John Gormley

Tuesday 23rd January 2007, 8pm, Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar
All welcome

High house prices and lack of social and affordable housing in Dublin South East means that finding a home nearby your family or existing community is all but impossible. Can anything be done to give young people the opportunity of finding a home close to their families and places of employment? Is there an alternative to the fragmented communities and lengthy commuting times delivered by current housing policies?

Together with my Green Party colleagues Ciarán Cuffe TD, and Eamon Ryan TD, I am hosting a public meeting to discuss ideas and solutions on how to tackle the housing crisis we face. We have lined up a number of speakers from various backgrounds to make contributions on the situation in Dublin and elsewhere, and there will be an open forum for people affected by these issues.

This meeting will be of interest to anyone in need of housing, whether it be local authority, affordable, or private housing.
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Minister for the Environment Dick Roche TD will speak at a conference entitled “Energy from Waste in Ireland – Assessing the best use of a reliable resource” on Tuesday 19th September. CRAI (Combined Residents Against Incineration) has called for a protest against this pro-incineration event, at the Raddison Hotel Stillorgan at 12.30pm. The Green Party in Dublin South East will be supporting this protest, and urge you to come along if possible.

Clanna Gael Fontenoy clubhouse, Sean Moore Park

October 2nd is the deadline for submissions to An Bord Pleanála on the proposed incinerator at Poolbeg. The Dublin South East Green Party has arranged this meeting to assist residents who wish to submit objections. We have lined up a number of speakers to make contributions on various aspects of the planning process and the incinerator proposal, and there will be an open forum for residents and campaigners to discuss the best approaches to fighting the incinerator through the planning process.

If you have not already prepared an objection, we hope this meeting will provide useful ideas. If you have already made a submission, please come along and share your views with the meeting.

Although the incinerator is definitely a political issue, we are hoping that this meeting will focus on the practical aspects of fighting the proposed incinerator.

Speakers:

Dr Anthony Staines, School of Public Health, UCD
Dr Staines is an epidemiologist and senior lecturer in the School of Public Health, UCD. He is the co-author of the baseline health status assessment for Ringsend, and featured on the recent RTÉ Prime Time report on incineration.

Nick Loughnan, CHASE, anti-incinerator campaign in Cork
Nick Loughnan is a member of the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment (CHASE), a campaign group which has been opposing the building of two incinerators at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour.

Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy is an independent IT expert who was instrumental in exposing the problems with the Government’s electronic voting system. He has also used Freedom of Information requests to research the proposed incinerator. This research was the subject of a recent editorial in the Irish Independent.

Frances Corr, CRAI
Frances Corr represents Combined Residents Against Incineration (CRAI), the campaign group opposing the incinerator at Poolbeg.

Chair: John Gormley TD

On Saturday 8th April 2006 we are holding a one day conference in the Kingston Hotel in Dún Laoghaire to raise awareness of, and debate the issues surrounding the future of Dublin Bay.

Statutory Agencies, Stakeholders, Interest Groups, NGOs and the public are invited to attend.

Issues to be discussed include the following:

• Dublin Bay’s qualities, value and future potential.
• Best practice in cities abroad.
• Agreement on the development that should be considered around the Bay.
• Changes in the management of the Bay.

Full details are available at http://www.dublinbayfutures.org/