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@RobCross247 Unfortunately the plebiscite for a #DirectlyElectedMayorforDublin who would assume responsibility and accountability for Housing in the City as recommended by the @CitizAssembly #CADubMayor has been postponed indefinitely by @merrionstreet @SimonHarrisTD @EamonRyan #HousingCrisis

@cormacDublin @davidmcw @SineadOS1 @CitizAssembly Highest paid civil servant Robert Watt to lead Dublin City Taskforce | Business Post share.google/tYbZBODBqf3m3n…

@davidmcw @1MayorForDublin @SineadOS1 @SineadOS1 mentioned deliberative & participatory democracy something I championed with the establishment of the @CitizAssembly for Dublin who made their recommendations over 2 years ago that has been completely ignored and another unaccountable TaskForce civil servant appointed

It was my pleasure @SineadOS1. Well worth a listen everyone!

@jgeoghegantd No more unaccountable task force we might as well say another mass We need our Real Mayor Hold the Plebiscite! DirectlyElectedMayorforDublin

Welcome the appointment of Robert Watt to lead the Dublin city taskforce. Now the focus must be on delivery, safer streets, less vacancy, and a city centre people want to be in. Dublin deserves nothing less.

Dublin City plan to move to Camden Yard offices has 'not been very democratic' | Dublin Live share.google/NAn3vJ95HGOImn…

‘It’s like a circus’ – inside the chaotic six-hour council meeting to find more land for new homes independent.ie/regionals/dubl…

@Migrant_Mick @SineadOS1 @cormacDublin x.com/i/grok/share/a…

@1MayorForDublin @SineadOS1 @cormacDublin Try wheeling out local (property tax,service charges) to fund local authorities ...

The protests in Ireland are not about just fuel! They are about the distance between Ireland on this graph and every other modern and developed economy. Ireland is second wealthiest but gets waaaaay less than any other country for that wealth. By a golden mile. That visual gap in this graph? That’s what people are protesting. It’s a lack of infrastructure and the everyday enshittification of services, the economy, and the additional difficulty of trying to live, relative to peers in any other country. It also highlights why people don’t get uniformly listened to! - because there is no government architecture to engage meaningfully across this huge gap. That gap is a three hour drive to work in traffic, a 14 month wait for an MRI, buses that don’t arrive, trains that don’t exist, schools that have no places for your kids, houses that are unaffordable, pubs that close before midnight, €12 sandwiches, expensive fuel. People feel this gap, even if they can’t explain it precisely. And that builds into resentment, and ultimately protest. Fuel just happened to be the next thing that could be pointed to, today.

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Dublin City Council outline nearly €4 billion euro in capital expenditure for next three years | Dublin Live share.google/ziAuFqqJ9zUiO6…

Thought-provoking piece from @SineadOS1. I wonder could directly-elected mayors and stronger local government bridge the huge divide between Leinster House representatives and the communities they are elected to serve? butthistime.com/p/mind-the-gap

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What happened to the Dublin City Taskforce’s promise of 1,000 extra Gardaí and the total regeneration of dilapidated social homes? share.google/8CIeLkxwTVh1Wq…

Morning, @IrishTimes @IrishTimesOpEd article today is on the monumental waste of public money that plagues Ireland. The State is pissing billions away every year. The figures are startling. No one is accountable. irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/0…

Dublin City Council owns 23 properties on the Derelict Site Register. The average time on the register is 8.3 years, and the 7% derelict levy on these properties totals €2,746,730 (excluding interest at 1.25% per month). 3.0 Dublin City Council — Derelict Site Register 🔗derelictsites.com/3-0-Dublin-Cit… Map (Owned by Dublin City Council) derelictsites.com/dublin-derelic… Gallery (Owned by Dublin City Council) 🔗derelictsites.com/dublin-derelic… Derelict Sites Homepage: 🔗derelictsites.com Useful Links and Grants Available: 🔗derelictsites.com/c-Useful-Links… It's always worth reminding people that the number of people in emergency accommodation rose again last month to 17,308 (Another Record). According to the Department of Housing, there were 11,851 adults and 5,457 children homeless last month. #HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland #Dublin #Ireland

@conchurmac @AodhQuinlivan The President recently spoke about it share.google/74os5FDvc6a0T1…

@1MayorForDublin @AodhQuinlivan I’m sure they would; just my opinion (recently fortified by Limerick) Also I’m not clear on how that charter could be assessed by an Irish court if it hasn’t been incorporated into domestic law (crotty)

From a paper delivered in March 1991 by the great Tom Barrington to the ESRI Statistical Society Symposium. Would the commentary be any different in 2026?

@conchurmac @AodhQuinlivan Many would beg to differ! Soon it could be up to a court to decide if we are in breach of the COE European Charter for Local Self-Government.

@AodhQuinlivan The Irish system in fact worked very well in practice in terms of a competent county manager backed by hard working officials getting the job done with approrpriate oversight goes a long way. Has served the country fairly well and likely stands up to international comparison.

Dublin’s derelict property owners face crackdown as council plans to treble sites facing levies – The Irish Times share.google/7PsFGZmTzONiEP…