Mark speaks to Cllr CHRISTY BURKE (Independent) about the Dublin City Council choosing sites for their first modular homes. He talks about the process involved in how and why the sites were chosen for the houses, his response to people’s reactions of the homes being chosen in areas such as Ballymun and Ballyfermot, how homelessness…
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Live From The Housing Protests In Dublin, 2015
FLAVIA GORETTA, a NearFM reporter, attended the housing protests in Dublin in order to get the views of the people taking part. There’s a lot of passion and a lot of anger as people take the opportunity to vent their views on air…
North Dublin Bay Housing Crisis
As we head into 2016 North Dublin Bay Housing Crisis Committee member DIANA ROBERTS recaps on the past year with a lot of highs and lows from having a housing crisis meeting with the previous Lord Mayor in the Mansion House to the occupation of the Bolt hostel which highlighted how vacant properties can be…
Housing Network Reclaim Housing for the Homeless
The Bolt Hostel, at 38/39 Bolton St, that has been vacant for 3 years. The Irish Housing Network have reclaimed the building to house the homeless. AISLING HEDDERMAN tells John Healy what’s going onm in Bolton Street as it happens. “We entered the building a few weeks ago. It was in very good condition, considering…
Fingal County Council Development Plan 2017-2023
Mark Finnegan speaks to RACHEL KENNY, a senior planner with Fingal County Council. RACHEL talks about Fingal’s development plan for 2017 – 2023, the physical development of the county in areas such as houses, roads, public transport, etc and the four meetings that took place around the county for the public to attend where questions…
Situation at Priory Hall
Noel interviews ANDREW ROBINSON from New Beginning about the situation at Priory Hall, after the council tried to move all the neighbours/ residents out of their houses because there was no fire escape…
No Repossessions – No Evictions Campaign
PAT GUERIN talks to JOAN COLLINS TD (United Left Alliance) about the No Repossessions – No Evictions Campaign…
Joan Collins about home repossessions and evictions
Ronnie O’ Brien interviews TD JOAN COLLINS, who talks about their efforts to prevent house repossessions and evictions…
