Finnstown Castle and Edmunsbury are some of the few untouched areas left in Lucan.  Wildlife and green spaces need to be protected and not forsaken for more development of housing.  Residents do not only require a home to live in, they need to have a quality of life in their communities.  

The NTA should focus on getting public transport working properly for the residents already living in Lucan and Adamstown. Our communities continue to experience overcrowded buses, insufficient capacity, gaps in services and a transport network that has not kept pace with our rapidly growing population.

Elected councillors should have the opportunity through the proper local planning process, decide where further development should go ahead, based on the full needs of our communities not transport accessibility alone.  There are many issues in the Lucan/Adamstown areas already; schools are at capacity, for a start.  New developments would put a huge amount of pressure on already struggling services and infrastructure.