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Support my campaign!
With ten days to go until the local elections I need all the help I can get! If you can offer your time to help me knock on doors or drop leaflets please get in touch, and if you’d like to offer support to help me fund my campaign – leaflets, posters, deliveries etc –…
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Public meeting: A Cycling City
Kimmage Rathmines is home to Dublin’s cycling hotspot – the electoral division of Terenure A. The 2022 census revealed this area had the highest share of people who, when asked “How do you usually travel to work, school, college or childcare?” responded “Bicycle” – about 20 percent, as this Dublin Inquirer article outlines. The census shows that…
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Harold’s Bridge Court LRD observation
In the context of a site subject to numerous constraints and with significant considerations at play – including history, heritage and the proximity of protected structures, along with the sensitivity of its built environment and the canal as a conservation area, this is a revised proposal that remains out of scale and visually incongruous relative…
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Doughnut Economics: What is it and how can it shape Dublin’s next Local Economic and Community Plan
As chair of Dublin City Council’s Local Community Development Committee (LCDC), I also chair the advisory group on Dublin’s next Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP). In September of 2022 I brought a motion to the Council asking that we would underpin that plan with the principles of Doughnut Economics, following in the footsteps of…
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Marble Arch LRD Observation
As a Councillor for the Kimmage Rathmines area I would like to share some observations and comments on the Large-scale Residential Development proposed on the site of the Marble Arch pub and adjacent warehouse-style buildings, with frontage on both Davitt Road and Benbulbin Road in Drimnagh, REF: LRD6024/23-S3. Please read my full submission here.