The Phoenix Park is going to change. They’ve set out a mobility plan which looks at improving how people get to the park and how they move around it. Public consultation is open until 12th March, here.
Continue reading “What to improve in the Phoenix Park mobility plan”Co-Living application for Kilmainham: why it should be rejected
Below is an observation I submitted against a co-livng plan for the Carrigan’s Pub site on Old Kilmainham. I would like to see the site developed, but think that co-living is a bad housing model.
Update: Dublin City Council rightly rejected the application in March 2021. You can read their five reasons why here. Frustratingly, An Bord Pleanala overturned this decision in June 2022, and the plan was granted permission. No new co-living applications are possible since a government decision in 2021.
Continue reading “Co-Living application for Kilmainham: why it should be rejected”Greens welcome 50+ extra staff to work on cycling and walking in the capital
Green Party councillors on Dublin City Council have welcomed plans to hire 55 new staff to advance cycling and walking projects in the city.
Continue reading “Greens welcome 50+ extra staff to work on cycling and walking in the capital”Player Wills: planning submission
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 on the adjacent Bailey Gibson site. Comments are welcome to michael@pidgeon.ie
Continue reading “Player Wills: planning submission”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 joint submission as part of the process. The inital answers respond to the direct questions on which option should be chosen.
Continue reading “College Green Plaza: the Green Party view”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 public transport in the park.
Continue reading “Phoenix Park car reduction plans would be “transformational””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.
Continue reading “Bus Connects: local thoughts for Dublin 8”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.”
Continue reading “Pfandtastic: thoughts on the bottle and can deposit scheme”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.
Continue reading “Greening the South West Inner City: upcoming projects”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