From cutting waste to reducing air miles on products they sell, several businesses in Phibsboro have set themselves goals for being more environmentally friendly.

“No shops, no pubs, no entertainment for the kids, we’ve to go on the bus to the bingo,” says Dinagh Neeson. “There’s nowhere to socialise.”

“Adrienne is our chosen iconographer at the cathedral,” says the Very Revd Dermot Dunne, the dean of Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral.

Residents nearby would like a community centre. But “there are no government funds” to build community centres in Dublin, a council spokesperson said.

“What should I do if an employee of a venue treats me unprofessionally as organiser of a cultural event, because she doesn’t like other cultures?” a reader asks. Ebun offers advice.

There’s a system for making Dublin neighbourhoods officially “age-friendly”, but nowhere in the city has earned that title for several years now.

The needs of disabled people who cycle haven’t always been on the agenda in infrastructure plans around the city, but some say they should be.

At their June monthly meeting, Dublin city councillors discussed plans for building new Traveller accommodation in the coming years, insulating council-owned homes, and more.