Isabel O'Connor - Dublin InQuirer

In Priorswood, the council has finally begun clearing an industrial-scale illegal dump in a residential neighbourhood

“I was lying in my hospital bed and I just kept thinking, ‘God, please don’t let me die. I want to live to see the dump gone,’” says resident Annette Flanagan.

Eoin Glackin May 2, 2025

textile waste

Council moves to tighten oversight of how old clothes are disposed of in the city

Provisions in a recent tender are a small step, but part of an EU-wide and national effort to do a better job of reusing and recycling textile waste.

Lois Kapila May 2, 2025

Housing

Advocates are pushing for survivors of industrial schools to get priority for social housing

Councillors face tough decisions as vulnerable and desperate groups make their cases for priority amid a shortage of social homes.

Laoise Neylon May 2, 2025

2 articles

Culture Desk

Unsettled, Reviewed

This book of essays by playwright, performer, columnist and member of Aosdána Rosaleen McDonagh about her life as a disabled Traveller woman is “honest and beautifully written”.

Isabel O'Connor Aug 18, 2021

Culture Desk

Sitting Pretty, Reviewed

“Get this book. Engage with Rebekah Taussig’s ideas. Let yourself see the view from her ordinary resilient disabled body.”

Isabel O'Connor Oct 8, 2020