In Ballymun, lining up to read and reconnect with the constitution
“Some people have said it's a bit like karaoke.”
When there’s construction and a challenge with road space, the answer always seems to be to block the cycle lane, says Ciaran Cannon, of Cycling Ireland.
Local residents, not council officials, should decide how the community gain fund is spent, says independent Councillor John Lyons.
Among the proposals? A new community team with outreach workers, violence interrupters, and health professionals.
Along with a new understanding of what a just society looks like, say members of the Irish Penal Abolition Network.
Draft bye-laws, due soon to go out to public consultation, suggest adding some new market areas and shrinking some oldies.
“I don't know how many times we have to ask to be included.”
Many of the social housing projects paused recently were on vacant sites but this one is different, says a local councillor.
Two applications have gone in in recent months for plots on the edges of the big Jamestown Business Park.
“The area does get quieter in the evening. But we hope the new place will draw people,” says Florencia Pugliese.
“People come in, take some spuds, some onions, whatever it is. It all keeps ticking along.”
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.
They recite schemes that were promised, or piloted, but seem to have gone nowhere. A council spokesperson said similar initiatives still exist.