A new council sports forum looks to press schools and such to share their facilities

Amid a serious shortage of pitches in Dublin 8, the OPW only allows one soccer club to use its pitch at the War Memorial Gardens.

Laoise Neylon Jan 23, 2026

parks

Council’s plans for Mountjoy Square contested by those who want more sports facilities added

In 2019, the council abandoned a previous planning permission application amid similar tensions between Georgian restoration, and sports uses.

Laoise Neylon Jan 23, 2026

playgrounds

Councillors and residents rail against gaps in a Kilbarrack playground fence

They don’t understand how the council can be taking so long to fix the fence, they say.

Eoin Glackin Jan 23, 2026

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Opinion

Emma, Alex and Eoin: Where Are the “Water Wasters”?

We have mapped 106 locations we believe have residential swimming pools, writes UCD geography lecturer Eoin O’Mahony and two of his students.

Emma Curran, Alex Murray, Eoin O'Mahony Mar 29, 2017

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