Cuffe Street

Musings from Ciarán Cuffe, Green Party campaigner, city dweller, sea-swimmer

01 March, 2026

Low-carbon travel? Well, about half of it

Yikes, t hat was quite a travel year. Since I was voted in as co-chair of the European Greens in December 2024, I’ve travelled a lot to ...

18 October, 2025

Getting the band back together in Sweden

Address to the Milöpartiet de Gröna (Swedish Greens) on the occasion of their bi-annual congress in Västerås, 18 October 2025 Good afterno...

19 July, 2025

Fractured World Order: Where Does Europe Stand?

On 19 July 2025 I spoke at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Donegal on the theme of “ Fractured World Order: Where Does Europe Stand?”...

18 April, 2025

Past Achievements, future opportunities: Fifty years of Irish planning

Irish Planning Institute Conference Galway April 2025 Planning is doing fine but must focus more on tackling the housing and climate crises....

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About Me

Ciarán: Born in Shankill, County Dublin, as the snow melted after the long hard winter of 1963. I trained as an architect and planner and studied at University College Dublin, the University of Venice, and more recently, the London School of Economics. In the Dáil as Minister of State for Planning, I reformed our laws to put the needs of communities ahead of developers. I published legislation to tackle climate change, noise pollution, and protect our heritage. I have stood up to corrupt rezoning. I am a keen cyclist and sailor and live with my family in Phibsborough. I was a city councillor representing Dublin's North Inner City from 2014-19. I set up an MSc programme in urban regeneration at the School of Transport Engineering, Environment and Planning at the Technical University of Dublin (former DIT), Bolton Street. I served as Green Party MEP for Dublin from 2019-24. I'm interested in energy, transport, housing and urban issues.

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