“Pixo”, which finds its origins in protests against urban inequality in Brazilian cities, has found a familiar canvas on derelict and vacant buildings around the Liberties and the Coombe.

Neither Tusla nor the Dublin Region Homeless Executive have accessible data around how many, but some say they should. “We can only address a problem properly when we understand the scale of it.”

Councillors say they plan to meet with Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy sometime in the next month. But it looks like it’ll be hard to chart a path to an agreement.

People flying drones in Dublin in places where they shouldn’t “is a huge problem”, according to Fergal McCarthy, co-chair of the Unmanned Aircraft Association of Ireland.

At meetings earlier this week, Dublin city councillors also approved a local area plan for Cherry Orchard, and discussed about how to tackle illegal parking on Montpelier Hill.

As lord mayor, Nial Ring spent far more than his three immediate predecessors on food, drink and entertainment for lord mayor’s receptions.

This bulwark against mistreatment in custody is absent in Ireland, writes the executive director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. “The consequences are grave.”