As a Sinn Féin councillor I want to be involved from the very start in speeding up the delivery of homes in our city. In Dublin 8 we need homes fit for purpose, and I would ensure that the current regeneration projects in Dolphin House, St. Teresa’s Gardens, the Emmet Road/St Michael’s Estate, and others are sped up.

Dublin City Council needs to be more pro-active in tackling derelict and vacant properties in the Liberties, ensuring their owners renovate them with grant aids, or using CPOs to turn them into affordable rental and social homes and not a blight in our communities.

I would demand that the government release the funds to ensure quicker turnaround of vacant City Council flats and houses.

There is an urgent need for the City Council to build homes on any vacant and underutilised lands it has in Dublin 8 and beyond to address the ever-growing housing waiting list.

I am working alongside residents of the F2 housing complex in organising a tenant’s association, to ensure the various stakeholders responsible for security and maintenance of the complex are held to account and made act. I have been supporting local campaigns in Dolphin House, in Pimlico around overdue essential maintenance issues and preservation of the waste chutes with Dublin City Council.

Not every homeowner can afford to improve their home and given the Cost-of-Living crisis I believe that the City Council along with government should look at ways in which they can ease the burden to help people and business to improve their properties, their building facades, and gardens. The Council should set an example by increasing spending on street cleaning and path repairs.

As a local resident I am very conscious of the lack of green space in Dublin 8, and I want to ensure that our public spaces are welcoming, comfortable, and safe. I have also been campaigning for funding to have the football pitch there resurfaced and for more Community Development workers across the city to help tackle increasing anti-social behaviour.

I have counted 3 bins from Rialto village down as far the mosque on SCR, 4 bins along the entire length of Cork St.  We cannot expect people not to litter when there are simply not enough bins on our streets, I would campaign to have more bins on our streets. 

Sinn Fein councillors have been calling for bin services to be brought back into public ownership, the control of waste collection by the council is key to addressing the city’s rubbish and litter. I believe that when achieved this will result in a decrease in illegal dumping and is something I will work to achieve.

The Council, as well as helping local clean-up groups, should employ more street cleaners for local neighbourhoods and invest more in road and path repairs. A specific campaign of power-hosing our pavements to tackle dog poo, chewing gum and other dirt needs to be rolled out on an ongoing basis across the city, on local roads and streets as well as the areas where tourists visit.

I would advocate for DCC to Compulsory Purchase, where practical, and return to use derelict properties alongside increased utilisation of the Buy and Renew scheme. Sinn Fein would also request monthly updates to increase the collection of the Derelict Sites Levy and to speed up the return of vacant social homes.

Dublin City Council needs to be more pro-active in tackling derelict and vacant properties in the Liberties, ensuring their owners renovate them with grant aids, or CPOs to turn them into affordable rental and social homes and not a blight in our communities.

I would demand that the government release the funds to ensure quicker turnaround of vacant City Council flats and houses.

There is an urgent need for the City Council to build homes on any vacant and underutilized lands it has in Dublin 8 and beyond to address the ever-growing housing waiting list.

Most importantly we must improve the overall quality of life for everyone, and while quality housing goes someway in doing this, we need investment in meaningful activities for young people, that’s why I support having a multi-purpose sports pitch at the Marrowbone Lane site.

We also need to improve the quality of the public realm.  I would love to see more trees planted everywhere possible, studies have demonstrated beyond doubt that trees (and greenery) greatly reduce anti-social behaviour. The more people that use the public realm the safer it becomes, to encourage this I’d also be in favour of having more benches and seating areas made available.

I’d also like to have a greater Garda presence. I regularly attend the Canal Area Community Safety Forum; this is where residents get to meet Senior Gadai and DCC representatives to discuss safety issues.  At every meeting I have attended people always request more Garda.

I lived in London when the then Mayor Ken Livingston to much criticism saturated the city with low-cost buses, the result, it was a total success, I would like to see a similar approach taken in Dublin.

Along with greater bus numbers we need proper enforcement of Bus Lane use. I would like to see an end to car clamping where they are not an obstacle to be replaced with ticketed fines and where they are blocking bus lanes, they need to be towed and clamped in a safe area.

Road safety and accessible transport are at the heart of ensuring people can live, work and play safely in their communities. I support Sinn Fein’s plans to increase funding for road and safety ensuring more active travel, such as cycling and walking.

We support auditing all footpaths and putting in place a programme of footpath restoration so everyone can walk and move around their local area confidently.

As an Irish migrant who lived in London for 17yrs I know firsthand what it feels like to be met with lies and hostility. I take the threat posed to our community by the far right very serious which is why in 2020 I came together with members of our community to form a group to tackle this rising problem. I suggested we name the group No Hate for Dublin 8, as hate is not a community value, we are a cross party, cross group collection of community activists who firmly believe that there should be no tolerance of intolerance, the community is for everyone.

I’m also involved in Le Cheile, and Drimnagh for All.