O’Devaney Gardens

Councillor warns Dublin City Council land tendering plan risks repeating PPP failures of the past

Calls for Dublin City Council to use a state company to develop its land instead of PPP A city councillor has warned that Dublin City Council (DCC) is at risk of repeating the disastrous Public-Private Partnership (PPP) failures of the past, with a new multi-county ‘bundle’ approach to developing public land. Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:29+00:00April 3rd, 2017|

Sale of O’Devaney Gardens amounts to ‘selling off the family silver’ according to new Workers’ Party housing finance policy

Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party has this morning launched its public housing finance policy, “Financial Aspects of a Solution to the Irish Housing Crisis”. The launch comes ahead of this afternoon’s city council vote on whether to sell O’Devaney Gardens – a 14 acre site of city council land formerly used for [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:36+00:00December 9th, 2016|

Councillors’ U-Turn on O’Devaney Gardens makes a mockery of local government

Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party has this morning said that last night’s reversal of a motion passed six weeks ago to keep O’Devaney Gardens in public hands ‘makes a mockery of local government.’ Speaking following a special meeting of Dublin City Council last night, Councillor Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party) said: “Councillors are [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:41+00:00September 23rd, 2016|

Sinn Féin urged to publish legal advice ahead of vote to allow privatisation of O’Devaney Gardens land

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Workers’ Party argues legal advice contradicts unsupported claims by council officials that mixed income public housing goes against planning guidelines  Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan has called on Sinn Féin to publish the legal advice they sought in August in relation to O’Devaney Gardens before pushing ahead with a motion [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:41+00:00September 19th, 2016|

Minister’s eagerness to privatise O’Devaney Gardens shows government bias against public housing

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Amidst growing controversy last week around the future of the O’Devaney Gardens site in Dublin 7, the Workers’ Party have condemned what they said was “clear glee” on the part of Minister for Housing Simon Coveney about the prospective privatisation of the land. Speaking following Minister for Housing Simon Coveney’s [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:42+00:00September 4th, 2016|