O’Devaney Gardens regeneration plan 'the perfect mix'

The former head of the housing agency Conor Skehan welcomed the decision by Dublin City Councillors to ratify a €7m deal with developers Bartra earlier this week.

The former head of the housing agency has described plans for the regeneration of O’Devaney Gardens, once one of Dublin city’s most troubled social housing estates, as “the perfect mix”.

Conor Skehan, who is a housing lecturer in Technological University Dublin, welcomed the decision by Dublin City Councillors to ratify a €7m deal with developers Bartra earlier this week.