David Healy
@davidhealy.bsky.social
Clr. Glas i gContae Fhine Gall
Green Cllr. on Fingal County Council
www.davidhealy.com
Green Cllr. on Fingal County Council
www.davidhealy.com
An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.
Thanks to my fellow councillors for agreeing unanimously that @fingal.ie should stop using X, especially mayor Tom O’Leary for taking the suspension of standing orders and John Smith for suggesting that approach.
Fingal County Council has decided to stop using X for its communications, except for emergency communications, @michaellanigan.bsky.social points out to me, after watching the meeting.
February 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Thanks to my fellow councillors for agreeing unanimously that @fingal.ie should stop using X, especially mayor Tom O’Leary for taking the suspension of standing orders and John Smith for suggesting that approach.
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As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, a councillor suggests another vision. “It’s not that the people who live there don’t have cars,” he says. “It’s that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.”
As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, councillor suggests another vision
“It’s not that the people who live there don’t have cars,” he says. “It’s that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.”
www.dublininquirer.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 AM
As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, a councillor suggests another vision. “It’s not that the people who live there don’t have cars,” he says. “It’s that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.”
My submission on the application for 1350 housing units at Belcamp calls for design of a safe walkable neighbourhood, with shops and childcare, and good quality public transport including a reservation for light rail. davidhealy.com?p=1926
Submission on Large-scale Residential Development at Belcamp | David Healy
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January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
My submission on the application for 1350 housing units at Belcamp calls for design of a safe walkable neighbourhood, with shops and childcare, and good quality public transport including a reservation for light rail. davidhealy.com?p=1926
John Gibbons, author of The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis, will speak at a public meeting in the Marine Hotel, Sutton at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th February.
January 24, 2026 at 10:08 PM
John Gibbons, author of The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis, will speak at a public meeting in the Marine Hotel, Sutton at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th February.
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Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
We must completely change the way we build homes to stay below 2°C
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
www.newscientist.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
A strange car parking rule is in @fingal.ie bye-laws which discriminates against people living in apartments rather than houses, not in any way connected to whether they have access to off-street parking. We've agreed to start the process of changing it.
www.dublininquirer.com/apartment-dw...
www.dublininquirer.com/apartment-dw...
Apartment-dwellers in Fingal should be able to get resident parking permits for their area, councillor argues
During a debate Monday over new parking bye-laws, which raise the cost of parking in the county from 1 February.
www.dublininquirer.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A strange car parking rule is in @fingal.ie bye-laws which discriminates against people living in apartments rather than houses, not in any way connected to whether they have access to off-street parking. We've agreed to start the process of changing it.
www.dublininquirer.com/apartment-dw...
www.dublininquirer.com/apartment-dw...
Subsequent to this article, I have put my queries formally to the Council Executive. davidhealy.com?p=1906 We seem to be failing to take account of some major residential planning permissions in exactly the right highly accessible locations.
January 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Subsequent to this article, I have put my queries formally to the Council Executive. davidhealy.com?p=1906 We seem to be failing to take account of some major residential planning permissions in exactly the right highly accessible locations.
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The Active Travel Unit of @fingal.ie runs “Second Spin”, in conjunction with @rediscoveryctr.bsky.social.
The scheme provides free, upcycled bikes to teenagers who have had theirs stolen. To apply: www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-...
The scheme provides free, upcycled bikes to teenagers who have had theirs stolen. To apply: www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-...
Fingal wants to help teenagers ride again with Second Spin Project
Fingal wants to help teenagers ride again with Second Spin Project
www.fingal.ie
January 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The Active Travel Unit of @fingal.ie runs “Second Spin”, in conjunction with @rediscoveryctr.bsky.social.
The scheme provides free, upcycled bikes to teenagers who have had theirs stolen. To apply: www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-...
The scheme provides free, upcycled bikes to teenagers who have had theirs stolen. To apply: www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-...
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If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration
www.irishexaminer.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Ireland's energy regulator finally published its data centre connection policy. It facilitates a new era of fossil growth to facilitate this enormous energy user.
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hannahdaly.ie/2025-12-12-C...
A new era of fossil fuels to facilitate data centres?
Reaction to the CRU policy in relation to data centre connections
hannahdaly.ie
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ireland's energy regulator finally published its data centre connection policy. It facilitates a new era of fossil growth to facilitate this enormous energy user.
hannahdaly.ie/2025-12-12-C...
hannahdaly.ie/2025-12-12-C...
Join #BirdWatchIreland for an online webinar on the latest insights into the seabird population on Ireland’s Eye and the measures implemented to protect them.
📆: Wed, 10th Dec, 8
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A Zoom link will be shared on the afternoon of the 10th.
📆: Wed, 10th Dec, 8
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A Zoom link will be shared on the afternoon of the 10th.
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Join #BirdWatchIreland for an online webinar on the latest insights into the seabird population on Ireland’s Eye and the measures implemented to protect them.
📆: Wed, 10th Dec, 8
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A Zoom link will be shared on the afternoon of the 10th.
📆: Wed, 10th Dec, 8
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A Zoom link will be shared on the afternoon of the 10th.
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An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
www.irishexaminer.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed “to free up funding for more roads”
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has…
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has…
Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed “to free up funding for more roads”
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has claimed. He said that this is a "disaster" that large new areas of housing in Dublin -- including a development of nearly 900 homes approved in Adamstown today and the major housing project at Poolbeg -- were being left without the promised transport links, forcing more people into cars on the capital's congested roads.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed “to free up funding for more roads”
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has…
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has…
Essential reading on development, the environmental crisis and the rule of law in Ireland.
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Essential reading on development, the environmental crisis and the rule of law in Ireland.
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Tomorrow afternoon, as COP negotiations continue in Brazil, the Green Party will be one of over 60 groups and organisations coming together to march through the streets of Dublin calling for climate action, now!
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Tomorrow afternoon, as COP negotiations continue in Brazil, the Green Party will be one of over 60 groups and organisations coming together to march through the streets of Dublin calling for climate action, now!
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
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Some corrections to recent misinformation on judicial review and context around facts behind the application of EU law in Ireland, access to justice teased out on the Echo Chambers Podcast with Sabrina Kemper and Fred Logue
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pca.st/episode/824e...
The Collison Corrections and Access to Justice
pca.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Some corrections to recent misinformation on judicial review and context around facts behind the application of EU law in Ireland, access to justice teased out on the Echo Chambers Podcast with Sabrina Kemper and Fred Logue
pca.st/episode/824e...
pca.st/episode/824e...
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One person, reacting to my take on a pattern of emerging opinions, described it as a media pile-on!
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How Ireland’s Elites are Coordinating Against Judicial Review
Ireland’s major opinion pages across The Business Post, The Sunday Independent and The Irish Times began singing in unison. The refrain: judicial review is strangling progress.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
One person, reacting to my take on a pattern of emerging opinions, described it as a media pile-on!
open.substack.com/pub/padraigm...
open.substack.com/pub/padraigm...
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Powerful letter asking if we’ve been collectively gaslit by the construction industry — exposing how public input is blamed while elite networks quietly rewrite planning rules.
It's time to defend transparency and democracy in development. #PlanningJustice #Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
It's time to defend transparency and democracy in development. #PlanningJustice #Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Have we all been gaslit by the construction industry?
‘As a planning consultant, I’ve seen first-hand how public participation strengthens communities’
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Powerful letter asking if we’ve been collectively gaslit by the construction industry — exposing how public input is blamed while elite networks quietly rewrite planning rules.
It's time to defend transparency and democracy in development. #PlanningJustice #Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
It's time to defend transparency and democracy in development. #PlanningJustice #Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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The attack in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. This government ignoring right wing violence has led us here, and without meaningful response will only lead to deaths
November 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The attack in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. This government ignoring right wing violence has led us here, and without meaningful response will only lead to deaths