Dublin Diocese has made a formal proposal to South Dublin City Council (SDCC) to resolve the dispute over the ownership of land at Balgaddy Community Garden.

The proposal includes a new Section 183 land disposal that would give the Dublin Diocese legal entitlement to the land which is currently being used for car parking while leaving the land where the community garden is situated in the ownership of the Council.

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Any future development of the Bush Centre would take place on the site where the centre is currently located.

Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West TD Eoin Ó Broin welcomed the proposal.

He said: "Sinn Féin along with others have been working both formally though the Council and informally through meetings with others to try and resolve this matter.

"In my view such a package would represent a significant gain for the local community and on that basis I believe that the Council should waive the original fee from the 1997 land disposal. The proposal represents a victory for common sense and will go a long way to building the strained relationships between the parish and the local community.

"I would urge the Council and Councillors to support this proposal and adopt a new Section 183 Land Disposal as soon as is possible."

(CD/MH)