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DUBLIN CITY COUNCILLORS have rejected controversial plans to build 853 new homes on the Oscar Traynor Road site in Coolock.
In a motion on the plans this evening, councillors voted by 48 votes to 14 against allowing the development on a 17-hectare site at the junction of the Port Tunnel and Oscar Traynor Road to go ahead.
Many councillors expressed concerns that half of the homes on the State-owned site would go to Glenveagh, a private developer announced as the preferred bidder of the site earlier this year.
Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and independent councillors instead called on the local authority to develop the site so all units would be earmarked for social housing.
Sinn Féin councillor Daithí Doolan warned before the vote that the council’s plans were “fundamentally flawed” because they would not deliver cost-effective housing for those in need of homes.
However, Dublin City Council’s deputy chief executive Brendan Kenny warned that the council would not be able to manage the development of the site, and warned that rejecting the motion would lead to the loss of more than 250 social homes.
Kenny requested that the matter be deferred so alternative plans could be considered, but this was rejected.
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I still find this story quite upsetting.
Yes. I cry every time I think about John McAreavey. Such a lovely man. Such a lovely wife he had. Such a lovely family. Such a tragedy their time together was so short.
Hopefully the family will get justice. Heartbreaking incident.
And hopefully too the right people will be in the dock
No words can ever relate what sadness it is and no amount of jail time that her murderers will ever serve will ever bring back Michaela back to her Husband and Family May she rest in Peace and may her Husband and Family find some closure
Hi Ms. Wade,
The title of the article is misleading-perhaphs you might consider changing it? it reads ‘Michaela McAreavey accused to go on trial in Mauritius’. Perhaps something more suitable might read ‘Trial commences this week for the accused in the ‘Michaela McAreavey Trial’ in Mauritius, where two local men are charged with her murder’. Just a suggestion.
I also thought about not great grammar in the title, what a sad story anyways, beyond my comprehension…
I don’t trust the police and the local guy arrested didn’t seem fit enough to stand in court the first time. It looked like the confession was beaten out him. All very suspicious. Poor woman – and her family.
I reckon there is more to this than meets the eye…. Not entirely convinced the husband is totally innocent tbh. Sounds like a sex game gone wrong or something. No DNA ?? (awaits flames).
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