Playgrounds make for good childhoods. A brilliant new one in Chapelizod opened today. More of this for #Dublin!

Engineers Ireland are calling for 2:1 spending on public transport to be brought back in to reduce congestion and car dependency. It was introduced by the Greens and removed by FF & FG in this government resulting in delays to projects like DART+ and Luas Finglas.

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They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.

Supervised injection facilities save lives. This one is no different. My full, supportive planning observation is here:

Ireland's only supervised injection centre has been open for nearly a year. It's reduced overdose deaths, public injecting, and needle dumping on our streets. They're now applying for long-term planning permission and I'm backing it 100%.

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Delighted that my nomination as Green Party Candidate for Galway West By-election has now been ratified by the party executive. Looking forward to working with members and supporters in the campaign ahead.

Traffic in Dublin has gotten crazy the past few weeks. But the new government is taking money away from public transport projects that could deal with it. We could have had a new DART station and improved lines at Heuston and Kylemore Road in Ballyfermot. But no. Roads instead.

The NTA have been slow to respond to the problems with the 80 bus route, but I met them this morning and there is some progress...

📻 I'll be on @DrivetimeRTE at 4:45pm on why a hotel bed tax is a good idea. Two thirds of EU states have them. Even a tiny 1% charge would raise €12m a year in Dublin City alone - improving the city for tourists and residents alike.

Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.

This is an absolute disaster. Taking away money from ready-to-go public transport projects so that they can chuck more cash at new roads. The exact opposite direction we should be going. (Plus: the more you delay projects, the more they cost. Every time.)

Public seating: it's great! In the last local election, I pledged to deliver more benches for Dublin 8. Now we've rolled out 12 new ones, with more to come. Anywhere in Dublin city you'd like to see a bench? Drop me a message or leave a comment.

I've had another illegal AirBnB in #Dublin shut down. But, to be honest, it's a drop in the ocean. Here's why the system doesn't work - and what we need to do to fix it.

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Car insurance costs are up 9%, yet profits are down. The way we have set up insurance in Ireland is mad, leading to high legal costs and inconsistent payouts. It leaves consumers paying way over the odds. Time for some reforming zeal from government!

Car insurance premiums are up 9% - yet profits are down in the sector. Costs are spiralling within insurance, there's a clear case for government to reform things, but there's just no energy or zeal for doing it. @greenparty_ie statement:

73 bus update: I just got an email from GoAhead today: they're going to be reinstating the Hybreasal bus stops on the SCR. Keep the feedback coming

10 days of the 73 bus. 10 days since the end of the 123. Thanks for all the feedback so far - keep it coming! I'll be packaging it up and presenting it the bus company and National Transport Authority in a few weeks.

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