[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":138},["ShallowReactive",2],{"home-issues":3},[4,37,63,90,114],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"description":24,"extension":25,"kicker":26,"meta":27,"navigation":28,"order":29,"path":30,"quote":31,"quoteSource":32,"seo":33,"stem":34,"updated":35,"__hash__":36},"issues\u002Fissues\u002Fdereliction.md","Vacancy and dereliction",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":20},"minimark",[10,14,17],[11,12,13],"p",{},"On 13 March 2025, Cllr Breen called a special meeting of Dublin City Council on vacancy and dereliction. The motion asked for a Special Refurbishment Unit for state and council stock, utility data to find vacant buildings, a higher and wider Residential Zoned Land Tax, and more compulsory purchase. It was referred unanimously to a cross-party working group.",[11,15,16],{},"He was a named requester on a second special meeting on 24 March 2025, on Tenant in Situ restrictions.",[11,18,19],{},"In December 2025 he challenged a north-central report that listed only 11 derelict buildings in the whole area.",{"title":21,"searchDepth":22,"depth":22,"links":23},"",2,[],"A special full-council meeting on vacant stock, and a north-central report that listed 11 derelict buildings.","md","Planning and housing",{},true,1,"\u002Fissues\u002Fdereliction","Housing is the biggest issue facing our city, and the fact that we aren't willing to go after the low hanging fruit is just remarkable.","Dublin People, December 2025",{"title":6,"description":24},"issues\u002Fdereliction","2025-12-17","GHZIEo5dFFth0Y8VbTdeaL4teuzvMZanB2pBewqE7MY",{"id":38,"title":39,"body":40,"description":53,"extension":25,"kicker":54,"meta":55,"navigation":28,"order":22,"path":56,"quote":57,"quoteSource":58,"seo":59,"stem":60,"updated":61,"__hash__":62},"issues\u002Fissues\u002Ffloods.md","Clontarf flood defences",{"type":8,"value":41,"toc":51},[42,45,48],[11,43,44],{},"Sandbags have sat on the Clontarf promenade since the early 2010s, after an earlier defence scheme was voted down.",[11,46,47],{},"In May 2025 Cllr Breen joined a site visit with OPW Minister Kevin Moran and Barry Heneghan TD. In October 2025 the council showed temporary interlocking concrete barriers. He suggested a mural on that temporary wall marking the Battle of Clontarf.",[11,49,50],{},"Phase 1B of the River Wad Flood Relief Scheme followed. Phase 1A and 1B together are described as protecting 112 properties. The sandbags on that stretch were removed. The next steps he has put on the record are updated flood maps so residents can get insurance, and long-term coastal defences so the replacement barriers do not become the new sandbags.",{"title":21,"searchDepth":22,"depth":22,"links":52},[],"Sandbags on the promenade, the River Wad scheme, and the push for long-term coastal defences.","Coastal defences",{},"\u002Fissues\u002Ffloods","For 14 years, they've been left to rot along one of Ireland's most scenic coastlines.","Dublin People, October 2025",{"title":39,"description":53},"issues\u002Ffloods","2025-10-22","Zi59KmANAXT2X_R3TVyTAPJekI_c4dzCv5sKEIzhJfA",{"id":64,"title":65,"body":66,"description":79,"extension":25,"kicker":80,"meta":81,"navigation":28,"order":82,"path":83,"quote":84,"quoteSource":85,"seo":86,"stem":87,"updated":88,"__hash__":89},"issues\u002Fissues\u002Faccessibility.md","Accessibility and older people",{"type":8,"value":67,"toc":77},[68,71,74],[11,69,70],{},"In June 2026 Cllr Breen put a North Central motion for a proper review of disabled parking on the Northside. The council answered with the individual-bay application process. He called that box-ticking. The motion passed.",[11,72,73],{},"In January 2026 he asked why the Context Studio co-design report with Disabled Persons' Representative Organisations was still unpublished.",[11,75,76],{},"He has tabled questions on dangerous footpaths at Hollybrook Grove and Kincora Road, ramps on Mount Prospect Avenue, and bikes locked to railings at Killester DART that block buggies and wheelchairs.",{"title":21,"searchDepth":22,"depth":22,"links":78},[],"Disabled parking on the Northside, an unpublished consultation, and paths that are not fit to use.","Public realm",{},3,"\u002Fissues\u002Faccessibility","This is about dignity, independence and equal access. We cannot continue with a box-ticking approach.","Dublin People, June 2026",{"title":65,"description":79},"issues\u002Faccessibility","2026-06-25","UhDZyN8BtpTiL_PkIQglaeDOoDry5vsfyT-66SIb-7w",{"id":91,"title":92,"body":93,"description":103,"extension":25,"kicker":104,"meta":105,"navigation":28,"order":106,"path":107,"quote":108,"quoteSource":109,"seo":110,"stem":111,"updated":112,"__hash__":113},"issues\u002Fissues\u002Fsport.md","Grassroots sport",{"type":8,"value":94,"toc":101},[95,98],[11,96,97],{},"Cllr Breen is a former Clontarf FC player. In July 2025 he facilitated an agreement for the club to use the EastPoint all-weather pitch in the evenings and at weekends. The club chair put the numbers at 50 teams, about 800 players, and more than 200 girls.",[11,99,100],{},"He has also campaigned for toilets and changing at the Woodside pitches in St Anne's Park, calling the gap a barrier to girls playing. Eco-toilets went in during October 2025 and were burned within six days. They were repaired by December 2025. He called toilets the bare minimum. Changing rooms are still outstanding.",{"title":21,"searchDepth":22,"depth":22,"links":102},[],"Clontarf FC access to EastPoint, and toilets and changing at St Anne's Park.","Community amenities",{},4,"\u002Fissues\u002Fsport","After lengthy and constructive discussions, I'm absolutely delighted to see this partnership come together. It's a win for the club and for the wider Clontarf community.","Dublin Gazette, July 2025",{"title":92,"description":103},"issues\u002Fsport","2025-12-08","Frwy2VssTRtFxI609JVV2F_gf2QsV8X1whWHYdoxAPA",{"id":115,"title":116,"body":117,"description":127,"extension":25,"kicker":128,"meta":129,"navigation":28,"order":130,"path":131,"quote":132,"quoteSource":133,"seo":134,"stem":135,"updated":136,"__hash__":137},"issues\u002Fissues\u002Fpier.md","Clontarf pier",{"type":8,"value":118,"toc":125},[119,122],[11,120,121],{},"On 14 April 2025 Cllr Breen was one of six councillors on a joint North Central motion backing Reimagine Clontarf Pier, a campaign by the Yacht and Boat Club and the Residents Association.",[11,123,124],{},"The pier has had no major upgrade in 75 years.",{"title":21,"searchDepth":22,"depth":22,"links":126},[],"A North Central motion backing Reimagine Clontarf Pier. No major upgrade in 75 years.","Heritage and coast",{},5,"\u002Fissues\u002Fpier","This is a legacy project.","Dublin Inquirer, May 2025",{"title":116,"description":127},"issues\u002Fpier","2025-05-09","YH8wCEpF5nAgibiZwZXQjFL01eXH8agNytvXxhBX8qc",1790763388311]