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 came out and shut down the city for approximately 2 hours. The Garda support for […]
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 eyes peeled and our ears open. It was a rainy cold February when we started […]
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 had been rented by a huge number of people up to the point that fire […]
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 apparent that our public streets and civic environment isn’t actually very friendly to people with […]
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 fuels and it’s time for politicians to follow. There’s no time to lose. I spent […]
Neasa Hourigan TD has today published the Citizens’ Assembly on Evidence Informed Drugs Policy from a Harm Reduction Perspective, which proposes a framework for how the upcoming assembly might approach its work. The paper calls for people’s lived experience to be made central to the Citizens’ Assembly. Harm reduction and recovery strategies are most effectively […]
Neasa questioning the Government in relation to recycling policies, how to enable the food sector to end their use of single-use plastic, and whether the Circular Economy Bill can be strengthened further. Transcript: Neasa Hourigan TD: I would like to ask the Minister his views on how quickly the food sector will be enabled to […]
Green Party councillors on Dublin City Council have written to the Council’s Chief Executive, Owen Keegan to call for reallocation of road space for walking & cycling during COVID-19 including: cones to widen footpaths; temporary road pedestrianisations; bollards to create quiet-ways. All in order to make social distancing and 2km zone easier and safer for […]
In the run up to Budget 2023, I am going to do some 60 second videos unpacking some of the jargon around Budgets, so that you know what you are looking at when you see the allocations. One of the things we are going to start with is the difference between capital funding, ELS and […]
In the run up to Budget 2023, I am going to do some 60 second videos unpacking some of the jargon around Budgets, so that you know what you are looking at when you see the allocations. In this 60 second update, I provide a super quick explainer on indexation. Skip back to main navigation
Neasa raising the exorbitant gas price increases as a result of a district heating system for residents of a Dublin 1 apartment complex. Transcript: Neasa Hourigan TD: What steps can the Minister’s Department take to ease the gas price increases that are being experienced by residents of Custom House Square, Dublin 1, who, as a […]
Neasa questioned the Government about their plans to publish an updated national rare diseases plan. Transcript: The challenges of living with a rare condition are acknowledged in the programme for Government, which states that rare conditions are complex, their impacts are severe on the patients living with them and it can at times be difficult […]
A short guide on how to propose adding a structure to Dublin City Council’s Record of Protected Structures. A protected structure is a structure that is considered to be of special interest from an architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical point of view. Owners or occupiers of a protected structure are legally […]
Neasa spoke in the Dáil on the impact of Covid-19 on people with disabilities within the education system. Transcript: I am going to speak about a particular group this evening, namely, that comprising children with visual impairment. I lived the experience over the last 15 months with my own eight year old. Other Deputies have […]
