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Green Party TD for Dún Laoghaire

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Covid-19 resources in 27 languages

Covid-19 resources in 27 languages

The HSE have information available on Covid-19 in 27 different languages. All the resources are available to download and print. Find them here. The HSE National Social Inclusion office have a number of resources in relation to migrant health, and

Ossian June 25, 2020June 26, 2020 Latest News No Comments Read more

Ossian Smyth TD, on the Tonight Show

Today I spoke to Matt Cooper about the Programme for Government, published today. Read the Programme for Government here. Among the topics we discussed were transport infrastructure – particularly rural transport – and the role of farmers in moving towards

Ossian June 15, 2020June 26, 2020 Latest News No Comments Read more

Ossian Smyth TD, on Today with Sarah McInerney

Today I spoke to Sarah McInerney about the Programme for Government, due to be published today. Among the topics we discussed were transport infrastructure – particularly rural transport – the role of farmers in moving towards a greener Ireland; and

Ossian June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Latest News, Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

Speaking in the Dáil on non-Covid related care, A Vision for Change and scenario planning

Speaking in the Dáil on non-Covid related care, A Vision for Change and scenario planning

Today I spoke in the Dáil during Questions to the Minister for Health. I called for a roadmap for medical services to be published. There is currently no indication or prediction as to when medical services can resume, and the

Ossian May 21, 2020June 9, 2020 Latest News, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Ossian Smyth TD, speaking in the Dáil on the Covid-19 crisis

Ossian Smyth TD, speaking in the Dáil on the Covid-19 crisis

Ossian Smyth TD, called for the Minister of Health to prepare a road map out of the Covid-19 crisis. He also called for guidelines to be given on how to deliver standard mental health services for people by video call, and for Ireland to increase its funding to the World Health Organisation.

Ossian April 16, 2020April 23, 2020 Latest News, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Ossian Smyth TD, Maiden Speech, 5th March 2020

Ossian Smyth TD, Maiden Speech, 5th March 2020

I want to thank the people of Dún Laoghaire for electing me. I’m honoured to represent them in this historic chamber and I look forward to doing everything that I can to represent Dún Laoghaire. I also want to thank

Ossian March 5, 2020April 20, 2020 Latest News, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Over 20,000 homes could be built on public lands in Dublin City – Greens

Over 20,000 homes could be built on public lands in Dublin City – Greens

The Green Party today launch their housing policy which calls for public housing to be built on public lands in the centre of our towns and cities. We need to build housing on large scale to deal with our housing

Ossian February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 Latest News No Comments Read more

Action needed on Dublin Bay water quality

Action needed on Dublin Bay water quality

The Green Party today launched its Water Quality and Conservation policy, pointing to a series of water quality incidents in the past six months that show that our water treatment systems are currently not fit for purpose and in urgent

Ossian January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Latest News, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Green Party Launch Election Manifesto #GE2020

Green Party Launch Election Manifesto #GE2020

There is now international consensus that we have just a decade to make the changes necessary to halt the warming of our planet and save our natural world. We need to rethink how we live, how we travel, how we work and how

Ossian January 25, 2020January 27, 2020 Latest News No Comments Read more

Childcare Crisis in Dún Laoghaire

Childcare Crisis in Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire has the highest childcare costs in Ireland – and there’s also a huge shortage of places. I’m campaigning for childcare that is accessible to all. 

Ossian January 24, 2020January 27, 2020 Latest News No Comments Read more

Is ‘shared living’ good for Dún Laoghaire?

Is ‘shared living’ good for Dún Laoghaire?

A new ‘shared-living’ development has been proposed for central Dún Laoghaire town, which is radically different from the way we have built housing in recent years. Is it a good thing and will it get planning permission? The site is

Ossian May 6, 2019May 7, 2019 Latest News 9 Comments Read more

Designs published for Cherrywood town centre

Designs published for Cherrywood town centre

Designs for the centre of the new town planned for Cherrywood in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown were published today. The developer, Hines,  has applied for planning permission for 1,269 apartments and ½ million square feet of retail space. Another 7,500 homes are

Ossian September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 Latest News 8 Comments Read more

New plans for the Europa site in Blackrock

New plans for the Europa site in Blackrock

A developer has applied  for planning permission for nine houses and forty-two apartments on a corner site in Blackrock. For more than ten years now, the former Mazda Europa garage in Blackrock village has been falling into dereliction. This is

Ossian February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 Latest News 10 Comments Read more

Why Bulloch Harbour redevelopment was refused permission

Why Bulloch Harbour redevelopment was refused permission

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council has refused permission for the development of Bulloch Harbour sought by developers in December. It has also refused the separate planning application to demolish the warehouses. Nearly 500 submission were made by locals in opposition to these two

Ossian February 6, 2017February 20, 2017 Latest News 8 Comments Read more

New plans for Bulloch Harbour

New plans for Bulloch Harbour

Plans have been lodged with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to redevelop the former Western Marine premises at Bulloch Harbour into housing, a café and shops. What is planned? Six shop units and a café at ground level Six large apartments

Ossian December 11, 2016December 14, 2016 Latest News 44 Comments Read more

How can we design Cherrywood to be a healthy, vibrant district?

Cherrywood roundabout

A new town is being designed at Cherrywood to provide housing for 20,000 people and workplaces for more than 10,000 employees, all clustered around the Luas line. Many of the homes are due to be completed by 2019 and in a

Ossian January 3, 2016January 11, 2016 Latest News 22 Comments Read more

Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre revamp

Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre revamp

The owners of Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre applied just before Christmas for permission to redesign the outside of their building and re-arrange the shop-floors inside. This is in preparation for the arrival of two large new retailers to the centre.

Ossian January 1, 2016January 11, 2016 Latest News 29 Comments Read more

Latest changes proposed for bus routes around Dún Laoghaire

Latest changes proposed for bus routes around Dún Laoghaire

The National Transport Authority has revised its planned changes for bus services around Dún Laoghaire.  This follows a public consultation during which concerns were raised about areas such as Killiney that would be left without a service. I wrote about this

Ossian November 3, 2015November 3, 2015 Latest News 3 Comments Read more

Nursing Home and Lidl approved for Sallynoggin

Nursing Home and Lidl approved for Sallynoggin

An Bord Pleanála  has reversed a planning decision by Dun Laoghaire County Council and has granted permission for a five-storey nursing home, a Lidl supermarket and a medical centre at Sallynoggin roundabout on the former  ‘Deer Hunter’ pub site. This

Ossian October 9, 2015 Latest News 3 Comments Read more

End of the Cruise Ship dream for Dún Laoghaire?

Photo montage of proposed cruise ship dock in Dun Laoghaire as seen from Killiney Hill

Now that Dublin Port has won final permission for a double cruise ship dock, there is no possibility that Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company’s cruise plans are viable. It sounded like such a great idea. Cruise ships would dock in Dún

Ossian August 11, 2015November 24, 2015 Latest News 11 Comments Read more
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