There have been some queries from residents about the redevelopment of a property at 15-17 Drumcondra Road Lower. Cllr Janet Horner has received a response from Dublin City Council about plans for the building. The following is the response from…
Site Value Tax explained in 1 minute
Neasa explains the Green Party policy on the Site Value Tax
Cost rental explained in 1 minute
Neasa explains the Green Party policy on Cost Rental housing
Greens Say No to CoLiving, Yes to CoHousing
The Green Party has called on the government to engage with co-housing groups during this weeks’ CoHousing Here conference and legislate to support this innovative and collaborative form of community making. In a position paper published today Cllr Neasa Hourigan,…
3 Ideas on Housing for Cabra Glasnevin
In the next few years we know that we will need to build about 35,000 houses in this country every year to meet demand. A Place not Just a Space In the next few years we know that we will…
Near FM interview: Phibsboro Shopping Centre, Housing, Safe Streets and more
Neasa speaks with Johnny Holmes of Near FM (Community Radio for Northside Dublin) about the Controversy surrounding Phibsboro Shopping Centre Development, also about Affordable Housing, Safe Streets & Communities, Waste & Recycling Services and about her local election campaign Link…
Cabra Needs Homes First
Homes, Not Student Units Needed in Cabra The ‘Matts of Cabra’ site has recently gone on sale with a proposed planning permission for up to 250 student accommodation units on a site of 1.21 acres. While Cabra is the next…
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…
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…
Vacancy and Dereliction in the Inner City
“Sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn’t it” comments one lady as she passes. A Phibsboro resident has stopped to ask what I’m doing as I photograph a very obviously unused and unloved set of two terraced houses in the…







