Why has some of the greenery in city planters been left to wither?
The council hasn’t been able to find a contractor willing to take on the job of looking after these plants, a council official says.
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A new safety strategy for Rialto, Inchicore and Bluebell seeks to upend old approaches to violence
Among the proposals? A new community team with outreach workers, violence interrupters, and health professionals.
A group seeks to push the case for abolishing prisons in Ireland
Along with a new understanding of what a just society looks like, say members of the Irish Penal Abolition Network.
Dublin City Council charts out where markets and street stalls could be allowed going forward
Draft bye-laws, due soon to go out to public consultation, suggest adding some new market areas and shrinking some oldies.
Survivors excluded from planning of memorial centre on former Magdalene Laundry site, councillors warn
“I don't know how many times we have to ask to be included.”
Residents of Basin Street flats fear their long-promised redevelopment is now in limbo
Many of the social housing projects paused recently were on vacant sites but this one is different, says a local councillor.
Planning applications begin to file in for homes on industrial estate in Finglas
Two applications have gone in in recent months for plots on the edges of the big Jamestown Business Park.
In the Liberties, an Argentine bakery is multiplying with a new café they plan to keep open in the evenings
“The area does get quieter in the evening. But we hope the new place will draw people,” says Florencia Pugliese.
In Whitehall, a GAA car park is used to grow potatoes and mint
“People come in, take some spuds, some onions, whatever it is. It all keeps ticking along.”
In Clontarf, there are promises that the sandbags are to go – but few details on what may replace them
Whatever temporary measures are put in place, nothing is ever going to do the job like a big solid concrete wall, says Maynooth University’s Peter Thorne.
Councillors wonder what’s become of those transport schemes to make neighbourhoods safer
They recite schemes that were promised, or piloted, but seem to have gone nowhere. A council spokesperson said similar initiatives still exist.
In Clongriffin, a private developer removed much-needed speed bumps – and nobody will put them back
“Private interests are still in control of vast tracts of what should be publicly controlled land, publicly run in the interest of the people.”
In Ballymun, council tenants with maintenance issues are standing up together
“Before I get out of my car outside the house, I get the smell of sewage. When people call over, I have to warn them. It’s embarrassing.”