In Ballymun, locals rally to save Axis café, but the figures look grim
With large losses last year, the Axis centre’s reserves will be gone by the middle of next year, says its voluntary chair Declan Dunne – unless something changes.
In Ballymun, locals rally to save Axis café, but the figures look grim
With large losses last year, the Axis centre’s reserves will be gone by the middle of next year, says its voluntary chair Declan Dunne – unless something changes.
Council shoots down proposal for emergency solar panels on council homes before winter
Officials point to money, government grant rules – and GDPR.
In Beaumont, a branch of woodturners invites others in to learn the craft
Woodturners share what they know, says Cathal Ryan, chair of the East Central Chapter of the Irish Woodturner’s Guild. It’s why the guild exists.
Clontarf seafront needs to be more fun, a councillor and locals say
And the council shouldn’t wait for the long-promised flood defences before it happens, they say.
In Phibsborough, pilgrims gather at a shrine to the housing gods
The shrine started with a chicken baster, says artist Alison Byrne, which she would take with her to house viewings for luck.
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Council gives no timeline to reopen seven bays it has blocked at a Traveller accommodation site in Ballymun
“I think this is a bit drastic and a bit disproportionate,” says Martin Collins of Pavee Point, who called on the council to reallocate the homes to other families.
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Gardaí press charges against a man for a poster on the gates of Iranian embassy
Morteza Najafi wedged the anti-Khamenei poster by the railings during a peaceful protest in Blackrock, late last month.
In its case for leaving Wood Quay for new HQ, council is ignoring retrofit grant, says councillor
The Department of Environment has said it will fund up to 50 percent of the costs of retrofitting projects for public buildings.
Dublin Inquirer Summer School 2026 tickets are on sale now
On 27–28 June, we’re running seven different sessions aiming to offer skills and knowledge useful to journalists, and others trying to make the city a better place.
Fingal pitches in to help Portmarnock swimming pool fix its roof
The not-for-profit leisure club had to close its swimming pool in March, because of structural issues.
Luke: New documentary charts journey of Cavan punk band
This is “a relatable, moving and hopeful portrait of a group that disintegrated in a very un-rock ‘n’ roll way”. And then gets another chance.
Councillors give nod for long-awaited pool in Balbriggan
Construction is expected to start early next year, said a Fingal County Council official on Monday.
Council plans changes at Sandymount Green
Including making the street at the north-eastern side of the green one-way, widening the footpaths, and improving bike parking.
For the first time in decades, Dublin City Council looks set to change clampers
Dublin Street Parking Services has had contracts to clamp or tow illegally parked cars for the council since 2004.
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Why can’t a survivor of domestic violence stay in their social home, rather than the perpetrator?
The Department of Housing says it plans to issue new guidance. But a solicitor says that for progress, the law has to change.
Changing of the guard in Ballyfermot Rock School as two of the originals stand down
Both Francie Conway and Hugh Buckley have been teaching at the legendary institute since its opening chords in 1989.
Department’s counter-proposal for Oliver Bond flats has major flaws, residents and councillors say
The Department of Housing recently batted back the council’s plan, devised alongside residents, for how to bring part of the aged complex up to modern standards.
Developer argues for building five apartments on derelict Grotto House site in Inchicore, without planning permission
But even if its appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála is successful, one of its owners has other, bigger problems: Cathal O’Connor has been sentenced to prison.
In Belmayne, challenges with parking complicate efforts to take in charge an estate
Residents have assigned parking at the moment – but Dublin City Council may look to end 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.
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This online tool lets you map your area’s boundaries, save your version, and see what others have drawn for the same area.
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Brushing up: a misunderstood spiderweb sculpture
It’s nothing to do with Marvel’s Spider-Man, says artist Kathleen O’Brien. Its meaning is rooted in the history of its north inner-city neighbourhood.
With sea levels set to rise, should the council allow new homes and offices along the coast?
Dublin City Council is in the midst of writing its new development plan, for 2022–2028, which will include what kind of building should be allowed where.
In Rialto, a romance writer pens her 50th book
Romance writer Daisy Cummins works from her home office in Rialto, where she’s just completed her 50th book for the Mills & Boon publishing franchise.
In Deansgrange Cemetery, a historian excavates the stories of Irishmen who served the Raj
Shabnam Vasisht has sought out and researched the graves and stories of Irishmen buried in a corner of Dublin, who served in the British Army and administration while it governed India.