Seven Estates

This report shares findings from the research project Progress and Problems in Social Housing Estates: A Ten-Year Follow-Up Study. Conducted between 2007 and 2009, the study revisited seven local authority housing estates across Ireland that were first studied between 1997 and 1999. These included Fatima Mansions and Finglas South in Dublin, Fettercairn in Tallaght, Deanrock in Togher (Cork), Moyross in Limerick, Muirhevnamor in Dundalk, and Cranmore in Sligo.

Review of Rialto Community Health Projects 2011-2012

This review, conducted by the Discipline of Occupational Therapy at Trinity College Dublin, highlights the important role that community health projects play in supporting local community well-being. In Rialto, projects based in Dolphin and Fatima reach people who can often be hardest to engage and deliver positive health outcomes at relatively low cost. The review recognises the high-quality work being carried out. It demonstrates the positive impact these projects have had on residents' health and well-being, based on the experiences of participants.

THE REGENERATION GAME: Fatima Mansions and Public Private Partnership

The Fatima Mansions Regeneration Project, the first public private partnership housing project which is now in its final stages, has been in the making since 2000. As team leader with lead community organisation Fatima Groups United, this article contains my overview of our experience and process outcomes along with an analysis of core issues and challenges facing community development practitioners participating within the regeneration framework

The Real Guide To Regeneration For Communities

Making The Right Decision About Urban Regeneration

Making Fatima A Better Place To Live

The launch of this report comes at an important time in the story of Fatima. As we approach the millennium Jubilee of the year 2000, Fatima Mansions is on the eve of its 50th anniversary – 50 years of community.  The observations, memories and comments which run through this report are a witness to the community’s growth and disintegration, its coming together and falling apart, its sharing of hope and disappointment, its resilience and inner strength in the face of massive challenges and of feelings of isolation and abandonment.

Mary P. Corcoran (September 1998)

REGENERATION Learnings & Insights

Common-sense lessons on regeneration and development for local authorities and development consortiums.

From Ghetto to Greatest

Fatima Groups United invited response and recommendations arising from Dublin Corporations Draft Development Plan for Fatima Mansions.

Dream / Dare / Do

“Fatima has set the standard and awakened the ambitions of other neighbourhoods that yearn for regeneration. Fatima is now a place that others are looking to for advice and guidance - what a transformation -what a credit to the people of Fatima Mansions.”

President Mary McAleese.

8 Great Expectations

This unique and remarkable Social Regeneration Plan has been prepared and agreed by all partners of the Fatima Regeneration Board. The plan contains a programme of actions to be twinned with the physical regeneration programme of Fatima Mansions. Its task is to ensure the successful social regeneration of this community. It is a unique, innovative, exciting civic and community initiative. It forms a vital component of the overall Masterplan for the regeneration of this inner-city estate, the terms of which were formally agreed between community representatives and Dublin City Council in April 2004.

Two Communities in Transition

Moving house marks one of the biggest changes a person goes through in their lives.  It is one of life’s most stressful situations. When whole communities have to move, the stress can be even greater.  This document is rooted in the recent history of two communities that have had extensive experience in making such a move in the context of regeneration of their flat complexes.  This process of moving home during a regeneration or refurbishment process is called ‘transition’.