Wed, Oct 31, 2018 Read in 1 minutes 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 […]

Fri, Sep 4, 2020 Read in 1 minutes Neasa speaks on Ireland’s ambitious new targets to tackle waste and move towards a circular economy under a new plan announced today by Minister Eamon Ryan TD. The full plan, “A Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy – Ireland’s National Waste Policy 2020-2025”, can be found […]

Tue, Aug 16, 2022 Read in 5 minutes At the start of August a Large-scale Residential Development application was made to Dublin City Council for the development of 168 apartment units, a creche, and café at Daneswell Place, Former Printworks/Smurfit Site, Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. The application was declared invalid on the 9th of […]

Thu, Oct 8, 2020 Read in 1 minutes At a board meeting on 8th October 2020 An Bord Pleanála decided to refuse permission for the Botanic SHD development at Daneswell. The detail of An Bord Pleanála’s decision can be found here. That decision reflects concerns raised by many of you and included in our submission […]

Neasa raising ongoing issues around supports for healthcare workers affected by Long Covid. Transcript: Neasa Hourigan TD: In some ways, the matter I want to talk about – the ongoing issue of long Covid and how it affects healthcare workers – is related to the pressure that we see in emergency departments and hospitals because […]

Fri, Jul 24, 2020 Read in 2 minutes Dublin City Council is proposing to make a number of improvements to Ventry Park in Cabra. The Council is running a public consultation on these changes. Neasa is making a submission which you can see below. You can also make your own submission by July 31st 2020 […]

Fri, May 21, 2021 Read in 2 minutes DART+ South West is an introduction of DART services along the line coming from Glasnevin, though Cabra, under the Phoenix Park and out by Heuston along the Cork mainline as far as Celbridge. In the current emerging preferred route there is a stop in Glasnevin (at the […]

Mon, May 1, 2023 Read in 3 minutes At the start of April a Large-scale Residential Development application was made to Dublin City Council for the development of 811 apartments, a gym, a café, co-working space, a community library, a childcare facility, and a community hall at the St. Vincent’s Hospital site off Richmond Road. […]

When you correspond (email, Facebook message, twitter DM, telephone/video call, face to face conversation, etc.) with us on a matter we may record this correspondence for processing and follow up. The below outlines how we store and process that data (all pretty innocuous we feel!). What we do with your correspondence Neasa receives correspondence across […]

Sun, Feb 25, 2024 Read in 4 minutes Telecom providers (e.g. Vodafone, Eir, and Three [1]) have moved to a pricing model that includes an increase during the contract term based on the change in Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). I do not think this is in the best interests of the consumers and have been […]

Fri, Jun 26, 2020 Read in 2 minutes Neasa speaks on the Green Party membership’s ratification of the Programme for Government Transcript Hi everyone. So it looks like the Green Party has passed the Programme for Government negotiated with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael The Green Party had a really open and in-depth policy debate […]

Neasa discussing supports for student with additional needs – for example visual impairments, learning difficulties, motor and mobility impairments – in school and college. Transcript: Neasa Hourigan TD: I will return to Mr. Kenny. I sat across from the Minister about two or three years ago and talked at length about reasonable accommodation. I think […]

Fri, May 15, 2020 Read in 1 minutes Councillor Janet Horner and I have been liaising with DCC/DHRE about the new homeless facility in Drumcondra. Brendan Kenny, Deputy Chief Executive of Dublin City Council has produced a report, provided below. Three files have been provided: A report from Dublin City Council on the new homeless […]

Tue, May 17, 2022 Read in 1 minutes I have written to the Minister for Health to ask him to instruct the HSE to meaningfully engage with the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association on the current dispute. This strike will have significant impacts on patients, many of whom have already had to deal with disruptions to […]