The campaign to preserve a section of green belt in south Swords from development has launched a petition. The group called Save the Swords Green Belt are hoping to stop the development of lands between Rivervalley and Knocksedan. A submission has been made calling for the lands in question to be developed for housing as…
Residents of Swords and Fingal have growing concerns about the lack of leisure facilities according to a RED C poll. The survey of over 1,000 residents found that concerns about the lack of leisure facilities in Fingal have doubled in the last five years. In 2017 just 11% of respondents said they had concerns about…
We need to talk about the Development Plan. Fingal County Council is currently working on a plan that will shape the way the town of Swords will develop in the coming years. We need to make sure that we don’t make the same mistakes of the past and that proper services and amenities go hand-in-hand…
Excuse the information dump. But here are the motions put forward by the Green Party to the Draft Fingal Development Plan. Some got accepted, some didn’t and some were withdrawn. It will become clear what got over the line when the next version goes for public consultation shortly. Thanks to Cllr David Healy for compiling…
A wildlife rehabilitation centre will be delivered in Fingal in the coming years, councillors agreed last night. The objective of delivering a wildlife education and rehabilitation centre on lands at the Turvey Nature Reserve, will be included in the next developent plan. The motion brought forward by Cllr Adrian Henchy (FF) read as follows: That…
Fingal County Council have reaffirmed their commitment to identify a site for a new primary care facility in Swords, in conjuction with the HSE. Following a motion from Cllr Ann Graves (Sinn Féin) at the Development Plan meeting this week, council officials have committed again to work with the HSE to identify a suitable site…
Fingal County Council will encourage the development of ‘car free’ neighbourhoods in the coming years, following agreement at a recent Development Plan meeting. Inspired by the positive experiences of communities in Utrecht and Houten in the Netherlands, councillors agreed wording that would ‘encourage the development of car free neighbourhoods and streets’ in the new Fingal…
A major commitment to develop a necklace of open spaces around Swords and to redevelop the Ward River Valley Regional Park will be contained in the new Fingal Development Plan. Following a motion from Green Party Councillor Ian Carey, Fingal officials last night recommended a strong extra commitment around open spaces which will now be…
This week councillors start a series meetings as part of the next phase of the new Development Plan process. Well what does that mean? So… the officials have now created a new draft document that has gone to councillors for consideration and these meetings will deal with changes being put forward by the councillors. The…
Rampant dumping, waste water outflow, litter flowing downstream, and human disturbance are all contributing to the destruction of nature on the Broadmeadow Estuary. But last week we saw a change in approach from Fingal County Council that may mark a turning point in the fate of some of Fingal’s nature reserves. A Green Party motion…