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Vacancy & dereliction: My Dublin Inquirer Voter Guide Response
Q: What would you do to help tackle vacancy and dereliction? There are few things that frustrate Dubliners more than the sight of vacant or derelict buildings that we know could be put to good use as homes, artists studios, retail spaces, work hubs or other community spaces. I support a robust response to tackling…
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Litter: My Dublin Inquirer Voter Guide Response
Q: What would you do to help make the city feel less dirty, tackling the rubbish and dog poo all over the streets? For me this one requires a top down and bottom up approach. From the top down we need to be allocating enough resources to ensure we’re setting a solid baseline for street…
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Housing conditions: My Dublin Inquirer voter guide response
Q: How would you help improve conditions in existing housing, both social and privately rented? Good quality housing is the cornerstone of a healthy community, and I’m committed to ensuring we achieve high standards across the board. In social housing, this will involve a significant increase in maintenance budgets, so that repairs are undertaken in…
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Housing: My Dublin Inquirer voter guide response
Q: How would you help get more housing built in the city – especially social and affordable housing? So many of the frustrations people have with living in Dublin are caused or exacerbated by the housing crisis – the cost, the stress and the uncertainty of renting and the desperation people feel that their hope…
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Public Meeting: The Urban Village in the 21st Century
The recent announcement by An Post that they plan to sell the Rathmines Post Office building is just the latest blow to a thriving urban centre which is steadily being stripped of essential services. Rathmines was designated a ‘key urban village’ in the Dublin City Development Plan, but it is sorely lacking in community facilities,…
Carolyn Moore
Green Party Councillor for Kimmage Rathmines