A new playground chosen and voted on by local people has opened in Palmerstown, Dublin.

Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Councillor Vicky Casserly visited the site at Waterstown Park earlier this month to launch the playspace.

Speaking at the event Mayor Cllr Casserly said: "The new playground incorporates natural play, which has been proven to have benefits for children in terms of increasing well-being, developing imagination and allowing children to assess risk and develop their coping abilities. In addition, the playground was designed and audited to ensure access is possible for children of all types of abilities and an accessible picnic table has been installed on request following the audit."

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The project was funded by South Dublin County Council through the '300K have your say' Public Participatory Budget where projects were chosen and voted on by the communities of Lucan and Palmerstown.

(CM/JG)