In May 2013, Dublin City Council began advertising locally for interested parties to sign up to lease one of 40 allotments which were to be installed on a 1,600 hectare site adjacent to the park next to the River Camac.

In September 2013, Dublin Lord Mayor Oisín Quinn officially opened the Grattan Park Allotment, announcing "This allotment allows local people in Kilmainham and Inchicore to experience the pleasures of growing their own fruit, vegetables and flowers in an urban setting.

The playground was closed for approximately seven weeks from Wednesday 18 May 2022 to facilitate improvement works,[9] including the installation of a communications board for non-verbal children with special needs.

In the minutes of a meeting of Dublin City Council's South Central Area Committee in April 2021, it was recorded that, following on from a petition signed by 230 local people, all councillors for the South Central Area were asking that the council's parks department look at Grattan Crescent Park as a matter of urgency to address a number of issues.

[11] Residents requested that an online community consultation process be carried out as a way of influencing future upgrades in the park and as a means of ensuring sustainability.