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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.
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BusConnects: Kimmage to City Centre
Read my submission to An Bord Pleanála on the BusConnects Kimmage to City Centre corridor
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Herberton Road LRD Observation
I would like to broadly welcome this proposal for a Large-scale Residential Development for the former G4S site in Drimnagh, in which I believe the applicants have addressed some of the more significant concerns I had with the SHD proposal for the same site, which was appropriately rejected by An Bord Pleanala in 2022.