Dún Laoghaire Greens

08/05/2026

22/03/2026

After a 7 hour long meeting starting at 5pm and finishing just after midnight, councillors have approved a new Town Centre plan for Cherrywood.

Councillors approved the rules by which developers can apply for planning to build out Cherrywood Town Centre.

There are some good things in the new Cherrywood Town Centre plan:
- at least 50% of retail and community facilities must be delivered before developers can sell or rent the homes.
- increased height and density allowing for an extra 2,000 homes
- an extra primary school to cater for the additional homes, with local Cllr Lauren Tuite ensuring that the school will be delivered in the town centre itself
- setting the right planning framework to enable a hospital and sports arena to apply for planning.

But a lot wrong too:
Submissions made by developers that our council planners disagreed with a matter of weeks ago, were suddenly supported when the developers' demands for rule loosening came in the form of last minute votes from FG&FF. Opposition councillors tried to stop most of these, but with the support of some Independents, FG&FF were able to meet the developers' demands.

22/03/2026

Do you have any questions for the owners of this bridge?
The owners of the Leopardstown M50 overbridge, Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) will meet local councillors in the coming weeks to discuss the bridge and how to open it properly. I've been trying to arrange this meeting for close on a year now and it's very important that HRI can hear directly from all your local representatives how important it is for residents.

I will be asking HRI for more urgency in opening up this bridge properly and safely for people to use it is as a walking/cycling shortcut between Leopardstown Valley and Westwood/the racecourse/South County Business Park.

The council are ready to step in and do any works necessary, but cannot do this on land belonging to another public body without agreement.

If you'd like to share anything privately with me, I'm available at 0876065648 / [email protected]

08/03/2026

♻️ Have Your Say! Help Shape the new Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Circular Economy Hub

We’re exploring a new hub in Dún Laoghaire‑Rathdown to support reuse, repair and sustainable living in partnership with the Rediscovery Centre.

Help us map what’s already happening locally!

We’re looking for places and businesses leading the way in reuse, repair, borrow and share across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Tell us what’s working and what’s missing. From repair cafés to tool libraries, what would you love to see in your community?

👉 Take the quick survey: https://ow.ly/hTRZ50YgVjb

Privacy: Responses are used only for this project and won’t be shared beyond it.

01/03/2026

Just some of the Dun Laoghaire members who attended the Green Party national conference this weekend in Kilkenny. Hey, we had a great time!

28/02/2026

Greens banding together.

28/02/2026

At the Green Party national conference - appealing to hearts and heads.

13/02/2026

Yes! Janet Horner will be a superb TD for Dublin Central.