Vacancy Watch: a big site near Fatima Luas stop
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
It has issued a tender for a feasibility study. The documents include few details, but they do confirm the likely future uses for the historic building.
The doors of the two-storey blocks at St Anne's Court are now boarded over. All doors, that is, but three.
“Any blue bags that are there, we're not sure who's giving them out.”
It’ll be used by more than the football team, said club committee member Keith O’Connell, but open to other local groups and a youth club too.
The current development plan sets an aim of doubling allotments, caveated, with “if feasibly possible”.
When there’s construction and a challenge with road space, the answer always seems to be to block the cycle lane, says Ciaran Cannon, of Cycling Ireland.
Local residents, not council officials, should decide how the community gain fund is spent, says independent Councillor John Lyons.
Among the proposals? A new community team with outreach workers, violence interrupters, and health professionals.
Along with a new understanding of what a just society looks like, say members of the Irish Penal Abolition Network.
Draft bye-laws, due soon to go out to public consultation, suggest adding some new market areas and shrinking some oldies.
“I don't know how many times we have to ask to be included.”