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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: 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…
Carolyn Moore
Green Party Councillor for Kimmage Rathmines