Contributions on local and national policing Dear Mr Ward, I am writing to you in relation to your notice to submit contributions on local and national policing. I am the parent of a six year old white cane user and…
Rise for Climate
On September 8, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide displayed the growing strength and diversity of the climate movement. Together they showed the world what real climate leadership looks like. People everywhere are turning away from the age of fossil…
Repealed!
As spring turned into summer the campaign to repeal the 8th was a whirlwind and we still can’t believe the result. The legislation is all important though so all of us organisers with Dublin Central Together4yes will be keeping our…
Take Back The City
In August I went along to what I thought was a standard housing protest, how wrong I was. After gathering everyone together on O’Connell Street we marched up the street to a row of vacant buildings in Summerhill. These buildings…
Dublin Footpath Blockers
So I started a little campaign in the last few months. As you may know my 6 year old is a white cane user. As we try and encourage her to use it on the street it has become very…
Housing Sit Down
Following the violent eviction of housing activists from Take Back the City a sit down protest took place on the 22nd Sept. The rally highlighted the housing shortage and the amount of vacant buildings in the city. A huge crowd…
Dublin Blockers
The Dublin Blockers activists believe that streets must be for the use of people first and that the current management and policy of both local authorities and national government do not achieve this. Footpaths are for feet: big and small,…
Green Party Candidate Calls for Footpath Clearance Standards after Big Snow
The Green Party’s Dublin Central Dáil candidate Neasa Hourigan has called on Dublin City Council to set out clear guidelines for the clearance of snow from footpaths as well as roads in extreme weather events. Speaking this week Neasa Hourigan,…
Our Event Was Great…Thank you!
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our Happy City event. It was a full house and we had some fantastic discussions. Here’s a quick video of the night for anyone who couldn’t make it. It was also…
Happy City Event
We tried to imagine Dublin in 15 years time. Would the housing crisis be a distant memory? Would rents require you to surrender your passport and sign over your first born to get a roof over your head? Will we…