Labour will revitalise Dublin and position it as a leading capital of the world

• More affordable housing and public transport central to revitalising Dublin.
• Labour will give councils the power and resources to deliver new ideas and initiatives.
• Waste Management must be brought back under public control.
• Only Labour has a credible plan for more visible Gardaí in our communities.

Launching our Vision for Dublin, Labour MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin was joined by party candidates from across the city to highlight our plans to revitalise the city and county, deliver the homes, public transport, safer communities, and public services Dublin needs.

Launching our plans, Aodhán said:

“When Dublin thrives, the entire country benefits. When I ran for Europe I did so for the love of Dublin. Our city has been neglected by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil for too long. They don’t have the ambition to deliver what our city needs.

“For eight years they failed to deliver a directly elected Mayor or the level of housing needed for thriving communities. They talk now about putting more Gardaí on our streets but after four wasted years their pledges carry little weight. A year on from the riots that scared the city centre little has improved.

“We can point to the redevelopment of the Docklands, the completion of Luas Cross City and the rollout of Dublin Bikes as projects Labour drove and delivered. Now we want to see initiatives like a food market network, a new artists quarter, and new homes in the inner city core.

“Labour has put forward a range of transformational ideas and initiatives that we believe can revitalise and regenerate our city, but it means giving our local councils new powers and conceding power to a new Mayor.

“To deliver such projects Councillors need powers to raise more money like a hotel bed tax that would allow them to improve our streets and public realm. Waste management is a major problem.

Labour Senator Marie Sherlock said:

“Labour will tackle the dysfunctional waste collection system in our city. We will begin the process of remunicipalisation by changing the law to allow for the tendering of collections services in an area through a single provider. We will introduce underground collection bins to reduce street clutter and drive greater recycling.

“We will provide new spaces for artists so that our city centres are not cultural wastelands and ensure our proposed State Construction Company takes on the take of regeneration by assembling brownfield plots for new housing, and resource local authorities to regenerate areas like the North Georgian core as homes.”

Concluding, Aodhán said:

“The government parties will deliver more of the same if re-elected. Labour is offering a real vision for our city, that has the potential to transform communities across Dublin and position it as a leading capital of the world. The problems facing Dublin are similar to those in towns and cities across the country, but the neglect by the last government of our capital city demands immediate action from those elected later this week.”

Labour’s Vision for Dublin is available here: https://labour.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Labour-A-Vision-for-Dublin-2024.pdf