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Player Wills: towering above the reasonable

Below is an observation I submitted on the proposals for the Player Wills site, a large site being developed by property developer Hines. As the plans are so large, it is going directly to An Bord Pleanála, bypassing the Council. You can see the full plans here. This ties in with a similar submission I made […]

Posted byMichael Pidgeon23/01/202128/01/2021Posted inPlanning observations, The Tenters

College Green Plaza: the Green Party view

Dublin City has presented two options for how traffic should be managed in a future creation of a College Green Plaza. Option 3 allows 24 hour deliveries through the plaza – option 4 restricts them to before 11am (as with Grafton Street). The ten Green Party councillors on Dublin City Council have made the below […]

Posted byMichael Pidgeon15/01/202115/01/2021Posted inGreen space, Submissions, Transport

Phoenix Park car reduction plans would be “transformational”

New plans to reduce the number of cars in the Phoenix Park could be transformational”, local Green Party Councillor Michael Pidgeon has said. The initial study, released by the OPW today (Monday), calls for a series of changes to road access and gate opening, as part of a wider package to improve walking, cycling and […]

Posted byMichael Pidgeon11/01/202122/01/2021Posted inGreen space, Islandbridge, Press releases, Transport

Bus Connects: local thoughts for Dublin 8

Below is a draft submission for the third round of BusConnects consultation. This consultation is just on “corridors” – the physical road changes to improve bus journey times – not the actual network of routes themselves.

Posted byMichael Pidgeon15/12/202016/12/2020Posted inInchicore, Kilmainham, Submissions, The Liberties, The Tenters, Transport

Pfandtastic: thoughts on the bottle and can deposit scheme

One of the things the Green Party got into the Programme for Government was to introduce “a deposit-and-return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans.”

Posted byMichael Pidgeon10/11/202012/11/2020Posted inNational, Submissions, Waste

Greening the South West Inner City: upcoming projects

I recently put a question into the city council, asking for a list and updates on all the planned greening and public realm upgrade projects for the South West Inner City.

Posted byMichael Pidgeon26/10/202028/10/2020Posted inGreen space, Inchicore, Information, The Liberties, The Tenters

Column: Dublin City Council’s decision to cut Local Property Tax will only favour the wealthy

I’m in TheJournal.ie’s opinion section on the decision to lower local property taxes. 2020 should be a year for more public services and more solidarity – not just tax cuts. You can read the full piece here: https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/dublin-city-council-property-tax-5211928-Sep2020

Posted byMichael Pidgeon22/09/202022/09/2020Posted inBlog, City finances

Speech: 2020 shouldn’t be Dublin’s year of the tax cut

Dublin City Council cut local property tax as much as they could this year. I think that’s a mistake and voted for a modest increase. Here’s my speech on the night:

Posted byMichael Pidgeon21/09/202021/09/2020Posted inCity finances, Speeches

Idea: A Phoenix Park to Grand Canal Cycle Path

There’s nothing engineers hate more than politicians getting their crayons out to come up with a scheme. But I’ve had an idea all the same and would welcome thoughts! (I’m on michael@pidgeon.ie – or the Twitter discussion is here.)

Posted byMichael Pidgeon16/09/202017/09/2020Posted inBlog, Islandbridge, Kilmainham, Transport

Where next for the Phoenix Park?

For a space over 350 years old, the last few months have seen a lot of changes in the Phoenix Park.

Posted byMichael Pidgeon14/07/202014/07/2020Posted inBlog, Green space, Islandbridge, Transport

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