Maybe people shouldn't be able to collect social welfare at GPO, Arnotts lobbies
The company behind the Henry Street department store raised the idea with the man in charge of the regeneration of the city centre, returns show.
Maybe people shouldn't be able to collect social welfare at GPO, Arnotts lobbies
The company behind the Henry Street department store raised the idea with the man in charge of the regeneration of the city centre, returns show.
In marathon meetings, Fingal councillors seek to fine-tune plans for new town in Dunsink
The council's chief executive said their changes would slow down delivery of thousands of homes.
NTA's new bus-tracking system appears to reduce ghost buses, in a way
It's been in place on buses in Waterford since July, and is due to be rolled out now nationwide – including on Go Ahead's Naas-based Dublin commuter services this past weekend.
As government pours more money into childcare sector, could it leak out?
“The Minister for Children needs to decide if this sector is a public service for the public good, or an investment opportunity,” said Darragh O’Connor, head of strategic organising and campaigns at SIPTU.
Facing delays renewing his residence permit, a hospital doctor is stuck unable to work
"His inability to work will have a direct impact on the provision of the medical services and our ability to maintain adequate staffing and patient care,” reads a letter from the Rotunda to the Department of Justice.
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Frustrated with the service from Dublin Bus, one man took them to the Small Claims Court
"Please note, I am only looking for the restitution of €2.75 – the fare cost."
As communities grapple with kids at loose ends messing, government disappoints youth-work sector with budget offering
“It's extremely disappointing to hear once again that the children have been left short, and it's disappointing given the incredible work that the youth workers in the country do for us.”
With more flights on the horizon, communities around Dublin Airport push for changes to air-quality monitoring
There are questions about who's doing the monitoring, what they're checking for, and whether all the monitors are even working.
Planned new Coolock skatepark needs lights for dark winter evenings, skaters say
But the planning application for the Oscar Traynor Woods development, where it's to be located, envisioned the "minimisation of night-time lighting" to avoid disrupting local wildlife too much.
Homeless hostel closed earlier this year had fire-safety deficiencies since 2018
But until earlier this year, people had been sleeping in the 125-bed hostel.
A stronger definition of dereliction looks set to accompany the new 7 percent tax
In the future, councils will consider whether a building is disused, boarded up, or damaged when deciding whether to add it to the Derelict Sites Register, says a tax policy document.
Things To Do: Embrace ambiguity, admire the creative process, visit many buildings, read about them
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
More than half of Dublin City Council's senior managers live outside the city
Would the senior management team be more attuned to the city's needs if more of them lived in it – and would it be fair to require them to?
At Dublin summit, two translators tell how AI re-shaped their craft
These days, a growing cohort of clients see the translator's job as just cleaning up after the machine, they said.
Fingal county councillors hold Local Property Tax at same rate as last year
Chief Executive AnnMarie Farrelly had suggested nudging it up a bit.
Upgrades for Swords, and more, in Fingal's latest capital programme
Councillors were brought through the council's capital programme for 2027 to 2029 at the meeting on Monday.
Under new rules, what might become of two apartments on South William Street, rented for years as short-term lets?
It depends, in part, on whether the owners can prove they've been holiday lets for more than seven years – and whether planning enforcement noticed.
Council takes another run at building Clontarf flood defences, launching tender for design team
The tender document for the design says the framework has a maximum estimated value of €7.5 million. It also gives a tentative construction estimate of €25 million.
Should council tenants take seats on their apartment complexes' owners' management companies, when council staff don't?
Social tenants, including children, are often locked out of communal areas in their complexes. Would it help if they were represented at the OMCs' meetings?
Vacancy Watch: The Players Lounge might be set for redevelopment after 15 years lying empty
The current owner recently got planning permission to knock the old pub, and build 10 homes on the site.
Recommendations to reduce deaths of homeless people, and support bereaved families, yet to be acted on years later
At least 46 people died last year while homeless in Dublin.
From the Archive
AI is not just coming to newsrooms in Ireland, it’s already here
“I'd be amazed if it’s not used in some form everywhere now,” says Michael Marsh, the editor in chief for Reach Plc in Ireland.
Exhibition showcases works by Liberties painter Valerie Gannon
Portraits, self-portraits, highly abstract renderings of cityscapes, recollections of sights at Dublin Airport, and much more.
In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists
On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond 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.
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.
Introducing: A Tracker Where You Can Check How Your Councillors Have Voted
We’re very pleased to be launching Counciltracker.ie today, which will let you quickly and easily see what issues your local councillors have been voting on, and how.