Darragh Nolan

So quite a big addition to the local area.

And in terms of what Jack Chambers said about that then, he described the development as a monstrosity.

which would put an atomic bomb under the conservation area as we should see it.

So again, no uncertain terms.

And what's interesting about this as well is if you flash forward a couple of years and go through his comments, as again, he became more of a prominent public figure, the things that he has said about planning objections.

So

The last number of years have shown how too many individuals have had too much of a say in impeding infrastructure and housing across our economy.

And another thing Jack Chambers said, I've seen examples in recent months of housing getting stopped because it undermines the character of the area.

What does that mean?

So he clearly has a problem with what he perceives as the amount of power that objectors have in these planning situations.

So his argument, this is another quote from Jack Chambers, the fact that people think they have a veto on more people living around them, I think, is a mindset that has to change.

Additional housing, new people living in an area enhances the diversity and character of an area.

So you might say it's one thing when he's speaking about the issue publicly and then

you go back X number of years and he's lodged an objection to a development himself.

But look at people's opinions on these things can change as well.

Francis Noel Duffy, who before the last general election was a Green Party TD, but also I think most interestingly in the context of this story, was also the Green Party's housing spokesperson at the time.

So anything to do with housing, to do with a housing spokesperson for a party, obviously going to maybe attract a little bit more attention and generate a slightly juicier headline.

He objected to a proposed development for more than 300 homes in

that would have been built next to his home in Dublin.

It was on a number of grounds, but again, kind of the typical things that you might see in objection to a planning proposal, overlooking concerns about the height of the development, the density of the development as well.