City council land sale blocked - Use public resources for public needs

There was almost a whiff of “let them eat cake” around the suggestion from Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan that “idle” council land should be sold to private developers to fund “cultural, sport, and recreational projects”.

Mr Keegan had argued that 14 high-value sites and 15 council works depots could, if privatised, realise €90mfor objectives set out under DCC’s capital programme. He argued that these sites were not all suitable for housing and pointed out that DCC has about 80 sites committed to housing projects.