A report on proposals to sell-off land, owned by Dublin city council, has been rejected by councillors.
The local authority hopes to raise more than €90 million by putting a number of high-value sites on the market, with the revenue then used to fund sporting and cultural facilities.
The list includes 14 high-value plots and properties including The College of Music on Chatham row, a site at the back of Kevin Street Library and Tolka Park football stadium, along with several council depots.
Under the plan they would be put on the market over the next 3 years.
A number of the plots have been described as unsuitable for social housing because of a high concentration of council accommodation nearby.
Sinn Féin councillor Daithí Doolan is among those who criticised the plan at last night's monthly council meeting;
"Our greatest asset is our land and I think this report clearly shows how desperate the situation is for Dublin city council"
He went on to say; "We are starved of central government funding so we end up having to sell off the family silver just to keep the city council afloat."
