{"id":309892,"date":"2026-01-29T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/309892\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:30:07","slug":"jim-gavin-steps-down-as-chair-of-dublin-inner-city-taskforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/309892\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Gavin steps down as chair of Dublin inner city taskforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jim Gavin<\/strong> has stepped down as <strong>chair<\/strong> of <strong>Dublin&#8217;s North East Inner City Taskforce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Fianna F\u00e1il presidential candidate was appointed to the role in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The North East Inner City Taskforce was set up a decade ago, following a spate of violent crimes in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The government appointed former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin as independent chair of the implementation board in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>However, members of the board and city councillors have been informed Mr Gavin is &#8220;no longer serving as chair&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It followed speculation over whether he would return to the role following his dramatic exit from the presidential election campaign last October.<\/p>\n<p>Liz Canavan, assistant general secretary of the Department of the Taoiseach, has been appointed to lead the taskforce on an interim basis.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Ray McAdam, said: &#8220;First and foremost, I want to thank Jim Gavin for his public service and for the leadership he brought to the North East Inner City Initiative during his term as chair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since it was established by Enda Kenny\u2019s Government in 2016, the NEIC has proven how effective joined-up action can be, turning plans into delivery for local communities. That\u2019s exactly why a new, hands-on chair must be appointed quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Lord Mayor, I will be seeking an early meeting with the Taoiseach and T\u00e1naiste to secure a clear timeframe for the appointment, protect momentum, and drive implementation of the NEIC Strategic Plan 2024\u20132027.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim Gavin has stepped down as chair of Dublin&#8217;s North East Inner City Taskforce. The former Fianna F\u00e1il&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-309892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115978870842667510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}