15/04/2026
"How an area that has been so neglected historically, with so much deprivation, gets so little."
At the bottom is still the North West Area (€475 per capita) and the top is still the South East Area (€2,208 per capita).
The playground in Tolka Valley Park desperately needs attention, she said.
Councillors have asked for skateparks and facilities for youth, in particular, to keep them occupied. “We’ve always been asking. I don’t know what is going on.”
The future of the Ballymun shopping centre site is still being worked out after many false dawns.
In July 2024, a council spokesperson said that it had opened negotiations with the Land Development Agency about the future of part of the site.
"What is in the programme for Santry – in his North Central Area. There have been tens of thousands of apartments built in the area, but not the community amenities to support all that"
The area has been allocated just 2 percent of the pot of capital funding – not including housing – over the next three years.
