Things To Do: Liberate objects by hoarding them, have a Really Good Time, go to the opera with the council
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
Things To Do: Liberate objects by hoarding them, have a Really Good Time, go to the opera with the council
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
As council plans new town for Dunsink, how does the old landfill there fit in?
The plans envision it as a park, not a site for housing. Environmental monitoring reports detail its impacts on surface water and ground water, as well as the gases it is emitting.
After challenge from petrol station, planning body to reconsider a bit of a BusConnects route
The High Court decided An Coimisiún Pleanála has to look again at the impact of one stretch of Blanchardstown to City Centre route, which runs by the Go service station on the Old Cabra Road.
A youth-led uprising in India stirs hopes of greater solidarity among Indian Dubliners
Late last month, a small group gathered on O'Connell Street to support the "cockroaches" movement that had taken to the streets in their country of birth.
Dean: In Search of Lecs Luther’s “Fish & Chips”
Before Luther repackaged himself as Rejjie Snow, he announced but never released the EP – but someone else pieced it together.
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As costs to fit-out Dublin's new arts spaces come into focus, who should pay?
In one case, it may take about €60,000. In another, €5 million.
Too many people are kept in their cells between 19 and 24 hours a day, says chief prison inspector
"It really is an absolutely critical issue," says Mark Kelly.
In need of €439 million to reduce carbon emissions, the council got €70,500
"It seems very very small indeed," said Fine Gael Councillor Declan Flanagan, chair of Dublin City Council's climate action committee.
Should the council have to pay taxes on city properties it owns and leaves vacant or derelict?
The recently published report from the government's Local Democracy Taskforce recommended that if it does, it should get the money back.
The council plans to crack down on people who leave their bins on footpaths all the time
As the council bans putting out rubbish in bags in more and more bits of the city – part of its drive to clean up streets – some residents say they don't have room in their homes for wheelie bins.
The council is pushing ahead with plans to make the Tenters an architectural conservation area
“The original character of the area is quite special,” says Tenters resident Marie O’Reilly, who recalls spotting unique design features on neighbouring houses as a young child.
Years on, danger spots for cyclists along Rathmines to city centre corridor persist
There's a plan to reduce motor vehicle traffic along the route, and install kerb-segregated cycle lanes along most of it – but moving very, very slowly.
Things To Do: Haul a boat, let the past speak, choose a song about Sligo for karaoke
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
As locals wrestle with details of big plan for Dunsink, city councillors call for more time to consult
Dublin city councillors say outreach about the major project has been to residents in the Fingal County Council area – leaving locals in affected city neighbourhoods, such as Finglas, without a proper voice.
In Merrion Square, park-goers are frustrated as construction on tearoom enters its third summer
Earlier this year, the council had said it would be done about now. But that's been pushed back again.
Luke: In new Irish-language film, a chance encounter leads woman down dark road of revenge
The dread and discomfort build gradually in “An Mháthair”, from its mundane starting point to its clever reveal.
Dozens of people from Gaza seeking visas to study in Ireland are denied entry
It was Haneen Eshraim's only “realistic opportunity at this stage to leave Gaza safely and continue my education”, she said.
Animation artists call for regulation of the industry as the AI transition looms large
“I wouldn't necessarily say we're looking at a looming full automation, but a really, really drastic shakeup is definitely on the horizon,” says Jen Wayne of the Animation Workers of Ireland.
Dublin City Council is grappling with how to meet new government target for delivering social and affordable homes
The council's current pipeline shows about 11,000 new homes in the works from 2027 to 2030 so far, well short of the target of 19,400.
Fighting on O’Connell Street has never been so fun
The last few weeks, beneath the statue of Father Mathew, behind the Spire, groups of capoeristas have been practising their Brazillian martial art and game.
Campaign to engage voters in Belmayne provides a model to learn from, says a new report
As voting turnout declines, the Belmayne Social Inclusion Voting Campaign looks to simple tools to mend the divide.
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AI is not just coming to newsrooms in Ireland, it’s already here
“I'd be amazed if it’s not used in some form everywhere now,” says Michael Marsh, the editor in chief for Reach Plc in Ireland.
Exhibition showcases works by Liberties painter Valerie Gannon
Portraits, self-portraits, highly abstract renderings of cityscapes, recollections of sights at Dublin Airport, and much more.
In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists
On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond that.
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Waited for a bus in Dublin and it never showed up? Please tell us.
We’ve built a No-Show Bus Tracker to help document the scale and details of the problems of ghost buses and cancelled buses.
Here it is: our new cycle collision tracker
We hope you’ll use it to report hazards, near collisions, and collisions. Hopefully, over the long-term, this will help make cycling safer – and get more people out of cars and onto bikes.
Will You Draw Your Dublin Neighbourhood for Us?
This online tool lets you map your area’s boundaries, save your version, and see what others have drawn for the same area.
Introducing: A Tracker Where You Can Check How Your Councillors Have Voted
We’re very pleased to be launching Counciltracker.ie today, which will let you quickly and easily see what issues your local councillors have been voting on, and how.