Things To Do: Pin the blame on indie sleaze, visit a bungalow, see the Dead Zoo in blue
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
Things To Do: Pin the blame on indie sleaze, visit a bungalow, see the Dead Zoo in blue
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
Risk that more survivors of torture will be denied asylum in Ireland, as a vital service is frozen
While the pace of the asylum process has picked up for many applicants, the services helping them to make their cases have lacked the resourcing to keep up.
Council investigates chemical "attacks" on beach grass in Balbriggan
“It is not harmless behaviour – it is the premeditated, attempted destruction of a key environmental asset.”
Council identifies Clongriffin as potential site for a new cultural and artistic centre
A 2021 cultural infrastructure audit found that there was a big swathe of the northeast of the city that did not have any cultural buildings nearby.
Council looking into causes of small landslide in Strawberry Beds earlier this year
“The residents living there and people that use that road need to know that it’s safe,” says Fine Gael Councillor Ted Leddy.
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Frustrated by longer wait for green man at Blackhorse junction, people dash across in front of moving cars
“I know the cycle of the lights and I’m like, ‘I should have gone already,’” said Niamh Stephens on Tuesday.
Why don't councillors talk as much about homelessness at meetings anymore?
For years, homelessness was a standing item on the agenda at most housing committee meetings. But, recently it hasn’t featured as often.
Council looks set to agree plans to revamp Mountjoy Square despite pushback from local sports clubs
The full council is set to vote in June on the plan to rejuvenate the square in line with its Georgian heritage, following 196 submissions to a public consultation.
Some Drimnagh residents want the council to buy the old, frequently arsoned, G4S site
It has planning permission for 113 apartments, and community facilities.
The revived Newmarket Flea could really do with an indoor space, says its operator – like that vacant one there
But the asking rent for the empty market space at the bottom of The Eight Building in the Liberties is €66,000 a year.
Things To Do: Hear some early music, solve a riddle, use fiction as a verb
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
Priorswood Deis Plus school set to lose teacher and face larger class sizes for want of one student
Local residents and TDs are calling on the Department of Education to intervene.
Under council’s "5% policy", developers are delivering arts spaces – but who will pay for the fit-outs?
The new four-storey Juno Building on Upper Sheriff Street is built, but it’ll cost millions to finish the interior so arts organisations can put it to use.
A woman sees herself through a lengthy stay in immigration limbo with help from open mics, group therapy
“Most men process their feelings faster,” Jaishree Malik said, on stage, of her eight-month-long wait. The joke met with peals of laughter.
What ever became of the planned mill museum in Islandbridge?
Though promised as part of the Bellevue apartment complex, it was never opened – and then the owner applied for permission to turn it into more apartments instead.
How much would it cost the council to revive the Rupert Guinness Theatre in the Liberties?
The Diageo-owned theatre on Watling Street has been left unused for many years.
Concerns about continuity of care as Tusla changes 3,000 children’s social workers
“If you read any research with care-experienced voices – every piece of research talks about the importance of continuity of care.”
Corporate landlord dinged for breaching rent-setting laws in four properties
Vestry Limited Partnership owns more than 1,000 homes across Ireland.
Fingal refuses Manna permission to continue flying drones from base in Coolmine
“In the absence of sufficient evidence, the aerial delivery hub by virtue of its operation results in serious noise pollution,” the council found.
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.
A new coalition tries to lay out what a “health-led” drug policy could actually mean
“We're actually at a pivotal moment in Ireland with regard to our drug policy,” said one speaker, at the inaugural event of the Irish Coalition for Drug Reform.
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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.