It has issued a tender for a feasibility study. The documents include few details, but they do confirm the likely future uses for the historic building.
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A shortage of off-street parking in some areas outside of the canals leaves residents with little choice but to nudge up onto the pavement, they say. That’s still allowed, the council suggests, but they have to leave a bit more room than before.
The plan is for them to help people “deal with abuse in relationships, or coercive control or helping them understand what it is they’re experiencing”.
Government policies and plans talk about the need to encourage compact city living, and apartments that are for families and those with children, as well as singles.
At a meeting of the council’s housing committee, a council official gave a rundown of how the council is trying to up the number of homes it builds – and why it opts for other routes to get social homes too.
“It has become apparent that local authorities do not have the resources to operate, manage and maintain a network of EV chargers,” a Dublin City Council spokesperson said.
If space on newly widened footpaths and pedestrianised streets is given over to private businesses, it might be hard to reclaim, one councillor worries.
Residents say cars take short-cuts through tiny streets, and also roam the area looking for free parking. Councillors want their views on how to fix this.
The pandemic nixed their traditional end-of-studies exhibitions, so a group of artists set up their own show, the Crux Project, in the wilds of south Dublin.
