Skeletal remains found during construction at Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market
The bones are thought to come from the major medieval monastery at St Mary’s Abbey, and further excavation works are ongoing.
Skeletal remains found during construction at Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market
The bones are thought to come from the major medieval monastery at St Mary’s Abbey, and further excavation works are ongoing.
Where is the push for greater use of ASBOs coming from?
There is a bill moving through the Oireachtas to loosen which rank of Garda can apply to the courts for “anti-social behaviour orders” – also known as ASBOs.
Dublin city facing decade of disruption from construction of big – and long-awaited – transport projects
Work on two bus corridors – Liffey Valley to the city centre, and Ballymun and Finglas to the city centre – is due to kick off this year. And that’s just the start.
Vacancy Watch: While neighbours sounded the alarm, a 19th-century villa in Sandymount slid into dereliction
“I think it's so sad that a beautiful little house was destroyed,” says Rosita Sweetman. “It seems we are incredibly bad at managing our housing stock.”
Councillors in Fingal reach for CCTV as tool to combat anti-social behaviour
They agreed to move the discussion over to the new local community safety partnership.
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"Space for kids, just like affordable housing and culture, should be a fundamental part of Dublin’s planning."
Things To Do: Walk the M50, attempt to understand Jean-Luc Godard, be crowned King of the Birds
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
To pay for amenities, Dublin City Council proposes levy on development of affordable housing
The change would make it more costly to deliver cost-rental and affordable-purchase homes for middle-income earners in Dublin.
Government has floated idea of moving The Complex to the Liberties
They haven’t involved The Complex themselves in these discussions.
Refugees waiting on citizenship decisions find the rules have quietly changed
While they heard about harsher policies brought in last year, this change wasn't announced, and affects people who applied before then.
At a clown rave in Glasnevin, performers strut their stuff
The event was part of a growing clown culture in Dublin, said performer Francis Breen.
Despite objections, Fingal councillors approve Fortlawn housing redevelopment
The council’s plan includes demolishing four homes in the D15 housing estate, and building 21 new ones. It’s the planned demolitions that have drawn protests.
Trips along the Howth Summit walk have almost quadrupled, data suggests
Meanwhile, councillors for Dublin 15 are looking for ways to maybe draw more visitors to their part of the county.
Council still undecided on how to strengthen Sandymount flood defences
“We’d be very lucky to get it all completed in 2030.”
Department of Children not yet committed to key measure to support children in care who are a risk to themselves
Advocates call for the full implementation of an expert report on special care, and welcomed plans for legal reform to get state agencies working together.
In Cherry Orchard, a new alliance is working towards the goal of a cooperative grocery store
It’s one of the initiatives being pursued by the Dublin 10 Food Alliance, in a push to help ease the acute food poverty in the area.
A requirement that cyclists wear helmets and hi-vis would be a challenge for bike-share companies
The government seems to be considering making helmets and hi-vis mandatory for people using some category of bikes, though it’s not totally clear which.
Live in Fingal and wish you could push your kids out to play on the street?
The council says it wants to hear from you.
After long delay, new community safety forums for Fingal are up and running
Such “local community safety partnerships” are being rolled out nationwide, generating both hope – and criticism.
In Beaumont, students work to make a big impact on the environment through little changes
In order to ensure the continuation of life on this planet, everybody has to get involved, says Grace Collier, a member of the school’s Eco Committee.
Things To Do: Scale Phibsborough Tower for a film festival, study the ways of the magazine writer, dwell on the unstable material world
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
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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.
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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.