A closer look at three social-housing schemes, chosen at random, suggests delays are caused by both the Department of Housing and the council.

These days it’s Ed Bowden, a member of Vexillology Ireland, who’s in charge of the city’s flags, including the tricolour fluttering over Dame Street.

Jeffrey Roe is running a workshop at the TOG Hackerspace next month for those interested in making their own sensors, to track air pollution in their neighbourhoods.

“I’ve worked all over, every aspect of catering,” says long-time Chef Ray Juthan. “But I’ve never gotten as much satisfaction as I have now.”

The National College of Ireland “is exploring multiple possibilities for expansion, including the site on Sean McDermott Street”, says Robert Ward, NCI’s marketing director.

The waitress arrives with a bamboo basket. As she removes the lid, steam drifts up. She reveals three bright green buns.

“If a good new song is one you think you’ve heard before, then these cuts already feel as classic as a knitted jumper.”

In “The New Music”, a pianist’s life changes when he is diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s and moves into a shared Dublin house with three punk rockers.