I have recently been in contact with the OPW to find out when the Dodder footpaths will be reopened.  The proposed completion date for the flood alleviation works on both sides of the river between Londonbridge and Newbridge is April 2010 and the footpath on both sides of the river

The Ringsend post office is vital for the local community. We all know elderly neighbours who use it on a regular basis. John Gormley has intervened to postpone the move and in the meantime we will be working with local community to find a new location for the post office. I would hope that An Post co-operate as best they can to find a solution that will be acceptable to all.

The walkway and beach along ‘The Causeway’, (edge of Sandymount Strand), towards Irishtown Nature Park will be overlooked by the proposed poolbeg scheme. How could families sit on the beach here with apartment blocks and commercial activity just behind them, with no barrier?

The Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA), which is separate from Dublin City Council, has been conducting pre-statutory consultation for a draft planning scheme for Poolbeg. I have attended the public meetings, and am on the ‘Special Interest Group’, set up to discuss the issues. The DDDA wants an extensive, high-density development, at Poolbeg.

I believe that before the Plan can be finished, it is vital to first safeguard our wonderful natural amenity bordering Dublin Bay, to guarantee the protection of wildlife, and to have an extensive anti-flooding strategy.

Claire Wheeler, the local area representative of the Green party for the South East Inner City, today warmly welcomed the Government’s announcement of funding of €320,000 to Community Development projects in the area.

The choice of thermal treatment is based on outdated, arbitrary criteria

Submission on Third Party Objections to EPA Licence number W0232-01

Development of a mass burn incinerator at Poolbeg by Dublin City Council.

Submitted by Claire Wheeler (Pembroke Green Party Group) on behalf of Ryan Meade and others

Statement from Claire Wheeler, local area representative for the Green Party for Dublin South East Inner City, incorporating Ringsend, Irishtown and north Sandymount. 

‘Waste-to-Energy’ Mass Burn Incinerator Information Day, 17th Jan. 2009