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The Social Democrats have today launched their ‘Greener and Fairer’ Climate Policy with wide-ranging proposals to address what they describe as the fundamental issue facing our country and our planet. The party says that creating a sustainable society requires everyone to play their part but at the same time it is important to ensure that too […]

The Social Democrats have today launched their cycling policy – a policy they say brings us closer to a society where the emphasis is placed on moving people rather than moving cars. The party notes that Ireland falls far behind much of Europe in terms of cycling infrastructure and it is time that Ireland started […]

Foster arts and culture by bringing Ireland in line with average EU spending on culture. Today, Wednesday 29th January, Sarah Durcan and Gary Gannon, Social Democrats candidates in Dublin Bay South and Dublin Central respectively,  launch the Party’s Arts and Culture manifesto for the general election and commit to increasing Arts and Culture spending to the EU average over […]

Social Democrats Councillor and Dublin Central General Election candidate, Gary Gannon has said the revised plans for the site of the former Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin’s North Inner-City represent an ‘incredible development’ for the city.  Cllr Gannon said the revised proposals lay out a plan for a combination of housing, an […]

Social Democrats’ Dublin City Councillors today voiced strong opposition to current plans for the development of O’Devaney Gardens and urged the council to come up with proposals for public housing on the site that is genuinely affordable. Cllr Gary Gannon said: “The O’Devaney Gardens site is one of the largest tracts of public land currently […]

Social Democrats’ Councillor Gary Gannon and his Social Democrats colleagues on Dublin City Council have secured agreement on the development of a multipurpose site of conscience at the location of the former Magdalene Laundry on Seán McDermott Street. “This opportunity allows us to repurpose this building into a physical space where future generations can touch […]

Students in schools and colleges have been snubbed in Budget 2019, Social Democrats’ Education Access and Equality Spokesman Cllr Gary Gannon said today. “For the second year running, there is a total absence of any Budget funding to help students cope with the rapidly escalating costs of going to third level by reducing fees or […]

Social Democrats councillor Gary Gannon has welcomed tonight’s vote by Dublin City councillors to halt the sale of the last Magdalene Laundry in public ownership to the Toyoko Inn hotel chain. ““I’m delighted that my fellow councillors supported my motion to block the sale of the Magdalene Laundry site at Sean McDermott Street. This Laundry […]

Social Democrats councillor Gary Gannon has expressed grave concern about the heavy-handed tactics used in an eviction of homeless protestors in Dublin by masked private security men which was overseen by gardaí also wearing balaclavas. Social Democrats councillor Gary Gannon has expressed grave concern about the heavy-handed tactics used in an eviction of homeless protestors […]

Dublin City Council has a responsibility and a duty to halt this sale and not discard this building and all the cultural and personal history it symbolises. “The sale of the Laundry would be an act of cultural vandalism that is wrong. The Sean McDermott St Magdalene Laundry should be turned into a centre to […]