Jason McNamara says he loves it because there’s no distance from the crowd. “Kids, families, older people, homeless people. You get to play for everyone.”

Disability rights organisations say the standards for “accessible” housing should be changed first to ensure homes are “wheelchair-livable”.

The national Office of the Planning Regulator says it should, but the council’s chief executive says Traveller homes can be built on any residentially zoned land.

For at least a decade, the site that had the black and yellow “Somebody’s Child” mural lay vacant, rotting. As of last year though, the council owns it – and says it has plans for it.

While spouses and civil partners have the right to stay in Ireland if their relationship with their EU partner falls apart, other long-term partners don’t.

Hugh Feeley is a “group expert” in a 10,700-member Facebook group, where he helps people identify insects they’ve snapped photos of.

However, not everyone’s locked out of the pier and slipway: the council has given keys to the Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club to unlock and demount the bollards.

These were among the issues Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their North Central Area Committee on Monday.

“I thought this book was really funny,” writes our nine-year-old reviewer. “I’d recommend [it] to people aged 8–11, who like funny books about adventures.”

“This is the finest Irish language film in recent memory,” writes our reviewer. “Truly, an exceptional and resonant gem.”

Join us for a conversation about the EU’s policies at its southern borders with Sally Hayden, author of new book “My Fourth Time, We Drowned” and Ocean Outlaw Project OSI editor Joe Galvin. At Anseo, Camden Street, 9 June, from 7.30pm.