In the current Housing Crisis we need to stop putting our homeless into hotels and tourist into homes!
#homelessness #housing #crisis #ireland #solutions #dublin
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In hundreds of apartments rented out by the same company, renters are on licences with few rights. What’s going on? dublininquirer.com/2...
In hundreds of apartments rented out by the same company, renters are on licences with few rights - Dublin Inquirer
What’s going on?
dublininquirer.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In hundreds of apartments rented out by the same company, renters are on licences with few rights. What’s going on? dublininquirer.com/2...
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Dublin City Council has hidden the names of donors to local election candidates. “It defeats the whole purpose of declaring large donors … so that it’s public and people can see who’s donating for whom and what influence is happening, if any.” dublininquirer.com/2...
Dublin City Council has hidden the names of donors to local election candidates - Dublin Inquirer
“It defeats the whole purpose of declaring large donors … so that it’s public and people can see who’s donating for whom and what influence is happening, if any.”
dublininquirer.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Dublin City Council has hidden the names of donors to local election candidates. “It defeats the whole purpose of declaring large donors … so that it’s public and people can see who’s donating for whom and what influence is happening, if any.” dublininquirer.com/2...
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Since Luas Cross City was finished, Dublin's Parnell St is likely one of the worst cases of redundant space for cars.
It's an underused dual carriageway in the heart of the city centre with pinch points at both ends. The vast majority of people are pedestrians but footpaths are cramped.
It's an underused dual carriageway in the heart of the city centre with pinch points at both ends. The vast majority of people are pedestrians but footpaths are cramped.
March 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Since Luas Cross City was finished, Dublin's Parnell St is likely one of the worst cases of redundant space for cars.
It's an underused dual carriageway in the heart of the city centre with pinch points at both ends. The vast majority of people are pedestrians but footpaths are cramped.
It's an underused dual carriageway in the heart of the city centre with pinch points at both ends. The vast majority of people are pedestrians but footpaths are cramped.
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No European city has a municipal government with such limited powers (except Russia & Moldova). For all his eloquence Subsidiarity is a word missing from McDowell’s vocabulary.
We don’t need new agencies, we need empowered local authorities.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
We don’t need new agencies, we need empowered local authorities.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Michael McDowell: No European city would tolerate the decay and dereliction visible in Dublin
All of Ireland’s cities and larger towns need positive urban planning. That needs a revolution in government thinking
www.irishtimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
No European city has a municipal government with such limited powers (except Russia & Moldova). For all his eloquence Subsidiarity is a word missing from McDowell’s vocabulary.
We don’t need new agencies, we need empowered local authorities.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
We don’t need new agencies, we need empowered local authorities.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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I am starting to see a pattern in who is always threatening to take us to court: it's landlords.
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I am starting to see a pattern in who is always threatening to take us to court: it's landlords.
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In Clontarf, someone cut down trees on council land without consulting the council. Trees should be inspected for live birds nests, bats, badgers and other wildlife, before being cut down, says a council spokesperson. dublininquirer.com/2...
In Clontarf, someone cut down trees on council land without consulting the council - Dublin Inquirer
Trees should be inspected for live birds nests, bats, badgers and other wildlife, before being cut down, says a council spokesperson.
dublininquirer.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In Clontarf, someone cut down trees on council land without consulting the council. Trees should be inspected for live birds nests, bats, badgers and other wildlife, before being cut down, says a council spokesperson. dublininquirer.com/2...
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New zebra crossings in Dublin are welcome, but the end goal must be pedestrian priority at every low-speed junction in the city, as Brussels has done for many years. jrnl.ie/6640205
March 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New zebra crossings in Dublin are welcome, but the end goal must be pedestrian priority at every low-speed junction in the city, as Brussels has done for many years. jrnl.ie/6640205
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Why is the traffic so bad in Chapelizod? Because we've decided that commuting drivers are more important than kids walking to school.
March 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Why is the traffic so bad in Chapelizod? Because we've decided that commuting drivers are more important than kids walking to school.