Dublin City Council votes against  disposal of northside site

State-owned sites like the one on Oscar Traynor Road offer a great opportunity to build homes that are genuinely affordable to buy or rent, said Social Democrat TD for the area Cian O'Callaghan. File picture: iStock

Dublin City Councillors have voted against the disposal of a site on the city's northside which would have seen 853 homes built on it.

The Oscar Traynor Road site in Santry would have been sold to Glenveagh for €14m, despite being valued over three times that.