Cllr Eva Dowling

📣Good news: the Cabinteely Greenway is approved!

€20bn MetroLink price tag misleading Madam — Your report last week claimed that Dublin’s MetroLink “is expected to cost more than €20bn” (‘Metrolink workers could be housed in pre-fabs, officials suggest’, March 1). The latest cost estimate for MetroLink is around €9.5bn. The higher figure is an unlikely worst-case scenario. It is neith­er factual nor fair to present it as the expected cost. It’s misleading and confusing and undermines public confidence in a much-needed project. Councillor Feljin Jose, Phibsboro, Dublin 7

Facts matter. Quoting a worst case scenario figure as the estimated cost for a project is incredibly damaging for such a vital project. I'm glad they took my letter though!

The country needs more homes built. But in our area, it seems our calls for good planning are being ignored.

I spoke with David McCullagh recently on the need for government to build schools in our area - the area that's delivering more homes than any other. 1/2

“Business as usual” won’t build a world-class research sector: Green Party responds to Research Ireland’s newly launched strategy | Green Party

Ireland cannot outsource its future to FDI alone. Research Ireland’s long-anticipated strategy does not match the scale of the opportunity that exists in Ireland, nor the urgency, given the ongoing geopolitical disruption

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Picture of news article about half a million journeys made every day by active travel rather than car with slogan “we built it they came”

#greensdeliver

Janet Horner is profiled in the Sunday Independent

Janet Horner is profiled in the Sunday Independent

Janet Horner is profiled in the Sunday Independent

What a great Sunday morning! It’s sunny, we’re up in the polls, @hazelchu.bsky.social is on Brendan O’Connor’s panel @rteradio1.bsky.social at 11, and @irishindosport.bsky.social has a brilliant interview with @janetphorner.bsky.social

Great profile of @janetphorner.bsky.social in the Sunday Independent today

Green party’s Roderic O’Gorman, Eva Dowling, Janet Horner and Adam Devine pose with a ballot box at TU Dublin

Did you know that more people can now vote in Seanad election?

Register before the 26th of February here:

seanadvoter.ie

@rodericogorman.bsky.social @younggreens.ie @evadowling.bsky.social @janetphorner.bsky.social

The Green Party together with the Young Greens / Óige Ghlas are urging eligible voters to check the new Higher Education Seanad Constituency register in advance of the 2026 deadline on Thursday, 26th February. Recent graduates and graduates of newly designated institutions will be eligible to vote for the first time. Pictured: Roderic O’Gorman, Green Party Leader and TD, Dublin West Eva Dowling, Green Party Councillor and Higher Education Spokesperson (pink scarf) Adam Devine, Co-chair of the Young Greens / Óige Ghlas, and Drogheda Urban LEA Representative Janet Horner, Green Party Cathaoirleach and Councillor, and Dublin Central by-election candidate

The Green Party together with the Young Greens / Óige Ghlas are urging eligible voters to check the new Higher Education Seanad Constituency register in advance of the 2026 deadline on Thursday, 26th February. Recent graduates and graduates of newly designated institutions will be eligible to vote for the first time. Pictured: Roderic O’Gorman, Green Party Leader and TD, Dublin West Eva Dowling, Green Party Councillor and Higher Education Spokesperson (pink scarf) Adam Devine, Co-chair of the Young Greens / Óige Ghlas, and Drogheda Urban LEA Representative Janet Horner, Green Party Cathaoirleach and Councillor, and Dublin Central by-election candidate

There’s still time to check seanadvoter.ie and get registered for the new Seanad Higher Education constituency before the February 26th deadline.

Please don’t assume you’re on the list as voters on the previous NUI and TCD panels were not automatically added to this new register.

My letter to the editor of the Irish Times (28.01.26) this week calling out Fine Gael hypocrisy over car parking charges

Drone technologies are moving fast - and legislation needs to keep pace 🚁

My bill to regulate commercial drone activity will this week advance to second stage in the Dáil. The Bill sets out clear rules on planning permission and noise complaints as drones become more common in our skies.

With Trumps threats to Greenland’s independence growing every day, a strong EU response is vital.
I’m calling on the Taoiseach to urgently brief Opposition leaders on the possible use of the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument and the impact on Ireland of the new tariffs threat 🇮🇪 🇬🇱 🇪🇺

1/2 In light of the violations by Grok the X AI chatbot let's look at the gap in Irish law.

There's an apparent and dangerous gap in the law. Under Coco's law that got enacted in 2020 the sharing of deepfake and harmful content is illegal so is the using of such material for harrassment. However

Happy Christmas and a peaceful 2026!

Council offices are closed and will reopen on Friday 2nd January 2026.

You can still reach out to me or council offices if anything arises over the break: edowling@cllr.dlcoco.ie | info@dlrcoco.ie or just text/whatsapp me

📸 throwback from 2023 Cabinteely Park

Thank you Caoimhe Butterly, Greta Thunberg and Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb of Médecins Sans Frontières for your words this evening in @bfcdublin.bsky.social linking climate justice with social justice in Gaza and elsewhere.

Joined cross-party opposition at Leinster House this morning, calling for the Student Accommodation Strategy to be published. Students and families have waited long enough. It’s time to publish it now.

📸 @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social

Greens calls on Minister Lawless to publish student accommodation strategy following growing uncertainty around rent caps | Green Party Greens calls on Minister Lawless to publish student accommodation strategy following growing uncertainty around rent caps

I am calling on the Minister to publish the awaited Student Accommodation Strategy without delay following reports that private landlords will be allowed to increase rents for students outside of the Department of Housing rental caps: www.greenparty.ie/news/greens-...

We are ready for the Galway West By-election 💪

Delighted that my nomination as Green Party Candidate for Galway West By-election has now been ratified by the executive. Looking forward to working with members and supporters in the campaign ahead.

Traffic in Dublin has gotten crazy the past few weeks. But the new government is taking money away from public transport projects that could deal with it.

We could have had a new DART station and improved lines at Heuston and Kylemore Road in Ballyfermot. But no. Roads instead.

We now have Green Mayors in 5 EU capitals!” shows a simplified map of Europe with five highlighted countries. Circular portraits of five mayors appear around the map, each connected by a colored arrow to their respective capital city: Sisse Marie Welling (Copenhagen, Denmark), Femke Halsema (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Viesturs Kleinbergs (Riga, Latvia), Gergely Karácsony (Budapest, Hungary), and Tomislav Tomašević (Zagreb, Croatia). Each portrait includes a small national flag and the label “Green Mayor of” followed by the city name.

🌻 We are so proud of our 5 Green mayors of EU capital cities as they show the way for all cities in their countries and in Europe.

💚 Local elections have the most direct impact on our day-to-day.
It starts at the local level and then spreads to national.

We won't always make popular decisions but at the very least we could make fair decisions.

Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil would prefer to angrily shut down debate, rather than hear criticism of their rent hikes on the least well off while giving the maximum tax cut to homeowners.

This week I voted against Fine Gael’s proposal to increase: rents, car parking charges, and bring centre fees, in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Fine Gael councillors seemed confused about our party proposing to actually protect the most vulnerable and less well-off in our community.

From Metro to Dart+ South West to the Luas, this week has shown clearly how this Government is hell bent on sabotaging itself when it comes to providing sustainable Public Transport infrastructure for Ireland instead opting for more roads.

#transport #luas #metro #dart @greenpartyie.bsky.social

Last night Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil balanced a €9m hole in our council’s budget, caused by giving a 15pc tax cut in Local Property Tax, by hiking council tenants rents and increasing car parking charges and green waste charges.

This was probably the biggest climate demonstration in Ireland since 2019-2020!

A huge Green Party turnout at the National Climate March today to call on the government to stop the U-turns and get serious about climate action, nature restoration and ending fossil fuels.

I'm pleased to share that as of today, I will serve as the Chairperson of the Oireachtas Cross-Party Cancer Group - a group of TDs and Senators who work alongside the Irish Cancer Society to hear directly from cancer patients and fight to improve cancer services across the country (1/4)

Their emissions grew last year by 9% to 16 million tonnes of CO2, the most polluting airline in Europe.

Media organisations make a choice to highlight their financials, but not their destruction of our stable climate.

There's still time to apply for our new comms officer role - full details in the link below, share with someone you think would be a great fit!
#GreenJobs