Vote on sale of land on Oscar Traynor site deferred

The council’s head of housing, Brendan Kenny, claims the direct build proposal could take five to eight years to complete.

Dublin City Councillors have deferred a vote to sell land at Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock to a private developer.

Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, and a number of independents have all voiced opposition to the plan which would see one of the largest plots of Dublin City Council-owned land sold to private developer Glenveagh Homes, a year after similar plans were rejected by councillors, 48 to 14.